Chapter 906 - 414: Past Martial Arts, Ascending to the Great Self! The Madam Must Be Amazed Upon Our Meeting.

Chapter 906: Chapter 414: Past Martial Arts, Ascending to the Great Self! The Madam Must Be Amazed Upon Our Meeting.

Like gazing towards the Nangong Family. The silver they mint has "Nangong" and "Tong’an" engraved on the bottom. When the family’s descendants travel, they prepare family silver. Whether lodging at a guesthouse or auctioning for trade, just paying the silver will let perceptive Jianghu guests know the origin.

But if hiding one’s identity, one can imprint floral patterns. Li Xian’s thirty-five taels of silver, twenty-seven are engraved with "Tianbao Tongyuan," eight are engraved with "Renhe Sword Tong."

"Tianbao Tongyuan" is "official silver" from the Great Wu Dynasty, during the Tianbao era. "Renhe Sword Tong" is silver privately minted by the martial force "Sword Lake Manor." Their shapes have subtle differences.

During the Tianbao era, it was smoother and more comfortable to hold. Renhe Sword Tong is sharper, faintly resembling a sharp sword. All this knowledge is imparted during noon classes of the Gold Appraisal Guard.

Li Xian also heard the lady explain briefly. The silver the lady rewarded and frequently used is "Daoyuan Kaiping." Now is the "Forty-Third Year of Daoyuan," and this "Daoyuan Kaiping" silver was continuously minted during the Daoyuan years of the Great Wu Dynasty.

If familiar with the craft of minting silver, one can discern what year and month it was minted. It requires extremely keen insight and immensely profound skills. Li Xian only saw the "lady" capable of this.

Yet how to distinguish silver, Li Xian did not have the chance to be taught. The silver occasionally awarded by the lady bore "Wenhai Wufeng." This was silver from the Great Yu Dynasty period, long ceased minting but still circulating in the market.

Li Xian already knew the "lady" had considerable connections with the former Yu, but thinking deeply, even with relations, they are unlikely profound. The Great Yu has been extinct for a long time, from the establishment of Great Wu to its peak, and now approaching turmoil.

He acquired funds, and coincidentally Li Kuo, Chang Zixqiang, and Yao Fan are also on holiday. Li Xian has few friends in Jade City, so he invited the three to tour Jade City to pass the idle time and appreciate the city’s scenery.

Li Kuo had matters to attend; he is lately involved with a Bai Family girl. He is trying to please her to seek marriage, hoping to become part of the Bai Family. Thus, with life’s important matters at hand, he politely declined Li Xian’s invitation.

Chang Zixqiang and Yao Fan agreed to join the tour. Chang Zixqiang lives in Renhuang Square, usually dull; though born and raised in Jade City, he never relaxed or had fun. Yao Fan, a noble family disciple, has many friends, a lively nature, and is most familiar with Jade City’s environment.

The trio’s excursion in Jade City counts as a great pleasure. First visiting the "Mountain Lake Garden," this garden spans vast lands with lakes and mountains within. In the mountains, there are ancient temples and bronze bells.

Nearby are two martial observation halls. They often bring disciples to the gardens to strengthen their bodies, refine their martial arts, and demonstrate combat, leveraging the environment to showcase various martial arts.

High atop the garden’s peaks, among the trees, martial observation hall disciples often practice Lightweight Skills, their figures soaring, adding a sense of liveliness to the gardens.

Yao Fan informed Li Xian that those capable of establishing martial observation halls in Jade City possess considerable strength and skill. Jade City houses twelve major family names, and forces not losing to these families. Its vastness and depth are unfathomable; no one claims full comprehension.

Thus, even noble family disciples should not scorn the martial observation halls recklessly. The martial observation halls in Jade City are also classified; there are "Leisure Type Martial Observation Halls," done to pass idle times and roughly acquaint with martial arts. Such halls provide a few Basic Martial Arts, teaching several moves.

Gifted individuals may cultivate one or two Inner Qi. But only that much; further advancement is impossible. Then there is the "Professional Type Martial Observation Hall," which is more orthodox, truly instructing martial arts moves and understanding.

Possible to reach Qi Circulation and Blood Solidification and Aperture Closure level. Martial Artists at this realm can make a living from it. Afterward is the "Borrowing Cauldron Martial Observation Hall," whose strength and prowess are already formidable.

Martial arts inheritance is complete, but due to "lacking a cauldron," they need to borrow a cauldron from a higher martial observation hall. The cost of martial arts studies is extremely high, exceeding three thousand taels yearly. Yet, joining the "Borrowing Cauldron Hall" enables pursuit of Martial Arts First Realm.

Finally, the "Main Cauldron Martial Observation Hall" possesses cauldrons and can independently start cooking. Its power is immensely strong, disciples successfully learning within may advance to Thirty-Two True Guards or rise through other channels.

Li Xian and the others walk to the lake beside the gardens. They see martial disciples from two observation halls standing by the lakeside, thrusting palms towards the water surface. Using Inner Qi to Push the Wave, refining their exclusive martial arts.

Stirring up impressive lake waves.

With money in Jade City, ordinary people indeed have chances to contact martial arts. Briefly admiring the mountain lake garden, they heard of a "poetry duel" of talents in "West Corridor Square."

Naturally, they joined the excitement. Observing the lively market, among the restaurants. Several literati gently sway folding fans, verses flow from their mouths, composing poetry matching the surroundings. In the restaurants are those skilled in literary arts, immediately analyzing the cleverness in the poems.

Attracting continuous exclamations from the crowd. Laudatory choruses echo repeatedly.

Martial duels are steeped in danger, literary duels teem with hidden currents. And as the duel progresses, it grows more exhilarating; Literary Energy gathers, following the literati’s voiced literary energy, faintly accompanied by imposing momentum, even triggering exotic scenes.

Just like when a literatus writes the verse "The phoenix bell rings with the chorus of birds," and he recites aloud, and indeed, birds seem to chorus, phoenix sounds are heard by all. Another verse "Five-colored lights in spring delight," and whether by coincidence or mystical interference.

Sunlight penetrating the clouds genuinely cast a colorful halo.

In truth, "literati" possess "Fortune," although it lacks killing power, it acts in the unseen. Yet it truly exists. At this literary duel, several literati proved themselves as talented carriers of Fortune.

Hence these special spectacles.

This literary immersion, too, captivates one. As the curtain falls, no victor is determined throughout. Chang Zixqiang remarked, "It is peculiar, indeed. Recently, literary duels multiply. Jade City’s grand literati seem to have increased; among the Fortune-bearing literati, might there be some great event, gathering in Jade City?"