Alienated Martial Arts

A tinkling sound came from the roadside.

Wei Tao, carrying a bamboo basket on his back, stopped in front of a blacksmith shop.

Inexplicably remembering the night battle before, his heart moved, he pressed down the bamboo hat on his head, turned around and entered the shop.

The heat inside was rising, mixed with a choking smell.

Next to the fire in the inner room, a stout middle-aged man, wearing only a pair of black animal skin shorts, was beating an unshaped narrow knife with all his strength.

Outside, there was an equally strong woman with a blackened face packing her things.

"Shopkeeper, can you get me something?" Wei Tao showed only one pair of eyes and deliberately asked in a hoarse voice.

"Whatever your guest wants to fight, in addition to armor and hard crossbows, we can make swords, farm tools, and kitchen utensils here."

The man was still beating his knife with his head lowered. Hearing this, the middle-aged woman hurriedly put down the half-packed groceries and came over.

She spoke loudly, suppressing the sound of iron work.

"What do you want to shoot..." Wei Tao took a few steps closer and looked around at the finished products hanging in the shop, "Do you want to use hidden weapons here?"

"You can also make concealed weapons." The woman wiped her face with a wet towel, "But it's best if you bring me a sample so that we can compare it carefully."

"There is no sample." Wei Tao shook his head.

"If there is no sample, the customer can draw the graphics and mark the dimensions. However, it will be more time-consuming and labor-intensive to meet the customer's requirements, and the price will be higher."

"I have nothing."

Wei Tao looked at the dazed look on the landlady's face, and then said, "What hidden weapons do you have? You can show them to me and pick one that is suitable for use."

"This...we only have the leftover spear darts we shot for our guests here."

"No need for spear darts. The target is too big and too obvious. Let me think about it." Wei Tao walked around the blacksmith shop and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He picked up a few date-sized iron blocks from a pile of scraps in the corner. "You know, the iron caltrops are only about this big. It would be best to add some spikes to them."

After seeing it clearly, the expectant expression of the landlady suddenly dimmed, but she still nodded and said, "Although I have never heard of the caltrops mentioned by the guest, but according to the guest, we can also do it."

"Okay, have you seen this basket of mine? How much does it cost to make the first half of the basket for me?"

"It doesn't cost much. It depends on how much the customer wants. The larger the quantity, the cheaper the unit price will be."

Wei Tao ignored the boss lady's answer, and focused his attention on a pair of iron wire gloves, and said to himself, "It's a pity that the imperial court banned armor, otherwise I would have to get one for self-defense."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" The landlady's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.

"Huh? What did you say?" Wei Tao asked.

"No, I just want to ask."

She looked at her quietly and said carefully, "If your guest really wants to defend himself, we can also help you customize a pair of dark armor.

Although the protection range and defensive capabilities are not as good as the chain armor and Mingguang armor controlled by the military town,

But it can also protect the vital points of the chest, abdomen and back, greatly reducing the possibility of injury. "

Wei Tao was a little confused after hearing this, "Aren't you talking about the breast shield?"

"It's better than the breast-protecting mirror. What Nujia means is that the breast-protecting mirror is considered a part of the dark armor.

For the other parts, we will use soft iron wire to nest the armor pieces, and then woven and sew them with fine animal skins.

Except for the head and limbs, the entire torso can basically be protected, and now that the weather is cold, the guest officer can still keep warm by wearing clothes. "

"Can you give me some thorns on this dark armor you're talking about?" Wei Tao was immediately moved after hearing this.

The woman was stunned again, "What do you mean, guest officer?"

"What I mean is very simple. You can replace the small armor plates with larger and thicker iron plates, and add raised spikes on the shoulders and chest. In a word, can you do it?"

Wei Tao said, and drew a scribbled diagram on the ground.

The landlady thought for a moment.

Then he nodded slowly, "I can do it, but..."

Wei Tao didn't give her a chance to go down.

"Half a basket of caltrops, twenty darts, two machetes, a narrow knife, a dagger, plus a piece of dark armor, two pairs of gloves, a pair of arm guards, and the surface of the arm guards is also spiked. How much does it cost for stabbing?”

The landlady thought for a while, then slowly stretched out two fingers and said, "Twenty taels of silver."

Although, Wei Tao still started to counteroffer directly.

"too expensive."

The woman babbled, "It does sound expensive, but the main reason is that the dark armor is expensive.

Sir, if you think about it, when we make this set of dark armor, we must first make a mold based on your size.

Then each process takes time, effort and materials to finally get the finished product.

What's more important is that although this thing is not a real armor, we still bear some risks..."

Wei Tao just shook his head, "It's still too expensive."

"If you really want to make it, sir, if the scraps can produce at least half a basket of caltrops, we will give them as gifts."

It was only then that he showed some signs of movement, "How many days will it take you to do it?"

"It will take ten days at the earliest."

"too long."

"Sir, we have other work on hand."

"What about stopping all other work?"

"If we don't deliver on time, we will have to compensate other customers."

"What if I want you to do it for me first?"

"This will take about seven or eight days... No, it will only take six or seven... Sir, we won't sleep anymore. It will only take five or six days to complete!"

The woman stared at the silver in Wei Tao's hand and changed her words one after another.

"If you have everything done within five days, as long as it satisfies me, I will give you another five taels of silver."

Snap!

A silver ingot fell into the palm of the landlady's hand.

"Here's the deposit. You seal the things when you're done. I'll find someone to pay the bill and pick up the goods." After Wei Tao said that, he turned and left without stopping for a moment.

The woman looked down at the finger mark that had just been pinched on the silver ingot, and couldn't help but shudder. The polite words that had already reached her mouth were immediately blocked, and she hurriedly lowered her head and returned to the shop.

Wei Tao stayed in the newly purchased house for four days. In addition to cleaning up the house, he also moved his energy and blood and strengthened his body.

It wasn't until the fifth day that I dressed up and quietly left the house.

During this period, all the people who were being watched by the Silver Wolf Gang on Yufang Street withdrew, and it seemed that they would not appear again for a while.

Some damage to the Qinghe Association was within the expected range.

The city defense force was quite powerful. Chief Bian personally led his men to beat up several members of the Silver Wolf Gang who were responsible for keeping tabs, and threw them all into the prison.

However, the effect that can be achieved by borrowing force is at most this.

The Youth Cooperation Association does not yet have the strength to start a full-scale war with the Silver Wolf Gang.

As for the city defense army, because of their responsibilities, it is natural for them to deal with a few ordinary members of the Silver Wolf Gang who are causing trouble on the edge of the inner city.

But they are not fools. Without a clear order from the Defense Department, it is impossible for them to be ruthless and confront the core members of the Silver Wolf Gang.

After all, there are not many people who want to mess with the wolf in the mountains.

But there are plenty of people willing to beat the dog into the water.

Therefore, the most critical step must be done by himself.

It can only be done by himself.

Half an hour later, Wei Tao came out of the blacksmith shop with a huge backpack on his back.

After turning left and right in the streets and alleys, and making sure no one was following him, Wei Tao suddenly accelerated and went straight out of the city gate.

After leaving the city, we headed west and gradually entered the deep forests of the vast mountains.

At this moment, it was time for Wei Tao's old profession of medicinal collector to come into play again.

He picked the poisonous weeds in his memory one by one, and captured the poisons one by one, and put them all into the medicine jar he carried with him.

The weather is approaching late autumn, and the deeper you go into the mountains and forests, the more gloomy and cold you feel.

A gust of mountain wind blew by, and countless leaves fell from the trees, just like countless colorful butterflies flying in the forest.

Eventually they will cover the ground.

Yellow, red, and gray, like a colorful carpet.

Unknowingly, the sky gradually darkened.

The afterglow of the setting sun is shining its last light, and soon it will completely disappear, leaving darkness covering the entire world.

Wei Tao glanced at the poisonous weeds and poisons in the medicine jar, and then used the last light to carefully observe the surrounding environment. After thinking about it for a moment, Wei Tao began to move forward.

He speeded up along the rugged path trodden by his predecessors, and finally arrived at a hidden cave he had found before as night fell.

This was a safe base he had built for himself when he had to spend the night in the wild.

Wei Tao walked through the bushes that blocked the entrance of the cave, quickly raised a fire, heated the dry food, and ate it with water.

This place has long been beyond the scope of his medicinal collection activities, and if he goes further, he will enter the deep mountains and old forests that are truly inaccessible.

Except for those hunters who go into the mountains in groups, it is a dangerous area that almost never enters.

Wei Tao's real destination was Hanshui Pond, which was about a day and a half's walk from the cave.

There are seven-step heartbroken grass growing in many places near the pond, and various poisonous substances are present. These are the main targets for his collection during this trip.

After experiencing the night battle in the narrow alley, Wei Tao felt that his horizons were suddenly opened.

If you want to protect yourself in this kind of world, just relying on tolerance and avoidance is of no use. Many times, you will be regarded as a weak and bullied meat bun, and whether it is a person or a dog, you will want to pounce on it and take a bite.

Therefore, you should take action without hesitation when it is time to take action.

Only dead enemies are the best enemies.

You must not stick to any rules. No matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.

No matter what method is used, as long as the enemy can be killed, that is the most appropriate method.

It was precisely because of his broadened horizons that he made himself a set of hidden armor, and prepared to brew enough poison to soak the hidden weapon, adding enough life-saving killing methods to himself in addition to the practice of Red Line Fist.