Chapter 325: Innate Qi (Two in One)
Another five days passed after I separated from Nangong Ling.

“Captain Shen, we will report this matter to Gang Leader Jie. Xiaomi will be left in the hands of Captain Shen.” Gong Changzhang said. From this experience, he knew that he was no match for Shen Qingzhou. It seemed that Shangguan Yundun was stronger than he had imagined.

The journey back to Qixia Town was smooth. The reputation of Tianxia Escort Agency had already spread around Hengyang.

Seven Heroes Town.

“Xiaomi, I have gained a lot along the way. I will go into seclusion first.” Shen Qingzhou and Xiaomi were both happy when they returned to Qixia Town.

During this period, he gained about a year’s worth of skills, the escort agency’s business increased a lot, and the rewards were also considerable.

I returned to the mansion and just sat down.

[Complete Xiaomi’s Sadness quest, and receive rewards: Xiantian Gangqi x1, Xiantian Gangqi proficiency x30000 (2), Dahuandan x1, Tianshan Snow Lotus x2]

Shen Qingzhou looked at the generous reward. It was worthy of being a welfare task. It was too generous. Not to mention the innate Gangqi, he had more than one of the Dahuan Dan and the Tianshan Snow Lotus. He had three Dahuan Dan, which was equivalent to one hundred and eighty years of skills. He also had the Tianshan Snow Lotus, and he had used one. He now had seven. The more he used them, the more he had.

I don’t know if this Dahuan Dan has any resistance, and whether it can really increase my skills by one hundred and eighty years. However, I’d better get the Xiantian Gangqi first. The two at the back are two thirty thousand, which means doubling the directional proficiency. That’s pretty good.

He guessed that this directional martial arts should be random, but his current martial arts, Changquan, Thirteen Golden Bell Cover, Vajra Gong, and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms are all perfect, with only one innate qi that he has not learned, which can be used to fix a bug in the future.

After receiving the innate energy, he looked at the Dahuan Dan and thought, okay, it turns out it is prepared for you.

As the name suggests, Xiantian Gangqi is a body-protecting martial art. It is different from his current horizontal training, which uses true qi to protect the body.

The higher the skill level, the stronger the protection. Moreover, this is a martial art that consumes a lot of internal energy, because Gangqi is transformed from internal force and true qi. The first step to get started is to accumulate true qi for ten years. The true qi is transformed into Gangqi, which can protect the body and attack, and is much sharper than internal force.

According to the description of this martial art, when it is mastered, it can form a protective gas shield. Judging from the performance in movies and TV dramas, Zhao Wuji has not mastered it.

Sitting in the training room, Shen Qingzhou held a Dahuan Dan in his mouth and at the same time, began to practice his proficiency in Xiantian Gangqi.

[Innate Qi: (0/150000)]

There were 60,000 in reward, plus the remaining 90,000 that he had after completing the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. He was lucky with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and the Innate Qi, unlike before, when he had to wait a long time to complete them.

At the same time, the Dahuan Dan turned into pure internal force, and then turned into Gang Qi with a special method.

An hour later, another Dahuan Dan disappeared, and the task was finally accomplished. The one hundred and twenty years of true qi were transformed into innate Gangqi.

Shen Qingzhou opened his eyes and a gas shield suddenly appeared. He pointed his finger and a finger hole appeared directly on the teacup. Then, the gas shield shrank completely and stuck to the surface of his skin, making it completely invisible.

He stood up. This was one of the effects of the perfection of the innate qi. The qi operated automatically and became passive. He felt the qi absorbing some kind of energy from heaven and earth to repair itself. This was also a feature. Of course, if it was directly broken, there would be nothing he could do and he would have to practice again, which meant breaking the skill.

He realized that it was still growing, but the speed was almost imperceptible. After all, it was just a human-created technique. Shen Qingzhou had practiced it to perfection. What to do next depended on his talent.

He felt a little uncomfortable, which was equivalent to that he had used his 120 years of skills to create a protective shield that was both extremely protective and capable of attacking.

However, forget about protection. If you use your internal energy to attack, it will inevitably be a waste. Moreover, this internal energy is not as gentle as internal force, and it seems that it has no ability to prolong your life.

It seemed that he didn’t want to transform all his internal energy into qi. There were so many martial arts in this world. He had the Jade Book of Martial Arts. There was no need for him to stick to one path to the end. He could try more.

After using the last Dahuan Dan, the true energy in his body surged. This was real internal energy, unlike just now when it was directly converted into Gangqi and circulated within the body.

This was his innate internal strength that he had developed by practicing the Golden Bell Cover with the Thirteen Guardians to perfection. Now, with more than sixty years of internal strength, a little dragon appeared when he waved his hand.

Then, he would continue to hone his true Qi, and if that didn’t work, transform it into Gang Qi. He wanted to be able to completely control the internal force.

He also discovered something interesting. The internal strength he cultivated based on the Thirteen Guardians had a huge bonus to the Thirteen Guardians and the Golden Elephant Skill. If he used his full strength, his body would turn light gold. Uh, it was a bit ugly. Never mind. He would be more careful next time.

More than ten days later, Shen Qingzhou came out of seclusion. He was just doing it according to his habit. All his skills were perfect and there would be no situation that he couldn’t control. He just wanted to avoid letting everyone notice the sudden increase of his true energy.

With the innate inner energy protecting him, he could feel that the air he breathed in was filtered. In the future, most of the drugs and the like would be ineffective on him.

Looking at the sky, it was especially blue. Now, he finally had the ability to dominate a little. He was very curious whether he could fight against some top masters such as Tiedan Shenhou, Yao Yue Lianxing, Yan Nantian, etc.

In terms of attack, I have the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, which is a sixty-year accumulation of skills, so it should not be too bad. I also have the innate qi to protect myself, which is awesome.

Reaching out his hand, he felt the long sword formed by the transparent energy. Well, this energy has many uses.

Tongfu Inn.

“Boss, as usual, go call the servants and get everything ready. We’re having a good day today, so please treat everyone to a meal.” Shen Qingzhou said after entering the door.

“Xiao Shen, you’ve come out of seclusion. It seems that your skills have greatly improved. I heard about your story, but I didn’t expect that even the leader of the Beggars’ Sect is no match for you.” Tong Xiangyu is very good at flattering people.

However, it’s not just flattery. Shen Qingzhou is now a real big shot. He is also his friend and is willing to spend money on him. He is a good person.

“It’s a draw.” Shen Qingzhou was still humble, even though the gap between him and Su Can was even bigger than before the other party learned the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

“You are too modest. It’s still a ten-year-old bar.” Bai Zhantang said.

“Hmm, that’s not right. What’s that smell?” Shen Qingzhou smelled a sour smell. His innate internal energy protected his body, but it was just filtering. It didn’t mean that he couldn’t smell anything. Of course, he could seal it off, but there was no need. He smelled a sour, sour smell.

“What’s that smell?” Tong Xiangyu didn’t smell it and asked Bai Zhantang.

“The scholar put all the leftovers in his room.” Bai Zhantang said in a low voice.

“Scholar, what’s wrong with you?” Tong Xiangyu looked at Lu Qinghou and was also shocked by his weak appearance.

“He must be hungry.” Shen Qingzhou took a look and thought, this couldn’t be the episode where Xiaomi died of overeating or choking.

“Scholar, why don’t you eat? My poor scholar.” Tong Xiangyu was quite exaggerated.

“The sunflower acupoint-pressing technique. Boss, please watch. The pressure is not too light this time. In one hour, I will pour out all his slop.” Bai Zhantang said as the scholar was being pressed.

“Don’t fall, don’t fall.” Shen Qingzhou could still hear the scholar’s hum. “Hurry up, it’s all thanks to Xiao Shen, if we wait a little longer, how will the customers come?” Tong Xiangyu said, Bai Zhantang and Li Dazui ran a few times to solve the problem, and the scholar really cried.

“Sunflower Acupoint-Releasing Technique.” Shen Qingzhou was drinking tea and chatting with a few diners about what it meant to make friends widely. Although they were all nodding acquaintances, this group of diners had already gotten used to it and knew that the waiter here could press acupoints.

“Scholar, don’t cry. Why do you keep those things?” After the acupoints were untied, the scholar burst into tears out of grievance.

“Boss, you don’t know…” Then everyone knew that the scholar’s family had an ancestral teaching that they should help the poor every year, but he had no money and could only save it like this.

Shen Qingzhou also found it interesting. Tong Xiangyu’s various golden sentences such as “Your ancestors made people eat swill, beggars are also human beings” came out one after another.

Just as we were watching the excitement, suddenly, firecrackers were set off from the Yihong Building opposite.

“What’s going on? The Yihonglou is just opening. It’s impossible that a window would be installed for several months. What a coincidence.” Tong Xiangyu said.

“Congratulations on the grand opening of Yihonglou.” It seemed as if so many people appeared in an instant. Shen Qingzhou noticed it when he came, but he knew that the place was being renovated, so he didn’t pay much attention. He didn’t expect it to be such a coincidence.

Unfortunately, he didn’t know that if he hadn’t entered Tongfu Inn today, Yihonglou would not have been open.

“Xiao Cui, that is Shen, the head of the Tianxia Escort Agency. If we can capture him, our Yihonglou will have one more super customer.” A woman said to the maid beside her. She was a beautiful girl and her name was Sai Diaochan.

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“Miss, that’s what you say, but this Shen Biaotou is familiar with the people in that inn, and his cousin will be the cook, is that okay?”

“It’s OK. Two cents of silver a month. Humph, I’ll give him two taels. His cousin is really a man of integrity. He won’t go even if he gets three taels a month as an escort.”

“Okay, Xiao Cui, go down and arrange it.” Sai Diaochan said. After Xiao Cui left, she came to the boudoir, looked at the bed, thought about it, went to the dressing table, and took out two ingots of silver. She was really generous.

“I will temporarily offer you a hundred taels of silver as room fee.”

This was the note and one hundred taels of silver she saw after she arrived at Yihong Tower. The other party was definitely going to sleep in her boudoir. Although there was only an empty bed, it was still very uncomfortable.

……

“Just open for business, what’s the big deal?” Tong Xiangyu complained.

“Every customer will receive a pot of Fenjiu and eight ounces of crab roe.” The middle-aged woman shouted at the top of her voice and really drove away all the customers of Tongfu Inn, just like in movies and TV dramas.

Of course, they didn’t really refuse to pay. They just took advantage of the situation first. They were all regular customers, so a pot of Fenjiu and crab roe were quite valuable.

“It’s June now, there’s nothing delicious to eat, and we don’t have to worry about gout.” Tong Xiangyu said, and quickly poured a cup of tea for Shen Qingzhou.

Shen Qingzhou didn’t want to join in the fun. He would not treat himself badly. Nowadays, the escort agency didn’t make much money. After all, he had to run the big escorts, relying on the frequent trips. From Datong Money House, Lu Family Bank, and the escorts he received based on his reputation, he did earn a lot of money.

However, a strong escort agency also needs a lot of silver to develop. Weapons, stone locks, horses, medicines and other things need to be purchased. The salary of escorts and porters is not something that can be paid with just a few cents. The salary of a porter starts with two taels.

If he had not captured Jin Buer and others, and the court had not rewarded him with 20,000 taels of silver, plus the escort silver at that time, he really would not have dared to expand the Tianxia Escort Agency.

Of course, he can rob the rich and give to the poor, but he himself doesn’t like to do this kind of thing, after all, it’s just stealing.

Later, he expanded his escort agency to Hengyang, but the business of Lu’s Bank was taken over by Tianxia Escort Agency, and he was able to make money while doing so.

In fact, Shen Qingzhou felt very speechless. Shangguan Yundun was a gangster, and he killed him, but the court did not offer a reward for him. He was even worse than Jin Buer and others. This also indirectly showed how careful Shangguan Yundun was.

But it is true that Shangguan Yundun is not a good person, but he targets people from the martial arts world. If Jin Buer and his group had not killed Zhang Da Hu’s entire family, they might not have been on such a large wanted list.

However, he was not short of money. He had a system. When the escorts were on a mission, they would occasionally be rewarded with a few taels or a fraction of an tael. A little bit of silver would add up to a lot. Together with the big silver rewards he himself had received, he still had a thousand or two thousand taels, not to mention a hundred gold needles, which were also gold.

Of course, his expenses were not small. A thousand taels of silver a month was enough. He often entertained guests and the wine was always aged. He just spent money. Of course, he didn’t just eat and drink, he also did other things, such as listening to storytelling and buying some clothes. Although they were all the same, he had to prepare a lot and he spent a lot.

Not to mention that he had to throw away his clothes every time he fought, but even in his daily life, as a grown man, he didn’t like to wash his own clothes and was unwilling to hire a maid. It wasn’t that he was not used to being served, but he felt that he had no private space.

He knew that as long as the escort company was running, he would never lack money. This was because he had high moral standards. Otherwise, with his current martial arts skills, money would be meaningless.

However, listening to Su Can bragging that when he was a young man, he spent tens of thousands of taels of money a night, it was also quite curious. In so many worlds, it seemed that he had rarely been to brothels except in the early days of the world of Joy of Life. At that time, the places he went to were different.

He doesn’t try to take advantage of others, and there is another main reason: he doesn’t like seafood. He grew up eating northern food and has become accustomed to it. It’s not that he can’t change, but he feels there is no need to. He loves hot pot and barbecue the most.

Thanks to the integration of this world, otherwise, I would have to look for things like chili peppers again. It is similar to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and I can also eat shabu-shabu, which is pretty good.

“Make way, make way.” A voice with an accent sounded, a bit exaggerated, but no one stopped it.

I saw a few waiters, each carrying a plate, coming out of Yihong Building and going straight to Tongfu Inn.

“What are you doing?” Guo Furong stepped forward.

“What’s the matter? I heard that Mr. Shen from the Tianxia Escort Agency is here, and I admire him so much that I asked the chef to prepare some delicious dishes for Mr. Shen to go with his wine.” Sai Diaochan’s accent is very distinctive.

“That’s right, it’s not possible.” Xiao Cui also imitated him.

“This is too much.” This is blatantly attracting customers. Everyone knows that Mr. Shen from the Tianxia Escort Agency is very generous and a wealthy customer who is willing to spend money. This is acceptable.

“Xiao Guo, let them come.” Tong Xiangyu said. Some things cannot be stopped. She felt that the Yihonglou was waiting for Shen Qingzhou to open.

“This is Mr. Shen from the Tianxia Escort Agency. Oh, he’s so young, you should call him Brother Shen.” Sai Diaochan is indeed good at networking, after all, he is the shopkeeper.

“Brother Shen, this is the 20-year-old Fenjiu that the shopkeeper specifically told me to prepare for you. We only have one jar in Yihonglou, and the shopkeeper said that it was prepared just for you.”

“You want to give it to other people, can they afford it? Twenty years.” Bai Zhantang swallowed.

“Brother Shen, these are jar meat, shredded eel, fish soup, and stir-fried shredded beef. They are all the freshest.”

(End of this chapter)