The Imperial Guards, like Yama, slaughtered until the Empress cried out for help.

Shen Qing rode his horse quickly toward the residence of the junior officer Xiao Bin.

During this time, Shen Qing also took the opportunity to study the "Overbearing Meridian Opening Technique".

This is a follow-up technique to the Overbearing Body Tempering Technique, and it is also a technique for the Acquired Realm.

The cultivation of the Acquired Realm focuses on internal energy. What martial artists need to do is connect the opened acupoints one by one and circulate them within the body.

"It's not that difficult."

After reading it from beginning to end, the words "Introduction to the Overbearing Meridian Opening Technique" appeared on his panel.

Shen Qing took out several bottles of Enlightenment Pills that he had taken from the Huang family from his pocket.

Although the Enlightenment Pill is a pill used to open the mind in the Body Tempering Realm, it doesn't mean that it can't be used in the Acquired Realm.

At most, the effect will be less, but the same if the quantity is large.

Shen Qing immediately poured four or five pills into his mouth, and at the same time, the domineering Meridian Opening Technique began to operate wildly.

The medicine began to rapidly open up the nodes of the meridians, connecting several acupoints together.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, all nine acupoints were connected, and a trace of internal energy condensed in Shen Qing's dantian.

Shen Qing's cultivation level naturally reached the first level of the Acquired Realm.

Another half incense stick's time passed, and Shen Qing's aura surged once more.

Breakthrough to the second level of the Acquired Realm.

Lin Zikai seemed to have discovered something and let out a low growl.

"Lord Shen! There are people ahead!"

Looking up, I saw several Imperial Guards moving boxes outside Xiao Bin's residence.

Lin Zikai rode forward on his horse and coughed lightly.

Several Imperial Guards hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"I have met Shen Xiaoqi and Lin Xiaoqi."

Li Zikai pointed to the Xiao residence.

"What are you doing here?"

A captain quickly explained.

"Oh, this."

"Didn't Shen Xiaoqi run into a little trouble while escorting the stolen goods last night? Commander Sun discovered that it was Xiao Xiaoqi... Xiao Bin who tipped him off."

"But when we came to arrest them, we found nothing; they had somehow gotten wind of our plan and had already escaped."

"Commander Sun ordered us to confiscate all our property."

Shen Qing sneered, "Impressive tactics."

He had just finished raiding the Huang family's residence and interrogating Huang Zikun when he turned around and came to the Xiao residence, all within a little over half an hour.

So Xiao Bin just ran away?

The scholar rode forward on his horse, approached Shen Qing, and whispered something.

"Lord Shen."

Shen Qing glanced at the scholar and saw that his scholarly face was now stiff, and his eyes seemed to be suppressing anger.

Was it really necessary to run away just because Xiao Bin left? Isn't there still Sun Yan?

At worst, Sun Yan will kick you a couple more times later.

"My lord, look at that teahouse to the east, on the second floor near the east side, there's a man in a purple robe."

"He's the one who killed Lao Lei."

Shen Qing then understood why he was so angry.

Old Lei and the scholar joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard at the same time, only three or four days apart, and the two were the best of friends.

Shen Qing glanced over discreetly and saw the man in purple robes leisurely sipping tea.

How can you be sure it's him?

The scholar gritted his teeth and said, "I don't recognize that person, but I recognize the fan at his waist."

"Old Lei faced a master fan, and was choked by a black fan. I'll never forget the look of that fan!"

Shen Qing nodded lightly, as long as it was confirmed.

Shen Qing slapped his horse's back with both feet, and his whole body moved swiftly along the ground, like a sharp arrow shooting out.

Reaching the teahouse, Shen Qing leaped high into the air with her right foot, lightly touching the wonton stall by the roadside. Like a swallow, she hopped up to the second floor of the teahouse and sat opposite the man in the purple robe.

However, the man in the purple robe remained calm and even poured Shen Qing a cup of tea.

"Someone is willing to pay to have you killed."

"I didn't want to commit any more killings."

"However, the junior officer from the capital is also worth noting..."

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes, and with a swift movement, he reached out and pressed his palm against the purple-robed man's head.

With a forceful slam, he slammed the heavy tea table into pieces, shattering it into pieces. Tea splashed everywhere, startling the surrounding tea drinkers who gasped in surprise. However, upon seeing Shen Qing's Jinyiwei (Imperial Guard) uniform, they swallowed back the words of curse that were on the tip of their tongues.

Shen Qing gave a cold smile.

"A frog tattooed on a tadpole? Are you pretending to be your mother?"

"You're pretending to be an expert?"

The purple-robed man saw stars as he was hit, and with all his might, he lifted his head, as if he wanted to say something.

But Shen Qing didn't want to listen anymore. She kicked the man in the face at the seven-eighths-inch mark with her eight-inch foot, knocking him unconscious.

Footsteps echoed down the stairs of the teahouse, and Lin Zikai and his group rushed up, quickly clearing the second floor of the teahouse.

The scholar suddenly rushed over and kicked the man in purple robes wildly, as if to vent his anger.

Shen Qing glanced at the scholar who seemed to have gone mad and muttered a curse under his breath.

"Didn't you eat? Kick me in the groin!"

The scholar's eyes reddened, and he nodded vigorously.

"Thank you, sir!"

Having said that, the scholar suddenly drew a large circle with his right foot and used all his strength to kick the purple-robed man in the groin.

With a loud thud, everyone seemed to hear the sound of an egg breaking.

The man in the purple robe suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes seemingly about to pop out, and then he rolled his head back and fainted.

All the Imperial Guards on the second floor of the teahouse suddenly clenched their legs together, as if they were experiencing contractions.

Lin Zikai squeezed his legs together and slowly moved to Shen Qing's side.

"Lord Shen, won't this cause problems? We haven't even started the trial yet."

Shen Qing sat down at the tea table, and Lin Zikai quickly wiped the table with his robe, found a clean cup, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Shen Qing.

Shen Qing took a sip: "It's alright, a martial artist at the Acquired Realm isn't that easy to break."

Lin Zikai's pupils contracted.

The Acquired Realm?

A martial artist at the Acquired Realm was instantly killed by Shen Qing with a single palm strike? Just how strong is Shen Qing?

Lin Zikai had a vague feeling that he wasn't on a pirate ship, but rather on a giant ship.

Thinking of this, Lin Zikai immediately shouted, "Hey you, get me an iron chain."

He then strode towards the scholar and grabbed him.

"Scholar, I call you a scholar, and you really think you're a learned man? How can you possibly kick with any power like that?"

"Make way, make way, let me, your little flag bearer, show you how it's done!"

After saying that, Lin Zikai suddenly raised his right foot, using the twisting of his waist to gather all the power of his body into his toes, and this kick even made the sound of wind.

Bang!

The purple-robed man was kicked into the air, the sound of bones shattering was incredibly crisp, and at the same time, half of a black and white token was revealed.

Lin Zikai picked it up and his expression froze. He then ran towards Shen Qing, his breathing becoming erratic.

"My lord! My lord! A big fish! It's a big fish!"

Shen Qing accepted the token, which was black with a white dragon patterned on it. The token looked very familiar to Shen Qing.

Black Dog and Old Li came over when they heard the commotion, but after looking at the token for a few moments, they couldn't figure it out.

"Lin Xiaoqi, what is this thing? How come it's a big fish?"

Lin Zikai smiled mysteriously: "You haven't been in the Embroidered Uniform Guard for long, so you haven't seen much."

"This token represents something very important a few years ago."

Shen Qing's furrowed brows relaxed: "The White Dragon Sect, huh? They're not completely wiped out yet?"

Upon hearing "White Dragon Cult," Black Dog and Old Li seemed to recall something: "Are they remnants of the Northern Yuan?"

"Not bad." Shen Qing touched the token, and his mind also recalled the books he had read at home when he was a child.

The dynasty preceding the Great Wu Dynasty was the Northern Yuan Dynasty. After its destruction, the remnants were not completely wiped out and established the White Dragon Cult, which has been causing trouble in the Great Wu Dynasty ever since.

The Great Wu Dynasty has been frantically hunting down these remnants, sparing no expense to offer huge rewards.

See it this way.

It really is a big fish.