Chapter 34 Temple Fair, Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva

Wow!

Boiling hot water was poured into the tub, and the water steamed up.

"call!"

Naked and soaked in the hot liquid, Li Yuan sighed comfortably:

"Thank you, Liu Qing!"

"No, you're welcome."

Liu Qing was a little flattered.

Li Yuan today is not the same person he was three months ago.

Ranked first in the inner court examination, Zhang Bi's disciple, blacksmithing genius... With a series of names added together, he is already a rookie in the blacksmithing shop.

Even in the outer city, he still has some reputation.

"By the way, have you found Weiwu?"

Li Yuan looked up.

Wei Wu was an apprentice in the front yard. He disappeared a few days ago. His parents came to the door and made a big fuss.

"Well, I heard that he was jealous of Liang Ah Shui. He followed him to fish for fish. He accidentally fell in and rushed to the lower town. He was beaten severely as soon as he got home. I heard that he was going to be kicked out of the shop..."

Liu Qing answered with some sadness.

"so?"

Li Yuan nodded.

Liang Ashui's fortune was too fast and too sensational. Many people were staring at him, and Wei Wu was not the only one who wanted to imitate him. Seven months ago, he himself was jealous.

"Then if I go out to boil water, I'll need several buckets!"

Liu Qing scratched his head, laughed innocently, and carried the bucket out of the house, his steps much more cheerful.

"Spending money is like running water!"

Taking a hot bath is not an easy task, and a medicinal bath is even more luxurious. One bath requires two to three hundred kilograms of firewood, and together with the medicinal materials, it is enough for an ordinary person to spend one or two months.

Apprentices in the inner courtyard normally only have a bath once every half month. Li Yuan is a little more luxurious and has a bath every ten days.

"I haven't bathed for many years, and my skin is covered with dirt. I heard that even the family members of Liu, Wang, and Bai's family in the inner city only wash once every ten days..."

Soaked in the medicinal liquid, Li Yuan's skin turned red. He closed his eyes slightly and could feel the blood flowing in his body, nourishing his muscles and bones.

Qi and blood are a very mysterious thing. He would like to call it the second immune system, which can isolate the wind and cold and strengthen the body.

As far as he knew, among the people who died from the cold every year in Gaoliu County, there were never any warriors who had entered the sect. This was the magical effect of blood energy.

"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that people who practice martial arts take a lot of medicine?"

Li Yuan squinted his eyes and sensed the palm weapon.

[Second level weapon master]

[Mastering Weapons: Sanyuan Army Standard Scythe (First Level), Master Craftsman’s Hammer (Second Level)]

[Mastering effects: Dzogchen-level forging method, Dzogchen-level white ape cloak hammer method, Dacheng-level saw-horse-scythe method, military talent, familiarity with hundreds of soldiers, long-soldier proficiency]

"Currently, the mastery effects are skill-based and talent-based. It is still uncertain whether there will be other effects..."

"Skill blessings have two effects. If I don't actively activate it, it can greatly increase my martial arts training speed. If I actively activate it, the control effect will be superimposed on me instantly..."

"At that time, I had just reached proficiency. When I activated the training hammer, my hammering skills were instantly accomplished. Now that I am almost at the peak of my blood energy and hammering skills, if I push the sickle and the master's hammer at the same time, how far can my hammering skills be pushed to?

Consummation or Dzogchen? "

Li Yuan was thinking in his mind and looked down at his palm.

"As for talents..."

In the steaming water, a flying knife could be seen flying rapidly between his fingers, flowing like a fish and very flexible.

The blessing of military talents is immediate.

He was able to push the blacksmithing technique from scratch to a small success within three months, which was inseparable from the blessing of this talent.

"It's a pity that Long Soldier Mastery cannot be used on flying knives..."

Li Yuan was still satisfied with his entry.

The only thing holding him back is blood.

If the middle and lower root bones are not tempered by the fighting method of the fighting hammer, even with the aid of medicinal diet and medicinal baths, they cannot be compared with the upper-class root bones.

After all, wherever the best bones are, there is no shortage of medicinal materials.

For example, Yue Yunjin, the senior brother in the inner courtyard, has superior bones and has studied martial arts for more than three years, and his blood energy can already bless his limbs.

It's just that the hammering technique is a bit poor, and it has been unable to penetrate Liuhe. Otherwise, the internal energy would have been broken a few years ago.

When the water cooled down slightly, Liu Qing took another bucket of hot water and poured it into the bathtub. After doing this several times, Li Yuan got up and walked to the bathtub next to him.

Soak in clean water to wash away the medicinal smell from your body.

After that, he put on the new shorts in the shop, undressed, and tied his hair casually. He looked in the mirror and arranged it. Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

No matter who looks at it, they can't see that the capable and strong young man in the mirror was just a sickly boy more than half a year ago.

His change is no longer huge, but comparable to a rebirth.

"How long will it take for the best blood energy tempering method and medicinal materials to be used to achieve full blood energy?"

After watching Liu Qing leave, Li Yuan closed the door, flipped his wrist and took out the long-handled training hammer, and slowly practiced the martial arts fighting hammer in the outer room.

His movements were very slow, but they felt like grinding and pushing. They were not very violent movements, but they consumed a lot of physical energy. As the blood and energy flowed, his muscles and bones made a "ka-ka" sound.

This is the seventy-ninth variation of the first killing move of the Fighting Hammer.

In the small house, the long hammer danced lightly, but there was no sound of wind.

After the medicinal bath, when the blood in his body was most abundant, he practiced this change repeatedly until the blood was exhausted and then replenished.

Just now, his movements changed and he made the eightieth change.

Click~

Li Yuan could hear the sound of muscles and bones rubbing together. The blood that filled his arms was depleting rapidly. After a while, he could no longer hold the hammer in his hand.

The fighting method of fighting with the killing hammer seems simple, but it involves the tempering and transportation of blood, which consumes a lot of physical strength.

"Excellent martial arts are indeed difficult to learn, and these last two changes are indeed difficult to practice."

After a while, Li Yuan let out a long breath, his sweat dropped, but his eyes were bright:

"However, even if there are only eighty changes, I can barely master the first killer move of this superior martial art, 'Bing Strike'!"

After resting for a while, Li Yuan took the money and went out.

At this time, it was almost noon, but there was no one in the forging shop. Even the kitchen was closed, and Fatty Sun was nowhere to be seen.

"Even the blacksmith shop has a three-day holiday. It is worthy of being one of the three major events set by the imperial court."

Li Yuan walked quickly.

Festivals with holidays must be relatively important.

This temple fair on March 28 is one day longer than the New Year holiday, which shows its importance.

On this day, there is no admission fee to the inner and outer cities of Gaoliu County. Every household is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, which is much livelier than the New Year holiday.

The street was crowded with people, and the shouts of various vendors came and went. As soon as he left the weapon forging shop, Li Yuan smelled the aroma of various snacks and felt the vibration of the weapons in his hands.

"There must be some good things in such a large-scale temple fair, right?"

when!

when!

when!

At this time, there was a loud sound of gongs coming from a distance.

Li Yuan stopped and looked around, only to see the commotion of pedestrians at the end of the street. They dispersed and made way without anyone's instructions.

Sixteen big men lined up in two teams, with thick mulberry poles on their shoulders, carrying a huge altar.

"This is such a big battle..."

Li Yuan's eyelids narrowed and he stepped aside in advance.

At a glance, he saw gold, silver, glass, coral, agate and other treasures dotted outside the altar. The midday sun was very strong, and the altar was shining brightly.

Sixteen big men were carrying it, and dozens of people were crowding in front and behind to clear the way. Various flags and banners were held high. Wherever they passed, countless people saluted devoutly, and many fell to their knees.

"May the Bodhisattva bless me, and my Gaoliu County will have good weather and good harvests."

"The Bodhisattvas give generously, and good men and women kowtow devoutly..."

"Bodhisattva bless me to make great profits!"

…

The cheers came from far and near.

Some people were dressing up for temple celebrations and holding merit boxes. Countless people came forward enthusiastically, throwing copper coins or pieces of silver.

"That Bodhisattva..."

A gentle breeze blew the white gauze, revealing the statue behind it. It was a compassionate and divine-looking Bodhisattva with six eyes on his face and a thousand eyes on his body.

Li Yuan only glanced at it and then looked away.

"No wonder it's called the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva. This carving is really lifelike. The eyes all over his body would scare people to death if they saw them..."

Li Yuan almost suffered from trypophobia. He really admired the craftsman who carved this statue.

He took a few steps back to avoid those temple blessings that seemed not to be trifled with. When he was about to leave, he suddenly clenched his fists and raised his head in surprise.

Look at the team passing by two meters away.

This Bodhisattva statue...