Bo Shang went crazy.

The doctor at the medical clinic made this diagnosis after an examination.

Su Que could see it too. Bo Shang had a vacant look in his eyes and often mumbled madness, saying things like "The twenty-three-year deadline has arrived, Zheng Tong, you old scoundrel, just you wait."

According to Lv Qixiu, Zheng Tong was Bo Shang's father-in-law.

It seemed that Bo Shang's father-in-law had humiliated him quite a lot over the past twenty years.

Lv Qixiu thought that since Bo Shang was a fellow townsman, he should go all the way to help him.

He paid some money and found a strongman who was also returning to Jade Water City. The strongman got a hemp rope and tied up Bo Shang, who was sometimes talking nonsense and sometimes gesticulating wildly.

Then, they took Bo Shang and started their journey back to Jade Water City.

Su Que and Lv Qixiu inquired at several inns in the Prefecture City and found the escorts from the "Huaiyang Escort Agency" of Jade Water City.

They happened to be on an escort journey, having left Jade Water City about ten days ago, and arrived in the Prefecture City today.

If they received a job to return from the Prefecture City to Jade Water City, they would head back to Jade Water City.

Two days later, a group heading back to Jade Water City was assembled, consisting of five escorts, who protected this group as they returned to Jade Water City.

When it came time to pay, Lv Qixiu insisted on paying for Su Que.

Because Bo Shang was crazy, and Su Que had become the only ranking scholar from Jade Water City in this provincial examination.

Lv Qixiu naturally wanted to establish a connection. For him, it was just spending some money—who knew if his family might need favor from Su Que in the future.

After Su Que refused a few times and saw Lv Qixiu's firm insistence, he let Lv Qixiu pay.

On the journey, Su Que pretended to rest his eyes and used True Qi to open up the meridians on his feet.

However, Lv Qixiu kept coming to him with questions.

"Brother Su, if you wish to become an official, do you aim for the county or the Prefecture City?"

Although he was a dozen years older than Su Que, he had no psychological barriers in repeatedly calling him Brother Su.

Su Que responded, "Prefecture City."

Presently, he needed to obtain elixirs and poisons in the Prefecture City.

If he stayed in Jade Water City, it would be stable, but not as convenient as in the Prefecture City.

He thought that even if he could not secure an official position in the Prefecture City, he planned to move there.

He was a ranking scholar, so being a teacher in the Prefecture City was more than enough.

Lv Qixiu's eyes lit up upon hearing Su Que's plans.

Their family was in business too and wanted to expand into the prosperous Prefecture City.

Moreover, the White Lotus Sect had recently taken over the underworld of Jade Water City, extorting a hefty protection fee from their family, worrying them for a while in fear that the sect might swallow up all their property.

Therefore, their family wanted to move their business to the safer Prefecture City.

Though their business might not be as successful in the unfamiliar Prefecture City as in Jade Water City, the advantage lay in its stability.

However, they were struggling because they had no connections in the Prefecture City, unsure how to transfer their business and relocate their assets there.

"Brother Su, since we hit it off right away, when we return, I plan to have my father host a banquet to celebrate Brother Su. Would Brother Su do us the honor?" asked Lv Qixiu.

"Of course, I would be honored," Su Que replied politely, then added:

"Brother Lv, I really need some rest. I apologize."

"Oh, I am disturbing you," Lv Qixiu immediately cupped his fists and stepped aside, ceasing his attempts to talk to Su Que.

Su Que immediately leaned his body against the carriage, closing his eyes pretending to rest.

Meanwhile, in his mind, a surge of seven kinds of True Qi emerged, following his meridians and rushing straight into the "Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian" of his Foot Three Yang Meridians, expanding this meridian outward.

The mightiest among these seven kinds of True Qi was the Marriage Robe Divine Skill True Qi he had cultivated to the 6th Realm, and the Celestial Deformed True Qi he had refined to the 5th Realm.

Because Celestial Deformed Foot is a martial art of a higher level than the Marriage Robe Divine Skill, although at the 5th Realm, its generated True Qi was no weaker than the Marriage Robe Divine Skill.

Next in might was the Myriad Poison True Qi.

Slightly weaker were the Small Self-Damage Skill True Qi, Yin Wind Claw True Qi, Red Fiend True Qi, and Profound Yin True Qi.

Most martial artists typically only cultivate one type of True Qi.

A small number of martial artists might cultivate two types of True Qi.

But those who cultivated seven types of True Qi were extremely rare.

And Su Que was unique in cultivating all seven types of True Qi to relatively formidable realms.

The True Qi in his meridians was not only abundant but also powerful!

When opening meridians, he was much faster than other martial artists.

Furthermore, his meridians were nourished by the Marriage Robe Divine Skill True Qi and Myriad Poison True Qi, making them extremely resilient.

If other martial artists' meridians were not resilient enough, they would have to be very cautious, slowly expanding the meridians.

An accidental aggressive use of True Qi to expand the meridians might damage them.

Su Que's meridians were resilient, so he did not need to worry much and could direct True Qi more freely.

Under his focused control, seven different True Qi surged towards the "Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian."

This meridian expanded under the pressure of his True Qi.

The True Qi capacity of the foot meridians affects the speed of a martial artist's lightweight skill and the power of their leg skills.

If Su Que completed opening the Foot Three Yang Meridians on both feet, his Celestial Deformed Footlight Technique would certainly be faster, and the leg skills of Celestial Deformed Foot would also be exponentially more powerful.

The caravan moved with intermittent stops.

At each small town or village stop, Lv Qixiu arranged accommodations for both himself and Su Que through his scholar's attendant.

Thus, throughout the journey, Su Que continued to receive Lv Qixiu's attentiveness.

And during the journey, Bo Shang, the scholar who finally achieved a ranking after many years, remained incoherent, spouting nonsense whenever he was not asleep.

Before they knew it, eleven days had passed, and the caravan had almost reached Jade Water City.

Nothing happened along the way.

They passed several mountains and heard from the escorts that martial artists occupied these mountains, turning to banditry.

However, because of the advance arrangements by the escort agency, the mountain bandits, upon seeing the "Huaiyang Escort Agency" flags, did not trouble them.

Most fortunately, they did not encounter undisciplined bandits or rebel troops along the way.

These bands roamed with no fixed abode, riding horses and looting wherever they went.

Once they spotted a caravan, they immediately charged to plunder. If overpowered, they would quickly turn their horses and retreat.

Such encounters were troubling even for the escorts.

These bands usually discharged random arrows, and if the escorts did not react in time, the arrows could damage the escorted goods or injure the customers.

After these eleven days, through secret efforts, Su Que not only expanded the Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian in the Foot Three Yang Meridians but also, two days prior, expanded the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian in the same system.

The expansion of these two meridians greatly increased the True Qi capacity and flow rate in his feet.

The night before, while resting at an inn in a small town, he sneaked out at midnight to test his lightweight skill and leg skills.

Indeed, after opening two foot meridians, the speed of his Celestial Deformed Footlight Technique and the power of his leg skills had improved significantly.

When he dashed, it was hard for the naked eye to catch him.

When he stomped onto a rock, the power slightly surged, and the rock crumbled into dust.

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