Supreme Martial Venerable: Starting with the White Ape Cloak Hammer skill point allocation

This handwritten booklet, whose cover reads "Collection of Military Maneuvers," was obtained from Xu Nian.

Could someone like Xu Nian carry ordinary things with him?

Zhou Yuan gently opened the handwritten booklet, and his excitement immediately increased.

"It's not martial arts, but its value is no less than that of martial arts!"

This book compiles all the weapons in the world; it's a secret art of weapon forging!

The weapon-forging technique he had longed for but had no way to obtain appeared before him in such an unexpected way.

The Collection of Weapon Masters is the supreme secret manual of the Divine Weapon Valley. It not only records the weapon forging techniques of the Divine Weapon Valley, but also records all the weapon formulas that the Divine Weapon Valley has collected over the years.

The book in front of him was not the complete collection of military strategy, but a fragment copied by Xu Nian.

Even so, it is priceless.

Even if an ordinary person learns just one or two moves, mastering the forging of one particular weapon can benefit them immensely for a lifetime.

This handwritten fragment of the "Collection of Military Skills" contains the forging methods for more than a dozen weapons. If one could master them all, becoming extremely wealthy would be a piece of cake.

It should be noted that even Li Lin only knows how to forge two or three types of weapons.

"So it turns out that weapons in this world are also classified into different levels: ordinary weapons, sharp weapons, spiritual treasures, divine weapons, and above that, legendary divine weapons..."

Zhou Yuan flipped through the handwritten copy of "Lanbing Ji" and memorized it.

When you turn to the last page, it is no longer a copy of "Lanbing Ji" (Collection of Military Strategies), but Xu Nian's notes.

Zhou Yuan read it quickly, his mind churning like a stormy sea.

"No wonder Xu Nian has been besieged and attacked several times, yet he still refuses to leave Aozi Mountain."

He discovered a secret in the "Collection of Military Acumen": a legendary divine weapon might be hidden in Aozi Mountain...

Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.

Xu Nian was once a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, but after some incident, he left the Beast Taming Sect and joined the Divine Weapon Valley.

He violated the rules of Shenbing Valley by copying "Lanbing Ji" without permission, which is why he escaped from Shenbing Valley.

The root of all this was that Xu Nian accidentally learned the whereabouts of a legendary divine weapon.

"This is too big a matter for me to get involved in."

Zhou Yuan suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind, forcing himself not to think about any legendary divine weapon.

He stopped looking at Xu Nian's notes and instead memorized the contents of the copied "Collection of Military Maneuvers." He then threw the handwritten copy into the stove and watched it burn to ashes before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

Xu Nian's affairs are now completely unrelated to him.

Neither the whereabouts of the legendary divine weapon nor the handwritten copy of "The Collection of Military Strategy" should be related to him, otherwise he will be instantly annihilated without any chance of survival.

Even within the Valley of Divine Weapons, not everyone is qualified to study the "Collection of Military Skills," otherwise Xu Nian wouldn't have been hunted down for secretly reading it.

If Shenbing Valley finds out I've learned the "Collection of Military Skills," they definitely won't let me off the hook.

Zhou Yuan sighed. Although he had the weapon-forging technique, he couldn't show it to others, so it was definitely not going to work to make money from it.

"I don't want to think about it anymore. It's always good to have more skills. I'll learn them first, and who knows when I might need them in the future."

Zhou Yuan made up his mind.

He also counted the money pouches; there were more than sixty taels of loose silver and two hundred-tael silver notes.

What can relieve worries? Only getting rich quick!

Nearly three hundred taels of silver—if one honestly worked as a blacksmith, one couldn't earn that much in ten years.

With this money, Wu Ke would never have to worry about money again.

…………

stab.

The red-hot iron rod pierced into the cold grease, accompanied by a piercing sound, and a cloud of white smoke rose up.

A moment later, Zhou Yuan pulled out the iron bar, tapped it lightly with a hammer a few times, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

The art of weapon forging is complete.

He glanced at the system panel, where the words "Introduction to Weapon Forging" had been added to the skills section.

He spent one hundred free points and went through numerous attempts before finally forging the Qinggang sword, which was the easiest to forge according to the "Collection of Military Skills".

[Introduction to Weapon Forging (0/3000)]

Although it wasn't the first time Zhou Yuan had seen this section, his eyelids still twitched violently.

It takes 3,000 points to go from beginner to minor mastery; that's the art of weapon forging.

His White Ape Cloak Hammer only requires 3,000 points to go from the Great Perfection to the Perfection.

"Although the basic weapon-forging technique can only forge ordinary weapons, it is sufficient."

Zhou Yuan buried the newly forged steel blade under a pile of materials; this thing couldn't be exposed to the light yet.

"Master Li can only forge ordinary weapons. If my weapon-forging skills weren't shady, I could open a proper weapon-forging shop right now..."

Just then, I saw Zhuo Changyu rushing in from outside, lifting the hem of her skirt.

Although Zhou Yuan has accumulated some savings, he still perseveres in blacksmithing and martial arts training every day.

Zhuo Changyu, on the other hand, sells the ironware he forges every day, so she has to show her face in public to deliver the ironware.

"Yuan-ge'er, something bad has happened!"

Zhuo Changyu was panting heavily, his forehead covered in sweat.

"The people from Feiyun Martial Arts School smashed up Master Li's blacksmith shop."

Zhuo Changyu said anxiously.

"Um?"

Zhou Yuan frowned slightly.

He knew that Li Lin's life had been difficult ever since he was injured by Xu Nian. Rumors were circulating that Li Lin's martial arts cultivation had been ruined, and his disciples were all looking for other ways to make a living.

But Li Lin was, after all, a weapon forger, and he was always cautious and rarely made enemies. Even without an apprentice, he should be able to live a good life with his savings and skills.

How dare Feiyun Martial Arts School?

"Changyu, watch the house, I'm going to check on the situation."

Zhou Yuan hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Although Li Lin expelled him from the blacksmith shop, Zhou Yuan knew in his heart that Li Lin had always taken care of him. If he had been expelled from the school by another master, his skills would have been ruined.

Li Lin was just timid, but he never mistreated him.

He couldn't just sit idly by, both morally and logically.

After instructing Zhuo Changyu to close the door, he put on his clothes and hurriedly went to Li Lin's blacksmith shop.

When he arrived, the people from Feiyun Martial Arts School had already left, and the onlookers had been sent away by Cheng Jiuhe and his group.

Li Lin sat dejectedly amidst the ruins, staring blankly at the signboard that had been smashed in two.

In just a few days, Li Lin looked as if he had aged decades.

Previously, Li Lin was a well-maintained and handsome middle-aged man. Now, his black hair has turned gray, his face has many wrinkles, and even his back has become hunched.

"You're here?"

Cheng Jiuhe greeted Zhou Yuan when he saw him, and then let out a long sigh.

The once bustling blacksmith shop is now only occupied by seven or eight apprentices cleaning up the mess.

Zhou Yuan only knew that Yuan Qingfeng had switched allegiance to another company, but he never imagined that the blacksmith shop had fallen into such a state of decline.

"Those bastards, seeing that Master Li's cultivation had been crippled, all said they were worried about Master Li working too hard, but in reality they just felt that Master Li could no longer help them, so they switched to other schools early on."

It's true what they say: "Every man for himself, or the devil take the hindmost." When disaster strikes, everyone flees for their own life.

Cheng Jiuhe said angrily.

"What's going on with Feiyun Martial Arts School?"

Zhou Yuan paused for a moment, then asked in a low voice.