Knife splashing

Chapter 155 The Adventures of the Cobbler

Looking at the embarrassed Heidan, Li Yan felt mixed emotions.

After his grandfather passed away, perhaps to avoid that sad place and settle matters at home, he left Lijiabao at night.

I have been wandering around the world for half a year without realizing it.

After all, I have lived here for many years, it would be a lie to say that I don’t miss it.

Occasionally he would dream of the old man singing Qinqiang opera at sunset, waiting for his return.

When I woke up, my collar was wet with tears.

Heidan, his playmate, might be the only person he was close to in Lijiabao.

I didn't have time to say goodbye when I left, and I never thought that when we met again it would be like this.

"Yan...Brother Yan, wuwu..."

The kid was obviously frightened. It took him a long time to recognize Li Yan and he couldn't even speak a complete sentence.

"Don't be afraid, we'll talk about it after it's done."

There was a hint of murderous intent in Li Yan's eyes.

As they were talking, three men came chasing after them angrily, with dragon and tiger tattoos on their chests and daggers on their waists, scaring the people along the way so much that they scattered in all directions.

"Hey, you bastard, get out of here!"

The leading man cursed, then jumped up faster, raised his right foot, and was about to kick Li Yan in the lower back.

Li Yan pulled the black egg and then swept his leg sideways.

He attacked without mercy and used his hidden strength directly.

Click!

With a scream, the man fell to the ground, his face covered in blood, but he ignored it and hugged his legs, screaming and cursing: "I am a stinky bastard..."

His left calf was broken, with the bones exposed, and blood dyed the surrounding snow red.

"Kill him!"

The remaining men, all desperate criminals, showed no fear at all when they saw the situation. Instead, they drew their daggers and rushed forward.

When they saw Li Yan taking action, they knew he was a man of the underworld.

The two men lured the enemy in front, and when they were about to approach Li Yan, they suddenly rolled sideways at the same time, went around to the side, and rushed towards him from both sides with daggers held in reverse.

At the same time, the person following behind had taken off the cloth bag from his waist, opened it and shook it violently.

puff!
White lime was showering all over my head.

The tacit understanding between them shows that they often cheat others.

But Li Yan had magical powers, so he had naturally noticed it long ago. He turned his body to the side, used his red fist to hit the silk-wrapped hand, grabbed the wrist of the man holding the blade, and twisted it with his backhand.

This is the Red Fist holding method with gold thread wrapped around the wrist.

Hongquan is good at tricky punches and his grappling techniques are naturally excellent.

Li Yan just twisted it slightly, and the man felt a sharp pain in his joints. Not only did the dagger fall, but he also screamed and turned sideways to block Li Yan.

puff!

Li Yan moved too quickly, and the man who was attacking from the other side didn't have time to retract his attack, and directly stabbed his companion in the back with a knife.

He panicked and just as he was about to draw out his dagger, white lime powder fell and covered his and his companion's backs in white.

And Li Yan kicked towards the wind again.

Bang!
The two men were kicked away and fell to the ground together with their companion who was sprinkling lime behind them, screaming in agony.

"Be careful, it's hard!"

Four or five more people chased after us on the street.

This group of people were used to being aggressive on a daily basis, and when they saw their companions being beaten, they rushed over cursing, hoping to win by relying on their numbers.

"Stop it all!"

Just then, a cold roar came from behind.

The men all stopped, but still had ferocious looks on their faces. Holding daggers and axes, they surrounded Li Yan and Heidan.

"Brother Guo is a martial artist!"

"Xiao Liu and the others were destroyed. Brother Guo killed him!"

The men yelled and cursed, and the pedestrians on the street immediately scattered.

Of course, Chinese people have loved to watch excitement since ancient times. Some of them even skipped meals in order to watch the excitement, let alone such a scene.

A few dozen meters away, there were immediately three layers of inner and outer walls.

"Yo, the fight started!"

"They are from the Fire Bear Gang..."

"Good man, hurry up and kill one of them!"

There were some busybodies standing in the crowd, making a fuss.

Li Yan ignored him and narrowed his eyes to look across.

They are from the Fire Bear Gang...

He already had a guess in his mind, and after hearing the noise outside, he became more certain.

The other guys had only practiced boxing and kicking for a few days, and were slightly better than the gangs in Xianyang City, but not much stronger, and could be handled with one hand.

The only person who is leading the central government is a difficult character.

The other man was tall and thin. No matter how you looked at it, he was not in the same league as the fat or strong men around him.

But in the underworld, people are afraid of this kind of abnormality.

The elderly, children, and women may seem weak, but as long as they can survive in the world, they must have one or two unique skills.

The same is true for this guy.

He had a double-edged sword hanging on his waist. He stood casually, his body slightly bent, his feet moving in an irregular pattern, his arms raised, his palms suspended above the hilt of the sword.

This is the posture that only an experienced swordsman would have.

"Shut up, everyone!"

He roared, stopping the men around him from shouting.

There was a young man behind him, who quickly stepped forward and whispered:
"Brother Guo, this is Li Yan."

Guo Ai narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a fierce look, and uttered four words through his teeth, "Hey, 'young hero' ah..."

When people in the underworld encounter this kind of situation, they would normally exchange a few sweet words, secretly make some harsh remarks, and then weigh each other's merits.

But Li Yan was too lazy to talk too much, and patted Heidan on the shoulder, "Don't be afraid, Heidan, who hit you?"

However, Heidan didn't care about venting his anger at this time, but directly pulled Li Yan's sleeve and begged: "Brother Yan, Brother Yan, I'm fine, please save my uncle!"

"Uncle?"

Li Yan frowned, then looked across, "Where is the person? Let him go first, and I'll deal with you later."

"Oh, what a loud tone!"

The tall and thin man Guo Ai originally wanted to say "mind your own business", but before he could even open his mouth, he was irritated by Li Yan's words, "Boy, tell me, what if we don't let you go?"

Li Yan glanced at it calmly, "Simple."

"I'm alive and well, and I'm not missing any limbs. I can calmly talk to you about compensation."

"If something happens to a person, there is no way to be kind again!"

Guo Ai was also stubborn, and sneered, "Damn it, the man is already dead, I want to see how you want to play!"

"what?!"

Heidan fell to the ground as if struck by lightning.

Li Yan also showed murderous intent, "Want to see? No problem!"

"Brother Guo, don't do it!"

At this moment, another man rushed in from outside, came up to him and whispered, "Brother Guo, the gang leader told you not to make trouble, change someone else, let them go, and we can deal with it after this is over."

Guo Ai took a deep breath.

He regained his composure at this time, remembering that there were important things happening in the gang. He looked at Li Yan, pointed with a sneer, and turned to leave.

"stop!"

Li Yan said coldly: "The matter is not over yet, it's not over yet, who the hell let you go?"

When Guo Ai heard this, he slowly turned around and stared at Li Yan in disbelief. "Boy, I won't bother with you today. Do you really want to die?"

"court death?"

Li Yan smiled, his eyes becoming colder, "It seems that not enough of your people died that night."

"The Eight-Route Plum Blossom Blade is somewhat famous, but I wonder whose blade is faster, you or Yao San?"

He looked at the other party's posture, and only now remembered that it was a small group of sharp swordsmen on the Guanzhong Road. It was said that they originated from Ezhou, and the people who used them were all masters.

When Guo Ai heard this, his eyes gradually became solemn.

On the night of the fight, he had other important matters and did not go, but he knew exactly how many people in the gang had died. The funeral expenses alone cost a lot.

The funeral procession lasted for half a month.

But according to the gang members, the person who made the move was a master of Xuanmen, who was extremely cruel and vicious, and lurked next to the gang leader without anyone noticing.

Xiong Baodong was a rude person by nature, but he had to swallow his anger. Firstly, it was the rules they had agreed on before the fight, and secondly, he was afraid of this elusive master.

As for Yao San, he is the bodyguard of the gang leader, and he also works alone in private, doing some shameful things.

My skills are only slightly worse than his.

Rumor has it that he died from the knife in this kid's sleeve.

Hidden knife?

He just wanted to laugh when he heard it.

This kind of sinister stuff can only fool laymen.

The kid in front of him relies only on those two Xuanmen masters.

But he dared not disobey Xiong Baodong's words.

If something goes wrong, I'm afraid my life will be in danger...

"Good, good!"

Thinking of this, Guo Ai gave a thumbs up and said, "You are tough enough, I hope you can be as tough as me when we meet again!"

After that, he took off a bag from his waist and threw it out, "It's okay, just a little scratch, two hundred taels is enough!"

"let's go!"

Although he was furious, he quickly turned around and left.

"The Fire Bear Gang actually backed down?"

"They ran into a tough guy. You don't know that this young man Li just made them suffer..."

"Wow, you're so amazing. You don't look like one at such a young age."

"If you have the guts, go and take Xiong Baodong's head tonight!"

The curious people in the crowd started to make a fuss again.

With the reputation of being an accomplice of the Fire Bear Gang, ordinary people don't even have time to hide. At most, they can just stand by and watch the fun. They would never say anything.

Those who are stirring up the commotion are all street scoundrels who steal chickens and dogs, kick widows' doors, and are the worst kind of bad people.

Li Yan took a cold glance, grabbed two stones from the ground, shook his wrist, and threw them out with a whistling sound.

"Ouch!"

"Ouch!"

In the crowd, two people fell to the ground with blood in their mouths.

When the people around saw it, they burst into laughter.

They didn't dare make fun of the Fire Bear Gang.

But it's okay to catch and beat up this kind of second-rate guy.

Li Yan ignored him and took Heidan away...

…………

"Right here!"

Following Heidan, the two turned into an alley, walked about ten meters, and entered the yard on the right.

This is a small ordinary house.

The yard was in a mess.

As soon as Li Yan entered, he frowned and covered his nose.

It’s nothing, it’s just too stinky here!
On the wall hung dried skins of all sizes, including wolf skins, dog skins, donkey skins, horse skins, weasel skins, and mouse skins.

The yard was full of leatherworking tools, but they had all been knocked over.

"Uncle! Uncle!"

Heidan rushed into the hut with an anxious look on his face, only to see an old man leaning against the wall with a bruised face and nose, covering his mouth and sighing.

Seeing Heidan, he quickly struggled to get up and said anxiously: "Why did you come back? Run!"

"Master, don't worry..."

When Heidan saw that his master was fine, he muttered to himself and told him what had just happened, offering comfort.

After seeing this, Li Yan nodded secretly in his heart.

He had asked Heidan the reason on the way.

It turned out that after he left, Heidan finally couldn't stand the loneliness anymore and had a big quarrel with his father, shouting that he didn't want to farm anymore and wanted to go out and learn a skill.

Heidan's father had no choice but to agree.

It just so happened that his uncle was a shoemaker in Chang'an City, so Heidan also left his hometown and arrived in Chang'an even earlier than Li Yan.

Learning a craft is not an easy task.

Heidan gets up early and goes to bed late every day. In addition to learning skills from his uncle, he also has to work there every day to maintain the business of the shop.

He went out early and came back late, so busy that he had no idea that Li Yan had also come to Chang'an.

"Thank you, Mr. Li."

Uncle Heidan stood up and bowed tremblingly.

He is not like the silly kid Heidan. He is not only a member of the Xuanmen sect, but also half a man of the world. Naturally, he has heard of Li Yan's name.

Unexpectedly, I have a past relationship with this silly nephew of mine.

"No need to be polite, let's find a place to talk first."

Li Yan was already dizzy from the smoke. He pinched his nose and spoke in a muffled voice, not caring about etiquette.

There is yin and yang correspondence in the world.

As he built towers and pavilions, his sense of smell grew stronger and stronger, and he became more and more sensitive to smells.

The smell is his weakness now.

The smell in this yard is really unbearable.

…………

"It's also an unprovoked disaster..."

In the tavern box, Uncle Heidan took a sip of wine and sighed, "The people from the Fire Bear Gang want me to make leather."

Li Yan sneered: "Even if we hire a craftsman, we have to use force. The Fire Bear Gang is really overbearing!"

"No."

Uncle Heidan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The price offered by the other party is quite suitable, but something happened to me, and there is no way I can make money."

Li Yan asked: "What happened?"

Uncle Heidan remained silent, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid you won't believe it even if I tell you."

"I have offended the demon fairy!"

"I learned this craft from the Hua County shadow play troupe. Later, by chance, I developed the ability to hear the voices of ghosts and gods."

"What my master taught me originally were just some common skills. That day, my team was out taking on a job and I was drunk. I vaguely heard a voice saying that it wanted to teach me how to make spirit skin."

Li Yan was curious, "What is spirit skin?"

The old man took a sip of wine and said, "The so-called spirit skin is the skin of animals with spirits. These things still have resentment after death and often cause trouble."

“A craftsman who can make spirit leather knows how to suppress it and slowly wear away the resentment without damaging its spirituality. Only the leather made can be used to refine magical instruments.

I was also very brave at that time. I followed the guidance of the voice and caught a spiritual mouse. Then, I took advantage of the thunder that struck the temple and killed an old python whose power was suppressed.

Under the guidance of the voice, he learned how to make spirit skin step by step, and even made a shadow puppet with the skin, but it ended up bringing disaster upon himself.

The thing actually possessed the shadow puppet, causing trouble every night and sucking the energy of the guys in the team.

I was scared, so I looked for an opportunity to secretly tell the class owner.

The boss found a sorcerer to capture the thing and suppress it under a dry well in an old temple, but I was also kicked out because I caused trouble.

Later, I came to Chang'an and built a business with this skill..."

At this point, his eyes were filled with fear, and he trembled as he said, "I didn't expect that after so many years, that thing would escape and possess a human being, and come to Chang'an to find me."

"This thing dares to come to Chang'an?"

Li Yan listened and inexplicably felt that something was wrong.

"Ah."

The old man swallowed and said, "He knew everything that happened at that time. He also put a curse on me. Not only did he take away my property, he also made me swear an oath."

"From now on, you are not allowed to use the Spirit Skin Technique anymore!"

(End of this chapter)