Chapter 84 Cao Yan Returns and Becomes Proficient in Horizontal Training

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.

Waving 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. Don't let too many things happen if the city gate catches fire and affects the fish in the pond.

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 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 gently 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 to perfect one's skills, transform one's own fundamentals, etc.

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 for decades or hundreds of years...

Feng Gang walked out of the shadows holding his sword:

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 said no more. He just flipped through the book, focusing on the words of Fang Yunxiu in the "Bodhisattva Temple Massacre".

...

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

Li Yuan staggered.

Zhang Ben sighed:

What a few years later, he didn't believe it.

A few years later and a few years later, Cao Yan clearly didn't want to let him go...

Li Yuan was open-minded:

Zhang Ben glared at him, and seeing that he was not drunk, he yawned and turned around:

Otherwise, I would be suspicious.

Zhang Ben didn't finish his words, but Li Yuan understood what he meant, but he didn't intend to be polite.

Turning around, Li Yuan didn't feel drunk at all.

He knew a long time ago that Cao Yan had a secret room, where the most precious materials and the best weapons of the forging shop were all inside, and red gold should naturally be there too.

…

Back in the yard, Li Yuan stood with the hammer in his hands, adjusting his breathing, moving his blood and internal energy until his blood and qi were exhausted, then he took out ointments and oils to wipe his body.

After that, he jumped into the large water tank that he had just bought, enduring the friction of the iron sand.

It is not difficult to learn horizontal martial arts, as long as you can endure the pain and have ointments and oils, at least before you achieve a small success, there will be no bumps.

Clatter!

In the large tank, 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 the stuff used to sharpen knives. If ordinary people dare to soak here, they will not have a good piece of skin left on their bodies.

Ka-ka~

The large tank is nearly two meters high, and Li Yuan can stand in it with ease. He practiced the military posture to distract himself.

This kind of friction method is a bit unbearable even for him.

After a long time, Li Yuan was really exhausted, climbed out of the large tank, and lay in the yard, gasping for breath, and also feeling the changes in himself.

After a long period of friction with iron sand, his skin looked smooth, but it was quite tough, like the soles of shoes made of several layers of cowhide, which could not be cut by a slightly blunt knife.

Li Yuan relaxed his muscles and bones, and the Seven Stars Horizontal Training broke through to the "mastery", which slightly dispelled the depression in his heart.

As a blacksmith, Li Yuan knew this too well.

He was skeptical about the Seven Stars Horizontal Training, which was said to be not afraid of swords and knives after the great success.

He estimated that this fearlessness was limited to ordinary people. Ordinary swords and knives, if replaced with sharp blades, top-grade sharp blades, and top-grade sharp blades, it would be impossible.

Similarly, even if masters like Cao Yan and Fang Yunxiu held ordinary swords and knives, who would dare to resist with their flesh?

After lying for a long time, he felt that the blood and qi in his body had recovered a little, and the internal energy began to flow again. Li Yuan just got up, washed himself, and went back to the house to put on clothes.

After taking a look at the inner room, Li Yuan shook his head in his heart.

Although he guessed that Tang Tong and his wife would be fine, how could Sun Hao believe it?

After tearing off a few pieces of bacon and feeding them to the still somewhat vigilant fat little mouse, Li Yuan lit the oil lamp and took out the human skin mask that he had obtained when he left the city but had not had time to examine carefully.

Holding the human skin mask at close range, Li Yuan could not help but marvel in his heart.

This mask was as light as nothing and very transparent, just like a work of art. He could not help but marvel at the workmanship.

Holding the oil lamp and walking to the bronze mirror, Li Yuan carefully put it on his face and felt a little cold, as if he had put on a transparent and breathable mask.

He carefully kneaded the edges and was surprised to find that his facial features in the mirror had turned into the sallow-faced swordsman ‘Li Ba’ before!

Li Yuan looked at it carefully and found no flaws. He stretched out his hand to tear it, but felt his face hurt, as if it was stuck on his face.

At that time, he wiped it with his right hand and received it directly into the space of holding soldiers. Now he felt that the power of this human skin mask was just like changing a face.

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

After putting the mask back on, Li Yuan tore off a piece of straw paper, wrote some words with his left hand, put it in his sleeve, and went out at night, heading straight to the inner city, Lu Mansion.

If Cao Yan did it on the first day of the month, he had to do it on the fifteenth.

He didn't know who the incense master was, but Fang Yunxiu should know, right?

After changing his face, Li Yuan acted quite boldly. He knocked on the door of Lu Mansion directly, knocked the servant who opened the door unconscious with a punch, and pasted the straw paper on the door.

Without waiting for any sound from the mansion, he turned around and ran.