Translator: AnubisTL
After dealing with the three thugs who had tried to rob him, Li Qing finally managed to move the over three hundred pounds of iron ingots to the front of his courtyard with great difficulty.
Looking at the three n lying exhausted on the ground, unable to even get up, Li Qing gained a new understanding of his current martial prowess.
He realized that he could easily handle five or six people like these, who were chronically underfed and ard with weapons, without much trouble.
If it were strong and robust n without any martial skills, he could take on two or three without difficulty.
This progress was quite satisfying for Li Qing.
Once he tempered his body and developed Outer Strength, officially becoming an Outer Strength expert, he planned to forge a suitable weapon and protective armor for himself.
By then, his combat power would multiply.
With such strength, even if he returned to his forr Frontier Army camp, he was confident he could sneak away from the heavily guarded granary.
"Tell , what are your nas, and why did you target ?" Li Qing asked coldly.
"Sir, my na is Qi Jinxiong. This ti, we brothers were blind and didn’t recognize your strength. Please be rciful and let us go. We promise to avoid you in the future!"
The speaker was the tall, thin, and gloomy-looking man, who seed to be the leader of the trio.
After so questioning, Li Qing learned about their backgrounds.
The more cunning and slick second brother was nad Qi Jinbao, while the impulsive third brother was called Qi Jinniu.
Interestingly, the three were not blood brothers but had sworn brotherhood after eting each other, even changing their surnas together.
In a world where people struggled to get enough to eat, there was no such thing as unwavering loyalty to one’s na. No one placed too much importance on their surna. Today they might be surnad Qi, and tomorrow, due to so twist of fate, they could be surnad Yan.
Additionally, Li Qing was surprised to learn that all three were part of an underground organization called the Righteous Gang.
This was the first ti Li Qing had heard of any other power in Blackrock City besides the Yan Family.
However, after so inquiries, he couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
It turned out that the mbers of this organization were mostly small-ti thugs like the Qi brothers, who spent their days engaging in petty theft and bullying honest people.
What was amusing was that this gang of thugs, the Righteous Gang, actually had a motto: "Rob the rich to help the poor, with righteousness as vast as the sky."
"Rob the rich to help the poor? The wealthiest power in the city is the Yan Family. Why haven’t you robbed them?" Li Qing sneered disdainfully.
Qi Jinniu, the third brother, imdiately retorted, panting, "We have! The market is run by the Yan Family. We go there every day to rob people coming and going, making sure no one dares to visit the market. Isn’t that indirectly striking at the Yan Family?"
Hearing this, Li Qing’s expression grew even colder.
This Qi Jinniu was clearly a simple-minded person, and it was unclear who had taught him this line of reasoning, but he had taken it as gospel and truly believed it.
Little did he know that the Yan Family was the largest landowner in Blackrock City, a parasitic force that sucked the blood of everyone in the city. As long as one lived in Blackrock City, they could not escape the Yan Family’s exploitation.
It seed that the Yan Family had never even glanced at this so-called Righteous Gang. The gap between their levels was too vast; they were not even in the sa league.
Li Qing spoke with disgust, "So you’ve been doing these dirty deeds for so long. Has the business of the Yan Family’s market declined? Has the Yan Family been truly affected?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Lao San suddenly froze. His brain, which he rarely used, began to think.
That’s right, the Righteous Gang had existed for quite so ti, but the Yan Family’s power seed unaffected, still as imposing as ever. As he pondered, Li Qing coldly added, "Cowards who only wield their blades against the weak, get lost! Don’t dirty my courtyard gate!"
With that, Li Qing turned and walked into the courtyard, slamming the gate shut with a loud bang. Once inside, he sighed and shook his head.
Originally, he had intended to control the three of them, using their strength to help gather information in the city and keep track of daily events.
But just thinking about their actions filled Li Qing with imnse disgust.
If he hadn’t practiced martial arts, his fate after leaving the market today would have been truly grim.
Losing an arm or a leg might have been the least of his worries. If they had discovered the stash of food he had hidden in the cellar, it could have ant certain death.
"Strength is still necessary."
The Blood Moon hanging high in the sky gradually elongated Li Qing’s shadow.
At this mont, he finally understood the importance of strength and found the true purpose of practicing martial arts.
That day, the notorious Qi brothers, infamous around the market streets, beca famous once again.
The three of them were simultaneously defeated by an unard man, causing a stir within the city.
"Ha ha ha, finally, soone has taught those three scoundrels a lesson!"
"Not long ago, I lost two pounds of Dark Wheat Mushroom that I had exchanged for my entire fortune. I almost starved to death. Why didn’t that person just kill them all!"
"They’re all just scum, never doing anything right, always stealing and cheating. They got what they deserved!"
"It would be best if that so-called Righteous Gang was wiped out along with them. They’re truly a cancer."
Many of those complaining had been victims of the Righteous Gang. They had long harbored dissatisfaction with this group, even more so than with the Yan Family.
However, Li Qing, the instigator of this incident, was completely unaware of it.
After bringing the iron ingots ho, he lit the forge fire, preparing to forge a new hamr for both combat and daily blacksmithing.
After his strength had greatly increased, the blacksmith’s hamr he usually used was no longer suitable.
"The weight should be around two hundred pounds. That should be my current limit."
Soon, the rough outline of a war hamr appeared in Li Qing’s mind. He had been thinking about the style and weight of this hamr for a long ti.
Two hundred pounds was still a bit of a burden for him now.
Being able to carry three hundred pounds of iron ingots didn’t an he could wield a three hundred-pound weapon.
There was still a significant difference between arm strength and the body’s endurance.
With his current arm strength, wielding a two-hundred-pound hamr was even sowhat strenuous, and he often felt inadequate.
However, Li Qing had a premonition that it wouldn’t be long before he cultivated Outer Strength.
By that ti, his strength would increase significantly, and a two-hundred-pound hamr would undoubtedly beco effortless for him! But he still faced a challenge: how to lt and infuse the Ink Gold into the hamr?
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