Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

34: Ancient Yu Kingdom, bronze mask with nightmare beast patternThe Taiyin hung high, and Qin Jiang and Liu Yize walked out of the Inner City.

He looked back, and the towering city walls cast shadows, appearing solemn and heavy.

Just now, until the end of the banquet, besides Xu Yanran reminding him not to forget the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth of next month, no one else had come to find him and Liu Yize.

It seemed that after ’donating’ the silver, everyone, including the two of them, was somewhat displeased.

After seeing Liu Yize off, Qin Jiang returned to Shanman Restaurant, ordered a pot of hangover tea, and went straight to his room.

Drinking the tea, he silently gazed out the window.

At this banquet, he also roughly understood Long Yuesheng’s intention, which was to let him join the County Soldiers.

But he actually had no such intention.

There were too many rules for the County Soldiers, and the most important thing was that once he became a County Soldier, it would be difficult to find time to learn other Martial arts.

He planned to learn more Martial arts, even if they weren’t True Martial arts.

Because the potential panel could perform Fusion and deduction on Martial arts.

Taking the essence and discarding the dross, the Martial arts after Fusion and deduction would not only be more powerful but also more suitable for him.

The Red Tiger Gang, he couldn’t delay any longer, he had to join the Red Tiger Gang quickly.

In addition to this, he also needed to prepare more potential points. It was no longer the time to save potential points. He wanted to push the Red Tiger Fist to the Perfection Realm in the shortest possible time.

He took out a token from hisin arms. It had the character ’Xu’ engraved on it.

The Lantern Festival was held in the Inner City. Xu Yanran gave this to him because she was afraid he wouldn’t be able to enter the Inner City then.

The Xu Family was the largest grain merchant in Black Mountain City, so it was normal for them to have some privileges.

This, in turn, made things convenient for him; he had to thoroughly search and visit the antique shops and pawnshops in the Inner City.

Somewhere outside Black Mountain City.

Dozens of torches illuminated the forest. A Young Master in brocade clothes, holding a folding fan, raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, his eyes dark as he looked ahead.

After a long while, a black-clad man, covered in filth, walked over, knelt on one knee, and presented a token with both hands.

”Sir, the token has been found!” the black-clad man said.

The Young Master with the folding fan stepped back a few paces. ”Can you find the murderer?”

These past few days, although he hadn’t received any news from those two guys, he hadn’t really paid much attention.

If it weren’t for the news from the main pavilion saying that the token hadn’t been infused with gold and jade Qi for a long time, he wouldn’t have known that these two guys were already dead.

”It’s difficult, but we can confirm that the death location is not beyond a hundred li radius. Within a hundred li, the only cities are Black Mountain City and Luoshan City,” the black-clad man said.

”Go and investigate,” the Young Master with the folding fan said.

More than half a month had passed, so there was no need to be too anxious. Even if it was discovered, it would already be too late.

”Yes, Sir!”

Coo-coo-coo ~

A sound of wings flapping echoed in the jungle, and a black bird, like lightning, landed on his shoulder.

He looked at the black bird with some surprise and took off the letter from its leg.

Unfolding the paper, there was only one line: ’My son, Liuyun, the secret item has arrived. Changes will occur in the Black Mountain City region. Return quickly.’

The next morning, Qin Jiang went to the Inner City early. After showing his token, he was allowed to pass directly.

Entering the North Market again, it was livelier today than yesterday. Without much delay, he went directly to the antique shop he had seen yesterday.

Two burly men guarded the entrance, and several people were already selecting antiques inside.

After walking around inside, he only gained less than one potential point.

Seeing this, he directly stated his intention, ”Shopkeeper, besides these on display, are there any more?”

The shop assistant standing behind the counter sized up Qin Jiang. He didn’t pay much attention. ”Guest, if you want to go to the inner room, you’ll need at least fifty taels of silver.”

Qin Jiang followed the other’s gaze and looked at himself, immediately understanding.

When he left home today, he found the black gold auspicious cloud robe troublesome to wear, so he changed back into his previous black cloth clothes.

He fumbled in hisin arms for a moment, pulling out the Xu Family’s token and five ten-tael silver notes.

The shop assistant didn’t react much when he saw the silver notes; after all, fifty taels was not much, and many people in the Inner City could afford it.

However, when he saw the token, he was instantly stunned. Someone from the Xu Family?

As someone working in an antique shop, he almost daily came into contact with wealthy people, and occasionally, an upper-class figure from the Inner City would visit. Naturally, someone had specifically taught him how to identify important figures in the city.

Although the Xu Family’s base was in the west of the city, they did come to the Inner City.

And this token was a symbol that only high-ranking members of the Xu Family would possess.

”So it’s a Sir from the Xu Family. This humble one was truly blind and didn’t recognize you! Please come in!”

The shop assistant quickly walked out from behind the counter and led Qin Jiang towards the inner room.

This scene made the other people in the antique shop look sideways.

The Xu Family, even to them, was an absolute behemoth.

Entering the inner room, the layout was similar to the outside.

However, Qin Jiang glanced around, and even though he didn’t know how to distinguish antiques, he could tell that the items inside were much more valuable than those outside.

”Master Liu, this is a Sir from the Xu Family.”

The shop assistant walked to a middle-aged man who was dozing at the counter and whispered in his ear.

Bang!

The middle-aged man, called Master Liu, suddenly raised his head, and the back of his head directly hit the shop assistant’s chin.

Hiss ~

Hiss ~

Two gasps of cold air made Qin Jiang feel a tingling in his teeth.

Slap!

”You silly boy! Why are you so close?!”

Master Liu slapped the shop assistant on the forehead, then looked at Qin Jiang, quickly stood up, and cupped his hands, ”Guest, I apologize, you’ve seen something embarrassing.”

Qin Jiang waved his hand, ”It’s fine. May I look around first?”

”Please, feel free.”

Saying that, Master Liu waved his hand at the shop assistant, ”Go, go, go! You never learn! Tomorrow, I’ll have your mother teach you a lesson!”

After the shop assistant left, Qin Jiang looked at the many antiques in the inner room, occasionally reaching out to touch one. Master Liu followed behind, introducing them from time to time.

Soon, a bronze beast-patterned mask caught Qin Jiang’s attention. His fingertips gently touched it.

[Potential points absorbing... 1.11... 20.80... 6]

[Potential points: 11.2]

His pupils involuntarily constricted slightly. This single item alone added nearly five potential points!

”What is this?” He suppressed his excitement and asked.

Master Liu glanced at the mask. ”This is an Ancient Yu Country Nightmare Beast-patterned bronze mask, at least three thousand years old. According to records, only priests of the Ancient Yu Country were qualified to wear such masks.”

Ancient Yu Country?

Qin Jiang frowned slightly. He had never heard of this name.

Master Liu saw Qin Jiang frown and explained, ”This Ancient Yu Country was a slave Dynasty from several thousand years ago. Sacrifices were prevalent, and it was famous for human sacrifices and metallurgy.

It’s just that later, it seemed to disappear overnight, and all related records were also lost. The little we know now is all derived from these unearthed antiques.”

”Are there any other antiques from the Ancient Yu Country?” Qin Jiang asked.

Master Liu shook his head, ”No, just this one. If you want it, Guest, it’s two hundred taels of silver.”

Qin Jiang withdrew his hand upon hearing this, unconsciously pinching his index and middle fingers. ”I’ll look around some more.”

Master Liu nodded with some disappointment, ”As you wish.”

A moment later, Qin Jiang had looked at everything, and his total potential points reached 11.8.

Looking at Master Liu, ”Besides these, are there any others?”

Master Liu pondered for a moment, ”There are a few more, but the owner said they are to be kept and cannot be sold.”

Thump-thump-thump.

The shop assistant from before walked in, glanced at Qin Jiang, and quickly went to Master Liu, pulling out a slip of paper.

Master Liu opened it and looked, then glanced at Qin Jiang with some surprise, ”This guest, the owner has instructed not to do business with the Xu Family. We have no choice, please forgive us.”

Qin Jiang looked at the two of them upon hearing this and nodded slightly.

Master Liu breathed a sigh of relief. He was most afraid of this person causing trouble. He immediately raised his hand slightly, ”Guest, please.”

Qin Jiang walked away, but at the doorway, he suddenly turned back, ”Who is your owner?”

Master Liu was stunned. This person didn’t know?

”The Li Family of the South City.”

Qin Jiang nodded, ”Thank you.”

After leaving the antique shop, he browsed the South Market, then went to the other various districts. After sweeping them, it was already approaching noon.

Looking at the panel,

[Current Martial arts]

Longevity Five Qi Skill (First Layer) (40 / 250)

Iron Arm Fist (Third Layer) (80 / 400)

Earth Dragon Body (First Layer) (32 / 200)

[Potential points: 25.2]