strokinit Chapter 170 The Crown Prince Dies Suddenly, He Makes His Move at Night
Chapter 170 The Crown Prince Dies Suddenly, He Makes His Move at Night
Chapter 170 The Crown Prince Dies Suddenly, He Makes His Move at Night
Before the cultivation of external realm techniques, this world...
The so-called true qi is actually a product of "refining essence into qi", which means that the body needs to be full of qi and blood to generate more true qi to fill the acupoints.
For Li Xijun, who had cultivated "internal energy" to cleanse his marrow, this was a piece of cake.
At noon, he went directly to the accounting office and withdrew two thousand taels of silver. Without inviting Li Yan and the other servants, he went to the best restaurant in Beiman County and ordered a table full of fine medicinal dishes, which he then devoured.
Afterwards, instead of returning to the Li residence, he booked a top-tier room and skillfully began practicing the long-lost "Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Technique".
Compared to the servants in the Li family who toiled every day lifting stone weights to toughen their bodies, his "Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Method" was clearly more effective in enhancing qi and blood and strengthening the body.
The medicinal meal I ate at noon was quickly absorbed and transformed into nutrients to strengthen my body.
After his physical body and blood energy were enhanced, Li Xijun turned to cultivate the [Hundred Days Foundation Building] technique of this world, generating true energy and circulating it to fill the three hundred and sixty-five acupoints.
On the one hand, there was enough money to buy medicinal cuisine.
On the other hand, even though he was a blank slate in this world, he was able to master the Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Technique at an extremely fast pace, and his physical fitness was constantly improving at a high efficiency.
This allowed Li Xijun to easily fill eleven acupoints in just one day.
It wasn't until that evening, when his mental energy was clearly depleted, that Li Xijun finally went to sleep at the inn.
That night
Li Family Inner Study
The middle-aged butler, sporting a mustache, was reporting on the day's events in the manor, one by one.
But for some reason, the butler could sense that the master sitting in the armchair no longer cared about these things.
This made the butler feel increasingly strange.
Over the past ten years,
My master is a very shrewd person.
It was as if he had personally managed a group of subordinates, and he knew everything about the affairs of the mansion, big and small.
Even if the kitchen lacked the young lady's meals one day, she could be dragged out and beaten to death that very night.
They were particularly concerned about the wealth in the Li family's storeroom.
Almost all the details were reviewed daily, which ensured that no one in the mansion had ever dared to steal even a penny from the treasury for many years.
But I don't know when it started,
However, the other party treated my daily reports as mere perfunctory glances.
Relying on his years of experience, the butler fluently recited the events aloud, but his mind raced, and he calculated a date.
That seems to have been three months ago.
Three months ago, nothing unusual happened in Beiman County. The young lady didn't write any letters, the young master continued to drink and dine every day, and Li Yan was diligently practicing martial arts.
If we really have to talk about it, it seems that the only thing that really happened was the shocking death of the crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty.
But how could such a thing have anything to do with a small family in Beiman County?
The butler thought it over and over, and was just about to give up, thinking it was simply because the master was getting old.
"Butler, has hope-jun acted strangely today?"
Li Jingde's sudden words startled the butler, but fortunately, his years of experience had honed his composure, and he answered calmly and steadily:
"Reporting to Master, the young man got up this morning and said he wanted to practice martial arts again. He insisted that Li Yan teach him about the 'Hundred Days Foundation Building' technique. At noon, he went to the account to withdraw silver and went to a restaurant in the county to eat and drink. He stayed there tonight."
When he talked about this, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Li Yan.
As the butler, he knew very well that the master was most averse to the young master learning martial arts.
Li Yan has done this, and no matter how much the master values him, he will likely be punished.
"Well, let him be. He only gets enthusiastic for a short time. As for Li Yan..."
Li Jingde hesitated for a moment, then seemed to show the same nonchalant attitude he had when listening to the accounts earlier, and waved his hand.
"Let him focus on his cultivation. In the next few days, he should stay away from hope Jun and remain in the manor. Have someone keep a close eye on him and do not allow him to leave the manor during this time."
"What about the young master?"
"Let him be."
After saying this, Li Jingde immediately added:
"No matter how much money he spends these days, send it to him and let him spend it as he pleases. Tell him he can do whatever he wants these days, but he must return home for the night after ten days."
"The master still spoils the young master as much as ever," he thought to himself subconsciously.
"If you have nothing else to do, you can go down now. You've worked hard all these years. I'll give you five thousand taels of silver to send to your parents' home in the south of the city."
"Yes, sir."
After hearing this, the butler subconsciously responded and stepped back, but realizing how much money this was, he became unsteady on his feet.
It wasn't until after he left that the butler came to his senses and realized that he had actually received a huge reward.
But this made him feel uneasy.
He felt that something was off with the master lately.
However, the enormous wealth of five thousand taels of silver made his greed override everything else.
"Perhaps it's because the young lady has made it onto the list of successful people and will be returning in a few days, so it's normal for the master to be in a good mood to reward her."
The steward kept reassuring himself, fantasizing about what he would do after receiving this large sum of money.
He must have instructed his parents in the south of the city to send their son to learn martial arts.
Moreover, we must try our best to send them to major sects to learn martial arts, even if it costs five thousand taels.
Although he was just a butler, he had a clearer understanding of how to educate his son than the master.
Overindulgence is not a good thing; in today's world, martial artists still have the final say.
That night
Li Yan's residence also has a separate room next to Li Xijun's room.
"Whoosh!"
A burst of energy pierced through the window paper and precisely struck the lamp wick in the room, extinguishing it instantly.
Li Yan, who was reading history books in the room, was not nervous when he saw this. Instead, he put down his book as usual, gently pushed open the door, and instantly turned into a black shadow, passing through several houses and arriving at a quiet grove in the backyard of the Li family mansion.
When he arrived, Li Jingde had already been waiting for him for a long time.
After the two met, they didn't waste any words. In an instant, the long sword in Li Jingde's hand transformed into a strange sword light, tearing through the darkness without warning and stabbing straight at Li Yan's throat.
The sword light was incredibly fast. One moment the sword was still in its sheath, and the next, a chilling aura was already three inches from the throat, as if it had jumped out of space.
Li Yan's pupils contracted sharply, and his back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.
Even though he had witnessed this sword technique more than once, he still found it difficult to react.
As the dragon-shaped jade pendant in his arms emitted a soft light, the true qi of a martial art within Li Yan's body flowed more smoothly. His eyes became brighter, and his body suddenly leaned back to its limit, his toes slamming into the ground, and he darted backward like a startled cat.
The tip of the sword grazed his hair, the sharp wind stinging his cheek, but he managed to dodge the attack.
(End of this chapter)