Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

A month later.

The Great Separation.

Ye City.

A north wind rose, and heavy snow fell.

The once bustling capital city is now covered by a thick layer of snow, pure white, solemn, and utterly silent.

Wearing a light blue fur-trimmed cloak, Jiang Yuchuan walked alone along the snow-covered street, heading towards a four-story, spire-like building with upturned eaves.

This tower is the site of a merchant guild established by the Linghu family in Ye City.

The Linghu family, along with the Gongsun, Bai, and Qian families, are among the four most prestigious families in the Great Li Dynasty. All four have a history spanning nearly a thousand years.

However, compared with the other three great families, the Linghu family is much more low-key, and it is also the only one among the four great families with an extremely good and close relationship with the Dali court.

That is why Dali entrusted the crucial city of Ye to the Linghu family for management and supervision.

Furthermore, the mining of Ye Stone has been jointly managed by the Linghu family and the Dali Dynasty for decades.

Soon, Jiang Yuchuan arrived in front of the tower-like building.

Pushing open the door and lifting the heavy curtain, a wave of heat immediately hit me.

Jiang Yuchuan looked toward a fox statue carved from a dark red boulder that stood in the center of the first-floor lobby.

The heat that keeps the room warm as in summer comes from this stone statue.

The material of this stone statue is naturally the Ye Stone, which is unique to and extremely precious in the Great Li Kingdom.

The fact that the Linghu family could use such a large piece of Ye stone for heating demonstrates their wealth and power.

As soon as Jiang Yuchuan entered the room, a maidservant immediately greeted him with a smile.

"What does this young master need?"

Jiang Yuchuan took off his cloak and said, "I'm not here to buy anything. I heard that the young master of the Linghu family has contracted a rare and strange disease and is searching for a famous doctor in the martial arts world. I happen to have some knowledge of medicine, so I thought I'd give it a try."

The maid was taken aback at first, then secretly looked Jiang Yuchuan up and down, and said with a smile, "Since this young master has come for Young Master Yi, please follow me to the third floor."

As he spoke, he led Jiang Yuchuan up to the third floor.

"I wonder if this merchant guild sells any Ye Stone?"

Jiang Yuchuan looked around at his surroundings while asking the maid a question.

The maid smiled and glanced at Jiang Yuchuan. "Is this your first time in Dali, young master?"

"Yes."

Jiang Yuchuan nodded.

"This Ye Stone is a first-class precious mineral in Dali. Even the Linghu Merchant Guild cannot sell it at will. Everything must be approved by the Daqian Dynasty."

The maid sighed and continued, "At this time of year in previous years, even in the most difficult circumstances, our merchant guild would still be able to obtain some Ye Stones for auction. But who would have thought that this year—"

At this point, the maid immediately stopped.

Jiang Yuchuan knew that what followed might involve some confidential information that could not be disclosed to outsiders, so he did not ask any further questions.

After leading Jiang Yuchuan to the third floor, the maid took her leave and returned to the lobby on the first floor.

The third floor, unlike the empty space of the two floors below, was now filled with men and women, young and old, dressed in various styles of clothing.

A rough count suggests there are at least fifty or sixty people.

Fortunately, the third floor was spacious enough that the dozens of people gathered together did not feel crowded.

After Jiang Yuchuan came up from downstairs, many people turned their gazes toward him, some with contempt, some with disdain, some with doubt, and others with apprehension and curiosity.

Jiang Yuchuan ignored the stares of the people and walked to the back of the line, quietly joining the queue.

The people present here today have all come from various places after hearing about the bounty offered by the Linghu family.

Logically speaking, these people should all be potential rivals of Jiang Yuchuan, but Jiang Yuchuan, who is ranked last, is not worried about them at all.

He had already secretly investigated the physical condition of the young master named Linghu Yi.

Based on the results of the investigation, Jiang Yuchuan could say that among the people present, and even across the entire world, almost no one except him could cure Linghu Yi's strange illness.

Jiang Yuchuan was so certain because Linghu Yi's strange illness, fundamentally speaking, could not be considered a disease, but rather a result of being eroded by a special energy.

This energy was strangely similar to the energy emanating from the stone he obtained in the ruins of the Northern Rong Kingdom.

Although the two have different attributes, Jiang Yuchuan always felt that they were connected in some mysterious way.

This is also the main reason why Jiang Yuchuan managed to infiltrate the area as a doctor.

He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to treat Linghu Yi, extract the weak energy that had invaded his body, and then inquire about some things from the Linghu family.

The test revealed that the martial arts practitioners, including Jiang Yuchuan, who had come for the bounty, were actually two old physicians from the Imperial Medical Academy of Dali.

Two people can participate in each round of testing simultaneously.

As for the content of the test, it was not visible to others, because it was all conducted in a room behind the old doctor that was tightly closed and exceptionally soundproof.

Whenever a test subject came out of the room, those at the back of the line would crane their necks and tilt their bodies to look at them.

But when they saw that more than a dozen people who had been full of confidence came out with furrowed brows and helpless expressions, their hearts began to pound.

"What exactly was this test, and why did none of the participants succeed?"

"Look! Even the 'Old Man of a Hundred Herbs,' who has been famous for decades, has failed!"

"What? Even Elder Baicao failed this test? What are we waiting for here? Let's go home as soon as possible!"

"I refuse to believe this nonsense! I'm going to see just how difficult this test really is!"

……

Listening to the chatter of the people in front of him, Jiang Yuchuan smiled and shook his head.

Jiang Yuchuan's expression and actions were seen by a scholar-like man in his early twenties standing in front of him.

Why is this young man laughing?

Ji Zizhou looked at Jiang Yuchuan curiously and asked.

"It's nothing," Jiang Yuchuan smiled again. "I just remembered something interesting."

Ji Zizhou nodded slightly and asked, "May I ask your surname, young brother? Judging from your accent, you seem to be from the Great Qian Dynasty?"

“My surname is Jiang, and I do indeed come from the Great Qian Dynasty.”

After speaking, Jiang Yuchuan looked at Jizizhou.

He could clearly sense that the handsome, seemingly frail man in front of him was actually a master whose strength had reached the late stage of the first-class level.

"So it's Brother Jiang, what a pleasure to meet you! My name is Ji Zizhou, and I come from the Great Qian Dynasty's Ten Thousand Medicine Valley."

Ji Zizhou stared at Jiang Yuchuan with bright eyes and continued, "Brother Jiang, you must have made great achievements in the field of medicine, right?"

Jiang Yuchuan said modestly, "Not at all, I only have a slight interest in it. I came here purely by chance, just to join in the fun."

"May I ask where Young Master Jiang studied under? Do you know the renowned physician Qi of Qingyang?"

After asking the question, Ji Zizhou stared intently at Jiang Yuchuan, determined to glean something from Jiang Yuchuan's changing expression and behavior.

The reason he suddenly asked this question was because from the moment Jiang Yuchuanzi came upstairs, he felt a sense of familiarity. Both his blue robe and the aura he exuded were very similar to his idol, Qi Changqing, the Divine Physician Qi.

"Are you talking about Qi Changqing?"

Seeing Ji Zizhou's excited expression, Jiang Yuchuan vaguely guessed what was going on.

Ji Zizhou nodded excitedly, "Forgive my boldness, but may I ask what your relationship is with Physician Qi, Brother Jiang?"

"What is the relationship...?"

Jiang Yuchuan thought for a moment and said with a faint smile, "I suppose we had a brief master-disciple relationship."

--really!

Just as I guessed!

Suppressing his excitement, Ji Zizhou suddenly felt that his relationship with Jiang Yuchuan had grown much closer, and said with certainty:

“Since Brother Jiang is a disciple of Physician Qi, passing the Linghu family’s test will be no problem at all!”