Chapter 38 Preparations for Leaving the City
"Qiu Da left. He must have gone to other places to ask for people."
Yue Yunjin walked quickly into the yard, not forgetting to close the door.
Several families in the inner and outer cities of Gaoliu County originally had the responsibility to cooperate with the county government in arresting the murderer, and they could not refuse, and the other families naturally could not refuse either.
"Ah."
Tang Tong sat on the armchair, holding a teacup in his hand, and slowly looked at the ten apprentices in the courtyard:
"Why, you don't want to go?"
Li Yuan glanced over and saw that all the apprentices had their heads down, obviously unwilling to go, but no one dared to speak.
It was Yue Yunjin who cupped his hands:
"Master, it's okay for us, but Junior Brother Li has only been learning martial arts for seven or eight months. Isn't it too early for him to go out and gain experience now?"
"What is early and what is late? When you travel the world in the future, will your enemies let you go because of this?"
Tang Tong snorted coldly and put down the teacup:
"Practicing martial arts is not just about hard work, and fighting skills cannot be perfected by just practicing martial arts."
"To practice martial arts, you need to be bold!"
call!
Tang Tong stood up, raised his hands and clapped his hands, and his large sleeves, which were filled with wind, swept across the faces of the apprentices.
Li Yuan only felt a flash before his eyes, and the strong wind made his face hurt. He subconsciously closed his eyes and stepped back. The other apprentices also screamed and stepped back. No one could react.
"Close your eyes? If you close your eyes, I won't hit you? If you really close your eyes when fighting with someone, that one blow can cost you your life!"
Tang Tong stood on the steps, looking down at everyone with eagle-like eyes:
"For martial artists, what is the core? Fighting method? Breathing method? Training method? Standing practice? None of them. Courage is the real core!"
The apprentices were scolded so much that they couldn't even raise their heads. Li Yuan's heart beat faster. When Tang Tong's big hand grabbed his face, his mind went blank and he forgot all his moves and fighting techniques.
"Be brave..."
Li Yuan seemed to be thinking about something.
"You're afraid of this and that. Why don't you just go home and farm? Why bother practicing martial arts?!"
Tang Tong scolded loudly.
The apprentices admitted their mistakes one after another, their faces flushed with shame, and they refused to say anything else and left.
"Wu Ming, take them to the warehouse to get their weapons. Yun Jin, stay for a while!"
After hearing this, all the apprentices left one after another, feeling a little relieved. Tang Tong, with his full aura on, was indeed somewhat frightening.
"Master, I understand!"
Yue Yunjin bowed long and deeply:
"You were right not to let me follow my brothers to 'go out of the city and sweep the mountains'. Although I have mastered the hammer technique, I am not as capable and courageous as my brothers..."
"You know shit!"
Tang Tong glared at him and lowered his voice:
"That year, Nian Jiu failed to launch a sneak attack on Qiu Da, and was hit by Qiu Long's heart and lungs. Even if he survived, he was already half-dead. He was a dying tiger, and we were there to hold him back. What are you afraid of?"
"what?"
Yue Yunjin was stunned: "You..."
"I have to go with Qiu Long, so I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of you."
Tang Tong sat down, picked up the teacup, and squinted at Yue Yunjin:
"Although Junior Brother Nili is talented, he has only been practicing martial arts for a short time. You need to pay more attention to him when he leaves the city this time..."
Yue Yunjin breathed heavily, clasped his fists and bowed his head:
"Disciple noted it down."
……
The White Ape Cloak Hammer has two ways of attacking and training.
Hammers can be divided into training hammers, forging hammers, and hammer soldiers. Hammer soldiers can be divided into long-handled hammers, short-handled hammers, chain hammers, and so on.
A real weapon hammer is not a wooden handle with a hammer head, but is made of fine steel all over one meter long. A weapon hammer with a hammer head as big as a fist weighs more than 20 kilograms, which is impossible for an ordinary apprentice to wield.
"The hammer is a real weapon. With our strength, we can kill a bison with just one blow. As for a human, hmph..."
In the warehouse, Wu Ming pointed at the weapons rack and motioned his fellow apprentices to go and choose.
As one of the only three brothers in the inner courtyard who has mastered the hammer method, Wu Ming's physique ranks among the top three among those Li Yuan has ever seen. He is nearly meters tall and has a strong body.
The first one is naturally Qin Xiong.
The apprentices were obviously very familiar with the items and were selecting them on their own.
Wu Ming picked up a hammer that was as thick as his arm and weighed it. When he saw Li Yuan pick up a long hammer, his eyelids couldn't help but jump:
"Junior Brother Li, your blood is weak, so it's best to choose something lighter. If it's too heavy, you'll easily hurt yourself."
"Thank you, senior brother, for reminding me."
Li Yuan held up his hammer, which was almost as high as his eyebrows. The hammer head was small and the hammer body was not thick, but it probably weighed about thirty kilograms:
"I think this hammer is very good and very easy to use." Of course this hammer is very good.
Over the past few months, Li Yuan has been in and out of the warehouse many times, and he knows all the weapons in the warehouse like the back of his hand. This hammer is enough to rank among the top five hammer soldiers.
【Long-handled Melon Hammer (Level 1)】
[It is forged from black gold mixed with cooked copper, and it is powerful and heavy...]
[Control conditions: Hammer technique is a minor skill]
[Control effect: Take root, powerful force, break armor]
There are many hammer soldiers in the warehouse, quite a few first-level ones and three second-level ones, but Li Yuan still chose this one. Firstly, this hammer has to be returned after use and cannot be controlled.
Secondly, those hammers are much heavier than this one, and this one has a long handle.
"This……"
Wu Ming frowned slightly, but he didn't bother to care: "It's up to you then."
The other apprentices looked at each other with subtle expressions.
When it comes to weapons, the heavier they are, the better.
"Once you've chosen one, register it and hand it back when you return to the city. If you lose it, I'll deduct at least two years' salary from you!"
After leaving the warehouse, Wu Ming and others dispersed and prepared to leave the city tomorrow.
"Junior Brother Li, why did you choose such a heavy one?"
The warehouse guard Wang Hu frowned:
"This hammer is powerful, but how many times can you swing it? It's exhausting to carry it on your back while traveling! I won't register it for now, go and change it quickly..."
"Thanks for the reminder, Brother Tiger. However, I'm just following you around. I don't need to do anything, so it doesn't matter if you go easy on the key points."
Li Yuan smiled, thanked Wang Hu, and prepared to leave the city tomorrow.
By the way, go and tell Zhang Ben.
Zhang Ben had no objection to his leaving the city. He just stuffed him a bottle of trauma medicine and told him to be careful on the road and to run when he needed to.
"Nian Jiu..."
In the small courtyard, he asked Liu Qing to buy some things for him, while Li Yuan stood with the hammer in his hand, getting familiar with the weapon he had just acquired.
Hammer soldiers use force to injure others with great power.
It is the best at breaking armor. Even if a martial artist with internal strength is hit by it, his tendons and bones will be broken and internal bleeding will occur. It is a truly powerful weapon.
It is better to be hit by a knife than by a hammer. This is the reason.
"It feels very different from a forging hammer, but it's more in line with a military hammer?"
Li Yuan felt quite comfortable as he stroked the hammer.
With his familiarity with all kinds of weapons, proficiency in long weapons, and talent in blade skills, plus the blessing of the perfect-level hammer technique, he got the hang of it quickly and soon became immersed in it.
Fatty Sun, who had lost a lot of weight, felt his eyelids twitching and he felt uneasy.
"Could this kid have grown up?"
……
……
Nothing happened that night. The next day, Li Yuan did not get up early to practice martial arts. He packed his bag early, mainly with some dry food and copper coins.
"The price of elixirs has gone up. A bottle of Blood-Nourishing Pill costs six taels of silver. One pill is almost as much as my second brother's monthly salary. The poor are more literary than martial."
Li Yuan felt a little pain as he held the Blood Nourishing Pill he had just bought.
The money he earned from forging was not enough to spend, and he had not gone out for several months. His debt reached a new high, a full fifty-three taels, plus one tael of gold.
He had emptied out most of Fatty Sun's family assets and he refused to lend any money to him.
"This time when I return to the city, I have to find a way to dispose of those pearls. Well, I also have to find a way to make money. Borrowing money to practice martial arts is not a long-term solution. I have to start paying back the fat man..."
Li Yuan felt miserable, and felt like a college student with loans in his previous life. He had to prepare to repay the debt before he even graduated.
"Li Yuan, get ready to go!"
Outside the door, Wu Ming's voice rang out.
After tidying up his clothes, Li Yuan took a deep breath and walked out:
"coming!"
(End of this chapter)
