Chapter 154 Peaceful Days
Chapter 154 Peaceful Days
when!
when!
when!
The hammer rose and fell, sparks flew.
In the Chirong Cave, Li Yuan was shirtless, with a strong physique and bronze skin. A forging hammer in his hand left afterimages, showing great strength and endurance.
On the wall not far away, there was a piece of spirit beast skin hanging, with the outline of a set of inner armor outlined on it.
The first step to obtaining a famous weapon is to select a blueprint.
Any of these famous weapons is worth five or six thousand taels of silver and can be used as a family heirloom, which is incomparable to standard weapons.
Top-grade famous weapons are even rarer and more precious. Most of the elders in the inner and outer courtyards of the Divine Weapon Valley only use weapons of this level.
Li Yuan did not choose, the first top-grade famous weapon he made was the inner armor.
In order to show his talent for forging weapons and to prepare for practicing the 'Ten Thousand Blade Spirit Dragon', he wanted to stack his talent for horizontal training.
More importantly, I was going to take this opportunity to ask Lao Lei for the "Armor Hammering Technique"...
"call!"
Pieces of combustible spirit wood were thrown into the forging furnace. The orange-red flame became more and more agitated. The high-quality iron material soon turned red and quickly deformed between the rise and fall of the hammer.
The second step is to select various iron materials, forge alloys, and combine many properties together.
"The most difficult aspects of inner armor are fitting closely and being flexible. I don't have any requirements in this regard."
There is no need for beauty in wielding weapons. If it weren't for the strict restrictions on making heavy armor, he would have wanted to make a set of heavy armor.
"Tough, thick, heat-resistant and fire-proof, not easy to wear and tear..."
Li Yuan muttered to himself.
As his weapon-making skills became more sophisticated, he had a certain understanding of what characteristics were needed for different control effects to appear.
The heavy hammer cannot be sharp and the inner armor will never be able to cut gold or jade. Different weapons and armors have different control effects.
What affects this is the 'alloy'.
when!
when!
Li Yuan was immersed in blacksmithing. He selected at least thirty kinds of rare iron materials and wanted to combine them together.
This is the minimum requirement for a top-grade weapon, and it is also the limit of his weapon-making skills at the moment. If there is more, it will not be a perfect fusion.
"call!"
Blacksmithing is a hard job. With Li Yuan's current physical condition, half of the day would have passed by the time the piece of iron had taken shape.
"it is good!"
Before he put down the forging hammer, Li Yuan heard cheers. Turning around, he saw Lei Jingchuan, who was smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum.
And the serious Jing Shuhu not far away.
"Elder, great elder."
Li Yuan bowed and was a little surprised. He was working as a blacksmith, not fainting, so of course he knew they had arrived a long time ago.
It’s just that it’s okay for Lao Lei, he has always cared about me, how come this tiger has so little time?
"Good boy!"
Lei Jingchuan patted Li Yuan's shoulder, stretched out his big hand, grabbed the piece of iron, and weighed it up and down with the internal energy blocked:
"You learn quickly. Good, very good!"
Thirty different, even somewhat conflicting, characteristics of iron materials were perfectly combined together. He certainly knew how solid basic skills were required to do this.
Lei Jingchuan nodded repeatedly, looking very happy and satisfied.
Especially his forging technique and rhythm were almost exactly the same as his own, which made him even more satisfied.
'This child is like me!'
Not only Lei Jingchuan, but Jing Shuhu also had this thought in his mind.
He watched here for several hours and saw his own shadow in his forging techniques.
"I only gave him a few symbolic blows, and he has learned this much?"
Jing Shuhu pinched his beard and for no reason felt much better.
This guy must have been secretly thinking about imitating me. Hmm, he is consistent in his words and deeds. Good, good, good...
Thinking this in his heart, he coughed lightly:
"Well, the hammering technique is superficial, but its endurance is okay. It's not rotten wood, and it can still be carved!"
"...Great Elder, you are too kind."
Li Yuan was already very familiar with the temperament of this tiger. Even if all the bones in its body were soft, its mouth would still be hard.
Being able to say these four words "it is still worth carving", I think my performance is already good enough.
"okay."
Lei Jingchuan knew his senior brother's temperament very well, and he didn't even bother to look at him. He coughed lightly and said:
"Starting tomorrow, I, and the Great Elder will come to teach you the 'Armor Hammering Technique' and the 'Qi and Blood Condensation Method'."
what?
Li Yuan was startled. He didn't expect it to be so easy, but he reacted quickly and bowed to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Elder, Great Elder."
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These two old men must have been stimulated!
The next day, Li Yuan noticed this keenly.
It would have been fine if Lei Jingchuan was more concerned than usual, but Jing Shuhu actually started teaching him the art of weapon forging, which made him a little flattered for a while.
In the days that followed, the two old men seemed to be nailed to the Chirong Cave. In the intense heat, they painstakingly taught each other the art of weapon casting from beginning to end.
Weapon forging, armor forging, weapon spiritualization, armor spiritualization...
Blood nourishment, Qi and blood nourishment, breathing nourishment...
After more than 1,400 years, no matter what the weapon-making technique originally looked like, it must be huge and complicated now.
It only took Master Li Dao thirteen days for him to go from being extremely hungry and thirsty at first to being numb and resisting, and then he just jumped up and ran away.
Which good person learned the barking of a dog from the crowing of a rooster?
"call!"
Early in the morning, Li Yuan slipped into the depths of the bamboo forest. The snow had just stopped and the scenery was quite beautiful.
He found Fang Baoluo's set of barbecue kitchen utensils, set up a simple set in the depths of the bamboo forest, and roasted a spiritual sheep.
"Practicing martial arts and forging iron requires relaxation and respite. Forcing it is really inefficient."
Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He almost had a nightmare during the past ten days. Even the college entrance examination sprint was not so outrageous.
Coming back exhausted every day and having to change your constitution is something even an iron man cannot handle, and the efficiency is very low.
"I'm afraid it has something to do with Wanchuan?"
Li Yuan was lying on a recliner. The sun had just risen in the sky and the sunlight was shining on the bamboo forest. He calmed down and thought a lot.
After he and Qiao Tianhe became familiar with each other, in addition to discussing weapon-making techniques, he also inquired about Ziyun Prefecture and Qixing Palace.
Wanchuan has a very special status in the Seven Star Palace. Even the Palace Master of the Seven Star Palace has to treat him with courtesy, and there is no shortage of masters following him wherever he goes.
"Master craftsman."
Li Yuan figured out something. Could it be that these two old men wanted to make him a master craftsman?
If so, that would be a good thing for him.
Not to mention the Divine Weapon Pavilion, he had also been coveting the goodies in the Weapon Casting Valley for a long time...
"Forget it, let's take a break from our busy schedule and relax for a day."
Li Yuan emptied his mind and felt all the fatigue from the past surge out at once. He lay in the rocking chair and didn't want to get up for a long time.
“It’s almost blurry!”
In the bamboo forest, Yu Jin rushed out as if his butt was on fire, shaking the barbecue grill:
"This is a spiritual sheep. One is worth hundreds of taels of silver. We can't waste it."
Yu Jin sprinkled seasonings while speaking and roasted the meat slowly over low heat.
There were quite a few spiritual beasts in Zhelong Mansion, the most expensive of which was the red dragon fish, which could easily cost hundreds of taels of gold, while the cheapest was the spiritual sheep. There was a pasture in Shenbing Valley, where dragon horses and spiritual sheep were grazed. A disciple of Shenbing Valley could buy one for 100 taels of gold, which was good value for money.
"Are you back now?"
Li Yuan sat up.
The spirit sheep is sizzling with oil, and its fragrance is rich but not as ostentatious as that of the spirit fish. Instead, it is quite restrained and can only be smelled at a close distance. It has a hint of grass and wood, but without any smell of mutton.
"With thousands of divine guards and old guys like me here, there will naturally be no trouble in the city. Your shop's business is better than ever."
Yu Jin took out various medicinal herbs that he had bought when he went down the mountain from his arms and talked about what he saw and heard when he went down the mountain.
More than two months later, the turmoil in the city had subsided. Around the beginning of winter, merchant ships came and went, and it was very busy.
Liu Zheng and Wang Peiyao also took the opportunity to come out and make some money.
"No wonder you care so much about those menial disciples. About half of these pills were bought by them for you."
"Thank you for all the trouble."
Li Yuan thanked him, took the pills and counted them.
There are three bottles of common elixirs for increasing blood, strengthening bones, strengthening tendons, and replenishing essence, each with ten pills, which is enough for his needs for a month.
In addition, there are three bottles of elixirs such as blood-replenishing, detoxification, etc.
"They asked me to tell you that everything is fine in the shop, and they asked you not to go down the mountain, fearing that someone might be targeting you."
"It's good that they're okay."
Li Yuan felt a little relieved. In the past two months, he had asked Yu Jin to go down the mountain at least six or seven times, but he only recently contacted Liu Zheng and others.
Wang Peiyao and others may have weaker talents and physique, but they have no problems in other aspects.
"Okay, I'm eating at the restaurant at the foot of the mountain, so I won't use your spirit sheep."
After talking for a while, Yu Jinwan declined Li Yuan's invitation, waved her hand and went deep into the bamboo forest.
"The situation in the capital should be stabilized for the time being. Even if the greed has blinded people, with so many people dead, the rest should calm down."
Li Yuan put away the pill and opened the letter Wang Peiyao wrote to him.
The letter listed the expenses and income of the weapon forging shop for the past six months, in addition to which, it also listed the major and minor events in the city during this period.
For example, most of the "Ghostwriter List" was empty, and someone took advantage of the chaos to rob and kidnapped the Baihua Pavilion's courtesan "Qiu Shui", which made Liu Zheng beat his chest and stamp his feet for a while...
They also talked about how both of them had developed internal strength and had made some progress in their martial arts.
"Have you finally developed your inner strength?"
From between the lines, Li Yuan could feel Miss Wang's sadness.
When they first met, his Qi and blood were only at a small level, while the young men and women in the inner city were at a full level.
Two years later, he had already become strong inside and out, while they were just beginning to develop internal strength.
After making this comparison and thinking from another perspective, Li Yuan also felt sad.
"Sacrificing to the heavens can change one's fate. If it weren't for the blessing of the ancestors, the future would have been very difficult..."
Recalling the scene when he first arrived at the weapon forging shop, Li Yuan was touched.
He works hard enough, but there are many people who work hard. He has neither foundation nor talent. He knows very well what he relies on to get to where he is today.
"Master's blessing!"
Li Yuan sensed the Military Control Scroll and felt grateful in his heart.
Only then did he put away the letter with the elixir and flipped through the miscellaneous books borrowed from the library.
He had been bored from reading books on the art of forging weapons these days and was just looking for a change of taste.
He has the habit of being selective when reading books, reading the ones that interest him first, then looking through the catalog and picking out the parts that interest him more.
Soon, he actually found something that interested him.
"On using form to complement form and to please the gods, author - Feng Yun."
These are the things left behind by the founder of Shenbing Valley.
Li Yuan took a few pieces of firewood from the campfire, leaving only a low fire to smoke the spirit sheep, and read a book before dinner.
"Many people in the martial arts world advocate using like to cure like, believing that it can improve one's constitution and increase one's martial arts skills. Feng Yun agrees with this."
The founder of the Divine Weapon Valley highly advocates the use of like to replenish the body.
Li Yuan took a look at the lamb kidneys he had strung together and continued to flip through the book:
"Like cures like, it must be a spiritual beast to be effective, and it must be eaten over many years. Only in this way can it change one's innate nature and improve one's skills."
"How much silver does it cost to eat the flesh of spiritual beasts for many years?"
Li Yuan shook his head in his heart.
His appetite was only slightly larger than that of a normal shapeshifter. This spiritual sheep weighing about 20 kilograms was enough for him to have a meal.
If it is changed to 80,000 miles, this sheep can be replaced by a cow to eat most of it.
He thought about it and thought that a sect of the level of Shenbing Valley could afford it, but it was estimated that there would only be one or two people?
"No wonder all the famous warriors want to establish their own sects. The cost is not something that ordinary people can bear."
Li Yuan was flipping through the book and couldn't help but admire the founder of the Divine Weapon Valley.
He had obviously eaten many kinds of spiritual beasts and had detailed descriptions of the taste, effects and flavors of each spiritual beast.
Which spiritual beast is the most nutritious and which spiritual beast has the most bones are all written in great detail.
"Among ordinary beasts, Jiao meat is the best, and among spiritual beasts, dragon meat is the most nutritious. Jiao is rare, and I have eaten more than a dozen of them. Unfortunately, dragons are nowhere to be found, so I have not been able to taste them until now. This is the regret of my life."
“The resentment of a foodie.”
Even through the text, Li Yuan could feel the regret and couldn't help but keep it in mind.
Whether it is for physical supplements or not, you should always find a chance to try it and see if it is really as mysterious as it is said to be.
Flipping through the book again, Li Yuan saw a few words about blood sacrifice, which mainly described Feng Yun's contempt and hatred for those who performed blood sacrifices.
"A bunch of idiots, they think they are pleasing the gods, but in fact, haha..."
Feng Yun seemed to have some taboos and did not leave too many things behind. He was just quite hostile and warned his younger disciples that if anyone performed a blood sacrifice, the entire family would be killed without asking the reason.
"What is blood sacrifice? I have heard of an interesting theory."
Feng Yun left a short story, which was about a group of ants trying to attract a person's attention.
They crawled everywhere, forming all kinds of strange patterns in various ways.
The person was attracted and found it interesting, so he dropped a piece of meat. The ants were overjoyed and became more and more interested in it. They used the same method to attract other people in order to get another piece of meat.
But he was trampled into a pulp by a foot.
"Does this mean that blood sacrifice has great uncertainty?"
Li Yuan touched his chin, and finally, it was Feng Yun’s definition of blood sacrifice.
[Any act of sacrificing the flesh and blood of living beings to non-living beings is called a blood sacrifice]
“Well, that’s a bit biased.”
Li Yuan shook his head in his heart. According to this definition, wouldn’t he also become a blood sacrificer?
Putting down the book, the spiritual sheep was also roasted. Li Yuan took a knife and cut a few pieces to send to Yu Jin and others.
“It tastes really good.”
Li Yuan tasted the food slowly, taking a bite of mutton and a sip of monkey wine, while watching the snow. He felt all the worries and fatigue in his heart disappear.
Taking a break from his busy schedule, Li Yuan indulged himself for a day and went to the Weapon Casting Valley early the next morning. Unexpectedly, Lei Jingchuan and the others did not scold him and even allowed him to have one day off every ten days.
Soon, Li Yuan rested for three days.
After more than a month, the creation of the top-quality famous instrument has reached the final stage.
(End of this chapter)