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Swoosh!

Jiang Chen spun the woman around rapidly more than a dozen times, then with a flick of his hand, he sent her flying straight out.

Thump!

The woman fell sprawling to one side, bottom first, and an intense pain instantly surged through her heart.

"Ah! My butt! You, you jerk!" The woman jumped up from the ground, woozy, and glared at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen spoke coldly, "Dare to say another word, and I'll let you fly in the sky for a while longer."

Thinking back to what had just happened, the woman immediately shut her mouth.

Jiang Chen cast a cold glance at Chen Peiru, who was already dumbfounded, and strode toward his car.

As he reached the car, Jiang Chen paused and turned to look at the woman, who was still unsteady on her feet, and said coldly, "You want the Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit, but do you know of someone who has sustained internal injuries that have turned chronic, with their meridians nearly blocked?"

"You, how do you know?" The woman was taken aback for a moment and stared at Jiang Chen with a shocked face.

Jiang Chen indifferently said, "I can cure the illness. However, I didn't like your attitude today. If you want me to treat it, then come to my place and apologize in person!"

"You can cure it? You're full of it, you just want to humiliate me! I won't be fooled by you!" The woman glared at Jiang Chen angrily. The family had consulted many renowned doctors for her grandfather's illness and none were confident in curing him. They could only rely on medications to suppress and alleviate it. She absolutely did not believe Jiang Chen could treat it.

"Whether you believe it or not is up to you!" Jiang Chen had originally extended the opportunity to the woman out of a healer's compassion, but since she didn't believe him, he decided it wasn't worth offering the chance.

Turning back to his car, Jiang Chen drove away from the herb market.

Once home, Jiang Chen checked his gains for the day and shook his head slightly, "The herbs are still not enough, but..."

Holding the Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit, Jiang Chen pondered for a while, then plucked a Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit and ate it.

Buzz buzz buzz!

A blood-purple current drilled out from Jiang Chen's mouth and nose, circled in the air, and then re-entered his body through the Baihui acupoint.

A bright blood-red light suddenly radiated from Jiang Chen's body, and in an instant, he entered the state of cultivation.

"Just as expected!"

After a while, Jiang Chen opened his eyes, his expression full of excitement, "This Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit really is a Spiritual Medicine that can loosen the bottleneck. Unfortunately, my cultivation technique is different from that of ordinary martial artists; I can't rely on the elixir refined from this Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit to break through. However, with this Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit, I'm more confident about helping Qiu Boyuan make a breakthrough to the Innate level!"

"Sigh..."

Pausing for a moment, Jiang Chen let out a sigh, "The Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit was born from heaven itself and blazes towards the sky! Even such a miraculous medicine can't help me break through the bottleneck, so I can upgrade my cultivation technique. Will I really have to rely on accumulated cultivation to break through and upgrade the cultivation technique to awaken Jing Yi?

It feels like I'm about to break through, so why hasn't it happened yet?

If it weren't for the fact that the Purple Flame Vermilion Fruit only works the first time one consumes it, I'd really want to eat these remaining two fruits!"

After some thought, Jiang Chen shook off the gloom and continued sinking into the state of cultivation.

...

Ding dong!

The next morning, just after Jiang Chen got up, the doorbell rang, and Yan Hu's voice came through the intercom, "Young Master, there's a Miss Lin Zhiyan here to see you."

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Jiang Chen approached the intercom and called out, "Let her in."

He casually opened the door of the villa, took a look around, and noticed that Gong Lin had already gone to work. Shen Xiaoqin was nowhere to be seen; she must have gone out for a walk again. Scratching his head, he walked into the dining room, saw the breakfast on the table, smiled faintly, and sat down to eat.

Click!

The villa door opened, and Lin Zhiyan walked in.

"Have a seat, I'm just having a bite to eat," Jiang Chen called out to Lin Zhiyan.

Lin Zhiyan nodded and quietly sat down on the living room sofa, waiting patiently. If this had happened before, she would have been infuriated by Jiang Chen's behavior. However, now that she understood Jiang Chen's capabilities, she didn't dare to cause any trouble in front of him!

As she waited, something seemed to cross Lin Zhiyan's mind, and her brow furrowed slightly with a worried look on her face.

After finishing his meal, Jiang Chen sat down opposite Lin Zhiyan and asked softly, "Miss Lin, you look troubled. Is there something on your mind?"

"Mr. Jiang..."

Lin Zhiyan hesitated, then spoke seriously, "Ever since Ling Jianghai died, my father and Fu Tianlong have been cleaning up his territory. However, a new force has suddenly emerged, consolidating that territory. My father and Fu Tianlong sensed something was wrong and wanted to eliminate this hidden power. But after several clashes, they were held off by the opposition, which now includes Martial Artists."

"Martial Artists? Are they so common now that they're found everywhere?" Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, puzzled.

Lin Zhiyan rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen and explained helplessly, "Mr. Jiang, although Martial Artists do not often appear, almost every major power has one or two Martial Artists in place. You just didn't encounter them much in the past!"

"Oh, so I was ignorant before!" Jiang Chen touched his nose, slightly embarrassed.

Lin Zhiyan offered a faint smile but did not pursue the matter further. Although she thought Jiang Chen somewhat unworldly, she didn't have the courage to speak her mind.

"That Martial Artist directly approached my father, and that's when we learned that the force is one that was driven out of Dingjing by my father years ago. They've returned to take root in Dingjing and have proposed a competition to settle the outcome.

This kind of competition is among the Martial Artists supported by the major powers. My father doesn't want to always trouble Mr. Jiang, so he decided to let Zhang Qiang enter the fray. However, I am a bit concerned.

Since those people have returned and proposed such a challenge, they must have thoroughly researched the forces around my father. So, I'd like to ask you, Mr. Jiang, to be present!" Lin Zhiyan analyzed the situation, looking at Jiang Chen with hope on her face.

"Oh, it's a small matter," Jiang Chen nodded slightly, "Okay, I'll take a look. If needed, I'll step in!"

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Jiang!" Lin Zhiyan expressed her gratitude.

After seeing Lin Zhiyan off, Jiang Chen went to talk with Ye Jingyi, gave her an acupuncture and massage session, and then headed to Yi Chen.

Once he finished his pressing engagements, Jiang Chen drove toward the Dingjing Sports Arena, the agreed-upon venue for the competition, which was located within the arena.

"Good!"

"Well fought!"

"Oh no, Zhang Qiang has lost!"

"What do we do now?!"

As he entered the sports arena, two different shouts rang out, causing Jiang Chen to pause for a moment before looking up into the arena.

A burly young man stood there, looking down with disdain at his feet, where, lying defeated, was Lin Bingrui's companion Martial Artist, Zhang Qiang, with whom Jiang Chen had previously interacted.

Zhang Qiang was defeated!

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