Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 24: Divine Power and Beauty

Qiu Chuji spent every day in the mountains honing his sword skills and practicing internal strength, while also refining his boxing and kicking skills, trying to make sure he had no weaknesses at all. In his spare time, he would go to the nameless valley to seek out the red snake and get some goodies from it.

However, the effect of Ganoderma lucidum powder on Qiu Chuji gradually weakened.

It’s not because of drug resistance, but because the base number is large, so a little progress is not so obvious.

The so-called "four decades of skill" and "one hundred years of internal strength" in the martial arts world are actually quite general.

There are differences between people, and the level of the same person at different times is also different.

Take Wang Chongyang as an example. The difference between the amount of internal energy he accumulated every day when he was just starting out and the amount of internal energy he accumulates every day now that he is approaching his peak is at least ten times.

If Qiu Chuji wanted to achieve rapid progress in internal strength in a short period of time, he either had to have a higher level of knowledge and understanding of several internal skills, which is often said to be "practicing to such and such levels", or he had to obtain more powerful supplements and exchange quantity for quality.

The former requires accumulation of knowledge and insights, as well as a burst of inspiration at a certain moment, while the latter requires opportunity.

Ganoderma lucidum powder had no effect, so Qiu Chuji collected it and gave it to his senior brother Ma Yu, as well as Liu Chuxuan and Wang Chuyi to help them accumulate strength faster.

A single tree cannot make a forest. For Quanzhen Sect to grow and develop, it cannot be done by one person alone.

So what if Dugu Qiubai can conquer the world with just one sword?

A hundred years later, how many people in the world will still remember him?

Qiu Chuji was committed to strengthening the Quanzhen Sect not only because he wanted to do so, but also for the sake of his future practice.

Although the Yuxu Bell has the ability to freeze the earth, fire, water, and wind to create a small world, and even transcend time and space, there is no certainty as to the extent to which these functions can be activated.

It would be fine if one could unlock the function by reaching Wang Chongyang’s level.

What if the requirement is higher than Wang Chongyang, or even much higher?

Then it is necessary to dig out more nutrients from this world to support the practice, which is in line with the saying "The way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency".

Once you become obsessed with practicing meditation in the mountains, you won’t feel any difference whether it’s ten days or a hundred days.

Only daily progress in your heart can enrich your soul.

The fellow disciples learned from each other and communicated with each other, and with the help of knowledgeable masters like Lin Chaoying, Qiu Chuji's impetuousness, which came from the fusion of the soul of the time traveler, was gradually and completely eliminated.

No one knows how long it has been on the mountain, but the world below the mountain is not peaceful.

The Jin people became more and more rampant, and the Song court in the south could only survive. Apart from relying on the natural barriers and continuing to live a life of luxury and debauchery, the powerful and wealthy did not show any determination to recover the lost territory.

However, the people in the martial arts world have not yet lost their blood. Many high-ranking martial artists have begun to sneak into official residences in the middle of the night and assassinate Jin officials.

The residences of some middle and high-level officials are guarded by expert guards and elite soldiers, so they are relatively safe.

But the lower-level officials suffered huge losses.

In just a few months, the Jin people lost more than 200 low-level officials, and there were even cases where some were killed while on their way to take office.

This caused panic among the people, and the Jin Dynasty, which was at its peak, seemed to be in a dilemma with no one available.

If this continues, control over many areas will be out of control.

This trend of assassinating low-level officials may have initially been just the spontaneous behavior of some gangsters, but later many forces must have joined in and secretly fanned the flames.

In Zhongdu, the Marshal's Mansion, the fire in the warm room was burning brightly. The Jin officials, who were still wearing fur coats, had sweat on their foreheads, but they dared not wipe it off. They could only let the sweat flow down their faces and then wet their lapels.

On the soft couch at the top, the old and frail Grand Marshal Wanyan Zongbing was reading a military book sent by the Song court. He looked very serious and was reluctant to drink the milk tea in his hand. This military book was said to be left by Yue Fei, so of course he wanted to read it more carefully.

He only read half of it, then sneered and threw the military book in his hand heavily on the table.

The first half is still worth watching, but the second half is a hodgepodge, even nonsense. If Yue Fei's only ability is this, then Wanyan Zongbing would be a joke.

Seeing the commander-in-chief getting angry, all the officials became even more terrified.

Wanyan Zongbing was the name of the commander-in-chief, but people in Song Dynasty used to call him "Jin Wushu". If it were not for Yue Fei, Jin Wushu would have led his troops south and completely destroyed the Song court.

After Yue Fei's death, Wanyan Zongbing was suspected by the Jin emperor, so he gave up his military power and returned to Shangjing to waste his time.

Now that he is old and about to die, he is arranged to go to Zhongdu to deal with the rebellion caused by the people in the underworld.

"Ahem! Before I came to Zhongdu, His Majesty repeatedly told me to return to Shangjing in three months at the latest."

"Everyone, can anyone teach me how to act so that I don't miss my appointment with His Majesty?"

The voice was not loud, and even seemed a little weak, but the officials who heard it felt that they were much weaker than the old man in front of them.

The emperor wanted to take this opportunity to tire out the great contributors who had made great contributions and threatened the emperor. How dare these people say anything?
"Marshal! The Song people love to fight among themselves, and the people in the martial arts world are all scattered."

"Why don't we just let them fight each other?" In the increasingly solemn atmosphere, an official finally stood up and offered a solution.

Wanyan Zongbing raised his head slightly, motioning the other party to continue.

"I've heard from people in the martial arts world who have joined me that what they desire most are magical skills, magical weapons, good horses, and beautiful women."

"We can select one or two species, release them into the martial arts world, cause them to fight, let them mess around, and then meet in one place to catch them all in one fell swoop."

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately gained the support of a group of officials around him.

On the surface, this approach seems somewhat negative and full of randomness.

But what they were looking for at the moment was randomness. The journey from Shangjing to Zhongdu was long, and it was a bitterly cold season.

March is like a death warrant.

However, if the local authorities were not doing their job well, and Wanyan Zongbing had an excuse to linger instead of returning to the capital and recuperate in Zhongdu, it would inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion and cause unrest.

Using "random" incidents to solve the problem is just like covering one's ears and stealing the bell, but it is also a makeshift solution.

"That's right, but forget about the magic weapons and good horses. It would be a pity to give them to some gangsters!"

"Hurry up and select the magic skills and beauties. Within a month, I will cause chaos in the entire northern martial arts world."

Following the order from the Grand Marshal, all government offices in Zhongdu were mobilized.

Soon, all the beauties and magical powers were selected.

In less than a month, rumors spread throughout the northern underworld.

It is said that the daughter of Princess Jinfu, who was captured in the past, fled to Huashan with the magical skill "Nine Yin Manual", hoping to find a hero to entrust herself and the magical skill to, hoping that after the hero mastered the magical skill, he would kill all the Jin people and avenge his mother.

Divine power, beauties, and the ability to kill the golden man, each of these points precisely hits the "vital points" of the people in the martial arts world.

The magical power represents unparalleled strength, the beauty also represents the status and honor in the martial arts world, and killing the Jin people is righteousness. If you get these three, if you make a call from a high place, you may be able to emulate the ancient Song Taizu and go from the martial arts world to the world.

(End of this chapter)