Su Que sat once again in the carriage, heading towards Jiannan Prefecture City.

However, this time after going to the Prefecture City, he probably wouldn't return to Jade Water City.

Before departing, he packed three bags of medicinal herbs from the cave and took them to the neighboring county, exchanging them for over two hundred taels of Silver Coins.

The clothes and masks in the cave were also completely burned by him.

The carriage Su Que sat in was spacious, with four people inside.

Next to him sat Su Jing, and across from Su Jing sat Li Yujing.

Opposite him was a middle-aged man holding a Yanling Saber.

By observing the strength with which this middle-aged man walked, Su Que roughly judged that he was a master at the Meridian Opening Realm, having opened one or two meridians.

Therefore, in the carriage, he didn't circulate his True Qi to open his meridians, fearing the subtle movements from the expansion of his meridians might be detected by this middle-aged man.

The carriage was moving forward, and Li Yujing suddenly looked at Su Que:

"Xiao Que, I've heard from Xiao Jing that you enjoy practicing the Five Animals Qigong for health?"

Su Que nodded and agreed.

Li Yujing continued to ask, "Have you ever felt a warm sensation arising in your Five Viscera when practicing the Five Animals Qigong?"

'Of course, after it arose, I even spat blood...'

Su Que thought to himself, but responded aloud:

"Not yet, what is it?"

Li Yujing said, "It's the Inner Qi generated by the Five Animals Qigong, which can nourish the Five Viscera."

"If you can practice the Five Animals Qigong to generate Inner Qi, then you could practice other Inner Strength techniques and embark on the path of Martial Arts."

Su Jing lightly patted the back of Li Yujing's fair hand with her slender hand, "Sister Jing, don't be fooled by Xiao Que's tall stature, his nature is very gentle, he wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken, how could he learn martial arts?"

Li Yujing glanced at Su Que, "Indeed, the temperament matters in learning martial arts, and it shouldn't be forced."

Su Jing said, "I only hope Xiao Que can settle down in the Prefecture City, that would be enough, I would feel at peace with our parents."

"Sister Jing, if there's a good girl, you should introduce her to Xiao Que."

"Of course." Li Yujing smiled.

Su Que smiled on the surface, but inwardly shook his head.

He now had over two hundred years of lifespan, and it would only increase in the future.

If an ordinary woman were to be his wife, after several decades, he would still look youthful, but she would be a skeleton.

What's the point of that?

'If they introduce me to a woman, I won't accept, and they can't force me.'

Su Que thought to himself as his eyes quietly watched the scenery retreating outside the carriage.

...

The caravan led by Li Yujing was moving swiftly.

This caravan hadn't greeted the mountain villages along the way.

As soon as a few thugs from the mountain village saw such a caravan passing by, they immediately brandished their weapons and charged down from the mountain.

As they charged to a close distance to the caravan, the middle-aged man sitting opposite Su Que suddenly flashed out of the carriage and swiftly moved towards these bandits.

When he reached ten steps away, the middle-aged man instantly drew the single saber in his hand, slashing once and immediately sheathing it.

His saber was so fast that ordinary eyes could hardly see it.

The saber light flashed, and the bandits rushing forward were instantly decapitated.

Their heads were sent flying high by a spurt of blood, while their bodies, driven by inertia, ran a few more steps forward before crashing to the ground.

After witnessing the middle-aged man take action, Su Que was certain he was a Martial Artist who had opened two meridians.

Moreover, the opened meridians were in his hands, otherwise, he couldn't have emitted that kind of Sword Qi from his single saber over such a distance.

When the middle-aged man was killing, the caravan didn't pause at all.

After he finished, he immediately sheathed his saber, leapt back onto the carriage, and sat down expressionlessly, as if nothing had happened.

Su Jing and Su Que both showed expressions of surprise, their eyes fixated on the several headless corpses for a long time.

Su Jing had always heard about the prowess of Martial Artists but had never seen a battle before, only now realizing how formidable they were.

As the carriage moved on and the headless corpses became distant, Su Que finally redirected his gaze and looked at the middle-aged man.

Surprise lingered in his eyes for a long time.

...

The people from that mountain village, upon seeing the middle-aged man take action, knew this caravan had a master and didn't dare to descend the mountain to rob anymore.

But this mountain village was just the first one that the caravan passed through.

Later, whenever they passed another mountain village, clueless thugs would try to rob them.

All ended up being beheaded by the middle-aged man.

No matter how many bandits they encountered along the way, the caravan's pace never slowed down.

The horses of this convoy were better than those of the escort team, not only moving faster but also lasting longer, needing fewer rests.

The journey that usually took eleven or twelve days was completed in just eight days.

Su Que, with the caravan, entered Jiannan Prefecture City once more.

Su Que and Su Jing first parted ways with Li Yujing, then stayed in an inn.

After settling in, Su Que and Su Jing went to find a broker, intending to rent a residence in Jian'an Prefecture City.

They followed the broker around for a while and finally, Su Que chose a residence on the outskirts of the Prefecture City.

This residence had a courtyard upon entering, with two layers front and back.

Citing his preference for peace and quiet, he planned to stay in the innermost rooms, so that even if he made noise while training, Su Jing wouldn't hear it.

After some haggling, the deal was settled.

Su Que paid, took the keys, and went back to the inn with Su Jing, arranging for someone to move the luggage to the residence.

Su Jing went to the market to buy some cleaning supplies and after tidying up the residence, let Su Que stay there while she went to find Li Yujing.

Su Que didn't concern himself with what they planned to do and immediately returned to his room to cultivate by himself.

...

Three days later, it was time for Su Que to start his job.

After meeting the Prefect at the Government Office, he was led to a spacious but enclosed room.

Although it was daytime, the room was quite dark, requiring lamps for lighting.

In the middle of the room were five desks.

Around the room were wooden shelves stacked with scrolls.

The room also contained seven people dressed as scholars, ranging in age from their twenties to their forties.

Su Que knew these were his subordinates, the clerks.

"Lord Su."

Upon seeing Su Que, these clerks put down their work and greeted him in unison.

Su Que returned their greeting.

From then on, Su Que worked there.

With the help of seven clerks for proofreading and organizing tasks, he barely had to work.

So, after checking in at the Government Office, he would slip out, returning home to cultivate.

The thirty-six "Essence Enhancing Pills" he had were long used up.

Without the aid of elixirs, he felt his cultivation speed had slowed somewhat.

While planning to visit the Purple Sun Temple to ask Elder Qingxuan to refine more elixirs for him,

he suddenly remembered that two days later, it would be the fourteenth of the month, the time for the Ghost Market in Qingfeng Town to reopen.

This time, he planned to sell some of the Tang Sect's hidden weapons and the Hidden Weapon Diagrams he had.

Tang Sect's hidden weapons were world-renowned; selling these items would surely bring a lot of Silver Coins.

He intended to gather eight thousand taels to purchase the "Dragon Ascending Pill" from the Mo Jin Commerce Association, which was more potent than the "Essence Enhancing Pill."

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