Liver into a martial arts legend: starting with Embroidered Spring Blade

Chapter 77: Netherworld Stands, Advances to Xiantian Level! [16]

Jiang Xuan picked and chose, and roughly recounted the process of destroying Black Stone and retrieving the lower half of the remains.

Moreover, in his narration, everything is based on reasonable speculation, inference and verification, and there are no loopholes in his words.

Among them, Jiang Xuan focused on describing how he was surrounded and robbed by gangsters in Nanjing City when he was trying to seize the lower half of Rama's body, and how he was ambushed several times on his way back to Beijing.

A crying child has milk.

Now that the mission is completed, it is natural to talk more about the various crises encountered along the way to show how difficult this task is, so that others will not think that their promotion reward is too easy.

In addition, stating these things can also simply cover up the fact that they took the opportunity to make money.

Try to put the blame on those gangsters for the loss of the gold and silver notes that Zhang Dajing used for trading.

In the end, Wei Zhongxian did not have any doubts. He casually praised and comforted Jiang Xuan, claiming that the death of Zhang Dajing and the subsequent issues in Nanjing City would be handled by the East Factory, and then he casually sent Jiang Xuan away.

An hour later.

Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he left the East Factory.

The subsequent issues were handed over to the East Factory for handling, which meant that the matter had come to an end.

"It's just a pity that Black Stone lost millions of taels of silver..."

Over the past few decades, Heishi has extorted nearly a thousand taels of silver by finding leverage over officials from all over the country.

According to Feiyou Chen's account book, a small portion of this money was used to maintain the Black Stone organization, and most of it was in the hands of the Wheel King Cao Feng.

After destroying Black Stone that night, in order to avoid suspicion, Jiang Xuan directly handed the account book to Xu Xianchun, and let Xu Xianchun handle the follow-up.

According to the plot of "Sword Rain", the millions of taels of silver notes were hidden in Cao Feng's residence.

With so much money, the Jinyiwei who were responsible for confiscating the property certainly would not dare to keep it all for themselves, and it most likely ended up in the hands of Wei Zhongxian.

"if I get it I am lucky, but if not, it is fate……"

Jiang Xuan shook his head and didn't dwell on it too much.

Such a large amount of money was beyond his reach at the moment.

Now that the matter was settled, he was successfully promoted to the rank of Right Captain, and received tens of thousands of taels of silver notes and the 800,000 taels of silver that Xiyu swept away for free. This was already the best outcome.

As for the 800,000 taels of silver that Xiyu took away, there are too many missing accounts and proceeds, and the East Factory may investigate.

But on the way back to Beijing, when he was walking separately from Xu Longqing and others, Jiang Xuan had already found a way to make Xiyu fake her death in the first ambush by the martial arts world.

All the Jinyiwei witnessed this incident with their own eyes, and even if the Eastern Depot investigated, they would not be able to find anything.

Anyway, there is no evidence since he is dead, so Jiang Xuan is not worried about the matter being exposed.

"Huh..." After running around for almost a month on this case, Jiang Xuan felt as if he had unloaded a heavy burden and felt relaxed all over.

It's still early now, and it's not time to go to work yet.

But now Lu Jianxing and others have not returned to Beijing yet, and I have just greeted Xu Xianchun at the East Factory. I can wait for Lu Jianxing and others to come back before going to the Northern Pacification Office to hand over and take up my post at the Right Thousand Households Office, so there is nothing to worry about for the time being.

Jiang Xuan went straight home, ready to take this opportunity to deal with some family matters.

By the way, I can also start preparing to break through the innate realm.

……

In the south of the city, there is a small courtyard in Nanyuan Lane.

Jiang Xuan pushed the door open and felt that the atmosphere in the yard was not right.

At the door of the main hall, Jin Xiangyu was sitting on a chair with her legs crossed and her hands on her chest, with Diao Buyu, Heizi and the other two standing behind her.

In the right wing, Qiu Moyan sat sideways with a bad look in his eyes.

At the door of the woodshed on the left, a man and a woman were sitting in the corner. The man had a serious expression on his face, while the woman shrank behind the man timidly.

In the middle of the yard, Xiyu stood with a sword in her hand, her brows furrowed, looking at the people in the yard without saying a word.

"Uh……"

Seeing this scene, Jiang Xuan's eyelids jumped and he shouted, "What are you doing?"

"Master!"

"boss!"

"Benefactor!"

Seeing Jiang Xuan coming back, several people in the courtyard spoke at the same time, calling him by different names.

The atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed.

Qiu Moyan glanced at the drizzle, hummed softly, fell from the roof, and returned to the room.

Jiang Xuan was somewhat puzzled. He looked at Jin Xiangyu and asked, "What are you doing?"

Jin Xiangyu glanced at the drizzle in the yard and pretended to be aggrieved: "My husband, this woman wanted to come into the house as soon as she came. She also said that you asked her to come, and she wanted to chase us out!"

"Husband, it's fine for you to bring other women back, but there has to be a first come first served principle. How can you kick us out just because we come back once..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuan immediately understood what was going on, but he didn't explain. He simply said, "She is Black Stone's number one killer, Xiyu. I was the one who asked her to come here. From now on, she will be the Chakravartin of the Netherworld."

"She is Drizzle?"

Jin Xiangyu was a little surprised for a moment, then muttered, "No wonder she's so murderous! Even that tomboy can't be her match..."

Xiyu got his name in the martial arts world because of his decisive killing moves and the dense sword wounds he inflicted, like raindrops.

Jin Xiangyu had been in the capital for so long, so naturally she had heard something about it.

Jiang Xuan shook his head and turned to look at the man and woman at the door of the woodshed. A smile appeared on his face and he said, "You are here after all."

These two people are the "Broken Knife Man" Li Ding'an and the pig farmer Heitou whom he met after his arm was broken.

Jiang Xuan thought he wouldn't come, but he actually came.

"Benefactor."

Li Dingan stepped forward, his face serious, and said, "I'm here to repay your kindness. I'll do whatever you need me to do!"

Jiang Xuan smiled and nodded, "Let's go in and talk."

When they reached the door of the wing room, Jiang Xuan called out, "Miss Qiu, come here too."

Soon, everyone returned to the living room and sat around the table.

Jiang Xuan looked at Jin Xiangyu and asked, "How's the search going on for the location I asked you to find?"

“I’ve found it!”

Jin Xiangyu nodded and said, "It's in the west of the city, across the street from the Yuelai Inn. It's a bit out of the way, but it's a big place. I bought it directly. I'm renovating it these past two days. It should be done in three to five days at most."

"Where did you get so much money?" Jiang Xuan was a little surprised.

Jin Xiangyu looked very pleased with herself: "Mother... I haven't been in Longmen for so long for nothing."

Jiang Xuan shook his head, and when he thought about the nature of the Longmen Inn, he felt relieved.

"It doesn't matter if the location is remote. Our main purpose isn't to make money anyway."

"Also, this place is different from your fellow disciples. After you open the inn, you'd better be careful and don't cause any murders. If you get caught by the government, you'll be in trouble."

Jiang Xuan reminded.

Jin Xiangyu nodded: "Don't worry, I understand, I won't cause you any trouble."

"Have you decided on a name for the inn?" Jiang Xuan asked.

"Okay, let's call it 'Tongfu Inn'." Jin Xiangyu said.

"Tongfu Inn?" Jiang Xuan's eyes looked a little strange.

This name... is in line with the characteristics of the underworld, and it is not particularly eye-catching.

"My benefactor, do you want to open an inn in the capital?" At this time, Li Dingan couldn't help but ask.

Xiyu also frowned and looked at Jiang Xuan, somewhat puzzled. Wasn't it a 'killer organization'? What the hell was opening an inn?

"The inn is just a cover. The real purpose is to establish a killer organization."

Jiang Xuan explained: "The purpose of establishing the assassin organization is not simply to make money, but to leave us a way out in case the world situation changes in the future."

Jiang Xuan looked at everyone and said, "The name of this organization is 'Netherworld'. From now on, 'Tongfu Inn' will be the base of 'Netherworld', and we will be the first core members of 'Netherworld'."

"Jin Xiangyu, you will be in charge of the inn from now on. Build an intelligence network as quickly as possible and recruit suitable individuals. But remember to maintain confidentiality. Maintain a single line of communication between the upper and lower levels. No one else but you and me can know the number of people in 'Youming' or the identities and backgrounds of each person."

Jin Xiangyu's expression also became much more serious. She nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do."

Jiang Xuan nodded: "From now on, your code name in the Netherworld will be 'Meng Po'."

"Meng Po?" Jin Xiangyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "Goddess of the underworld's Wangchuan River, ferryman of the dead, I like this name!"

Jiang Xuan looked at Qiu Moyan: "Miss Qiu's code name is 'Impermanence'."

Qiu Moyan nodded without saying anything more. It was just a code name, nothing important.

"Xiyu, you will be the 'Wheel-Turning King' of the Netherworld in the future." Jiang Xuan glanced at Xiyu.

Jin Xiangyu was a little dissatisfied: "Why? She didn't do anything, and she can become the Chakravartin?"

Qiu Moyan also frowned.

Since the Netherworld was established in the name of the underworld, the higher the priest's rank, the higher his status in the Netherworld.

Of course, she was aware of this.

Jiang Xuan said calmly, "She has 800,000 taels of silver."

Jin Xiangyu's eyes widened immediately, and then her expression changed immediately. She quickly looked at Xiyu with an apologetic smile: "No problem, from now on Miss Xiyu will be the Chakravartin. I will be angry with anyone who doesn't agree!"

Xiyu hummed softly but didn't say anything.

Jiang Xuan looked at the somewhat nervous Li Dingan again and said, "From now on, your code name will be 'Judge'."

"Judge?"

Xiyu's eyes flickered slightly as she spoke, "Half a year ago, a flower thief appeared in the capital. He was everywhere picking up flowers and killing people. The Jinyiwei tried to catch him for over a month but failed. In the end, the flower thief was killed by a killer, leaving the Jinyiwei completely humiliated. It is said that the victim even built a shrine for him. The killer was called 'Judge'..."

"This killer is me." Jiang Xuan said lightly.

At this point, he no longer minds exposing his identity.

Hearing this, everyone was a little surprised. "No wonder..." Xiyu also nodded slightly. No wonder Jiang Xuan thought of establishing a killer organization.

"From today on, Netherworld is officially established."

Jiang Xuan looked at everyone and said, "It's not safe here. If you all gather at my house, your whereabouts will be exposed sooner or later. When the inn opens, you can all move in. I will come to the inn to find you if there is anything."

"Also, you'd better be careful in the capital. This capital is not that simple."

"Not to mention the Jinyiwei, just the Hulong Villa in the eastern suburbs has planted many spies in the capital. If you are discovered, you will definitely die!"

Everyone nodded: "We will be careful."

Jiang Xuan stopped there, then took a package beside him, took out a stack of banknotes from it, handed it to Jin Xiangyu, and said, "Take this money and use it."

"Also, go out and buy me some herbs to replenish my Qi and blood later. I want to open up my Ren and Du meridians tonight and achieve a breakthrough."

Jin Xiangyu's eyes turned into silver coins. She quickly grabbed the banknotes and nodded, "No problem!"

……

At night, there are stars.

In the middle of the bedroom, there was a large wooden barrel filled with various medicinal liquids for replenishing qi and blood. It was emitting hot steam and was extremely hot.

Jiang Xuan took off his clothes and went straight into the wooden barrel, immersing his entire body in the liquid medicine, leaving only his head exposed.

As the scalding heat rose, Jiang Xuan felt as if all the pores on his body had opened up. The thick medicinal liquid penetrated into his body through the pores, and instantly his blood and energy began to flow, making him feel extremely comfortable.

The phrase "poor in literature and rich in martial arts" has its own meaning.

In this world, many people with a little wealth would use some nourishing medicines, stews, or medicinal baths when practicing martial arts.

With the help of medicine, the progress of polishing qi and blood can be accelerated.

However, these medicinal herbs that can replenish qi and nourish the body are extremely expensive and are simply not affordable for ordinary people.

Jiang Xuan was also trying to break through tonight, so he was being a little extravagant in order to prevent any accidents caused by insufficient Qi and blood.

Otherwise, the medicinal materials used in this medicinal bath alone would have cost several hundred taels of silver.

If it's like this every day, no matter how rich you are, you can't afford it!

"call……"

Jiang Xuan took a long breath, feeling the circulation of Qi and blood in his body. He closed his eyes, concentrated his mind and calmed his breath, and began to try to mobilize the surging Qi in his body.

This energy is born from qi and blood, and moves with qi and blood. It is extremely powerful.

Jiang Xuan tried to mobilize and guide it to his abdomen, preparing to start opening up the first meridian.

Ren Mai!

The Ren Meridian runs along the midline of the abdomen, and its meridians intersect with the three Yin meridians of the hands and feet and the Yinwei Meridian many times. It can connect all the Yin meridians of the body, so it is called the "Sea of ​​Yin Meridians".

The Du meridian runs along the middle of the back. Its pulse intersects with the three yang meridians of the hands and feet and the Yangwei meridian many times. It can govern all the yang meridians of the body, so it is called the "sea of ​​yang meridians."

Only by opening up these two meridians, also known as the 'Bridge of Yin and Yang', can one refine essence into Qi, transform this energy in the body into internal force, and become an innate warrior!
"Gurgling..."

The energy moves along with the blood, like the waves of a rushing river, impacting the Ren meridian on the abdomen along the blood vessels, making a rushing sound like river water hitting sand and rocks.

Jiang Xuan frowned, a trace of pain appearing on his face.

Meridians are different from blood vessels. All meridians in the human body are blocked. The practice of innate warriors is to open up these blocked meridians one by one to allow the internal force to flow, nourish the meridians, and strengthen the body.

If these meridians were in the outside world, they could naturally be opened up easily.

However, it is not so easy to forcibly impact the body with strong energy. It is like someone piercing the meridians with a needle little by little. The pain is unimaginable.

Jiang Xuan gritted his teeth and endured it, carefully controlling his energy to slowly squeeze and impact, so as not to use too much force and break his meridians.

Gradually, I don’t know how long it took.

"call……"

Jiang Xuan was sweating profusely and took a long breath. His Ren meridian was unblocked.

The internal energy was jumping around along the Ren Mai, and there was a faint feeling of sharp pain in the body, as if the Ren Mai was about to be broken by the energy.

After all, Jing Qi is a kind of fierce energy with great destructive power. It cannot be used to nourish the meridians and is not of the same nature as internal force.

Therefore, it is necessary to quickly open the Ren and Du meridians in a short period of time, form a circulation, and transform the energy into internal force to avoid the Ren meridian being broken by the energy.

This is also the reason why there are relatively few martial artists in the world who can break through from acquired to innate.

Many people fail at the stage of opening the Ren and Du meridians. The Ren meridian is broken by the strong energy and they become disabled.

Jiang Xuan did not dare to be careless. He immediately controlled his energy and continued to attack the Du meridian.

The Du meridian goes up into the brain and runs along the spine, so it is more difficult to open it and requires greater caution. Otherwise, once it breaks through the brain meridians, the person may become paralyzed and become an idiot at the very least, or even lose his life at the worst.

“Swish, swish…”

The powerful energy squeezed the Ren channel meridian while impacting the Du channel, causing the pain to be several times greater than before.

Jiang Xuan couldn't stop shaking all over, and cold sweat broke out, but he still held his breath, clenched his teeth, and attacked the Du channel meridian bit by bit.

At the entrance of the living room.

Jin Xiangyu and others gathered here.

Jin Xiangyu looked back towards the bedroom from time to time, with a worried look on her face.

To be honest, at first she just wanted to find a new backer for Jiang Xuan, and since Jiang Xuan was also good-looking, she committed herself to him and even shamelessly followed him to the capital.

But through living in Jiang Xuan's house for a period of time, interacting with him day and night, she gradually developed feelings for him.

After all, she is not a fool. She can naturally feel whether Jiang Xuan is sincere to her or just treats her as a tool to vent his lust.

In this day and age, what else could she not be satisfied with when she met such an outstanding man who didn't look down on her background?
"There's been no movement for so long, is there anything wrong?"

After a long while, Jin Xiangyu looked up at the sky and couldn't help but stand up and said, "How about I go in and take a look?"

"If you want him to die, go in." Qiu Moyan said lightly.

"You...you are the one who wants him dead!"

Jin Xiangyu snorted coldly, "I'm not like you, ungrateful. If he hadn't saved you at Longmen, you would have died long ago!"

Qiu Moyan glanced at her coldly, too lazy to pay attention to her, then turned around and glanced in the direction of the bedroom, but a trace of worry could not help but appear in his eyes.

She was also practicing swordsmanship, hoping to use her energy to open up the Ren and Du meridians and enter the Xiantian realm. Naturally, she knew how difficult and dangerous this method was.

After all, strong energy is different from internal force which is so gentle. If you just practice internal energy and use internal force to break through the Ren and Du meridians, there will be no danger. It is just a matter of time.

However, strong energy is generated with qi and blood, and its destructive power is extremely strong. The meridians cannot accommodate it for a long time. If the Ren and Du meridians cannot be opened in one go, accidents may occur at any time, causing damage to the meridians and failure of the breakthrough.

However, despite her worries, she was still rational and knew not to disturb him at this moment.

Regardless of success or failure, all they can do now is to defend this place and prevent Jiang Xuan from being disturbed by others, which would lead to failure in the breakthrough.

Unlike Jin Xiangyu, her feelings towards Jiang Xuan are rather special.

When the two of them first met in Jinglu Tunbu, she didn't have any thoughts. Even though Jiang Xuan left her his address, she never thought that they would meet again. She just thought of it as a chance encounter.

But later, in order to save Yang Yuxuan's children, the two met again. Jiang Xuan deliberately let her go and helped them kill Cao Shaoqin and successfully rescued Yang Gong's daughter. She became more grateful to Jiang Xuan.

After that, she lived in Jiang Xuan's house. After many days of contact, she gradually developed a special feeling in her heart.

In her eyes, Jiang Xuan had a calm personality and was decisive in killing. Less than a year after joining the Jinyiwei, he was promoted to the rank of centurion. Even his martial arts skills surpassed hers soon. He was indeed worthy of her admiration.

Moreover, Jiang Xuan was in the imperial court, yet he still had a sense of justice. Moreover, his martial arts skills were already so high, yet he could still practice diligently every day.

Such perseverance moved her even more.

This was also the main reason why she agreed to help Jiang Xuan establish the Netherworld.

As for admiration, perhaps she did have it, but she would not express it as openly as Jin Xiangyu.

Even if he was worried that something might happen to Jiang Xuan, he would just keep it in his heart.

Xiyu sat aside, her eyes scanning Jin Xiangyu and Qiu Moyan's faces for a moment, vaguely seeing something, but she didn't say much, just said lightly: "Don't worry, ordinary first-class masters break through to the Xiantian realm with mixed success and failure."

"But he is a top-notch master. His blood and energy have been refined to perfection. If even he fails to break through, there won't be many people in this world who can break through from the acquired realm to the innate realm."

After hearing this, Jin Xiangyu and Qiu Moyan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Xiyu turned around and looked towards the bedroom, her eyes somewhat complicated.

She felt more awe than admiration for Jiang Xuan.

In her eyes, this man was cold-blooded and terrifying, as if nothing in the world could be hidden from him.

No matter it was the destruction of Black Stone, the seizure of Rama's remains, or the avoidance of ambushes on the way back to Beijing, he was able to deduce everything based on just a few clues. He even knew her background clearly, and even knew what she was thinking, and took precautions in advance.

Now he has lost both his money and his life. Not only has he lost the money, but he has also had to work for him for a year in vain.

Thinking of this, Xiyu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

I hope that one year later, Jiang Xuan will keep his promise and let her go.

She really didn't want to go on living this life of fighting and killing.

……

In the bedroom.

As time passed, white mist began to emerge from Jiang Xuan's head, and the color of the liquid medicine in the bathtub had become much thinner.

As the impact of the energy fades, the energy and blood are also constantly consumed.

At this time, the medicinal liquid in the bathtub just took effect, continuously flowing into the body to replenish qi and blood.

Therefore, until now, Jiang Xuan has not felt weak.

But the more alert the body is, the more intense the pain of the energy impacting the blood vessels will be.

Fortunately, the pain did not last long.

After about half an hour, Jiang Xuan's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, he opened his eyes and gasped for breath.

"It's done..." A hint of joy appeared in Jiang Xuan's eyes.

As the last meridian was opened, the body no longer felt blocked, and the energy began to circulate along the Ren and Du meridians.

And in this repeated cycle, the originally destructive energy began to gradually become gentle, and finally gradually transformed into an internal force as cool as water.

The Ren and Du meridians are opened, and the internal force is flowing, which is a sign of the innate realm!
(End of this chapter)