Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

172: Gu Yuexuan”I was delayed a few days, so I arrived a bit late,” Qin Jiang said with a smile.

”No matter, no matter. Young friend, by slaying Fushan and repelling King Huai, you have already resolved the major concern of the Xia Country. You should naturally rest completely,” Ye Yuanling said.

He sat down and looked at Qin Jiang, ”Young friend, you’ve had a long journey. Why not rest for a day and have an audience with Your Majesty tomorrow?”

Qin Jiang raised an eyebrow, a little surprised, but said nothing, just nodding slightly.

”Thank you for your understanding, young friend. To be honest, just now, an urgent report from Qi Province stated that a large army is gathering on the border of Rong Country, and war is imminent. I need to urgently convene a cabinet meeting to discuss countermeasures, so I won’t be able to accompany you.

This is my granddaughter, Ye Yuxuan. How about I have her accompany you to look around the city?” Ye Yuanling raised his hand, gesturing towards the young woman beside him.

”That would be good,” Qin Jiang said.

Ye Yuanling immediately smiled and looked at Ye Yuxuan, ”Yuxuan, I’m leaving it to you. Grandpa will take his leave first.”

After speaking, he cupped his hands slightly towards Qin Jiang and then hurried away.

After he left, Ye Yuxuan walked up to Qin Jiang, bowed slightly, and smiled, ”Greetings, Sect Master Qin. This young lady will accompany you today.”

”Young Miss Ye is too polite. There’s no need to tour the city. Please take me to the largest antique shop in the Imperial City,” Qin Jiang said with a smile.

As the primary city of the Xia Country, the Imperial City’s antiques should be far superior in quality to those in county towns and even Prefectures.

The smile on Ye Yuxuan’s face froze, ”Alright, please follow me.”

Leaving the Ye Residence, the two, along with Steward Xu, sat in a carriage. Before long, they arrived at an exquisite pavilion, above which was written ’Guyue Xuan’.

When the carriage stopped, everyone inside the pavilion looked over. No other reason: the Ye Family banner fluttering on the carriage was too conspicuous.

In the Imperial City, it could be said that almost no one didn’t recognize the Ye Family’s emblem.

Because this was the Family of the current Guardian God of the Xia Country, the Grand Marshal of all forces, and the Chief of the Cabinet, Ye Yuanling.

Truly, one person below, and above ten thousand!

Ye Yuxuan looked helplessly at the people peering out from inside the pavilion. In fact, she rarely displayed the Ye Family banner when she went out on normal days.

But this time was different. She didn’t want anyone to be blind and offend Qin Jiang.

She had already heard from her grandfather that this person had personally killed Fushan and repelled King Huai during the previous Yuan Province battle, effectively serving as the pillar of the Xia Country!

Apart from the Immortal Ancestor, this Sect Master Qin was already the true number one expert in the current Xia Country. Even her grandfather, wielding an Immortal Artifact, would not be his match!

It was hard to imagine that this was actually a young man even younger than herself.

She was already a High-level Secret Martial Artist, yet she felt as if her twenty-some years of life had been wasted.

”Sect Master Qin, this is Guyue Xuan, the largest antique shop in the Imperial City. Our Ye Family holds more than half of its shares. Please feel free to take whatever you like; consider it a token of gratitude from the Ye Family on behalf of the citizens of the Xia Country,” she said with a smile.

Qin Jiang smiled, ”Thank you. Please bring out all antiques related to the Ancient Yu Country, as well as artifacts related to faith, and some items with legendary stories, for me to examine.”

Ye Yuxuan was stunned upon hearing this, ”All, all of them?”

Qin Jiang nodded, ”Is that not allowed?”

”Ah, no, no, I’ll have someone prepare them right away.”

Saying this, she directly got out of the carriage and conveniently lifted the curtain for Qin Jiang.

This scene caused the people in Guyue Xuan to widen their eyes.

Who was Ye Yuxuan? She was the direct granddaughter of Elder Ye! The apple of the entire Ye Family’s eye!

Who could possibly make her personally lift the curtain and wait?

Could it be... Elder Ye himself had arrived at Guyue Xuan?!

Thinking of this, they couldn’t help but step forward to watch. Most of the people in Guyue Xuan were wealthy or noble and understood Elder Ye’s importance. Even just being seen and leaving an impression would be extremely beneficial!

One must know that Elder Ye was the only True God in the current Xia Country besides His Majesty. As long as one had seen him once, they would definitely remember him when recalling!

Tap.

A crisp sound of footsteps rang out, and everyone’s gaze followed, but they suddenly realized it wasn’t Elder Ye, but a young man—a young man who looked like he hadn’t even come of age yet!

”This... who is this? How come I’ve never seen him before?”

”I don’t recognize him. There isn’t such a young man among the twelve Families.”

”Are you stupid? What kind of nobodies are the twelve Families? Even their Family heads aren’t worthy of Young Miss Ye personally lifting the curtain for them!”

For a moment, the people in Guyue Xuan whispered amongst themselves, not daring to speak too loudly, lest they disturb this mysterious young man and be remembered for it, which would be disastrous.

A colossal entity like the Ye Family didn’t even need to resort to any tactics; a casual word from them would be enough to lead a large Family to decline.

Before they even entered Guyue Xuan, Shop Owner had already come out to greet them, ”Patron, why have you come? And who is this esteemed guest?”

Qin Jiang looked at this person; his aura was already close to that of a twelfth-level Secret Martial Artist, which showed how much the Ye Family valued Guyue Xuan.

”This is Sect Master Qin of the Longevity Sect from Yuanzhou Prefecture. You should have heard of him,” Ye Yuxuan said.

The news of Qin Jiang becoming the new Sect Master of the Longevity Sect had already spread throughout the court a few days ago, and all the Families had released the information to build momentum for Qin Jiang.

”So it is Sect Master Qin who has graced us with his presence! I apologize for not coming out to greet you! Please forgive me, Sect Master Qin!” Shop Owner bowed and cupped his hands towards Qin Jiang, adopting a very humble posture.

Some people in Guyue Xuan showed shock on their faces. They had heard from their Families about the new Sect Master of the Longevity Sect in Yuan Province, knowing that this was a rising overlord of the Xia Country! His prestige was no less than that of Elder Ye!

Some even knew some inside information: the current Your Majesty might intend to bestow him with a princely title! That’s why they were building momentum among the various Families!

As they walked into Guyue Xuan, everyone consciously parted, forming a path to the interior.

Qin Jiang looked at them with some surprise, ”What’s going on? Why do I feel like I’ve turned into a giant panda in a zoo?”

Upon reaching the inner section, the main hall of Guyue Xuan immediately became lively.

”This Sect Master Qin looks so young!”

”Looks young? Sect Master Qin is genuinely young! His journey has been clear for all to see! He just soared to success so effortlessly!”

”Sect Master Qin looked at me just now! Oh no, oh no! Did I not do my makeup well?”

”Nonsense! Sect Master Qin was clearly looking at me!”

”You two hussies, truly shameless! Sect Master Qin was clearly looking at me!”

Inside, Shop Owner led the three to a room.

”Sect Master Qin, a quiet room has been prepared for you. You requested quite a lot of items. How about we examine them in a hundred batches?” he asked.

There was no other way; the inventory of Guyue Xuan was so vast that it could almost be said that half of the Imperial City’s antiques were here, with numbers in the tens of thousands!

”A hundred batches?” Qin Jiang was stunned by this number, then nodded slightly, ”Alright, Shop Owner, just arrange it.”

”Good, Sect Master Qin, Patron, and this elderly gentleman, please come in and have a seat. I will go make the arrangements now.”