"You recited the Supreme Goodness Like Water mantra earnestly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck your mind. You tried to grasp it, but found nothing.
Your proficiency in the Lin character technique has increased."
"A vague figure suddenly appeared in your vague mind, fleeting and fleeting. You seemed to have grasped a key to the Lin character technique."
"..."
After about two cups of tea, Xu Yunfan opened his eyes, his expression tired, but his eyes were full of thought.
Today, while practicing the Lin character technique, the system prompts on the attribute panel seemed different, and he even visualized a vague figure in his mind.
It seemed that this figure was exhausting him from practicing the Lin character technique every day.
He had a premonition that if he maintained this state, he would soon master this method.
He stopped thinking, turned over, and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, Xu Yunfan told the innkeeper not to enter his room. Given his size and cold tone, the innkeeper naturally knew that he was a martial artist, and quickly nodded in agreement.
After leaving the inn and finding the pawnshop, he explained his purpose. The pawnshop owner looked a little embarrassed.
"My dear, if your household registration certificate is lost, it will be difficult to set up a property in Beiye City."
Xu Yunfan's expression remained unchanged. He took out a silver ingot that he had squeezed into a round ball with his fingers.
"Then you have to pay more attention to it, boss." People
who do pawnshop business naturally have to make connections. As long as they pay enough money, these people should have channels.
Sure enough, the pawnshop owner saw it, and the embarrassment on his face suddenly turned around. He smiled and quickly took the silver, weighed it in his hand and put it in his pocket.
It was at least fifty taels.
The boss was overjoyed. He'd made at least twenty taels of silver on this trip. As expected, these chivalrous men were truly generous. They spent money like dirt. With the right compliments, money was easy to come by!
"Of course, of course. Just write down your name and age, and I'll handle the rest quickly. Shall we go look at houses now?"
Most of these chivalrous men were tired of the fighting and wanted to hide their identities. While this wasn't common, it was not uncommon.
At the government, as long as the money was in place and the person wasn't on a wanted list, they'd accept anyone.
According to the pawnbroker, this was all about generating revenue!
Seeing Xu Yunfan nod in agreement, the boss called a servant and said, "Hero, I'll have to personally handle the household registration. This Xiao Zhou is the smartest guy in our shop. He knows all the houses in the city. He can take you there."
"Lead the way,"
Xu Yunfan agreed.
As Xiao Zhou made his way around Beiye City, Xu Yunfan sighed. Although Beiye City was a small city in the northern Qingzhou region, it was nestled against the Cumulus Mountains, boasting abundant mountain goods and game, a thriving trade, and a large population. The city itself was quite large.
Unfortunately, beggars and refugees still lingered along the streets.
Surviving this harsh winter would be difficult in such harsh conditions.
Finally, Xu Yunfan spotted a house with two courtyards in the south. Most importantly, the courtyard was spacious, with a well nearby. It also faced a clear river that flowed into Beiye City, making it very convenient for daily necessities.
"The previous owner called this courtyard Qingheju. He was also a martial artist, so he paved the courtyard with bluestone bricks for practice. Look, there's even a weapons rack under the courtyard wall. He wanted to go to the provincial capital to study and make further progress, so he planned to sell his family property to raise the money. This courtyard was just recently completed."
Xu Yunfan took a look around the house and thought it was quite nice. Most importantly, one side of the courtyard wall faced the river, allowing for a portable toilet.
As a modern man, this was particularly important; the ancient dry toilets were simply unacceptable to him.
He nodded slightly. "How much?"
"Three hundred and fifty taels of silver."
"I'll take it."
After quickly finishing his business, Xu Yunfan hurried to the famous blacksmith's weapons shop in the city.
As soon as he stepped inside, a wave of heat and the pungent smell of fireworks hit him.
The walls and shelves of the shop were covered with a variety of weapons.
Deep within the shop, a blacksmith, shirtless and muscular, stood. He raised his arm high, his hammer whirring as he struck the red-hot iron, sending sparks flying and the rhythmic clanging of hammering.
Noticing the arrival of the shop, the blacksmith set down his hammer, washed his hands in a nearby bucket of water, and asked.
"Are you here to buy weapons?" asked
a blacksmith who had achieved a certain level of skill in skin training.
"Boss, don't you have any hammers?"
"Hammers?"
the blacksmith asked instinctively, turning his head to take notice of Xu Yunfan's towering physique.
With his advanced skin training, Xu Yunfan's arms were thick and powerful, his muscles bulging, and his broad, thick back, a true tiger's back and bear's waist.
A man of this build must be a skilled wielder of heavy weapons.
"I don't have any ready-made ones, but if you want one, I can make one for you,"
the blacksmith responded enthusiastically. The price of a heavy weapon is comparable to that of four or five weapons of the same quality.
Xu Yunfan was not overly surprised when he heard this.
Hammer weapons are rare among the common people. Firstly, there are very few people who use them, and secondly, it takes a lot of fine iron to forge a heavy hammer. The material used to forge a heavy hammer is enough to make three or four ordinary swords.
Xu Yunfan immediately picked up a pen and paper, carefully drew the style of the weapon he needed, and wrote down the size requirements in detail, and handed it to the blacksmith Lu.
The blacksmith Lu took the drawing, pondered for a moment, and secretly calculated it in his mind.
After a long moment, he slowly said, "A heavy steel hammer that is as tall as you and as thick as a baby's arm, weighs at least 120 pounds."
"It takes a brave man to wield it."
A weapon of this weight can barely be wielded, but it would be difficult to sustain using it to defend against the enemy.
After all, it is not easy to lift such a heavy weapon, and it is impossible to wield it flexibly without the strength of a thousand pounds.
"Just do as you are told."
Xu Yunfan looked calm.
Upon hearing this, Lu the blacksmith did not hesitate, his expression full of confidence.
"In Beiye City, I am the only one who can forge top-grade ordinary weapons. You have found the right person!"
It is already quite good for a blacksmith to forge top-grade ordinary weapons in this small border town.
To forge a weapon of the Sharp Blade grade, both the materials and the blacksmiths needed to be rare, and he had no hope.
The most important thing was that a weapon of the Sharp Blade grade would cost at least a thousand taels of silver.
Xu Yunfan readily paid the deposit, agreed on a delivery date with Lu the Blacksmith, then turned around and strode out of the blacksmith shop, quickly returning to the inn.
He still had money to protect, and could not leave for too long.
Two days later, with the introduction of the pawnbroker boss, Xu Yunfan successfully signed and sealed at the government office, was registered, obtained his identity, and obtained the land deed and household registration.
(End of this chapter)