Chapter 96: Counting the Harvest and Controlling the Green Snake
Chapter 96: Counting the Harvest and Controlling the Green Snake
Learned again!
Han Chuijun entered the courtyard with the wind, and Li Yuan hurried forward to pay his respects, feeling a little emotional.
Fishing is a real technical job.
Sha Pingying, a novice fisherman, also served as bait, but no big fish took the bait. He is truly an old hand.
"boom!"
Xu Feng was hit by the stick again, and his teeth and blood spurted all over the ground.
"Did you also call Mr. Han by his given name?"
Sha Pingying glared, turned around, and said honestly, "Mr. Han, this is just a small matter, how can it be worth your intervention?"
"These idiots have really ruined such a good thing as the God Worship Method."
Without even glancing at Xu Feng, Han Chuijun glanced at Li Yuan and the other man:
"If you don't learn martial arts correctly, you will hurt your body at best, or even hurt your brain like these idiots in the evil cult. You should take this as a warning!"
"I will keep Master Han's teachings in mind and ponder them every day. I dare not forget them at all!"
Sha Pingying responded solemnly, his face full of reverence.
"...Disciple, please bear this in mind."
Li Yuan was half a beat slow.
He glanced at Sha Pingying, a man with a burly figure, big eyes, thick eyebrows and a square face, and felt that he was not that good at judging people.
Compared to Ms. Fang, this Senior Brother Sha is the real talent.
'Don't judge a person by his appearance!'
Li Yuan sighed in his heart. Han Chuijun waved his hands and handed the evil god followers to Sha Pingying for interrogation, then shook his sleeves and went into the house.
"Senior."
Li Lin stuttered, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead due to nervousness. He had never experienced such a scene before.
"Ah."
Without any greeting, Han Chuijun sat down directly, took the bowl and chopsticks handed to him by Li Yuan, and glanced at Li Lin:
"You have a medium to low level of aptitude. How many days of farming skills have you learned?"
"Reply, reply to the senior, I have learned a few boxing techniques to build up my strength, but that doesn't count, it doesn't count as martial arts."
Li Lin became even more nervous.
"My parents died young, and I raised my younger brother while carrying a lot of debt. It was not easy."
Han Chuijun eats very slowly, chewing every bite carefully. Although it is just simple food, he tastes it quite deliciously.
Li Yuan was serving him, and he chatted with Li Lin in a random manner.
His tone was gentle and he spoke casually. After a few words, Li Lin relaxed and returned to his talkative nature. Li Yuan's eyelids twitched a little.
"It can be said that after all the hardship comes happiness."
Han Chuijun smiled and clinked glasses with him, then asked:
"The Chai Gang has disbanded, what are your plans?"
"Even if the firewood gang is gone, it won't stop us from collecting firewood!"
Li Lin drank two cups, his face flushed: "Old Third, what's wrong with you? Are your eyes uncomfortable?"
"Cough cough~"
Li Yuan was choked and started coughing.
"How could my second brother, who is so honest and straightforward, raise someone as cunning as you?"
Han Chuijun glared at Li Yuan and shook his head: "There are tens of thousands of households in Gaoliu County, and the Chai Gang's business is not small. Your second brother may not be able to be the leader of this gang..."
"Ah, Chai Gang?"
Li Lin reacted and waved his hands: "I can't be the leader of the gang..."
Li Lin was almost sobered up by this fright.
"Well, let your second brother register as the shopkeeper in the weapon forging shop, and let him recruit a group of people to do business only with your weapon forging shop and a few nearby shops.
This way, you can save yourself some trouble and it is also appropriate. "
Han Chuijun put down his bowl and chopsticks and wiped the corners of his mouth:
"There are still more than three months until the end of the year. These days, you should stay with the families in the inner and outer cities. By the way, you can also teach your second brother the 'Rough Bull Skill'.
It's hard to say about internal strength, but if you can build up your Qi and blood, it will work!"
"Disciple noted it down!"
Li Yuan nodded repeatedly.
In the past few days, he had been thinking about teaching his second brother martial arts, but he had not yet decided what to pass on to him. After hearing what Han Chuijun said, he naturally took note.
Mang Niu Gong is one of the four martial arts left to him by Han Chuijun. It is a hard skill that anyone can learn and master, and its main emphasis is on hard work and perseverance.
"Okay, that's all I have to say."
After eating something hot, Han Chuijun had no intention of staying any longer. After saying a few words, he walked out of the house.
Sha Pingying just happened to deal with those evil cultists and came back with a mixed iron rod.
"They are very stubborn. We didn't get much out of them. Maybe they don't know much."
Sha Pingying scratched his head and reported:
"I did find out about Su Wanxiong's whereabouts..."
"Let's talk about it when we get back!"
After taking a look at Li Yuan, who bowed and watched him go, Han Chuijun lightly tapped his feet and disappeared into the night like a hawk.
"Brother Sha, have a safe journey."
Li Yuan clasped his fists.
"Why are you saying this so strangely?"
Sha Pingying carried the iron rod: "That cold iron knife..."
Li Yuan took a step back without leaving a trace, his face full of gratitude: "Junior brother, I am deeply moved!"
"No, I mean, if you don't need this knife, sell it..."
"hurry up!"
Han Chuijun's urging voice was heard in the night wind.
"Come right away!"
Sha Pingying responded helplessly, stomped on the bluestone on the ground, and walked out of the yard:
"Junior Brother Li, see you next March, then..."
"Rest in peace, Senior Brother!"
Li Yuan's voice was so loud that it startled the little mice in the house and they started squeaking.
"The Cold Iron Knife is worth more than a thousand taels of silver. If we split it fifty-fifty, it would be five hundred taels, a large amount of silver..."
Touching the cold iron knife at his waist, Li Yuan suddenly felt very happy.
He has never been a person who eats alone, but now he is really short of money.
That night, he asked Han Chuijun to exchange it for four taels of pure gold. After the four hundred taels of silver were gone, although he still had a few hundred taels of silver on him, he still had to prepare for the promotion to the rank of Military Commander, so he had to postpone giving it to Sha Pingying.
"Another creditor..."
Li Yuan didn't have any psychological burden. With the Weapon Forging Shop at his disposal, he wasn't afraid that he wouldn't be able to pay it back.
but……
"Are you really leaving this time?"
Looking at the two people's leaving backs, Li Yuan muttered to himself and closed the gate.
With several people running around, this door seemed a bit redundant.
……
【Gold-cold Iron Blade (Level 3)】
[The hundred-year-old iron was soaked in the blood of the spiritual bird 'Jade Eagle' and then forged by fierce fire thousands of times. It was stained with hundreds of bloods and also stained with a trace of alien aura, which was slightly spiritual...]
[Control Condition: Master any sword technique]
[Control Effect: Cutting Gold and Jade, Mastering Short Weapons, Talented in Sword Skills, Second Level of Worshipping Gods]
"It's not as good as the six-sided hammer, but it's also of the best quality. It also has a talent for swordsmanship and is proficient in short weapons, which is pretty good..."
Inside the house, Li Yuan was counting the harvest.
He had been very busy these past few days. Not only had he dealt with many chores in the weapon forging shop, but he had also spent a lot of energy dealing with the various powerful families in the inner and outer cities.
"This wave is enough for me to digest for a long time."
Li Yuan didn't even light the oil lamp. He lay on the bed, counting with his eyes narrowed.
First, there was silver, more than 780 taels, which was mainly obtained from the shopkeeper Cao, and a small part was earned from his hard work as a blacksmith.
With Zhang Ben around, he made a lot of money in the past six months, but his expenses were also high. Not to mention the elixirs, he also did not treat himself badly in terms of food and drink.
If you don't have money, you have to eat coarse food. If you have money, you still have to eat coarse food. Then isn't the money you earned in vain?
"The biggest expense was exchanging red gold with Old Han. Four hundred taels of silver for four taels of red gold was already a bargain. Unfortunately, he went out and didn't bring much red gold..." Cao Yan's wealth was certainly not just what he had on him, but there were more than a hundred or eighty people in the forging shop, and all kinds of iron materials needed to be purchased, which took up most of the silver.
He couldn't find the land deeds, house deeds, etc. Even if he did, he would have to hand them over to the city guards.
Han Chuijun has to abide by the rules of the Divine Weapon Valley, let alone a disciple like him who has not yet entered the door.
"Now that I have five taels of pure gold, it won't be hard to exchange it for gold. Ten taels of gold, worth one hundred and twenty taels of silver, should be enough. All I need is a thousand kilograms of refined steel and a thousand taels of silver..."
Li Yuan was thinking in his mind.
He had already gathered most of the materials for promotion to the Military Commander Scroll. The most difficult red gold was the first one he gathered, and he was still short of a large amount of refined steel and silver.
The hundred-refined steel in the forge weighs more than a thousand pounds. If he wants to buy it, four hundred taels of silver are enough to get it. If he doesn't want it, he can just take it away, and no one dares to say anything.
"If I were more ruthless, I could take all the Hundred Refinement Steel and Silver from the shop, and the Military Scroll could be promoted to the fourth level tomorrow!"
But the weapon forging shop is expected to be shut down, and Old Zhang will faint from anger...
He weighed the pros and cons in his mind, but the promotion to the fourth-level military command talisman was no longer a problem for Li Yuan at this time. After thinking for a while, he continued to count.
"Rough Bull Skill, Harrier Step, Eagle Claw Grabbing Technique, White Deer Leap Skill."
Han Chuijun left behind four martial arts. Originally, he only wanted to keep one, but Li Yuan managed to keep four of them, all of which were relatively easy to practice.
"Unfortunately, the basic diagrams of these martial arts are all in the Divine Weapon Valley..."
Li Yuan felt a little bit sorry.
It's a basic map, which ordinary people don't carry with them.
However, he was not panicking, for he had two fundamental maps on him, and the city guards, the Yuan family, and the county government all had fundamental maps obtained during the house search.
"call!"
After a rough inventory, Li Yuan felt a sense of satisfaction.
"The Green Snake Spear Technique Fundamental Diagram, the Tiger Roaring Knife Fundamental Diagram, I can now choose to control them."
There are two long spears inserted in the incense burner, which come from the father and son of the Wang family. One of them has no threshold, and the master is blessed with the "Minor Success Level Green Snake Spear Technique".
The other spear requires proficiency in the Green Snake Spear Technique to wield, and the blessing effect is 'Green Snake Spear Technique Mastery'.
In addition, there are two big swords, one from Qin Xiong and the other from Cao Yan. With the blessing of the two, they can just meet the basic requirements of the Tiger Roaring Sword.
"call!"
Looking at the two spears inserted in the incense burner, Li Yuan did not hesitate and chose to take control.
hum!
The weapon-control talisman vibrated slightly, and Wang Gong's inferior long spear had replaced the jade bronze hammer. He endured the discomfort and felt the blessing of his spear skills.
"The blessing of the minor-level Green Snake Spear Technique!"
Feeling the gun-using skills emerging in his mind, Li Yuan also replaced the Wind Tiger Pestle.
call!
After the two second-level weapons were completely replaced, Li Yuan felt an extremely strong gap, as if his whole body was weakened.
But his eyes were bright.
"The blessing of the great mastery of spearmanship!"
Inside the house, Li Yuan stood up, stretched his muscles, and felt the changes in himself.
Even though he had wielded many weapons, he was still somewhat shocked. Just a moment ago, he had never learned to use a spear, but now, he felt as if he had practiced spear for many years.
With this kind of blessing, he thought he could quickly master the spear technique.
"Control the Green Snake Spear's fundamental diagram!"
hum!
The moment the basic diagram of the Green Snake Spear was put on, Li Yuan felt the agitation of his blood and energy, rising from his waist and abdomen and spreading to the tendons all over his body.
"Snake waist and python tendons!"
Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and took out the pill he got from Cao Yan.
The pills prepared by Manager Cao were non-toxic, and they were tested on little mice, so Li Yuan took one pill with confidence. When the heat in his stomach started to rise, he took out an ordinary wooden spear and began to practice the Green Snake Spear Technique.
The second root bone transformation began.
"Yi Baixing!"
Li Yuan adjusted his breathing, feeling a heat in his heart.
There are still more than three months before setting off for Shenbing Valley, which is already a long time for him!
"When the time comes, maybe I can give Old Han a little surprise..."
……
"I was too careless..."
The next morning, Li Yuan, looking exhausted, sat up from the bed and decided to prepare another large iron sand vat.
The second bone change was not much better than the first. The soreness and itchiness that penetrated into his bones made him wish his tendons were pulled out.
"It's just right. It can speed up the progress of the Seven Star Horizontal Training. Perhaps, before the end of the year, the horizontal training can be pushed to a small level of success?"
After practicing a few sets of military postures, Li Yuan felt refreshed. He had breakfast on the road as usual before arriving at the weapon forging shop.
"you……"
As soon as I entered the weapon forging shop, I saw Sun Hao with a complicated and shocked expression.
"You are the owner of the weapon forging shop now?!"
Sun Hao was a little confused. The change was too fast and too drastic, and he couldn't digest it for a while.
It has been less than a month since he went up the mountain, and so many major events have happened in Gaoliu County.
In the inner and outer cities, all the forces he was familiar with were wiped out, and the only weapon forging shop that was not affected was actually named Li?
"That's it."
Li Yuan thought about it.
Although he had not actually taken over the weapon forging shop, everyone in the shop, including those in the inner and outer cities, had already regarded him as the shop's head manager.
Zhang Ben thinks so.
"This, this is too fast, too fast."
Sun Hao murmured, feeling a little dazed.
It's only been a year...
A year ago, the apprentice who had entered the shop with money and tried his best to please the owner, suddenly became the head shopkeeper!
This is so scary.
However, after he slowly digested the shock, he couldn't help but feel great surprise.
In the entire weapon forging shop, no one has a better relationship with Li Yuan than him!
"Then I..."
Fatty Sun rubbed his hands. Knowing that his sister was safe and sound, he felt much better.
"Before the New Year, if you can develop your inner strength, you may be able to become a shopkeeper..."
Patting Fatty Sun on the shoulder, Li Yuan smiled.
Next, it was time for him to repay Fatty Sun, and he also needed someone to take care of the weapon shop and his brother and sister-in-law after he left.
Fatty Sun is very suitable.
"Ah?! Are you going to..."
Fatty Sun was startled. After he came to his senses, his face turned red and he was shaking with excitement.
"I, I'll go practice right away!"
Fatty Sun, full of fighting spirit, swept away his previous dejection and without any delay, ran to the martial arts field in a hurry, found a hammer, and began to practice hammer techniques in full swing.
After working hard in the mountains for nearly half a year, Sun Hao is no longer fat, and his hammering skills are quite capable.
"With my guidance, there should be hope that you can develop internal strength before the end of the year."
Li Yuan looked at it for a while and nodded in his heart.
Fatty Sun's foundation is pretty solid, and his blood is strong. The only thing he lacks is the integration of the six elements. With his guidance, it won't be a problem for him to break through.
After all, he is now qualified to draw the 'White Ape Fundamental Picture'.
……
The turmoil in Gaoliu County subsided, and Li Yuan's life returned to peace.
Early in the morning every day, he still went to the forge to forge top-quality blades. Afterwards, he stood in the martial arts field and practiced hammering, instructing Fatty Sun and the backyard apprentices who came over later.
At night, he swallowed the pills, endured the unbearable soreness and itchiness, improved his bones, and by the way, rubbed his body with iron sand and practiced the Seven Star Horizontal Body Training.
At night, he began to learn several martial arts left by Han Chuijun.
There was no more rain before winter.
Before the first snow fell, in the Li family's ancestral home, Wang Juan, who had been pregnant for more than a month, gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, accompanied by crying.
The Li family has a new baby.
(End of this chapter)