Ten years of dormancy: Starting as a martial arts master at the pinnacle

There are seventeen days left until the Emperor of Great Zhou emerges from the pass.

During this period, Li Changqing basically lived on his fingers.

After reaching the sixth level of Yunlong Body Refinement, Li Changqing had no other cultivation techniques left to practice.

He dispatched all his secret guards to various posts, partly to gather information on divine skills and breakthroughs, and partly to have them recruit other members of his forces.

Loyalty is not required; as long as he can do things for him, that's enough.

Demanding absolute loyalty is difficult and unnecessary.

As long as you have enough money, power, and force, you don't need to worry about your subordinates betraying you.

Although he hadn't been in Kyoto for long, Li Changqing was already getting more and more used to his identity as a prince.

No matter what you do?

As long as Li Changqing gave the order, someone would naturally do it for him.

It was hundreds of times easier than doing it all himself, which required a lot of hard work.

Humans are inherently lazy.

Once Li Changqing gets used to this kind of life, he will have to endure more hardship himself while searching for divine skills and clues to a breakthrough.

He didn't want to do it.

He just needs to wait for the message to be delivered to him, and then verify it in person.

Murong Yao said she wanted to thank him.

Li Changqing also entrusted Murong Yao with the task of finding clues.

Murong Yao, who had been very enthusiastic, fell silent upon hearing this request.

Most martial artists know exactly where they can improve their martial arts skills.

This includes the forbidden areas of top sects and the Great Zhou Armory.

There are also the forbidden areas of the royal families of several surrounding countries...

Li Changqing understood these things without Murong Yao having to say them.

However, his mind is now entirely focused on the Great Zhou Armory, and he has no time or energy to visit other sects.

Not to mention, they went to other countries.

As for divine skills?

The greatest martial art in the world is the Tongtian Divine Skill, which is said to be engraved on twelve small golden figures.

Murong Yao knew nothing about any of them.

On the contrary, Li Changqing once narrowly missed winning an Oscar.

"I've done my best..."

More than half a month has passed since then.

Just as Li Changqing was counting down the days until his cheap imperial grandfather was to emerge from seclusion,

The King of Qin's secret guards brought him a message.

"The last Grandmaster of the Beggars' Sect has arrived in the capital. Now, there are a total of seventeen Grandmasters of the Beggars' Sect in the entire capital. There are also over a hundred other Grandmaster-level experts!"

The number itself doesn't seem like much.

However, the total number of secret guards in the entire Qin Prince's mansion who possessed the combat power of a Grandmaster or above did not exceed one hundred.

There's also the assassin organization that Li Changqing was previously hunting down.

There were only a dozen or so grandmasters inside, which was already an important stronghold of the assassin camp.

One can imagine what hundreds of grandmasters and seventeen great grandmasters really mean.

Almost all the forces, both overt and covert, in Kyoto were alarmed.

They were envious, but there was nothing they could do.

The Grandmasters and Masters who managed to remain in the Beggars' Sect were not easily swayed by ordinary interests.

If they were willing to leave the Beggars' Guild, they would have had a better life long ago, why would they need to continue being beggar leaders?

Even a grandmaster might become a guest advisor to powerful forces like the Salt Gang or the Canal Gang.

Every year, tens of thousands of taels of silver were offered as tribute.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver piled together would make a small silver mountain. Could they possibly beg for a mountain of silver in a year?

"Didn't they go to find Chen Changfeng?"

"No! However, the seventeen grandmasters have already agreed to hold a martial arts tournament for the Beggars' Sect. All martial arts masters are welcome to attend."

"The location was chosen to be a peach blossom grove, about 30 miles outside Beijing."

Upon hearing the message from the guards, Li Changqing couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips into a smile.

They are a group of clever people.

They came to find Chen Changfeng, but they didn't know if Chen Changfeng would be willing to see them.

If Chen Changfeng is unwilling, there's not much they can do with their strength.

It would be better to find an occasion like this and give the choice to Chen Changfeng.

If Chen Changfeng is willing to go, that would be best.

If he doesn't want to go, then consider it a victory for the Beggars' Sect in the martial arts world.

It's time for the seventeen grandmasters to settle their score and choose a temporary representative.

One can imagine how obsessed these Beggars' Sect grandmasters were with establishing a unified Beggars' Sect.

Although the Beggars' Sect has many masters, their strength is not apparent when they are scattered.

Locally, even low-ranking sects like the Salt Gang and the Canal Gang didn't take them seriously.

A beggar protected by a grandmaster is, after all, a minority.

Most of them lack the protection of skilled individuals, so it's only natural that they are bullied.

If the Beggars' Sect also had a headquarters, it could help them mediate disputes and stand up for them when they confront other powerful forces.

The status and living environment of Beggar Clan disciples would definitely be different.

"Your Highness, will Young Master Chen go?"

After the guards left, Qin Yuqiao silently went to Li Changqing's room and asked in a low voice.

If we're talking about the world, who else knows anything about Chen Changfeng?

That would probably only be the young prince standing before him.

If Qin Yu hadn't met Chen Changfeng in person, she would have even suspected that their young prince was the incomparably famous number one palm striker in the world.

"meeting!"

When Qin King Li Yuanhao told Li Changqing about the Beggars' Sect.

Li Changqing then had an idea.

His bodyguards were certainly capable, but there were too few of them, only a little over a hundred in total.

During this period, Li Changqing had them recruit some people, forming an external organization for his personal guards.

If you can help the secret guards investigate information, that's fine.

Those who perform well will be directly recruited into core departments and given priority training.

If they perform poorly or are just filling in the numbers, simply don't pay them.

Capitalists are just that cold-blooded and ruthless.

Even so, their combined numbers did not exceed one thousand.

The Beggars' Sect has hundreds of thousands of members...

Moreover, they penetrated deep into various parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even extended their reach to other countries.

Letting them gather information will undoubtedly be more effective.

Li Changqing couldn't support so many people, so he could only become the leader of the Beggars' Sect.

The order was given, and whoever obtained reliable information would be specially rewarded.

In this way, he can accomplish the most with the least amount of money.

Li Changqing was determined to participate.

When Qin Yu asked him if he was going or not?

Li Changqing shook his head.

That's the downside of lying: once you tell one lie, countless more will follow to cover it up.

"Is Young Master Chen your friend?"

Qin Yu hesitated for a moment.

This is a great opportunity to build a closer relationship. If the young prince can stand up for Young Master Chen and give him his support...

Their relationship is bound to take another step forward.

"My relationship with him doesn't need to be maintained like this."

Li Changqing shook his head.

Since he doesn't have the ability to be in two places at once, he naturally can't appear at the Beggars' Sect's martial arts tournament at the same time.

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