Loan Wusheng

Chapter 5 Derivative characteristics, solid knife skills!
Faced with two full months' salary, Zheng Jun refused without even raising his eyelids. He held Zhou Pu's hand and said sincerely, "I have been young and ignorant these days, and I have to thank my brother-in-law for his help! I cannot accept this money, just think of it as my brother treating my brother-in-law to a drink, I hope my brother-in-law will not refuse it!"

Two taels and six cents for a broken knife is not cheap.

But the standard sword of the Great Zhou Dynasty court cannot be bought with any amount of money. Even in that shameful place, this standard sword costs seven or eight taels of silver!

After all, when the imperial court forged swords, they would not mix in any impurities of iron.

If it weren't for the fact that a group of police officers, county soldiers and county guards died on the Black Mountain when the county government excavated the mountain and slew the monster a few days ago, this broken blade wouldn't have ended up like this.

Moreover, even if it was just a broken blade, there were countless people fighting for it. My brother-in-law had done me a great favor by bringing it back to me. If I had gone alone, I wouldn't have been able to buy it back even for three or four taels and six cents, let alone two taels and six cents!

After all, no matter how damaged the blade is, the iron is still good iron, and it would be a good idea to melt it and recast it.

Therefore, Zheng Jun's heart was filled with sincere emotions. Although he had only traveled here for a few days, he could still tell who was good to him.

"Why should we talk about different things among family members?"

Zhou Pu laughed loudly and also held Zheng Jun's hand. Zheng Jun felt that his brother-in-law Zhou Pu's hand was steady and strong. Then he heard Zhou Pu say majestically: "I, your brother-in-law, eat the money provided by the hunters and gangs in that town day and night, so I don't need your four coins! You have some talent in martial arts, so you should use the money to buy meat to improve your body!"

"If the money is not enough, talk to my brother-in-law."

After Zhou Pu stuffed the silver back, he patted Zheng Jun on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "When you are older, I will take you to pay respects to the embassy and get a share of the offerings... You are too young now, and it is easy for those guys to look down on you. They are really cunning!"

The monthly salary of a constable is extremely low. It is difficult to support a family with just two cents of silver. Moreover, many constables practice martial arts, so there is often some gray income among them.

Feed the thieves to share the spoils, let the thieves harm the people, demand the money from the victim, arbitrarily arrest civilians, torture and torture, ask the thieves to falsely accuse, embezzle the stolen goods, and extort and steal the stolen goods.

These evil deeds are not uncommon among police officers.

However, my brother-in-law Zhou Pu would not go to such a extent. It is not his turn as a constable to share the spoils with the thieves and serve as a protector of the evil forces.

Zhoupu was only in charge of a few porters and peddlers' gangs within the jurisdiction. The gang gave Zhoupu a fixed amount of silver every month to allow Zhoupu to do things conveniently. Occasionally, the gang needed to use Zhoupu's name to intimidate porters and peddlers from other places.

After all, this is a legitimate gang, not a gang of the underworld, so it has many inconveniences. It needs the cooperation of clerks like constables, so naturally there will be benefits.

In addition, it is also common to collect money to do things for others to boost their reputation.

As for arbitrarily arresting civilians, lynching and torturing, asking thieves to frame people, etc., only a huge villain could do that. Living in the county town, we are all neighbors, we see each other every day, but we would not do such beastly things.

Only people like Zhao Da and Zhao Er, who were originally scoundrels and poor, would do such a thing once they gain power.

The county magistrate, chief clerk, county magistrate and other county officials were naturally aware of such things, but the grassroots clerks could hardly support their families and always had to earn some money through other channels. Of course, they had to turn a blind eye to such things.

Otherwise, no one would work for the government.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jun fell into deep thought.

In this case, is there any chance for me to get a share of this gray income?
Zhou Pu naturally didn't know what his brother-in-law was thinking, so he patted Zheng Jun on the shoulder and said, "Okay, your sister must be waiting anxiously at home! Take this broken knife and practice every day. Don't do anything ridiculous that will hurt others and yourself."

The second half of the sentence was meaningful, and Zheng Jun also heard the hidden meaning of Zhou Pu's words, and immediately took the knife and said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, this knife can only be practiced, I will not do those ridiculous things!"

Zhou Pu was quite pleased to see this. He then gave Zheng Jun a few more instructions and left carefree.

The only one left was Zheng Jun, holding the broken knife and four coins of silver.

After picking up the knife, Zheng Jun was eager to try. He ignored the offal he had just bought and started practicing in front of his yard.

After performing martial arts for a while until his muscles were swollen and sore, Zheng Jun laughed heartily, turned around and rushed into the kitchen, lit a fire and ate meat!
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The time flies, and four days have passed in a flash.

During these four days, Zheng Jun did not leave the house. Except for going to the market to buy meat and cook every day, he spent the rest of his time practicing with the sword.

As for why you didn't go to work...your boss asked you to take a work-related injury leave, but you insisted on going to work. Did being the King of Rolls make you crazy? That afternoon, Zheng Jun was practicing the Can Blade again. When he was sweating and dizzy at home, he suddenly got a little inspiration, which suddenly exploded in his mind.

Zheng Jun suddenly became clear-headed at this moment.

The small ink characters of the Great Dao Martial Book appeared before my eyes.

[Practicing the armored sword set, occasionally getting inspiration, evolving characteristics, current repayment progress: 2945/5000. ]

Seeing this scene, Zheng Jun was stunned for a moment. In the past four days, he had been practicing so hard that he almost forgot everything else. He had mastered all eight types of sword techniques by heart and felt that he was becoming more and more perfect!

"In the blink of an eye, I made 500 times more progress in one go?!"

Thinking of the situation just now where he had "spiritual light illuminating the whole room", Zheng Jun's lips became dry, his breathing became rapid, and his heart began to beat "bang bang".

In front of Zheng Jun, the Dao Wu book suddenly appeared. Between the ink characters, a line of small gold-plated characters appeared, attached to the lower side of the first page.

【The Sword (Great)】

【Created by a mysterious master in the martial arts world, it has both internal and external elements, and the steps are coordinated! Chopping, slashing, and slashing are external moves; leaping, jumping, and turning are internal moves. The combination of internal and external, eight moves are performed at the same time, and between one covering and one hanging, it is perfect.】

[The characteristics of the armored sword have been derived: the sword skills are solid. 】

The sudden appearance of golden light startled Zheng Jun.

Derivative characteristics, solid knife skills?
Zheng Jun didn't understand what was going on. He clenched the broken knife in his hand, weighed it twice, and felt that he was indeed much calmer this time. Even if he didn't chop it according to the posture of a mounted sword, but just chopped it twice randomly, he could feel a sense of stability and peace of mind.

"I never thought this 'Da Dao Wu Shu' would be so effective!"

Zheng Jun was delighted and swung his sword again, and his attack immediately became extremely refined.

It's not just the refinement of the swordsmanship, but the difference in body shape.

He straightened his chest, tightened his abdomen, and exerted his muscles. The knife was swung out with a whistling sound, as if it came through the wind.

With this characteristic of 'solidified swordsmanship', just one strike of the sword will allow every part of the body to be put into use. This is much more advanced than just skillfully chopping and killing with a sword.

In the past, I had only mastered this sword technique and knew its application by heart.

But only after having this 'solidified swordsmanship', can one truly achieve perfection in the art!
Zheng Jun felt at ease and full of confidence, and the small gold-plated characters at this moment were like ripples in the water, circling in circles to reveal a whole new look.

【The Pi Gua Dao (Great Success) → The Pi Gua Dao (Perfection). 】

[Requirements: After reaching the state of refining blood and tempering bones, master the characteristics of "solid sword skills" and "momentum". ]

"Perfect?!"

Zheng Jun had never thought that there would be perfection above great success, but this feeling of surprise and excitement was quickly suppressed by Zheng Jun.

Not to mention the characteristics issue, just the realm of refining blood and tempering body to temper muscles and bones is still some distance away from me.

At the very least, one must make his blood as strong as mercury before entering this realm of martial arts.

With this thought in mind, Zheng Jun looked at the sky. He had been practicing sword skills so tirelessly just now, but he didn't notice that the setting sun was gradually fading away.

It’s better to light the fire and cook quickly, and then go to bed early, so as not to delay reporting for duty tomorrow!
Tomorrow will be my first day on duty after my holiday.

Still have to be careful.

(End of this chapter)