Chapter 151 - 112: Muscle Refining Realm, Perfection

Chapter 151: Chapter 112: Muscle Refining Realm, Perfection

This effectively cut off any chance for Lu Jing’an to undermine Commander Bai from within.

As for whether Bai Lang would immediately retaliate after reporting back, Lu Jing’an thought it unlikely.

To do so would be too undignified.

It would make the Wolf Camp look like a bunch of children who only dared to fight back after running to their patron for support.

The Wolf Camp losing face was a secondary concern; the real issue was that the Wolf Camp was Commander Bai’s Personal Guard Camp.

The Wolf Camp’s disgrace was Commander Bai’s disgrace.

Therefore, the best choice was not to respond at all.

And indeed, things unfolded just as Lu Jing’an had predicted.

When Bai Lang reported the matter to Commander Bai,

Commander Bai immediately cursed him: "Idiot."

After getting an earful from Commander Bai,

Bai Lang did, in fact, propose the idea of retaliating.

He was then promptly chewed out again by the Commander.

Finally, Commander Bai told Bai Lang, "Just follow your orders. Don’t cause any more trouble for me.

Thinking isn’t your strong suit. An idiot like you is no match for Lu Jing’an."

Though Bai Lang hated Lu Jing’an, he dared not object and could only nod in agreement.

After hanging up, Commander Bai gazed out the window and muttered, "This Lu Jing’an is rather interesting. It’s just a shame he can’t be of use to me. Best to pull him out by the roots."

"However, since Lu Jing’an was so frank with the Hu Family, I might as well make sure they’re aware of the situation."

...

「In the following days.」

The tactics used against the Lu Family were the very same ones Lu Jing’an had once employed against the Li Family.

Bai Lang announced a new escort pricing system.

The Lu Family’s ships, as well as any merchants associated with them,

would have to pay a fee a hundred times higher than anyone else if they wished to use the Canglan River.

At the same time, all merchants from Yin Mountain County who wanted to send out ships would also have to pay higher escort fees than those from Xiao Mountain and Lou Mountain.

This pricing scheme effectively crushed any hope the Lu Family had of sending out their ships.

It also served as a warning to all: do not engage in any business with the Lu Family.

Although this outcome was expected, the impact was still significant when Bai Lang actually began to enforce it.

First and foremost, Lu Huaisan’s shipping business was brought to a complete standstill.

Second, while the merchants of Yin Mountain County didn’t voice any major complaints against the Lu Family for the time being, there was no telling how long that would last.

Fortunately, the Lu Family still maintained a firm grip on the Public Security Bureau.

Coupled with the Bureau’s recent expansion,

they now had a force of several hundred men under their command.

Even if these merchants had some complaints, they didn’t dare say much.

No one was more pleased by this situation than Liu Zhenyue.

After all, he had been completely pinned down by the Lu Family using these very same methods.

Now, it was finally the Lu Family’s turn to get a taste of their own medicine.

...

In the rear courtyard’s training ground, the bluestone slabs were washed pale by the moonlight.

Lu Jing’an took off his outer robe, leaving him in only a thin set of Martial Attire.

The night wind carried the chill of early autumn, but as it blew against his body, it failed to stir even a hint of cold within him.

He took a deep breath and assumed the opening stance of the Six Harmonies Fist.

His breath sank, his feet taking root to the ground.

His fists turned with his waist, his power born from his will.

After completing a full set of the Six Harmonies Fist, steam rose from Lu Jing’an’s entire body.

It felt as if countless tiny mice were scurrying beneath his skin, his flesh and blood emitting a faint hum.

Lu Jing’an could feel that he was just a single step away from the Glazed Jade Body, the state of Perfect Muscle Training.

The Glazed Jade Body was a state where one’s flesh and blood became pure and flawless, transparent from within and without—like exquisite glazed jade, utterly free of impurities.

At that moment, every inch of his muscle was rhythmically writhing and trembling, squeezing the last trace of impurity, the final speck of filth, from its deepest fibers.

A faint, warm, jade-like luster gradually appeared on the surface of his skin, shimmering in the moonlight.

"HAH!"

Lu Jing’an exhaled with a shout, and the momentum of his fists suddenly accelerated!

The wind from his fists howled, sweeping up the fallen leaves on the ground.

His form was like a dragon, his footwork like lightning.

His qi and blood surged like a mighty river, roaring as it circulated through his body,

scouring every meridian and cleansing every cell.

Then, at a certain moment—

BOOM!

It was as if shackles had shattered within his body, as if a barrier had been broken.

Lu Jing’an’s whole body trembled violently. The jade-like luster on his skin flared brilliantly, then instantly receded inward.

He could clearly feel his flesh and blood had become incomparably pure and translucent. Power flowed within, perfect and unobstructed, regenerating endlessly.

Muscle Refining Realm, Perfection!