Li Boyang sat cross-legged on the bed, and the innate true energy within his body, which resembled silk threads, began to change.
It has been a full three years since my last breakthrough to Qi Refining into Silk.
Now, Li Boyang has finally achieved another breakthrough in his minor realm.
The innate true energy within his body, which was like mist, began to gradually condense. As time passed, it became increasingly refined, and the shadow of a thin thread slowly appeared...
In a short while, Li Boyang's meridians were filled with this thread-like innate true energy.
The minor realm of refining Qi into silk threads is reached naturally, with everything falling into place effortlessly.
With a gentle wave of his hand, a gust of wind blew out of nowhere, and the tightly closed windows rattled. Li Boyang sensed it slightly and found that the Qi Refining to Silk realm was at least five times stronger in terms of the thickness of innate true qi compared to before his breakthrough.
Reaching this level, he realized how lucky he was to have escaped from Qiu Chuji's clutches at the Quanzhen Sect's prayer ceremony, and why he had ended up in such a sorry state under Chi Bilie.
The thickness of the innate true qi in the Qi Refining Silk stage is more than five times that of the initial stage of Qi Refining, and the thickness of the innate true qi in the Qi Refining Silk stage is more than five times that of the Qi Refining Mist stage.
The next step after refining Qi into threads is refining Qi into liquid.
This is also what Li Boyang needs to do next: liquefy the true energy of the silk threads in his body little by little. When all the innate true energy in his body has been liquefied, he will face the tribulation of desire.
“A letter from Master Boyang, Master Qiu.”
Just as Li Boyang was sensing the change in his power, someone suddenly knocked on the door. It was Shen Wansan's voice.
Li Boyang muttered to himself:
"It's finally here."
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Chapter 141 A Letter from Qiu Chuji
Dadu is the modern-day city of Beijing.
Dadu means the residence of the Great Khan. The city has a population of 500,000. Although the prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty may not be as great as that of Chang'an, the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, or Nanjing, the capital of six dynasties, it is by no means to be underestimated.
On the surface, Dadu still appears prosperous, but underneath, turbulent waves are already surging. Since Zhu Yuanzhang raised his army, he has been advancing unstoppably, conquering cities and fortresses in the direction of Dadu, and now he has reached a place a hundred miles away from Dadu.
Instead of launching a direct attack and capturing Dadu in one fell swoop, Zhu Yuanzhang's army chose to set up camp in the old territory, leaving other forces puzzled and unable to understand why.
Only a few people knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was waiting for the outcome of the battle between the Central Plains martial arts world and the Mongol martial arts world. If the Central Plains martial arts world won, he would take the opportunity to conquer Dadu (Beijing).
If the martial arts world of the Central Plains were to lose, Zhu Yuanzhang would likely abandon his gains without hesitation and immediately retreat to Nanjing to wait for another opportunity.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's actions appeared calm on the surface, people were already filled with unease in secret.
Li Boyang walked on the streets of Dadu, somewhat absent-minded, his eyes darting around every now and then, searching for a brothel called Happy Forest.
A month ago, after receiving a letter from Qiu Chuji, Li Boyang went directly to Dadu.
The Happy Forest is the meeting place mentioned by Qiu Chuji in his letter.
At this moment, several men dressed in Mongolian attire openly followed him.
Upon entering Dadu, Li Boyang discovered that he was being watched. It was no secret that Qiu Chuji had gathered martial arts practitioners from the Central Plains to kill Shi Le's successor.
Shi Le succeeded his ancestor and was stationed in Dadu. However, even if he knew Qiu Chuji's plan, there was nothing he could do. This was a perfectly legitimate scheme, and he had no choice but to accept it.
The reason is simple: his identity is that of the Grand Preceptor of the Yuan Dynasty. If Shi Le Jizu were just an unknown expert from Mongolia, Qiu Chuji's encirclement and attack would probably have ended in vain. Shi Le Jizu has legs on his feet; if he can't win, he can just run away.
Unfortunately, Shi Le's successor was the Imperial Preceptor, and the Emperor of the Great Yuan was in Dadu. Once Shi Le's successor fled, with the help of the martial arts world in the Central Plains, who could stop Qiu Chuji from taking the Emperor of the Great Yuan's life?
Therefore, Shi Le, the successor of the emperor, had no choice but to accept the challenge. The capital city was now a gathering place for masters, not only the top masters of the Central Plains martial arts world, but also the masters of the Mongol Yuan martial arts world.
The only difference is that the masters of the Central Plains martial arts world may be scattered in all four parts of Dadu, while the masters of the Mongol Yuan dynasty are all concentrated in the imperial palace.
The only thing Shi Le Jizu can do now is to impose martial law in Dadu, strictly check strangers entering Dadu, and launch a preemptive strike after locking onto a target, eliminating one by one with superior numbers.
This approach has indeed had some effect. Several highly respected martial arts masters from the Central Plains have been discovered and killed by Shi Le's successor, Shi Le, for coming to Dadu to join in the fun.
However, none of these highly respected heroes were at the Qi Refining stage, otherwise they wouldn't have said they were just there to join in the fun.
With several little followers trailing behind him, Li Boyang wandered through several streets of the Yuan Dynasty before finally finding the sign for Happy Forest in a brothel district of Dadu.
Instead of going directly into the Happy Forest, Mr. Li Boyang circled around with his tail behind him, and only returned to the front of the Happy Forest after finding an opportunity to shake off the tail.
As soon as they entered the Happy Forest, the listless servant lying on the table said to Li Boyang:
"Sir, we're not open for business yet. If you'd like to have some fun, come back tonight."
Happy Forest is a combination of brothels and inns. The wisdom of the ancients should never be underestimated. They let you have fun first, and then pay you to stay here.
Clearly, the young servant mistook him for an old scholar seeking pleasure, since he was dressed in a blue scholar's robe.
Li Boyang looked around and found no one in the Happy Forest. Although he didn't know why Qiu Chuji had chosen a brothel as the meeting place, he still spoke to the servant according to the secret code in his mind:
"I'm looking for Thirteen Sister."
There was no one named Thirteen Sister in Happy Forest. The servant looked at Li Boyang, a golden light flashing, and slowly said:
"What is your name, sir?"
Clearly, this servant was the one responsible for answering the call; otherwise, his first reaction upon hearing the name Thirteen Sister would have been that the shop didn't have such a person.
"Li Boyang".