Chapter 12: The Strange Sword Shop

Fancheng, located in the west of the continent, is the capital of the Moon God Kingdom, since ancient times, there is a saying that the first city in the world, therefore, the city has gathered all kinds of capable people, but also gathered a large number of cultivators, it is known that there are more than a dozen people in the tribulation period alone, not to mention the tribulation period!

Every fight between them often involves a big family in the city, or even the royal family, so no one dares to stir up trouble easily in Fancheng, after all, most people's lives no longer belong to him!

There are hundreds of thousands of people in Fancheng, among them, there are no less than 100 aristocratic families, and the relationship between each family is also inextricably linked, which makes people incomprehensible!

Fancheng faces the mountains in the north, and there is a moat outside the city, which leads the water of the snowmelt from the mountains and rivers in the north of the continent to irrigate it, and it is extremely cold!

The fish produced in the river are also extremely delicious, the meat is fat but not greasy, tender but not broken, even if you look at the whole continent, it is a rare specialty!

The average width of the moat was about one hundred and eighty meters, and the depth was about three meters, forming a solid barrier on the periphery of the city!

There are four bridges over the river, consisting of 17 bridges, 160 meters long and 8 meters wide. Corresponding to the eastern, southern, western, and northern gates of the city, the city wall is eight to twelve meters thick and twelve to sixteen meters high, which is extremely thick!

And on the smooth bridge deck, each step stone is integrated, showing a unique domineering, on the pillar of each bridge railing, are carved with stone lions with different expressions, and the bridge head is carved with two lifelike beasts, as if eternal standing there, not moving!

After three months of turbulence, Xi'er finally arrived outside the city, only to see him standing alone in the northeast corner of the city, full of green hills, looking down at the different sizes of the city, undulating buildings, and couldn't help but sigh: "This is the capital city known as the first in the world!"

For Xi'er, who had never seen anything in the world, the relatively large-scale towns he encountered on the road had already surprised him, but when he saw the Fancheng where Ling'er was located, he knew what a small thing was!

After a moment of trance, Xi'er calmed down, took steps and walked down the mountain, and after a while, he was already on the bridge, and the first thing that caught his eye was the impregnable city wall, and the tall and solemn city gate, and the three big characters hanging above the city gate: East Arm Gate.

Xi'er looked at it with some complicated eyes, the three big characters hanging in front of him, for some reason, there was a trace of desolation in his heart, which could not fade away for a long time, as if he had witnessed some tragic story, but there was no way to talk about it!

Puzzled, Xi'er strode towards the city, the noise was endless, the sound of selling was in the ears, all kinds of shops and stalls came into view, Xi'er, who had never been out of the mountain gate, was dazzled for a while, and was amazed, but what really attracted him was a sword shop on the side of the road...

According to the convention, this kind of magnificent sword shop will be opened in the city, different from ordinary sword shops, the consumption level here is much higher than that of ordinary sword shops, and those mansions of dignitaries are more concentrated in the city, I really don't know what this sword shop is planning.

Not only that, but the power that had always attracted him also became particularly strong at this time, as if something was calling him, causing his body to involuntarily move in the direction of the sword shop.

At this inadvertently, one of Xi'er's feet had stepped into the threshold of the sword shop, and as far as the eye could see, the walls were full of all kinds of swords of different lengths, and there was only one person in the huge room, who was leaning against the counter, looking at Xi'er who entered the door in surprise, and lost his mind for a while.

The person in the counter was obviously the guy from the sword shop, and when he saw Xi'er enter the door, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, thinking that he had an illusion, and then greeted him enthusiastically, and asked a little unnaturally: "You... Are you here to see the sword?"

"Or else!?" Xi'er turned her gaze to the guy, slightly stunned, and put on a surprised and disapproving look.

The sword shop guy was asked by Xi'er like this, and suddenly came back to his senses, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and he smiled awkwardly, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Seeing that the guy was silent, Xi'er asked again, "Is this unexpected?"

"Hey, don't you know, this sword shop has been open for more than three months, but you are the first customer of this shop, so I didn't react for a while, please forgive me..."

"Ahh Three months?" Xi'er raised her eyebrows after hearing this, and exclaimed in surprise, she never expected that she would become the first guest of this sword shop, and at the same time, she was also thinking that this sword shop was too bleak!

"Ahem...... That one... Can you show me that sword?" Xi'er touched her chin with one hand, coughed dryly twice, broke the awkward atmosphere, and pointed to the innermost long swords hanging on the wall alone, and asked with some slurry.

"Yes! Yes, you wait!" the sword shop guy nodded at Xi'er with an excited smile on his face.

Maybe it's because the sword shop has never opened for three months, and the sword shop guy is extremely polite, and he went to get the sword in a hurry, so that Xi'er felt a little unnatural.

The sword shop guy walked to the sword that Xi'er pointed to, tried his best to restrain his hands that were trembling with excitement, carefully took it off, and handed it to Xi'er in a race against time, with a comfortable face.

"You are really discerning! This sword is definitely a fine product in our shop, it can be said that it is sharpened like clay, you look at this craftsmanship, this carving, and then look at this integrated sword body, it is in line with your age and temperament!" The man's words were full of alarmist suspicion, his eyes had narrowed into a slit, and he stood aside and said boastfully.

Xi'er took the sword in his hand, looked at it and said slowly: "This sword is indeed good, and it can be called a fine product, but it is a bit exaggerated to sharpen iron like clay!"

"Ah, it seems that I can't hide anything from you, you are a young age, and you are an expert!" After the guy was broken by Xi'er's words, he just raised his eyebrows in surprise, but he didn't apologize at all, and still maintained his original face, which made Xi'er can't help but be disgusted.

"I think, I already know why your sword shop has no customers all this time!" Xi'er said with her lips fluctuating slightly, and her tone was very flat.

Xi'er, who grew up in the mountains, is very simple in his heart, he doesn't understand the politeness in the city, he doesn't know the ways in the trading field, and he doesn't understand the way of dealing with people outside, which must not work.

Xi'er took the sword in his hand and continued to look at it, and while aiming at the blade along the hilt, he said sarcastically unceremoniously: "In your eyes, this sword may be able to sharpen iron like clay, but in my eyes, it can't even cut meat!"

For ordinary people, this sword is indeed a fine product, but for Xi'er in the Jiedan Realm, it is like a child's toy, which can be broken with a little force!

The sword shop guy was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then the corners of his upturned mouth slowly began to stiffen, and his round gaze gradually became sharper, and he asked Xi'er indifferently, "Then what do you want!?"

"You're being alarmist, but you're asking me what's going on, don't you think there's something wrong with what this sentence says?!" Xi'er was not to be outdone, gently closed the scabbard, also lowered her tone, and said indifferently.

In the already empty room, as the conversation between the two became more silent, the tense atmosphere filled the two of them, revealing a slight chill.

"Feelings, you kid is here to find fault!" said the sword shop guy with a snarky expression, and actually walked to the chair next to him and sat down, and said again: "Come on, invite him out for me!"

"Whoosh..."

"Whoosh... Sou... Whoosh......"

After a loud shout, four strong men with five big and three thick men burst out from behind the sword shop, with green tendons protruding from their arms, all of them were as tall as Xi'er, obviously the thugs of this sword shop!

"Just this kid, serve me!" the sword shop guy sat on the seat next to him, nodded the stream on the side with his hand, and said very arrogantly.

"Gotcha!"

At the sound of an order, the four big men rubbed their fists and walked straight to Xi'er with sturdy steps, in their opinion, Xi'er was just a milky hairy boy, and they had never seen it, otherwise they would not dare to be so bold, after all, there are many big people in the city that they can't afford to provoke, but the person in front of them is obviously not!