Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

171: Imperial City, Ye MansionArriving at the Imperial City, they queued to enter the Imperial City.

”Stop! Show your pass!”

The city guard soldier shouted, and Steward Xu reined in his horse, taking out a pass from hisin arms and handing it to the soldier.

The soldier looked at the pass, pointed to the carriage, ”Routine inspection, who is inside?”

No sooner had he spoken than a series of urgent, heavy footsteps suddenly echoed from afar, ”Qi Province eight hundred li urgent dispatch! Everyone move aside! Let us pass quickly!”

Looking back, they saw a soldier clad in armor riding a giant snow wolf at full speed, the aura emanating from him indicating he was a Fourth-Stage Secret Martial Artist.

Seeing this, the city guard soldiers quickly had a few men move the chevaux de frise, while also signaling Steward Xu to pull the carriage to one side.

But before they could move, the snow wolf leaped up, its four claws sharp, intending to directly step on the carriage where Qin Jiang was to leap over.

Steward Xu frowned slightly. Although the carriage’s material was sturdy and stepping on it wouldn’t cause any damage, it was still a bit disrespectful.

He flicked a finger, and a layer of light enveloped the snow wolf and the Secret Martial Artist.

He snorted, but did not do much more, merely flinging the snow wolf into the Imperial City, where it crashed to the ground and rolled a few times.

The Secret Martial Artist riding the snow wolf righted it and looked back at Steward Xu in astonishment.

An Advanced Secret Martial Artist! A coachman was actually an Advanced Secret Martial Artist! Who exactly was sitting in that carriage?

He cupped his fists slightly, ”Rushing a thousand li, I was momentarily anxious, please forgive me! If we meet again, I will surely apologize!”

With that, he galloped away on the snow wolf.

After he left, the people waiting at the city gate to enter couldn’t help but look sideways.

Although there were many Secret Martial Artists in the Imperial City, they didn’t actually see them often in their daily lives.

Not to mention an Advanced Secret Martial Artist, who was even rarer.

The city guard soldier also stared blankly at Steward Xu, feeling his scalp tingle.

He cupped his fists towards Steward Xu, ”My apologies, I did not know you were an Advanced Secret Martial Artist! But it is my duty, so please lift the curtain and cooperate with the inspection!”

Steward Xu nodded, indeed worthy of being a soldier guarding the Imperial City. If it were an ordinary place, which city gate guard would dare to offend a Secret Martial Artist?

Just as he was about to inform Qin Jiang, the curtain was lifted, and Qin Jiang slightly leaned out, casually taking out a token, ”I am the Sect Master of Changshou.”

His voice was not loud, but as his words fell, the noisy city gate instantly became silent, so quiet that a pin could be heard dropping.

The city guard soldier swallowed, and after hesitating for a few seconds, stepped forward to take the token.

After looking at it for a while, he respectfully returned the token, ”Welcome, Sect Master of Changshou, please enter.”

With that, he waved his hand, and the chevaux de frise that had just been put back were moved aside again.

As the carriage gradually moved away until it disappeared from sight, the city gate instantly erupted like a boiling pot.

”Sect Master of Changshou! I didn’t mishear, did I?! Is it the Longevity Sect that repelled the Huai Country army some time ago?!”

”Yes! It’s that Longevity Sect! Who would dare impersonate him? That person is a True God, just like His Excellency the Marshal!”

”If it’s truly that Sect Master, then wouldn’t we also have met a True God? What an eye-opener!”

A soldier walked up to the soldier who had just checked the token, ”Captain, you’re amazing! You could actually tell if the token was fake or not!”

The soldier captain gave him a speechless look, ”You think too highly of me! How could I recognize such an Advanced item? If I were that amazing, would I still be doing this here?”

The soldier was stunned, ”Then you still let them pass?”

The soldier captain looked at him as if he were an idiot, ”What else? Not to mention the person sitting inside, just the coachman is an Advanced Secret Martial Artist. Could we stop him? We wouldn’t even know how we died!

Besides, even if we didn’t die, if it were truly fake, then that would be fine, you wouldn’t have made a mistake.

But what if it’s real? Then you would have offended an important person, and who knows where you’d be banished to!”

The soldier scratched his head, feeling a bit itchy, ”Then we just ignore it? What if something goes wrong?”

The soldier captain shook his head. Having such team members was truly a headache.

”What to do? What do you think? Report it! Whether it’s real or fake, it has nothing to do with us anymore. If they think we’re not rigorous enough, let them come and do it themselves.”

Imperial City, Dingyuan Ward.

”Master, we’ve arrived at the Ye Residence.” Steward Xu’s voice came into the carriage. Qin Jiang lifted the curtain, and an old, quaint courtyard came into view.

In such a core area of the Imperial City’s inner circle, to have such an old, quaint courtyard, one could only describe it as luxurious.

Steward Xu walked to the mansion gate. The guards standing outside came forward, ”Esteemed elder, how may I help you?”

The guards were very polite, as for the Ye Residence, there was no need to adorn it with the prestige of a prominent family.

”Our Master is the Sect Master of Changshou, invited here. Please inform them,” Steward Xu said.

The guard’s expression changed slightly, ”Please come in quickly, the family head has already given instructions!”

Upon arriving at the reception hall inside the mansion, Qin Jiang took his seat, with Steward Xu standing quietly behind him.

”Uncle Xu, please sit,” Qin Jiang said.

Steward Xu hesitated for a moment, then sat down in the seat below Qin Jiang.

”After all these years, thank you for taking care of Yanran,” Qin Jiang said with a smile, pouring tea for Steward Xu as he spoke.

Steward Xu was flattered and quickly accepted, ”Not at all! Young Miss’s talent in business far surpasses mine; I merely assist her.”

”Uncle Xu, there’s no need to be modest. In the future, I will still trouble you with the family’s business. I will also search for some divine materials, and one day I will help you reach the Divine Martial Realm,” Qin Jiang said.

Perhaps there was no need to even search for divine materials. With his current strength, he actually had a chance to forcibly elevate someone’s strength to the Divine Martial Realm.

However, the success rate was very low, and the consumption was indeed very great, requiring not only pure energy but also a lot of mental effort, which was the most difficult to recover.

But it wasn’t impossible to solve; as long as the Eastern Wood Longevity Body was raised to the ninth layer, there would be no problem.

Steward Xu’s breathing hitched when he heard the words Divine Martial.

He had experienced great ups and downs in his life, but he had never even dreamed of one day achieving Divine Martial.

That was a Divine Warrior. Wang Zizai, who once dominated Ningan County, was only at the Martial Destiny level, merely a larger ant to a Divine Warrior.

Suddenly hearing that he might become a Divine Warrior, he couldn’t help but become excited.

”Thank you, Master! I will certainly assist Young Miss with all my might!”

”Haha, Uncle Xu, you’re joking. There’s no need for you to go to such extremes, it’s not that serious.”

As they spoke, a rush of footsteps came from outside the hall. Ye Yuanling quickly walked in, followed by a young woman.

”Haha! Young friend! You’ve kept this old man waiting!”

Ye Yuanling laughed heartily, while also feeling inwardly shocked. He wielded an Immortal Artifact, and every movement within the Imperial City was under his watchful eye.

Yet, Qin Jiang was able to arrive at the Ye Residence without him noticing, which truly startled him.

This perhaps meant that Qin Jiang’s strength had improved even further!