It was already afternoon when Yue Ran returned to Blackwood City, and Xiaodiandian was already offline. Yue Ran checked the time, and it was already dinner time in reality.
Yue Ran decided to go offline to eat after finishing his work.
In the blacksmith shop, I was nakedly ripped off for more than twenty taels of gold, and bought three sets of blacksmith tools. This was the preferential price mentioned by the treacherous blacksmith. The original price was ten taels of gold per set. The complete set of blacksmith tools included a smelting furnace.
, three types of crucibles, large, medium and small, an anvil and a large and small hammer.
Naturally, Yue Ran couldn't fit so many things in his space ring. He sent a message to Fenglin. This guy was still buying all kinds of supplies and hadn't had time to rush to Black Rock Mountain. So Yue Ran called him.
He went to the blacksmith shop and threw him two thousand taels of activity funds, and then walked away under Fenglin's sad eyes.
Yue Ran decided to take advantage of this time to visit the player market in front of the City Lord's Palace Square. When Yue Ran came to the market, he was shocked by the scene in the square.
The square seemed to be a huge market at the moment, with various lifestyle players setting up stalls densely. Pharmacists were selling potions, and tailors had pieces of leather armor or cloth clothes in front of their stalls, and there were even a few scattered ones.
The weirdest thing about the food stall was that Yue Ran also saw a woodcutter selling firewood.
There are only a few blacksmiths that Yue Ran cares about most, but they sell the most common goods, equipment made of the most common iron materials, but the prices are extremely high. You don't need to ask Yue Ran to guess that this must be in
The equipment was made from iron materials purchased directly from the profiteer in the blacksmith shop.
In addition to the players setting up stalls, more players were asking about the prices in front of each stall. Yue Ran observed carefully that the leather armors made by the potions and tailors were selling very well, followed by those selling snacks. After all, their
Things are much cheaper than those in NPC shops. There are also players asking for prices in front of the blacksmiths' stalls. However, during the period of Yue Ran's observation, none of the blacksmiths sold equipment. At most, they sold a few weapons and more.
Bargained for half a day.
The reason is very simple. Although protective armor is much better than leather armor, the price... You must know that the raw materials used by tailors to make leather armor can be said to be everywhere. Players get the Warcraft when they kill monsters.
There are too many furs. If you just yell at the monster furs on the street, you will definitely be surrounded. But the blacksmith is miserable. The raw materials can only be obtained from the blacksmith shop, which is the most common iron material. The cost is simply prohibitive.
Than, besides, most players nowadays don’t have much money, so they naturally choose cheap leather armor.
Survival is not easy, Yue Ran shook his head. These blacksmiths would never be able to develop if they were born in Blackwood City, which has no mineral resources. Of course, except for himself, Yue Ran now monopolizes the only dark iron mine in Blackwood City.
After observing for a while, nothing was found. Out of boredom, Yue Ran went offline.
After going offline, Yue Ran grabbed some food at will. While eating, he discovered that there were missed calls on his mobile phone, and the time happened to be during the siege of Black Rock Mountain. At that time, Yue Ran was fighting against the powerful demons.
How would you notice a call coming in?
The caller was Hao Hai, and Yue Ran called back directly. As soon as the call was connected, Yue Ran heard Hao Hai's roar.
"Yue Ran, how dare you not answer my call? Where has our brotherhood gone for so many years? How dare you not answer my call!"
Yue Ran took the phone away from his ear, waited until Hao Hai finished complaining, and then said: "I was busy with some things, so I didn't hear you. What, you arrived in Chengdu?"
"Of course, didn't I tell you that I would call you when I arrived in Chengdu, which made me wait at the airport all afternoon for you to pick me up..."
"Feel sorry!"
"Just remember this time, you owe me a meal. Come out and get together tomorrow night, we brothers will have a good time!"
"Who are they?"
"It turns out that there are a few high school classmates in our class who we have a good relationship with!"
"OK!"
"Then it's settled. We'll be at Qin's Restaurant at six o'clock tomorrow night. No more talking. I'll notify the others." Hao Hai hung up the phone after saying that.
Tomorrow night? Well, I’ll go out tomorrow and see Uncle Ge by the way.
...
After eating, Yue Ran entered the game again.
As soon as she went online, she received news from Xiaodian. It happened that Yue Ran was going to take her to Blackstone Mountain to start his blacksmith business. After the two agreed to meet at the city gate, Yue Ran went straight to the city gate.
When he arrived at the city gate, Yue Ran discovered that Xiaodian was waiting for him, and there was a girl standing with Xiaodian. The two were chatting and laughing.
"Brother! Here!" Xiaodiandian spotted Yue Ran and greeted directly.
Yue Ran approached the two of them, and Xiaodian introduced with a sweet smile: "Sister, this is Brother Duanfeng. He has been taking me to play games in the past few days when you were not in Blackwood City. Brother, this is the morning room.
Sister Wuyin, I just arrived in Blackwood City today, this is my sister in real life."
The girl in front of her was about in her early twenties. She was very tall, only half a head shorter than Yue Ran who was 1.8 meters tall. Her long hair was neatly tied into a ponytail at the back, revealing a pretty face. She looked heroic.
.
"Hello..." Yue Ran stretched out his hand, but before he could say anything else, he was interrupted by the girl.
"You've been playing games with Diandian these past few days? I'm warning you, Diandian is a good girl, don't have any evil intentions, and don't lead her astray!" Chen Jingyin said with a serious face.
.
"Sister!" Xiao Dian did not expect that she would say such words when she met Chen Qianyin. The little girl was a little angry and hurriedly said to Yue Ran, "Brother, don't be angry. This is the kind of person my sister is. She is straightforward.
..."
"Diandian, don't make trouble! I've finished talking about Diandian. Now let me talk about our affairs. I heard that you are the most powerful player in Blackwood City? I want to see what your level is. Do you dare to compare with me?
?”
As soon as they met, he was scolded by the girl named Morning Whisper. Yue Ran was just about to fight back, but he didn't expect that the girl actually proposed a challenge. Yue Ran suppressed his anger and sneered: "
How do you want to compare?"
"It's very simple. You are not allowed to use the martial arts in the game. I haven't learned anything yet. Let's compare your moves. I think you are nothing without the martial arts in the game to support you?"
Comparing moves? Yue Ran was stunned for a moment, then smiled. He has practiced Xingyiquan for more than ten years, who is afraid of whom? Then he said, "Comparing, I want to see what kind of god you are."
!”
"watch out!"
Seeing Yue Ran agree in the morning, Chen Jingyun immediately took action without giving Yue Ran any time to prepare.
The two of them just got into each other's arms in the open space outside the city gate.
As soon as Chen Jingyun made a move, Yue Ran saw it. His steps were solid and his lower body was very stable. He seemed to be a practicing master in reality. No wonder he was so confident.
The first move, Morning Whisper, was a straight punch, but the punch didn't have much power. It was obviously a feint, and was only used for testing. Yes, it's quite methodical, Yue Ran thought. He raised his left arm directly
, blocked the punch of Morning Whisper, and then suddenly stepped forward, with his right hand in the shape of a claw, from bottom to top, across Morning Whisper's chest, and hit his neck!
This is a move in military combat, and it is extremely powerful.
Morning Hum naturally discovered Yue Ran's intention, raised his head to avoid Yue Ran's attack, directly raised his feet, and pushed his knee into Yue Ran's abdomen!
Yue Ran was not discouraged after missing a single blow. He crossed his fingers with both hands and pressed down, directly pressing on the knee that was being attacked by Chen Jianjing quickly, and jumped back with the help of her strength.
After the tentative attack, the two quickly separated.
"Military combat skills? Are you from the army?"
Hearing Chen Jian's whisper, Yue Ran was surprised. He didn't expect that she could guess the move he used with just one move. It seemed that this girl was really not simple.
"It used to be, but not anymore."
"Your military fighting skills are very good. No wonder you dare to claim to be the best master in Blackwood City. However, in my opinion, this external martial arts is just that. Now let me show you the power of internal martial arts!"
Neijiaquan? Yue Ran was very curious. This girl actually practices Neijiaquan. She should give it a try. After so many years, Yue Ran has never seen anyone who really knows Neijiaquan except Uncle Ge.
Yes, most of them are just routines, without any practicality.
It seemed that he began to pay more attention to Yue Ran, and the originally heroic and valiant temperament that he had whispered in the morning also changed and became restrained. He stood there with his sharp temperament completely restrained, like a gentle jade.
I saw her left leg bent forward, her hands stretched out naturally, left arm in front, right arm behind, arms slightly bent, making a hand gesture. It looked simple, but Yue Ran knew what was going on.
The hand gestures may seem simple, but they have endless variations and can evolve into countless moves.
Tai Chi!
Yue Ran had to face it seriously. When he saw that Chen Jian had made no move after posing in a low voice, he attacked directly, using the Beng Fist, which was both offensive and defensive.
The fist wind was strong, like wind passing through a dense forest, with a faint whistling sound!
Yue Ran's fist quickly approached Chen Mooting, and her forward left fist just touched Yue Ran's fist. She immediately turned her fist into a palm, nimbly dodged the fist peak, and hit Yue Ran's wrist like a snake.
Just when Yue Ran was surprised, her right fist seemed to be slow but actually struck at Yue Ran very quickly. Yue Ran was horrified and quickly put his left hand across his chest to resist the blow from the morning whisper.
!
The moment the two fists came into contact, Chen Jian groaned and flipped his wrist, turning his fist into a palm again and giving Yue Ran a solid push. Yue Ran felt that the palm force was not strong, but in the next moment, the palm force expanded rapidly,
He actually pushed Yue Ran back two steps!
What a Tai Chi!
Yue Ran couldn't help but admire in his heart, this is Tai Chi used in actual combat. How can it be compared to the routines practiced by everyone?
However, Yue Ran was not discouraged. He quickly stabilized his body and immediately changed his moves. He used his legs to exert strength, his body sank, and he firmly planted himself on the ground. He punched out horizontally to resist the attack that was coming quickly in the morning!
The horizontal fist is the only defensive move in Five Elements Boxing.
There was a strange spinning force in Chen Jian Wu's fist wind, but Yue Ran's horizontal fist was not immune, and he firmly blocked Chen Jian Wu's attack, and then neutralized the spinning force.
After stabilizing his position, Yue Ran immediately launched a counterattack. After all, as a big man, he was beaten back by a girl. He couldn't bear it!
The split fist didn't work against the little girl, so Yue Ran immediately used the drill fist. Water has no shape, and soldiers have no constant momentum. Since your Tai Chi attack is an honest attack, then I will give you a tricky attack with the drill fist.
It's not sharp, but it's weird and cunning. It's as pervasive as water. It often launches attacks inadvertently from unexpected places, making it difficult for people to guard against it.
Relying on the attack of the drill fist, Yue Ran forced Chenjian Wuyin to retreat step by step. However, her defense was considered impeccable. The two of them were just going back and forth, and neither one could do anything to the other for a while.
.
Seeing that the drill fist could not subdue the opponent, Yue Ran immediately changed his moves and used the split fist directly.
As soon as the chopping fist came out, Yue Ran's momentum changed, and he became indomitable and vowed not to give up. Morning groan saw Yue Ran's moves change, and she couldn't help but feel happy because she was a little annoyed by the all-pervasive punch.
However, he was startled by the domineering punch. He blocked it in a hurry, and wanted to use Yun Shou to block it again. However, this split fist was not as capable of both offense and defense as Bengquan. It was completely a mere attack.
How could she withstand the offensive and non-defensive style of play with just her cloud hands?
Seeing that Yun Shou couldn't resist, Chen Jianhui immediately changed his move, clasping his hands in front of his chest, sinking his body, and received Yue Ran's punch with his shoulder. The moment the fist touched his body, he gave it a sharp push with his shoulder.
, blocked the punch with the help of his waist and abdomen, and then used his legs to jump back out of Yue Ran's attack range.
Chenjian Wuyin was finally repelled, and Yue Ran breathed a sigh of relief. His face was finally saved. Although he hadn't used the Cannon Fist yet, Yue Ran understood very well that the Cannon Fist was the most powerful attack in Xingyi Fist. This move
If you use any force, you might injure this little girl. This is Xiaodian’s real sister. If something happens, everyone’s face will look bad.
"Tai Chi is indeed well-deserved, it is very powerful!" After the two separated, Yue Ran said directly, the subtext of which was naturally, if this is the case, we can be considered a tie.
Seeing Yue Ran say this in the morning, Chen Jingyin knew very well that Yue Ran still had someone to rely on, but she knew her own affairs well. She had tried her best, but she still couldn't do anything to Yue Ran, so she also said: "Your appearance
Yiquan is also very good. I wonder if you are a disciple of Master Zhu? When did Xingyiquan allow its disciples to join the army?"
"Master Zhu? I've never heard of it!" Yue Ran replied directly.
"Then how did you learn Xingyi Quan?"
"My master's surname is Ge."
"Ge? I understand..." Hearing Yue Ran's answer, Chen Jian thought in a low voice and said to himself, but his voice was so low that Yue Ran didn't hear it.
"Girl, you seem to be a descendant of Tai Chi? I wonder if the girl's surname is Chen or Yang?" Yue Ran saw that Chen Jian was muttering and stopped talking. He didn't think much about it and couldn't help but ask. How serious is this person about him?
People who follow Tai Chi are very interested. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that kind of interest.
"What do you think? My name is Chenjian Wuyin!" As the saying goes, you can't get to know each other without fighting. After a fight, especially after knowing that Yue Ran was a retired soldier, Chenjian Wuyin put down his guard.
, actually said to Yue Ran with a smile.
"Then her surname is Chen. She is indeed an authentic successor of Tai Chi!"
"Of course, do you think I'm just a show-off?" Chen Jian murmured and rolled his eyes at Yue Ran.
"Brother, sister, your competition is over? Who won? I think it's brother? Sister, brother is very powerful?" Seeing that the two of them stopped fighting, Xiaodian Dian came over.
"Hmph! You little girl, are you and my sister so unbearable? Tie!" Chen Jian murmured, feigning anger.
"It's a tie? Sister, you're awesome too! By the way, sister, why don't you join Xingchen too? Brother has too many things to do, and often I can't find anyone!" Xiaodian Dian was no longer angry with Yue Ran anymore when she saw Chen Chenjian murmuring.
He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother, is it okay?"
"Infinitely welcome!" Yue Ran naturally agreed to accept such a master of internal martial arts into the gang.
Chen Moan thought for a while and then agreed.
"Brother, why did you ask me to come this time?" Chen Jian murmured and joined the gang. Xiao Dian was very happy, and then she remembered to ask Yue Ran about the purpose of this trip.
"Of course we are going to mine and make equipment to make money. You should know that? We Xingchen have conquered the entire Black Rock Mountain. We won't be so worried about mining in the future."
...
The three of them left the city talking and laughing. It was almost night at this time, but Yue Ran had nothing to worry about. There were no demons in the Black Rock Mountain. This biggest threat had been removed, so Yue Ran was on his way in the dark night.
Saying that is no longer a problem.
On the way, Yue Ran and the others caught up with Feng Lin. At this moment, he was heading towards Blackstone Mountain with more than a hundred player guards and three carriages of supplies.
"Boss, I've been very busy these days!" Fenglin complained as soon as they met, Baiyang and Metasequoia standing aside also nodded at the same time.
"What? You don't want to do this?" Yue Ran naturally knows what the three of them think. After all, who doesn't want to have fun playing games? Being entangled in gang affairs every day, and meeting a gang leader who is like a boss, naturally the three of them are tired.
Well, this is with the help of willow and ginkgo.
But then again, the expansion of Xingchen has been really fast in the past few days. Guild establishment and recruitment, upgrading to the fifth level, and recruitment of people. After capturing Blackstone Mountain, it is such a busy day. It is really difficult for Fenglin and the others.
.
"There is nothing we can do about it. After all, you are the ones I trust the most in the entire planet. Just hold on for a few days. When I find suitable talents, I will hand over these things. Otherwise, you can join the gang
I'm looking for a few deputies, the ones who will be paid, and I'll provide them!"
"Okay..." Several people also knew that other than this, there is no good way at the moment.
"Brother Feng, where did you catch another beautiful woman today? You were joking with our gang leader's wife!" As soon as he finished talking about the business, Fenglin's teasing nature was immediately revealed.
"Mrs. Gang Leader?"
"It's just a little bit small, boss, don't you know it? Everyone in the gang knows it!"
"Madam, you are a big-headed idiot! Xiaodian is the senior blacksmith of our gang. What do you think about every day?!"
...
Although they were a little tired from work, thinking of the current development momentum of Xingchen, several people were in a good mood and couldn't help but joke. The laughter echoed in the night sky, all the way towards the Black Rock Mountain.