Chapter 9: The Broken Sword Reforged (Part II)
Linhui City is located in the northern part of the empire, adjacent to Liankong City, and if it is in the direction of Donghai City, it will travel to the northwest. The most prosperous city in the south is Qinzhou City, and the most prosperous city in the north is naturally Kyoto, but after Kyoto, Yeyang City and Linhui City are the most prosperous. Linhui City can be regarded as a city of craftsmen.
The reason for this is naturally because Linhui City has the most famous sword-casting master in the sword-casting world, the Xu family.
More than 100 years ago, the people of the Xu family came to Linhui City, when Linhui City still belonged to the Chu State, it was originally located in the north of the empire and was a barren place, but it was famous because the Xu family forged a powerful divine soldier one after another, so the Jianghu people in various places, the Xuanji Sword School, the Tibetan Sword Villa, the Bajian Gate, all the sword families came to ask for weapons, and they came and went for a long time, and the popularity of Linhui City was much stronger than before.
Of course, although the weapons cast by the Xu family are good, there are not many people who can get the weapons, and most people come in vain, and over time, many casters choose to live in Linhui City. In this way, those Jianghu people who begged the Xu family to cast a sword but couldn't do it can also have many other options after being rejected by the Xu family. There are more and more casters in Linhui City, and the casters communicate with each other, so the craftsmanship is getting better and better, so Linhui City is in such an evolution, because of the Xu family, famous and prosperous.
Today's Linhui City is a city of craftsmen, but there is another point where Linhui City is famous all over the world. That is where the Iron Lion Sect, one of the nine strongest factions in the rivers and lakes, is located.
Although the origin of the Iron Lion Sect is decades earlier than that of the Haotian Sect, compared to other martial arts factions, it is only a new force, and the so-called heritage is only a hundred years. However, the exercises of the Iron Lion Sect are unique and unique in the rivers and lakes, so because of the existence of the Iron Lion Sect, Linhui City is becoming more and more prosperous.
This point was sensed by the inn and his party soon after they arrived in Linhui City. The Iron Lion Sect's reputation fell rapidly after the martial arts conference, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the nine major factions were the nine major factions after all, although there were many fewer people who apprenticed to the artist, but compared to other forces, the Iron Lion Sect was still the most powerful existence in Linhui City.
The turning point is naturally the Northern War that came immediately after the martial arts conference, the appearance of the Iron Lion Sect made the Northern War Hades Arm really take a turn for the better, and the prestige of the Iron Lion Sect also returned to the peak again after that battle, even higher than before the martial arts conference, and the sect leader Nian Xiaotang is becoming more and more famous among the new generation of martial arts powerhouses, and he is a strange person who always likes to attribute the blame to himself, although it is strange, but it is impossible to hate, the Iron Lion Sect, although he is not very polite to the sect leader on the surface, especially the elders, but in their hearts, everyone still respects this young man who is the strongest person in the Iron Lion Sect.
After the inn group arrived at Linhui City, they saw many Iron Lion Sect disciples wandering around. And the most talked about in the teahouse is also the Iron Lion Sect. The Iron Lion Sect and the forger have become the two major characteristics of Linhui City. However, there is very little contact between the Iron Lion Sect and the Sword Forging Xu Family, and it is not that the relationship between the two forces is weak. But...... The martial arts of the Iron Lion Sect do not use weapons.
But correspondingly, although there is no exchange of interests, it is more harmonious, and it is even more harmonious after Nian Xiaotang became the leader of the Iron Lion Sect. The reason why the Iron Lion Sect can be seen everywhere in the entire Linhui City is because the young leader of the Iron Lion Sect thinks that it is necessary for him to shoulder the obligation to improve Linhui City, so he arranged for some Iron Lion Sect disciples to patrol the streets of Linhui City to prevent accidents.
And many small forces have also entrusted cloth shops to make the robes of the Iron Lion Sect, without him, just because it is really much more convenient for the robes of the Iron Lion Sect to walk in Linhui City.
Linhui City and Ye Yang City Donghai City form a triangle, under the advice of the scholars, since they have come to Linhui City, the shopkeeper can go to the Xu family to seek the King's Landing, and after this incident, you can go to the Iron Lion Sect, first, to resolve the contradiction of killing Xie Xingshi last year, and second, to convince the people of the Iron Lion Sect...... Get involved in the camp that comes to the aid of Yunci Valley.
Chen Hui naturally agreed to these arrangements, and the people of the inn did not stay in the streets and alleys of Linhui City for too long, and after a little inquiry, they knew where the Xu family was, and these locals were also accustomed to it, although the Xu family's sword casting threshold was extremely high, but for the people of the rivers and lakes, there were still many people who wanted to try.
The janitor of the Xu family is different from others, this person's surname is Jin Dan and a sniffing character. Jin Weiqi's status in the Xu family is actually not low, and the reason why he is a gatekeeper is his own requirement, because he can experience the pleasure of degrading the metal that others regard as treasures to scrap copper and rotten iron every day.
Jin Sniff knows the metal in the world, and there are many people who hate him over the years, but the Xu family attaches great importance to Jin Sniff, because although Jin Sniff's vision is high, it makes sense that it is high, because of the existence of Jin Sniff, although the weapons cast by the Xu family over the years have decreased, the proportion of weapons that have entered the divine weapon spectrum has increased a lot.
The Xu family did not have to worry about food and clothing, and the weapons they cast naturally sought quality rather than quantity.
In the past few days, Jin Sniff has sent away many people, including Zhuang Shengxiao, the second master of the Sword Gate, who found the cold iron in the northern region and wanted to make a famous sword. After all, his own dragon head has a giant sword that everyone in the world envies, but it is evil, and as a master of the sword gate, and even the deputy dragon head under one person, it is not too much to ask for a famous sword.
If it were other children of the Xu family, they would give Bajian Gate a face, but Jin sniffed at the material and said that this cold iron in the Northern Regions has a hundred years, three hundred years, seven hundred years, and a thousand years, and the focus of the cold iron is naturally not iron, but cold, although the cold iron in Zhuang Shengxiao's hand is from the Northern Regions, the year is only about four hundred years, which is not enough for a sword.
This is mysterious, but the two dragon heads of the Bajian Sect nodded frequently, and the rest of the Bajian Sect disciples looked at each other, dare to love this thing and look at the vintage like wine tasting?
Zhuang Shengxiao was very convinced, and said in his heart that the Xu family was really good, not to mention that the janitor's insight was extraordinary, just saying that the calmness in the face of the Bajian Gate was enough to make people admire.
How did Zhuang Shengxiao know that the reason why the Xu family was so calm was because the evil sword came from the hands of the Xu family, and when the Xu family cast this sword, there was no such person as Ning Wuxie. In the eyes of the Xu family, only the sword is seen, if the person holding the sword does not have the ability to reach the sky, it is difficult to enter the eyes of the Xu family, Ning Wuxian will naturally be regarded as a distinguished guest by the Xu family, but although Zhuang Shengxiao is powerful, where can he be on a par with Ning Wuxie? It's not that it has to be very high in martial arts, Jin Sniff's extraordinary knowledge is not only in the material of the weapon, but also in the absolute accuracy of knowing people.
The condition for the Xu family to cast weapons is the material. This material is both a weapon and a person, Zhuang Shengxiao is actually worth the Xu family's shot, but this time the cold iron really can't get into the eyes of Jin Sniff. If the material is good and the character is excellent, in Jin Sniff's view, the martial arts can also be helped by the Xu family.
It's just that too many people have been sent away, and Jin Sniff also feels a little bored, and the more people he meets, the more Jin Sniff finds these people boring.
At this moment, another group of people came, and the appearance of this group of people was extremely ordinary, and they looked extremely ordinary. Jin Sniff is sure to have to send another group of people.
The person at the head looked like a scholar, and respectfully asked to enter the Xu Mansion and meet the old lady Xu.
Jin Sniff said, "No." ”
Then a young man behind the scholar said gently: "This senior, we came here to ask for a sword, I know the rules of the Xu family, the seniors share the worries of the Xu family, we should not bother, but also ask the seniors to take a look at this sword, this is the Xu family's things." ”
Jin Wei frowned, but still said: "If you want my Xu family to cast a sword for you, you have to have materials, and you can bring them to me to see." ”
As soon as Jin Sniff's voice fell, he saw a burly man step forward and remove the wooden box on his back. After seeing the crimson sword at the burly man's waist, the tip of the golden sniff's nose moved. The wooden box had not yet been opened, but Jin Sniff said with an intoxicated face: "Well, it's good, it's good." ”
This group of people is naturally a group of inns.
And this burly man is Ding Qiliang, Ding Qiliang said in his heart, could it be that this Xu family is so capable? Do you know that the metal in it is a precious thing without looking at it?
The shopkeeper said happily: "The senior agreed? ”
Jin Yan's face became a lot kinder, but he still said: "What do you think, I mean that this cook's knife is a good product, with such a big kitchen knife and such a strong kitchen knife, your cook is not ordinary, half of the world's divine soldiers are from my Xu family, but your treasure should be a family heirloom, not cast by my Xu family, can have such momentum, rare, good, good, good." ”
Jin Sniff was good for three in a row, and the original appearance of being under-flattened instantly became no longer under-flat, which made Ding Qiliang feel a little embarrassed.
Ding Qiliang said: "My knife is naturally good, but what my shopkeeper wants to show you is better." ”
Jin sniffed interested, rubbed his hands excitedly, and said continuously: "Open, open, open, I'll see." ”
The scholar is still in a hurry, they are not asking for a new sword, but a broken sword and recasting, if this King's Landing sword is not broken, but from the material point of view, it is an absolute divine weapon, but now it is like an aging human skin, dull as broken copper and iron, the thing in the box is the sword body of the King's Landing sword, I am afraid that such a sword, this gatekeeper will make it difficult.
The scholar was right to be worried, but he underestimated Jin Sniff's ability.
After the cook opened the wooden box, Jin Sniff's expression instantly became impatient, disappointed, and tired. But after a few breaths, Jin Sniff sighed softly.
He began to carefully examine the King's Landing Sword, which had broken in two, and the longer he looked at it, the more the expression on his face changed, at first he just slowly put away Fang Cai's disdain, and later, he began to be surprised little by little.
After a long time, Jin Sniff flicked the King's Landing Sword lightly with his fingers and said, "Where did you get this thing?" ”
Chen Hui said: "Senior, this is the sword of the junior. ”
Jin Sniff said: "If I know that what you said is not true, you can't enter this Xu family." ”
Chen Hui guessed that this senior probably saw something from this sword, and he said seriously: "The sentence is true, this sword is called King's Landing, and it was obtained by the junior in Tiankeng City. ”
Jin Sniff felt a sudden shock in his heart.
Sinkhole, King's Landing.
He has been a guest of the Xu family for many years, and his father is also a guest of the Xu family, in the early years, he also heard the Xu family say that there was a genius of sword casting in the Xu family, who thought that the spirituality of the sword was related to the essence and blood of people, and wanted to cast a sword with blood, such means were not recognized by the family, and it was said that it was too evil. At that time, the Emperor Star fell, and that genius went out to the sinkhole to ask for meteorite materials, but he never returned.
There are not many details in it, Jin Sniff is actually not clear as a person with a foreign surname, and even this may have nothing to do with the broken sword he saw, he just thought of it suddenly.
What Jin Sniff cares about the most is naturally metal.
The metal used in this sword is by no means any of the materials he has ever seen, as a swordsmith, his knowledge is even richer than that of a swordsmith, and there are not many people in the Xu family who can have him with high knowledge.
So the materials I haven't seen are really very few, and it's almost impossible to have them.
But this sword, which looks bleak on the surface, is actually not simple, and it seems to contain some kind of breath of life, which may be related to the technique of forging the sword, or the relationship between the material, or both.
In short, the longer I watched it, the more obsessed I became.
After a long time, Chen Hui couldn't help but remind carefully: "Senior, can this sword still enter the eyes of the Xu family?" ”
Jin Sniff nodded and said: "My judgment and premonition on the sword weapon will never be wrong, this thing is extraordinary, I have to show the old lady in person, you should also know, the rarer the sword, the more difficult it is to repair after it is damaged, everyone and follow me into the mansion, I will go to see the old lady first, you wait in the mansion." ”
Chen Hui and his party naturally had no objections. When Jin Sniffing hurriedly went to the inner courtyard of the Xu Mansion with the sword box, Chen Hui whispered to the scholar: "Sir, do you see that we have a play?" ”
The scholar smiled mysteriously and said, "Shopkeeper, you not only have a show, but also a big show. ”
Zhong Yunxiu didn't understand the meaning of the scholar's words, and the scholar said: "Jin Sniff's should have seen the extraordinaryness of the King's Landing Sword, but he is not sure how extraordinary this sword is, please tell Old Lady Xu that this may be something that has never happened for so many years, and if there is no accident, the shopkeeper may not only get a good sword, but also gain the friendship of the Xu family." ”
The scholar's judgment Chen Hui naturally did not doubt it.
"And, shopkeeper, you should know that Blowing Snow is the number one sword in the world, but it ranks fourth in the sword spectrum." The scholar's mind suddenly jumped a little far.
Chen Hui nodded, he knew that the first three swords seemed to have disappeared for a long time. It's just that I don't know why the scholar suddenly said this.
The scholar said: "More than half of the world's divine soldiers are from the Xu family, so there is a high probability that one or even two of the three famous swords lost are from the Xu family." Your master is unparalleled in the world, and the Sword Pavilion is full of powerhouses at the same level as his strength. And the disappearance of the top three famous swords is likely to be in the hands of the Sword Pavilion. ”
Chen Hui's body trembled, he had been looking for the whereabouts of his master for so long, but he had never thought about the question that the scholar said.
The master did mention that the first, second and third famous swords were all in the hands of the master's brother.
So......
If the Xu family knew the whereabouts of these weapons, they might also know...... Regarding the whereabouts of the Sword Master.
(End of chapter)