Chapter 34 Wanbao Pavilion
"Well, not bad. There are actually more than two thousand taels." Liang Zifeng took the banknote, counted it, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, remember my words, don't harm the people anymore. You can do whatever you want to those rich and unkind businessmen and corrupt officials."
After saying this, Liang Zifeng waved his hand, and all the bodies lying on the road were moved to both sides of the road. Then he drove away in a leisurely manner in the carriage.
"..."
The remaining bandits all breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the mess on the ground with sad expressions on their faces.
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The road from Majiaji to Yichun County is quite far, and the road conditions are not good, so it took Liang Zifeng and his team two days to reach the county.
However, after entering the county town, Liang Zifeng felt depressed again because he found that they were being targeted.
When he just entered the city gate, Liang Zifeng felt that several pairs of eyes were looking at the carriage from time to time. There was even a pair of eyes looking at him with obvious malice. He thought it was someone from the Liang family in the capital.
The Liang family first booked a room in the inn, and then had lunch there. Then Liang Zifeng led his family to stroll around the county town.
Because it was the first time in the county town, everyone was curious about everything. After just over an hour of shopping, everyone bought a lot of things, and they all had smiles on their faces the whole time.
The only bad thing was that people around would look at him from time to time, but Liang Zifeng also found that these people who were following him did not seem to be from the Liang family in Beijing.
"Wanbao Pavilion?" Liang Zifeng and the others came to a shop and looked at the name on the plaque. They complained in their hearts, "This name is so tacky. I wonder if there will be some melodramatic plot."
Liang Zifeng led everyone into Wanbao Pavilion and found that there were not many customers inside. However, Liang Zifeng knew that the customers were basically on the two floors above. At this time, a clerk came up to them enthusiastically and entertained them warmly.
"Do you have any secret manuals on martial arts or other miscellaneous knowledge?" Liang Zifeng asked directly.
"Don't worry, sir. We have the most complete range of merchandise in Wanbao Pavilion. We can basically satisfy whatever you want. Even if you want secret manuals on martial arts, we have them for you." The clerk said proudly.
"Oh?" Liang Zifeng looked at the clerk with suspicion, but seeing that he looked proud, he did not ask any questions, "Okay, then take us to have a look."
"Okay, gentlemen and ladies, please come this way."
The clerk led Liang Zifeng and the others to the second floor. There, everyone saw several people picking out items on the counter.
Through mental scanning, Liang Zifeng discovered that Wanbao Pavilion covered a large area of more than 2,000 square meters, so there were many rooms on the second floor. They went to the room where the secret book was placed.
"Changquan? This... this kind of boxing is very common, right?" The third brother saw a secret book and asked the clerk.
"Sir, this Changquan has been optimized. It is the best among the popular Changquan techniques on the market. It is the pinnacle of Huang-level martial arts and is close to Xuan-level martial arts."
Liang Zifeng suddenly heard the words "yellow level" and "Xuan level", and he suddenly had a guess in his mind that the martial arts secrets in this world should also be divided into levels. Although he really wanted to know the specific level divisions, he still didn't ask.
"Why are there only martial arts? Aren't there any internal energy techniques?" He discovered that all the secret books in this room were about martial arts, and there wasn't a single one about internal energy techniques.
"There are also secret manuals on inner strength, but they are not displayed. Moreover, only members of the Merchant Alliance or the Wanbao Pavilion are eligible to purchase them."
"Business Alliance? Tianwu Business Alliance?" Liang Zifeng's heart moved, and he thought of a possibility, so he asked curiously.
"Sir, you don't know?" The clerk looked at Liang Zifeng in surprise. Then, seeing that Liang Zifeng really didn't know, he patiently said, "Our Wanbao Pavilion is a chamber of commerce under the Tianwu Merchant Alliance. Otherwise, how dare we call it Wanbao Pavilion?"
"Oh." Liang Zifeng nodded in realization.
Liang Zifeng didn't care much about internal skills, but martial arts were what he needed most at the moment. After all, he was a man of limited intelligence, and he didn't have much experience in the use of true energy and internal strength.
No one knows how long this world has existed, but its development of internal force techniques is definitely far beyond his own. Liang Zifeng can completely absorb the knowledge he needs from other martial arts.
For example, he had heard that some warriors could freeze a basin of water into ice with just one push of their palm, which showed that the application skills of internal force had a bright future.
After looking around, Liang Zifeng was a little disappointed. The room was filled with martial arts that focused on attack and defense, but there were no special martial arts that he needed.
"Are there any martial arts like Ice Palm and Flame Fist? Those are martial arts with the attributes of the five elements." Liang Zifeng asked.
"Five elements? This kind of martial arts is very niche, difficult to practice, and has little power. It's not very practical." The clerk was speechless about Liang Zifeng's request, so he spoke with a hint of persuasion.
"Do you have this kind of martial arts in Wanbao Pavilion?"
"Yes, but not only is it expensive, it's also difficult to practice and it's easy to have problems."
"It's okay. I just want to study this special martial art."
"Well, okay, please wait a moment, sir." Seeing that Liang Zifeng was determined, the clerk nodded and called another clerk over to whisper a few words to him.
"Well, I'll continue to look at the martial arts here. Call me when you bring the martial arts secrets."
After Liang Zifeng finished speaking, he began to pick out martial arts secrets in the room. The secrets here were all some simple introductions, and then some of the contents inside the secrets were attached. The real secrets would not be placed here, otherwise Liang Zifeng could completely use his mental power to get them.
The martial arts in this world do have the flavor of the high-level martial arts world, and the level of use of internal force is very high. Thinking that Wanbao Pavilion has collected so many secret books, Liang Zifeng can't wait to rob them.
However, the martial arts deduced by Liang Zifeng were not much worse than those in this world, especially the "Nine Shadows Phantom Steps" deduced by combining the memories of his previous life. He did not find anything more advanced than the "Nine Shadows Phantom Steps" here.
Not long after, a clerk came in with a few copies of the secret manuals. Liang Zifeng took them quickly, mainly wanting to see if there were any explanations of the principles involved.
After flipping through a few books, Liang Zifeng was a little disappointed, but he was mentally prepared. This world doesn't have the technology to do scientific research, and certainly won't study the principles behind it. It will only optimize how to do better. So if he wants to know the principles, he can only study it slowly by himself.
The clerk brought only 13 copies of the secret books, but Liang Zifeng found that there were only three types, namely martial arts with the three attributes of water, fire and wood. Liang Zifeng chose one for each attribute, and also chose a defensive martial arts book.
When I asked about the prices, I found out that the martial arts secrets here were incredibly expensive. That defensive martial arts book cost 8000 taels, and these secrets seemed to be of the lowest level.