Before the New Year, Gaoliu County ushered in a heavy snowfall, the north wind howled, and the mountains and rivers turned white.
rustle~
In the heavy snow, a middle-aged swordsman wearing coarse clothes and a wolf-skin cloak walked into the mountains through the snow, passed through dense forests, and came to a very hidden mountain col.
In the mountain col, there are simple wooden houses. Half of the wooden houses are exposed, and the other half is clinging to the mountain wall.
"Yuanyuan escort agency, weapons forging shop..."
Looking at the mostly collapsed wooden house, Qiao Hu's face twitched. This was the most secret stronghold of his Viper Gang, and it was also the last stronghold.
Then Cao Yan fought like crazy, ruining half of his life's hard work.
"Second Master!"
"Second Master..."
When Qiao Hu walked into the mountain col, many gangsters in tattered clothes but unable to conceal their ability came out.
"Where's eldest brother, haven't you come out of seclusion yet?"
Qiao Hu glanced over and his face turned dark.
There are thousands of members of the Viper Gang, but now, there are only more than a hundred left. What is a little comforting is that these are all elites.
"I have to thank Cao Yan. Without his pressure, I wouldn't have been able to make up my mind to spend more than half a year in seclusion to cultivate the Broken Gate Sword to perfection..."
Strong wind rushed out of the cave, and an extremely burly old man came out with a knife, his eyes fierce:
"Second brother, how are you?"
The old man's name is Shan Xuan, he is the leader of the Viper Gang, he was born as an Orion, and he has been roaming the mountains and forests for many years with his sword.
"Cao Yan must be dead! I led people to rob two batches of their goods, but no one else was seen. Instead, people from the Yuan family were accompanying us..."
"The debt will not be settled even after death! If Cao Yan destroys my family's business, I will take away his family's business! The Yuan family will not stop me..."
Shan Xuan's face was as dark as water. He strode into the col and looked around at the gangsters. He was about to say something when he suddenly raised his head.
Just then, a burst of fire shot into the sky and exploded.
"Boy, you are being followed!"
Shan Xuan's expression changed drastically.
Qiao Hu was stunned and couldn't believe it: "Impossible, even Cao Yan can't catch up with me, who can follow me?"
"escape!"
All the gangsters' expressions changed. They turned around and rushed towards the wooden house without seeing the enemy.
The cave behind the wooden house extends in all directions. As long as you escape into it, no matter how many people come, you can escape.
Their reaction was not unpleasant, but it was not as fast as a bow and arrow!
"Fire the arrow!"
In the dense forest, Zhou Jinzhong waved his hand, and the city guards dormant inside loosened their bow strings.
There was only a sizzling sound, and arrows rained down, causing a large area of blood and screams.
"Takayanagi Castle Guard!"
The horizontal knife cut off arrows one after another. Qiao Hu's eyes were about to burst and he turned around to escape, but he heard a loud rumbling sound. Large boulders rolled down from both sides of the mountain col, smashing down the wooden houses.
"ah!"
"The boss..."
"Rat, do you only dare to make a sneak attack?!"
In the mountain forest, screams resounded. Shan Xuan roared and cut through a large stone. His Qi and blood were strong, and his sword skills were sharp, cutting through stones and arrows.
Cursing angrily, he turned around and rushed towards the cave.
"Still want to leave?"
In the dense forest, Zhou Jinzhong raised his hand indifferently, and shot out cold crossbow arrows one after another. The sound of breaking through the air was extremely harsh, blocking him from the cave.
Then, in the dense forest and on the mountain col, hundreds of city guards filed down, forming a formation of three to five, with their swords shining as if they were practiced, and killed all the remaining bandits.
Shan Xuan's roar faded and he was piled to death by a group of city health workers. On the other side, Qiao Hu roared unwillingly and had a knife put to his neck and pinned to the ground.
"A ragtag group, even if it is led by a strong warrior, is still unable to defeat an army of the same number."
On the mountain col, Li Yuan, who took the lead in pushing rocks and hitting people, patted the snow on his hands.
He had discovered this mountain col a few days ago, and Qiao Hu's lightness skills were not worth mentioning in front of him who had mastered the Liuhe Boots.
But he didn't choose to do it himself,
Instead, he informed Zhou Jinzhong, the commander of the city guards.
The results are the same.
"The Viper Gang is over."
Yuan Pingjun put down the big stone in his hand.
In the mountain col, hundreds of bandits were lying dead everywhere, their blood melting the snow, and only a few were held down.
The City Guards were very good at suppressing bandits. They first used bows and then crossbows, and then formed a formation to charge. They wiped out all the elite members of the Viper Gang in one wave, but only a dozen people were injured.
"One-on-one, many-on-many, one-on-many, many-on-one...fighting is also a technical job!"
It was the first time for Li Yuan to see such a big scene, and he gained a lot of knowledge: "Sneak attack...it is very important to take the first step."
He realized that if he were the same person he was now and was surrounded by a sudden attack, he would probably have no choice but to control the Liuhe Boots and run away.
First the bow, then the crossbow, and then the formation. It is a simple three-axe, but very effective.
Even internally strong warriors cannot hold out for too long. Once their internal strength is exhausted, they will be easily strangled, not to mention that there are deputy commanders such as Zhou Jinzhong holding the battle.
'If it were me, I would definitely run away first, look for opportunities to attack Zhou Jinzhong and other deputy commanders, and then try to do it slowly... Well, Liuhe boots are very important, and Qinggong is also very important...
Li Yuan summed up the gains and losses in his mind, and thanked Zhou Jinzhong. This current acting leader of the city guard was once a handyman disciple of the Shenbing Valley.
"Suppressing bandits is the duty of the city guards, so there is no need to thank them."
Zhou Jinzhong forced a smile on his face.
If it were anyone else, he wouldn't be able to run away with the city guards like this, but he knows too well the weight of the disciples in the Divine Weapon Valley.
"The public belongs to the public, and the private belongs to the private. Senior Brother Zhou will keep this kindness in mind."
Li Yuan handed over his hand, thanking him very much.
He had put in a lot of effort to be the boss. Not everyone could owe the City Guards a favor, but being on the line would definitely be of great benefit.
Han Chuijun's relationship is a stepping stone, but after knocking on the door, he has to rely on himself on what to do and what to do.
"Junior brother, you are too polite."
Zhou Jinzhong's smile became much more natural, which made Yuan Pingjun on the side feel surprised.
This shopkeeper Li is so different from the geniuses he has seen...
Qiu Da stood far away, expressionless.
"My little brother is hosting a banquet at Chunfeng Tower tonight. Big brother and all the other brothers must appreciate it!"
Li Yuan was very polite. Not only Zhou Jinzhong, but also several other deputy commanders were invited one by one, and of course Qiu Da.
During this period, he had acquired several basic maps confiscated by the county government and the Yuan family, but the best ones were all kept in the city guard.
"Easy to say, easy to say!"
Several deputy commanders responded with smiles.
They may not care about the banquet given by the shopkeeper of the Blacksmithing Shop, but the banquet given to Gao Liu, the most talented person favored by Han Chuijun and the future disciple of the inner sect of the Divine Weapon Valley, is different.
In the mountain col, the blood is still fresh, and outside the dense forest, a few people are having a happy conversation.
Li Yuan also completely calmed down:
"The last hidden danger has been eliminated. After the new year, you can go to Zhelong Mansion with confidence!"
…
…
At night, after the banquet, Li Yuan returned to the forging shop.
The night wind was cold and mixed with snowflakes.
Huhu~
In the courtyard, there was a strong wind.
Li Yuan stepped on the snow, only wearing inner armor, with his hands and feet bare outside. He danced with a hammer and used the long hammer to perform the poisonous snake spear technique.
call!
The long hammer breaks through the wind and dances out a dense shadow of the hammer.
The wind-breaking hammer weighing over a hundred kilograms was like nothing in Li Yuan's hand. It was so fast that large areas of snow were blown up by the strong wind and smashed by the shadow of the hammer.
His hammer technique was powerful and heavy, and when it struck down, it swam away like a poisonous snake and turned into a gentle wind, blowing away pieces of snow.
He was like a spiritual ape, swinging his arms, sometimes like a python, scurrying ten meters away, wandering around the courtyard, kicking up large swaths of strong wind and snow.
Great Perfection Level Cloak Hammer
The law gradually took on the flavor of a green snake spear, and masculinity and femininity seemed to gradually overlap.
"Well!"
At a certain moment, Li Yuan groaned, veins popped up on his forehead, and the itching that seeped into his bones was unbearable, but he still gritted his teeth and forced himself to endure it.
"Almost..."
The heavy hammer fell to the ground, Li Yuan let go, took out a high-grade Bu Yuan Dan and drank it. The heat flowed into his abdomen, quickly spread to his waist and abdomen, and then spread to the whole body along the big muscles of his body.
Buzz buzz~
With his arms stretched out, Li Yuan even heard a sound like the stirring of a crossbow, which was the muscles in his body stretching and tightening.
A bulging feeling extended from the Achilles tendon to the shoulders, arms, and palms, and the blood in the whole body began to boil.
Li Yuan felt himself expanding.
Not a feeling!
He stretched out his hands, and the big tendons in his arms tensed up, and the muscles were pushed up, more than doubling their normal size.
Not only his hands, but his waist, abdomen, back, thighs, even calves, and feet all swelled due to the stretching of his large muscles.
The whole person seemed to have grown a size instantly!
collapse!
After the muscles were stretched to the limit, Li Yuan lifted the hammer and danced, releasing all the strength in his body, making a muffled sound like thunder.
Within a few meters, strong winds roared, and large swaths of snow were pushed around.
boom!
Li Yuan jumped up and jumped into a large vat full of rough iron sand, standing up in a military posture and stirring wildly.
The increasingly intense numbness gradually turned into severe pain, and with a click, another large vat was scrapped, and iron sand flowed all over the floor.
"Tasty enough!"
Li Yuan's whole body was trembling, and his hands and feet were no longer in control, but he lay on his back, feeling extremely relieved after the pain.
Snake waist and python tendons are done!
"What a risk. Fortunately, the expansion is temporary, otherwise it would have been terrible..."
Gently patting his hands and feet which had not changed, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
When the tendons expanded, his inner armor almost burst. His whole body expanded to nearly two meters, and his palms were as big as cattail fans...
call!
After lying in the cold snow for a long time, Li Yuan stood up like a carp and swung his arms, making an explosive sound like a steel whip.
"One inch longer in tendons equals three points greater strength! Even Leopard Tai Yi Jin Wan does not have such an intuitive improvement..."
Li Yuan raised his fists and kicked his legs, and he felt that his strength was greatly increased and his force was more flexible. With a random punch, his big muscles could be mobilized, and he could explode with faster and stronger power.
He took a step forward and sprang out for more than ten meters like a python. He turned halfway, and then turned again, his agility also skyrocketed.
"The blood energy is more condensed, the inner strength..."
Li Yuan rubbed his body and ran forward, clenching his fists and punching, and the bluestone standing under the big tree shattered with the sound:
"The tempered body is complete!"
His whole body was still sore, but Li Yuan was very excited.
Taking the elixir worth hundreds of taels obtained from Cao Yan not only allowed him to change his bones, but also developed white ape strength and entered the tempered body!
"Elixirs are really good things. I have already established a great circulation of Qi and blood. If I keep taking pills and practice martial arts, I will be able to achieve great results by tempering my body!"
With a gentle tap of his feet, Li Yuan lifted the hammer and moved, Xu Tuibing regained his health, relieved the pain on his body, and felt the subtle changes after the bones were reorganized.
His energy and blood recovery speed has been further accelerated, his body has become more flexible, his waist and abdomen strength has skyrocketed, and he has amazing toughness.
Before, some of the moves that were a little difficult for him to perform in the military posture became very easy, and the overall movement became smoother.
"The waist of the wasp, the arms of the ape, the waist of the snake, and the tendons of the python are formed! Add the back of the tiger and the waist of the bear, and you have six shapes. If you work harder, next March, maybe you can make nine shapes!"
Li Yuan was immersed in the military posture over and over again, forgetting his fatigue, and felt so refreshed that he didn't want to waste any time.
It wasn't until the Buyuan Dan's power was exhausted that he stopped, scrubbed himself, closed the door, blew out the candle, put on his clothes and lay down.
…
【Level 4 palm weapon】
[Weapons that can be controlled: four]
In the soldier's space, there are one large, two small and three incense burners placed on the gray stone platform. The remaining space is enough to place a few hammer soldiers.
The day after the transaction with Yuan Pingjun, Li Yuan used the money in the weapon forging shop to promote the weapon master.
The gray stone platform grew and widened again, and the number of weapons that could be controlled increased by one. The time for changing the weapons was further reduced, to six hours, and could be replaced four times a day, which greatly met his needs.
At this time, in the starry sky formed by the palm weapon, four big stars were shining brightly, with the shadows of spears, fundamental diagrams, and hammer soldiers shining on them.
"The Blacksmith's Shop is really my treasure trove!"
Li Yuan felt quite satisfied after counting the many weapons and items in the incense burner.
Third-level swords are hard to come by, but second-level and first-level weapons can be found in hundreds or even thousands of forging shops, and there are naturally some exquisite ones among them.
Swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, axes, hooks, forks and whips, all kinds of weapons, as long as their control effects are unique, he has them all in his hands.
For this reason, he spent all his money and prepaid all his monthly money for the next year in advance.
"It's a pity that there are no third-level weapons in the shop, and there are very few people who can order them..."
Li Yuan currently only has three third-level weapons, the six-edged hammer, the cold iron sword, and the Qiushui sword.
Cao Yan's secret room was so well hidden that before the heavy snowfall, he even dug three feet into the inner courtyard but couldn't find it.
"When the snow stops, let's keep digging!"
Li Yuan did not give up. With his current physical strength, he could dig even the hardest soil with a shovel. He did not believe that he could not dig it out.
"call!"
Before falling asleep, Li Yuan replaced the basic diagram of Green Snake Marksmanship and the two spears with two tiger-head knives and the basic diagram of Tiger Roaring Knife:
"The elixir is not enough, why don't we also withdraw the monthly payment for the year after tomorrow and the year after next?"
…
boom!
boom!
boom!
The sound of firecrackers came and went.
"Third brother, come and have a drink with the second brother!"
"Don't drink too much and eat something..."
On New Year's Eve, Li Yuan returned to his ancestral home and had a meal with his family. Knowing that he was leaving, his brother and sister-in-law were a little reluctant to leave. One kept clinking glasses and the other kept picking up vegetables.
Li Yuan refused everyone who came, drank wine, ate vegetables, chatted with his brother and sister-in-law, gave instructions, and went to hug the two babies.
A few months have passed, and the two little guys have grown a lot, become chubby, and have names.
Peace, Yunxue.
…
At the end of the new year, the heavy snow had not stopped yet, and people from several houses in the inner and outer cities were already preparing to go to Zhelong Mansion. Liu Zheng and Wang Peiyao also came to invite him to accompany them.
A few people agreed on a time, and Li Yuan accelerated the digging in the backyard. On the eighth day of the lunar month, when Liu Zheng and others were ready to leave,
He shoveled down again, and finally light appeared in front of his eyes:
[Golden Snake Hand (Level 4)]
