Chapter 20 – Zhigang

But in addition to the generalization, it intrigued him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn this world, his understanding of weapons is more than several levels higher than that of the Canghuang Continent in his previous life. Perhaps because of the pattern, the functions and power of the weapons in this world are even more ever-changing.

Before he knew it, he found that he had come to the end of Bing Street.

Xu Yan looked around, and was about to go back to the academy, but he saw an inconspicuous weapons shop at the end of the street.

What attracted him was the signboard of his weapon shop, the Divine Soldier Qiao's house.

Divine soldiers?

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Xu Yan walked into the weapon shop of the "Divine Soldier Qiao's Family", but found a wave of heat rushing towards his face.

A wooden counter that looks a little old, but it is clean, and it has an antique smell. To his satisfaction, not only the counter, but the whole armory shop looked very old, but it was very clean, not even much dust.

Soon, Xu Yan's gaze fell on a sword on the wall.

The bladeless blade of the sword looks more like an iron rod.

But Xu Yan was a little interested.

"Welcome Light...... Pro. Hearing voices outside, a man walked out of the inner hall of the shop. It's just that when he saw that the person who came turned out to be a little doll, he was a little stunned, and then waved his hand: "Little doll, let's go, this is not a place for you to hang out." 」

Xu Yan opened his voice and said, "Is there a shortage of people here?"

The man froze: "What did you say?"

Xu Yan patted his little chest: "I said I want to come to work!"

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Qiao Zhigang stood in front of the counter and looked at Xu Yan with a frown.

He frowned, "I said, "Son, how old are you, do you know what this place is?"

"I'm short of people here, but I don't need a child to help. 」

And when he looked at Xu Yan, Xu Yan was also looking at him.

The man looked very young, probably in his mid-twenties. It's hard to imagine being a shopkeeper at this age, but Xu Yan pays attention to his body. The muscles are uneven, especially when their arms are raised like a wild beast. And Xu Yan was very sensitive to see that his right hand was also wrapped in a black cloth belt similar to Zuo Chengzhe. This man, apparently, is also a tattooer.

Xu Yan shook his head: "I'm not here to fight. Then he looked at the man very seriously, "I'm here to find someone to help. 」

Qiao Zhigang's mouth opened slightly, is this kid crazy?

Xu Yan ignored him and walked straight to the sword like an iron rod.

He knew nothing about grass refining and water casting. But in the widest range of fire forgings, he was a connoisseur. "This sword uses only one material, the Falling Star Stone. Falling Star Stone is a textured stone, but it is not of a high grade and has no advantages other than weight. If I'm not mistaken, you've used at least two hundred catties of falling star stones, right?"

"Two hundred catties of falling star stones are melted and then melted at high temperatures. Gather the essence of the two hundred catties of falling star stones into a sword. You're doing a good job. 」

"It's just that when it's made into a sword, the rest of your processes are too bad. First of all, how bad does its casting shape have to be to be able to beat the sword like a stick? But why did you put it on the hilt of the sword? If I'm not mistaken, you're not going to be in the force pattern. Because the place you wanted to enter the tattoo was on the blade of the sword. But you didn't expect that you would be forged into a wrought iron rod, so the change in shape interrupted your idea of entering the pattern. 」

"In the end, you'll have to add a random force pattern to the hilt. 」

"A weapon that had the opportunity to become a second-order weapon was reduced to a first-order tattooed soldier. 」

Qiao Zhigang looked at Xu Yan with a ghostly look: "You...... Who are you?"

Xu Yan was very satisfied with his gaze, just like returning to the high-spirited era back then: "The person who rescued you from the sea of suffering. Come, call out to the master. 」

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Qiao Zhigang beckoned Xu Yan to the store.

Xu Yan also sat down unceremoniously and looked around.

It seems that this little guy simply lives here, in front of the store and in the back of the house.

Qiao Zhigang took two cups of tea, and then sat on the desk, looking at Xu Yan with complicated eyes: "Who are you?"

Xu Yan shook his head, the bald head was shaking, looking extremely ridiculous: "I said, I'll let you do it for me. Anyway, you just treat me as a genius, and I can help you improve your forging strength. 」

Qiao Zhigang also shook his head: "This matter is ridiculous. I am the heir of the Qiao family, and I have not yet fallen to this point. I invited you to come in and serve tea, and only because your comment was reasonable, did you serve tea to the guests. 」

Xu Yan was not dissatisfied, but nodded with satisfaction.

has some backbone, and is a man.

Qiao Zhigang didn't look at Xu Yan, but looked at smallpox with emotion: "Once, my Qiao family was also a wealthy family that could forge divine weapons. It's a pity that it has been passed down for a hundred years, but no one can inherit the craftsmanship of the ancestors of the Qiao family. After generations of decline, even the old man of my family sold the last third-order tattooed soldier to gamble for money. Committed suicide after losing. 」

"I'm the only one left in the Qiao family. 」

"I only learned my blacksmithing skills from the two pages of secret books handed down by my ancestors. However, there is only the method of melting. The rest is still my own blind groping. 」

Qiao Zhigang drank tea slowly, talking about the past of the Qiao family.

Xu Yan didn't speak, and between Qiao Zhigang's words, it was as if he was watching the decline of a huge family.

"I'm so sorry to make you laugh, little brother. I Qiao Zhigang has no long body, so I can only replace it with tea. Today, I can see a little brother who knows weapons, which can be regarded as my Qiao Zhigang's fate. 」

Xu Yan looked at Qiao Zhigang, and there was a different color in his eyes.

Originally, he just planned to find a silly boy to help him on his behalf, but seeing Qiao Zhigang's manly and tenacious heart really made him have some plans to accept apprentices.

"I said, you've listened to me so much, and you still don't believe that I can forge?"

Qiao Zhigang smiled: "Okay, I naturally believe it. Otherwise, I can't tell you about the drawbacks of the Falling Star Sword I forged just now. But little brother, you are too young to even wield a hammer, do you? I don't know from which families or secret texts you know the method of forging. But I'm not so good as to covet a child's knowledge. 」

"If you really look up to me Qiao, come and talk to me about forging and drinking tea once in a while. 」

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Xu Yan left Qiao Zhigang and walked back to the academy.

When he came to Bingjie, he was naturally not idle and panicked.

It's that he really wants to find a way to make money.

That bastard Xu Tian blocked his economy, and he really wanted to find a way to make money. Because the silver two are really useful to him, not to mention continuing his research on forging, the biggest reason is - Lan Ming.

Lan Ming's cooking skills are very good, but he is just as poor as himself.

The pig's heart porridge that day, Lan Ming confessed to him afterwards that it was made of a pig's heart that was a little rancid. Xu Yan almost didn't strangle Lan Ming to death.