Beginner, proficient, accomplished, accomplished.
A martial arts or skill is mostly divided into these four levels. Normally, as long as you are immersed in it and are diligent and patient enough, even the dullest person can achieve great success.
To reach perfection, you not only need hard training, but also talent and understanding.
With the help of the Master's Hammer, Li Yuan easily pushed the blacksmithing technique to perfection, but after four months, it was still not perfect.
However, the great achievement of blacksmithing has the foundation to create the best sharp blade, but there is only a difference between the heat and the success rate.
Zhang Ben felt that he was acting too hastily, but he also felt that all the high-grade sharp knives he had made were successful and were gaining momentum, so he also wanted to give it a try.
Seeing his insistence, he simply agreed. After work, he went to the backyard to see Cao Yan.
"You can't rely entirely on Cao Yan. Fang Nuxia also has to give it a try."
Li Yuan washed his face and saw that it was not dark yet. He closed the door of the forging room and walked quickly towards the inner city.
The inner city has been very lively in the past half month. Scattered paper money can be seen everywhere in the streets before and after Lufu. Outside the closed gate, there are many women and children wearing sackcloth and mourning, crying softly from time to time.
A few were even trembling, whether it was sadness, fear, or the cold weather.
"Cao Yan still has some tricks. Fang Nuxia...well, he is a good person."
Li Yuan stopped and watched, shaking his head inwardly.
Women and children blocking the door, crying and persecuting, this kind of thing is not a big deal to any force in the inner and outer city, and they will be broken up with a slap of sticks.
But if Fang Yunxiu fails, if she dares to take action, a large number of women and children blocking the door will die tomorrow, and what will follow is bound to be an uproar and boiling public resentment.
"Although martial arts is good, people still haven't experienced it. If your actions are ineffective, you shouldn't take action."
Li Yuan commented in his heart.
Although the Shenbing Valley is powerful, Qiu Long is dead, and the forces inside and outside Gaoliu County are colluding, it will be difficult to deal with it without ruthlessness.
All I can say is that martial arts is martial arts and means are means, and sometimes they cannot be confused.
"Brother Li!"
Not long after Li Yuan stopped, Liu Zheng came over. The two had made an appointment a few days ago to come to Lu Mansion.
Externally, it was naturally Fang Yunxiu who invited him.
Looking at the women outside the Lu Mansion, Liu Zheng shook his head: "These families in the inner and outer cities are increasingly confused about whether to advance or retreat. I'm really not afraid of the Shenbing Gu Qiuhou settling the scores."
"Maybe you're not afraid, maybe you're just lucky?"
Li Yuan agreed, but he understood in his heart that after Qiu Long's death, the families in the inner and outer cities would have to go to the dark side no matter whether they wanted to or not.
You've killed them all, why are you afraid of blocking the door?
"Go away! How dare you stop me if I blind you?"
Mr. Liu was not polite. He kicked away several men who came to block the way and went straight to knock on the door.
The county captain's reputation was naturally quite high, and many people recognized Liu Zheng. Even though those people were kicked over, they did not dare to fight back and rolled to the side with their heads in their hands.
"Liu Zheng is visiting!"
After a while, a servant opened the door cautiously. Seeing that it was Liu Zheng, he breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door a crack to let the two of them in.
…
In the backyard of Lu Mansion, Lu Bailing was sweating profusely. She hadn't gone out for more than half a month, and she practiced martial arts hard every day under Fang Yunxiu's supervision.
"The emphasis is not on the flowers, but on the mistakes! The two palms are intertwined, like hundreds of flowers flying, there is reality in the void, there is void in the reality, the reality and reality change according to the heart, then it is perfect!"
"The virtual does not mean that there is no strength, and the reality does not mean that there is no strength..."
"Don't curl your lips, don't cry!"
Lu Bailing was sweating profusely, gritting her teeth and clenching her mouth, and her eyes were red. How had she ever suffered this?
But Fang Yunxiu remained unmoved. She kept scolding and urging her with high pressure. Even if a servant came to report, she would not be allowed to rest for a moment.
"Keep practicing!"
Fang Yunxiu fluttered his sleeves and turned around, while Li Yuan and Liu Zheng bowed to greet him.
"Nvxia Fang..."
"Well, what's the matter?"
Fang Yunxiu was in a bad mood and her tone was cold.
"No, it's Brother Li who wants to see you for something."
Liu Zheng was a little afraid of her, so he hurriedly replied and withdrew to the side. If Li Yuan hadn't begged her, he would never have wanted to get into trouble at this time.
"I do have something I want to ask Nuxia Fang."
Li Yuan's attitude was respectful.
He was a little afraid of Fang Yunxiu before, but since he was blocked, he is not so afraid anymore.
Good people, most of the time, are by no means a derogatory term.
"Is it related to inner strength?"
Fang Yunxiu turned around and glared at Lu Bailing before asking.
"yes."
Li Yuan was very considerate in etiquette and never failed to seek advice from others:
"When I was practicing a few days ago, my qi and blood circulated violently, and there was a faint feeling of gushing out of the body. I would like to ask the female hero Fang, if this is a sign of breaking through the internal energy?"
Li Yuan is naturally very clear about the state before his internal energy breaks through.
"Huh? So fast? What kind of pill did you take?"
Fang Yunxiu raised his eyebrows slightly.
"The heroine returned to Fang and took a low-grade Bu Yuan Dan..."
"That's no wonder."
Fang Yunxiu felt relieved, but she was still surprised by this boy's talent. She had only been practicing martial arts for several years before she reached this point.
Moreover, I had to take one or two pills every month...
"Inner strength comes from qi and blood. After the qi and blood are warmed to the limit of the human body, then swallowing strong medicine is the process of cultivating inner strength...
Normally, you need to understand the fundamental diagram. If you have perfect hammering skills, you don’t need to..."
Fang Yunxiu opened her mouth to talk about the secret to breaking through internal energy and the points that needed attention. She had already regarded Li Yuan as a disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley, and she naturally had no secrets.
Li Yuan understood most of what she said, but he didn't interrupt. After listening to her, he nodded repeatedly, and then asked:
"I wonder if the disciple's ability to cultivate White Ape Power will affect the future..."
"You are quite smart."
Fang Yunxiu took a few steps and sat on the stone bench under the tree:
"The White Ape Cloak Hammer is considered to be a masterpiece among inferior martial arts. Although it only circulates small amounts of Qi and blood, it also covers the limbs, waist and abdomen. The White Ape Strength it cultivates is not too bad..."
Glancing at Li Yuan, she naturally knew what he was worried about:
"In order to temper the body, you only need to cultivate the strength that covers the whole body. Use this nourishment to push the body beyond its limits. It doesn't matter whether you use white ape strength or green snake strength..."
"That's good."
Li Yuan felt a little relieved.
Although he himself guessed that it had no impact, with Fang Yunxiu's confirmation, he felt relieved.
"If you can break through, there is no need to hold back. As for modifying other internal energies, that is something that needs to be considered after tempering the body. You don't need to worry about it."
Fang Yunxiu picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Although she was a little upset, since she had accepted the mission of the Hero-hunting Envoy, she had to fulfill her duties.
"Disciple still has doubts..."
This was a rare opportunity, so Li Yuan would not miss it, and he solved all the problems he had encountered during his martial arts training in the past year.
Fang Yunxiu was serious about his words, but he answered them one by one, but he was a little shocked in his heart.
The talent of this apprentice boy from the countryside is probably even more amazing than she imagined. There are some problems that will only be encountered after cultivating inner strength...
"I see, thank you Fang Nuxia for clarifying my doubts. Disciple, I still have doubts... Does inner strength cover the whole body until it replaces the circulation of qi and blood? Does that mean inner strength..."
"Change..."
Fang Yunxiu's eyelids raised when he heard the word 'transformation': "You haven't even developed your inner strength yet, why are you asking about the inner strength and the change of shape?"
Great talent, but some are too ambitious!
Li Yuan reluctantly stopped, Fang Yunxiu shook his head inwardly and made a comment.
"Learning martial arts does not happen overnight;
After years of hard training. You don’t need to know so much now, you just need to practice the hammering technique to great perfection and break through your inner strength.
Just do these two things! "
Fang Yunxiu scolded.
Li Yuan nodded repeatedly, constantly summarizing today's gains in his mind.
The doubts he had accumulated for more than half a year were all solved by Fang Yunxiu today, which made him sigh with emotion at the quality of the disciples of the sect.
"Inner energy, tempering the body, strengthening the body...cultivate the inner energy, temper the body, and eventually, penetrate the inner energy throughout the body to the organs..."
"Aunt!!!"
At this time, Lu Bailing finally couldn't hold on any longer, let out a mournful cry, and collapsed to the ground, sweat soaking his capable martial robe, which made Li Yuan glance at him subconsciously.
"Where's Liu Zheng?"
Li Yuan finally came to his senses, and the sky was already dark.
"He has been gone for more than an hour!"
Lu Bailing was panting, her hands and feet were sore and almost exhausted.
She felt a little aggrieved. Her aunt had never spoken to her so loudly and angrily.
Is it that great if you have good talent? !
"It's getting late, you should go back."
After glancing at Lu Bailing, Fang Yunxiu waved to see the guest off.
Li Yuan was always good at climbing up the ladder. He figured out that Fang Nuxia was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, so he asked about Chi Jin.
"pure gold?"
Fang Yunxiu frowned slightly: "Red gold is not circulated among ordinary people, and I... I don't have it either."
After swallowing the word 'poor', Fang Yunxiu's face turned a little ugly.
Her family has long been in ruins, and she doesn't need Lu Yunqing's help. Although her life is not tight, she really doesn't have much money, let alone pure gold.
That's something that circulates among high-ranking officials...
'Really not...
Li Yuan also sighed in his heart.
Fang Yunxiu is very poor, and he knows it. After all, this disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley inner sect only has a second-level sword, which is far worse than Tang Tong...
However, he doesn’t want to borrow money:
"I have saved some money and would like to ask you to exchange it for one or two taels. Is there any way to do this?"
"Um……"
Fang Yunxiu thought of Han Chuijun. That ghost old man must have a fortune of tens of millions.
"Mr. Han is not here, Yuan family, huh?"
Fang Yunxiu woke up suddenly, frowned and looked at Li Yuan, who pretended to be confused.
Is the Yuan family in the inner city related to the Valley of Divine Weapons?
Li Yuan's heart moved slightly, Fang Yunxiu was not unavailable...
"Auntie, I'm cold!"
On the other side, Lu Bailing was about to cry. She fell to the ground and sat for so long, but her aunt didn't even come to pull her up...
Fang Yunxiu stood up and saw off the guests:
"Go back. If you have time, I'll ask you a question."
"Thank you, Lady Fang!"
Li Yuan bowed his hands and said goodbye.
Compared to Cao Yan, it is indeed very comfortable to deal with this female hero Fang. Although she is cold on the outside, she is hot on the inside.
…
…
Forge shop, backyard garden.
Cao Yan was wearing a long coat and his face was a little pale. On his chest and abdomen, blood could be seen oozing out from under the white cloth. The injuries caused by the Cicada Wing Sword Technique were extremely difficult to heal.
"Three taels of red gold, more than ten kilograms of dark iron, and more than ten kilograms of jade cold iron? How dare you open your teeth..."
After taking a look at Zhang Bi's back, Cao Yan's expression darkened:
"Do you really think of yourself as the shopkeeper?!"
"Red gold, dark iron, jade cold iron? Is this kid going to fight the 'Bi Han Qiushui Sword?'"
Fenggang's eyes brightened slightly as he stood with his sword in the shadow:
"I didn't expect that a place as big as Gaoliu County would have such good forging seeds. You're only seventeen and you're actually trying to make the best blade?"
The best sharp blade,
It often costs thousands or even thousands of taels of silver, and the three two-story courtyards in Fucheng are no more than this price.
This is something that can be passed down for many generations and serve as a family legacy.
For more than two hundred years, the blacksmith's shop has accumulated no more than ten top-quality sharp blades, which makes Xiang Master very important.
"It's just a try, but it's mostly a waste of iron."
Cao Yan glanced at him coldly with a warning:
"He is mine, you have to dare to think..."
"If he can really make the best sharp blade, then there's no telling who he belongs to!"
Feng Gang twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling quite moved.
That bastard Xu Feng was so different from him in martial arts. Why was he more valued by Xiang Master? Isn't it because he had a cold iron sword with the highest level of sharpness?
"Without three years of hard work, he won't be able to produce the best sword!"
Gently pressing the wound on his waist and abdomen, Cao Yan's eyes were cold: "He is already very eye-catching, and if he forges a top-notch sharp blade, I'm afraid Han Chuijun will be alarmed..."
He didn't have much red gold, how could he leave it to an apprentice to try?
"The incense master is here in person. If Han Chuijun dares to come, it may be a good thing..."
Feng Gang touched his chin, his eyes twinkling.
"What do you want to do?"
Cao Yan turned around in anger, only to feel that his waist was empty. Before he could get angry, Feng Gang had already retreated into the shadows:
"If I lend you three taels of pure gold, I can treat Feng as a guard!"
"you!"
…
"One sentence is truly passed down, but thousands of books are falsely passed down. The ancestors really don't deceive me..."
After coming out of Lu Mansion, Li Yuan exerted force on his feet and bypassed the mourners outside the door, sighing in his heart.
Some things seem to be very simple, but no one has figured it out, so you have to explore and try it yourself, and you don’t know how much time it will take.
If someone points it out, it will suddenly dawn on you.
Li Yuan certainly understands the importance of mentorship.
"It's not difficult to temper the body. You need to practice externally, cultivate energy internally, and add the assistance of elixirs. Normally, a breakthrough can be achieved in two or three years. With continuous elixirs, a breakthrough can even be achieved in one year, but...
Blood-increasing pills, Leopard Fei Yijin Pills, and Bone-Strengthening Pills cannot break..."
The harvest was not small, Li Yuan was in a good mood, but thinking about the pills he needed, he felt a headache.
With a few windfalls, continuous blacksmithing, and a hundred taels of silver borrowed from Sun Hao, in addition to buying medicine, he also had a small three hundred taels of silver and ten taels of gold.
But the ceremony of holding the weapon requires a hundred taels of silver, ten taels of gold, and one tael of red gold. Normally, it also costs a hundred taels of silver.
After all, the money he can spend is only about one hundred taels...
"If it weren't for Fatty Sun's one hundred taels, I would have stopped taking medicine..."
Li Yuan sighed inwardly, turned around, and was about to enter the hospital when he suddenly heard a squeaking scream.
"Is there anyone?!"
Li Yuan's heart was shaken, and he pinched his fingers, ready to summon the wind-breaking hammer at any time.
"Yes, very alert."
When Li Yuan was guessing the identity of the people in the courtyard, the people in the courtyard also spoke:
"A certain family heard that you have excellent forging talent. This time I came to ask you to forge a top-quality blade for me, the Autumn Wind Sword!"
"Um?!"
Li Yuan was shocked, but his vigilance remained unabated:
"There is no reason to break into someone's house at night and ask for weapons. Who are you?"
"beg?"
There was a sneer in the courtyard, Feng Gang grabbed the chubby little mouse and squeezed:
"In twenty days, a certain family will come again. If nothing comes out, or something is broken..."
call!
Outside the courtyard, Li Yuan looked up and saw a black shadow climbing up the roof, and several ups and downs had disappeared into the night.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
In the courtyard, the little mouse was barking and seemed frightened.
"Who is this person?!"
Close the courtyard door and catch the frightened little mouse, Li Yuan
His brows were furrowed.
In the past few months, Liang Ashui was of course not the only one who begged him to build weapons, but this was the first time he encountered someone coming to his door late at night, and his words were full of threats.
"This person's accent doesn't sound like someone from Gaoliu County..."
Li Yuan frowned and thought, walking towards the room. Suddenly, he looked startled.
In the room without an oil lamp, a little red light flickered. On the table, three thumb-sized pieces were placed...
"pure gold?!"
Taking three steps together, Li Yuan grasped the red gold in his hand, his eyes were stunned, and his heart was full of disbelief.
Although he has never seen Chijin, he is very familiar with this feature!
He has been thinking about it for several months, and he can dream about it from time to time.
"It's really pure gold, is this okay?!"
Li Yuan lit the oil lamp and looked at it by the light. Li Yuan was filled with surprises, and even his fear of the mysterious man was gone.
"Three taels of red gold!"
Weighing the three pieces of gold that glowed red, Li Yuan's heartbeat accelerated.
After tearing off a few pieces of bacon and throwing them to the little mouse, he quickly checked around, closed the doors and windows, and took out the dusty wrought iron piece by piece from the bottom of the bed.
"A thousand catties of wrought iron, a hundred taels of silver, ten taels of gold, one tael of red gold..."
After blowing out the oil lamp and placing all the materials, Li Yuan carefully checked the yard inside the house and kicked the little mouse under the bed.
Then he rubbed his hands:
"Promotion, master of weapons!"
