I ascended to godhood through the 100-ton King Martial Arts.

He wanted to resolve the burden that came with his self-healing ability.

Li Qingshan has two ideas.

One is to acquire the "Consuming Food" talent, so that these two talents can complement each other.

Li Qingshan can use the [Hundred-Ton King Dharma Image] once a month, and the talent of Dharma Image Plunder can be fused and stacked.

Considering that everyone around him had the bloodline of the Yellow Turban Warriors.

Whether he directly seeks out lucky individuals who have awakened their "martial spirit" in this area, or seeks out ordinary people to gradually supplement their "food" talents, it will work.

The only problem is time.

Li Qingshan currently has no way to get to know the group of people who have developed martial bones, and he doesn't know how many times it would be necessary to find ordinary people to repair his bloodline talent.

So this approach works, but it can't immediately solve his predicament.

Another approach is to learn martial arts.

The martial arts of this world are not simple.

The eldest uncle's son, Li Tie, had learned martial arts in the county town in his early years.

Li Qingshan clearly remembered Li Tie saying that the true way to train the body in martial arts requires nourishing the body with medicinal food.

If an average person only eats regular meat, they will ruin themselves after a few days of training.

This means that the medicinal diet is not only easy to digest, but also provides energy that far exceeds that of ordinary food.

It can perfectly solve Li Qingshan's current predicament.

The only problem is money.

Li Tie was able to learn martial arts not only because his physical talent far surpassed that of his peers from a young age, but also because of the support of every household and the entire clan of Li.

Even so, Li Tie's studies of the art for only one year exhausted the Li family's accumulated resources over many years.

This shows how expensive it is to learn martial arts.

In any case, even if Li Qingshan's family gave away all their wealth, they definitely couldn't have done it.

Only with the support of the entire clan can there be a chance.

...

Li Qingshan thought for a long time, but he still couldn't come up with a way to get the whole clan to support him.

The only person who could push this matter forward was his grandfather, Old Man Li.

However, on the surface, Li Qingshan couldn't find a reason to convince Old Man Li.

Li Tie's success back then wasn't because he was the eldest grandson of the old man, but because he displayed physical talent far exceeding that of his peers at a young age, making him a valuable investment.

Li Qingshan does not currently meet this requirement.

As for making money on his own, that's even more absurd.

Often, the problem at the bottom is not a lack of ability to make money, but a lack of ability to preserve wealth.

When you know nothing, it's hard to make money, and if you do, it might be your death warrant.

Li Qingshan was perfectly aware of this.

The reason he was able to rise to prominence in the underworld in his previous life was mainly due to good luck, in addition to the fact that the world was not very stable at the time, he was ruthless, hardworking, and had some brains.

In the early stages of his business, he encountered a benefactor who gained control of the wholesale channels in the local vegetable market.

The benefactor took 70% of the profits, leaving him and his men with 30%.

Only when you have money to support your underlings will you gain their support.

What good is loyalty alone?

Li Qingshan's past life experiences made him very clear that as a person from the bottom, if he wanted to develop steadily in the early stages, the more stable and low-key he was, the better; he couldn't rush it.

Sucking the blood of one's own people is currently the safest path.

Daydreaming is useless.

"If all else fails, try talking to Brother Tie first, see what he thinks..."

Li Qingshan exhaled a breath of stale air, preparing to take action first, then deal with each move as it comes, and if all else fails, take some risks and lead the clan to start a small business.

...

Before even leaving the house...

Old Man Li, along with Li Tie and Li Qingshan's entire family, returned ahead of them.

Seeing this, Li Qingshan quickly opened the courtyard gate and said with a smile, "Father, Mother, Grandpa, I just woke up and found that you were all not here. I was just about to come and look for you."

For some reason, his parents, siblings and other relatives all had smiles on their faces and looked quite happy.

He probably didn't know something happened while he was sleeping.

Old Li, holding a welding torch in his hand, stood in the courtyard and said slowly, "This morning I was busy dealing with the houses and land left by the Zhang family, distributing them to everyone in the village, silencing them, and also holding a clan meeting to discuss your matter."

Li Qingshan asked in surprise, "Grandpa, what is it?"

Li Shitou, unable to contain his excitement, said directly, "Qingshan, your cousin Li Tie thinks you have some talent and suggests that you try out at the martial arts school in the county town."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingshan was truly stunned.

Okay.

He had been struggling with how to persuade his clan to support him at the martial arts school in the county town.

As a result, the clan made the arrangements directly.

Old Man Li glared at Li Shitou before nodding:

"We just got together and chatted."

You did a good job last night.

No one had any objections.

Learning martial arts is too expensive.

Previously, when Li Tie was sent to learn martial arts, he thoroughly exhausted everyone's skills.

In recent years, thanks to Li Tie's father-in-law's connections, we have had some extra income and saved some money, but even if we take it all out, it can only support your studies for three months.

"Qingshan, would you like to go?"

How could Li Qingshan possibly say he was unwilling?

He nodded steadily: "My grandson is still young, and naturally wants to see a wider world. After going to the martial arts school, my grandson will certainly not let down the entire clan's trust!"

"good!"

Old Li chuckled:

"That's the spirit I'm after."

Don't worry, Qingshan.

It only takes three months to see if you have the talent to learn martial arts.

"As long as you have talent, we'll do whatever it takes to support you and help you climb higher!"

As he spoke, he sighed again:

"Actually, your cousin Li Tie is a talented person, but unfortunately our Li family could only accumulate some wealth by farming and hunting, so we never made him a martial artist."

The reason we have the confidence to say this to you now is because Li Tie's father-in-law gave our Li family a way to make money.

Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore.

There are only a few days left until the end of the month.

When a caravan comes to the county town to collect the goods, you can go with them.

Spend these next few days with your family.

Li Qingshan nodded and, together with his family, saw the old man out.

...

Time flies like water.

Before we knew it, it was the end of the month.

Li Qingshan bid farewell to his family and, together with Li Tie, pulled a donkey cart that was wrapped up tightly, following behind the caravan toward the county town.

He has very little.

A change of clothes, two dry biscuits, a bamboo tube of water, and two pairs of cloth shoes that his mother had stayed up all night to make.

He didn't bring anything else.

Stone Village is more than 30 miles away from the county seat.

Fortunately, the caravan was traveling slowly, so they could easily keep up.

It's not just them.

Accompanying the caravan were many villagers from the surrounding villages.

Li Tie makes a monthly trip to the county town and is already very familiar with the route.

He had a knife slung at his waist and was holding the donkey's rope, looking relaxed: "The most dangerous thing on the mountain road is wild animals. As long as you don't spend the night outside, you generally won't encounter any accidents."

Li Qingshan rarely spends time alone with Li Tie.

Seeing that he seemed quite interested in talking, he guided him, "Brother Tie, I've heard from the caravan crew that it's very chaotic outside, but I've never seen any chaos in my life..."

Upon hearing this, Li Tie shook his head: "The only ones that aren't chaotic are the ones on the surface. Putting aside everything else, just take the Yaoshan Mountains behind our village. Do you know that there are more than a dozen illegal mines inside those mountains?"

Li Qingshan shook his head.

He really didn't know.

Li Tie continued, "The Iron Leg Sect is powerful and regularly clears out bandits in Qingyuan County. They are also lenient with taxes and corvée labor, which makes it seem peaceful. Even so, there are still many dirty deeds going on behind the scenes, not to mention other places, like our neighboring Liuchuan County..."

He glanced around before whispering to Li Qingshan, "The taxes over there are not only harsh, but there's also a blood tax every month!"

"Blood tax?"

Li Qingshan widened his eyes in agreement and asked in a low voice, "Brother Tie, what is a blood tax?"

Li Tie reveals his wrist:

"Do you see the blue veins on it?"

Your sister-in-law told me that the blood tax is to insert a thin copper tube into the blood and draw blood, and each household receives one bowl of blood per month.

Therefore, the people there dared not separate their families; the entire family had to take turns paying blood taxes just to survive.

As he spoke, he withdrew his wrist and continued:

"There are also counties where, once a girl in a family reaches adulthood, she must be sent to be blessed. If the girl sent there has lost her virginity beforehand, the whole family will be hanged."

Besides women, they also give gifts to children.

They sent their newborn firstborn child up there to be used in the alchemy of human pills.

In any case, the rules are different in every piece of land.

Whether they're doing well or not makes a world of difference.

Hearing Li Tie say this, Li Qingshan felt somewhat fortunate that he wasn't born in such a place.

During this time, Li Qingshan also tentatively inquired about the matter of martial bones.

Unfortunately, Li Tie didn't know much either.

However, it did give Li Qingshan some direction.

Every "lucky one" who grows into a martial arts master ends up being sent to the Iron Leg Sect.

The martial arts school owners in the county town were all from the Iron Leg School.

If Li Qingshan has a talent for martial arts, he will have the opportunity to be recommended to join the Iron Leg Sect, which will make it easier for him to access information about martial bones.

...

The mountain road is difficult to travel.

After walking more than ten miles, Li Qingshan was still full of energy.

Li Tie, however, seemed a bit dejected and lost interest in chatting.

It was afternoon.

The outline of a city came into Li Qingshan's view.

We've arrived in the county town.