Free Benefits and You're Huge!

Jade-Rinsing Pavilion's inner courtyard.

Ye Li stared at Feng Yue in shock, his heart a jumble of emotions.

Had the Azure Dragon Gang really become this repressed?

They were forcefully stuffing tiger-and-wolf medicine down the throats of the gang's core disciples!

Had he joined the Azure Dragon Gang, or the Great Thousand Gang?

Seeing the undisguised shock on Ye Li's face, Feng Yue burst into laughter. "Alright, I'm done teasing you. This may look like tiger-and-wolf medicine, but it's actually a fine remedy for cultivation!"

Ye Li looked at Feng Yue speechlessly. "Fine in what way?"

Feng Yue smiled mysteriously. "Then let me ask you: what is the cultivation method for the Body Tempering Realm?"

"Mm..." Ye Li considered it for a moment before answering.

"After forming a blood-energy network, one uses the heart as a pump to drive the blood and qi, making them surge continuously through the entire body in circulation. The sense of qi follows the blood and qi as it flows through the flesh and blood vessels, strengthening the heart meridians."

"When the blood and qi become like lead and mercury, one has advanced to the middle stage of Body Tempering."

"You're absolutely right. Then what are the effects of tiger-and-wolf medicine?" Feng Yue asked, holding up the Dragon Tiger Pill.

"It enhances foundational functions, increases sexual desire, promotes blood circulation..."

Ye Li got halfway through before abruptly choking on his words. Feng Yue, meanwhile, chuckled. "There you have it. This Dragon Tiger Pill costs less than a hundred copper coins to make, yet it has a third of the effect of a Body Tempering Pill."

"The gang provides two Body Tempering Pills every month, but Dragon Tiger Pills? There's plenty to go around!!!"

As he spoke, Feng Yue slapped Ye Li on the shoulder. "As long as you can endure it, this Dragon Tiger Pill is simply a cultivation treasure—cheap and effective!"

"What if I can't endure it?" Ye Li went straight for the heart of the issue.

"If you can't endure it, isn't this Flower-and-Willow Alley? Just tear your pants open and get to work right on the spot!"

Feng Yue spoke as if it were only natural. "The girls over there are all waiting for you."

Following Feng Yue's pointing finger, Ye Li saw a group of women gazing at him with longing eyes, shooting him seductive looks.

After all, Ye Li was handsome, and he was also a core disciple of the Azure Dragon Gang.

Neither his looks nor his status had a single flaw. Even if he were freeloading, they would still fight over him!

"Damn it!" Ye Li cursed inwardly.

"Alright!"

Having received Ye Li's instruction, Feng Yue immediately said, "I'll call someone over!"

That startled Ye Li badly. He hurriedly reached out to stop him. "Hey, hey, hey, I was just saying it. I didn't mean it!"

"If this Dragon Tiger Pill gets you worked up the moment you take it, then wouldn't you lose more vital blood than you gain?"

"That's why the Dragon Tiger Pill can train your willpower too!"

Feng Yue said matter-of-factly, "Once you become desensitized, you'll remain unmoved like a living Buddha even with beauties in your arms. You'll cultivate White Bone Meditation. Even if you lose some vital blood early on, it won't matter."

"The gang is full of young people. They suffered greatly in this regard before, so they're letting you experience more of it."

He then handed over the Dragon Tiger Pill in his hand. "Hurry up. The gang said core disciples must take one every day. Only after half a year can you choose to stop taking them."

As Feng Yue spoke, Lu Xiuyuan in the distance had already let out a wolfish howl under the effects of the pill.

Under Ye Li's speechless gaze, the fellow shook off the servants who had been training his body, hoisted two girls over his shoulders, and charged into a room.

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"There, look at him. Core disciples are all like that in the beginning. After a month, they start getting scared."

Feng Yue suppressed a laugh at the side. "Anyway, take it for half a year, and I guarantee your heart will be still as water!"

Ye Li fell silent. Recalling Feng Yue's expression when he had mentioned Spring Return Alley on Ye Li's first day in the gang, Ye Li finally understood that this had been waiting for him all along.

"Hurry and take it. Digest this Dragon Tiger Pill while it's hot. The girls over there can barely wait any longer."

Feng Yue urged him, "Where else could you find such a good thing—the gang pays for you to freeload?"

Ye Li silently accepted the Dragon Tiger Pill Feng Yue offered him. After hesitating, he still swallowed it in one gulp with a frown.

Unlike a Body Tempering Pill, which melted the instant it entered the mouth, this Dragon Tiger Pill carried a strong herbal taste that scratched at his throat.

After swallowing it with difficulty, Ye Li began practicing the original Azure Dragon Force before Feng Yue's eyes.

He still cultivated with every movement precise and proper, but before long, a wave of heat rose from the depths of his heart, flushing his cheeks red.

Only then did he understand why Lu Xiuyuan's face had turned crimson while cultivating earlier.

Generally speaking, when an internet god appeared online, netizens would praise him by saying, "You're huge!"

Back when Ye Li had been a streamer, whenever he voiced some outrageous take, he would receive this comment from countless viewers.

For example, whenever the Record of the Great Thousand heard that comment, it suspected someone had been spying on it.

But now, Ye Li lowered his gaze, and a thought rose from the bottom of his heart.

"Damn it, there's no denying it this time. I really am huge!"

"Awesome!!!"

Half an hour later, Lu Xiuyuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, opened the door, and walked out.

Lightly shaking dust that did not exist from his clothes, he sighed with feeling.

"Practicing martial arts really is a wonderful thing!"

If anyone asked Lu Xiuyuan at that moment how his fortune was, he could only say that blessings had stretched on without end.

As one of the few people in the city with a blue trait, countless major powers had rushed to recruit him the instant he was discovered.

After careful selection, he had ultimately chosen the Azure Dragon Gang, which offered the best treatment.

A Body Tempering Pill was fed to him every day. Unlike the gang's newcomers, he did not even need to cultivate freely on his own; instead, an elder who had reached the Post-Heaven Realm personally guided him.

With his original talent, it would have taken him at least five months to break through to the Body Tempering Realm.

But now, with thirty-five Body Tempering Pills, breaking through to the Body Tempering Realm would be as easy as turning over his hand!

In fact, the gang had even tailored the rest of his life for him!

He would use blood and qi to operate Turtle-Cracking Hard Armor, an external martial art that progressed at lightning speed.

For others, the cultivation process was incomparably painful. For him, who ignored pain, it was no different from scratching an itch.

In less than half a year, he would be able to cultivate to the middle stage of Body Tempering.

After that, he would represent the Azure Dragon Gang in the city's youth tournament and make his name known throughout the city with his body of iron-hard external skills!

"By then, won't Xiao Fang fall in love with the incomparably heroic me and throw herself into my arms?"

Thinking of this happy prospect, Lu Xiuyuan smacked his lips contentedly, his heart racing with anticipation.

Just as he was indulging in his fantasies, he saw Feng Yue standing in the inner courtyard, observing a youth about his own age.

Looking more closely, Lu Xiuyuan suddenly realized—wasn't this fellow called Ye Li?

His impression of Ye Li was extremely deep.

On his first day joining the gang, Ye Li had memorized the Azure Dragon Force after watching it once, making an exceptionally high-profile display.

But why was this guy here? Shouldn't he be cultivating inside the gang right now?

As he pondered this, Feng Yue stood to the side with his arms folded.

His gaze wandered over Ye Li's face, tranquil as an ancient well without a ripple, and he clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Heh! This kid's got something! Lu Xiuyuan howled like a wild donkey back then, but this one? Half an hour has passed, and he hasn't even blinked much? He can really hold it in?"

Ye Li did not answer. He was not even assuming the stance for Azure Dragon Force. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the ground, continuously guiding and regulating his blood and qi.

Yet what made Ye Li most uncomfortable was the heat that rose in his heart from time to time.

That unbearable feeling, as though cats were clawing at his heart, even caused faint illusions to appear in his vision.

He seemed to hear countless anime wives calling his name.