Taoist master wants to ascend

After not sleeping all night, Li Yuan returned to the forging shop, washed his face, and then returned to the forging room. Hearing the tinkling sound of forging, his heart finally calmed down.

Wielding the forging hammer, Li Yuan was still thinking about what he saw and heard yesterday.

At first, he only thought that someone contacted the forces in the inner and outer cities to ambush Qiu Long in order to compete for the interests of Gaoliu County. Now it seems that the water behind this is probably much deeper.

The Divine Soldier Valley has dominated the Hidden Dragon Mansion for thousands of years, and its influence has already spread to all aspects. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a country within a country.

What level of power did Cao Yan have to rely on to dare to stroke the tiger's beard?

Is this mutual fishing?

Li Yuan murmured in his heart.

What he saw last night made him suddenly feel a sense of crisis. The fire at the city gate and the damage to the pond fish should not be too much.

The sound of hammering became heavier, and Li Yuan quickly put aside his distracting thoughts and calmed down.

Forging requires both patience and talent. To create a high-grade sharp blade, from mineral selection to final quenching, tempering, and polishing, every step needs to be just right. Anything less than that will not be considered top-grade.

Li Yuan worked hard, and soon the day passed.

After work in the evening, he wiped his face and was about to go home when Zhang Bi walked over quickly with a relieved smile on his face:

In the past few days, his heart had been quite heavy. If something happened to Cao Yan, the 200-year-old foundation of the Forging Arms Shop would be in ruins. The rest of the Cao family would not be able to support this stall at all.

Li Yuan was excited, this was exactly what he heard yesterday.

Zhang Ben smiled, obviously feeling better.

Li Yuan's heart tightened slightly.

Zhang Ben urged.

Li Yuan fetched a basin of water and scrubbed it, but he couldn't help but feel worried.

He didn't have a good impression of Cao Yan. He had shown his talent before and was planning to bypass Cao Yan to reach the Divine Weapon Valley.

Now……

After cleaning up hastily, Li Yuan followed Zhang Bi to the backyard.

The backyard is divided into three courtyards. The one where Cao Yan is located is naturally the largest and best. It not only has various pavilions, but also a small garden.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and candles were lit in the small courtyard.

Cao Yan changed into his coat and sat at the table. Several female apprentices were waiting on him, serving tea and water.

Cao Yan raised his hand and asked the master and apprentice to take their seats. He smiled warmly and raised his glasses to each other:

Zhang Bi picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, his face flushed.

Cao Yan put down his wine glass and took a deep look at Li Yuan:

After studying martial arts for one year, he perfected his hammering skills.

The most talented disciple in the blacksmithing shop for more than two hundred years has also mastered the hammering technique in more than a year. In comparison, the apprentice in front of him is much better than him.

With such a talent, it would take at least a few years for someone to be able to perfect their skills, transform their own bones and so on.

Then visit the Valley of Divine Weapons...

Li Yuan lowered his head to drink wine, a light shining on his back.

He naturally knew that what Cao Yan said was about his initiative to contact Fang Yunxiu...

Zhang Bi raised his glass and made a toast, quite proud of himself.

He fell in love with such a good prospect at first sight.

After finishing the glass of wine, Cao Yan looked at Li Yuan with bright eyes.

At this time, no matter how slow Zhang Bi was, he noticed something was wrong.

But no matter what he thought, he didn't think there was anything wrong.

The talented apprentices in the shop are sent to the big sects. As long as they are successful, the weapon forging shop can make a lot of profits with this incense and love.

A hugely profitable deal, how could Cao Yan...

What do you want to do?

Force me to stay in the forging shop?

Li Yuan's heart tightened, but he could only pretend that he didn't understand and raised his glass in a toast:

Cao Yan held the cup without drinking, but said calmly:

After saying this, Zhang Bi's expression changed:

Cao Yan ignored him, but looked at Li Yuan with a sincere expression:

Your butt didn’t even leave the chair...

Looking at Cao Yan with a sincere face, Li Yuan's heart felt cold, but naturally he could only bow and respond:

Cao Yan was certainly not asking, and Li Yuan didn't feel like he had any room to refuse.

Of course, there was still a symbolic struggle on his face, fearing that Cao Yan would not believe him if he agreed too quickly...

Cao Yan looked at him for a long time, then raised his glass and smiled:

Looking at the two smiling people, Zhang Ben felt a chill on his back for no reason.

…

A banquet, ‘the guests and the host enjoy themselves.

Li Yuan was a little drunk when he left, but he only relied on Zhang Ben's support to avoid falling.

At the wine table, Cao Yan was twirling his wine glass with a subtle expression.

In less than a year, his martial arts skills were perfected.

He would not be surprised if such a person appeared in Zhelong Mansion, but in Gaoliu County, he had never heard of it in dozens or hundreds of years...

Feng Gang walked out of the shadows with his sword in his arms:

Cao Yan chuckled, his eyes cold:

Killing, he was a little reluctant to kill.

There are only a few blacksmiths who can continuously forge high-quality sharp blades at the age of seventeen. In the past two hundred years, there are only a few blacksmiths in the weapon forging shop, and those few have allowed the weapon forging shop to develop to what it is today.

If he hadn't relied on the top-grade sharp blades and famous weapons left by those people, how could he have learned the Tiger Roaring Sword to break through the inner strength, and how could he have broken into the Hidden Dragon Mansion?

Feng Gang twitched the corner of his mouth, and suddenly retreated into the shadows as if he was aware of it.

Leader Zhao, holding an iron gun, came to the backyard, slightly arched his hands, and handed over a booklet.

In the booklet, there are very detailed events that happened in the inner and outer cities of Gaoliu County in the past few months.

Cao Yan nodded slightly and asked a lot of questions before sending Leader Zhao away.

Cao Yan's eyes brightened slightly:

Fenggang reappears like a ghost.

Cao Yan's expression turned cold:

Feng Gang sneered.

Cao Yan's face was gloomy, but he didn't say anything more. He just flipped through the booklet, focusing on Fang Yunxiu's words "Murder Case at Bodhisattva Temple".

…

After helping Li Yuan out of the yard, Zhang Ben let go.

Li Yuan staggered.

Zhang Bi sighed:

He didn't believe it after a few years.

A few years later, and a few more years later, Cao Yan made it clear that he didn’t want to let him go...

Li Yuan was open-minded:

Zhang Bi glared at him and saw that he was not drunk, so he yawned and turned around:

Otherwise, one should be suspicious.

Before Zhang Bi finished speaking, Li Yuan understood what he meant, but he had no intention of being polite.

Turning around, Li Yuan didn't feel a trace of drunkenness.

He had known for a long time that Cao Yan had a secret room where the rarest materials and the best weapons in the weapons forging shop were all contained, and the red gold should naturally be there too.

…

Back in the yard, Li Yuan stood on the stake with a hammer in hand, adjusted his breathing, and transferred the energy, blood, and internal energy. When the blood energy was exhausted, he took out ointment and medicated oil to wipe his body.

Then I jumped into a large water tank that I had just bought, and endured the friction of iron sand.

It is not difficult to learn martial arts horizontally. As long as you can endure the pain and have ointments and oils, at least until you are successful, there will be no obstacles.

Wow!

In the large vat, Li Yuan stirred the iron sand naked, feeling the stinging pain all over his body and his breathing became rapid.

Iron sand is not sand, it is something for sharpening knives. If ordinary people dare to come here and take a dip, not even a good piece of skin will be left on their bodies.

Kaka~

The large tank was nearly two meters high, which was more than enough for Li Yuan to stand in. He used his military posture to distract himself.

Even he couldn't stand this kind of rubbing method.

After a long time, Li Yuan was completely exhausted. He climbed out of the vat and lay down in the yard, breathing heavily and feeling the changes in himself.

After long-term friction with iron sand, although his skin seems smooth, it is still very tough. It is like a shoe sole made of several layers of cowhide, and a dull knife may not be able to cut it.

Li Yuan relaxed his muscles and bones, and practiced Qixing Heng to break through to 'mastery', which slightly dissipated the depression in his heart.

As a blacksmith, Li Yuan knew this very well.

After Qixing Heng practiced his body and claimed to be a great success, he was not afraid of being slashed by swords, but he was skeptical.

He estimated that this fearlessness was only limited to ordinary people. It would be impossible to replace an ordinary sword with a sharp blade, a high-grade sharp blade, or a top-grade sharp blade.

In the same way, even if masters like Cao Yan and Fang Yunxiu were holding ordinary swords, who would dare to resist with their bodies?

After lying for a long time, he felt that half of the blood in his body had recovered, and his internal energy began to circulate again. Li Yuan just stood up, scrubbed himself, and went back to the house to put on clothes.

Glancing at the inner room, Li Yuan shook his head inwardly.

Although he guessed that nothing would happen to Tang Tong and his wife, how could Sun Hao believe it?

After tearing a few pieces of bacon and feeding them to the fat little mouse who was still a little wary, Li Yuan lit the oil lamp and took out the human skin mask that he had brought out of the city but had not had time to look at carefully.

Holding this human skin mask at close range, Li Yuan couldn't help but marvel.

This mask was as light as weight and very transparent, almost like a work of art. He couldn't help but marvel at the workmanship.

Holding the oil lamp and walking to the bronze mirror, Li Yuan carefully applied it to his face. He felt a slight chill, as if he had applied a transparent and breathable mask.

He carefully kneaded the edges, and was surprised to find that his face and facial features in the mirror had suddenly changed into the former sallow-faced swordsman 'Li Ba!

Li Yuan looked at it carefully and found no flaws. He stretched out his hand and tore it apart, only to feel his face hurt, as if it was stuck to his face.

At that time, he touched it with his right hand, and it was directly received into the palm space. Now he felt that the human skin mask was so powerful, it was like a different face.

Li Yuan played with it and tried it several times, and was quite satisfied. Even if he didn't control this human skin mask, it was still a rare treasure.

After putting the mask on again, Li Yuan pulled out a piece of papyrus, scrawled some words with his left hand, put it in his sleeve and went out at night, heading straight to the inner city and the road to the mansion.

Cao Yan was in the first year of junior high school, and he had to be in the fifteenth year.

He didn't know who the owner of the incense was, so Fang Yunxiu should know, right?

After changing his face, Li Yuan acted boldly and directly knocked on the door of Lu Mansion, punched the servant who opened the door and knocked him unconscious, and put the straw paper on the door.

Without waiting for any noise to be heard from the house, he turned around and ran away.