Chapter 43: Weapons instead of skills
"After the matter is completed, I hope the county government can help Chu build a fourth-grade weapon." Chu Tang quickly told Fang Kai his conditions.
"Fourth grade weapon?" Fang Kai's eyes lit up.
Fourth-grade weapons are uncommon, but fourth-grade techniques are even rarer.
From the perspective of a warrior, the state of cultivation is the most important, and weapons are things external to the body, but they are secondary.
Fang Kai couldn't figure out why Chu Tang would rather have weapons than exercises of the same level, but he could agree to this request.
"No problem!" Fang Kai quickly promised, "When we get to the county town, I will take you to the county armory and let you choose a fourth-grade weapon."
Although there are not many experts in Gui County, the imperial court's hundreds of years of accumulation have extremely rich resources, including many higher-grade weapons.
Usually, the yamen often use these weapons to reward those who have performed meritorious services, which is much more generous than using the same level of skills.
Xu Wei was also anxious for Chu Tang and quickly advised: "Chu Tang, you are still young and there is a high possibility of impacting the four realms. Choosing exercises will be more helpful to you. Weapons are something you can have a chance in the future. Not hard to find.”
Chu Tang comforted him with a smile: "Don't be anxious, Mr. Xu. I know exactly what I am doing."
After saying that, Chu Tang said to Fang Kai again: "Master Fang heard it wrong. Chu does not want ready-made weapons, but wants the county government to come forward and find people to find materials and build a brand new four-armed weapon according to Chu's requirements. Quality weapons."
Fang Kai's face turned ugly when he heard this.
It is not very convenient to re-create a fourth-grade weapon.
A magical weapon, the first priority is materials, followed by craftsmanship and craftsmen.
If you want to build a fourth-grade weapon, you must use materials of the same grade, and then craftsmen of the same grade must use their unique craftsmanship to create it.
This is much more difficult than finding ready-made fourth-grade weapons.
"Do you need new weapons?" Fang Kai asked in a deep voice.
Chu Tang said: "It's not that Mr. Chu meant to embarrass Mr. Fang, but that Mr. Chu has gained a lot from his martial arts training recently and cannot use the current standard sword to achieve its highest combat effectiveness, so he tried every means to design a suitable weapon for himself."
Fang Kai's face turned pale and he asked, "Can you also design weapons? What are they like?"
Chu Tang smiled and said, "Master Fang will be able to see it once it is built."
Fang Kai fell silent, pondered for a long time, and then said slowly: "Okay! Fang agreed! When you get to the county town, report the arrest, and then find someone to forge your weapons for you."
Chu Tang was overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord Fang, for your kindness!"
Fang Kai said very directly: "Fang appreciates you and thinks highly of you. I hope you will not disappoint."
Chu Tang accepted the offer and thanked him again and again.
Fang Kai was indeed very generous to him and gave him a big gift.
Fourth-grade weapons, worth one or two thousand taels of silver, are simply beyond the reach of a person of Chu Tang's level and status.
If he didn't have a windfall and refused to take advantage of others, he would never have the luxury of owning a fourth-grade weapon even if he spent his whole life as a detective.
At this point, we have to say that small places have their limitations.
In Shi County, it was rare for him to even see a third-grade weapon; when he arrived at the county government, he found a fourth-grade weapon, and people said he had made it.
You must know that Fang Kai is just a squad leader, not the head catcher of the county government, but he often uses fourth-grade skills and fourth-grade weapons to bargain for prices, without any appearance of embarrassment or distress. It can be seen that the county government's family is rich. How profound.
This is something that is extremely difficult to achieve in Shixian County.
After the two agreed on the terms, Fang Kai asked Chu Tang to prepare. After a day's rest, they would set off early in the morning the day after tomorrow.
He was the only one in Chu Tang's family, so he didn't have much to worry about when traveling far away, which was extremely convenient.
After Fang Kai went to rest and said goodbye, Chu Tang and Xu Wei were the only two people left in the room.
Listening to Fang Kai's retreating footsteps, Xu Wei couldn't help but blame him and said: "Xiaotang, what do you want to say to me? After all, Fang Kai is from the county government. If you directly negotiate terms with him like this, if the negotiation fails, , how will you deal with yourself in the future?"
"Isn't this negotiated?" Chu Tang said with a smile, "Uncle Xu, don't worry too much, I think the other party is quite satisfied."
"You..." Xu Wei suddenly became angry.
Chu Tang quickly changed the subject: "Uncle Xu, this is my first time traveling far away. Why don't you give me an explanation?"
Xu Wei's attention was diverted as expected. He was about to impart his experience of walking outside when he suddenly remembered something and said sternly: "Xiaotang, tell me honestly, why didn't you choose the four realms technique instead of tinkering with some kind of weapon? That's The Four Realms Kung Fu, how rare and rare it is!"
At the end of the sentence, Xu Wei's face was full of envy and regret, and he finally sighed: "If I could have acquired a Four Realm Kung Fu when I was young, I might be able to get a glimpse of the mysteries of the Four Realms in this life. It's a pity that I have wasted time. , Now that I am old and weak, there is no hope for my surroundings."
Chu Tang couldn't explain it, so he could only make up a story: "Uncle Xu, I recently learned a sword technique, which I feel is better than the Soul-Severing Sword. I want to get a sword and give it a try."
"Swordsmanship? Do you want to use a sword instead?" Xu Wei was startled, then nodded, "You are still young, you can really try other martial arts. Unlike Uncle Wei, you will never have a chance again. Alas... that's all, Wei I won’t talk about you anymore, I just hope you can seize the opportunity and become stronger!”
Xu Wei is not stupid. He has also seen the changes in Chu Tang over the years. He naturally knows that the other party has some secrets, but he does not tell them or ask. He just hopes that he will not go astray and everything will go well.
Seeing Xu Wei's devastated look, Chu Tang couldn't help but suddenly regretted one thing: he shouldn't have killed Lin Jie so quickly that day. It wouldn't be too late to kill Lin Jie if he could torture him out of his Four Realms skills.
He doesn't care about the Four Realm Skills, but Xu Wei or Xu Jin are in short supply!
Don’t expect to pass on any skills awarded by the county to others. The rules of the imperial court have always been that if you take my things, you have to work hard for me, and your descendants will be endless!
In fact, Chu Tang also thought about secretly passing on the martial arts skills of the panel to Xu Jin and Xu Wei, but unfortunately he couldn't do it.
The panel has always been a direct initiation, with no map, no route, and no method.
Make a copy based on the memory in your mind?
It’s not that it’s impossible, it’s that I don’t dare to implement it.
Take the Kung Fu method as an example. After the initiation, the inner Qi will move on its own. Chu Tang does not have to explore the route to move the Kung Fu at all. It would be very dangerous to forcefully copy it to others.
The meridians and acupuncture points of the human body are extremely complex and criss-crossed. If you don't know how to do it properly, the internal energy will run wild. If you are not careful, you will either die or become disabled.
If Chu Tang wanted to forcefully copy it, then he would have to first learn all the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body, and then draw them one by one according to the inner strength route.
This project is extremely large and cannot be realized in one day.
This is also the reason why in this world, everyone wants to obtain a high-level skill. It is really rare to inherit it.
Not long ago, a large number of people from all walks of life poured into Shixian County to compete for a five-level martial arts. This is a classic example.
The skills are like this, and the body skills are similar.
Many Qinggong body techniques, in addition to movement routes and flying skills, also involve the five elements and eight trigrams. It may be difficult to succeed even if you get a secret book and practice it, let alone to manifest what is in your mind.
Just like "The Hundred Changes of Divine Movement" written by Chu Tang, it involves the Nine Bagua Palaces. He was confused if he really had to learn these things, let alone teach them to others.
The only thing Chu Tang can do to embody the martial arts on the panel is his moves.
He now has two martial arts skills, one is the blood sword technique, and the other is the Quanzhen sword technique.
Needless to say, Quanzhen swordsmanship. Xu Wei and Xu Jin have practiced swordsmanship all their lives, and asking them to practice swordsmanship instead is no different than asking them to die.
The blood sword technique could be taught, and the effect would not be too big, because others could not use chivalry points to improve their martial arts like him, so they had to work hard to practice it.
It took them a lifetime to perfect the thirty-six moves of the Soul-Destroying Sword passed down by the imperial court. If they tried to practice another sword technique, they didn't know how long it would take them to get started, which meant they were biting off more than they could chew.
Therefore, Chu Tang gave up the idea of passing on the panel martial arts to them.
He also looked down upon Lin Jie's kind of skills, but now it seemed that he had made a mistake. He couldn't use them, but that didn't mean he couldn't get them and give them to Xu Wei and Xu Jin.
"If I encounter this kind of opportunity again in the future, I should do something for them." Chu Tang had this idea.
He has no relatives in this world, but Xu Wei treats him like a close relative; Xu Jin even treats him as a brother, and has protected him with his life many times.
Chu Tang is not a ruthless person, and he also wants to make some contribution to them when he can.
But that’s all for the future.
Two days later.
After finishing his rest, Fang Kai gathered everyone and continued to escort the prisoners back to the county government office.
Chu Tang also set off.
For the first time, he walked out of Shixian County and entered a magnificent world of rivers and lakes!