Then, the boy said, "No, grandpa, I just asked casually, I don't like long swords very much, I just thought that if it was a long sword, it shouldn't be able to hide it." ”

Xu Lao smiled, there was no need to agree or deny, and said: "I can't say that, it's just that it's more convenient than a short sword." ”

Shaoyu nodded, and subconsciously asked, "Then why is there not enough materials?"

Xu Lao explained: "Because we want to cast a sword this time, we must need a fish called scale fish as a sword casting material, this kind of fish can be said to be difficult to find, and there is a certain number of each person, if it is exceeded, it must be released, so, if the two short swords, the materials are still not enough, but it's okay, let's go to Nanhai City first." ”

Forge a sword?

The young man roughly figured out his thoughts and realized that the purpose of going to Nanhai City this time was not to buy a sword, but to find a fish called "scale fish" to use as a material for forging a sword.

The young man blurted out, "Grandpa, do you still know how to forge a sword?"

Xu Lao laughed and joked: "You really are omnipotent when you are your grandfather? ha!"

However, the sword casting thing seems simple, but in fact, the connotation technology is complex, and I really don't dare to say that I am an ironcaster without a hundred years of craftsmanship, I don't like that thing yet, but I have an old friend in Nanhai City, and he is an ironcaster. ”

"Ironcaster?"

In the face of the young man's muttering, Xu Lao explained: "Casting means to build all things, and iron represents a name for blacksmiths in ancient times, so now this kind of craftsman who creates objects is also called 'iron caster'." ”

"It's a pity that there are fewer and fewer iron casting masters now, and with modern chemical industry production, who will make things with their own hands, right?"

As he spoke, the old man began to shake his head, feeling sorry for the gradual decline of traditional craftsmanship.

The young man understands the old man, and indeed, there are fewer and fewer things that have been circulated in ancient times.

He quickly changed the topic and said, "Grandpa, I heard you say this just now, isn't this scale fish very precious? There is a certain amount of it...... Moreover, since it can be used as a material for forging swords, I'm afraid it ......"

The boy didn't continue.

It must be a hard thing that can be used as a material for forging a sword, because, if it is ordinary, Elder Xu will take him all the way to Nanhai City?

Obviously, this so-called "scale fish" is not simple.

Xu Lao didn't make any reaction, thought about it, snorted, and said: "This kind of fish is indeed a little rare now, although there are many children, but it is also when they give birth that they are the most stiff." ”

"The scale fish is a deep-sea fish that feeds mainly on some reefs on the seabed. About the size of an index finger, the whole body is silver, very thin, it can be said to be as thin as a piece of paper, but it is extremely stiff. ”

"It's very hard, but it's just like ordinary iron, so it's not very attractive, but it's ......."

The old man's voice couldn't help but raise a few points, "Once it is the birth season, their bodies will undergo qualitative changes, and the hardness is even worse than that of diamonds, I don't know exactly why this is happening, I think...... Maybe it's to protect the child in the womb. ”

The old man said no more.

The young man nodded thoughtfully and muttered, "No wonder there are restrictions, how cruel ......"

Shaoyu rolled his eyes and said, "Grandpa, otherwise, forget it." ”

Xu Lao smiled, smiled very gently, habitually reached out and knocked on the young man's forehead, but very lightly, and said: "Child, if you have this heart, grandpa is very happy, but you have to remember that this is the ecological chain of nature, no wonder others, do you know how many people will go to Nanhai City during this period?"

The boy shook his head.

Xu Lao stretched out a finger and said unhurriedly: "As little as ten million, at most...... I don't know, at least when it was first discovered that the species was almost caught and extinct, and it was immediately forbidden to catch it, but fortunately it had a lot of children, and there were restrictions at this time of year to maintain the balance. ”

The young man asked, "Grandpa, since the scale fish is so precious, why don't you breed them artificially?"

The boy screamed in pain, and it turned out that after he finished speaking, the old man knocked on the young man's forehead.

Xu Lao said: "Didn't I say it, it is a deep-sea fish species, and the temperature and environment of the seabed cannot be simulated casually. ”

The boy sighed.

Xu Lao smiled and asked again, "Do you know how much this fish is worth?"

The boy shook his head.

Xu Lao was playful and said, "Guess how much is one?"

The young man thought for a moment and said casually, "A thousand!"

The old man shook his head.

The boy continued: "Do you mean ten thousand?"

The old man shook his head again.

"It can't be fifty thousand, right?"

"Ouch!"

The boy cried out in pain again.

Xu Lao was dissatisfied: "You really should be a diamond, only a few thousand, although the value of this fish is good, but there are too many people who catch it, and there are many markets for sale, so naturally the price is not very expensive." ”

The young man reluctantly pursed his mouth and blurted out: "A few thousand is not expensive, a small fish is worth ......."

Before he finished speaking, he immediately reacted, and asked with a stunned face: "Grandpa, how many such fish do you need for those two short swords?"

Xu Lao showed a look of obscenity and said with a smile: "Then it depends on how big a sword you need?"

The old man's expression, the young man pulled his mouth helplessly, and said, "Grandpa, you ask me, how do I know?"

Xu Lao said: "Let's not count the sword hilt, just according to the sword body, how big does it need?"

As he spoke, the old man reached out and looked at the young man's arm, and said, "Two fingers wide, how about the length of the palm?"

Shaoyu looked at his palm and nodded in response.

Xu Lao said: "According to this size, the thickness is also the point, it is estimated that there are at least two thousand pieces, maybe it is less." ”

The young man was shocked, and when he heard that two thousand were already terrifying enough, it was still a few, and he immediately asked, "Grandpa, how many are the restrictions for that person?"

Xu Lao smiled weirdly, and did not respond to the young man immediately,

Shaoyu was in a hurry, and urged: "Grandpa, you don't have to sell Guanzi, hurry up and tell me, if there are 100 pieces per person, what about the rest, a few thousand, oh my God! How much money do we have to buy it, do we have a lot of money?"

The old man stretched out a finger, Shaoyu patted his chest, and comforted: "One person has a thousand, you can also make one, what about the rest......?"

Without waiting for him to finish, Xu Lao said lightly: "Ten for one person." ”

"What?!"

The corners ......of Shaoyu's eyes were big, and he said in disbelief: "Ten!

Xu Lao smiled and nodded, and snorted.

The young man's face changed, and he suddenly approached the old man's ear and whispered, "Grandpa, are we going to kill people and sell goods?"

"Ouch!"

The young man was hit the old man's forehead again, and he pouted in dissatisfaction.

Xu Lao said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this matter first, I have my own arrangements." ”

The young man sighed dryly, and Old Xu was about to close his eyes again to recuperate, but he heard the young man ask, "Grandpa, what was your life qi before?"

Xu Lao lowered his eyelids and explained unhurriedly: "Life can be said to be fate, or it can be said to be the life force in a person's life, life is gone, which means that this person's life is about to come to an end, I say so, do you understand?"

Without hearing the young man's voice, Xu Lao continued: "From the day everyone is born, there will be an invisible and untouchable life qi in the body, and I, a fortune teller, will take out a little bit of other people's life qi to calculate the fate of the future, of course, it is only an approximation, after all, the ability is limited, haha!"

At the end, the old man laughed.

However, when he heard Xuanhu's words into the ears of the young man, it was different, although he believed in Xu Lao, he was curious, and asked: "Grandpa, just now you said that the life qi is gone, it is equivalent to a person dying, you extract other people's life qi, is it the same as a goblin absorbing the soul? will it damage the life of others?"

At this time, the old man opened his eyes, turned his head to look at the young man, and suddenly smiled, but it made the young man feel an indescribable vicissitudes of life and decline.

For some reason, it made him extremely uncomfortable, but he heard the old man say: "No, others can't lose their life." ”

Then, the young man raised his eyes and looked at the old man closely, but he didn't know when the other party closed his eyes, and he couldn't help but recall the old man's words in his mind, "Others can't lose their life." ”

He didn't understand, and suddenly there was an irritability in his heart, and he looked at Xu Lao again, the cheeks full of wrinkles, and suddenly found that the wrinkles at the corners of the old man's eyes were deeper, and he subconsciously said, "Grandpa, you seem to be old again." ”

Xu Lao hummed lightly, didn't open his eyes, and didn't continue.

There is no undulating chest, only a dignified face the color of a white crane, motionless, as if he has sat down and passed away.

The boy's chest was very uncomfortable, and he immediately turned his eyes to look out the window at the endless plain.

The boy was right, his observation was very accurate, and Xu Lao was indeed old again.

It's just that the young man doesn't know that every time Xu Lao helps others tell his fortune, he will lose a little bit of life, and he also helps people with "emperor appearances" to tell their fortunes, not to mention just a little.

But the old man had no choice but to spare his life for the sake of his grandson's well-being.

After this conversation, the old and the young on the train did not speak again, the old man seemed to have fallen asleep, and the young man did not bother.

Time flies quickly, from yesterday night to this morning, one night, eight hours, the train has arrived in the South China Sea, and there is still half an hour away from Nanhai City.

Originally, the seats of the two were vacant, but at this time, the carriage was surrounded by water, and it can be said that the station was overcrowded, and the spaces between the seats were crowded with people.

Even breathing was oppressive, because they came from all parts of the country, and they all came with the same purpose, the scale fish.

Whether it is a martial artist or an ordinary person, useful or useless, you can make a huge amount of money here.