Jiang Ling walked out of the restaurant, naturally walked straight to the blacksmith shop, walked out of the two intersections, he also looked back cautiously, and confirmed that no one followed, before continuing to move forward.

"The shopkeeper of the restaurant actually knows the location of the Dragon Ball, where does this shopkeeper come from? Could it be that he is the city lord? Jiang Ling diverged his thinking and was still thinking about this matter. The city lord hides fourteen dragon balls and gathers strong people from all walks of life, so naturally he will not easily leak the location of the dragon balls. According to the conventional plot, it is very likely that the shopkeeper of this restaurant is disguised by the city lord to observe the performance of the contestants in the restaurant. As you see fit... Earn some extra money? Jiang Ling muttered to himself with a painful face: "Could it be that he held this pearl competition just to make money?" ”

"No, it stands to reason that with such strength and resources, it seems that a thousand silver coins are not a big number. There's no reason to spend so much time. Jiang Ling denied his idea, and then thought: "He also said that he could exchange information with the Strange Technique, uh-huh... I don't understand, but it seems unlikely that I want to ask his question clearly. Forget it, let's follow the main quest first. ”

Jiang Ling had already walked to the fourth intersection, and then turned around and saw the blacksmith shop on the side of the road.

The blacksmith shop was closed, with only some scrap metal piled up in the doorway, but the sound of striking iron could still be heard from inside.

"It seems that there is still a yard inside, and the iron is still striking at this time, which is really dedicated." Jiang Ling looked left and right, glanced at the scrap iron on the ground again, and then knocked on the door.

The sound of striking iron stopped, followed by the sound of slight footsteps, and the door of the shop was ajar, revealing a head, it was a middle-aged man, he glanced at Jiang Ling, and asked vigilantly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Hello, I'd like to go in and have a look." Jiang Ling said politely.

"Looking for Dragon Balls?" The blacksmith seemed to want to refuse, but after thinking about it, he opened the door, and he should still be a little jealous, and he said with a little dissatisfaction: "Come in and have a look, but I don't think the Dragon Balls will be with me." ”

"Thanks, it won't bother you." Jiang Ling stepped in, after all, the guidance of the main quest will never be wrong, no matter what, he has to come in and take a look.

"Just look at it, it's all broken copper and iron." The blacksmith picked up the casting hammer and struck a red-hot iron ingot.

Jiang Ling looked around and saw some shaped agricultural tools and daily ironware, such as sickles and hoes without handles, as well as iron pots and kitchen knives. In addition to this, there are also some scrapped iron and scrap iron waiting to be smelted.

"Is you the only blacksmith in the north of the city?" Jiang Ling asked.

"Yes, it's not profitable to do this work, if there is a blacksmith shop in the north of the city, then he and I will starve to death." The blacksmith also saw that Jiang Ling had a good temper, not the kind of arrogant and unreasonable lord, and his own straightforward personality was no longer afraid of restraint, so he responded casually.

Jiang Ling swept the courtyard with his telekinesis, but he didn't find it, but presumably this dragon ball would not be something that could be detected simply with telekinesis. Jiang Ling had no choice but to turn over the piles of semi-finished iron tools on the ground, and asked, "So you didn't recruit an apprentice or anything?" ”

"Yes, let him go back to the countryside in the past two days, after all, the city is too dangerous." The blacksmith picked up the piece of red-hot iron that had been formed with iron tongs, looked at it for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "It's still a young man, it's not good to die in a daze." ”

Jiang Ling began to dig through another pile of debris, and then asked, "Are there any casualties caused by the annual pearl winning conference?" Didn't the city lord have a rule that said that civilians should not be harmed at will? ”

"Alas, this little brother should also be a cultivator, right? You know better than I can do any damage you immortals can do when you gods fight. I think you're also a humble and kind person, so I guess you're going to make a move

And to take care of us, the people. But some masters are different, they are eager to find pearls, and if they can't find them, they will rob others. At first, I pretended not to know each other.,Point to the end of the polite politeness.。 But when you hit it, you hit your red face, and when a spell comes down, the houses around you collapse, do you think the people inside can be okay? The blacksmith shook his head and said, "In the early years, we thought it would be a lively event, but after the death of a few unlucky ghosts, no one dared to take this pearl tournament as a family, and we could avoid it." I drove my mother-in-law and my apprentices away, if I hadn't suppressed a deal in my hands, and waited for the money to buy food, and hurried to work, otherwise I would have left. ”

After Jiang Ling confirmed that there were no dragon balls in the large piles of broken iron on the left side of this courtyard, he walked to the other side, and at the same time listened to the blacksmith's words, he frowned and said: "This pearl winning conference hurts the innocent, you ordinary people complain so much, this city lord still insists on holding it?" ”

"Who knows what our city lord thinks, he has to hold such a dangerous meeting in the city, but this pearl-winning conference has made our Bailuo City now famous throughout the country." The blacksmith tempered the iron embryo a few more times, then looked at it and said, "There are complaints, but they have not yet reached the point where everyone has no way to live." After all, it's just one day, and the dodge is over. In addition, these masters broke the house and killed the livestock, and they also lost a lot of money. Don't say it, the old king next door muttered when he went out of the city last night, saying that these immortals had better lift his leaky roof and replace it with a new one. Hey, be careful, the kitchen knife over there is open... Ah yes, you're a practitioner, when I didn't say it. ”

Jiang Ling couldn't help but laugh secretly when he heard the blacksmith open the conversation, and couldn't help but think of the taxi driver in the real world.

The blacksmith put the formed iron into cold water and quenched it, and regardless of whether Jiang Ling spoke or not, he continued: "There were also people who were bold and inflexible in their legs and feet who hid in their homes and did not leave, and were accidentally stoned to death by falling houses, and later made a large amount of reward. Although it is said that life is more important than money, how much is life worth for us ordinary people? If I were accidentally killed by you immortals today, my mother-in-law, who was shouting and complaining about my lack of money, might be happy. ”

As soon as he heard that this guy had set up a flag of death, Jiang Ling hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense. ”

"Haha, it's fine." The blacksmith smiled casually, then took out the formed iron from the cold water and threw it aside, he picked up the file, glanced at Jiang Ling and said: "This city lord's ability to hide beads is a must, it is not easy to find, the first few conferences, you have to find it in the afternoon before anyone can find it." But I haven't been out for the past two days, and this bead will definitely not be hidden in my house, so don't waste your efforts. ”

"I'll take a look at it again, and it won't break your things." Jiang Ling was willing to give up and continued to rummage, and then remembered something and asked, "Big brother, not far to the south, there is a restaurant, do you know the shopkeeper?" ”

Hearing Jiang Ling call his eldest brother, the blacksmith smiled and said, "Seeing that you have to be a disciple of a great sect, I have to blow it with my mother-in-law, and a cultivator who has a lot of money calls me a big brother." Even I guess she doesn't believe it, and she wants to scold me for bragging. Oh, if you ask the shopkeeper of the restaurant, I know that the restaurant has been open for some years after all. I calculated, probably... Probably because our city lord came here not too long, this restaurant was opened. ”

"After the lord of the city came." Jiang Ling muttered, thinking that the shopkeeper of this restaurant definitely had an inseparable relationship with the city lord.

The blacksmith picked up the file, but sat down to rest, picked up a dirty rag and wiped the sweat from his head, and then said: "It's strange to say, this restaurant has two floors, and the scale is not small, but this shopkeeper doesn't recruit a single guy, and the most annoying thing is that he even has a cook."

No, in addition to wine and tea, there are only some sauced meat and cold dishes in the store, and the price is not low. The shopkeeper sat down at the counter with a smile every day, and his attitude was very good, but he was not attentive at all, which looked like a businessman. Over the years, not many locals have gone to his restaurant to eat, and I don't know why there are no yellow stalls. ”

When Jiang Ling heard this, he became more and more sure of his speculation that the city lord and the shopkeeper might be a person, and then pretended to be relaxed and asked tentatively: "This is obviously a loss-making business, and it can be opened for so many years, doesn't this shopkeeper have anything to do with the city lord?" ”

"Yo, little brother, be quiet, our city lord has a temper." The blacksmith reminded him, but he still had a smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "However, I have also seen the city lord go to the restaurant for dinner a few times. But we can't talk nonsense, the shopkeeper is not young, and he is not good-looking, what can it have to do with our city lord. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Ling was a little puzzled, it seemed that his guess was not accurate, he looked at the strange expression on the blacksmith's face, remembered his last sentence, suddenly realized something, and asked curiously: "Lord Ancheng, is it a man or a woman?" ”

"Woman." The blacksmith laughed and said: "You have come here to participate in the pearl competition, but you don't even know that our city lord is a woman, you are here from a far away?" Or have you just come down the mountain? ”

Jiang Ling scratched his head and said, "It's me who is lonely and unheard, but I didn't expect the city lord to be a woman." ”

The blacksmith said with a bit of pride: "Yes, in the thirty-two cities of our Lan Yin Kingdom, there is only this female city lord. ”

It doesn't seem to be the same person, that is, the relationship with the city lord is extraordinary, is it a concubine? Or master and apprentice? Or father and daughter? It doesn't have to be the godson of the city lord, right?

Listening to the meaning of the battlefield introduction, Lord An Cheng has not been long after graduating from the Royal Spiritual Academy, and his age will not be very large.

Without waiting for Jiang Ling to ask, the blacksmith over there said to himself: "When the city lord of our An first came, we were also quite surprised, I don't know how His Majesty the Emperor sent such a young woman to be the city lord. But over the years, except for this pearl winning conference, which made people feel awkward, the city lord has done a good job in all other aspects, and our people have recognized it. By the way, you don't even know that Lord An is a woman, and you definitely haven't seen her. Let me tell you, it's not that my brother is a sycophant, it's not that I have a low vision, our city lord, that's a great beauty, I've never seen such a beautiful woman, tsk. ”

Jiang Ling took a long turn in the courtyard, but he still didn't find the Dragon Ball, and he didn't have the heart to think about the city lord's affairs at this time. Standing in the courtyard and looking around, his eyes contemplated.

Seeing this, the blacksmith shook his head and said, "Don't waste your efforts, I'll just say I'm not here." If you don't go and get busy first, I'll help you find it later, and I'll keep it for you when I find it. ”

Jiang Ling took a breath and ran to the oven to take a look.

The blacksmith couldn't help but laugh and said, "The fire was just lit in the morning, and although the East China Sea Dragon Ball is precious, I estimate that it can't withstand the high temperature of this furnace." ”

Jiang Ling also felt that this was the truth when he heard this, and he turned his head to look at the quenched cold water pool, but although the water in the pool was not clear, it was also clear at a glance.

"How big is this Dragon Ball?" Jiang Ling looked down at the bellows again and muttered.

"I've seen it, it's not that big, probably... Probably—" The blacksmith casually pointed to the cylindrical handle of the sledgehammer beside him, and said, "The handle of the hammer is like that." ”

Jiang Ling turned his head to look at the hollow metal hammer handle.

"Poof, do you think it's still here? If it's here, I'll give you all this shop. The blacksmith laughed, then picked up the sledgehammer and slammed it twice on the ground.

Bite.

An oval cyan bead the size of a quail egg falls out.