(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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In this way, without any hindrance, I easily walked into Gangneung City.

Although most of the people in the city were scattered, the streets were still bustling.

The noise peculiar to the city is endless.

"Good fabric, good fabric..."

"The buns are still hot when they come out of the oven..."

The shouts of merchants on the street came and went. Fill the entire street.

I was casually walking down the street, and suddenly my eyes lit up, and it turned out that there was a long-established blacksmith shop on my right. There are blades of various formats on display, some of which I have never seen before.

"Shop! Is there a good blade? "I walked into the blacksmith's shop.

The shop is not big, but it is very neat, and the format blades are lined up, and there is no trace of drowsiness, which shows that this store must be very strict on weekdays.

As expected, the fire in the blacksmith shop was bustling, and a strong man was making a long sword. He roasted the sword on the fire, then picked up the hammer and smashed it with great force, just looking at it could imagine that the weight of the hammer must be not light, but the strong man could use it with one hand.

When the hammer fell, sparks flew everywhere, but the man was not moved at all, but reversed the long sword, and struck again, again and again, without stopping.

In this way, I stayed and watched for a long time, until the long sword, which seemed to have taken shape, and the strong man stopped the hammer in his hand and placed the long sword in the basin of water beside him. Make a 'bang' sound. He took off his bandana, wiped the sweat off his face, and walked over slowly.

"Get out of here!" The strong man said without even looking at me.

What does that mean? I haven't even said anything yet, have I? Why did you let me go as soon as you opened your mouth?

"Shopkeeper, I'm here to find a high-quality blade, do you think you don't have it, that's why you let me leave?" I'm a little unconvinced.

"My ancestors have been playing iron swords here for generations, and the blades they have refined are far inferior to Wu Yue's weapons, but in this Jingzhou, they are also somewhat famous, in fact, you can come and make them?" The strong man seemed a little angry.

"I'm also a newcomer here, and it's inevitable that there will be a lot of offense between words, but I haven't picked a blade yet, why did the store refuse to let me out?" I slowed down the tone of my voice.

"You kid, I've been forging swords for many years, and although I'm not good at wielding knives and guns, I know that you're not a man who wields blades. What is the use of the superior blade with you? It's nothing more than the landscape of the courtyard, just watching, it's better to leave quickly. The strong man took out the sword from the basin.

"What do you mean? Why don't I want someone who wields a knife and a gun? You have the ability to give me a blade, but I will show you my skill. As soon as this remark came out, I regretted it, blaming the shopkeeper for despising me, but this excitement was a bit exaggerated. How can I wield a knife and a gun? But the words have already been spoken, how should this be?

Forget it, anyway, he said he didn't understand, so I just waved it casually and fooled him.

But when I thought of this, there was a huge problem in front of me, I actually forgot that this is just a virtual world, all of them are holographic projections, what if he really gave me a blade? Don't even hold it, you can't even pick it up. The array of swords, spears, axes, bows and arrows, and halberds in front of me are like the moon in the water and the flowers in the mirror. This...

Thinking of this, my head started to hurt again. If you had known this, you should have left quickly. It's just on the bar with this store. It's good now, there's nothing to be done. That's right! It's all projections anyway, so I'd better get out of here.

But at this moment, the strong man put the long sword he had just made in his hand on the wooden table in front of me. "Good! I admire the most capable people in my life, although I saw that you were ordinary, I thought you were not outstanding, so I looked down on you, if you really have the ability, this sword will be given to you. ”

I looked at the long sword on the table, the sharp edge of the sword, straight into the sky. The sword is famous, it is really a good sword, although I don't understand it, but there is still a big difference between this sword forged with heart and the ordinary sword.

But now the key is not how to wield the sword, but how to pick it up. Thinking that I was outside Gangneung Fortress just now, I touched the branch with my hand, and my hand went straight through. As you can imagine, I can't afford to hold this sword. I was depressed and speechless.

That's right! If I go to pick up this sword, but my hand passes through the sword, isn't it also very powerful?

Will this store also think that I am a capable person and be impressed by me? But when I think about it, I think it's funny. This is undoubtedly just self-deception.

"What do you mean? Why don't you take this sword, don't you look down on the sword I forged? The strong man's tone became a little stiff.

"How dare you, the sword forged by the shopkeeper is rare in the world, but it is just ......" I didn't know what to say for a while.

"Just what? But it doesn't hurt to say that. If you're just trying to excuse yourself, it's better to leave quickly. The strong man smiled after speaking, it seems that he must think that I am talking big.

In the current situation, how can I back down. In that case, I can only give it a try.

I took a step forward, raised my right hand, and went to take the long sword on the table, but my speed was very slow, and finally I closed my eyes and held the long sword, but obviously, I didn't feel any feeling in my hand, in fact, I couldn't have felt it, how could I possibly hold the projection?

I didn't open my eyes, and I could imagine that the shopkeeper must be laughing at me.

"Well, is the sword I forged right for my hand?" The strong man said.

What's going on? Why did he ask that, I quickly opened my eyes, and the sight in front of me really frightened me. This... How is this possible?

I looked at my right hand, which actually held the long sword on the table, and I tried to swing it lightly. The sword arced through the air. Since I still can't feel the texture and weight of the sword, I can use it fairly easily.

"The young man is really good, although this sword is a long sword, it is made of heavy iron, even if I can only barely pick it up. But you can use it freely, amazing! Terrible! The strong man kept praising on the side.

I looked at the sword in front of me, but I still didn't know why.

Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has divided the Han land into nine regions, the so-called "Kyushu". According to the records of "Shangshu Yugong", the order of Kyushu is: Jizhou, Chongzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou. In the Zhou Dynasty, the two states of Xu and Liang were merged into Qingzhou and Yongzhou respectively, so there was no Xuzhou and Liangzhou.

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

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