Taoist master wants to ascend

There are three families living in the two-story courtyard. In addition to the shared kitchen, Li Lin rents two rooms. The room where the sundries are usually kept is cleared out, and Li Yuan sleeps here during the two days of the Chinese New Year.

"Qin Xiong!"

After closing the door, Li Yuan lay down wrapped in a quilt. Thinking of that burly figure, his heart sank slightly.

Qian Bao was just a gangster who was proficient in fists and kicks, and he was just causing trouble in the front street with a dozen gangsters under his command. He didn't care too much.

But Qin Xiong is different.

Qin Xiong has been in the weapon forging shop for more than 20 years, and the White Ape Cloak Hammer has already been mastered, and may have even reached a level of inner strength that he does not even understand.

From a long-term worker's son to one of the top five in the weapon forging shop, such a person is not comparable to Qian Bao.

"You must enter the inner courtyard!"

Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

If he was still worried about Qin Xiong's previous threat, there was no need for it now. He was already thinking about his brother and sister-in-law, so it was naturally impossible to give up in the inner court assessment.

"We have to find a way to build a relationship with the second shopkeeper. With Fatty Sun here, it shouldn't be a problem?"

Li Yuan squinted his eyes and thought.

Where there are interests, there must be factions, and where there are factions, there will be competition.

In the past few months, he has not only been practicing martial arts, but also has a deep understanding of the weapon forging shop.

The chief shopkeeper Cao Yan is dedicated to developing foreign affairs, and the Gaoliu County Blacksmithing Shop is actually run by the second shopkeeper Tang Tong and the third shopkeeper Wang Dingzai.

Wang Ding was in charge of the mines and cargo transportation below. Qin Xiong and other guards were also in charge of him. Tang Tong was in charge of the forging room and the inner courtyard.

Moreover, Tang Tong is Fatty Sun’s brother-in-law...

"Then, we can't hide our clumsiness!"

Closing his eyes, Li Yuan made a decision in his heart.

Buzz!

In the dark space, the palm weapon glowed with a faint light.

There were several items placed on the small gray stone platform, which seemed more crowded, and Li Yuan was afraid that he would fall.

"If I fall, I'm afraid I'll be gone..."

The dim light of the palm urn shines, and beyond the gray stone platform, there is a pitch-black void, which makes people feel frightened just by looking at it.

"Pearls are hard to get rid of. The only thing I can use now is this bearer banknote...including the one borrowed by Fatty Sun, there are one hundred and twenty-eight taels..."

Li Yuan counted the harvest, thinking about the promotion of Zhangbinglu.

To be promoted to the position of Zhangbinglu requires a thousand catties of pig iron, a hundred taels of silver, and one tael of gold. This condition once gave him a headache.

It is absolutely impossible to save so much.

"A hundred pounds of pig iron only costs one or two or three taels of silver, and a thousand pounds of pig iron only costs thirteen taels. Fortunately, the price you want is pig iron. If it were wrought iron, the price would be twenty times higher!"

After working together in the blacksmith shop for so long, Li Yuan naturally knew the price of iron very well.

Pig iron is hammered and forged to become wrought iron.

Normally, this requires five repeated beatings, which last for a whole day. After five times, only seven kilograms of wrought iron will be left out of ten kilograms of pig iron.

Add labor, losses, and charcoal fire costs, and the price will naturally skyrocket.

Thinking about it in his mind, Li Yuan felt that he had enough money in his hand. The only problem was gold and how to buy so much pig iron without it being eye-catching...

"Gold is okay. Although there is not much gold circulating in the market, it is still easy to find a tael. A thousand catties of pig iron is too much..."

Thinking about it, Li Yuan felt relieved. If he had enough money, the rest would be just a small problem compared to Zhang Binglu's promotion.

"If you can control two weapons at the same time..."

Li Yuan felt a little restless.

He was still thinking, could several of these weapons be spliced ​​into one?

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"Doctor Yun, what's wrong?"

In the Four Seasons Medicine Hall, several apprentices were milling around among the beds. Qin Xiong glanced at the dozen or so gangsters on the bed with an expressionless expression.

"Um……"

Doctor Yun, who had a goatee, shook his head slightly:

"The perpetrator was very ruthless, hitting the back of the head. Although he couldn't die, his mouth and eyes were slanted. Moreover, they fainted outside the house, and all of them had cold in their bodies..."

Wind and cold entering the body?

Several medicine hall apprentices looked at each other. This was much worse than broken muscles and bones. Wind and cold could kill people.

Listening to the painful groans on the bed, Qin Xiong's face was as dark as water:

"Where's Qian Bao?"

"Qian Bao..."

Doctor Yun glanced at the bed that was almost collapsed:

"Severe convulsions, wind and cold entering the body, bruises on the back of the head, intra-abdominal bleeding, and damage to the tail vertebrae. Even if I survive, I will have to rely on crutches for the rest of my life."

"Thank you, Doctor Yun."

Qin Xiong's eyes twitched and he clasped his fists to say goodbye.

After leaving the Four Seasons Thatched Cottage, his face suddenly darkened. Niu Gui, who came in a hurry, couldn't help but shudder and subconsciously took a few steps back.

"No, the county office didn't find anything. Inspector Qiu said they are still investigating..."

Qin Xiong's breathing suddenly became heavy.

Poor in literature and rich in martial arts, this has been the case since ancient times. He was able to reach this point from a long-term worker boy not only because of his own integrity, but also because of several groups of ruffians including Qian Bao.

The loan extended was his money and the basis for his improvement in martial arts.

"Still tracing? Very good, very good!"

Qin Xiong almost laughed out loud.

"Sister, brother-in-law... I asked around, and Liang Ashui left the Lihe Martial Arts School after recovering from his injury for a few days. No one has seen him in the past few days."

Niu Gui lowered his head:

"But his injuries haven't healed yet, so it shouldn't be him, right?"

More than two months ago, Wang Luan came to the forging shop for a banquet and was attacked. Many of his disciples were killed and injured. Liang Ah Shui was among them and broke a leg...

"In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the Bishui Lake is about to freeze. He is an injured person, and if he doesn't take good care of himself, he suddenly disappears. Could it be that he went fishing?"

Qin Xiong's eyes were cold.

Although Qian Bao seems to be generous with his work, he also knows very well who can be bullied and who cannot be provoked, otherwise the grass on his grave will be three feet high.

In the past few years, the only thing Qian Bao had misjudged was Liang Ashui.

But long after this man entered the Lihe Martial Arts Hall, Qian Bao returned the fishing boat and house, tore up the IOU, and kicked Liu Lezi out and let him do whatever he wanted.

"Liang Ah Shui..."

Qin Xiong took a deep breath and looked at Niu Gui:

"I taught you several aspects of the inner court examination two months ago. I hope you won't disappoint me!"

"Sister, brother-in-law, I..."

Niu Gui gritted his teeth:

"I will not let you down!"

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"Hateful!"

Gaoliu City, thirty miles east, on the frozen clear water lake, Liang Ashui dropped the harpoon bitterly.

It was more than two months late, and the trap he had set had long been buried by the wind and snow. The lake was hundreds of miles away, so how could he find it?

"My spirit fish!"

Liang Ashui limped on the lake, very angry.

Before winter, he had already set up his trap and was waiting for a good harvest. Unexpectedly, first a robber killed someone and almost killed him, and later his leg was broken, which completely delayed the time.

"That's all, that's all. The entrance quota to the Divine Weapon Valley is the most important. I can't make unnecessary mistakes. The money I have is enough to replenish my medicine for half a year..."

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call!

In the small utility room, Li Yuan stood with his arms down.

He closed his eyes slightly, kept his feet still, and swayed gently like a weeping willow. The blood in his body, which had grown much stronger, flowed slowly with his movements, and everything he passed was warm.

Even the process of blood growth is slowly nourishing the body. Although it is slow, it is better than lasting.

Of course, you have to keep up with the medicine, otherwise you will only lose both energy and blood.

"call!"

It wasn't until the sky lighted up that Li Yuan stretched out his hands and feet, allowing the blood in his body to return to silence.

"Twenty-three changes!"

Listening to the sound of muscles and bones rubbing together like firecrackers, Li Yuan raised the corners of his mouth and felt happy in his heart:

"There are still fifty-eight changes left. I have mastered the first killing move of the Dou Dao Killing Hammer! The best killing move..."

After stretching his muscles, Li Yuan put on his cotton-padded clothes and had breakfast at his second brother's house. He then said goodbye to his brother and sister-in-law and headed towards the forging shop.

The first day of the new year is the day for the assessment in the inner courtyard of Tuobingpu.