Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 141 0140: Another free purchase; something big happened!
It was already evening when we finished dealing with all matters concerning the second batch of refugees.

Cheng Zongyang did not stay long. He returned to his residence first and prepared to go to the place Li Lu mentioned after nightfall.

Although Li Lu knew that the disappearance of rice and medicinal herbs was closely related to him, the other party was tactful and did not mention it.

This is also the premise why Cheng Zongyang is willing to cooperate with him—knowing the limits!
It's one thing to know, but don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't mention what you shouldn't mention, and keep things to yourself. This is what Li Lu did when they cooperated.

Cheng Zongyang can give him the strength improvement he needs, and that’s enough!

In the evening, after having dinner in the Wilderness World, Cheng Zongyang left his residence again.

In the night sky, under the hazy light of the waning moon, they jumped silently on the roofs of houses and headed towards the east of the city.

He had made some progress in the Wind-Walking Step and was now able to reach the third level with a speed as fast as walking on the wind and chasing the waves.

As he moved around, his footsteps left almost no trace on the snow, and he left quietly on the roofs of the houses.

The reason why the Wind-Stepping Step has a much faster progress than the other two martial arts is that in the multi-party confrontation, when confronting the Tiger King and the Wild Boar King, he constantly used body skills to dodge and run, and his usage rate was much more than that of sword skills and palm skills.

The training room is where he consumes the most points, and the progress it brings is also enormous.

It's all worth it.

A moment later, Cheng Zongyang, dressed in black and almost blending into the night, landed silently like a black cat, and crawled steadily on the roof of a small courtyard, quietly looking down at the situation below.

The medicine storehouse was not strictly guarded, with only three yamen runners sitting and chatting leisurely in the front yard.

This loose situation further proves that they do not value these medicinal materials very much, and people only come because they need someone to watch over them.

This actually made Cheng Zongyang feel good, as it saved him from having to take action.

In the backyard, he checked after landing and quietly entered the warehouse through the window.

The pitch-dark warehouse was filled with the strong smell of medicinal herbs, which made his brain a little more alert.

After thinking for a while, he took out a fire starter, blew on it, and with the little light, Cheng Zongyang carefully looked for the name of the medicinal material marked on the medicine bag.

This can also prevent the light from being too bright and being discovered by the yamen runners who may come on patrol.

This time, I came to look for medicinal herbs with a clear purpose, which was to find the medicinal herbs needed for the foundation-building medicinal bath. There were still a lot of other medicinal herbs in the village, and there was no need to take them back because they could not be used up.

"Huang...Qi...can!"

"Ku...ginseng...is not it."

"Stretch...the...muscles...the grass, yes!"

"Chuan...Qiong...go away!"

"Red ginseng, this is needed for the Body Tempering Powder... Let's collect some more as well."

"..."

Cheng Zongyang picked out the herbs one by one and took away all the herbs he needed. Of course, if he came across herbs needed for the Body Tempering Powder or the Seventh-Level Medicinal Bath, he would take them away too.

After screening the medicine bags in the warehouse, basically one third of the medicine was taken away.

I went to the window and heard that no one was leaving, so I went out and quickly went to another warehouse.

His selection also avoided the noise caused by all the herbs being cleared out.

As long as they see medicinal materials in the warehouse, they should not be able to check and count the quantities carefully with their loose approach.

This avoids the need for tracing.

According to Li Lu, the last time the rice was stolen from the Wang family, they almost broke up with the county magistrate in private, and they both thought that they were looking for excuses to make trouble. Later, because of the fireball incident, the Wang family took the lead in making trouble, which made Luo Dingran resolutely invite the Rotation Division to take the opportunity to clean up the Wang family and all family forces and martial arts halls in various places. This gave Luo Dingran an opportunity to control the entire county.

If all the medicinal herbs disappeared this time, I am afraid that Luo Dingran would know that there is another force hiding in the county. At the same time, the theft of Wang’s rice would be explained.

This is not a good thing for Cheng Zongyang, who occasionally makes free purchases.

An hour later, Cheng Zongyang left the yard happily.

Not only did he have the medicinal materials for the foundation-building medicinal bath, but he also had a lot more medicinal materials for the body-tempering powder. Of course, he also gathered the medicinal materials needed for the seventh-grade medicinal bath.

The night was long and cold, the wind was biting, and the road was as deserted as a deserted city without vitality. The continuous unrest was almost consuming the few vitality of this county.

Cheng Zongyang quietly returned to his residence and did not go out again. As the night watchman sounded the second watch, it was almost midnight.

He first entered the wilderness world, changed back into his original clothes, and then asked Ma San and others to separate the medicinal materials according to the three formulas. If there were any duplicates, they would be divided equally. This would make it easier for him to take them back later.

After coming outside, Cheng Zongyang did not wait idly, but continued to practice basic sword skills very skillfully with the Tang sword.

As the night watchman sounded the reminder for the third watch, Cheng Zongyang knew the agreed time of midnight, and he began to prepare.

But time passed by minute by minute, and Li Lu still didn't show up. Cheng Zongyang could only continue to wait.

However, after entering the fourth watch, Li Lu still hadn't appeared, and he guessed that things must have changed.

He thought about it and decided to go over to Li Lu's house.

But the next moment, there was a slight knock on the door, and Li Lu's voice.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zongyang quickly walked over and opened the door.

Suddenly, I saw Li Lu, breathing a little hurriedly, and a cart behind him under the hazy moonlight.

There were twelve sacks on the cart.

Li Lu seemed to be running here?

Cheng Zongyang didn't ask any more questions and immediately moved the sack of corpses into the courtyard. After he finished, Li Lu told Cheng Zongyang the truth before he could ask.

"Sorry, I was delayed by something urgent. I came here on the run. Also, something big happened!

At 7:00 pm, the county lord received an urgent message from the county town, saying that the thirteen royal families sent a surprise force of top three warriors to attack Danyang County in front of Qianye County, and after seizing the city gate, they captured Danyang overnight.

Danyang is the county closest to Qianye County. After that, it is a flat land all the way to Qianye County City! Qianye County is in danger!
If Qianye County cannot be defended, it can be said that the entire Qianye County city will be occupied by the forces of the Thirteen Royal Clans!"

Hearing this sudden news, Cheng Zongyang's face was solemn: "How did the county lord deal with it?"

"no way."

Li Lu smiled bitterly and said, "Just now the county magistrate urgently summoned us to discuss countermeasures, and I just learned that Linchuan, Xiangyang, and Xichuan are all facing attacks from the thirteen royal families.

The warriors of the thirteen royal families attacked fiercely as if they were risking their lives, and the border troops had almost no ability to resist!

They were unstoppable throughout the journey, and most of the territory of the three prefectures had fallen into their hands.

In this situation, unless the imperial court comes forward and gives them what they want, it is only a matter of time before the three prefectures fall into the hands of the thirteen royal families."

Cheng Zongyang was horrified. Even the imperial court was no match for the thirteen royal families? How powerful were these families?
"What about the situation in the north?" Cheng Zongyang asked.

Li Lu sighed, "Daliang is making an all-out counterattack against the Jin army in the north. The county magistrate said that compared to the Thirteen Royal Clans, the Jin threat is greater. There is no Tianduan Mountain as a geographical barrier in the north. Once the north is lost, they can almost fight all the way to the capital of Yangzhou Prefecture."

Cheng Zongyang looked at Li Lu: "What will you do if the county is lost?"

Cheng Zongyang was helpless. He was still thinking about investing in Li Lu, waiting to send someone to the county town in the future, and then use the other party's position in the county town to quickly gain a foothold, lay out business, and start commercial operations. Who would have thought that this kind of thing would happen again.

Bad things happen one after another.

Li Lu sighed again: "What else can we do? Let's take it one step at a time. I heard that people from various aristocratic families have already mobilized personnel to support us. We don't know what the result will be yet."

But at this moment, Cheng Zongyang suddenly remembered something and asked, "What did you just say about asking the court to hand over what they want?"

Li Lu shook his head: "I don't know, I just heard the county lord mention it, and the county lord didn't seem to know either."

Cheng Zongyang nodded, but for no reason, he remembered the fireball falling from the sky.

The only thing that could make the Thirteen Royal Clans disregard everything else is to ask for something from the imperial court... It seems that it is only something that the Thirteen Royal Clans need, right?
"Is there any connection between them?" Cheng Zongyang murmured.

"Finally, there's the matter of dried fish. The county magistrate is not in the mood to deal with this right now, so he asked me to ask the household department to handle it. I have a good relationship with the head of the household department in the county government, and we have agreed that the household department is willing to buy it at a price of 15 cents per pound. We can settle the bill with gold."

Hearing this news, Cheng Zongyang nodded, but he wasn't too happy. After all, it was a no-cost deal, so he said, "Okay, then I'll wait for you outside the West City Gate at 11:00 tomorrow morning, okay? Bring the money over and we'll settle on the spot. The quantity is three thousand kilograms, no more, no less!"

"Three thousand jin, that's, that's how much it is?" Li Lu counted it unclearly.

"Forty-five taels of silver is equivalent to four taels and five cents of gold. You need gold," Cheng Zongyang reminded.

"to make!"

Li Lu nodded and said:

"Then I'll go back first. I still have a lot of things to arrange. I found an excuse to kill all these people. I leave it to you." After saying this, Li Lu was about to walk out.

"Okay, thank you very much." Cheng Zongyang clasped his fists.

"It's too formal." Li Lu waved his hand and left with the cart.

After Cheng Zongyang closed the door, he looked at the sack on the ground with a serious expression.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour and seeing that there was no movement outside, he put all the sacks into the wilderness world.

He returned to the inner room, ignoring what had just happened. He entered the wilderness world and prepared to reshape the twelve corpses into six new soul slaves to share some of the work with Ma San and the others.

After some operations, twelve bodies of warriors, all marked as ninth-grade warriors, were lined up in pairs at the door of the hut.

Unfortunately, Wang Tianfeng was not among them. This guy was taken away by the people from the Rotation Department.

Six soul crystals were placed before their heads.

As the thought came to mind, the six soul crystals began to change.

This time, he simulated six male protagonists in anime in his mind.

Emperor Ye, Emperor Huang, Han Mo, Wei Zhuang, Jing Xuan, and Wang Lin.

Well, now I work for myself.

Half a quarter of an hour later, six new figures appeared.

He didn't deliberately choose names for people, he just named them after these names.

Then he checked their attributes and talents, and then replicated his skills one by one.

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Ye Di: Intensive farming (increases crop yield by 20%), Archery Expertise
Han Mo: Pharmacy Master (increases the pharmaceutical effect by 30%), Pharmacy Junior
Emperor Huang: Skillful Craftsman (the items made are 20% more exquisite and powerful), Archery Expertise

Wei Zhuang: Trap Master (traps have an additional 30% concealment), Archery Expertise

Wang Lin: Tracking expert (increases accuracy by 30% when tracking clues), archery expert.

Jingxuan: Extraordinary Creation (the success rate of researching and developing items increases by 20%), elementary level of pharmacy.

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Looking at the situation of these six people, he nodded with satisfaction. Although his pharmacy skills were only elementary, they just matched Han Mo's talent.

"Including Ma San and the other four, there are ten people in total." Cheng Zongyang glanced at the golden rice fields not far away that would be harvested soon, and said with a smile, "It's just right, we can harvest the rice in a few days."

Immediately, he said to Ma San who had been watching from the side:
"You are in charge of the arrangements for the six of them. You are still the captain. Ye Di and Li Xingyun are both talented in meticulous work..."

Cheng Zongyang also told Ma San about the talents of the six new people, and he arranged their work accordingly.

After hearing this, Ma San immediately bowed and said, "I will remember this and I will not let you down!"

Cheng Zongyang nodded and said, "Please pack 3,150 kilograms of dried fish for me before six o'clock. I will need it later."

He had hung a solar-powered wall clock at the door, and taught Ma San and the others how to read time, which was far more accurate than counting the hours outside.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Ma San responded and immediately went to get the baskets.

These large baskets are woven by them and used to hold fish.

Cheng Zongyang glanced at the time. There were only two hours left before the transaction, which was not too early.

He immediately changed into his nightgown and left the wilderness. He left his residence and headed to the west of the city wall. He used his body skills to climb the wall and climbed down before the patrolling soldiers came.

With the skills, he no longer needs to climb holes.

We left and headed to a forest beside the official road that had long been burned out by a forest fire and had not yet recovered due to lack of water.

After a busy day, they prepared all the sacks of medicinal materials. At the same time, they also prepared rice, meat, vegetables, a big pot, several buckets of water and other supplies in the market hut.

Just wait until tomorrow morning to take it out, and when the group of refugees come out at noon, we can have a meal here before continuing on our journey.

How many people can come depends on their choice.

After all, not everyone is willing to leave the county town they have finally entered. They are afraid that once they leave the county town, they will never be able to enter again.

Cheng Zongyang did not wait foolishly in the cold wind, but entered the wilderness world, entered the training room, and spent 120 minutes practicing.

Multiple parties confront each other!

Still facing the exotic beasts Tiger King and Wild Beast Boar King!
This is extremely helpful in improving the Wind Step, Vajra Palm, and basic swordsmanship.

But the physical training is not suitable. The speed is slow, and compared with the points paid, it is not worth it.

In a blink of an eye, it was six o'clock in the morning.

[After the training, your Wind Step proficiency +81 points; your basic sword skills proficiency +41 points; your Vajra Palm proficiency +168 points;]

Cheng Zongyang was very satisfied with his increased proficiency.

I went out and looked around first, and seeing that there was no problem, I took out baskets of dried fish.

He didn't bother to pay attention to the ideas that the people in the county government might have about how the dried fish was transported.

　I rushed to finish the second chapter today. I stayed at home and wrote today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)