The Bright Moon Valley was full of strange rocks, and after more than half an hour, Canglan and Ripple only advanced a short distance.

"What the hell is this, my feet hurt. ”

Canglan stepped on his feet and stretched out his hand to pull the ripples, "Hold on a little longer, and it will be smoother when you get to the river." ”

After another half an hour, the two finally reached the river, which was mostly gravel, although it was awkward, but it was much better than before. Ripple finds a big rock to sit on, takes off his boots, and rubs his feet.

"Can you rub it for me?"

I don't know why, Canglan saw that he had already guessed that Ripple would say this.

"Rub it yourself. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Canglan realized that something was wrong.

The stone behind the ripples seemed to tremble, and Canglan suddenly remembered the Shi Kui mentioned on the map. Immediately drew his sword and rushed to Ripple's side, although Ripple didn't know the situation, he still instinctively stood up.

Sure enough, the stone slowly unfolded, turned into a small monster, and pounced on the canglan. Canglan stabbed it with a sword, but the monster's skin was very thick, and although Canglan used all his strength, it only left a small wound on its body.

Shi Kui's sneak attack failed, so he turned around and fled, and Canglan did not continue to chase.

"This should be Shi Kui, it seems that it is not easy to deal with, there may be others around, we have to be careful. ”

Canglan took the sword and shook it around, confirming that there were no other Shi Kui around, and then walked to the edge of Mingyue Creek. Although the name has a river in it, it is actually a river. The river is not deep, it is very clear, and you can clearly see the aquatic plants and swimming fish on the riverbed. But because the river is slightly blue, and the water rock is also blue, it invisibly increases the difficulty of finding.

Ripple offered to help Canglan, but Canglan refused.

Although there is no mention of monsters in the river on the map, Canglan still let Ripple stay on the shore just in case, and he took off his boots, rolled up his pants and went down into the river. This season, the river is a little cold, but not to the point where it is unbearable. The bottom of the river is full of round stones, a little awkward, Canglan rolled up his sleeves after standing firmly, and looked in the river.

Finding materials is something that many swordsmiths don't want to do. It's hard, and it's not necessarily rewarding, but it's fun. Canglan searched for a long time in the river, although he didn't find the water rock, when he saw that there was a cold iron ore at the bottom of the water, he unceremoniously pocketed it.

Canglan carefully looked for the ore, and Ripple sat alone on the shore. It wasn't safe around her, she couldn't move around, and she wasn't allowed to go down the river. Ripple felt bored, so he smashed the river around Canglan with a small pebble, Canglan knew Ripple's temperament and didn't stop her.

In the afternoon, Canglan still didn't see the shadow of the water rock, but Han Tie found a few more pieces.

In the evening, Canglan lit a fire on the shore, propped up his shirt with a branch and plugged it next to the fire to dry. After doing this, Canglan took out a pearl-like thing from his pocket and handed it to Ripple's hand.

"What is this, it's so beautiful!"

This is discovered in the afternoon, called Xingzhu, mostly found in the big river, will shine at night, if the river is the night sky, then they are the stars in the night sky.

"This was given to me?" Ripple asked.

Canglan nodded, took out the cold iron from the package again, and placed it on the ground.

"It's the first time you've given me something. "Ripples can't put down this star bead, look left, look right.

"It's not a precious thing. ”

"It doesn't matter, I want to steal something valuable. Ripple put the star beads away, and when he saw the stones placed on the ground, he was a little curious, "This is also for me?"

"Take whatever you like. ”

"Don't, ugly. ”

Canglan observed these cold irons by the moonlight, and then picked out the right two pieces from them, and packed the others into the package.

"Shi Kui is difficult to deal with with an iron sword, and needs better weapons. Canglan said to Ripples, "And you also need a weapon to defend yourself." ”

"So you're still going to give me something?"

"I'm going to buy you a dagger when I leave the royal city, but the dagger is more expensive and I can't afford ......."

Canglan first engraved the flower remains, then picked up the smaller piece of cold iron, and then began to engrave the heavenly workmanship, the magic power flowed slowly, and a broken magic circle appeared in front of Canglan.

"Is this the circle those people want?" Ripple asked.

Canglan needed to concentrate and didn't reply, just nodded.

Cold iron is not a rare material, but there are not many weapons made of cold iron on the market. The reason is that the cold iron is brittle, and the casting process is not done well, and once it is not handled well, the weapon can easily break. But for Canglan, that's not a problem.

The weapon that Canglan wants to forge for the ripples is the dagger.

He had never seen Ripples use magic, so he directly abandoned the pro-demonic nature of the weapon when casting. Canglan removed a large amount of material, leaving only a small part, in order to make the dagger light enough so that the ripples would not be too difficult to use.

After a short while, Canglan reached out and grabbed the dagger, and it was done.

Canglan picked up the dagger and slashed at a stone, and a deep cut was made on the stone. Seeing that there was no problem with the dagger, Canglan made a daggard with heavenly craftsmanship, and then handed the dagger to you Ripple.

Ripple took the dagger, happy, and swung it in the air a few times.

"Beware of hurting yourself. Canglan said.

"Give me two gifts in one night, are you going to attack me?" Ripple put away the dagger, pinned it to his waist, and covered it with his clothes.

Ignoring her, Canglan picked up another piece of cold iron, and after a while, a cold iron sword was cast. Although Canglan's mastery of heavenly craftsmanship has improved now, the two consecutive sword casting still make him a little unbearable. He felt a surge of energy in his body, but fortunately, there were flower bones to help him stabilize his magic.

"What's wrong with you?"

Ripple looked at Canglan's expression a little painfully, Canglan didn't speak, just waved his hand. After a while, Canglan's face returned to normal.

"A little uncomfortable, now it's okay. ”

"Is that what you said earlier about the loss of mana?" Ripple asked.

Canglan nodded, and Ripple didn't speak, just let out an 'oh'.

"Do you know your magic?" Canglan asked.

"I don't have magic. Ripple smiled.

Canglan also smiled and pointed to Ripple's left shoulder, "How could you not have magic." ”

"You mean this pattern?"

"That's a magic circle, although I don't know what it is, but if you have a magic circle on you, it means that you must have magic power. ”

"Say so much, do you want to see it?"

Ripple reached out and was about to pull off his clothes, but Canglan hurriedly turned his head to the side.

"Haha, I knew you were, and you usually pretend to be with me!"

..........

For the next three days, the waves and ripples slowly ascended the river, searching the basin, but found nothing but some cold iron and some star beads. Originally, Canglan didn't plan to collect star beads, but Ripple insisted on finding more for Canglan, so Canglan had to do so. In addition, every night, Canglan would forge a cold iron weapon, ready to sell it to others after leaving Bright Moon Valley to make some money.

During this period, he did not encounter any major difficulties, Shi Kui encountered a lot, but Canglan had already changed his weapon, and Shi Kui's hard skin was not a problem. And Ripple is getting more and more comfortable with the dagger, although he was accidentally injured a few times, but it is not serious, Canglan used all the money to buy potions, and it is undoubtedly a correct decision from the results.

On the fourth day, Canglan still didn't find Shuiyan here, and in the evening, he made a decision.

"We'll go up the river tomorrow. ”

"Haven't we been walking along the river?"

"This time we're going to go a little farther. ”

Canglan originally wanted to forge another weapon, but there were too many weapons, and he couldn't carry it anymore, so he had to give up

"I think we should want to buy a storage bag. Canglan said.

A storage bag is a small object that can store a large amount of things when magically applied, and at the same time, it is not cheap.

"There's more than just a storage bag. ”

While the two were discussing, a rough voice suddenly came out in the distance.

"There's a fire ahead, let's go and have a look. ”

The man didn't hide it, and he didn't seem to plan a sneak attack, but Canglan still picked up his sword vigilantly.

In the past few days, they have met a few adventurers, but everyone is respectful, and the well water does not interfere with the river water. I've never seen it so direct.

The moonlight was very bright, and the figures of the three of them were seen from afar.

"Who are you?" Canglan asked.

The man at the head was tall and carried a large axe.

"Don't be afraid, little brother, we are just passing through here, not bad people. When I saw that there was a campfire, I wondered if someone could let me rub it all night and save us from having to make our own fire. ”

The man began to laugh as soon as he finished speaking, and did not seem to have malicious intent.

The three of them walked over and introduced themselves. The big man who took the lead is called Sha Feiyu, and his name and appearance do not match very much. There is also a young man of the same age as Canglan, named Cui Lun, although it is the first time to see this person, Canglan always feels that he has seen his name there. Finally, there is a woman, not very old, called empty pity.

Sha Feiyu and Cui Lun are uncles and nephews, and they came to Mingyue Valley to find opportunities and make ends meet.

Kong Lian's team was originally stationed in a place called Inviting Moon Mountain, and occasionally sent a few teams out, but when Kong Lian went out again, he got separated from the others, because he was not familiar with Mingyue Valley, and got lost. Sha Feiyu is also a warm-hearted person, so he offered to send Kong Lian back to Invite Yue Mountain.

"Meeting is fate, and all the worlds are brothers. Sha Feiyu patted Canglan's shoulder, and then glanced at Ripple again, "And sister." ”

Canglan saw that the three of them were very kind, and Sha Feiyu's uncle and nephew were also familiar with Mingyue Valley, so he asked them about Shui Yan's news.

"They all said that this area can be used to find water rocks, but I searched for a few days and found nothing. ”

"What are you looking for, we're all buddies, I'll give you one. Canglan thought that Sha Feiyu was joking, but who knew that Sha Feiyu took out the storage bag, groped in it for a while, and really took out a piece of water rock.

"Uncle!"

Cui Lun was a little unhappy, and Canglan hurriedly refused.

"Why is this kid so slamming the door. Sha Feiyu glared at Cui Lun, and then said to Canglan, "Don't worry about him, this kid is good at everything, just slamming the door." ”

"Uncle, I really don't need to, just tell me where I can find Shuiyan, I'll find it myself. ”

"It's another tributary, and there are few people who usually go, so our uncle and nephew have met, and this time we can make a lot of money, and the debt should be replaced. Sha Feiyu began to revel as he spoke, and Cui Lun saw his uncle's virtue and began to explain to Canglan.

"This tributary is really strange, there are not many people who usually come, but there is not a single piece of water and rock. If you want to find water rocks, you can only go further upstream. ”

Sha Feiyu seemed to have thought of something.

"Invite Yueshan is just going to the upper reaches of the river, we can work together, and multiple people will take care of it. Uncle, I can be a mercenary for twenty years, and my nephew, have you been to the hunting camp, then his name is on the list, and we are right all the way. ”

Saying this, Canglan remembered that he had indeed seen Cui Lun's name on the list of the hunting camp, and it seemed that he was still at the top of the list.

Sha Feiyu is enthusiastic and directly invited, and Canglan also thinks this is a good plan. Sha Feiyu and Cui Lun didn't seem to be bad people, and they knew Mingyue Valley very well, so they could save a lot of trouble by following them.

The moonlight was exceptionally bright this night, and the surroundings were very quiet, Sha Feiyu and the three of them were a little tired and slept first.

"Do you want to steal their stuff while they're sleeping?" Ripple asked quietly.

Canglan pursed his lips, looking helpless, Ripple couldn't help laughing, then leaned against a stone and closed his eyes. Canglan shook his head and was about to sleep, but at this time, he had a strange feeling, as if someone was staring at him. This feeling was only for a moment, and Canglan thought that he was suspicious, and fell asleep near the ripples.