Chapter 104: Kong Zhao's Flying Knife
"Do you really want to forge a sword?" Kong Zhu and Kong Zhao were both startled. Originally, they just made such a suggestion in idle conversation, but they didn't expect Lu Chaoran to be serious.
Kongzhu knows his old friend very well, and once he decides what to do, ten cows will not be able to pull it back. Kongzhu touched the back of his head and asked, "So... How are you going to forge a sword?"
"I'll have to ask someone who understands. ”
The one who knows how to forge a sword is of course a swordsmith. So the three of them discussed it and decided to visit the most famous swordsmith in the neighborhood.
The sword forging industry is also inherited by a family. The famous sword-casting families in the Xingchen Mountains include the Longmen Fan family, the Jiuyuan Han family and the Anyi Zhao family, among which the Longmen Fan family is the most sword-casting family for the Xiaoyao Palace, and the famous sword of the head Ke Yinfeng is from the hand of Fan Jun, the chief sword-casting of the Fan family. It is said that Ke Yinfeng cast his sword when he had just broken through to the first layer of the Spirit Flying Realm, and when he was promoted to the ninth layer of the Spirit Flying Realm, the Traceless Sword would break through to the first layer of the Soul Transformation Realm.
If you reach the sword of the Soul Transformation Realm, you can obtain the title of Divine Sword. There are many swordsmiths who can only make one Excalibur in their lifetime. Relying on the reputation of making a divine sword, he has already been able to become a master in the sword casting world, and there are as many as three divine swords from Fan Jun's hands. It can be seen that the sword-casting technology of the Longmen Fan family can be called the top in the world.
For Lu Chaoran, although the sword-forging focuses on quick success, he doesn't want to squander the sword-forging opportunity that is only once in a lifetime, so he naturally hopes to find the best swordsmith to forge the sword for him.
The Dragon Gate is located within a day's distance from Chiming Peak, and the Fan family is the largest family in the Dragon Gate. Lu Chaoran and the other three came to visit, and the color of their clothes showed that they were disciples of Chiming Peak, so they naturally received a warm reception. The Fan family is almost equivalent to the subsidiary of Xiaoyao Palace, and more than ninety percent of their family's business comes from Xiaoyao Palace.
They were received by Fan An, the old housekeeper of the Fan family. After serving the best tea, Fan An asked with a smile, "Excuse me, which immortal has reached the Lingfei realm?"
The three friends who are enjoying fragrant tea say what you mean. After Fan An figured out their purpose, his originally pleasant expression changed dramatically, he glanced at them very sternly, and said coldly, "Send off!"
The three of them were inexplicably kicked out of Fan's house. Fortunately, the old man at the gate of the Fan family was a chatter, and with a few pots of wine, he figured out the reason why Fan An was conceiving.
Fan An originally thought that they were the junior brothers sent by a certain senior brother of the Spirit Flying Realm, but when he learned that it was these three imps of the Qi Refining Realm who forged their own swords, he was furious. With the position of the Longmen Fan family in the Sword Forging Realm, how could it be possible to forge swords for people in the Qi Refining Realm? They only accepted customers from the Spirit Flying Realm. Even if someone from the high level of the Spirit Fortune Realm came to ask for a sword, the Fan family would take it as an insult because it would damage their reputation. A person like Lu Chaoran, who was at the beginning of the Qi Refining Realm, actually came to ask about the sword casting without shame, and this level of insult was like spitting directly in the face of the chief sword caster, Fan Jun. Butler Fan An was already very, very restrained, if it weren't for the fact that he was sure that they were Chiming Peak disciples, he would probably directly ask the family to beat them, tie them up and throw them into the river to feed the fish.
As soon as they heard that it was someone from the beginning of the Qi Refining Realm who wanted to find them to cast a sword, they were all displeased, and immediately issued an order to expel the guest, and the old housekeeper of the Zhao family also had the sense of responsibility of educating the juniors of the old man, and scolded angrily: "Young man, you must be self-motivated! If we forge a sword for you now, we are harming you! If you are not a disciple of Xiaoyao Palace, it doesn't matter, we can forge a sword for you." But you are disciples of the Xiaoyao Palace, are you just satisfied with only reaching the high level of the Spirit Fortune Realm in your lifetime? We are not those Wild Road Sword Forgers who don't care about their reputations. ”
The old man's scolding did not make Lu Chaoran, who had already made up his mind, feel a little embarrassed, but gave him a flash of inspiration. "Yeluzi Sword Forger, will there be a suitable candidate among Yeluzi Sword Forgers?" On the way back to Chiming Peak, he and Kongzhu Kong Zhao kept discussing this issue.
Kongzhu said: "These families value reputation, but at the same time, they don't value small money. Casting swords for monks above the Spirit Flying Realm, the cost of forging swords is often hundreds of millions, how much money can people in the Qi Refining Realm come up with?"
Lu Chaoran said: "Kong Du, a famous sword-casting master of the Southern Chu Kingdom, cast a sword for Lu Boyu, and Lu Boyu was at the middle level of the Qi Refining Realm at that time. With the financial resources of the Chu Lu family in the south, even if Kong Du didn't want to forge a sword, for the sake of money, it would be difficult to refuse. ”
"Why is it talking about your family, but it sounds like you're talking about someone else's home?" Kong Zhao asked.
Kong Zhu made a gesture, didn't let Kong Zhao continue to ask, and said, "Why don't you go to Kong Du too?"
Lu Chaoran sighed and said, "Kong Du's sword is also average. "Back then, Lu Boyu held the Aoyue Sword cast by Kong Du, and his progress was still slow, that is, he was able to dominate in the remote Southern Chu Kingdom.
Kong Zhao said: "Speaking of the Yeluzi Sword Forger, I do know one. Maybe he's not really a swordsmith and can't make any good swords, but the throwing knives can still be used, and the price is fair, and my throwing knives are all from him. ”
"Then what's the use of me looking for him?"
"You can ask about the situation, I heard that his master is quite a legendary swordsmith! Maybe he can answer a lot of your questions, and even know his master through him. Now that those swordsmiths are ignoring us, through this relationship, we may still have a chance to find a master swordsmith to forge a sword for you. ”
Because he was the person he recommended, if Lu Chaoran looked down on him, Kong Zhao would feel that he had no face, so in order to increase his persuasiveness, Kong Zhao felt that he should demonstrate his flying knife. So he took out a flying knife from his arms, handed it to Lu Chaoran, and said, "Look at it, this is what he hit, it's not bad, right?"
Lu Chaoran took the flying knife and checked it, this flying knife is five inches long, weighs 200 grams, and has a very delicate texture on the blade, which has obviously been forged countless times, and the blade is dark gray and not very reflective. Since it is a hidden weapon, after the shot, it will naturally be advantageous not to show his deeds. Lu Chaoran is actually a layman for the blade, and he can only look at it roughly, but a blind person can also see that this flying knife is hundreds of times better than the kind of bright flying knife that he bought for 100 gamma yuan coins in the weapon spectrum of Shilipo, whether it is the material or the workmanship, it is incomparable.
It's just that, other than that, he can't say anything special good. He hmmed for a while, didn't know how to evaluate it, and finally held back a sentence: "The knife is good, how much money did you spend on it?"
Kong Zhao said triumphantly: "It cost 30,000 yuan to prepare the materials and 50,000 yuan to make it. ”
"What, then this knife is worth eighty thousand?" Lu Chaoran studied it carefully again, and the expression on his face was very obvious to show incomprehension. With their current level, they can earn 80,000 yuan without seeing a mission, and this Kong Zhao is really willing to do it.
Lu Chaoran picked up a hard pebble from the ground and cut it in half with a knife, like peeling fruit. "Well, it's like clay. Lu Chaoran said.
Kong Zhao took the flying knife with a smile and said, "It's just that the iron is like clay, why should I spend 80,000 yuan? As long as I carry the real yuan, my own hands can also sharpen the iron like clay... Hehe... It may be an exaggeration, but with a little force, you can still cut the rock with your bare hands. The beauty of this throwing knife is..."
Kong Zhao suddenly closed his mouth, his eyes raised, and he saw a black crow with a length of feet parked on a branch a hundred steps away, so with a slight movement of his wrist, the flying knife flew out of his hand, and the arrow shot towards the crow. The speed of the flying knife was so fast that the crow didn't have time to react.
"Oh, is it just shooting an ordinary bird?" Lu Chaoran thought wonderingly.
But unexpectedly, the flying knife suddenly stopped eight feet away from the crow, and almost at the same time, with a "poof", a large cloud of water mist erupted, and the water mist will envelop the entire tree in an instant. The raven was then alarmed to be attacked, but by this time its feathers were already soaked in water, and it flapped its wings and fled in disarray, croaking angrily as it flew.