Chapter 68: Training to be like an ape

Chapter 68: Training to be like an ape

Chapter 68: Training to be like an ape
On the second day of the fair, some people from the families who had left the city gradually came back, leaving only the Weapon Forging Shop and the Changyuan Escort Agency still searching outside the city.

Fatty Sun did come back, but he bought some pills and left in a hurry that afternoon.

Seeing that he was full of energy, Li Yuan did not stop him.

In fact, he doubted that was the end of the matter.

More than a month ago, funeral music could be heard from time to time in the city and people attended funerals, but more than a month later, there was not even a single injured person.

Going out in a grand manner, only to come back in disgrace?
Early in the morning on the third day, Li Yuan took another half-day off.

During these few days of the big market, he would go out for a walk every day and visited the markets in all sixteen districts.

There were quite a few entry-level and even second-level weapons seen among them.

However, most of them have owners.

A weapon that can be upgraded must at least be a sharp weapon.

This kind of weapon is generally not discarded even if it is broken, but repaired. It is really not easy to find a bargain.

Li Yuan wandered around for three days but did not find the second entry-level weapon. However, he did buy a lot of miscellaneous books and some aged medicinal herbs, which was considered a good gain.

"Only a few throwing techniques, and you're selling it for one ounce of silver?"

At a stall in Chaiyufang, Li Yuan was holding a thin booklet and bargaining with the stall owner.

"You can't say that. If you learn this technique, you can still sell the book. Maybe you can sell it for two taels?"

The stall owner refused to budge.

"Six cents."

"One or two!"

"Seven cents!"

"One tael, no bargaining!"

Li Yuan made several concessions, but seeing that the stall owner refused to budge, he was too lazy to talk to him anymore, so he dropped the booklet and left.

Now, the stall owner felt a little regretful: "Wait, seven cents is seven cents! I'll take a loss and consider it as opening the shop today!"

"Forget it. I don't like taking advantage of others."

Li Yuan didn't even look back.

There were a lot of things in the market, and they were very miscellaneous, but there were very few entry-level weapons, and there were no martial arts secrets at all, except for a slightly related technique of throwing hidden weapons.

"I guess only the big powers have weapons that have reached this level."

Li Yuan felt a little regretful, but he didn't care too much. He just came here to try his luck.

It was almost noon, so Li Yuan found a roadside stall to eat a meal and then went back to the forging shop. Before he reached the door, he saw Yue Yunjin.

"Senior Brother Yue?"

Li Yuan greeted him.

"Junior Brother Li."

Yue Yunjin nodded: "Miss Lu will be there for a while, I have to hurry over as soon as possible."

"Then I won't delay you, brother."

Li Yuan bowed.

In the past two months, Miss Lu from the inner city has held many small meetings, but fewer and fewer people participate. As far as he knows, Wu Ming, Wang Gong, and Zhao Xiaoming have all been screened out.

It is estimated that there are only three or two people in these families in the outer city, including Yue Yunjin.

However, the number of people who have been screened out is still increasing. As for the reason...

"The people from the Divine Weapon Valley are in Lu's mansion!"

Li Yuan was naturally very interested in the sect called 'Zhelong Futian', but he would not rush to join it because it would probably be useless.

When returning to the forge, Li Yuan caught a glimpse of Wu Ming, who was dressed quite neatly but was chasing after Yue Yunjin.

……

"Senior Brother Yue!"

Wu Ming hurried to the outside of Yizi Restaurant and just caught up with Yue Yunjin. His face looked a little embarrassed:

"Can you say one more word for me? I, I still want to fight for it."

"Brother Wu, why are you making things difficult for me?"

Yue Yunjin sighed and shook his head in his heart.

When Junior Brother Li was eliminated last time, you didn't even say you would fight for him...

"Brother Yue, please help me!"

Wu Ming grabbed Yue Yunjin's sleeve and refused to let go.

"open!"

Yue Yunjin pulled a few times and became a little annoyed. He tore off his sleeve with force and walked into Yizi Restaurant without looking back.

Wu Ming stared blankly at the broken sleeve in his hand, his face turning pale and blue.

He seemed to hear the laughter, but he did not leave and waited outside the door with his eyes closed.

"Ugh……"

In the private room on the sixth floor, listening to the young ladies and gentlemen chatting and laughing, Yue Yunjin felt uncomfortable and could only sit in the corner depressed.

……

Across the wall, Lu Bailing ordered a pot of honey tea and poured a cup for her aunt, also feeling a little depressed:
"Aunt, are you really going to give the inner sect assessment spot to Yue Yunjin? My blood and energy are more abundant than his! Is it so important that my bones are a little weaker?"

The Divine Weapon Valley opened its gates and recruited disciples. Each county had quotas, but those quotas were for the outer sect assessment. Although they were precious, how could they be compared with those for the inner sect disciples?

Inner disciples are qualified to learn superior martial arts.

"Root bones are naturally extremely important."

Facing her niece, Fang Yunxiu had more to say: "Only those who have both aptitude and talent can be considered as talents. Yue Yunjin's talent is a little lacking, and he may not be able to pass the inner sect assessment."

"Why……"

Lu Bailing was unhappy, holding her aunt's hand and acting like a spoiled child: "I am also an above-average physique, just a little bit short, aunt, please, please!"

"Almost, not at all."

Fang Yunxiu felt helpless and could only explain:
"Bai Ling, after the Qi and blood are fully developed, you need to move the Qi and blood throughout your body to cultivate a strand of 'strength'. Strength is within, so it is called internal strength..."

"Aunt, I know all this, so don't test me!"

Lu Bailing acted coquettishly:
"Swallow the pills and take the medicine to build up strength throughout the body. This is the body tempering. After that, it is the internal strengthening. Daddy taught me everything..."

"So, what happens after Neizhuang?"

Fang Yunxiu picked up the teacup and took a sip:
"Practice the muscles and bones externally, and strengthen the internal organs internally, until you achieve perfection, that is 'changing form'! However, those who do not have the best bones and talents will never have the chance to reach this state in their lifetime!"

"what!"

Lu Bailing's face turned pale.

"Now, do you understand? You screened and screened, and in fact, except for Yue Yunjin, they are all mediocre, including you!"

Fang Yunxiu mercilessly attacked her little niece:

"Without me, you can't even get through the outer gate!"

"Aunt!" Lu Bailing's face turned pale and she ran out crying.

……

……

In the evening, Li Yuan had just finished work and smelled a fishy odor before he left the blacksmith shop.

Liang A Shui was outside the door carrying a fish basket.

"One ox-horn pomfret, 4.2 jin. I'll give it to you first. After the weapon is made, I'll give you the second one."

Liang A Shui went straight to the point.

"Trust me so much?"

Li Yuan took the fish basket and asked: "What kind of weapon are you going to use?"

"I drew it, take a look."

Liang A Shui took out a piece of white paper from his arms and unfolded it.

There was a strange weapon painted on it that looked like a gun or a sword. Maybe it was because of the painting, but Li Yuan felt that it looked like a harpoon...

"What are you doing?"

Li Yuan looked at it for a few times, frowned, and asked tentatively: "Harpoon?"

"Yes, a three-pronged harpoon!"

Liang Ashui forced a smile and said, "I really didn't make a mistake. You are the first one who can see it at a glance. You are indeed a rookie in the Forging Shop!"

He didn't recognize the paintings drawn by the old man.

"..."

After taking a look at the fish basket, Li Yuan felt that this job might be quite difficult.

Liang Ashui also handed the 'drawing' to Li Yuan: "In a few days, I will bring the iron materials here, and you can make it exactly as I drew it on the paper."

"Are you sure you want to type according to the picture?"

Li Yuan looked at it again and said, "How about you draw a new one?"

Seeing him like this, Liang Ashui was a little hesitant. It was not easy for him to collect materials. After thinking for a while, he said, "I will describe it to you when the time comes."

"to make!"

Li Yuan naturally had no objection. He put away the drawings and went home with the fish basket.

Since Fatty Sun was not there, Li Yuan went straight back to his second brother's house. He would not keep such a good thing as the spirit fish to himself. After all, he still had one.

"Four ounces of silver for a fish?!"

In the courtyard, Li Lin was shocked. His hands trembled as he scraped off the fish scales, fearing that he would scrape off a little more meat. "You actually bought a spirit fish?"

"How about making some soup and trying it? But I heard that this thing is very nutritious, so you and sister-in-law should drink less..."

Li Yuan collected the fish scales one by one and prepared to take them back to see if the little field mouse would eat them.

"This, this is too expensive..."

Li Lin still couldn't accept it.

Li Yuan was too lazy to say anything and grabbed the fish to clean it himself. He had also helped in the kitchen before, so stewing a fish was no problem for him.

"Such a good fish, eat it in its original flavor, without adding any spices!"

Li Lin followed the whole process, shouting and yelling.

"If you want to eat it in its original flavor, it's better to eat raw fish fillet!"

Li Yuan didn't listen to him and added the spices except without adding any spicy ingredients. Soon, the aroma of fish wafted out.

Wang Juan, who was lying in the room, didn't want to move at first, but when she smelled the smell, she couldn't help but run to the kitchen.

"Why does it smell so good?"

"Lingyu! My sister-in-law loves you for a reason! Your second brother is so heartless that he never thought of buying me some supplements!"

"I……"

Seeing that his brother and sister-in-law were about to quarrel, Li Yuan hurriedly gave orders: "One pot of fish soup is not enough. Second brother, quickly kill the chickens and ducks. Sister-in-law, bring the meat!"

……

"It smells good!"

When Li Yuan took a sip of the fish soup, he felt its delicious flavor and warmth in his stomach, like taking a pill, but much milder than the Blood-Nourishing Pill.

Moreover, just one mouthful is almost equivalent to two Blood-Nourishing Pills!

"Ashui, this is a very reasonable price!"

After taking a sip, Li Yuan suddenly didn't think that one pound of fish and one tael of silver were very expensive. He drank a few sips in succession, enjoying it very much.

But after Li Lin and Wang Juan each drank a small bowl, their faces turned red and they began to sweat. Although they were very greedy, they did not dare to drink more.

All they could do was watch Li Yuan stuff four pounds of fish meat and soup into his stomach.

"Old Third, how can you eat so much..."

The couple looked at each other, both dumbfounded.

"call!"

After drinking the last mouthful of fish soup, Li Yuan was sweating. He wiped it off and was about to say something when his face suddenly changed.

The heat flow in his abdomen was very gentle, but the Qi and blood around him became dry and hot, even scorching.

"This fish is much more nutritious than the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills!"

Li Yuan couldn't sit still any longer, so he stood up, said goodbye to his brother and sister-in-law, and ran out like the wind, forcing himself to go to the small courtyard where he rented.

He couldn't help but let out a low roar, and jumped into a large vat full of iron sand, stirring the iron sand to rub his whole body to relieve the unbearable heat and itching.

“Is this fish so nourishing?”

Li Yuan almost thought he was on fire.

The reaction this time is bigger than any previous one!

But he quickly realized that it wasn't the fish that was the problem, it was...

"The bone transformation is almost complete!"

After more than two months of self-torture, it’s finally going to succeed?
While stirring a vat of iron sand vigorously, Li Yuan felt as if fire had burned into his flesh and bones. The numbness and severe pain almost made him faint.

boom!
I don’t know how long it was before the severe pain, burning, and numbness subsided like the tide.

The large vat also cracked with a "crack", and iron sand washed Li Yuan out like water.

"Wow!"

In a trance, Li Yuan heard the ape's howl again, and saw the white ape holding a hammer and roaring angrily.

The difference is that this time he seemed to "understand" what the white ape said.

"After achieving great perfection, the bones and muscles will naturally change shape!"

……

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