Text-based martial arts: A nighttime rendezvous with the gang leader's wife in a dilapidated te

Shattered Star Tower!

The name sounds grand and imposing, but frankly speaking, it's just a blacksmith shop and weapons workshop.

Of course, it was the largest weapons workshop in Jinling.

As the most powerful local force in Jinling, the Shen family not only controls the Jinlong Society, which governs the waterways of Jinling and even the entire Danyang County, but also holds absolute power in the entire city of Jinling!

Naturally, the Shen family's business was unparalleled.

This can be seen from the Shattered Star Tower.

As a vital city on the waterways connecting the inland areas, Jinling was frequented by many martial arts practitioners, and the exchange of weapons was a natural occurrence.

Even late at night, the area in front of the Shattered Star Tower was still brightly lit.

The Great Qian Dynasty does not impose a curfew. In this martial world, the so-called curfew cannot restrain the people of the martial world, let alone those martial artists. Only the more powerful martial artists have the power to impose a curfew!

At this very moment, in the backyard of the Shattered Star Tower, the true controller of the Shen family's weapon workshop sat cross-legged in the courtyard pavilion.

In this weather that is almost autumn, she is still wearing only a single layer of clothing.

It was none other than Bai Zhiyun.

Bai Zhiyun's expression was indifferent, but if someone knew her well, they could see the deepest anger in her eyes!

"Damn old ghost! Purple Blood Fruit, century-old ginseng, Bright Moon Fish Pearl... so many treasures, just to refine a small Yuan Pill for that good-for-nothing?"

If I were to use it, I would have already broken through the Qi Condensation Realm! Given time, I would definitely be able to break through the Meridian Opening Realm and open all the acupoints in my body! In the future, there might even be a glimmer of hope to break through the Inner Realm and glimpse the threshold of the Innate Realm!

"That damned old devil! I've kept you a widow for ten years! I've toiled inside and outside the home; even if I haven't done anything great, I've certainly put in the effort! Sure enough, you're still wary of me!"

She was furious. Clearly, she did not approve of the Shen family mobilizing their resources during the day to have Cao Qing refine the "Minor Yuan Pill" for Shen Qiu.

Her once stunningly beautiful face was now somewhat distorted, and her inner energy surged within her!

After the sixth level of Body Refinement, one enters the Acquired Realm, the peak of physical strength, where one can generate internal energy.

Correspondingly, the Acquired Realm is also divided into three levels: 'Power Boosting', 'Power Transformation', and 'Qi Condensation'. Once Qi Condensation is achieved, one can activate internal energy within the body, greatly increasing the power of martial arts and making one an absolute master in the martial arts world!

If they were even younger, they could rank among the top on the list!

Bai Zhiyun, now in her early thirties, is at the peak of the second level of the Acquired Realm's "Internal Strength," and as she said, she definitely has a chance to break through to the Opening Realm.

In the entire city of Jinling, only the head of the Shen family, Shen Guannan, has achieved the "Opening the Aperture" level.

That is precisely why Bai Zhiyun's resentment is not without reason.

She exhaled a long breath, and then, an indescribable force seemed to flow around her body. At the same time, a hateful voice rang out:

"Hmph! I refuse to believe that even without the Shen family, I can't break through my inner energy and condense my power into true qi!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she closed her eyes. With each breath, the courtyard in the darkness began to move without any wind.

As it turns out, Bai Zhiyun had the right to be arrogant, because she had indeed reached the limit.

The internal energy he had gathered was incredibly abundant; he only needed one more push to smoothly step into the Qi Condensation Realm!

Therefore, even with her eyes closed, she showed joy at this moment, as the process of condensing her inner energy went extremely smoothly!

However, this joy lasted only a short while before vanishing without a trace!

Her beautiful face contorted again, but this time, it was due to the intense pain inside her body!

The originally gentle internal energy and the considerable internal energy that had been condensed within his body became incredibly violent at this moment.

Instantly, four words appeared in Bai Zhiyun's mind:

"Going astray in cultivation!"

This is clearly not a small matter!

However, Bai Zhiyun was not an idiot. The internal energy she cultivated was called "Three Talents Qi Circulation Technique," which used the three elements of Heaven, Earth, and Man to activate internal energy.

It's perfectly normal for your breathing to go astray.

Therefore, she almost always kept the "Qi-Soothing Pill" on hand, in order to calm the instability of her internal energy caused by this internal cultivation technique.

However, today's situation is somewhat special.

Because of his anger and the fact that he had just bathed, he forgot to wear the pill and left it in his bedroom.

More importantly, with the complete loss of control over her internal energy, her body has lost all ability to move, and she can't even make a sound!

If this trend continues, let alone a successful breakthrough, just surviving will be a good outcome!

However, she came to the Shattered Star Tower without telling anyone else, and left in a huff. Who could she tell?

But at that critical moment, suddenly, this small courtyard, which she thought almost no one would come to, was suddenly filled with a panting figure.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

Bai Zhiyun suddenly looked up, and the despair in her eyes was replaced by a renewed sense of hope!

What surprised her even more was that the figure standing before her was none other than the extremely handsome young doctor she had taken a liking to...

No, this wasn't a junior doctor; to him, it was like an angel descended from heaven.

……

Looking at Bai Zhiyun, who was completely immobile, pale-faced, and whose vital energy was rapidly draining from her body, you finally came to your senses.

You've finally arrived!

Looking back on the journey, you couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

[First, they fooled Cao Qing with the "Qingqing Register," and then used Cao Qing's and the Shen family's tokens to enter the already closed gates of Jinling City.]

[Then, I allocated all my attribute points to agility and entered the Shattered Star Tower. I finally arrived at the last minute!]

"Third Madam, Third Madam, what happened to you? What are you doing here?"

"Madam, you don't look well? Are you unable to speak? In that case, please forgive me!"

You pretended not to know and asked the woman in front of you, then directly took her pulse on her fair wrist, and then were 'shocked':

"Third Madam, your breathing is disordered. Is this... a qi deviation? But I didn't bring any qi-restoring pills... this..."

Bai Zhiyun's eyes darted around, as if trying to tell you something with her gaze, but just then, you spoke again anxiously:

"Third Madam, you are a person who is always prepared. Since you have the potential to suffer from qi deviation, it is obvious that you always carry Qi-restoring pills. In that case, I apologize for the inconvenience..."

As soon as you finished speaking, you reached out and touched it under Bai Zhiyun's anxious gaze.

Feeling the warmth of your hand, Bai Zhiyun's gaze was somewhat suspicious, but when she saw no hint of disrespect in your expression, she believed you and frantically gestured...

At this moment, you finally "suddenly realized":

[You mean the Qi-restoring pill isn't here, but inside the house?]

[As soon as you finished speaking, you rushed into the bedroom and, sure enough, found a porcelain bottle hidden inside a long dress in front of a bathtub. Upon opening it, you discovered it was the "Qi-Breathing Pill" from the "Annotations on a Hundred Elixirs" book that had been given to you before.]

You quickly returned to the courtyard, took out one, and handed it to Bai Zhiyun...

[And soon, Bai Zhiyun's internal energy gradually calmed down at this moment...]