Lao Zhang in the village happened to be a blacksmith, good at forging farm tools and occasionally swords.
Su Yu found Lao Zhang at the gate of the village. Lao Zhang's real name was Zhang Dazhuang. At this time, his upper body was naked, showing his copper-colored and thick muscles. He was beating the red iron block and sweating.
"Lao Zhang, I want to forge a knife or a sword. I don't know how much it will cost." Su Yu asked. He estimated that it would cost half a tael of silver.
Lao Zhang saw Su Yu coming and said in surprise: "Doctor Su?! Do you want to forge a sword?"
From Lao Zhang's point of view, Su Yu was a frail doctor, and it was really surprising that he came to him to forge swords.
"Well, forge a sword for self-defense. I will go to Beiyuan City in a while."
"Since you are Dr. Su, I can forge a sword for you for free. I don't know what style you want." Lao Zhang put down the work in his hands and said respectfully.
Earlier, Su Yu saved the sick Lao Zhang and saved him from a life-and-death crisis. Therefore, Lao Zhang was always grateful to Su Yu. When his benefactor came over and wanted to forge a sword, it was just the right time to repay Su Yu.
Su Yu was not polite either. He happened to want to save some money to buy Body Tempering Powder. He nodded slightly and thought for a moment.
"A short knife is easy to hide. The body of the knife is best black."
The short knife is not easy to be found, and you can be caught off guard when you take action. As for the black knife body, the black knife body is not obvious at night, making it more concealable.
Lao Zhang thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, it will take me half a month to forge it, and then send it to Changchun Pharmacy."
"Then I'll trouble you."
After that, Su Yu returned home and continued to practice health-preserving boxing.
Time flew by, and half a month passed quickly.
On this day, Su Yu opened his attributes panel.
Name: Su Yu
Lifespan:53
Potential: 6
Martial arts: health-preserving boxing (5% achieves small success)
Skill: Pharmacy (1% small success)
The life span has increased by two points, and medicine has successfully broken through to the level of modest success. However, the progress of health-preserving boxing has slowed down. Half a month has passed, and only 4% has improved. Based on this estimate, it will take at least a year and a half.
Only then can health-preserving boxing be broken through to a new level.
After making some breakthroughs in medicine, Su Yu was able to identify herbs alone, determine whether they were poisonous, etc. when he went out to explore. He was also able to brew decoctions alone, although there was still a chance that the brewing would fail.
The effect on improving overall strength is weak.
Too slow, still too slow.
You still have to brew the Tempered Body Powder as soon as possible, as this will make your progress too slow.
I estimate that the knife should be forged.
At this time, the door creaked open, and the master walked in, holding the wrapped knife in his hand, and said: "Lao Zhang just sent the forged knife to Changchun Pharmacy. I see you have been looking forward to it.
It will be delivered to you immediately."
"How about opening it and taking a look?"
Su Yu took it, as if accepting a birthday gift, and couldn't wait to open it carefully.
The iron-black blade is shining with jet black light. The blade is sharp and short, weighing nearly five pounds. The surface is densely covered with black lines. It looks simple and unpretentious, but it exudes a cold air, as if it can cut stone and gold. Pick it up gently.
, there is a feeling of lightness.
Holding a black knife, the blade cuts through the air, cuts sideways, chops, and slashes, making a slight sound of breaking through the air.
"Yes, I like it very much." Su Yu said with a smile, "I'll call you Black Iron Sword."
"Su Yu, I bought you a set of basic sword skills. I don't know this, so I can't teach you. But you have a good talent. If you practice like this, there shouldn't be any big problems."
The master sent a book called Basic Sword Techniques to Su Yu, and said: "If you don't understand any basic sword techniques, it is better to use health-preserving boxing with a knife, so learn the basic sword techniques well and develop more self-defense skills.
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Su Yu took it and said gratefully: "Thank you, Master."
After that, the master returned to the medicine shop and looked at it, while Su Yu opened the basic knife skills and started looking at it.
Here we explain the most basic knife skills.
There are eight ways to use a sword: sweeping, splitting, poking, cutting, plundering, cutting, cutting, and thrusting.
Each sword technique has different movements, and Su Yu practices the sword technique according to these movements.
In this way, Su Yu practiced basic knife skills every morning, went to the mountains with his master to collect medicines during the day, visited medicine shops, learned medicine knowledge, and practiced health-preserving boxing at night. The time passed quickly and fulfillingly.
Soon, half a month passed.
The sky was dim and the cold wind was blowing, but Su Yu's body became hot.
Along with the regular exhalation and exhalation, Su Yu practiced the health-preserving boxing over and over again, and even visible white heat came out of his body.
He punched through the air lightly, making a slight roar.
The power of this punch does not seem very powerful, but Su Yu has experimented before, and this punch is enough to knock down a big tree. If it fell on an ordinary person, ordinary people would not be able to withstand even one punch!
"Huh." Su Yu exhaled slightly and stopped his movements.
He took out the black iron sword and practiced basic sword skills, including horizontal cuts, side sweeps, and thrusts. Each of his movements was smooth and smooth. They were no longer unfamiliar movements.
Suddenly, Su Yu felt something in his heart, his eyes lit up, and he felt that his surroundings suddenly stopped.
The black iron sword in his hand seemed to be integrated with himself, and his whole person burst out with a terrifying aura.
The knife energy, which was like a thin black line, struck the stone three meters away, leaving a shallow knife mark.
You know, this is a stone three meters away. If this knife falls on the body of a body-forging warrior, it will definitely be split in half!
Putting away the black iron sword, Su Yu opened the attribute panel.
Name: Su Yu
Lifespan:55
Potential: 7
Martial arts: health-preserving boxing (20% with a small success), basic sword skills (10% with a small success)
Skill: Pharmacy (10% small success)
Perhaps because of practicing new martial arts, the speed of practicing health-preserving boxing has increased a lot, and the basic sword skills have improved rapidly. In just half a month, I have achieved a small breakthrough.
level.
In just half a month, the potential value increased a little, and Su Yu could clearly feel that his cultivation speed was much faster.
He looked at his slightly bulging muscles and felt the heat inside his body.
In the past half month of training, although Su Yu failed to break through to a new level, he could clearly feel his strength, his speed had increased, and his endurance had improved significantly.
Su Yu once tested and found that he could now run at high speed for ten minutes and cover more than ten kilometers.
In one hour, it is enough to run more than 50 kilometers. This is simply an inhuman speed!
"My strength is almost there, it's time to go to Beiyuan City." Su Yu's eyes brightened, and he planned to go to Beiyuan City tomorrow to buy the medicinal materials for tempering the body.
A month ago, Su Yu was worried about his own strength. When encountering bandits, it was difficult for the gangsters to protect themselves. Now that he had enough strength, Su Yu was naturally unwilling to waste time anymore and wanted to go to Beiyuan City as soon as possible.
The next day, Su Yu packed up his things, hid the black iron sword in his waistband for easy access, put on the fox mask he had purchased before, said goodbye to his master, and headed to Beiyuan City alone.
Wearing a fox mask is to hide your identity. In this chaotic world, you may encounter someone who is difficult to offend when you have to take action.
At this time, wearing a mask can hide your identity very conveniently, and you will not be easily discovered by your enemies, which will affect your master and the people of Stone Village.
Su Yu ate dry biscuits and hurried on. Along the way, he could often see hungry children staring blankly under the door. He could see ruined crops, messy footprints, and dried blood.
It is indeed a time of great chaos, Su Yu sighed in his heart, and firmly decided to become stronger.
In this chaotic world, only your own strength is the basis for survival, otherwise, you will die in this miserable and chaotic world.
Su Yu's goal is to live forever in the martial arts, how can he die in this little troubled world?
After firming up his thoughts, Su Yu put away the food and quickened his pace.
In order to avoid attracting attention, Su Yu took a small road and deliberately slowed down. He did not encounter any bandits along the way and arrived at Beiyuan City in an hour.
The black wall stood there like an eternal giant, tall and imposing, with a tall city gate, and soldiers in black armor patrolling and questioning people entering the city.
Su Yu once understood that this kind of interrogation is mainly to see if you have any prohibited items.
Such as gunpowder, poison, special metal minerals, etc.
Once discovered, they will be executed on the spot without any room for negotiation!
Su Yu checked himself and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he came to the city gate.
After some inspection by the soldiers, Su Yu entered Beiyuan City without incident.
As soon as we entered, we smelled the aroma of various foods, heard various shouting sounds, and saw tall buildings interspersed among the red-tiled bungalows.
"As expected of Beiyuan City, it's far from a small village. I can definitely buy the medicinal materials I want here." Su Yu muttered to himself silently and walked a few steps.
But he suddenly got angry. This was his first time in Beiyuan City, and he had no idea where the nearby drug store was.
In desperation, Su Yu found a random person and asked.
"Hello, I would like to ask where can I buy medicinal materials here?"
"Medicinal materials? Are you a foreigner? You don't even know this. If you go east, you can see Yanyu Pavilion, which is the largest alchemy place in Beiyuan City. There is a place specializing in selling medicinal materials."
Yanyu Pavilion?
Su Yu remembered this name. He heard his master mention it once. It was the largest alchemy place in the Zhou Dynasty. It sold medicinal materials, elixirs, etc., and had branches in many cities.
Along the east direction, Su Yu soon saw Yanyu Pavilion. As soon as he walked in, a clerk greeted him with a smile.
"What does the guest want? There are elixirs, medicinal materials, and herbal medicines."
In the eyes of the clerk, although Su Yu was dressed in simple clothes, he was very impressive. He must be very powerful. If he treated him well, he would definitely be pleasantly surprised.
"Here, do you have these medicinal materials?" Su Yu sent a note he had written long ago to the clerk.
The clerk took a look and showed a somewhat disappointed expression.
"Yes, please come with me, guest."
The clerk took Su Yu to a place specializing in selling medicinal materials. There was an old man with gray hair sitting quietly, and he could smell the aroma of medicine from a distance.
The medicinal materials here are of better quality, worthy of Yanyu Pavilion.
Su Yu sighed in his heart and looked at the gray-haired old man.
For some reason, this seemingly ordinary old man gave people a dangerous feeling.
The gray-haired old man took the note from the clerk and glanced at it, his eyes seemed to change.
"The total is half a tael of silver. How many do you want?" the gray-haired old man said in a hoarse voice.
Half a tael of silver? Su Yu was a little frightened. The price was lower than he expected. He originally thought he would need a tael of silver.
You're not trying to trick me, are you?
After thinking about it, I felt that it was impossible. A place as big as Yanyu Pavilion would not be a trap for him, nor would it do any good.
Since there are benefits to be earned, Su Yu did not hesitate and nodded: "I want seven copies!"
The gray-haired old man patiently grabbed the medicine, and soon he had seven doses.
Su Yu put the broken silver on the table, put away the medicinal materials and left Yanyu Pavilion.
With these seven medicinal materials, you can refine seven copies of the Body Tempering Powder. Taking into account the probability of failure, you can finally get six copies of the Body Tempering Powder!
With the help of Tempering Body Powder, maybe you can enter the next level - inner strength in a month.
Su Yu started walking eagerly. After leaving the city, he changed from walking to running. He wanted to refine the Body Tempering Powder immediately to try the effect.
However, when it was almost dusk and I was about to arrive at Stone Village, I saw a group of people dressed strangely and looking like gangsters blocking the entrance of the village and surrounding many people in the village, including the master and Lao Zhang.
Su Yu's heart started beating loudly, and she became nervous and anxious.
What do they want to do? Kill the village?! Do I want to go back?
After all, Su Yu couldn't go against his heart and decided to go back to Stone Village to see the situation.
The master who trained him for many years is still here, and the people in the village are still here. Many people have seen Su Yu for medical treatment and helped Su Yu.
When the villagers who are like family members are in danger, if Su Yu can still run away coldly, he will despise himself and cannot pass the test in his heart.
If the situation goes wrong, I can run away immediately. Master didn't take any action, so the situation shouldn't be that serious.
"Stop, what do you do?" A gangster on horseback spotted Su Yu and shouted.
"I am from this village and want to go back to the village."
"It just so happens that we need to collect protection fees. You go in and pay the fee later." The gangster said coldly.
Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief, luckily he didn't do anything directly.
He came to the master and asked: "Who are they, and why did they suddenly focus on Stone Village?"
The master shook his head and sighed: "I heard it's called the Blackwater Gang. They are gangsters who came from other places and occupied the nearby Qingling Mountain."
"Village chief, everyone is here, don't delay, pay the protection fee as soon as possible, otherwise you will know the consequences."
The head of Shitou Village sighed and handed over a silver note worth one thousand taels.
When Su Yu saw the amount of the banknote, he was surprised and said, "They want to charge a thousand taels of protection fee?!"
You must know that there are only three hundred people in the entire village, and there are only a hundred adults who can work. One person is equivalent to ten taels of silver. For an ordinary family, ten taels of silver is three months of living expenses.
Su Yu thought that the protection fee would be very high, but he didn't expect it to be so high. It was too much!