Gou Zai Xianwu Chaos World, Physical Sainthood

Chapter 109 Forging the Halberd, Mysterious Refined Gold

The effects of the Qi Condensation Pill are self-evident.

Lu Cheng's journey has been remarkable because he has surpassed everyone else in such a short period of time.

It all comes down to destiny and elixirs.

[Heaven's Mandate] pointed out the most correct path for Lu Cheng.

The elixir enabled Lu Cheng to speed along this path.

Both are indispensable.

Ordinary people, without destiny, cannot achieve Lu Cheng's speed of refining and absorbing pills, even with a vast amount of elixirs.

The preciousness of the Qi Condensation Pill needs no further explanation.

This is something that even someone like Yun Huizi finds troublesome.

Apart from the Great Yun Dynasty, which controls more than a hundred prefectures across the land, there is probably no other force that can be brought out so easily.

We can rely on the Dongyang Sect for everything else, but not for the Qi Condensation Pill.

Lu Cheng had originally planned to collect the medicinal herbs and refine them himself, but now that Shen Yi was willing to provide funding, things were much easier.

Finding the killer, however, will likely be no easy task.

After bidding farewell to Shen Yi, Lu Cheng returned to Yizi Thirty-One Ward, where Qin Yan had been murdered.

The specific place where Qin Yan was murdered was an extremely narrow alley.

One person is a little more spacious, two people are a little more cramped.

The bloodstains on the alley floor have been cleaned up.

Yu Fuxing, on the other hand, was observing his surroundings.

Lu Cheng walked over and asked, "How was it? Did you find anything?"

Hearing the noise, You Fuxing turned around and saw Lu Cheng. A slight awkwardness flashed across his face. He then immediately bowed to Lu Cheng and shook his head, saying, "I asked the neighborhood head, and apart from the ground, they haven't cleaned up any other places."

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"I carefully examined the surrounding houses, including the exterior walls, eaves, doors, and windows, but found no signs of a struggle."

"Moreover, at the time, some people in the surrounding area only heard a loud shout and the sound of a knife being drawn, followed by chaos and noise."

"It seems that Uncle Qin was killed instantly."

Lu Cheng nodded, looked around again, but found nothing. He couldn't help but sigh, "Why is Senior Brother Ge here? Why did his knife stab Qin Yan?"

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You Fuxing shook his head: "I only rushed over because I heard someone say that someone had been killed here."

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"When we arrived, Senior Brother Ge had already had a quarrel with several of his uncles. The uncles wanted to take Senior Brother Ge back to the mountain, but Senior Brother Ge disagreed."

"I rushed back to find you, but I didn't expect that in such a short time, Senior Brother Ge would be beaten up like this!"

"If I had known, I would have stayed with Senior Brother Ge."

As he spoke, You Fuxing angrily slammed his fist against the wall next to him.

Lu Cheng merely sighed, not expecting him to answer. Seeing this, he quickly stopped him, saying, "There's no need for that. Even if you stay, it won't make a difference if one more person is crippled by them."

"You were quick to get back and inform me, which shows you reacted very fast."

Lu Cheng walked back and forth a few steps, then leaped onto the rooftops on both sides.

Looking around, they still found nothing.

"Oh dear, this is troublesome."

The person capable of killing Qin Yan in an instant must be at least at the late-stage perfection of Body Refinement.

It still has to be a surprise attack when they are not prepared.

Now that Qin Yan is dead, the only clue we can have is waiting for Ge Long to wake up.

"I'll go into the city these next few days to investigate and see if I can find any clues."

"Ye Liuyun and his gang are so arrogant and domineering, they must have offended a lot of people."

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"To be honest, if I hadn't been accepted as a disciple by Master Han, I would definitely hold a grudge against those few."

"I suspect that this was done by the Li Sect members who were previously humiliated."

The Dongyang Sect's system appears lenient, but it is actually very strict.

If one fails to break through to the Body Refinement stage by the age of thirty, they must leave the mountain automatically.

If you don't reach the late stage of Body Refinement before the age of fifty, you will no longer receive any sect benefits.

Therefore, most people will choose to leave after they have no hope of breaking through and establish a martial arts school in a small place.

However, if someone is intent on revenge, it's not surprising that they might stay nearby looking for an opportunity.

Wan Chuan had targeted the robbers because he suspected this.

They even suspected that there was an inside agent within the sect.

They clearly knew how disgusting what they were doing was.

They just have powerful connections and don't care much.

Qin Yan's accident this time must have frightened them.

You Fuxing nodded: "This possibility is indeed extremely high. Not only Uncle Lu, but I myself have had this thought more than once."

Lu Cheng said, "Not only you and me, but probably more than half of the people in the Dongyang Sect harbor resentment towards these people."

After saying that, he changed the subject: "These next few days, you should spend more time going to Zhenwu Army to take care of Senior Brother Ge."

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You Fuxing has already learned what happened from passersby.

They learned that Ge Long and Qin Yan had been taken away by the Zhenwu Army.

I have some concerns.

The Zhenwu Army and the Dongyang Sect are outwardly friendly but inwardly at odds.

Hearing Lu Cheng say he was going to Zhenwu Army to take care of someone, he couldn't help but be surprised: "We can visit them in prison?"

Lu Cheng did not discuss his relationship with Shen Yi, nor would he reveal any "deal" between them.

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He just blurted out, "The reason the Zhenwu Army took Qin Yan and Senior Brother Ge away was to emphasize their dominance in the city."

"They wouldn't dare to really break ties with the Dongyang Sect. After I brought up Master Han again, they gave in."

"Just go."

"Okay!" You Fuxing nodded, and without even returning to the inn, immediately set off for Zhenwu Army.

Lu Cheng didn't sit idle either. He went back to get the head of the Cold Star Halberd and then went to the largest blacksmith shop in the city.

To date, there has been little progress on "The Transformation of Gods".

The only Earth-rank martial art is the "River-Blocking Halberd Technique".

In this situation, we can't do without weapons.

"Sir, this request is not easy to fulfill."

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County town, Beisan City.

Sun's Ironworks was the largest blacksmith shop in the entire Dongyang County.

The blacksmiths in the shop all came from the same clan.

The man who received Lu Cheng was over forty years old, with bulging muscles and covered in burn scars.

He's clearly a seasoned blacksmith.

But now the old blacksmith is worried.

Old Sun the blacksmith held the broken halberd in his hands, examining it back and forth, and frowned, saying, "To be honest, objectively speaking, this halberd head is a top-quality item, and it would be difficult to find a matching shaft."

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"Not to mention increasing the weight to two hundred pounds, unless it's a pure iron halberd shaft."

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"But you'd need thick arms to even be able to swing them."

Old Sun the blacksmith put down the halberd, glanced at Lu Cheng, and rubbed his hands together.

He had spent half his life forging iron in this county town, and had seen many martial artists who made many demands, but few of them asked for more than two hundred pounds.

How can this be considered a weapon?

He looked Lu Cheng up and down, as if to make sure the man wasn't joking.

Lu Cheng noticed the old blacksmith's confusion, looked around, and walked to a pure iron platform that was about half a person's height and about two meters long and wide.

With one hand outstretched, without blushing or panting, he silently lifted the platform, leaving the old blacksmith in awe.

The old blacksmith took a while to recover, then swallowed hard and said, "Sir, you possess incredible strength!"

"But there's one thing I need to say first: pure iron is too hard, and the resulting halberd shaft lacks elasticity and resilience, which is what people commonly call 'shaking'."

"If you would like to reduce the weight, then we might as well use the secret process of bamboo and iron."

As he spoke, the old blacksmith took an iron bar and gestured in his hand: "Wrap the iron core with a layer of bamboo and wood, and then cover it with kudzu cloth."

"The iron core is heavy, and the bamboo and wood covering provides cushioning. It is much heavier than pure bamboo, and it still has considerable elasticity."

He thought for a moment and said, "In this way, the weight can be made to about eighty pounds."

Lu Cheng shook his head: "Eighty catties is too light."

Sun the blacksmith hesitated for a moment, wiped his hands on his apron, and bent down to pull out a piece of dark metal about the size of a little finger from under the counter.

He weighed it in his hand and placed it on the table: "Please take a look, sir."

"This is mysterious refined gold; even this small piece weighs an ounce."

"Adding some of this to the iron core would significantly increase its weight."

"With a length of nine feet three inches and three-tenths, plus three-tenths, the weight is about one hundred pounds."

"Thirty percent?" Lu Cheng did the math. "Then if you use all of this stuff, wouldn't you be able to get three hundred jin?"

At this point, a look of delight crossed his face: "In that case, you can increase the length to ten feet and one inch, recast the halberd head, and add this thing—mysterious refined gold."

"Give me whatever you think is most powerful!"

The old blacksmith's face froze, and he stammered, "This—sir, I only have less than a pound of this Mysterious Essence Gold in my shop."

"And this price—"

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"One tael of mysterious refined gold, one tael of gold."

As he spoke, the old blacksmith's voice grew weaker.