Chapter 48 Changes (Thanks to the Water Meter Reader)
"Entry, mastery, minor success, major success. Before internal strength, blood and qi only have these four steps. When blood and qi are major success and the six harmonies are connected, you can read the fundamental diagram and break through to internal strength."
Inside the hut, Li Yuan stood with a hammer in his hand, and once again felt the difficulty of learning martial arts.
He was a rising star in the Weapon Forging Shop who had shown his talent and was favored by some people. However, even so, it took him eight months to learn about the existence of the fundamental map by accident.
If it were any other apprentice, would they have any hope of getting access to this fundamental map in their lifetime?
Never even heard of it!
“According to the second shopkeeper, if the hammer technique is perfected, there is no need for a fundamental diagram. If it is highly perfected, then one is qualified to draw a fundamental diagram for a martial art?
With the blessing of the Great Craftsman's Hammer, maybe after my blood and energy are fully developed and the six directions are connected, I don't need the fundamental diagram to break through the internal strength?"
Li Yuan digested it for a long time, and only breathed a sigh of relief after he was sure that he had remembered everything he saw today.
"Second Shopkeeper is so eager to leave, and he wants to take Fatty Sun with him. It doesn't seem like he is going to recover, but more like he is going to seek refuge? He shouldn't take the scroll of the fundamental map with him, right?"
Li Yuan was very jealous of that scroll of fundamental pictures.
Although it was only of the first rank, he felt that it should be the best among the first rank, second only to the second rank weapon, the Great Craftsman's Hammer.
However, he was also thinking about the possible consequences of Tang Tong's departure.
As he was the one who had killed Nian Jiu with a hammer himself, he naturally did not believe the statement in the county government notice that 'Nian Jiu was a murderer'. Combined with the knife wounds he had seen in the house before, he could naturally guess a lot of things.
"I'm afraid that the families who left the city this time have some secret connections, even those ghostwriters... This has nothing to do with me, but the second shopkeeper's departure..."
Li Yuan felt a little nervous.
If Cao Yan doesn't get involved and Tang Tong leaves, then all the big and small matters in the shop will probably be decided by Wang Ding alone, which is not a good thing for him.
Even the head of the Intermediate Court had to be taken care of by someone, as he couldn't live in this house for a few days.
"No wonder the second shopkeeper made an exception and let us see the basic map before leaving..."
Li Yuan sighed inwardly, this was really a case of one wave of trouble just as another one came.
Master Li Dao, who just wanted to practice martial arts, felt a little annoyed, but helpless. This is how the world is often. The struggles between major forces often affect innocent people.
"I hope you won't force me..."
Adjusting his breathing method, Li Yuan felt a little chill in his heart. After this trip to Fajiu Mountain, his mentality had changed slightly.
With a sharp weapon in hand, will you feel the urge to kill?
Shaking his head to dispel this sudden thought, Li Yuan put down the hammer, stood in a soldier's posture, and continued to digest the medicinal power of the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill.
After strengthening the qi and blood, I soon immersed myself in it.
Compared to this kind of goal-oriented and tangible progress and improvement, all other petty gains seem insignificant.
……
In the next few days, there were a lot of changes in the weapon shop. Several people in charge were transferred to the mines, and the apprentices in each courtyard were also reshuffled and reallocated to the courtyards.
A new manager came to the Central Courtyard. His surname was Zhong. He was also fat and had good skills. He took over the job calmly. Among the apprentices in the Central Courtyard, except Liu Qing, all his previous roommates were gone.
The only two things that have not changed for the time being, besides the inner courtyard, are the forge room.
Zhang Ben did not notice any changes and still inspected the forging room every day. He came to inspect Li Yuan's progress every two days and taught him some forging techniques, as well as the characteristics and origins of many minerals.
Li Yuan is very serious and very busy.
He would get up before dawn every day to stand in the meditation posture, go to the forge to forge iron at dawn, and come back in the evening to practice military postures. In just four days, the effect of this Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill had been completely absorbed by him.
The blood and qi have already reached the hips and knees, and even the soles of the feet, and are not far from penetrating the Yongquan point.
"You get what you pay for. The effect of this Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill is so good. If I have another one, maybe my blood and energy will be fully developed?"
In the drizzle, Li Yuan slowly stopped his training. There were not many opportunities to practice hammering in the rain, so whenever it rained, he would not waste it.
"Continuous medication may damage the internal organs, especially strong medicines, nourishing soups, and blood-nourishing pills. With my current physique, I should be able to take them continuously."
After taking a blood-nourishing pill, Li Yuan dried his body and changed into a grey shorts. When he saw that the weather had cleared up, he picked up a few bags in the house and prepared to leave.
Without Fatty Sun, he is not qualified to live in an independent courtyard and has to move out today. This is the rule of the Weapon Blacksmith Shop.
You get what you are treated for, depending on your status.
Fortunately, he had no family assets at all, and all the important things were stuffed in his Liuhe boots.
"I almost forgot about you!"
Before he went out, Li Yuan turned around and picked up the little field mouse tied in the corner. After making sure nothing was left out, he went out with the little field mouse squeaking.
"Brother Li, where are you going, you got up so early?" When passing by the forging room, Li Yuan saw Wang Gong, who was dressed neatly and holding a thick-backed broadsword, as if he was practicing martial arts. He greeted him when he saw him.
"Go home."
Li Yuan replied.
In the past few days, Wang Gong's energy and blood have increased a lot, and he looks radiant, as if he has taken some tonic medicine, and it seems that his martial arts have improved a lot.
"Oh?"
Glancing at the bag that Li Yuan was carrying, Wang Gong understood what was going on, but he didn't say anything. He just nodded and continued practicing martial arts with his sword.
Li Yuan could naturally feel the change in his attitude, but apart from sighing in his heart that this boy was too naive, he really didn't feel anything.
"Humph!"
Glancing at Li Yuan's receding back, Wang Gong held his sword horizontally, his expression unhappy: "So what if you have good talent? You have a mediocre physique and no family background, yet you are still so arrogant!"
Wang Gong was naturally dissatisfied as several attempts to show goodwill and win over others did not work. However, what really made him show his dissatisfaction was naturally Tang Tong's departure.
He passed away seriously injured, and all the people in the inner courtyard were replaced. How could he not understand what this meant?
Zhao Xiaoming came over with a spear in hand and saw Li Yuan's back:
"Gong Ge'er, will you invite him to Miss Lu's party in a few days?"
"No need."
Wang Gong sheathed his sword and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard:
"With Tang Tong not here, he might not even be able to secure a place in the Divine Weapon Valley assessment, so why bother with him?"
……
"Sun Hao is not here, so should I not be here too? It's just a yard, so what if I live there? Does the shop need such a room?"
Zhang Ben slammed the table, furious. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to go to the backyard to find Cao Yan, but Li Yuan hurriedly stopped him.
"My second brother's house has two floors, many rooms, and it's spacious. I've wanted to move out for a long time. I couldn't bear to leave Fatty Sun's two small meals a day.
Now that the small kitchen is gone, it would be better to move back."
Li Yuan comforted.
A few months ago, he had rented the entire courtyard of his second brother, which cost four taels of silver a year, so he could certainly afford it now.
"Damn Nian Jiu! If he hadn't hurt Old Tang, how could this have happened?"
Old Zhang was still furious and slammed the table in anger.
Master, don’t you know the inside story?
This thought turned around in his mind, and Li Yuan comforted him: "Good people are blessed by heaven. The second shopkeeper went far away to seek medical treatment, and he will definitely be fine."
"There is an excellent clinic in Zhelong Mansion, so I think everything will be fine."
Zhang Ben felt relieved and glanced at his disciple again:
"Auspicious people are blessed by heaven? Well, the book was not read in vain. This is something that an old man cannot say."
He was very unhappy that Li Yuan used to waste an hour reading every day.
"By the way, Master, what about the grand opening of the Divine Weapon Valley next spring?"
Recalling Wang Gong's attitude before, Li Yuan asked.
"I asked the chief shopkeeper yesterday. You are a sure thing, so don't worry about it. But the places of the other few people may change."
Zhang Ben picked up the tea and took a sip.
"Then you should take a rest."
Li Yuan tactfully said goodbye, went to the street to buy some cooked meat, chicken, duck and the like, and then walked towards Chaiyufang.
After the ice broke in early spring, Chaiyufang became busy again, but there was no news of anyone catching a spirit fish. Liang A Shui, who was very famous last year, has not been seen for several months.
Li Yuan bought two fresh live fishes on the way, and then he saw a big man who was over two meters tall and looked like a bear, also buying fish.
"Qin Xiong has been transferred back now?"
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling sad that the servant had left and the tea had gone cold, but he was not too surprised, so he turned around and left.
After his trip to Fajiu Mountain, he not only had a bulging wallet,
This also includes courage.
(End of this chapter)
