Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 43 Aoyama Martial Arts Hall
There was no time to practice martial arts, and winter entered Shengtian City in the blink of an eye, with goose-feather heavy snow falling one after another.

During this period of time, there was quite a commotion in the entire imperial city because of the Star Reaching Thief.

Under the impetus of the Prince's Palace, all the major martial arts schools in the city, as well as several underground gangs, took action. Even some civilians joined in, just to find the thief who stole the 400-year-old wild ginseng from the Prince.

But the result is naturally obvious. How could this bold thief be captured so easily without even his specific appearance?

During this period, Li Qing was not idle either. He exchanged some of the top-quality jade he brought out from the Extreme Night World into silver coins.

Then he bought a blacksmith shop on a street in the outer city, which cost a lot of money, but fortunately the procedures were complete, so there was no need to bother with a trip to the government office.

In this way, Li Qing became the owner of the blacksmith shop again. He helped people forge blacksmiths every day, and also spent time selling some of the weapons he forged.

when!when!when!
In the blacksmith shop under Li Qingpan, he was hammering the dark red iron block with a serious expression, his movements were so meticulous, as if he were treating a piece of art.

Outside the shop, due to the high temperature of the forge, there was no snow left in front of Li Qing's blacksmith shop. Instead, it was very warm and dry.

Qi Kang sat on the ground leaning against the door pillar, looking at the snowy scene outside the street with all kinds of eyes.

when!
With Li Qing's final hammer blow, a kitchen knife began to take shape.

Qi Kang said at the right time: "Master, don't forget the banquet hosted by Qingshan Martial Arts Hall tonight. The owner of the gym has a son. He is very happy these days."

Li Qing put away the posture of the Ancient Xuan Hammer and immersed the kitchen knife in the water. The high temperature caused sparks to appear on the surface of the water, and a burst of white smoke evaporated fiercely.

After the kitchen knife gradually cooled down, Li Qing gently exhaled and said to Qi Kang: "Go and sharpen this kitchen knife, and then send it to Widow Wang's house."

After taking over the blacksmith shop, Qi Kang was accepted as his apprentice by Li Qing, but he didn't teach him any martial arts, he just taught him how to forge iron.

After a long life, Li Qing finally understood why Patriarch Bodhi did not let Wukong claim to be his disciple.

He is just worried that his apprentice will cause trouble when he goes out. If he provokes some strong man, then he, the master, will not be able to escape.

So Li Qing only taught blacksmithing skills and nothing about martial arts.

In the evening, darkness falls.

Li Qing led Qi Kang to the only martial arts gym on this street, Qingshan Martial Arts Hall.

This elderly gym owner does have some skills and is a master of external strength.

However, this is not ranked high in Shengtian City. The three major martial arts schools in Shengtian City are really famous!
They are: Hongfeng Martial Arts School, Feiyun Martial Arts School and Jinjia Martial Arts School!
The masters of the three major martial arts schools are all masters of internal strength, and their martial arts strength cannot be underestimated. There are also many masters of external strength under their names, which are far beyond what Qingshan Martial Arts School can compare with.

In addition, there is a powerful underground force in the city that should not be underestimated, and that is the Nine Lotus Sect!
This sect's influence spread over half of the Maple Kingdom, and it had an unclear relationship with the imperial court, so it was able to take root in Shengtian.

The above information was all obtained by Qi Kang alone.

I have to say that Qi Kang's ability is still very strong. He helped him collect information and helped him in the blacksmith shop. He did it perfectly, which made Li Qing feel a little embarrassed and wondered whether he should give it to him. Pay more wages.

Of course, Qi Kang, who worked hard and never complained at all, never mentioned a salary increase or anything. His biggest vision was to have Li Qing teach him martial arts.Walking through the streets, the two finally arrived at the gate of Qingshan Martial Arts School.

At a glance, you can see the old and blessed owner standing in front of the door to welcome guests, with a bright smile on his face. He is as happy as he wants.

"Hahahahaha, Master Li, come in and take a seat." Master Xu Qingshan cupped his fists and said to Li Qing, acting like a person in the world.

Seeing this, Li Qing also took out the gift and said congratulations while giving the gift money to Xu Qingshan.

"Congratulations, Master Qingshan!" Li Qing said with a smile.

Xu Qingshan took the gift money. After feeling the weight of the gift money, the smile on his face became stronger, but he declined: "Hahaha, it's really too strange, Master Li, come in and sit down. Come in and sit."

When doing business in Shengtian City, in addition to paying taxes to the government, you also have to pay some protection fees to these martial arts schools behind the scenes. If you encounter any troublesome things that the government does not want to pay attention to, you can basically go to them. These martial arts schools.

After paying the protection fee, generally no gangsters will come to cause trouble, and you can do business with peace of mind.

The underground forces in Shengtian City are basically monopolized by the three major martial arts schools and Jiulianmen. For small martial arts schools like Qingshan Martial Arts School, even if they don’t want to collect money, they have no choice, because opening a martial arts school here requires three The big martial arts school nods and has to pay them membership fees every once in a while.

Regarding this kind of thing, even the government turns a blind eye and maintains acquiescence.

For example, Qingshan Martial Arts School is an area affiliated with Feiyun Martial Arts School. Every year, Qingshan Martial Arts School has to hand over a large portion of the money it collects from merchants in the street to Feiyun Martial Arts School.

Nowadays, the division of territory has already reached a balance. Half of the territory of Shengtian City belongs to Jiulianmen, and the other half belongs to the three major martial arts schools.

It is said that a long time ago, before the territory was clearly divided, the three major martial arts schools and the Jiulian Gate fought with each other. Fierce fights took place outside the city every night.

Even the masters of internal strength from several major forces often had conflicts.

But in the end, with the intervention of the imperial court, the fierce fighting gradually subsided, and finally formed the current situation.

As the saying goes: "It is expensive to live in a prosperous city, and it is difficult to live in a big city." Naturally, there are many reasons for this.

The martial arts school collected the money from the merchants, and the merchants had no choice but to increase the prices of the items they sold and earn back the money in the hands of the people.

The so-called Jianghu is nothing more than this.

When Qi Kang first learned about these inside stories, he looked like an angry young man. He secretly scolded the court countless times for their incompetence and the evil intentions of these martial arts sects.

Naturally, he also started to hate people like Qingshan Martial Arts School. He wished that he could become a master of martial arts and wipe out all these martial arts sects that were cannibalizing and exploiting the common people.

In response, Li Qing just smiled and did not tell Qi Kang that the actions of the three major martial arts schools and the Nine Lotus Sect were most likely authorized by the imperial court.

It's okay to just let Qi Kang curse behind his back. He has to at least pretend to be a little restrained outside.

(End of this chapter)