Two years have passed, and Meng Gu, who was classified as the fifth category of awakening, did not participate in the awakening registration again, and his awakening stunts did not make any progress, because Huazhen is only a remote town in the Dongsheng Divine Realm, and he usually has no access to weapons and equipment with instrument souls, and the Duan family should have one or two pieces, but the maintenance and repair are generally sent to the capital forger, and it will not be Meng Gu's turn to do it at all. Moreover, no matter how hard you practice, a "fifth type" awakening stunt will not be able to get ahead, so it is better to be a blacksmith quietly.

But curiosity still makes Meng Gu often run to the border of the South Yanchuan Ridge hundreds of miles away, which was once the battlefield of the battle between the human race and the demon race in the "Senluo Gate" era, and the mountains are still scattered with fragments of weapons damaged in battle at that time, and it was here that Blacksmith Li picked up Meng Gu. Although the souls of these weapon fragments have been seriously damaged and cannot be repaired, Meng Gu will still pick them up and use his awakening stunts to study them, even if only the souls are left with dry fragments, it is better than nothing.

The past two years have been uneventful, only occasionally someone comes over and wants to buy his family's blacksmith Pu, of course Li blacksmith is not willing to sell, his father and son can only make iron, if he sells his belongings, won't he lose his profession? This blacksmith shop will be left to Meng Gu to live in the future. Seeing that Blacksmith Li really had no intention of transferring, no one asked again.

One day at noon, the scorching sun was at the head, Li blacksmith went into the mountains to look for raw materials, leaving only Meng Gu alone in the blacksmith shop drowsy, "bang" The door was pushed open, and three people walked in, headed by a brocade belt, holding a silver-white short knife, very spiritual, and the two behind were obviously servants. Meng Gu recognized this person, it was Duan Ye, the second young master of the Duan family.

"Can you take care of the weapon?" Duan Ye asked elegantly but expressionlessly.

"Uh... Yes, I don't know what you want to maintain?" Meng Gu was a little confused, and replied carefully.

"I'm studying at the Capital Academy, and I just came back from vacation, this Cold Iron Treasure Knife is a reward from the Academy for outstanding students, do you have the ability to maintain it?" Duan Ye's tone was still calm, but it was difficult to hide a hint of pride and pride.

"Oh, can I take a look at the knife?" Meng Gu took the cold iron knife with both hands and gently pulled it out of its sheath, and a trace of chill came out with the knife!

"Wow! Complete Instrument Soul! It's so beautiful!" Meng Gu sighed excitedly in his heart, and his excited expression was revealed. This was the first time he had seen a complete soul, and this opportunity was too precious for him to be lost no matter what!

"Yes, you can do maintenance, 50 Gu Yuan, just come and get it at this time tomorrow. "Mengu tried to keep himself calm.

"Okay, I'll pick it up tomorrow. This item is precious, so please take care of it. Duan Ye smiled slightly after speaking, and left with the two servants.

In the Duan Mansion in Huazhen, Duan Ye had already returned to his room to cultivate, and only the two servants just now were left in the courtyard.

"The second young master has a really big heart, the treasure knife is placed at Meng Gu's kid for maintenance, what do you think the second young master thinks?" one of the attendants asked the other in confusion.

"What do you know? The second young master has made great achievements in the capital for two years, and now he has returned to his hometown with glory, and you don't want to show up in front of people?"

"Yes, yes, hehe. ”

In the blacksmith shop, Meng Gu locked the door and stopped receiving guests, hurriedly ran into the house, carefully did exquisite maintenance for the short knife, and then placed the short knife flat on the table, admiring the soul of the cold iron knife with fascination.

The Cold Iron Knife was covered with complex flow veins, and the Xuan Qi flowed smoothly and orderly in the flow veins, and Meng Gu's awakening stunt allowed him to clearly observe this magical scene.

"Ten inches of cold iron forged blade, with additional ice damage. It goes well with Duan Ye's awakening stunt!" Meng Gu read the information of the soul and pondered how the soul achieved ice damage.

"I don't know how it works, but this unique vein pattern allows the blade to absorb a small amount of Xuan Qi and move through the weapon in a specific way, triggering different effects. Running like this is ice damage, and changing the flow vein pattern may be something else. Meng Gu said to himself with understanding.

"The flow of the soul is so complicated! Like the meridians of the human body! It seems that without the awakening stunt of the condensing soul of the machine, it is absolutely impossible to become a forger. Meng Gu sighed to himself, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes.

"Oh, the flow here is a little sluggish, it should have been damaged when I used it before, which caused the additional ice damage to be reduced a lot, since I received 50 Gu coins from others, should I help others maintain the baby to the most perfect state?" Meng Gu's eyes widened excitedly, this was the first time he had repaired a "living" instrument soul!

Yun Five Elements Exercise concentrates qi on the fingertips, sharp as a cone, Meng Gu sent this way when he was studying the fragments of abandoned weapons before, so that he could cut the fragments of the soul of the weapon. In the same way, what can be cut can be trimmed, whether it is "dead" or "alive". According to his theory, Meng Gu cautiously approached the place where the flow was not smooth, and he wanted to cut this flow vein a little deeper.

"Bang!", and when Meng Gu's Five Elements Qi Cone came into contact with the flowing veins, a huge rejection reaction erupted! Meng Gu's whole body was in severe pain as if he had been struck by lightning, and he suddenly fainted! When Meng Gu struggled to wake up, it was already the middle of the night, and his first reaction was not that he was injured somewhere, but that he hurried to see the cold iron knife!

"It's over! It's trouble!"

Meng Gu hurriedly used the "Instrument Soul" to observe the cold iron knife, only to see that the instrument soul in the knife had broken into countless fragments, and the blade body was no longer surging with cold light, and it was already a lifeless "dead knife".

"How can this be? What can I do about this?!" At this moment, Meng Gu's mind was blank, and in panic, he grabbed the cold iron knife and stumbled out of the door, fleeing in the direction of the border of the South Yanchuan Ridge......

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Three days later, late at night, a haggard and dusty figure wandered outside Huazhen, and this person was Meng Gu. He held the dim iron knife in his arms, his eyes were glazed, and he muttered, "You have to bear the trouble you cause, and you have to bear the trouble you have to bear...... Meng Gu has made up his mind, even if he makes cattle and horses for the Duan family for the rest of his life, he must make up for his mistakes, and he must not affect his father. Before going to Duan's house to apologize, he couldn't help but want to go back to the blacksmith shop to see his father. Along the path into Huazhen, he dodged all the way to the blacksmith shop, and what he saw made Meng Gu stunned: the blacksmith shop no longer exists, and the original blacksmith shop is now a hundred-meter-deep pit!

All this was so unexpected that Meng Gu intuitively felt as if everything was not so simple!

By the way, go to Duan's Mansion and take a look! Meng Gu had a heart's eye, detoured to the back wall of Duan's Mansion, and secretly climbed over the wall to enter, not far away in a room with lights on, it seemed that a few people were drinking and talking, Meng Gu sneaked to a hidden corner under the room to eavesdrop.

The three people in the room are Duan Pingchuan, the head of the Duan Mansion, and his two sons - the eldest son Duan Jiang and the second son Duan Ye!

"Dad, I'll just say that my awakening stunt won't go wrong, this time our Duan family will shine in the capital!"

"It's still your second brother who has a way, what we can't do for so long, your second brother will do it as soon as he comes back. Duan Pingchuan said excitedly.

"Alas, I'm so angry, I originally wanted to use that cold iron knife with a damaged soul to give to that stupid blacksmith for maintenance, and then trick him into breaking the treasure knife and forcing him to use the blacksmith shop to pay off his debts! I didn't expect that the little bastard in his family who saw money and opened his eyes ran away with a knife! I feel sorry for my knife!" This was Duan Ye's voice.

Meng Gu was confused when he was listening outside, what was the situation?

"Xiao Ye, don't get angry, isn't it just a cold iron knife, wait for this piece of red iron source stone to pay tribute to the Eastern Emperor, are you afraid that there will be no good weapons?" Duan Pingchuan comforted Duan Ye.

"You say this stone is really so valuable?" Duan Ye asked.

"Second brother, what you awakened is not a tracking stunt, I don't know. Duan Jiang explained: "Big brother, I have awakened the mineral tracking stunt, and I have a unique perception of rare minerals. This piece of hematite source stone is definitely a treasure of the world! Do you think about why the iron tools made by Blacksmith Li have always been of such good quality? They are stronger and more durable than the iron tools produced in the capital! It is because his shop happens to be built on this piece of hematite source stone, and the external energy seeping out of this hematite source stone alone will make ordinary iron tools tough and abnormal! Do you think this is a rare treasure?

"Pity that blacksmith Li, in the end, I don't believe the fact that his little bastard stole the knife and absconded, didn't we say that we killed his son for money!

"Run, run, run, he fell for your cold and ice energy, it is estimated that he will not die or be wasted, what kind of storm can a blacksmith set off?" Duan Pingchuan said.

Meng Gu was already trembling with anger outside the room, and his already red eyes were bloodshot and became red and terrifying!

"It turns out that everything is your conspiracy!" Meng Gu kicked open the door and stared at the three Duan family viciously!

The Duan family's father and son were startled by this sudden scene, and immediately regained their composure.

"How could this little bastard be here?" Duan Jiang said with a questioning face.

"It's okay, since it's delivered to the door, don't go back. Duan Pingchuan said coldly, and glanced at Duan Ye.

In an instant, cold air filled the room, Duan Ye's right hand became bloodless, and streams of cold air surrounded his arms. Between the lightning and flint, a pale claw like a ghost's hand struck at Meng Gu's chest! Meng Gu didn't expect them to come up and kill at all, and hurriedly transported the Five Elements Exercise to draw a knife to resist, with Meng Gu's little cultivation, where could he resist the attack of genius Duan Ye, the cold iron knife was shattered by the shock in one move, Meng Gu was shocked more than ten zhang away, fell in the courtyard, a mouthful of blood gushed out, Meng Gu was horrified to find that the blood just spurted out and froze beside him, his right arm and half of his body were frozen and unconscious! It's terrifying, this is the strength of the cultivator after the awakening stunt is fused with the Five Elements Exercises?!

"Huh, how did my cold iron knife become like this?" Duan Ye looked at the fragments of the blade that shattered all over the place.

"Damn, little bastard, take your life to pay for my knife!" Another cold and fierce rush towards Meng Gu! If this blow hits, he will definitely die! Meng Gu hurriedly used seventy percent of the five elements of qi to protect his chest, and the other three percent of his strength struck at his feet, and with Duan Ye's cold and ice energy, he actually rose into the air and was directly knocked out of the courtyard wall!

"Alas, I'll go! This little bastard actually came to chase after this!" Duan Ye shouted angrily!

The sound alarmed the servants in the Duan Mansion, and some people rushed to this side one after another, and there were also many good people outside the Mansion who stretched out their heads to find out.

"Keep a low profile, don't make too much noise, lest you get into trouble. Duan Pingchuan said gloomily.

"I took a team of cronies to chase him separately, but he was seriously injured and he couldn't run far. Duan Ye's brocade robe shook up and turned to leave.

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Meng Gu exerted all his strength and fled to the border of the South Yanchuan Mountains in one go! According to the familiar terrain, Meng Gu hid in the border mountains, hiding from the Duan family. After three days and three nights, Meng Gu, who was short of water and food and seriously injured, was already in a desperate situation, and he felt that he was really about to die here.

Before he knew it, Meng Gu had walked near an inconspicuous cave.

"Hehe, is this the will of God?Dust to dust, dust to dust, where do I come from?" Meng Gu smiled bitterly in despair, it turned out that this was the cave where Blacksmith Li picked him up back then.

Meng Gu was startled when he approached the entrance of the cave, and when he looked at it again, he cried out and ran towards the cave with all his last strength!

"Daddy, Daddy, why are you here?!Wake up! I'm Meng Gu!" Meng Gu cried and crawled towards the paralyzed figure in the cave. Li blacksmith leaned on one side of the cave, his right arm had been lost, and half of his body had begun to fester, as if he was still waiting for something to survive.

"Son...... You're not dead, it's great......" Blacksmith Li's eyes barely opened a slit, and he was angry.

"Dad, the knife didn't steal, I didn't run, I didn't, I didn't!" Meng Gu cried incoherently.

"Dad knows......" Blacksmith Li looked at Meng Gu: "Dad saw them....digging stones......"

"Dad, the three dogs of the Duan family are planning to frame us! You hold on, I'll take you to recuperate, and we'll go back together to take revenge!" Meng Gu said indignantly.

"Son...... Dad can't accompany you anymore, meet here...... In this separation... It's good... It's okay......" Blacksmith Li slowly closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth seemed to show a smile......

"Dad, I hurt you!" Meng Gu looked up to the sky and roared!

Endless grief filled the cave where he met his father and said goodbye......