In the ancient martial arts Chen family.
Chen Daoguan and Chen Shouchong had gathered all the members of the Chen family together.
In front of them was a massive table laden with braised pork knuckles, large chunks of red-braised pork, and various other delicacies.
At the table, a thin, hunched-over old man was devouring the food with gusto, a pig's trotter in his left hand and a pork knuckle in his right.
The plates on the table were stacked over a meter high.
The rest of the Chen family could only watch from the sidelines.
"Grand... Grandmaster, you've already eaten 27 pork knuckles and 42 pig's trotters... The pigs in our Chen Family Village are almost wiped out," Chen Daoguan said, his lips twitching uncontrollably.
This old man had arrived the previous night, and they had treated him with the utmost hospitality.
But what happened?
The old man had been eating non-stop, specifically demanding pig's trotters and braised pork knuckles.
All 12 pigs raised in the Chen Family Village had been slaughtered, including a two-month-old piglet, which had been turned into roast suckling pig.
Jiang Shoulu raised his head, wiping the grease from his lips. "It seems you're not very welcoming, are you?"
Chen Daoguan and Chen Shouchong: "..."
"Cough, cough, how could that be? Our Chen Family Village is known for its hospitality. As our esteemed guest, we absolutely welcome you with open arms!"
"Then stop wasting time! Bring me two more roast suckling pigs!"
"..."
What could they do? He was a grandmaster, after all.
If this man wanted to annihilate the Chen Family Village, it would take him no more than a snap of his fingers.
And just then!
From somewhere in the Chen family ancestral hall, a wild, unrestrained laugh erupted.
"Hahahaha! I've finally stepped into the grandmaster realm!"
Immediately after, there was a loud explosion!
"Boom!"
The door was kicked open, and a figure strode out.
"Huh? Where is everyone? Daoguan? Shouchong? Where are you?"
Chen Tiansheng was puzzled. Where had everyone gone?
"Clan... Clan Leader! The elders are all in the main hall... An uninvited guest has arrived in the Chen Family Village!" A butcher holding a cleaver, upon seeing the clan leader, seemed to have found a savior.
After some exaggerated storytelling, Chen Tiansheng was successfully enraged.
"Hmph... Do they really think the ancient martial arts Chen family has no one left? How dare they bully us like this!"
Chen Tiansheng clenched his fists. He certainly didn't believe the other party was a grandmaster. After all, what grandmaster would have the time to come to their Chen Family Village to cause trouble?
"But now that I've stepped into the grandmaster realm, the Chen Family Village will undoubtedly rise to become a first-rate ancient martial arts family."
Chen Tiansheng's heart was already filled with anticipation. With a grandmaster like himself, the Chen Family Village's status in the ancient martial arts world would surely soar to new heights.
......
"Let me see who dares to bully our Chen family!"
Chen Tiansheng stood with his hands behind his back and kicked the door open.
At the same time, all eyes in the Chen family turned to him.
Especially Chen Daoguan and Chen Shouchong, who, as Transform Force experts, could sense that Chen Tiansheng had successfully broken through!
He had become a grandmaster of the Gang Force, which filled them with ecstasy. The presence of a grandmaster was enough to elevate an ancient martial arts family to the first-rate level.
But soon, panic set in!
The clan leader had just broken through to the grandmaster realm, while the old man in front of them clearly had a higher cultivation level—likely at least late-stage grandmaster or even grandmaster perfection!
No! Clan Leader, don't provoke him!
The two of them frantically made faces at Chen Tiansheng.
But it was clear that Chen Tiansheng, newly ascended to the grandmaster realm, was brimming with confidence and arrogance, looking down on everyone.
His gaze fell directly on Jiang Shoulu, who was gnawing on a pork knuckle.
"Hmph... You have quite the nerve, coming alone to our Chen Family Village! Who gave you the courage?"
As he spoke, the Gang Force aura around Chen Tiansheng erupted, and a violent surge of internal energy flowed around him, forming a solid protective Gang Force shield.
This was the power of a grandmaster—able to condense Gang Force for protection, capable of withstanding close-range gunfire from pistols or even submachine guns. Only armor-piercing rounds could pose a threat.
Jiang Shoulu ignored him, continuing to eat the pork knuckle, taking a bite that removed nearly a fifth of the meat and swallowing it voraciously.
"Gurgle—"
For some reason, Chen Tiansheng's stomach growled, and he felt an inexplicable hunger.
The atmosphere remained tense for about a minute.
Finally, Jiang Shoulu slowly raised his head, his cloudy old eyes calmly staring at Chen Tiansheng.
The moment Chen Tiansheng saw Jiang Shoulu's face, his expression turned to one of shock.
"Grand... Grandmaster Jiang!"
Clearly, Chen Tiansheng knew him, and from the look on his face... it was fear.
"Hmph... Little Chen, it's been a while, hasn't it?"
Chen Tiansheng broke out in a cold sweat, his eyes darting to Chen Daoguan and Chen Shouchong beside him.
His gaze seemed to say: Why didn't you two tell me?
This is a grandmaster perfection-level expert! Now I'm stuck in a no-win situation!
Chen Daoguan and Chen Shouchong's eyes were filled with helplessness. We're doomed, folks!
"Thud!"
Chen Tiansheng knelt down without hesitation. All that talk about grandmasters not being humiliated was nonsense. He had just broken through to the grandmaster realm and didn't want to die yet!
"Grandmaster Jiang, what brings you to our Chen Family Village?"
Jiang Shoulu ignored him, continuing to eat and drink.
Chen Daoguan and Chen Shouchong quietly explained the whole situation to Chen Tiansheng, who was stunned.
His precious daughter... had actually beaten up the grandson of Jiang Yunhuang?
A chill ran up his spine, shooting straight to the top of his head.
He had never met Jiang Yunhuang in person, but the name of the martial arts sovereign was renowned throughout the ancient martial arts world of Dragon Country! A supreme grandmaster—a level he could never hope to reach in his lifetime.
"Ningshuang... You've really made a huge mistake this time!"
Chen Tiansheng's heart was bleeding. If Young Master Jiang was unharmed, things might be manageable. But if something happened to him... the entire Chen Family Village would be doomed!
"Grandmaster Jiang, Ningshuang definitely didn't mean to harm Young Master Jiang. There must be some misunderstanding!"
"Oh? Are you saying my young master was the one who started it?"
"No, no! I wouldn't dare!" Chen Tiansheng lowered his head even further.
He had never imagined that, just after breaking through to the grandmaster realm, he would be forced to kneel and submit to someone else.
But kneeling before Grandmaster Jiang... wasn't shameful!
After all, he was a grandmaster perfection-level expert.
Jiang Shoulu let out a satisfied burp and patted his stomach.
"My young master is fine, but the fact remains that your Chen family has insulted our Jiang family!"
"And the culprit, Chen Ningshuang, has voluntarily agreed to serve as a personal maid to my young master."
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
