Xu Yunfan felt relieved, but at the same time he was secretly surprised that the news spread so quickly. In just the middle of the night, even the person in front of him knew about it.
As she spoke, her hand holding the chopsticks danced involuntarily, she was very excited and looking forward to it.
"It's said that a master of hammer techniques came out of the black market and was robbed by a group of dealers selling fake secret manuals. Unfortunately, they failed to rob him and were killed instead. Dozens of bodies were left at the scene. It was a tragic scene.
This is really true, the grudges and revenge are really exciting, and it will be clear soon!
As he spoke, Su Shiyu drank the wine in his glass in one gulp and exclaimed in admiration: "I wonder which hero has such skills. If I could make friends with him, it would be worth dying for!"
Xu Yunfan was speechless. Dozens of people surrounded him. If the weakest one was the one-eyed man, they would surround him together and attack from all directions. He was afraid that he would not be able to fight against four people with two fists. He could only look for an opportunity to break through and move around, and then defeat them one by one.
Seeing Xu Yunfan lost in thought, Su Shiyu leaned forward unconsciously.
"Brother Xu, why don't you speak?"
Su Shiyu suddenly came closer, with a cunning glint in his almond eyes.
"Could it be that...what happened last night is related to you? After all, Brother Xu is also a master of hammer techniques."
Her words were meant as a joke, but they made Xu Yunfan's heart skip a beat, and he laughed.
"Mr. Su, you're joking. I was studying martial arts at Qinghe Residence last night and didn't even leave the courtyard. I was wondering what level of strength this person has to be able to fight against a hundred people alone."
Su Shiyu was just joking and didn't take it too seriously. After Xu Yunfan diverted his attention, he immediately continued the conversation.
Seeing Xu Yunfan lowering his eyes and fiddling with the fish on the plate, he immediately raised his voice to follow the topic.
"He might be a three-level martial artist, or even have reached the Outer Three Combinations!"
Su Shiyu stood up with excitement on her face, her expression full of yearning, and a kind of passion unique to passionate young people echoed in her eyes.
"A great martial artist of the Outer Three Combinations, if placed in the army, would be a general capable of leading thousands of troops. On the battlefield, a roar from him would make enemy generals a hundred steps away tremble with fear!"
It's exaggerated, too much.
Xu Yunfan said silently in his heart.
Back in Ningguta, the fight between Lian Yuanzhang and Zhang Shuyang, two great martial artists of the Outer Three Combinations, made quite a noise, but they were still unable to kill the enemy general with just a roar.
As Su Shiyu continued to talk, Xu Yunfan silently dipped a piece of sashimi into the small green-glazed dish, and the amber soy sauce slid down the jade-white fish meat.
The red-scaled sturgeon is hidden at the bottom of the Lancang River, a hundred miles away from Beiye City. Only when the ice is frozen in the twelfth lunar month can old fishermen break through the three-foot frozen layer and use the silk nets woven by the green silkworms by the river to catch a few of them.
This plate only has eight pieces, but it costs eighty taels of silver.
On weekdays, he dives deep into the riverbed. Only in winter, when the river surface is frozen, the old fisherman will break the ice and come up to breathe.
Even so, only fishermen with excellent swimming skills can catch them.
The tip of the teeth breaks through the creamy texture, and the sweetness instantly spreads over the tongue.
The fish meat is as crisp as first snow yet tough as spring bamboo shoots. Before you can savor it, it turns into warm liquid and flows into your throat.
As soon as he ate it, within a quarter of an hour, warmth began to rise from his stomach, making his whole body warm, as if he was soaking in a hot spring.
Long-term consumption can strengthen the body and enhance blood, which is really good.
If you eat this thing every day, the efficiency of improving your martial arts proficiency will definitely double.
While they were eating, at this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from outside the tavern.
Xu Yunfan leaned over and looked out the window, and saw the caravan he had encountered in the dead woods outside the city yesterday. Twenty ebony carriages were rolling over the bluestone road, and the black bird emblem of the Chi family on the shafts was glowing faintly in the rare sunlight.
"The Chi family's convoy."
Su Shiyu leaned his head over to take a look, said something casually, and sat back in his chair to eat and drink leisurely.
"Chi family?"
"Yes, the Chi family is in the business of reselling Yingzhou grain, Wuzhou iron, Zhongzhou brocade, and Qingzhou medicine."
Su Shiyu counted the slender fingers carefully.
"Last year, Wuzhou was hit by a severe drought, and the Chi family made this much money just by reselling old grain."
She dipped her finger in the wine and wrote the number "three" on the table, then added a series of circles behind it, her face full of emotion.
"One business trip would be enough to buy my house."
After a pause, Su Shiyu said excitedly, "I heard that the Chi family has a famous daughter named Chi Suwen. She is very smart and a business genius. Even the current empress has praised her several times."
Xu Yunfan listened to Su Shiyu's endless narration and watched the Chi family caravan go away quietly.
The Chi family is extraordinary. A caravan heading to a small town in the northern border has two martial artists guarding it on both sides.
After finishing his meal with the satisfied Su Shiyu, Xu Yunfan easily carried the Golden Hammer on his back, which made Su Shiyu envious.
He couldn't help but smack his lips and said, "More than 200 pounds, but it's as light as a feather in your hands. Even if it's just a training exercise, to be able to do this, you must have at least a small level of training, right?
Last year, the Cangzhou boxer my father invited was so exhausted that his face flushed red even when he was using a 100-jin stone lock."
Xu Yunfan smiled but didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "Since you're so eager to live a life in the martial arts world, why don't you practice martial arts yourself?"
Su Shiyu heard this and said dejectedly, "My father said that practicing martial arts has no future. When the empress ascends to the throne, she will hold a grand examination to select officials. Since I have no intention of getting married, I will study hard and pass the examination to gain a good reputation."
Can women also be officials?
Xu Yunfan was a little surprised, but he was not optimistic about the system introduced by the empress's reform.
Although a female emperor came to power, this era was an extremely traditional feudal landlord class era. The idea that women hold up half the sky was a completely unacceptable demonization shock to these people's minds.
"Good luck to you then."
Xu Yunfan said this casually. Su Shiyu was not happy when he heard it. He shook his head and said, "I still want to practice martial arts."
Xu Yunfan said, "There are four martial arts schools in Beiye City. Why don't you try one?"
"If I go, they all know my father and don't want me."
Xu Yunfan was speechless. The Su family in Beiye City was very famous, and he had also heard of Old Master Su. If Old Master Su gave the order not to teach, the people in the city would naturally give him face.
Xu Yunfan could do nothing to help with this.
After comforting him with a few words, he said goodbye to Su Shiyu, returned to Qingheju, and continued to study the Tieqiao Town Guan Lian Gu chapter.
Until the moon rose to the sky, Xu Yunfan glanced at the information prompt that appeared in his vision.
Although he has not yet gotten started and formed skills on the attribute panel, he has a hunch that it will definitely be displayed on the skill column within three days.
Once revealed, the steps of applying the secret medicine mentioned in the brocade, refining the broken bones and then reconstructing them can be completely omitted, and one can then rely on proficiency to get started.
During the next three days, Xu Yunfan basically did not go out, and he was completely immersed in studying the Tiegu Zhenguan Bone Training Chapter.
Until late at night on the third day, Xu Yunfan's eyes were bloodshot and he stared at the brocade in his hands.
"When you first studied the Tieqiaozhenguan Bone Training Chapter, you had no clue what to do. After many days of hard thinking, you finally had a clue, but the way forward was still confusing."