Chapter 2: The Prosperous Age

Haiyang Town, located at the foot of Yanxia Mountain, on the bank of the Qinglan River, is located in the northwest of Wu and the southeast of Chu, which is the main road between Wu and Chu, and is also the novice village to which Feibai belongs.

No one knows why the town of Twilight has a small character, and the scene in front of them makes it impossible to associate it with "small".

The Qinglan River passes through the town, the river is like a practice, winding from east to west, and the sunset is reflected on the sparkling river, and a little bit of broken gold flickers from time to time. On both sides of the shore are bluestone-paved streets, which have been occupied by players setting up stalls, and the regional channels are completely occupied by noisy shouting.

"Complete hare skins for sale! A must-have for novice tasks, the task rewards 5 copper plates, only 2 copper plates per piece! ”

"Point steel knife, attack +3, newcomer available, 150 copper plate."

"All kinds of herbs are sold at a marked price, and the quantity is negotiable."

"Linen bag! Linen bags! It's not a cloth bag, it's not a paper bag, it's a linen bag! The famous brand in the bag, the upper limit of the package is +4, and the otaku rotten girl hurry up and buy it! ”

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Such advertisements are mixed with the sound of bargaining between buyers and sellers, the shouting and scolding of people who are blocked and have a bad temper, and the sound of fighting between sellers at different prices for the same goods. On both sides of the river, after a long day of hard work, the players have ushered in such a rare moment similar to rushing to the market, the crowd is bustling, the goods are dazzling, and the town is full of vitality.

Feibai entered the town, and everything he saw along the way was like this, and he couldn't help but think of the scene of rushing to the market when he was a child, and his thoughts were flying, allowing the black donkey to kick and tap forward.

"Holy, mount! Big money, give some money to use! A babbling young man yelled at Feibai. Feibai was so startled by his cry that he almost fell off the donkey's back, only to notice that in addition to Xiao Young, there were more than a dozen players around him who were also pointing around the black donkey. So he hurriedly jumped down, collected the black donkey, and said haha: "What a big sum, this is a task item, there is a time limit, I'm sorry, I've borrowed it." After speaking, he ignored everyone's obviously unbelieving eyes, hurriedly squeezed out of the circle, and walked away. Wealth is moving, and if you are careless and reveal your wealth, in order to avoid trouble, it is better to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

After turning around and making a big circle, he walked to a corner where no one could see, changed into a coarse cloth shirt, took out the iron pickaxe and put it on his shoulder, crossed the Jizen Bridge across the river, crossed several streets, and folded into a nondescript house.

Straight through the main hall, followed by a hallway, the sound of clanging came from not far away. Turn left at the end of the corridor, there is a small pond of about two or three acres in front of you, on the east side of the pond, there is a shed, below which are anvils, stoves, bellows, water tanks and other things, and another blast furnace about one zhang high, which should be used for smelting minerals. A man of medium stature, with an empty trouser tube on his left leg, a crutch under his left armpit, a piece of iron billet in his left hand with iron tongs, and a hammer in his right hand, which was repeatedly forged.

After looking at it for a while, you will find that the interval between the two hammer drops is almost exactly the same, and each time the hammer falls, it only hits the iron billet once, and then stops immediately after it bounces, unlike some blacksmiths who let the hammer bounce up and then smash it on the iron billet. He seems to be intent on controlling the number of strikes, and perhaps the more skilled people are, the more attention they pay to the details.

Feibai didn't make a sound, silently stood to the side and watched him strike the iron, only to feel that there seemed to be some kind of wonderful rhythm between the continuous swing of the hammer, and the sound of the impact between the hammer and the iron was not so monotonous.

The night gradually darkened, and the percussion did not stop for a moment. I don't know when, Yuehua infiltrated this courtyard, elongated the figures of the two, and there were a few dog barks on the street, and it was an ordinary and beautiful night.

The sound of the hammer stopped imperceptibly, as if it had never sounded. The man looked at the unquenched iron in front of him, about three inches long, flat in shape, and a wave-like texture on the surface, nodded slightly, shook his head slightly, carefully placed the iron in an iron vessel, turned his head and smiled softly at Feibai.

Fei Bai saw that there were two-thirds of the similar iron in the vessel, but there was very little iron in the shed, so he asked, "Erlang, is there still a shortage of iron ore?" "It turns out that this man is the youngest son of Boss Feng of the blacksmith shop on the street, known as Feng Erlang, who lost a leg for some reason in his early years and has never shown his head, so most players can only see Boss Feng and Feng Dalang in the blacksmith shop. When Feibai returned to the town for the first time, he triggered a hidden mission by chance in the blacksmith shop and sent all his ore to Feng Erlang in the backyard of Feng's house, which was rewarded with nearly 10,000 copper plates. Although this Feng Erlang has a disabled leg, his casting talent is really extraordinary. There are quite a few good weapons in Boss Feng's blacksmith shop, all of which were built by Feng Erlang. Lately he seems to be working on a new blade, and ore is in short supply.

Feng Erlang said: "Yes, there are too many impurities in the iron ingots smelted from ordinary ores, and most of them will be lost when forged and purified, not to mention that the weight of the guy I built this time is not light." ”

Feibai smiled and said: "If I say anything else, I may not really have it, but the iron ore is ......" said and directly poured all the iron ore in the backpack to the ground, Feng Erlang saw the light in his eyes, and the joy was obvious, his eyes stared at Feibai's backpack, and he seemed to think that he could pour some ore out of the bag. Feibai didn't say anything, caressing the donkey card in the bag, and the black donkey appeared out of thin air, humming and spinning in place. Feibai unwrapped the donkey's back and poured it gently, and a larger pile of iron ore appeared on the ground. Feng Erlang's red eyes stared at Feibai: "Is there anything else?" As long as there are these more on the ground, there is hope for my Heavenly Shield! Feibai patted Feng Erlang's arm: "Wait for me." After speaking, he went out and went straight to the money bank.

At present, the bank's known function, in addition to receiving mail with belongings, also rents personal warehouses to players, and provides corresponding space according to the commission paid. The warehouse rented by Feibai has a capacity of 1,000 compartments...... In the warehouse, 9 percent of the space is stacked with iron ore.

Not long after, Feibai took out 230 pieces of iron ore and came to the backyard of Feng's house, and also dumped the ore on the ground. At this time, Feng Erlang had regained his composure and said to Feibai: "The ore is enough, and then I will go all out to build it, and you can help me smelt these ores into iron ingots." "Smelting is the basic skill of casting, and only by smelting ore into iron ingots can you use iron ingots to cast weapons, armor, and the like.

"Erlang, that, I don't know how to cast it yet."

"Oh, I forgot." After Feng Erlang finished speaking, with a flick of his hand, Feibai immediately received a system prompt: You have learned the casting skills.

Next, Feng Erlang pulled the bellows by himself, and the furnace became more and more vigorous, and he threw the remaining iron into it, burning red and forging it, as if Feibai was not around.

Feibai didn't say a word, and immediately went to the blast furnace and threw in the ore to smelt iron ingots. Due to the skill only learned, the proficiency is extremely low, and the smelting speed is relatively slow, and occasionally a piece of iron ore goes down, and there will be a hint of failure, but fortunately, with the improvement of proficiency, there are also occasional cases where a piece of ore smelts two iron ingots, making up for the loss of failure.

The two of them were striking iron and smelting ore, and they had no distractions except for the constant repetition of boring movements. In the blink of an eye, day and night alternated, and the next night's night came again, and in the small courtyard, the two people by the pond were still working non-stop.

Feng Erlang is an NPC, so naturally he doesn't need to rest. Feibai is tired as a player, but he needs to replenish water to maintain his physical strength halfway. Feibai not only finished smelting the iron ingots that Feng Erlang needed, but also closed and smelted the iron ingots that filled his warehouse. It didn't take long for Feng Erlang to stop the work in his hand, revealing a mouthful of white teeth and smiling: "The basic parts are almost completed, and the rest of the work can't be done overnight, and it will take about 3 days." If you have the heart, it should not be difficult to polish the casting skills in the past few days and upgrade to the primary level. Find me here in 3 days, I'll give you a fun guy. ”

Feibai felt tired and wanted to die at this time, and it was like he didn't care about anything at the moment, and just slept with him for a day and a night. In fact, it is no wonder that once people are immersed in something, their hearts and minds are tied to it, and their essence and blood are condensed, they often only have it in their eyes and hearts, and everything in heaven and earth is secondary. Feibai also knew the principle of combining work and rest, so he immediately said goodbye to Feng Erlang, went to the Yuelai Inn in the town and spent 10 copper coins, chose to stay overnight, and rested.

In fact, in the game "Hot Blood", you can rest anywhere, that is, offline. After going offline, the character's spirit will slowly recover; The better effect is to go to the inn and spend a few coins, but the recovery speed is 3 times that of the ordinary offline; The fastest is to take drugs, and there are corresponding medicines to restore vitality and spirit, as long as you drink a little, you can immediately replenish it, but there is also a risk of coma. Although Feibai's fatigue was acceptable at this time, the three essences and spirits were already dull gray, and he was in a weakened state and urgently needed to recover. After hanging the character in the inn, Feibai quits the game, takes a hot shower, eats some food indiscriminately, throws himself on the bed, and falls asleep in less than 10 seconds.

At three o'clock the next day, Feibai opened his sleepy eyes, looked at the time on his watch, and slept for exactly 8 hours, so he turned over and got up. Although the bedding is comfortable, it does not belong to young people, and only when you are young and decisively abandon comfort, can you enjoy comfort for a long time after the boss.

It took less than an hour to wash, go out and trot a few laps, and eat breakfast, which is also his daily routine, if a person who sits and lies down for a long time does not eat a certain amount of exercise and does not go outdoors to breathe fresh air, it will not be long before the body will be punished.

On the way back after breakfast, Feibai looked through the trees in the community to the concrete forest, where the lights were brilliant at night, and it was a world, but the bustling hustle and bustle did not belong to him, or he did not belong there.

The room was on the 5th floor, and when the door was opened, 502 on the opposite side happened to open the door, and a girl with long hair and a shawl and a black dress pushed the door and walked out. Out of instinct, Feibai glanced back, the skin on the girl's face was like a peach, the face shape was a standard goose egg face, the mouth was very small, as if she was pouting slightly all the time, the dress style was not very trendy, but it was indescribably beautiful on her. Seeing Feibai looking over, the corners of the girl's mouth pulled up an arc, smiled and nodded her head, looking very well-behaved. Feibai grinned and walked into the house.

Standing behind the door, Feibai seemed to come back to his senses, muttering something that no one could hear: "It's decaying, laughing so silly!" "NATURALLY, IT'S DISGUSTING THAT THE POSE THAT GRINNED JUST NOW IS TOO LOW. Just as he wanted to take a step, the ghost sent the god to retract his feet and look out through the cat's eyes. It's a pity that the beauty is gone, gone, gone......