At 7:20 in the morning, Miao Xiaoxia sat radiantly in Su Xiaonuan's car, leaving Jinyu Huacheng, satisfied. She was going to spend the day with her parents because military training was starting the next day.

Xin Xiaoting planned to return to the hospital, but Shen Qiang refused and said he wanted to talk to her that night.

He let her stay another night in Provincial City. She agreed and planned to go out during the day. Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing wanted to go to Datong River, sensing that Chu Qing had no interest in shopping with Xin Xiaoting, Shen Qiang just let them do as they pleased.

Considering what Xiu Ju had said earlier, Shen Qiang decided to treat Jinchan and Chu Qing to some gourmet food.

He collected the cash from the living room into his Storage Ring.

On his way to the academy, he deposited eighty million into the bank and kept twenty million in his Storage Ring for emergencies.

After all, carrying so much cash was simply too cumbersome without any expenses.

The journey was silent.

When Shen Qiang and Xiu Ju arrived at the academy, it was already after ten in the morning.

Just as they reached the entrance of the academy, Shen Qiang came face to face with the fighting maniac, Cheng Hai.

He was wearing a pair of mismatched sports shoes, sweatpants, a muscle shirt, and his skin glistened with a bronze tan as he ran toward them.

With every step he took, Shen Qiang could clearly feel the ground tremble.

He ran up to Shen Qiang.

Cheng Hai stopped, looked at Shen Qiang with a proud sneer, and scoffed, "Shen Qiang, impressive, going to Shanghai, wreaked havoc there, and even more, many people are claiming you're the so-called 'King of Demons.'"

"Laughable. I wonder where those rumors started. I know you too well. A fool like you? I'd only need one punch to bring you down."

Shen Qiang laughed, stepped forward, and stood in front of Cheng Hai, saying, "You really are arrogant. Want to give it a try?"

Cheng Hai laughed, glanced at Xiu Ju standing next to Shen Qiang, and sneered, "I'm not interested in the weak, especially since I've already decided to fight someone who'll be searching for his teeth all over the ring in two and a half months, not three. I can't muster any interest in someone like him, even if he boasts about being the King of Demons to others."

Shen Qiang laughed. "So you mean I'm just boasting about myself."

"Exactly," Cheng Hai laughed. "You fool, apart from bragging, you're utterly useless at anything else. Moreover, it's shameless of you. I know very well that Ji Liangchuan is hardly your friend, yet what did you claim? That you're basketball buddies? Hilarious. You think clinging to his coattails will stop me from beating you?"

Shen Qiang took a deep breath, stifled his anger, and said, "How can you conclude that I'm the one who said these things?"

Cheng Hai laughed. "Because boasting like that makes you seem impressive. For a no-good bum like you, other than riding on others' coattails, you're nothing."

Shen Qiang calmly said, "Are you suggesting we have a duel to the death?"

Cheng Hai laughed. "Don't act tough with me. You're not qualified. Two months and twelve days from now, I'll be waiting for you in the ring. Physical strength alone, no True Yuan, no Techniques, I will use my fists to make you wet your pants."

Hearing this, Xiu Ju scoffed, "Don't be too arrogant, Shen Qiang isn't as easy to bully as you think!"

Glancing at Shen Qiang's shoes, Cheng Hai laughed. "Is he also doing weight training? Judging by the look of his shoe soles, his load capacity hasn't reached three thousand kilograms yet. He wants to fight me with that level?"

"Give it a rest. When I was fourteen, I was already lifting three thousand kilograms, and now?" Cheng Hai raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I'm lifting ten thousand kilograms and still don't feel the weight, so knocking down this weakling with one punch is more than enough."

"If you fight with your life, you will die." Xiu Ju's gaze was icy.

Cheng Hai laughed, looking at Shen Qiang, "Hey, are you only capable of hiding behind a woman? It's been two months and twelve days, and I'm itching to beat you up."

"Then bring it on now," Shen Qiang challenged, raising an eyebrow.

Cheng Hai laughed heartily, shook his head, and started to jog lightly, saying, "I don't want to beat you up right now; I want you to spend every day drowning in the fear of my impending attack." He smiled at Xiu Ju, continuing, "Also, beautiful lady, remember to tie your frail boyfriend to a tree when it gets windy, or else he might be blown away."

Watching Cheng Hai's arrogant departure, seeing his shoes thin as paper each time they hit the ground, Shen Qiang felt an inexplicable depression.

"Don't mind him," Xiu Ju raised an eyebrow and said, "Trust me, this Cheng Hai is at the Nascent Soul Stage of cultivation. Truly, if you wanted to kill him, he'd surely die. It's just that he is all about body cultivation and does not practice techniques; his body is his most potent weapon, so he's been practicing with weights from a young age."

"That's his most proud aspect and also his strongest point. But you're different: your strength lies in diseases, medical skill, and Elixir Pills. In these areas, he doesn't even qualify to carry your shoes."

Shen Qiang took a deep breath, "What's the use of saying all this? I want to defeat him using physical power."

Xiu Ju was silent for a moment, then said, "It's hard to achieve ten thousand kilograms in just two months and twelve days."

Shen Qiang smiled, "Difficult doesn't mean impossible. Besides, if ten thousand kilograms of weight and body strength aren't enough to beat him, then I'll make it twenty thousand! At any rate, I refuse to lose to such a guy."

Xiu Ju smiled, "Then you really need to train hard."

"No problem, I can definitely do it."

Hearing Shen Qiang's words, Xiu Ju smiled gently.

Just then, a surprised voice from behind said, "Shen Qiang, you're back! Was everything smooth in Shanghai?"

Shen Qiang turned around and immediately saw Ju Yang, the sexy and mature female teacher, looking at him with surprise.

"Everything went well. How have you been? No problems with the experiments, I hope?"

The female teacher smiled, her eyes curving, "Your Thermophilic Streptococcus is remarkably stable. I'm convinced it can indeed be used as a medicine."

Shen Qiang smiled, "That's great." While walking with the female teacher towards the graduate school, Shen Qiang asked, "No problems at the academy while I was away? Has the department head not bullied you again?"

The female teacher smiled, "He hasn't bullied us, but our university's basketball club has been terribly bullied by those from the engineering school."

Shen Qiang was taken aback, "Wu Zhaoyang and Lan Yong? They dared to come again?"

The teacher Ju Yang said helplessly, "You weren't here; they've come twice already. Lianghuan lost two matches; Lan Yong even arrogantly said that even if you came back, you still wouldn't be a match for them."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Is this a challenge to provoke me? If you want me to help him, you can just say so directly."

After a pause, the teacher Ju Yang said softly, "Today at noon, there are three matches. Lianghuan and they have an agreement, best of five. If he loses, he says he'll never touch a basketball again in his life."

Standing next to Shen Qiang, the female teacher said, "Please help him, because I know, basketball is his only passion."

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