Chapter 254: Beast Hall

Chapter 254: Beast Hall

Chapter 254: Hall of Beasts

With a plan in mind, Li Yuan stopped provoking the Black Whale Hammer, exited the secret realm, and fell into a sound sleep.

Early the next morning, he rarely went to Chungang Peak, but went down the mountain into the city.

The morning in Daocheng is also quite lively. Under the wisps of smoke, there are already many pedestrians on the streets, most of whom are going to work. On the way, we also meet a few blacksmiths recruited by the forging shop.

The Weapon Forging Shop is located on the left side of Minghua Street, which is one of the more prosperous streets in the outer city. Although the area it occupies is not as large as the one in Zhelong Mansion, it is considered a large store on this street.

Li Yuan came very early. The blacksmiths in the forge had not started work yet. However, Liu Zheng got up early and was checking the accounts in the backyard. When he learned that Li Yuan had come, he hurried out to greet him.

"Brother Li."

Liu Zheng came quickly and told the shop assistants to buy breakfast.

"How's business in the shop?"

Li Yuan asked casually. He was used to being a hands-off boss. Apart from taking out and collecting money, most of the chores were done by Liu Zheng.

"This is the shop's expense account for the past six months, as well as the personnel list."

Liu Zheng took out the account book and handed it over. While Li Yuan was flipping through it, he reported to the side.

Although it is called income and expenditure, in fact most of it is expenditure.

The blacksmith shop had only been open for a few days, and over the past few months it had been recruiting blacksmiths and apprentices, building forges and other facilities, and purchasing various iron materials.

Not to mention other things, the prices of several shops around, the profit of the weapon forging shop in one or two years is not enough to cover it.

If it weren't for the huge demand for weapons, Li Yuan felt that doing other business might make money faster, of course, this would exclude himself.

In Daocheng, all kinds of expenses are very high, and the value of famous weapons is also rising. With his current attainments in weapon forging, if he really keeps working hard, he can earn at least ten prosperous shops a year.

"It's okay to have a small loss. There wasn't much business when we first opened, but it will be fine after that."

Li Yuan put down the account book, and also put down the several sharp blades and famous weapons he was holding. These were fine products he had made himself, and could temporarily serve as the treasures of his shop.

"Everything is expensive in Hengshan City. The staff expenses and the purchase of iron materials are more than 50% more expensive than in Zhelong Mansion."

When talking about the losses, Liu Zheng felt very painful.

"That's different. Huizhou is one of the largest mines in Hengshan Road. With the Divine Weapon Valley taking care of all the materials, it's naturally cheap. But there's no such treatment in Hengshan City."

Li Yuan was not very proficient in doing business. In his previous life, the small supermarket he ran had very poor business and he could barely make ends meet.

In the past few years, he was able to make money by doing business in many places. Firstly, he had good blacksmithing skills, and secondly, he had a high enough status.

In fact, it is the same when coming to Hengshan City.

If he was not an inner disciple of Longhu, and did not have the "approval of the grandfather", even if Liu Zheng was a business genius, he would not have been able to gain a foothold so quickly and buy several prosperous shops at market prices.

"That's true."

Liu Zheng actually knew it in his heart, but if he didn't complain, how could he appear to have done something?
Li Yuan didn't care much about his little thoughts. The two of them talked for a few sentences, Liu Zheng reporting and Li Yuan giving orders.

“You want to expand?”

Liu Zheng was a little surprised.

"Well, the shop's location needs to be increased several times based on the current level. As for recruiting personnel, we need to recruit blacksmiths and apprentices. Well, spread the word that I will come to guide the apprentices occasionally. Spread the word privately."

Li Yuan did not explain, just gave orders.

These days at Chungang Peak, he was not just doing the ironwork, he was also getting familiar with the operations of Chungang Peak. He was very interested in the assembly line style of ironwork.

For ordinary martial artists, the more special the weapons are, the better. But for him, the more similar they are, the higher the success rate of combining the weapons.

"I understand."

Liu Zheng bowed in response.

"As for weapon forging, in addition to the common swords, we should also make more hammer weapons. It would be best if they were of the same style."

Li Yuan reached into his arms, actually taking out a blueprint from the military space. This was drawn casually before he came here, and it looked like a long-handled six-sided hammer.

"Ah, Hammer Soldier?"

Liu Zheng was startled. Hammers are not as popular as swords. However, the doubts turned into questions:

"How many?"

"Um……"

Li Yuan calculated in his mind that one seventh-level hammer weapon required three sixth-level famous weapons, and so on, it would require 2,187 hammer weapons of lower grade.

If there are seven, then...

“The more the better.”

Li Yuan couldn't count it with his fingers, but he knew that it would require a huge amount of silver. Even if he made it himself, the artificial iron materials would cost money.

Not to mention, the Divine Fire Combination Furnace not only requires incense, but also gold and silver as firewood.

However, compared to the incense, these are minor problems.

High-level incense is no easier to obtain than divine weapons...

"what?"

Liu Zheng was a little confused.

"If you don't have enough money, come to me anytime to withdraw it."

Li Yuan took out five thousand taels of silver notes and one thousand taels of gold notes and handed them to Liu Zheng, thinking in his mind, it would be great if he could build a few mines.

"Yes."

Liu Zheng took the banknote, suppressed his doubts, and thought about how to get the job done.

Normally, if you ask for the quantity and the other party answers "the more the better", then this quantity must be not a small number.

"Thank you, Brother Liu, for your concern."

The hands-off shopkeeper was naturally very comfortable. Although he paid the money, Li Yuan was in a good mood. He took out a booklet from his arms:

"This is the book I wrote these days. It contains my thoughts. You can read it when you are free. Also give a copy to Pei Yao and the others..."

"Thank you, Brother Li."

Liu Zheng's expression became serious and he took it with both hands.

"Give this 1,000 taels of gold to Pei Yao. Don't stop collecting the leather, bones and blood of spirit beasts. If there are any finished boots, take them too."

Liu Zheng was a little shocked by the fact that Li Yuan spent money like water and didn't feel sorry at all. He heard that before leaving the valley, the owner of the valley had given him a sum of gold and silver. Now that he thought about it, it was probably a huge amount.

"Well, that's all."

Li Yuan gave all the instructions he could. Liu Zheng was memorizing them silently at first, but later he had to take out paper and pen to write them down.

"call!"

After seeing Li Yuan off, Liu Zheng let out a long sigh, only to find that he was sweating all over.

"Brother Li's aura is getting stronger and stronger."

Liu Zheng was envious and a little awed. Even though he had been by Li Yuan's side all these years, he still felt that he could no longer see his back.

"This is also the best opportunity for my Liu family to rise to prominence!"

Liu Zheng was certain in his heart and opened the booklet left by Li Yuan. He had no confidence in his martial arts talent, nor did he think that this notebook could help him.

But after opening it, I couldn't help but shudder.

"The correspondence table between the various White Ape Stance Exercises and the Ape Six Breathing Methods..."

"The small circulation of qi and blood, all the nodes of the large circulation, and the order..."

"The order and trick of entering the power..."

……

"this?"

Liu Zheng subconsciously straightened up and widened his eyes.

All martial arts secrets and experiences of predecessors are extremely mysterious, leaving people confused and unable to understand their meaning unless they are extremely intelligent.

But the booklet left by Li Yuan is different.

This is not just easy to understand, it is not just pure plain language, it even explains which posture of the standing meditation corresponds to which breathing method, and when the breathing method changes.
How Qi and blood circulate is listed step by step.

"This, this is a fool, he can be strong by following the map, right?"

Liu Zheng had already stood up. He held the booklet in his hands, feeling surprised and shocked, and soon immersed in it.

……

"If this doesn't work, then there's nothing I can do."

Looking back at the weapon forging shop, Li Yuan muttered to himself that he really wanted to help his old friend.

He put a lot of effort into this booklet, completely analyzing and sorting out all the steps he took from practicing martial arts to changing his form. This is not martial arts, but a strategy according to what he said in his previous life.

It is only suitable for people whose martial arts skills are similar to those he has learned.

"Well, Senior Brother Yue and Senior Brother Wu should be able to use it too. And Second Brother, I'm also familiar with the Bullish Skill. Well, let me also learn the Tiger Roar Skill..."

After wandering along the long street, Li Yuan found a large escort agency and prepared to mail several other experience booklets and letters to his second brother, Yue Yunjin and others.

Hengshan City is too far away from Dechang Prefecture. Ordinary escort agencies will not take escorts from such a distance. Only large escort agencies will do this business.

Of course, I took it while escorting the caravan.

Li Yuan went to several houses before he found one. He paid the escort silver and then returned to Longshan.

……

……

Next, Li Yuan returned to his previous boring and regular life.

I get up before dawn and stand in the Dragon Zen Vajra Posture. After dawn, I go to Chungang Peak to forge iron. In the evening, I go home, play with the tiger cubs and feed the little mice. Then I change my roots and practice visualization.

After practicing martial arts for several years, Li Yuan's temperament has become more and more calm. Although he has many things he wants to do, he can hold himself back and wait patiently.

He traveled back and forth between Chungang Peak and his own courtyard every day, and sometimes went to the library to read or borrow books.

Occasionally, he would go to see Monk Dou Yue to ask about the Long Chan Diamond Sutra, and he also went to see Long Xinglie several times until the latter went down the mountain.

During this period, Wang Xuanying came to visit. This time, he asked Yu Xuanji and her brother to act as middlemen and brought generous gifts to apologize.
Master Li Dao was not the type to bear grudges, he only asked for five years' supply of magical rice and magical pills, as well as two mines outside the city.

The latter felt a great pain in his heart, but still gritted his teeth and agreed.

……

Years pass quietly like water.

As the north wind came overnight, the Longhu Mountains were covered with white frost.

Early in the morning, Li Yuan opened the door and saw a vast expanse of white sky and earth. The snow was deep enough to reach the ankles. In the snow, the little tiger cub, whose body shape had not changed at all in more than half a year, was pacing, leaving behind a few plum blossom footprints. No one knew where he was coming from.

"Today's portion of pills."

Li Yuan snapped his fingers and a bottle of blood-boosting pills fell into the cat's paw.

"Woo~"

While the little tiger was lowering its head, Li Yuan quickly reached out and touched it. As the little tiger was screaming and furious, he disappeared with a loud laugh.

In the past two months, he has changed his spiritual form three times, and all of them were the form of spiritual birds. His body movements are faster and more flexible than before.

"This little tiger cub's growth rate is not inferior to mine."

Walking slowly in the wind and snow, Li Yuan was somewhat surprised. If it weren't for the blessing of the Weapon Control Talisman, which allowed him to see progress every day, he would have collapsed long ago with such intense training.

This kitten sleeps and eats, eats and sleeps every day, and it has made such rapid progress...

"Even if this little fellow isn't one of those legendary beasts, I'm afraid it's not much different, right?"

Li Yuan stopped thinking.

What is before you is not the Chun Gang Peak, but the 'Hundred Beasts Peak', which is affiliated to the Three Halls of Longmen, under the Hundred Beasts Hall, and is also the largest hall among the Nine Halls of Longhumen.

"Roar!"

Li Yuan looked out at the mountains in the distance and seemed to hear faintly the roar of a dragon.

There are hundreds of spiritual beasts kept in captivity in these mountains, including some of the "million-gold-level" spiritual beast kings. It is said that the descendants of the mounts of Zen Master Longyin and Taoist Priest Chunyang are in these mountains.

The White Sandalwood Spirit Sheep King and the Spirit Fire Bull King, whom he had been thinking about for a long time, were also there.

(End of this chapter)