"Knock knock~"

Xia Yan knocked softly on the wooden door, and the earth dog beside Xia Yan shook his short tail, tilted his head, and stared at the people inside with his white teeth.

"Knock knock~"

After waiting for a while, the people inside were silent, and Xia Yan knocked twice.

"Huh, this person who is fighting a weapon is obviously only four or five meters away from the courtyard gate, and he must be able to hear my knock on the door, why shouldn't he make a sound?" Frowning, Xia Yan's body moved slightly, and he looked inside again.

"Keng~Keng~"

The man striking iron inside was still beating on the sword tire in front of him, as if he hadn't heard a knock at all.

Xia Yan wanted to push the door in, but suddenly remembered that the dean had said that he would definitely respect this person. If he is disrespectful, it is likely that he will not even give the face of the dean's master. Thinking of this, Xia Yan retracted his outstretched hand again.

His eyes flashed, and he looked at the earth dog, "Forget it, just sit here and wait!"

As he spoke, Xia Yan sat down in front of the door, and the earth dog also sat beside him.

With nothing to do left and right, Xia Yan closed his eyes and began to operate the Lingluo Mind Method. Purple clouds, slowly absorbing the aura of heaven and earth.

In Xia Yan's body, with the bright spiritual power, it fluttered like a butterfly. In each meridian, countless dense bright spots form flocculent white silk threads, which continue to flow gracefully. Sometimes the spiritual power of the two meridians converges, and this thread-like bright spot blends with each other, and then separates again.

And the purple clouds of the Spirit Sea are also constantly giving birth to purple qi and constantly contracting.

Once settled, Xia Yan couldn't feel the passage of time. By the time Xia Yan woke up from his meditation, it was already nearly dusk.

The earth dog was still sitting next to Xia Yan, as if an old monk had settled down, squinting his eyes and not moving!

"Huh?" Xia Yan stood up, "There is no sound of striking iron!"

Looking through the crack in the door, I saw a black shadow appear.

"Squeak~"

With a bang, the wooden door was opened, revealing the ** upper body man, and his bronzed skin was covered with sweat.

"Fang is you knocking on the door?" the man looked at Xia Yan and asked.

Xia Yan smiled and said, "Exactly!"

In his heart, he said: "I arrived at the gate of this courtyard just after noon, and it is already dusk, and it has been two and a half hours!"

"What's the matter with you?" the man asked in a tone of unceremonious tone with a blank gaze.

Xia Yan smiled directly and said, "I am a disciple of Liu Yun of the Purple Leaf Academy, and Master asked me to ask you to help create a weapon." ”

Saying that, Xia Yan is about to take out the heart of the special ore and clear water!

"Liu Yun, that's my master's friend!Then come in!" The man nodded, his expression softened a little, and then he took a step back and let Xia Yan enter the courtyard.

Xia Yan and the earth dog both raised their feet and took a step forward and entered the courtyard.

The entire courtyard was filled with all kinds of weapons. Most of these weapons were already swords and weapons, but they didn't come with scabbards, they were just piled up there.

Xia Yan stared for a week, and couldn't help but be a little shocked.

These weapons are much better than those in the arms shops on the street, but they are piled up here like garbage. Xia Yan looked at the long sword in his hand, and after a slight comparison, he could see that even the exquisite long sword that Bai Rui gave him was not as good as these weapons stacked in the courtyard.

"Sure enough, it's not an ordinary person!" Xia Yan said secretly in his heart.

"Master happens to be at home, I'll call Master, please wait!" the man said to Xia Yan again.

Xia Yan nodded with a smile, and the earth dog also nodded after Xia Yan.

.................................................................. "Who is Liu Yun's disciple?"

After waiting for the tea time, a voice came from the inner courtyard.

Xia Yan hurriedly looked over and saw that it was an old man in a gorgeous costume, with a medium stature and a radiant look in his eyes.

Xia Yan didn't dare to hold it up, Master Liu Yun told him to be extremely respectful, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Disciple Xia Yan, I've seen my seniors!"

The old man nodded slightly, stroked his beard with his fingers, and muttered, "That old guy Liu Yun, how are you now?"

"Master is very good!" Xia Yan hurriedly replied.

"Is there something your master called you for?" said the old man with a smile on his face.

"Master asked me to ask my seniors to build a weapon to take advantage of!" Xia Yan said, taking out the heart of blue water on his chest.

The turquoise heart of the clear water, shining with green brilliance in the sunset, is extraordinary!

"The heart of clear water?" the old man was taken aback, and his body couldn't help but shake.

Immediately returned to normal, his eyes converged, and he looked at Xia Yan, "This heart of clear water is a special ore, which is very rare. It's also very difficult to craft a weapon because it's too sturdy to be crafted with normal methods. ”

Shaking his head, he said with a smile, "Liu Yun, this old guy, will really give me a problem!"

Listening to the tone of this old man, it seems that he is familiar with Liu Yun to the point of calling him a brother! Moreover, in his words, it seems that the identities and status of the two are similar.

Xia Yan's thoughts turned in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

"Little Brother Xia Yan, you are a disciple of Liu Yun, which is equivalent to half of my disciple. Although it's a little difficult for me to use the Heart of Clear Water to make a weapon, it's not impossible for me!" the old man's eyes flashed, "However, Xia Yan, it's also the first time for me to use the Heart of Clear Water to make a weapon." In the entire Purple Leaf City, only I can do it!"

"Before that, you must find more than twenty catties of thousand-year-old cold iron!" the old man's tone changed and he said in a deep voice.

"Millennial cold iron?" Xia Yan was startled.

Cold iron, a high-grade ore, is very precious! And thousand-year-old cold iron is even more difficult to find.

Although Xia Yan had never been in contact with cold iron, he also knew that this kind of ore was difficult to find.

"Yes, use the thousand-year-old cold iron as a crafting tool! Ordinary tools are difficult to build the heart of clear water. Only a thousand-year-old cold iron can be tried. Xia Yan, Tianxing Pavilion, there should be a thousand-year-old cold iron for sale. In this way, you can go to Tianxin Pavilion right now to have a look, if you can buy more than twenty catties of cold iron, then you can do it tonight. As he spoke, there was a strange look in the old man's eyes.

It can be seen that he also very much wants to use the heart of clear water to build weapons. For someone like him, there is probably nothing more rewarding than crafting a rare weapon out of rare ore.

That's why he said that Xia Yan should go to Tianxing Pavilion to buy cold iron now, and then start construction tonight. He was even more anxious than Xia Yan.

Xia Yan nodded, and immediately said, "Okay, I'll go to Tianxing Pavilion!" senior, then I'll leave first." ”

Xia Yan put the heart of the blue water into the hands of the old man, and bowed goodbye.

"Well, let's go, go and come back!" the old man smiled and nodded.

With the earth dog, Xia Yan quickly walked out of the courtyard gate, glanced at the drawing, and quickly ran towards the direction of Tianxing Pavilion.

Tianxing Pavilion, the largest ore chain store in the Dragon Continent, sells all kinds of ores and some rare weapons. In any of the main cities and county towns on the mainland, there are branches of the Heavenly Star Pavilion. And the head office of Tianxing Pavilion is also in the Holy Land.

Running wildly all the way, before the sun set, Xia Yan finally arrived outside the Tianxing Attic. This Tianxing Pavilion has a total of three floors, and the building is also magnificent. You can see it clearly from afar.

On the main entrance, there is a huge plaque with the words "Tianxing Pavilion" written on it!

Xia Yan's body stopped slightly, and he walked in quickly with the earth dog.

As soon as I entered, I saw that the ore was full of ore, and I saw that the criss-crossed shelves were all all kinds of ores. However, this first layer is all intermediate and low-grade ores.

"Sir, may I ask what you need?"

A young staff member asked in a sweet voice when he saw Xia Yan coming in, with a charming smile on his face.

Xia Yan said: "Is there a thousand-year-old cold iron here?"

Millennial cold iron is also the best ore for crafting weapons. This kind of ore, although it is expensive, but even the Heavenly Star Pavilion is often out of stock.

"Millennial Cold Iron?" the staff member's expression stiffened.

Although there are many people who come to Tianxing Pavilion to buy ore every day, most of them buy some low-grade and medium-grade ores, and there are not many people who buy high-grade ores. Cold iron itself is a high-grade ore! And thousand-year-old cold iron is even more difficult to find.

Seeing that Xia Yan was not very old, but he wanted to buy a thousand-year-old cold iron, this staff member was naturally difficult to imagine.

However, she reacted quickly, and then said with a smile on her face again: "Sir, you are really here, on the second floor, there happens to be a piece of thousand-year-old cold iron, you can go up and take a look!"

"Okay, thank you!"

Xia Yan replied casually.

"Whoosh~"

Then, it turned into a wind and went up to the second floor.

The staff was stunned again, and said in shock: "What a fast speed!"

With a turn of her eyes, Meimu looked at the stairs on the second floor, which was empty, Xia Yan and Tugou had already reached the second floor.

Xia Yan had seen the appearance of a thousand-year-old cold iron on the Treasure Book, so he naturally recognized it. The ore on the second floor is much less than the first floor.

There are several ores scattered here, each placed far apart, and all of them are a single ornate display case. Xia Yan swept his eyes and looked at all the small ores here.

"There!" With a joy in his heart, Xia Yan had already seen the thousand-year-old cold iron in a conspicuous position.

However, in front of the thousand-year-old cold iron, there were two slender women. Xia Yan originally wanted to rush over, but he couldn't help but brake his body again, frowning and looking at the two women.

"Miss, do you really want to buy this piece of cold iron?" said the slightly shorter of the two women, speaking to the woman beside her.

Xia Yan was shocked in his heart, hearing this, it seemed that the young lady was also going to buy this thousand-year-old cold iron. In this Heavenly Star Pavilion, there is only one piece of thousand-year-old cold iron now. If it is bought, I don't know when it will be available next time.

In a hurry, Xia Yan couldn't help but start praying that this young lady would not buy it.

"Yes, I bought it!" said the young lady, a little angry.

Although Xia Yan couldn't see the faces of these two women from the position where he was standing, listening to the voice, he should be about the same age as him. Moreover, looking at the temperament of the figure, the appearance will definitely not be bad.

"But...... Miss, what are we going to do with this cold iron?"

A slightly shorter woman should be a maid.

"That damn bastard!" said the young lady angrily, "I'm going to make a sword sharp enough out of this cold iron!"

"Miss......" The maid was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "Miss, you don't know martial arts, what are you doing to build a long sword? This cold iron is so heavy, I'm afraid you can't even hold it!"

Looking at the thousand-year-old cold iron, the maid shook her head and said.

"Stupid, you can make a few more weapons, then it will be lighter, as long as it is sharp enough!" Miss's white little hand stretched out, grabbed it fiercely in the air, gritted her teeth and said, "If that bastard really succeeds, I will use this long sword made of cold iron to cut him!"

Xia Yan was stunned, and looked at this pair of master and servant in shock!

This young lady ...... "woo~"

The earth dog suddenly barked in a low voice, it can also understand human language, and when it heard the cruel words of this young lady, it couldn't help but tremble all over its body and barked.

This pair of master and servant immediately turned around and looked at Xia Yan and the earth dog not far behind him.

"Who are you, why are you eavesdropping on us?" the maid asked when she saw Xia Yan.

Xia Yan looked at this pair of master and servant, and sure enough, they were all beautiful and fragrant. Especially the young lady, slim and elegant, but there is a faint melancholy on the tip of her eyebrows.

"Oh, I'm buying ore!" Xia Yan spread his hands and glared at the earth dog at the same time.

This guy is not the first time that he has made a noise at a critical moment. The last time I had a conflict with Zhang Feng in Ruyi Building, it was because of the earth dog. This time, it's still a dirt dog!

"How long have you been standing behind us to buy ore?" you say, did you deliberately eavesdrop on us?" the girl was menacing, her chest standing high.

"Are you the bastard sent to follow me?" the young lady asked with a frown.

"That bastard?" Xia Yan frowned, "Who is that bastard?"

"Who else, it's Song Yuxin!The son of the Song family, you must have been sent by him to follow our young lady, right?" The young lady's maid Xingxing's eyes widened angrily, and she glared at Xia Yan fiercely.

Xia Yan hurriedly said: "I don't know it, and I haven't heard of it. ”

"Nonsense, miss, this person is not a good person at first glance! He said that he had never heard of Song Yuxin, and in this Purple Leaf City, there were still people who had not heard of Song Yuxin?

"I really don't know that Song Yuxin, I've only been in this Purple Leaf City for four or five days. Xia Yan explained helplessly again.

"Forget it, it's okay anyway. Xiaohua, buy this stone, let's go!" the young lady waved her hand, as if she didn't want to say anything more, and said to the maid beside her.

"Yes, miss!" Xiaohua nodded, and was about to go to the shopkeeper.

Xia Yan was in a hurry, if he was really bought by this woman, then he didn't know how long the creation of weapons would be postponed. This woman bought a thousand-year-old cold iron, and it didn't seem to be of much use. Craft weapons, and so can other ores!

Xia Yan frowned and said, "This young lady, can you ......?"

Xia Yan spoke, but he didn't know how to say it.

After a pause, Xia Yan said again: "I also want to buy this piece of cold iron, miss, I don't know if you can cut love? If you want to build weapons, other ores can also be used! I bought this piece of cold iron because I need it urgently." ”

"Do you need it urgently?

"Our young lady was forced to marry by that bastard Song Yuxin. Now, there are only three days left. Three days later, the young lady ...... said, Xiaohua's eyes were slightly red, and she looked like she was about to cry.

"Forced marriage?" Xia Yan was puzzled, "Who is Song Yuxin?"

Seeing that Xia Yan didn't seem to be disguised, the young lady sighed faintly and said, "Song Yuxin is the son of the Song family in Purple Leaf City, and the Song family is the largest family in Purple Leaf City. Song Yuxin's father, Song Li, was a deacon of the temple and had great power. And I, just the daughter of a small businessman, have nothing to do in the face of the aggressive Song family. ”

"Forget it, why should I tell you this!" the young lady shook her head, a little sad, "since this boy is in urgent need of this stone, we will not buy it." ”

"Miss......" The maid Xiaohua frowned, "The master has already issued a task in the mercenary hall to ask the master to help, don't worry too much." ”

The young lady smiled wryly and shook her head, and then her gaze became resolute again. It looks like she's going to be able to do anything.

Xia Yan hurriedly thanked, "Thank you, Miss for your kindness!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the young lady hurriedly go downstairs, and the maid Xiaohua also glanced at Xia Yan and followed closely.

Xia Yan frowned, and then walked towards the thousand-year-old cold iron. This piece of cold iron is enough to weigh twenty pounds. It's only the size of two fists, but it's incredibly massive and heavy to start with.

Of course, the quality of cold iron is even worse than that of the heart of clear water. The heart of the blue water is about the same size as this thousand-year-old cold iron, but it is twice as heavy as this cold iron.

"Shopkeeper?" Xia Yan looked around, and at this time, on the second floor, only he and the earth dog shouted loudly to the first floor.

As soon as he finished shouting, Xia Yan heard footsteps at the stairs, and then a middle-aged woman came down from the third floor. A long black dress, graceful and luxurious.

"Is there anything you need, sir?" the middle-aged woman asked politely when she saw Xia Yan.

Xia Yan held the thousand-year-old cold railway in his hand and said, "How many gold coins do you need for this ore?"

The middle-aged woman saw that Xia Yan was holding a thousand-year-old cold iron, and her face moved slightly, "This is a thousand-year-old cold iron, the price is very expensive, and one catty will cost 10,000 gold coins!"

"Ten thousand!" Xia Yan looked at Han Tie.

This small piece of cold iron costs almost more than 200,000 yuan, which is really expensive!

However, no matter how expensive it is, Xia Yan has to buy it.

"Sir, this rare ore is only available in our Heavenly Star Pavilion. And the price, absolutely fair, without any fraud. The middle-aged woman smiled, she saw that Xia Yan really wanted to buy it.

"So, if the gentleman really wants it, we'll weigh it first. Fraction, you can do it without it. The middle-aged woman continued to chuckle and said indifferently.

Xia Yan nodded and said, "Okay!"

After weighing, this thousand-year-old cold iron weighs 23.6 kilograms. The fraction is exempted, and Xia Yan also needs to pay 230,000 gold coins for this thousand-year-old cold iron.

"If you don't have enough gold coins, you can wait until tomorrow to pick up the goods, and we will keep this piece of cold iron for you for a day. The middle-aged woman smiled after weighing.

Ordinary people, who would go out with more than 200,000 gold coins?

Even if you have to buy ore in advance, you may not be able to bring that much. When a middle-aged woman saw Xia Yan's age, she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and it was obviously impossible for her to be the patriarch of a family. More than 200,000 gold coins, even if it is a big family, you have to take it out at your discretion. That's why she said that.

Xia Yan waved his hand and smiled: "No need, I want it now!"

As he spoke, Xia Yan took out a thick pile of golden tickets from his chest.

Each golden ticket is a face value of 10,000 gold coins!

The staff of Tianxing Pavilion all looked at Xia Yan in shock, and the expression on their faces could be imagined.

Even in the Heavenly Star Pavilion, they had never seen a person carrying more than a million golden tickets on his body.

Xia Yan counted slightly, took out twenty-three golden tickets with a denomination of 10,000, handed them to the middle-aged woman, and then put the twenty-three pounds of thousand-year-old cold iron and the golden ticket into his arms.

In a slight consternation, the middle-aged woman stretched out her hand to take Xia Yan's golden ticket.

"Thank you, then I'll take my leave!" Xia Yan took a breath and finally said.

"Okay, welcome to the Heavenly Star Pavilion next time!" the middle-aged woman said with a smile on her face.

The other staff members also saluted Xia Yan respectfully.

"With so many golden tickets on him, oh my God, how old is he!"

"Could it be...... The young master of our four major families in Purple Leaf City?"

"I don't think so, I've seen the sons of the patriarchs of the four major families, and other young masters with a lower status will definitely not be able to get so many golden tickets!"

“......”

After Xia Yan left, the staff in the Heavenly Star Pavilion were still whispering in amazement. They were very curious about Xia Yan's identity.

........................................................................................................................ Xia Yan ran wildly all the way, taking advantage of the night that had just fallen, Xia Yan was like a civet cat, quickly walking through the long streets and lanes, and rushed in the direction he came.

It only took a cup of tea time, and Xia Yan went from Tianxing Pavilion to the courtyard of the dean's friend. And this old man, at this time, had already changed into a linen clothes, and looked ready to start.

"Senior, I bought the thousand-year-old cold iron back!" After Xia Yan entered the courtyard, he took out the cold iron in his hand and said slowly with a respectful expression.

"Well, let's put it down first! Is this heart of blue water going to be made into a sword?" the old man asked when he saw Xia Yan holding a long sword in his hand.

Xia Yan nodded and said solemnly: "Yes, it's troublesome senior!"

"Hehe, it's okay!" the old man smiled, his face moving slightly, "However, you use this sword yourself?"

"Yes!" Xia Yan was respectful and polite!

"Your master, that old fellow, how can you rest assured that you can use this precious thing? If the long sword made with the heart of clear water is recognized by some people with bad intentions, the consequences will be difficult to say. With your ability, can you protect your weapon?" the old man shook his head, as if puzzled.

Xia Yan chuckled and said, "The people are here, the sword is there!"

"Okay, good!" the old man laughed, "It's worthy of being that old guy's disciple, it's me who is too worried! So, let's start now, I'll first beat the thousand-year-old cold iron into a hammer!"

"Little brother, you go back first, wait a week, and then come to get the sword!Oh, no, you can come on the sixth day, the last process, I still need your help!" The old man said to Xia Yan in a condensed voice, but his eyes had already fallen on the thousand-year-old cold iron that Xia Yan had put down.

After Xia Yan left, in the small courtyard, the sound of 'sonor~son~' sounded.

A week later, Excalibur will be completed.

"I don't know how sharp this weapon made from the heart of clear water is!" Xia Yan also had some expectations in his heart.

"Well, the thousand-year-old cold iron was given to me by that young lady. This favor must be repaid. She seems to be in trouble. And her father, it seems, issued a mission in the mercenary hall. Three days later......"

Xia Yan thought of the young lady he met in the Heavenly Star Pavilion, and a thought flashed in his heart.

"I'll go to the mercenary hall the day after tomorrow to take a look, if I can find this task, I'll know what the hell is going on! If I can help, I should repay this favor!" Xia Yan's feet suddenly accelerated, like a lightning bolt.

(To be continued)