Chapter 86 Promotion, Level 3 Weapon Control Scroll

Chapter 86 Promotion, Level 3 Weapon Control Scroll

Chapter 86 Promotion, Level Weapon Control Scroll
Getting started, mastering, small success, and great success.

A martial art or skill is mostly divided into these four levels. Normally, as long as you immerse yourself in it and are diligent and patient enough, even the dullest person can achieve great success.

To achieve perfection, it requires not only hard work but also talent and understanding.

With the help of the Master Craftsman's Hammer, Li Yuan easily pushed the forging technique to perfection, but after four months, it was still not complete.

However, great achievements in forging skills provide the foundation for creating top-quality sharp blades, the only difference is the temperature and success rate.

Zhang Ben felt that he was acting too hastily, but he also felt that his high-quality blades had always been successful and his momentum was strong, so he also wanted to give it a try.

Seeing that he insisted, I simply agreed. After work, I went to the backyard to meet Cao Yan.

"We can't just rely on Cao Yan. We have to give Miss Fang a try as well."

Li Yuan washed his face and seeing that it was not yet dark, he closed the door of the forge and walked quickly towards the inner city.

The inner city was very lively during the past half month. In the streets in front and behind Lu Mansion, scattered paper money could be seen everywhere. Outside the closed doors, there were many women and children in mourning, crying quietly from time to time.

Some were even shivering, whether from sadness, fear, or the cold weather.

"Cao Yan does have some skills. Lady Fang... well, she's a good person."

Li Yuan stopped and watched, shaking his head.

Women and children blocked the door and cried loudly, but this was no big deal for any force in the inner and outer cities, and they were easily beaten away with a beating.

But Fang Yunxiu couldn't do it. If she dared to take action, a large number of women and children who were blocking the door would die tomorrow, and what would follow would inevitably be an uproar and public resentment.

"Although the martial arts are good, the person still has not been trained. If the attack is ineffective, then it should not be launched."

Li Yuan commented in his heart.

Although the Shenbing Valley is powerful, Qiu Long is already dead, and the forces inside and outside Gaoliu County are in collusion with each other. It will be difficult to deal with it without taking ruthless measures.

All I can say is that martial arts are martial arts, and means are means, and sometimes they cannot be confused.

"Brother Li!"

Not long after Li Yuan stopped there, Liu Zheng came over. The two had agreed to come to Lu Mansion a few days ago.

To outsiders, of course, they said it was 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 becoming more and more ignorant of advance and retreat. Aren't they really afraid of the Divine Weapon Valley's reckoning in the future?"

"Not necessarily afraid, maybe just hoping for the best?"

Li Yuan echoed this, but he knew in his heart that after Qiu Long's death, the families in the inner and outer cities would have no choice but to go down this path to the end, whether they were willing or not.

I've already killed them all, are you still afraid of blocking the door?
"Get out of here! Even though I've blinded you, you still dare to stop me?"

Young Master Liu was not polite. He kicked away several men who stepped forward to block his way and went straight to knock on the door.

The county lieutenant was naturally quite famous, and many people recognized Liu Zheng. Although those men were kicked over, they did not dare to fight back and rolled to the side holding their heads.

"Liu Zheng is here to visit!"

After a while, a servant opened the door cautiously. Seeing that it was Liu Zheng, he breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door a crack, and let the two of them in.

……

In the backyard of the Lu Mansion, Lu Bailing was sweating profusely. She hadn't gone out for more than half a month, and every day she practiced martial arts hard under the supervision of Fang Yunxiu.

“The key to the Hundred Flowers Palm is not the flowers, but the mistakes! The two palms intertwine like a hundred flowers flying in the air. There is reality in the emptiness, and emptiness in the reality. The changes of emptiness and reality are released as the heart wishes, and only then can it be perfect!”

"Empty does not mean not being able to bear force, and fullness does not mean not being able to bear force..."

"Don't pout, don't cry!"

Lu Bailing was sweating profusely, gritting her teeth and pursing her lips, with red eyes. How could she have suffered such torture before?

But Fang Yunxiu remained unmoved and continued to scold and urge her. Even when a servant came to report, she was not allowed to rest for a moment.

"Keep practicing!"

Fang Yunxiu turned away and turned around, while Li Yuan and Liu Zheng bowed to greet her.

"Ms. Fang..."

"Well, is something wrong?"

Fang Yunxiu was in a bad mood and spoke in a cold tone.

"No, Brother Li wants to see you for something."

Liu Zheng was a little afraid of her, so he quickly replied and stepped aside. If Li Yuan hadn't asked him to do so, he would never have been willing to come and get into trouble at this time.

"There are indeed some things I would like to ask Miss Fang."

Li Yuan was respectful.

He used to be a little wary of Fang Yunxiu, but after seeing this person blocked at the door, he was not so wary anymore.

Good person, most of the time, is not a derogatory term.

"Is it related to internal energy?"

Fang Yunxiu turned around and glared at Lu Bailing before asking.

"Yes."

Li Yuan was very polite and his attitude towards seeking advice was spot on:
"When I was practicing a few days ago, my Qi and blood were running wildly, and I felt like they were bursting out of my body. I would like to ask Miss Fang if this is a sign of a breakthrough in my internal strength?"

Li Yuan was naturally very clear about the state before the internal strength breakthrough.

"Huh? So fast? Did you take any medicine?"

Fang Yunxiu raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Lady Hui Fang, I took a low-grade Yuan-boosting pill..."

"That's no wonder."

Fang Yunxiu understood what was going on, but she was still amazed at the boy's talent. It took her several years of martial arts training to reach this level.

Moreover, I had to take one or two pills every month back then...

"Internal strength comes from Qi and blood. After the Qi and blood are warmed to the human body's limit, taking strong medicine is the process of developing internal strength...

Normally, you need to comprehend the fundamental diagram, but since you have perfected the hammer technique, you don’t need to…”

Fang Yunxiu began to talk about the secrets of breaking through internal strength and the points that needed attention. She had already regarded Li Yuan as a disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley, so naturally she did not hide anything.

Li Yuan understood most of what she said, but he did not interrupt her. He listened to her and nodded repeatedly before asking:
"I wonder if my disciple's cultivation of White Ape Power will have any impact in the future..."

"You are quite smart."

Fang Yunxiu paced a few steps and sat on the stone bench under the tree:
"The White Ape Cloak Hammer is considered a top-notch martial art among the lower-level martial arts. Although it is a small circulation of Qi and blood, it also covers the limbs, waist and abdomen. The White Ape Strength it develops is not too bad..."

Glancing at Li Yuan, she naturally knew what he was worried about:
"To use internal energy to temper the body, you only need to cultivate energy that covers the entire body and use it to nourish your body to break the limit. As for whether you use white ape energy or green snake energy, it doesn't matter..."

"That's good."

Li Yuan felt a little relieved.

Although he himself guessed that there was no impact, he felt relieved with Fang Yunxiu's confirmation.

"If you can break through, you don't have to suppress it. As for changing to other internal energy, that is something you need to consider after tempering your body. You don't need to care about it."

Fang Yunxiu picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Although she felt a little annoyed, since she had accepted the task of finding the British envoy, she had to do her duty conscientiously.

"Disciple still has doubts..."

This was a rare opportunity, so Li Yuan certainly wouldn't miss it. He threw out all the problems he had encountered in practicing martial arts over the past year.

Fang Yunxiu was serious, but he answered them one by one, but he couldn't help feeling a little shocked.

This country boy apprentice's talent might be even more amazing than she imagined. Some of these problems were only encountered when one cultivated internal strength...

"I see. Thank you Miss Fang for clearing up my confusion. I still have a question... Is internal strength covering the whole body until it replaces the blood circulation..."

"Change shape..."

Hearing the word "change form", Fang Yunxiu's eyelids lifted up: "You haven't even developed your internal strength yet, what are you asking about changing your form?"

Very talented, but a little too ambitious!

Li Yuan stopped reluctantly, Fang Yunxiu shook her head inwardly and made some comments.

"Learning martial arts is not a matter of one day or one night, but of years of hard practice. You don't need to know so much now, you just need to practice the hammer method to perfection and break through the internal strength.

Just do these two things well!"

Fang Yunxiu scolded.

Li Yuan nodded repeatedly, constantly summarizing today's gains in his heart.

All the doubts that had accumulated in his mind for half a year were solved by Fang Yunxiu today, which made him sigh at the quality of the disciples of the big sects.

"Internal strength, tempering the body, internal strength... cultivate internal strength, temper the body, and finally, let the internal strength penetrate the whole body, down to the internal organs..."

"Aunt!!!"

At this time, Lu Bailing finally couldn't hold on any longer. She uttered a wail and collapsed to the ground. Her sweat soaked her neat martial arts robe, causing Li Yuan to subconsciously glance at her a few times.

"Where is Liu Zheng?"

Li Yuan came to his senses and it was already dark.

"He's been gone for over an hour!"

Lu Bailing was panting, her hands and feet were numb, and she was almost exhausted.

She felt a little aggrieved. Her aunt had never spoken to her in such a nice voice.

Is it really that great to have good talent?!

"It's getting late, you should go back."

After looking at Lu Bailing, Fang Yunxiu waved her hand to send him away. Li Yuan was used to climbing up the social ladder, and he knew that Fang was a woman with a cold exterior but a warm heart, 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 bad.

Her family had been impoverished for a long time, and she didn't need Lu Yunqing's help. Although their life was not tight, they didn't have much money, let alone pure gold.

That's something that's circulated among the rich and powerful...

“Really not…”

Li Yuan also sighed in his heart.

Fang Yunxiu was very poor, he knew that. After all, this inner sect disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley only had a second-level sword, which was far inferior to Tang Tong's...

However, he was not asking for a loan:

"I have saved some silver and would like to ask you to help me change it into one or two taels of silver. Is there any way to do this?"

"Um……"

Fang Yunxiu thought of Han Chuijun. That old man must have been very wealthy.

"Mr. Han is not here, Yuan family, huh?"

Fang Yunxiu suddenly woke up and looked at Li Yuan with a frown, while the latter pretended to be confused.

Is the Yuan family in the inner city related to the Divine Weapon Valley?

Li Yuan's heart was slightly moved. Fang Yunxiu was not without someone to use...

"Auntie, I'm cold!"

On the other side, Lu Bailing was about to cry. She had been sitting on the ground for such a long time, but her aunt didn't even come to pull her up...

Fang Yunxiu stood up and saw the guest off:

"Go back. If you have time, I'll ask for you."

"Thank you, Miss Fang!"

Li Yuan bowed and said goodbye.

Compared to Cao Yan, it is indeed very comfortable to deal with this female hero Fang. Although she looks cold on the outside, she is warm on the inside.

……

……

Blacksmith shop and backyard garden.

Cao Yan was wearing a long gown, his face was a little pale, and blood could be seen oozing out from under the white cloth on his chest and abdomen. The wounds left by the Cicada Wing Sword Technique were extremely difficult to heal.

"Three ounces of red gold, more than ten pounds of black iron, and more than ten pounds of jadeite cold iron? You really dare to show off..."

After taking a look at Zhang Ben's back, Cao Yan's face darkened:
"Do you really think you're the boss?!"

"Red gold, black iron, jade cold iron? Is this kid going to fight with the 'Jade Cold Autumn Water Sword'?"

Feng Gang, who was standing in the shadows holding a sword, had a slightly bright look in his eyes:
"I didn't expect that in a place as small as Gaoliu County, there are such good forging seeds. At only seventeen, you are trying to forge a top-grade sharp blade?"

A top-quality sharp blade would often cost over a thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. Three two-story courtyards in the city would cost no more than that.

This is something that can be passed down for many generations as a family heritage.

In the two hundred years of the weapon shop, the number of top-quality sharp blades accumulated was no more than ten, which made the incense master value them very much.

"It's just an attempt. It's probably just a waste of iron."

Cao Yan glanced at him coldly with a warning:

"He is mine, if you dare to have any thoughts about him..."

"If he can really create a top-grade blade, there's no telling who he belongs to!"

Feng Gang twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling quite moved.

That bastard Xu Feng's martial arts skills are almost the same as his, so why is he more valued by the incense master? Isn't it because he has a top-grade cold iron knife?

"Without three years of training, he can't create a top-grade sharp blade!"

Cao Yan pressed the wound on his waist and abdomen lightly, his eyes were cold: "He is very eye-catching to begin with, and if he makes a top-grade sharp blade, I'm afraid Han Chuijun will be alarmed..."

He didn't have much red gold, so how could he possibly give it to an apprentice to try out?
"If the incense master comes in person, and Han Chuijun dares to come, then it might be a good thing..."

Feng Gang touched his chin, his eyes flickering.

"What do you want to do?"

Cao Yan turned around in frustration, only to feel his waist become empty. Before he could get angry, Feng Gang had already retreated into the shadows:
"I'll lend you three ounces of red gold as my reward for being a bodyguard!"

"you!"

……

"True teaching is just one sentence, false teaching is ten thousand books. The ancestors really didn't lie to me..."

Coming out of Lu's house, Li Yuan exerted force on his feet and avoided the mourners outside the door, sighing in his heart.

Some things may seem very simple, but if no one points them out, you have to try to figure them out on your own, and I don’t know how much time it will take.

If someone points it out, I will immediately understand.

Li Yuan certainly understood the importance of learning from a teacher.

"It's not difficult to temper the body. With external training and internal strength training, plus the help of elixirs, normally, you can break through in two or three years. If you keep taking elixirs, you can even break through in one year, but...

Blood-enhancing pills, leopard-embryo tendon-strengthening pills, and bone-strengthening pills cannot be discontinued..."

Li Yuan was in a good mood because of the great harvest, but he felt a headache when he thought about the elixirs he would need.

With a few windfalls, his non-stop blacksmithing, and the one hundred taels of silver he borrowed from Sun Hao, he had nearly three hundred taels of silver and ten taels of gold after buying medicine.

However, the ceremony of holding the military talisman requires one hundred taels of silver and ten taels of gold. Normally, one tael of pure gold would also cost one hundred taels of silver.

If he really calculated it, the silver he could spend was only about one hundred taels...

"If it weren't for Fatty Sun's 100 taels, I wouldn't even have any medicine..."

Li Yuan sighed inwardly, turned around, and was about to enter the yard when he suddenly heard a squeaking sound.

"Someone?!"

Li Yuan's heart trembled, and he clenched his five fingers, ready to summon the Wind-Breaking Hammer at any time.

"Yes, very alert."

When Li Yuan was guessing the identity of the person in the courtyard, the person in the courtyard also spoke:

"I heard that you have a great talent for forging. This time I came to your house to ask you to forge a top-quality blade for me, the Autumn Wind Sword!"

"Um?!"

Li Yuan was surprised, but still remained alert:

"It is unreasonable to break into someone's house in the middle of the night and ask for weapons. Who are you?"

"beg?"

A sneer came from the courtyard. Feng Gang grabbed the chubby little mouse and pinched it:

"In twenty days, someone will come back. If they fail to hit the target or if they break something..."

call!
Outside the yard, Li Yuan looked up and saw a black shadow climbing onto the roof. After a few ups and downs, it disappeared into the night.

"Squeak!"

In the yard, the little mouse was screaming, as if it was frightened.

"Who is this person?!"

Li Yuan closed the gate and caught the frightened little mouse with a frown on his face.

In the past few months, Liang A Shui was certainly not the only one who asked him to forge weapons, but this was the first time he encountered someone coming to his house so late at night and speaking in threatening words.

"This person's accent doesn't sound like someone from Gaoliu County..."

Li Yuan frowned and thought as he walked towards the room. Suddenly, he was stunned.

In the room without a lamp, a little red light flickered. On the table, there were three thumb-sized pieces of...

"pure gold?!"

Li Yuan took three steps at a time and grabbed the red gold in his hand. His eyes were filled with astonishment and his heart was full of disbelief.

Although he had never seen Chi Jin, he was very familiar with this feature!
He had been thinking about it for several months and he would dream about it from time to time.

"It's really pure gold. Is this possible?!"

Li Yuan lit the oil lamp and looked around in the light. His heart was filled with surprise, and even his fear of the mysterious man was swept away.

"Three ounces of red gold!"

Li Yuan's heartbeat quickened as he weighed the three pieces of gold that were glowing red.

He tore off a few slices of bacon and threw them to the little mouse. He quickly checked the surroundings, closed the doors and windows, and moved out the dusty pieces of wrought iron under the bed.

"A thousand catties of wrought iron, a hundred ounces of silver, ten ounces of gold, and one ounce of pure gold..."

After blowing out the oil lamp and arranging 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, command of the army!"

(End of this chapter)