Qin Xiong's death shocked not only the forging shop, but also people in the inner and outer cities were discussing it.
The news of the murderous maniac Nian Jiu's reappearance spread quickly. For a while, many people were panicked, and several teams of county government officials patrolled day and night.
The city guards who got the news quickly blocked the city gate.
After that, there was another wave of searching, with a look of determination that they would not give up until Nian Jiu was found.
Li Yuan was immersed in mineral selection and chose soft armor for his first high-grade sharp blade. Even though he had mastered blacksmithing skills, he felt quite pressured.
If it's ruined, half the cost of materials is still a lot.
In the warehouse, Wang Hu accompanied him throughout the process. Watching Li Yuan select the high-quality iron materials, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. If this was scrapped, half a year's work would be in vain.
"That's enough, that's enough. Junior brother, you try it first. If you need anything, come back. Or pass a message and I'll deliver it to you!"
Seeing that Li Yuan still wanted to choose, Wang Hu quickly stopped him.
"Then there's Brother Lao Hu!"
Li Yuan was almost done with his selection. With a slight gesture, he pushed the wooden cart out of the warehouse door. He saw Yue Yunjin and Wu Ming walking past in a hurry:
"Two senior brothers, where are you going?"
"ah?"
The two of them paused slightly, with a little embarrassment on their faces.
"Miss Lu's little moment?"
Li Yuan looked at the sky and thought: "I heard that the inner city is not allowed to enter. Can the two senior brothers go?"
Yue Yunjin became more and more embarrassed, but Wu Ming reacted quickly, smiled, and said in a low voice: "Miss Lu is going out of town today, let's go with you."
"Oh, those two senior brothers, go and come back quickly."
Li Yuan was very sensible and did not ask further questions.
He went once to the inner city for a while, but obviously, the two of them might have gone there more than once.
He estimated that this was also a screening process. Unfortunately, he was screened out in the first round. He just didn't know how many rounds these two senior brothers could survive?
"Is the root bone bad?"
Li Yuan scratched his palms, smiled, and went back to blacksmithing.
…
"Oh, Junior Brother Li..."
After leaving the weapon forging shop, Yue Yunjin couldn't help but sigh.
He had a good impression of Li Yuan, but the weight of his words was too shallow to determine anything.
"Junior Brother Li is of average temperament, but his forging talent is extremely high. Maybe it would be better to stay in the shop, right?"
Wu Ming walked quickly towards the city gate without looking back.
He didn't have much friendship with Li Yuan, but being able to win over Li Yuan had already gained all the friendship between the students in the same college. When he was worried about it, he felt that he had a clear conscience.
"well……"
Yue Yunjin shook his head and followed quickly.
The closed city gate was wide open today, but almost no one came in or out. Two teams of government officials were guarding both sides, but there were twenty or thirty people gathered outside the city gate, as if they were welcoming someone.
"road……"
Just as Yue Yunjin and his two men wanted to get closer, they were stopped by several government officials. Together with Wang Gong and Zhao Xiaoming, they ducked into a corner and watched helplessly.
At the gate of the city, Lu Bailing was wearing a capable martial robe, accompanied by Liu Zheng, Wang Peiyao, Wen Yida and other young ladies and gentlemen from the inner city.
At the front, county captain Liu Bin and other officials gathered around an elegant middle-aged man, talking softly.
…
Xilulu~
At the foot of Fajiu Mountain, three cavalrymen came from Juechen on the official road and reined up their horses in front of a forest. In the distance, the outline of Gaoliu County seemed to be visible.
There were three people on the horse, one woman and two men. The old man at the head was wearing a mask with a ghost face. He had no face, but his beard and hair were all white. Beside him was a young man and woman.
The men are tall and majestic, while the women are cool and beautiful. They all carry long swords on their backs and have riding boots on their feet.
"Mr. Han, this mountain forest is where Brother Qiu got into trouble. The thieves from Qianjun Cave should have fled into this mountain."
The burly young man pointed to the distant mountains and said coldly: "Gao Liu, An Xi and other county guards have been searching the mountains for many days. I wonder if they have found any trace of the thief."
"Um……"
The ghost-faced old man's voice was hoarse, but he looked at the woman beside him: "Yunxiu, what do you think?"
"Disciple believes that we should return to the city first."
Fang Yunxiu answered.
She is about 20 years old, has a cold voice and doesn't talk much.
"Ping Ying, please go into the mountain and ask the city guards, and then come back and report back to me."
The ghost-faced old man spoke.
"yes!"
Shapingying responded solemnly and urged his horse to go away.
Fang Yunxiu frowned slightly:
"Mr. Han, you know that Brother Qiu died in the ninth year of his life, why did you send Brother Sha to the mountains?"
The three of them were not traveling on the same road, but met on the road. When Sha Pingying arrived, she followed Han Chuijun and captured a group of Gaoliu caravans who were trying to break through.
One of them had a wound from a dragon sword.
"There are enough people on the left and right, so naturally we need to explore more bushes to see where the poisonous snakes are hidden. It can't really be that year, right?"
Han Chuijun stroked his long beard and felt bored:
"I have never wanted to fight with others, so I got a casual position as a 'hero-seeking envoy'. Who would I have thought that I would be arrested again?
Oh, what a miserable life..."
Are you looking for it?
Fang Yunxiu cursed in her heart, but she could only lower her eyebrows. She was also deeply afraid of the temperament of the man in front of her.
After sighing for a long time, Han Chuijun gave the order:
"Pioneer, the fat man caught on the way back to the city, we will cut grass for a while, and you will follow him later. Just think that you are on your way home and investigating Qiu Long's death. Don't worry about other things."
"What about you?"
Fang Yunxiu subconsciously wanted to ask, but immediately stopped, agreed, and urged the horse to rush towards Gaoliu City.
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…
"Open the door!"
As soon as he returned home from the blacksmith's shop, Li Yuan heard a heavy knock on the door, and he almost kicked it open without opening the door.
"Why did you open the door?"
As soon as Li Yuan opened the door, two city guards rushed in. After giving him a cold look, they started searching the house.
Even the latrine was not spared, and he was stabbed twice with a manure spoon.
"..."
He allowed the two city guards to turn the house upside down and left cursing before Li Yuan closed the courtyard door.
His important things are all in Liuhe boots, so he is not afraid of being searched.
only……
"Banks, pawnshops, and jewelry stores have all been sealed off. It's too troublesome to convert banknotes into cash."
Li Yuan had a headache.
After Qiu Long died, the city guards were all simmering with anger and would explode at the first sign. Yesterday, three conflicts broke out in the outer city, and six or seven people were seriously injured.
In the past few days, the city has been under full martial law. People waiting for leisure are not allowed to enter or leave the city at all. There are very few pedestrians on the street visible to the naked eye.
"Wrought iron is twenty times more expensive than pig iron. Even if you buy it from a shop, one thousand jin will cost you two hundred and twenty taels of silver, ten taels of gold, and one hundred and twenty taels of silver.
Adding in the required hundred taels of silver, there are four hundred and forty taels of silver!
Not counting that one tael of gold! "
After thinking about it in his mind, Li Yuan got even more headache.
He estimated that five hundred taels of silver notes, broken silver, pearls, agate, etc. would not be enough, and 450 taels would definitely be enough.
But how to change it and how to sell it is a troublesome thing, especially when the limelight is so tight.
“I guess we’ll have to wait for the big show in June.”
Li Yuan missed Fatty Sun a little.
When the fat man was here, not only did he eat well twice a day, but everything related to money was also blamed on him.
Now, you can only figure it out yourself.
"When making inner armor, ask the master if there is any red gold."
After tidying up the room that was messed up by the city guard, and washing his face with water, Li Yuan just took out three bottles of elixirs from Qin Xiong.
Among these three bottles of pills, one contains seven Bone Strengthening Pills, one contains three Leopard Tai Yi Jin Pills, and the last bottle contains three Qi and Blood Pills.
These thirteen pills alone are worth more than one hundred taels of silver!
"One Qi and Blood Pill is worth a dozen Blood Accumulating Pills, and its effect is quite mild. It's a good thing. These three bottles of pills are all internal medicines that assist Heng Lian's martial arts practice. They are also very useful in increasing blood Qi... …”
Zhizhizhi~
Seeing Li Yuan take out the porcelain bottle, the little field mouse in the corner suddenly became excited.
"The medicine is really tonic. This little thing has doubled in size."
He flicked a piece of broken cake to the little guy, and Li Yuan played with the elixir in his hand. Whenever he got a new elixir, he would try it with this little guy.
Once you develop a habit, even if you buy it from the Four Seasons Medicine Hall, it will not be an exception and it will not be troublesome.
"Gudong!"
Li Yuan swallowed a Qi and Blood Pill, raised his hammer and stood in military posture. He closed his eyes slightly, sensing the movement of Qi and Blood.
The 'x'-shaped small blood circulation has spread towards the trunk, but it is still far from the large circulation covering the whole body.
"Without the breathing technique, you still have this speed, which is pretty good."
Li Yuan's fighting skills were quite proficient. He completed twenty-four positive and negative postures one by one. He exhausted all his energy and blood and broke out into a profuse sweat before he stopped.
The growth of blood energy is so simple and crude. If there are enough elixirs, the bones can be piled up quickly. There is no such thing as impure blood energy.
In some cases, it's just that the strength grows too fast and the level of moves cannot keep up, resulting in the inability to fully display it.
Of course he doesn't have this problem.
"call!"
The night was already dark, and Li Yuan slowly regained his strength. A warm sea of blood surrounded him, and the slight sting left by the killing of Qin Xiong a few days ago disappeared.
"The Blood Qi Pill still has more than 80% of its potency. Although it is expensive, it does make sense."
He went to the yard to get a basin of water, wiped his face, put on his clothes and lay down, then took out a high-quality tonic pill and put it in his mouth, Li Yuan closed his eyes slightly.
In the deep and mysterious darkness, the palm weapon emitted a faint light, and the shadow of the hammer flickered on the two 'stars'.
On the gray stone platform, various weapons and items were neatly stacked.
"Basic Map of the White Ape."
Li Yuan sensed the parchment and directly chose to control it without hesitation.
He had been thinking about it for many days. If he hadn't been injured after killing Qin Xiong that day, he would have given it a try that day.
"Replace, Bijing Bronze Hammer!"
Buzz!
Almost as soon as he thought about it, Li Yuan felt as if something suddenly disappeared from his body, and a huge feeling of powerlessness suddenly surged into his heart.
The huge gap made him so uncomfortable that he almost vomited blood.
The blessing and departure of the Jade Bronze Hammer are many times stronger than those of other controlled soldiers.
Woo!
Holding back the discomfort, Li Yuan quickly felt the changes after mastering the 'White Ape Fundamental Diagram'.
Phew!
In a daze, Li Yuan seemed to hear the roar of the white ape.
A burly and majestic white ape held a hammer to the sky and let out a sharp, high-pitched and angry neighing sound.
"Great Perfection, Cloak Hammering Technique!"
Pile skills, kicking techniques, training techniques, and breathing techniques!
The complete White Ape Cloak Hammer unfolded in front of his eyes in the clearest and most intuitive way. Li Yuan concentrated on the perception and couldn't help but be immersed in it.
The Great Craftsman's Hammer also has the Perfection Level Hammer Technique, but although the two overlap, they have obviously different styles.
The former comes from Zhang Bi, and is peaceful and solid, with decades of hard training, while the latter has a strong smell of fighting, as if there were people who fought in hundreds of battles.
Two different hammering techniques collided in front of his eyes, and finally turned into a trickle, flowing into his heart.
Then, Li Yuan felt the power of the medicine in his abdomen was diverted, and the blood around his body became restless, and the warmth turned into hotness, making him unable to help but turn over and sit up.
"Is this about to break through?!"
Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he almost swallowed the Buyuan Dan in his mouth, but soon he realized something was wrong.
This restless blood did not rush toward the heart, but kept circulating around the limbs, waist and abdomen.
Gradually, he felt that his legs, feet, waist and abdomen were getting hotter and hotter, and the power of the elixir in his abdomen was being consumed at an extremely fast rate.
The blood energy pills that were originally enough for him to consume for seven or eight days quickly dissipated at a perceptible speed!
"Ape's arms and wasp's waist!"
Li Yuan was startled, realized something, and quickly swallowed the Buyuan Pill.
Afraid of not having enough, he took out all the remaining bottles of elixirs.
[Ape Arms and Wasp Waist: The bones are born and can be changed the day after tomorrow. Anyone who cultivates the White Ape Cloak and Hammer Dzogchen Perfection will all have a wasp waist and ape arms. This is,
The body is trained to look like an ape...]
"Superior bone!"
Li Yuan's heartbeat quickened. He had had this kind of association before mastering the fundamental map, but he still felt excited when it actually became a reality.
Gudong~
The high-quality Bu Yuan Dan enters the abdomen, and the warm and mellow medicinal power spreads from the stomach, pushing the blood flow speed to an extremely high level.
This elixir, which is worth up to fifty taels a piece, is the best elixir when the qi and blood are strong enough to break through the internal energy.
Li Yuan felt that his hands, feet, waist and abdomen were hot and numb to the bones. He gritted his teeth and held on for a few times. He couldn't hold it anymore, so he jumped out with a muffled groan.
Without even wearing any shoes, he took out his training hammer and started practicing the cloak hammer technique.
call!
call!
The numbness and scorching heat made Li Yuan swing the hammer faster, and a strong wind seemed to rise suddenly in the room, causing the candlestick on the table to fall off and the window paper to rattle.
"So strong?!"
After hitting three sets of cloak hammers in a row, Li Yuan gritted his teeth and could hardly bear it anymore. Only by hammering hard on the ground could he get relief.
It's just burning, but it's too itchy!
"hiss!"
Li Yuan staggered, sweating profusely, rushed out of the house and jumped into the large water tank in the corner, which made him feel better.
"Huchi~"
"Huchi~"
After soaking for an unknown amount of time, Li Yuan felt that he was almost exhausted. He climbed out of the vat with difficulty and lay on the ground limply.
"The bone modification is not over yet. The pills are enough, but I can't hold on anymore..."
The numbness and heat between his legs, waist and abdomen gradually faded away, and Li Yuan was too tired to move. All the blood in his body and the high-quality Yuan-Building Pill were exhausted.
"However, as soon as the root bone modification is completed, I will be able to 'grow up my inner energy' immediately!"
Turning his back to the sky, looking at the four-wheeled moon hanging in the night sky, Li Yuan gasped for air, but his heart was burning:
"Controlling the root diagram, can you change the root bones?! Can the White Ape Hammer, Green Snake Spear, and Tiger Roaring Knife also work?!"
