Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 215: Second Rank (First update, please give me a monthly ticket)
Sun Yanwan really couldn't persuade Xiximuli, so he recruited a group of young people and asked them to teach Bo Shihua.

Xiximuli didn't follow a routine, just making them memorize a few dozen Boshi phrases, like, "We are all Boshi people, our hometown is Asiliqiu, we've been here for hundreds of years, and we don't look the same as our ancestors anymore..."

Every time Sun Yanwan heard these people's eccentric Bo Shi language, he couldn't help but complain: "As expected of living in Dalang for hundreds of years, they have almost forgotten Bo Shi language..."

Xiximuli also borrowed dozens of people from Sun Yanwan. After salvaging some shipwrecks on the beach, they distributed the objects that floated ashore to more than a dozen families, asking them to claim that they were the belongings of the Boshi Kingdom left by their ancestors. He also personally directed the construction of several buildings in the style of the Boshi Kingdom.

Don’t even mention it. If a Qing Dynasty person went to America and was fooled like this by the local Indians, he might have been lame until the Republic of China.

However, although Sun Yanwan allowed Xixi Mulli to teach a group of young people to gossip, he never said he would leave.

Xiximuli was anxious and went to Sun Yanwan's house several times to pester her and force her to give him the Golden Sun Sutra that he was carrying with him.

Sun Yanwan refused several times, but finally had to accept it reluctantly.

After he received the Golden Sutra of the Sun, he immediately changed his attitude. Under the pretext of asking for advice, he pestered Xixi Mulli to fight with him, at least eight or ten matches a day. He also called Lu Shuangfeng and Wu Zhi to join him, torturing Xixi Mulli to the point of almost driving him crazy.

Sun Yanwan, a merchant from the country of Boshi, had fought with him dozens of times and couldn't help but marvel at it.

The Bo Shi Kingdom does not practice the Eight Extraordinary Classics and the Twelve Main Meridians, so there is no concept of innateness. Warriors are divided into thirteen rings, corresponding to the nine grades of martial arts and the four innate realms of Dalang, Nanxia, ​​and Beiyan.

They only rely on their hidden meridians to accumulate true energy, so their internal strength is often not as good as warriors of the same level in Dalang, Nanxia, ​​and Beiyan. However, because they start directly from the hidden meridians, the true energy they cultivate has all kinds of miraculous effects. The warriors of Dalang, Nanxia, ​​and Beiyan are often not as fierce as the warriors of Boshi Kingdom.

Sun Yanwan was overwhelmed by Xiximuli's extraordinary skills at the beginning, but after fighting for dozens of times and accumulating experience, Xiximuli was no longer his opponent.

When he first met Xixi Mulri, he saw him sailing alone with his miraculous spiritual power, and thought that he was a congenital warrior, maybe even a master. But after they actually fought, Sun Yanwan was sure that Xixi Mulri was a nine-ring warrior, roughly equivalent to the first rank.

It’s just that Bo Shiguo’s martial arts are unique, and he specializes in cultivating hidden meridians. Even a first-ring warrior has some innate characteristics, so Sun Yanwan was frightened.

Sun Yanwan had been dragging it out for so many days, and Xixi Mulli was particularly anxious, so he gradually told the truth.

Xixi Muli’s original words are——

If he stayed in Black Dragon City, let alone whether he could break through the layers of blockades of Marquis Wuying and contact the fleet of the Bo Shi Kingdom that came from afar, even if he did, it would be a waste of time and he would not receive any reward. At most, he would be able to overthrow Marquis Wuying, but the loss of the large ship would be in vain.

But if he traveled through Northern Yan and delivered the news in advance, it would be a great achievement, and the reward he would receive might far outweigh the loss.

Sun Yanwan only pondered it for a moment before she couldn't help but applaud, interpreting it as—

If Xixi Mulli stayed in Black Dragon City, there would be a certain chance to avoid the loss of the Boshi fleet, but if there was no loss, his information would be of little value. But if he crossed Beiyan and reached the front line of the war between the two countries, the Boshi fleet might have suffered a great loss, and his information would be worth a fortune.

Sun Yanwan figured this out and immediately agreed to go with Xiximuli to the far west. Before leaving, he made some careful arrangements.

The first step was to divert a portion of Black Dragon City's population to other cities, especially women, children, the elderly, and the weak, who were all sent away in advance. All valuable supplies were also transported. Then, seven or eight detailed strategies were formulated, ensuring that Wei Yingxiao, Shi Si, Sun Lingdie, Namco, Lu Shuangfeng, Wu Zhi, and Qin Chengdu were fully aware of them, allowing them to utilize various strategies as the situation changed.

Sun Yanwan even picked a few pages of the easiest-to-practice Golden Sun Sutra and taught them to a few hundred people. He didn't ask them to learn it, but just wanted Bo Shiren to see at a glance that they had the foundation of Bo Shi's martial arts.

Sun Yanwan also assigned a task to Gu Dajia, asking her to learn some ancient songs and dances of the Boshi Kingdom from Xiximuli, and then teach them to the beggars brought from Luojing, asking them to perform in the streets, making sure to pay attention to details and touch people's hearts inadvertently.

Wuying Hou could think of the possibility that he could seize the fleet when Bo Shi’s army was heading north, so how could Sun Yanwan not think of it?

He believed that even if the Boshi army left, they would leave generals to guard the fleet and be on guard against Wuying Hou, but these Boshi people probably would not be very wary of their own "fellow villagers".

This time, Sun Yanwan didn't plan to bring anyone with him, only he and Xiximuli were traveling together.

Xiximuli also left behind several of his companions and did not take them away.

The reason why Sun Yanwan didn't plan to take Shi Si with her was, firstly, if she took Shi Si with her, Senior Sister Wei Yingxiao alone might not be able to defend Black Dragon City, and secondly...

He has been promoted to the second rank.

From the fourth rank onwards, the growth of martial arts skills depends solely on the accumulation of internal strength. Accumulating internal strength is an extremely tedious process. The higher the internal strength, the more difficult it is to improve. Therefore, after Sun Yanwan was promoted to the third rank, his internal strength was never accumulated enough to break through the second rank.

He was promoted to the second rank because all twenty-four meridians in his body had reached the Yin Jin level. After several months, he suddenly, unknowingly, generated an external true force from the outside in while practicing the Golden Tendon and Jade Bone Fist one morning.

External martial arts can train all 24 meridians and muscles, and train internal strength from the outside to the inside, which is the second level of external martial arts. This internal force is generated from the meridians and muscles, and is different from the true qi in the meridians. Therefore, the internal strength of masters who practice both internal and external skills is twice as long-lasting as that of pure internal skills masters.

His martial arts skills were promoted to the second level, and Sun Yanwan thought that even if he encountered a congenital enemy, he would have the ability to protect himself, so he dared to go alone.

Moreover, he originally only hoped that Shi Si would protect him, but during his time in Black Dragon City, he asked some Bei Yan people who stayed in Black Dragon City. After going deep into the grassland, the environment was harsh, and he was reluctant to let Shi Si suffer.

Sun Yanwan only brought two long swords, an ice silkworm fan, and a small amount of gold and silver.

Feichao (flying banknotes) were not accepted on the prairie, and he had used all the Feichao (flying banknotes) he had hidden to buy supplies in Luojing, so he didn't have much private money left.

Xiximuli and Sun Yanwan changed into Northern Yan people's clothes before setting off. They didn't ride any good horses, but only two ordinary strong horses to avoid attracting attention.

Sun Yanwan had returned Dahuang to Qin Cheng a long time ago. As for Hei Tu, although he couldn't take him away, Sun Lingdie was usually looking after him, so there was no need to worry.

The two of them headed north. At first, Xixi Mulli didn't notice it, but after walking for seven or eight days, he finally realized that he had been tricked by Sun Yanwan. He discovered that Sun Yanwan didn't know the way at all and had never been to Beiyan.

(End of this chapter)