Chapter 99 Departure

Chapter 99 Departure

Chapter 99 Departure
Famous instrument!

A light green light came into view, and Li Yuan, who had dug the backyard almost ten meters down, was shocked:
"found it!"

Li Yuan stepped lightly and used the force of the earth wall to dig a ten-meter-high pit. He looked around at the night and made sure that the courtyard door was closed tightly. Then he went back to the house and dragged the little mouse out.

"If someone comes, call!"

Turning back into the pit, Li Yuan left the little mouse outside, drew out the Autumn Water Sword, and dug deep into the place where the light blue was surging.

The Qiu Shui Sword could cut through iron like mud and mud like paper. Soon, Li Yuan felt the tip of the sword pause slightly, as if it had penetrated some crack.

Click!

Li Yuan acted decisively, retracted the Autumn Water Sword, stretched out his hands, dug the soil, and soon, he was standing outside a stone wall.

"It really is a secret room!"

Shaking off the dirt on his body, Li Yuan couldn't help but admire him.

This stone chamber is located sixteen or seventeen meters underground. It is impossible to find it even if you dig three or thirty feet underground.

A stone wall naturally could not stop Li Yuan. He drew out the Autumn Water Sword and cut a hole in just a few strokes. However, he did not rush in, but cut the entire stone wall into rubble.

Make sure there are no traps in the stone chamber before going in.

The stone chamber was not big, only two or three meters square, and there were even fewer things in it, only two wooden boxes placed in the corner, and the gold-threaded snake hand was inside.

"There is no mechanism. Well, it's already hidden so deep down. It would be redundant to set up another mechanism..."

Li Yuan muttered to himself, but still used his sword to cut the two wooden boxes open from a distance. After a few "chi chi" sounds, blue sleeve arrows were nailed to the ground.

"Five-step snake venom?"

Li Yuan took a glance and no longer cared. He lit a fire and looked around in the dim light.

In the wooden box on the left, there was a thick stack of house deeds, land deeds, and the largest number of indentures. Li Yuan found his own and put it aside separately.

Besides the house deed, there were the blueprints of the Green Snake Spear, White Ape Hammer and Tiger Roaring Knife, in addition to that, there were more than twenty silver notes, fifty taels of gold, ten taels of red gold, and some pearls and agates!
"This is the essence of the Weapon Forging Shop!"

After a quick count, Li Yuan's heart beat faster. This windfall was far more than the total of his previous gains!
With this money, he no longer needs to advance his monthly salary for the time being.

The monthly salary of the head manager is four hundred taels per year. If it is paid in advance for one year, it is already a little tight. If it is really paid in advance for another two or three years, I am afraid that the weapon forging shop will be closed on the spot.

The weapon forging shop is a big business and has a lot of employees to employ. The monthly wages for more than a hundred people, iron materials, and charcoal, how can they not cost money?
“A famous instrument!”

Li Yuan picked up the pair of gold-wire gloves and couldn't help feeling excited.

A top-quality sharp blade could be worth over a thousand taels of silver, while a famous weapon could be worth far more, at least five thousand taels of silver, and they were often out of stock.

This is the foundation of the weapon forging shop.

Without taking a closer look, Li Yuan glanced at the stone chamber and couldn't help frowning:
"Is this the only famous item?"

Zhang Ben was one of the few people who knew about the existence of the secret room, and it was only after he let it slip when he was drunk that Li Yuan found out about it.

According to Zhang Ben, there should be at least five top-grade sharp blades in this secret room...

Li Yuan flipped through it and actually found something.

"In the autumn of 1447, I took a cold iron knife and gave it to Zhao Yunsheng of Zhelong Mansion. The Zhao family is one of the six major families in Zhelong Mansion..."

"In the spring of 1449, I took the twin swords of Jade Water and Cold Light and gave them to Zhongli Yi, an inner sect disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley..."

"In the winter of 1451, take ..."

……

"Cao Yan is a character."

After closing the account book, Li Yuan lamented that it was not easy to live in Zhelongju, but was also impressed by Cao Yan's generosity.

In less than seven years, he gave away eleven top-quality sharp blades. These were the wealth accumulated by the Weapon Forging Shop over two hundred years, all for the purpose of breaking into the Zhelong Mansion.

In fact, he was about to succeed.

Call ~
After collecting the things in the secret room, Li Yuan jumped out of the pit and filled it back with the hard soil he had dug out.

At this moment, his arms had over a thousand pounds of strength, so these tasks were not even hard work for him. He had already filled in before dawn.

Then take out the hexagonal hammer and tamp it down a little.

"The land deeds and house deeds must be sent to the city guards. Well, exchanging a few rolls of these things is not a problem at all. After all, I am borrowing them for a few years."

After tearing off a few pieces of meat and feeding them to the little mouse, Li Yuan returned to the house and counted the gains from the secret room.

Ten taels of pure gold, one hundred and fifty taels of gold, two thousand four hundred taels of silver notes, plus agate, pearls and the like, the total value is at least eight thousand taels!

This is a number that would make even Zhang Ben stare in amazement. Even if he worked as a blacksmith for another fifty years, he would not be able to earn such a large amount of money.

"This is half of what I need to get promoted to the rank of Military Commander!"

Li Yuan was a little excited, but soon calmed down.

To advance the Weaponry Talisman to the fifth level, one needs a thousand kilograms of refined steel, a hundred kilograms of cold iron, five thousand taels of silver, one hundred taels of gold, and twenty taels of red gold.

"I was hoping to advance to level five in one go!"

Li Yuan felt a little regretful, but he was already quite satisfied with the harvest.

Behind the silver bills was the real big boss in the secret room, with a hand wrapped in a golden snake, and a light green glow with an imperceptible blood color.

[Golden Snake Hand (Level 4)]

[Thirteen kinds of rare iron materials are blended into silk, with gold thread as the main thread, interwoven to resist swords, internal energy, water and fire...]

[Control conditions: Perfection of any middle-level palm technique, great perfection of any lower-level fist technique, third-level worship technique]

[Palm control effect: bare-handed seizure of blades, resistance to water and fire, fist and palm talent, fifth level of worship of gods, entry into the divine palm scripture]

"It's related to the worship of gods."

Li Yuan felt a little depressed.

In the past few months, he had a good relationship with various forces in the city and had borrowed a lot of books, but what shocked him was that
Including the government office, the city guards and the Yuan family, there is not a single book in Gaoliu County that mentions the method of worshiping gods!
After returning home to visit his parents, there was no news of Mr. Wang from the private school, and he happened to avoid Han Chuijun's purge...

"Coincidence?"

Li Yuan felt a little depressed: "Or is it that Master Wang is the big fish that Old Han couldn't catch?"

The golden snake-wrapped hand gave Li Yuan more associations and made him miss Lao Han very much.

……

After dawn, someone was sent to deliver the house deed to the city guard, and Li Yuan went to the private school.

Because no one had taken care of it for a long time, the desks and books in the private school were all covered with dust. He searched carefully but found nothing.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it?"

Li Yuan shook his head, perhaps he was really overthinking it.

After all, Master Wang has been working in the weapon shop for many years.

It was a sunny day on the ninth day after the New Year.

After bidding farewell to his brother and sister-in-law with red eyes, Li Yuan, who had already made arrangements, carried a bag on his back and carried the long-handled melon hammer he had taken with him when he went to Fajiu Mountain, and left the city.

Outside the city gate, people from all families gathered together, escorted by the Changyuan Escort Agency to the Zhelong Mansion. There were more than 20 carriages and escort vehicles, and there were no less than hundreds of people seeing them off and joining in the fun.

These days, it is not easy to travel far, and it is even more dangerous to travel alone. If you sleep in the wilderness at night, you are bound to encounter bandits and robbers.

"Junior brother."

Outside the city gate, Zhou Jinzhong seemed to have been waiting for a long time. He then dismounted and handed over a package:

"This is what you want, the basic diagram of the Crazy Lion Sword Technique and the Swimming Fish Technique."

"Thank you, senior brother."

Li Yuan took it with both hands and said: "I will ask the escort agency to send it back in a few days."

"Junior brother, return it to me when you have time."

Zhou Jinzhong smiled and said, "Brother, you must remember what I said before. The opportunity of the mountain gate opening next year is rare. Brother, you must seize it."

"I will remember what you said, brother. I will try my best this time!"

Li Yuan nodded.

After several banquets, he and Zhou Jinzhong had become very familiar with each other, and he also learned a lot from him about Zhelong Mansion and Shenbing Valley.

Zhou Jinzhong said no more and clasped his fists to say farewell:
"Then, I wish you a successful start and hope you can enter the inner gate in one fell swoop!"

"I would like to ask for your good wishes, Senior Brother!"

Li Yuan smiled in return.

There were more than twenty disciples who went to Shenbing Valley to become apprentices. At this moment, they all had complicated expressions when they saw Li Yuan chatting and laughing with the leaders of many forces in the inner and outer cities.

Those in charge are either their masters or their fathers...

Liang A Shui was leading the horse and watching from a distance, with a somewhat strange look on his face.

He never expected that after he went out fishing for half a month, this newcomer in the weapon forging shop would suddenly become the head manager.

and……

"Talent is the best..."

Liang A Shui murmured to himself, and turned to feed the slow horse.

"Brother Li!"

"Brother Li, I've been waiting for you!"

Liu Zheng, Wang Peiyao, Yue Yunjin, Wu Ming and others had already arrived, but they waited until Li Yuan had talked with the various forces and the deputy commanders of the city guards before coming over to say hello.
Many people are excited and nervous about traveling far away.

"Brother Li, why did you bring a big rat?"

Wang Peiyao had sharp eyes and saw the little mouse sticking its head out of the bundle.

"This is a little field mouse."

Li Yuan corrected her.

The little mouse, which had eaten a lot of pills, was now the size of a kitten. Liu Zheng and others did not take it seriously, but Wang Peiyao kept her distance from it.

"Brother Li is really... unique."

Wang Peiyao took a few steps back.

"Manager Li, please get on the carriage first. The journey is long, so we should set off early."

Lin Qingfa came over with a spear.

The chief escort of the Changyuan Escort Agency was in great trouble for a long time after his escort was seized by the Viper Gang, but he has now recovered.

Various forces in the city were destroyed, but not all gang members were killed. Many of them who had developed internal strength flocked to other families, and the weapon forging shops recruited many of them.

The chief escort leader took the opportunity to recruit a large number of new escort leaders, and they were also responsible for escorting and protecting the convoy this time.

"Thank you, Chief Escort."

Li Yuan knew that he had wasted time, so he bowed to express his apology and quickly got on the carriage of the blacksmith shop.

"Brother Yue, Brother Wu, the carriage is spacious, let's get in together."

Before getting on the carriage, Li Yuan looked back.

Ever since he became the shopkeeper, Yue Yunjin, Wu Ming and other inner courtyard apprentices have been a little reserved towards him. They were stunned when they heard his words, and after looking at each other, they shook their heads and refused.

Not counting Li Yuan, there were a total of six people going to the Weapon Forging Shop this time. What would the other four think if they went up?
"set off!"

Li Yuan didn't say anything else, and after he got in the car, Lin Qingfa waved his hand, and the convoy drove slowly along the official road.

"Zhelong Mansion, Divine Weapon Valley!"

Li Yuan was somewhat expectant, but he lifted the curtain as if he had sensed something and looked back at Gao Liu. He saw his brother and sister-in-law among the people seeing him off.
Fatty Sun, Qiu Da and others.

"Um?!"

Suddenly, Li Yuan frowned, lowered the car curtain, and his expression changed.

At a glance, he seemed to see Master Wang, but at a second glance, he didn't see him...

……

……

"A good kid, but unfortunately his talent is lacking. I don't have the heart to accept him as my disciple anymore..."

Wang Wenyuan watched the convoy going away, and then he disappeared into the crowd as if he had sensed something. A man in coarse cloth approached him, and said respectfully:

"Su Wanxiong's letter seems to indicate that he wants to summon Lei Chaozong and others. Perhaps he can no longer hold back..."

"Lei Chaozong? His grave is already covered with grass, why are you still summoning him?"

Wang Wenyuan burst out laughing.

"we……"

"Unless the host gives the order, I won't bother to pay attention."

"But Su Wanxiong..."

"Nothing but."

Wang Wenyuan glanced at him indifferently.

The two spoke in normal voices, without trying to conceal their conversation, but in the crowd that gradually dispersed, it seemed that no one heard them at all.

"Then, us?"

The man was helpless. He had been chopping wood in the mountains for decades...

"Whatever happens, let's wait until the host comes out of confinement before we discuss anything else..."

After taking an inconspicuous glance at the four suns hanging high in the sky, Wang Wenyuan sighed and turned back to the city.

(End of this chapter)