Chapter 7: Arrows of Fine Iron
Because of Qing Chi's last arrow, the system defaulted to the wild boar king she killed, which directly gave her a lot of experience and allowed her to rise to level 15. At this time, the message of the wind fluttering came.
"Qingchi, are you okay? I see that the coordinates you sent me seem to be near the swamp of today's battle, and I am only level 3, so I didn't dare to go there. But I heard them say that a very strong huntress is really handsome! ”
"I'm sorry, Piaopiao, I have something to do, so I didn't go there to level up. Don't go to the swamp these days, I'm afraid that someone is guarding over there, I'll send you a new coordinate, you go by yourself first, and I'll take you back. Qing Chi sent a safe and convenient location to the wind, and then went to Ximu Village to find the coachman to teleport.
There are only various horses in the mounts in "Mandate of Heaven", but the price is more than 500 gold, and there is only a teleportation for the coachman, after level 15, you can leave Ximu Village and go to a nearby city, and you can also bind back to the city, and at the same time, you can teleport to the major towns of the Fertile Land Continent and the safe area of the wild teleportation array.
Qing Chi decided to bind to Thorn City in the Eastern Continent. There are several level 40 and 50 dungeons around Thorn City, which is convenient for you to level up quickly, and at the same time, the environment here is relatively quiet, with rose vines coiled around various small buildings. In his previous life, Qing Chi often came to the bard here to eat, and the black thorn wine and roast leg of lamb in it were a must.
After binding Thorn City as a return point, Qing Chi rented a room in the Minstrel for three months. There are still very few players who have reached level 15, so Thorn City is empty. The boss was overjoyed to see Qing Chi, accepted her 100 gold coins, and happily gave her a key to the room on the second floor.
Qing Chi buys some Black Thorn wine and rabbit meat from the inn and prepares to go to an abandoned mine near Thorn City.
In her previous life, she paid special attention to the hunter's strategy, and only then did she know that there was a wise master caster in the mine. As long as he completes his requirements, he can get the blueprint of the fine iron arrow. At present, his own arrows are still wooden arrows, and obviously the penetration and lethality are not as good as those of fine iron arrows. If you can get the blueprint of the Iron Arrow, then it shouldn't be a problem to take the first kill of the Cold Cave on Nightmare difficulty.
By this time the sky had turned gray. A storm seems to be coming. When Qing Chi teleported to the abandoned mine, a puff of dust came to his face, bringing up bursts of sand and emitting a smell of rusty iron.
System prompt: "You have found the entrance to the abandoned mine. ”
Qing Chi walked into the mine, bending straight down the abandoned mine road and the mining lamp covered with spider dust, and the gust of wind was very creepy. At the end of the tunnel, there is a dilapidated wooden door. Just as he was about to stretch out his hand to push the door, a somewhat old voice came from behind the door: "Who are you looking for?" ”
Qing Chi thought about the strategy post in his previous life, bowed to the door respectfully and politely, and said loudly: "I brought Black Thorn Wine to visit an old friend named Harba. ”
The door suddenly opened, and a white-haired and long-bearded dwarf looked up at Qing Chi, with a somewhat solemn expression on his face, "How do you know my name?" ”
Qing Chi handed over the wine and rabbit meat, trying to make his expression appear sincere, this is a very intelligent NPC, any lies will be exposed by him and driven away mercilessly.
"I've looked through the Thorn City library and heard that many years ago a young genius foundry invented a new synthetic ore and told everyone that it was better than iron. But no one believed him, and later he fell in love with the daughter of the tailor old Xiut, but was humiliated by the old Xiut, and left angrily, went to a nearby mine, and never returned to the city. Dear Master Halba, I am just an adventurer from afar, and I have heard your story to confirm it, and I did not expect you to be still here. ”
The white-haired dwarf looked a little relaxed at this time, and took the wine and meat, "It's rare that there are still young people who remember me, come in, huntress." Qing Chi bowed gratefully and said, "I'm sure you miss the wine of Thorn City very much. ”
Halba had a look of remembrance on his face, then opened the wine and took a sip, very moved, "Ah, this is what it used to taste like!" After drinking, he ate all the rabbit meat brought by Qing Chi, and then asked gently: "What are you looking for me for?" ”
Qing Chi handed over his arrow, "I heard that there is a kind of fine iron arrow, which is sharper than wooden arrows and lighter than iron arrows, so I want you to help me transform it." ”
Halba's eyes grunted, "It's not impossible, it's just that I can't make that kind of arrow in this mine." But there's a guy in Thorn City that I hate, and I don't want to go back there. ”
Qing Chi thought about it, and it was really a treacherous and cunning guy. I knew it wasn't that easy. But still very sincerely, he said, "What can I do for you?" ”
Harba handed Qing Chi a letter to the daughter of the old Shut in Thorn City to express his apology, and at the same time asked Qing Chi to find twenty high-quality wolf skins to give to the tailor's shop.
Fortunately, there are some wandering wolves near the mine, and only one elite wolf appears for every dozen ordinary level 20 wolves killed, so it took Qing Chi a while to collect wolf skins.
After handing over the wolf skin to the tailor shop in Thorn City, looking at the daughter of Xiut, who had become an old woman, howling and crying, Qing Chi rolled her eyes helplessly, and accepted the old woman's commission to forge ten fine iron ingots and give them to Halba.
Qingchi rented a room in a blacksmith shop, bought several carts of iron, rented a system apprentice, and spent two whole days and nights smelting to make refined iron ingots. Among them, Drunken Dream sent her several messages, asking about the transaction, and Qingchi had to ask him to wait for two more days.
Sweating profusely, Qing Chi took a shower in the bard, nibbled on a few pieces of rabbit meat, and bought some grain and thorn wine, and then reluctantly left the hotel and headed for the mine.
Harda was finally moved and decided to go back to the City of Thorns. It's just that this intelligent NPC rolled his eyes, and he gave Qing Chi another problem. "Hehe, adventurer, you are so smart, can you tell which of my words is true or false? I've got the blueprints of the iron arrows you want, guess it's in a wooden box or an iron box? ”
Qing Chi was speechless and saw two boxes on the table in front of Halba.
Of course, if you choose the wrong one, you may not get the drawings you want. That strategy post didn't say there was this link? Could it be that my own conversational attitude makes this task more difficult?
Qing Chi's hand slowly pressed the wooden box, and at the same time stared into the eyes that were looking directly at him, and found that there was a trace of panic in Halba's eyes, and when he reached for the iron box, a trace of cunning flashed in Halba's eyes.
Qing Chi smiled slightly, his expression indescribably sincere, "I believe that a respected master like Harba will definitely be able to speak, right?" If I'm right, how about you promise to not only give me the drawings, but also teach me a little bit of casting? After all, you're so old, what a pity if you don't have a disciple to inherit it......"
Harba hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! If you're guessing correctly, I'll take you as an apprentice. If you guess wrong, you won't get anything! Halba is a man of integrity. ”
Qing Chi looked at the cunning and cute dwarf, chuckled and stretched out his hand to the iron box, and then turned a corner halfway, "I'll choose the wooden box." ”
Halba looked annoyed, "You guessed it. From now on you will be Halba's apprentice. With that, he opened the box, took out the drawings, and handed the badge on his chest to Qing Chi.
Qing Chi checked the attributes. Master Forge Harba's Badge: Gain an additional 10% stat bonus when minted. Sure enough, it's a good thing! Looking at Halba's attributes, he has become a well-dressed master caster, and his intimacy with her has reached a friendly level.
Qing Chi returned to Thorn City, bought several more carts of iron ore, obtained the casting essence from Harba, and finally created a fine iron arrow. After making 100 fine iron arrows, Qing Chi put them in his backpack and finally teleported back to Ximu Village.