One month later.
The cold wind blowing from the north became more and more fierce. The whistling snowflakes are floating between the sky and the earth. The mountains are already completely white, and the trees covered with thick snow are rustling in the wind.
A figure came from afar, stepping on the thick snow, but surprisingly did not sink in, leaving only a thin layer of footprints on the snow.
"This internal strength is really extraordinary. I have only practiced for a month, but now my physical fitness has been strengthened in all aspects. Even my body skills have increased to a certain extent."
Lu Yuan trotted forward, looking at the footprints left behind him from time to time, feeling satisfied in his heart: "Treading on the snow without leaving a trace, maybe I can do it after I finish practicing the Twelve Classics."
Although Liuyun Palm is just a palm technique, it does not involve body techniques or other aspects.
But I have to say that internal strength is a panacea.
Wherever the inner Qi goes, his physical fitness will be strengthened.
Just like now, Lu Yuan concentrated his internal energy on his feet, so that the strength of his feet was greatly enhanced.
Not only is the walking speed faster, but the pressure points under the feet become lighter.
When I stepped on the snow, my original weight of a hundred kilograms was suddenly reduced to twenty or thirty kilograms after the internal force was reduced step by step.
And with the blessing of speed, this weight will be even lighter when it falls on the snow, maybe only about ten kilograms, or even less than ten kilograms.
"I finally understand how those martial arts masters got there by climbing over walls and climbing walls. With internal strength, even if Newton jumps up from the coffin board, he still has to be held down."
Lu Yuan thought in his mind, but quickly shook his head: "No, we don't even know if there is Newton in this world. Moreover, the world is different and the foundation is different. Whether universal gravity still exists is also a question."
Ever since he developed his inner strength, he had already had great doubts about the various rules of this world, and then turned to great expectations.
Since there is inner strength of martial arts in this world, then think about it from another perspective, will there be Taoism, magic and immortality here?
Although his martial arts is already excellent.
But if you can go to heaven and earth, turn over rivers and seas, hold stars in your hands, and hold the sun and moon in your mouth, none of these are more attractive than small martial arts.
But these expectations were suppressed in Lu Yuan's heart.
At the moment, he hasn't even practiced martial arts well, so to expect this is too ambitious.
"arrive."
As his thoughts flowed, Lu Yuan soon came to a depression covered by ice and snow, with a hint of joy on his face: "After three days of chasing, I finally found you."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and carefully pressed against the snow surface in the depression.
With only a small amount of force on his hands, he saw a large layer of snow collapse with a crash, and a tunnel intersection appeared in front of him.
Hoo ho ho.
Suddenly a hole appeared, and the strong wind from the outside world immediately found the target and rushed in with a roar.
"You have to do it quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with the leopard when it wakes up."
Lu Yuan couldn't help but shiver when he was blown by the wind. He looked into the cave and quickly followed in.
After more than a month in the mountains, he had already developed a mature set of skills on how to touch the holes of hibernating animals.
At this time, his steps were brisk and his movements were quick. In just a few breaths, he rushed into the depths of the cave.
When he turned inside, he saw a brown-yellow leopard lying on a pile of weeds in the center of the cave.
At this time, as the strong wind blew outside, the temperature difference around it dropped rapidly. Under the alternation of hot and cold, the sleeping leopard was stimulated, its eyelids trembled slightly, and its body began to twist, as if it was about to wake up.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan did not hesitate, took off the hunting bow from his back, opened the bow and nocked an arrow, pointed it at the cheetah's eyelids, and shot it.
With a puff, the sharp arrow whizzed, piercing the eyelid and sinking into the cheetah's brain along the eye socket.
"Ouch——"
The sudden sting instantly woke up the leopard, which was still sleeping.
It howled and stood up suddenly. One of his long eyes opened, and he vaguely saw a figure in front of him. He immediately rushed towards it without hesitation.
The short distance of more than ten meters is just a matter of jumping for the agile leopard.
In less than a second, it would tear into pieces the hateful guy who sneaked up on it.
However it is fast, someone is faster.
The moment Huabao woke up, Lu Yuan had already set up the second arrow.
And when it jumped over, the person kicked off his feet and stepped back lightly. At the same time, the sharp arrow in his hand locked the other eye in an instant, and then let go.
The archery skills that have been perfected can naturally hit the target in this short distance.
The leopard's forward body seemed to hit the arrow on its own initiative, and his other slightly groggy eye was instantly followed by the other eye.
Bang.
Hua Bao, whose eyes were severely injured, hit the ground where Lu Yuan was standing.
In its eye sockets, there were two arrows that had penetrated into its brain. At this time, the tail feathers still had a hint of strength and were shaking slightly.
"Ouch..."
A series of painful wails, just like the vitality of the leopard, gradually declined as time passed until it disappeared.
After shooting the arrow, Lu Yuan waited vigilantly beside him. He looked at this scene coldly, but he was thinking in his heart: 'My simple hunting bow is still too weak. It only has six fights, and it is not as good as the one in the army. Ordinary badou bow.
With my current strength, only one stone bow, or even two stone bows, can bring out my full archery strength. '
Over the past few days in the mountains, the constant hunting has been slowly verified. He also gradually understood what his strongest method was now.
The answer is archery.
Yes, even if he practiced martial arts, for Lu Yuan, the most life-saving ability was the archery that he first came into contact with.
There is no other reason.
With Liuyun Palm alone, even if he had already mastered the water-submerging pose, he had initially penetrated the Taiyin and Lung Meridians in his hands and developed some internal strength.
But these methods are still not enough when facing a ferocious beast.
Just half a month ago, Lu Yuan had tried using martial arts to deal with an injured leopard.
But after the first fight, even though his palm strength was amazing and his speed was fast, he was still almost hit by the leopard's sharp claws, almost leaving a few marks on his body.
From then on, he knew that his current martial arts skills were still nothing.
Think about it too.
It was just a palm move and the internal strength that had just started. On Lu Yuan's attribute interface, his strength was still not top-notch.
With such little ability, it would be a bit arrogant to go to these top hunters in the mountains and challenge them to close combat.
Therefore, from then on, Lu Yuan put aside his somewhat arrogant thoughts after gaining strength through martial arts training, and became serious again.
Since then.
The next few hunts were all based on sneak attacks, supplemented by bow and arrow shooting.
This really worked wonders.
Just like what he did just now, he hunted one after another, two leopards and a tiger, all of which made these beasts unable to even get close, and they all died.
"This is all due to my exquisite archery skills."
Lu Yuan touched his hunting bow with his hand, feeling quite proud of it.
He was confident that relying on his own archery skills, as long as he kept the distance and had a suitable environment, he could kill dozens of enemies one by one.
And these are things that current martial arts cannot provide.
"So you still have to change to a good bow. Good archery skills require a good bow." Lu Yuan touched the hunting bow that was already a little worn out, and his desire to change to a better bow became more and more intense.
But now in the mountains, this matter cannot be urgent for the time being.
And he had already planned on this, and he would be able to implement it when he returned this time.
Put away the bow, go to the leopard, pull out the arrow from its eyeball, clean it a little, and then put the quiver back.
After doing this, he looked around the cave and made sure that nothing was missing. Then he picked up the leopard and walked out of the cave step by step.
The skin of a leopard is very valuable. If you sell it in the market, you can get at least ten taels of it. Not to mention there are hundreds of pounds of meat, which can be sold for one or two taels of silver.
Since entering the mountains, including this one, he has obtained three leopard skins, one tiger skin, and five wolf skins. The total value added up is more than one hundred taels of silver.
The main thing here is that the tiger is valuable, the tiger skin and the tiger whip, which are the favorites of wealthy people. With these, it's easy to sell it for sixty taels of silver.
The other kinds of meat totaled five to six hundred kilograms, and Lu Yuan marinated them all by himself.
When he was practicing martial arts, he consumed a lot of various kinds of meat. The meat seemed like a lot, but it was only enough to last him three or four months.
"But with this winter's harvest, we will have almost enough for next year's martial arts training."
Under the wind and snow, Lu Yuan was carrying the leopard on his back, facing the wind and frost, his heart full of joy.
…
One month later.
Yangmei Town, outside the blacksmith shop.
Lu Yuan arrived at Tiejiang Sun's house early carrying a hanging bag of bacon.
"Uncle Six, are you at home?"
He shouted from inside, and after a while, he saw a strong man with an unshaven beard coming out.
This man is the blacksmith in the town. Because he is the sixth in the clan, everyone calls him Sun Liu.
"It's Xiao Lu,"
Sun Liu looked at the person at the door, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Come in quickly, I'm warming up the plum wine, let's have a drink together."
"Okay." Lu Yuan followed in and then presented the bacon he had brought.
Sun Liu took it and steamed it directly. After a while, he took it out and served it as an appetizer.
The two drank for a while before Lu Yuan got down to business: "Uncle Six, how did you go about the matter I asked you to do a month ago?"
Ever since he had the idea of changing to a better bow a few months ago, he had been preparing for it.
But I don’t know how to make a bow myself, so if I want to make one, I have to ask someone for help.
And the person who helped naturally targeted Uncle Liu, the only blacksmith in the town.
It's just that in today's world, ordinary people hiding some swords, arrows and hunting bows may not be considered a big deal, and the court will not pursue them.
But if you hide armor and strong bows and crossbows secretly, it is a serious crime equivalent to treason.
Once exposed, the whole family will suffer.
Therefore, Lu Yuan also knows that this matter is difficult to handle. If you don't have a good relationship, others will never help you.
So as early as half a year ago, he had been in constant contact with Sun Tiejiang, and from time to time he would send some of the prey he had caught. After a long time, the relationship had finally made great progress, and he could be called a close friend.
It wasn't until a month ago that Lu Yuan felt that the relationship was close, and he dared to speak up and ask the other party to make an iron bow.
But even so, Sun Liu was still scared enough at that time.
In the end, he finally persuaded the other party by offering to give him ten taels of silver as a reward, while also promising not to leak the information, and adding a burst of soft film and hard foam.
Making an iron tire bow is not something that happens overnight. In addition, Sun Liu has no such experience in the past. It will take time to figure out how to do it, so we agreed to deliver it within one month.
At this time, it is the expiration of one month.
"Things are done."
When Sun Liu heard Lu Yuan's words, he put down his wine glass, stood up and went to the back of the room. After a while, he walked out with a long box in his arms.
Putting the box on the table, he raised his head and said, "Take a look. I spent a lot of effort to make this thing!"
Lu Yuan immediately became interested.
Opening the box, I immediately saw a dark-colored, 1.2-meter-long cold long bow lying quietly in the box.
On the side of the long bow, there are ten prepared arrows. As long as the arrows are loaded, it will be a life-threatening weapon.
He took it out and touched it with his hands. It was cold all over and heavy in weight. Without any further testing, he knew that this was a very powerful bow and could only be used by a strong general.
Of course, after continuous training and the blessing of internal strength, Lu Yuan was, in a sense, comparable to a general with natural divine power.
"What a bow! What a bow!"
Stroking the iron bow, Lu Yuan could already imagine in his mind the scene of himself holding this iron bow and shooting countless powerful enemies in the jungle.
Although martial arts is very powerful.
But even martial arts masters, when faced with powerful bows and crossbows, still have to avoid their sharp edges and dare not take them head-on.
Just like Ma Jiqing back then, what if he developed internal strength, or if he had superb swordsmanship?
When facing him, he didn't hide his hatred under his own arrow.
"This is the reward, five taels of silver. Uncle Liu, please count." He had already given five taels of silver as a deposit before. When Lu Yuan received the goods, he simply paid the balance.
Sun Liu took the silver and looked at the shiny color, with a hint of joy in his eyes. But something came to mind, and he still warned: "Xiao Lu, let's agree first. After we go out, you can never say that I made this bow. You never asked me, and I didn't take your money. Do you understand?"
He didn't mention not to do anything bad with the bow.
Because it is obvious that a hunting bow is enough for hunting, and an iron bow is not needed at all.
Such a sharp weapon is of course not used for hunting, but for doing important things.
"I know that Uncle Six will never be implicated."
Lu Yuan nodded, then closed the wooden box, hugged it and walked out the door.
With this iron bow, the animal skin tiger whip worth hundreds of taels saved at home can finally be sold.
It turned out that he had been hiding these good things and did not dare to exchange them for money.
Because buying and selling hundreds of taels of silver is not something that a hunter can do.
That's no different from a kid holding gold through the market.
"But with this iron bow, everything is different."
At home, after loading ten arrows, Lu Yuan picked up the iron bow and pulled up the bowstring made of tiger tendon. The iron bow bent slightly under the huge tension.
The fingers loosened.
With a buzzing sound, the sharp arrow flew out and sank into the earth wall in an instant. The iron bow trembled slightly and the bowstring beat. Under this huge force, the air seemed to start to vibrate.
This bow can kill people.
Can kill martial arts masters...
"Good bow."
Lu Yuan laughed, then wrapped the iron bow in cloth and put it on his waist. He picked up the short knife, checked the tanned leather in the basket on his lower back, turned around and walked out the door.
He is going to sell goods.
