SFS Chapter 237 Collective Improvement
Chapter 237 Collective Improvement
Chapter 237 Collective Improvement
Upon waking up, Helian Tieshu felt refreshed and invigorated, all the fatigue of the past few days gone, and he felt incredibly comfortable.
How long has it been since I slept so soundly and faithfully as I did last night? Seven days and seven nights? Far more than that!
Since the end of the battle of Lianxin City, and the outbreak of the full-scale war between the Clan Alliance and the Martial Elders Association, I have been living a life of hard work and toil every day since I formed the Iron Tree War Division.
He slept soundly all night, and the sounds of fighting and shouting outside did not affect him at all.
He even dreamed of himself "running naked" in the alley outside Tianxin College.
"How ridiculous! How could I have such an absurd dream? Am I really born with the potential to become a pervert? Or do I just have a repressed, horny side?"
Helian Tieshu came into the courtyard, stretched, and banished these absurd thoughts from his mind.
"dinner time!"
A crisp sound rang out as Qingmeng led Su Yang to carry basins of steamed buns and porridge into the courtyard.
There weren't many dining tables in the courtyard. Apart from a stone table in front of Xiao Chong and Fatty, the rest of the food bowls were placed on the open ground in the courtyard, filling a large area and looking quite spectacular.
"Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready! I'm actually quite hungry!"
Upon hearing the shouts, the remnants of the Iron Tree gang rushed out of the house, lunging at the food bowls like they were starving, and began to grope the large, fat pig heads.
"These murderers are really starving to death, aren't they afraid of being laughed at!"
Seeing his men acting like mad tigers, showing none of their usual wartime discipline, Helian Tieshu smiled awkwardly and beckoned Situ Jiannan and his sister to come to the stone table and sit down with Xiao Chong and the others.
Xiao Chong grabbed a steamed bun, ate it while laughing, and said, "We are all good men who have been through life and death, what is there to laugh about?"
"When you're hungry, you have to eat. It's the most important thing, and no one can escape it."
"That's exactly what it means."
Long Wu and Yin Feng took turns speaking.
Only Fatty and Qingmeng buried their heads in their rice bowls, remaining silent, and soon finished off most of the food on the stone table.
Seeing that Xiao Chong and the others were eating leisurely, showing no signs of having experienced any battle, Helian Tieshu was puzzled and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xiao, did the Wu Elders' pursuers not come last night?"
"I've been here," Xiao Chong replied calmly.
"Where are they? Have you caught any?" Helian Tieshu asked in surprise.
"We didn't catch them," Xiao Chong replied calmly.
"It's good that they were repelled. After all, there were too many of them, and they had a grandmaster-level expert in charge, making them extremely difficult to capture."
Hearing that no one had been captured alive, Helian Tieshu was slightly disappointed, but considering the enemy's strength, he quickly let it go and reached out to grab a steamed bun and put it in his mouth.
Just as he opened his mouth to chew, he suddenly heard Long Wu say without looking up, "A bunch of clowns, what's the point of capturing them? To feed them? Of course, we should kill them all!"
"Kill...kill them all?" Helian Tieshu was shocked and sat up abruptly. The steamed bun in his mouth tumbled onto the table and rolled into the dirt, clearly no longer edible.
"There are over three hundred corpses piled up outside the door. Go see for yourself if you don't believe me!" Long Wu put a piece of pig's face into his mouth, wiped his mouth with his hand, and said in a serious tone.
"Well done... Of the thousand men in the Iron Tree Battle Force, less than thirty remain. Now that our great revenge has been achieved, our brothers can rest in peace in the afterlife..."
Helian Tieshu stood there for a long time, then suddenly cried out in grief, until he was almost speechless with sobs.
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A few days later, at the nameless dojo, now known as the Longhua Dojo, Xiao Chong summoned Helian Tieshu and all his men together.
"Brother Xiao, what are your instructions for calling us together?" Helian Tieshu asked curiously, as he hadn't seen Xiao Chong for several days and didn't know what the other was busy with, so he didn't want to ask any questions.
Xiao Chong took out a jade bottle and smiled mysteriously, saying, "I just refined a batch of pills. Brother Helian, please distribute them to your men."
Helian Tieshu took it and asked cautiously, "Is this the kind of pill that can improve cultivation?"
Xiao Chong laughed and said, "It won't improve them much. Your subordinates are all martial arts masters. After taking it, they will only be able to reach the grandmaster level. Only a few with slightly deeper cultivation will be able to barely reach the late grandmaster level."
Late-stage Grandmaster? Barely? I've only just entered the Grandmaster realm myself. Helian Tieshu's hand trembled, and he almost dropped the jade bottle on the ground.
However, he was a knowledgeable man. He had seen Sheng Chunshui successfully advance to the Grandmaster level after taking the Crossing Calamity Pill in Refining Heart City, so he did not fail.
But what level was Sheng Chunshui at back then? He was at the peak of the Grandmaster realm, just one step away from becoming a Great Grandmaster. Taking the Tribulation-Crossing Pill only increased his chances. His subordinates, on the other hand, had varying levels of cultivation; some had only just broken through to the Martial Master realm. Could they be improved so easily? And in such large quantities?
Therefore, Helian Tieshu had some doubts, but because he had received favors from others, he couldn't say certain things.
As if sensing Helian Tieshu's thoughts, Xiao Chong smiled again and said, "Brother Helian, there's no need to worry. These pills are newly developed, essentially upgraded versions. Moreover, pills suitable for someone at the Grandmaster level like Brother Helian have also been successfully refined."
After saying that, he took out five pills and gave one to each of Helian Tieshu, Long Wu, and the other three.
"You mean... I... I can use this kind of pill? Will there be any adverse effects?"
Helian Tieshu stared at the pill in his palm, his words slightly stammering. This was partly due to excitement, but partly because he was not entirely at ease with the pill.
After all, he had suffered many setbacks at Xiao Chong's hands back in Lianxin City, leaving him with deep psychological trauma.
"Besides the fact that your realm is advancing too quickly and people can't adapt, what other consequences could there be? If you don't want to use it, you might as well let me have it. Maybe I can break through to the Great Martial Saint realm in one fell swoop!"
Just as Helian Tieshu hesitated for a moment, the other four had already swallowed the pills in their hands. Long Wu stared longingly at the pills in his hand, shouting as if he was about to snatch them at any moment.
"Fine, with a great battle imminent, if we can't quickly improve our cultivation level, we'll die either way, so it's better to end it quickly this way!"
Seeing that the auras of Long Wu and the other three seemed to be quietly rising, and that Long Wu was staring at him intently, Helian Tieshu gritted his teeth and swallowed the pill in one gulp.
But he was clearly wrong.
Long Wu and the others had long since entered the Grandmaster realm, while he had only been in the Grandmaster realm for a short time. How could he compare to these freaks?
Therefore, as soon as the pill entered his stomach, Helian Tieshu felt a violent force surge out from his dantian and instantly rush into every part of his body, making his body feel as if it was about to explode.
"what!"
Helian Tieshu roared and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, desperately trying to gather the surging energy within his body. He was panting heavily and in so much pain that he couldn't speak.
Seeing their leader in such pain, Helian Tieshu's men were all shocked.
Xiao Chong acted as if nothing had happened, patting Helian Tieshu on the back. Once the other man's complexion was rosy and his breathing was gradually stabilizing, he took out another bag and threw it into Long Wu's hand.
"Go to every household in the city and give each martial artist who is willing to join the Dragon Flower Path a pill according to their cultivation level."
"Okay, boss!"
Long Wu agreed, slung his bag over his shoulder, and hurried away.