Nearly six hours of dedicated practice allowed Bai Lang to shake off the fatigue of the past few days. And not only did the newly fused blue-lettered martial arts method "Mountain Like a Mountain" achieve a "1%" breakthrough, it also allowed Bailang to make up for the last gap in talent.
Of course, this was done under the premise that Bai Lang took the spirit stone given by Chen Zhiyun and absorbed it with all his strength.
Although the first progress of "Mountain Like a Mountain" was inconspicuous, the intuitive feeling it brought to Bailang was extremely surprising. As mentioned in the introduction to "Moveless as a Mountain", this technique strengthens the soul and blood. As for the enhancement of soul, Bai Lang could not detect any changes for the time being, but with the enhancement of energy and blood, he could vaguely feel the strange changes that were like an illusion.
"I feel like I have become stronger, and it's easier to concentrate?" Bailang had a feeling, but it was specious.
Likewise, his sense of talent is more "imperceptible."
In the past, "Mediocre talent" has now become "Excellent talent" on the attribute panel.
Although I don't feel the talent change, the indirect impact brought by the talent change can be said to be immediate.
That is, Bailang can intuitively compare through the data on the attribute panel to find out that when his talent was "mediocre", his speed in practicing various methods increased by more than 50% after his talent became "excellent"!
And this increase is not just for Qi practitioners, martial arts is still affected by the enhanced talent.
It was already late at night when I came out of the Dharma Hall.
Bailang went home and looked at his sleeping brothers and sisters, and then had time to wash off the blood that had dried all day on his body. Then he didn't rest in the house. Instead, he put on clean clothes, left a note for his younger siblings, and then returned to the dock outside Dongcheng at night.
"Master Bai, are you back?"
"Yeah. Is the situation still stable?"
On the pier, Zhang Wu and Wang Si were talking together. When Bailang came back, the two of them hurriedly greeted him.
Wang Si replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Bai. You killed Qi Xiu before. The people in Lin Yue Knife Hall are probably still trembling now and don't dare to come over. Even the corpse was found in the carriage house." The people who came to drag it away looked terrified."
Terrified? That would be an exaggeration. Lin Yue would definitely be shocked when a Qi Xiu died, but he would definitely not be frightened out of his mind. This can be seen as Wang Si's exaggeration when he was proud. However, after a killing spree during the day, Lin Yue Knife Hall had to think twice about building an industrial park. I will definitely not dare to come again in a short time.
"Where are those people in the civil engineering industry? Are there some people still jumping around restlessly in the dark?"
"Hey, Mr. Bai, you didn't see it today. Just after you left in the morning, several civil engineering contractors who had secretly spread rumors on the construction site immediately came to explain, crying and complaining that they were scared by the people from Lin Knife Hall. It was broken, so we temporarily removed the workers and resumed work this afternoon. We also sent several pigs and goats to reward the brothers for maintaining the stability of the construction site. Hahaha, I see what the bosses are talking about. I was breaking out in cold sweat, as if we were afraid we would kill him."
Bai Lang saw that Zhang Wu and Wang Si were making interesting comments to each other, and he also smiled and said: "Just stabilize the construction site here and do the civil work. This money was settled by the knife shop early and cannot be short-changed."
After a pause, Bailang asked again: "How are the brothers?"
"All the dead have been sent to the longevity hall. The ceremony will be held tomorrow, and then a place will be found for burial in Pingshan outside the east of the city. If there are people at home, the money will be sent to their homes within one month.
The injured brothers were also settled. If it's not serious, I'll bandage it myself and keep watch at the dock. Those who were seriously injured were sent to the Ma Sheng Lane Medical Center. You also know that the knife wound cannot tell the difference between life and death for the time being. You have to wait a few days to see your luck, and the fever will be the most dangerous later. "
"Yeah." Bailang didn't ask again. Because in this world, ordinary people are injured, especially those with large wounds. Whether they survive really depends on luck. Even with a master like Dr. Zhang, he would not dare to give anyone a guarantee.
In addition, as long as the dead person follows the rules of the knife shop, there will be no situation where no one will care about him after his death. Just be alone. You are your own family. After your death, the sword shop will set up a monument and that will be it. At most, you will have friends who can pay their respects from time to time.
For those who have family members, the knife shop provides generous pensions. With the money, they can do some small business within the knife shop's sphere of influence. At least the family of three or four will not go hungry or be bullied by others. If there are boys in the family and the family members are interested, the knife shop will take these boys in as street wanderers and slowly train them.
This is one of the reasons why most of the people in the sword hall are not afraid of death when it comes to killing. Because everyone knows that life or death depends on luck in eating this bowl of rice. If someone helps to prepare the food after death so that the family will not be devastated after death, then there will be no worries, and bravery will be a matter of course.
After chatting with Wang Si and Zhang Wu for a while, Bai Lang entered the pier and saw Zhang Shun standing beside him, with a familiar face dressed as Lifu beside him.
Waving his hand to retreat Wang Si and Zhang Wu, Bai Lang walked towards Zhang Shun.
"If you don't go back in the middle of the night, why are you still here guarding me?" Bai Lang said to Zhang Shun, glancing at Wang Lin who was disguised as Li Fu beside him.
Zhang Shun bowed and said in a low voice: "Master Bai, there is a ship coming tonight, so I want to guard it."
At the end, Zhang Shun added: "It's the ship contacted by Wang Lin."
As the three of them talked, they approached the riverside of the pier and walked towards the last berth. There was almost no one there. Bai Lang then turned to look at Wang Lin and said, "You know how to choose the time."
"Hey, Mr. Bai, nothing will happen if you are here at the pier. And we will take advantage of the tension at the pier in the past two days to get two more ships."
"Oh? You have a lot of arrangements? Tell me." Bai Lang asked, stopping Zhang Shun who was about to leave. Invite the other person to listen together.
Zhang Shun is in charge of the dock and cannot completely avoid black market business. It just so happened that Bailang could review Zhang Shun's character as early as possible, and if there were any problems, he could make changes early.
Wang Lin continued: "Three ships came yesterday, and five ships came tonight. Seventy percent are cloth mixed with some grain, and the remaining 30% are animal skins and medicinal materials."
"So many?" Bailang was a little surprised. He thought it would be good to have someone exploring the way from the beginning. I didn't expect that this was more than just exploring the road, it was simply a direct bet.
"Master Bai, this is just the beginning. If you hadn't been saying to limit the quantity and the types of cargo that docked ships, this quantity would have increased several times.
And these people who sell goods really hope to monopolize this line. For this reason, some people have already proposed that they are willing to double the share of goods shipped from our terminal to the passing wallet. But according to what you said before, I have directly rejected it. "
"Very good. There are already quite a few ships. Any more may cause trouble. Also, do you have any news about what I asked you to ask?"
Wang Lin's face became a little brighter when he heard this, and he said, "Master Bai, it really does exist. But the way is a little troublesome."
"What trouble?"
"The thing came from Shuangqing City. But if you are not an acquaintance, you can't get through it, and no one will admit that you have that thing in your hand. But after I let the news out, someone came to me and said that they had a connection, but they needed to exchange it. But in terms of price, he guarantees it’s a first-hand price.”
"Oh? Who is he from? What does he want to change?"
(End of chapter)
