Chapter 16 Wealthy Eunuch

"An Qisheng!"

Zhao Changying stood in mid-air, his face extremely unsightly.

His body was surrounded by true qi, and the aura of the world stirred, making him appear as if he were riding the clouds.

Once the qi channels were fully developed, true qi could interact with the world, allowing for brief periods of levitation. However, true flight was impossible, and catching up with the speeding passenger ship was even more so.

Moreover, he didn't have the courage to chase after it alone.

Exclamations came from the passing ships, which then moved away, not daring to approach.

Those who traveled the world knew that there were many people one could not afford to offend: the imperial court, martial arts masters, highway robbers, perilous lands, and fierce beasts.

Zhao Changying standing in the air had "do not provoke" written all over him; no one would dare to approach him.

"M-master!"

The two men dressed as servants leaped out of the water, their true qi surging as they stood in the rushing river.

Not far away, the man carrying a long saber had a livid face and slowly stood up as well.

Woooo~~~

At this moment, several deep and resounding military horns sounded on the great river.

Zhao Changying turned his head to see five tall warships standing side by side, cleaving through the waves.

These five warships were domineering and arrogant, causing many smaller boats to capsize in the wake of the waves they created, with many people falling into the water.

"Five-toothed warship!"

An exclamation came from a passenger ship.

The giant ships standing side by side had five-story towers, over a hundred feet tall, with a majestic aura. They were, without a doubt, the main warships of the Great Feng Dynasty.

"Seeing Changying so agitated, it seems that this brother has arrived late!"

On the five-toothed warship, several people stood side by side. One of them, a tall man with a long saber on his back and a cold expression, spoke from afar.

The man's true qi was unbelievably powerful. Even from hundreds of feet away, his sound waves suppressed the roaring river and the apes howling on both banks.

"Yang Ling!"

Zhao Changying's eyes narrowed as he recognized the speaker.

Standing in the center of the group was Yang Ling, the Vice Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. With Yang Lin largely uninvolved, he was the actual controller of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, a man of true power and authority.

Whoosh!

With a rush of air, Zhao Changying landed on the deck.

His gaze swept over them one by one.

In the center was Yang Ling, the Vice Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. On his sides were Fang Yuhong and Tong Luyang, the two famous constables from the Six Doors, as well as Xue Tinglin and Mu Qianren, the two assistant commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Five Xiantian experts with fully developed Qi Channels had arrived!

"Brother Zhao!"

Fang Yuhong cupped his fist slightly, about to say something, but Zhao Changying had already stepped past him, causing his face to stiffen.

Whoosh!

Zhao Changying grabbed a black-clad, effeminate eunuch:

"How much did you put in the Skylark package?"

"Y-you said, as much as possible, didn't you?"

The little eunuch was startled, stammering, "This one was afraid it wouldn't be enough to delay your important matter, so I, I even borrowed a lot from several adults..."

"I said, as much as you can!."

Zhao Changying swayed, feeling a tightness in his chest and his heart bleeding. He almost passed out:

"Damn it all!!!"

........

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

The passenger ship sailed downstream. As the sun began to set in the west, it had already passed through the mountains.

"D-Daoist, p-please slow down... ugh..."

"Ugh..."

"Daoist..."

Finally, at the repeated cries of several boatmen who had turned pale, the speed of the ship finally slowed down.

"Hah!"

An Qisheng slowly exhaled a mouthful of stale air, dispersing the violent air currents blowing in his face.

Under his full power, the ship had traveled hundreds of miles downstream in less than half a day.

And the several auras that had been following him had once again been shaken off.

"Fang Yuhong has this trick up his sleeve; he does deserve his reputation as a constable."

Looking out at the boundless river, a smile appeared on An Qisheng's lips.

His fingers gently pinched his brow, and as his mental power vibrated, he closed his eyes slightly.

Buzz~

Myriad Qi crisscrossed before his eyes, and with a thought, his spirit seemed to soar infinitely.

In a trance, he seemed to see the five-toothed warship breaking through the waves under the setting sun, and Zhao Changying talking to someone.

Whoosh~

After a glance, he opened his eyes.

"One hundred and twenty miles away... six Xiantian masters with Qi Channels condensed. It seems they are taking this more seriously than before."

An Qisheng mused.

After his spirit entered a state of enlightenment, activating the Myriad Manifestations Qi Observation Technique, he could lock onto the location of a person through their aura.

However, he couldn't clearly see everything, only faintly sense the aura around Zhao Changying.

This time, the imperial court seemed determined to hunt him down. Including Zhao Changying, there were six Qi Channel masters chasing him.

However, he had no intention of turning around to kill these pursuers at this time.

After all, if he were to truly kill all the pursuers this time, the next to come would probably be masters of the Divine Channels.

Although he wanted to see these Divine Channel masters, now was clearly not the time.

The best choice was naturally to dangle them, drag them along, and wait for the opportunity to mature before unleashing a single burst to wipe out all hidden dangers.

This was one of the reasons he let Zhao Changying go.

As long as Zhao Changying was with them, it was like placing a locator beside them. No matter how they chased, they wouldn't be able to catch him.

And with Fang Yuhong following behind, they would still believe they had a chance to catch up to him...

"Everyone, don't worry. Although those guests have left, this Daoist has paid for their fares."

An Qisheng turned around and comforted the boatmen, who were badly frightened.

"Daoist..."

The captain of the boat was pale, his smile more like a grimace: "Thank you, Daoist..."

A single voyage for them, crossing thousands of miles of water, took more than a month round trip. If they made a trip for nothing, it would be like the sky falling.

"No need to hurry. Just proceed as usual. Find a place to dock before dawn."

An Qisheng smiled slightly and walked towards the cabin.

He had no intention of making things difficult for these boatmen, let alone dragging them into his conflict with the imperial court. This place was close to Liang Province, and it wouldn't matter if it took a few more days to get to Central Province.

Neigh~

The red horse neighed and lowered its head to nuzzle An Qisheng's palm.

An Qisheng's full-power ship propulsion didn't seem to have affected the horse.

After comforting the red horse, An Qisheng returned to the cabin and opened the package.

"As expected, there are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames..."

An Qisheng casually picked up a stack of unmarked silver notes, thick as a brick, and with a face value of ten thousand taels each!

These silver notes alone were a hundred times the total wealth of the Zhao family in Nanliang City!

But that was right. A small rich man in a Nanliang county town wasn't qualified to be compared with the third head of the Eastern Depot, one of the three most powerful violent institutions in the world.

And these silver notes were the least valuable things in this package.

In addition to silver notes and gold notes, there were also dozens of bottles of various elixirs, as well as some strange-shaped furs and bones filled with rich spiritual energy.

"Is this Zhao Changying truly an honest man, without any tricks?"

An Qisheng was a little surprised.

He hadn't expected to get much benefit from Zhao Changying. The so-called life-buying money was just a reason for him to leave.

He didn't expect to have a surprise.

He counted the items on the table one by one, focusing on the medicine bottles containing the elixirs.

Among them were those for treating internal and external injuries, increasing qi and blood, poisons, and increasing internal strength, and all of them were high-quality.

"This bottle..."

An Qisheng picked up a bottle of elixir that enhanced internal strength.

There was only one elixir in this bottle, but looking at the golden label on it, his eyes lit up slightly:

"The Great Returning Pill from the Huangjue Temple?!"

Great Returning Pill.

In the Great Feng Dynasty and even the entire world, there were countless types of elixirs, and there were tens of millions of elixirs that enhanced internal strength. The Great Returning Pill of Huangjue Temple was not the strongest elixir among them, but it was undoubtedly the most famous.

This was because the output of the Great Returning Pill of Huangjue Temple was higher than the Divine Extreme Pill of the Divine Extreme Sect and the Six Prisons Sacred Pill of the Six Prisons Devil Sect.

Moreover, Huangjue Temple was more generous, and there were rumors that they had given it to others over the years.

But even so, it was still a top-level elixir that could increase internal strength by sixty years. Most people would never see it in their lives.

"The eunuchs of the Eastern Depot are truly rolling in money."

An Qisheng marveled, and his impression of the Eastern Depot became profound.

Compared to poor ghosts like Xue Chaoyang and Shi Chunyuan, the Eastern Depot could be described as wealthy and powerful.

They even had top-level elixirs like the Great Returning Pill to spare.

It should be known that Zhao Changying was on an outing and could not have brought all of his belongings.

"This gift is not light."

An Qisheng was very satisfied.

In Anyang Prefecture, he had bought many medicinal materials to refine a weakened version of the Six Prisons Minor Sacred Pill. Although some things were delayed, he had not been idle during the seven or eight days on the road and had already swallowed all the medicinal materials except for that one Six Prisons Minor Sacred Pill.

Originally, he was thinking of buying another batch of medicinal materials after arriving in Central Province, but he didn't expect to receive an unexpected surprise.

"One Great Returning Pill, three Minor Returning Pills, one Six Prisons Minor Sacred Pill, and some other miscellaneous elixirs. I wonder what kind of state I can reach after taking them?"

An Qisheng's eyes were bright.

Before Inner Martial Arts reached the point of seeing the divine, he just wanted to condense the Great Circulation Qi Channels step by step. During these seven or eight days of chasing, he had used his body as a pill furnace and refined several furnaces of pills. If he wanted to condense the Great Circulation Qi Channels, he would have already succeeded.

But because he wanted to condense a complete Qi Channel network, he had not even successfully condensed the five internal organs.

Whoosh~

An Qisheng waved his sleeve and extinguished the candle.

He sat cross-legged on a futon in the room, his five hearts facing the sky. With a thought, a Six Prisons Minor Sacred Pill rose from his sleeve and fell into his mouth under the influence of an invisible force.

The elixir fell into his stomach.

With just one contraction, the Six Prisons Minor Sacred Pill, as hard as gold and iron, shattered into powder.

Rolling hot currents spread throughout his body, circulating through his blood vessels, and creating strands of internal strength, which then met the spiritual energy entering his body. The two merged and transformed into true qi, which plunged into the true qi vortex in his abdomen.

Dong dong dong~

Rotating in the true qi, a crystal-clear bead, emitting a light of the same color as the true qi, expanded and contracted like a heart as the true qi poured in.

And with each expansion and contraction, most of the incoming true qi would be reduced, and then more refined true qi would be released.

Flowing towards the faint, dense, and complex Qi Channel network throughout his body.

Unfortunately, the Qi Channel network had not yet been condensed. Even if the true qi was surging, it could not form a complete cycle and could only continue to accumulate in the five internal organs.

The five internal organs were related to qi and blood and were the most important part of the human body. Naturally, the qi channels were also extremely complex.

Its intricacy was enough to intimidate anyone.

"It's time to condense the complete meridians of the five internal organs..."

An Qisheng thought.

The true qi that had been continuing for a long time, after a tremor, spread towards the five internal organs at an extremely fast speed.