Xiao Tie was not in a hurry.

First, it takes time to consolidate the realm, and now you can't start planning right away when you rush back, and this state is not suitable for rushing.

Second, it's time to explore something.

On this day, Xiao Tie came to a small city, spent a medium-grade Dao stone to buy a unique courtyard, and lived there.

The city is small, but it has all the organs.

After tidying up a little, Xiao Tie went out to visit the market.

The market here is naturally not as good as those in the big cities, but there is still a complete range of goods, most of which are useless to Xiao Tie, but some things are enough to practice his hands, and that is enough.

But before that, Xiao Tie still has to find a way to earn some Dao stones.

Along the way, he didn't accumulate any wealth at all, so that he was so poor that he was reluctant to sell what he could stay, after all, those are really good things, even in his current opinion, they are also very useful, and naturally they can't be sold.

Therefore, he spent a lower grade road stone to rent a paving in the fang market, and a lower grade road stone is enough to rent for three months, which is completely sufficient.

Immediately afterward, he bought a lot of low-grade materials, mainly carving, carved some works and began to sell.

These works are not high-end, after all, the material is limited, and no matter how high it is, it is impossible to exceed the limit of the material's bearing, but these carvings are extremely exquisite, almost bringing out the effect of the material to the extreme, so that it is very popular.

This made every time Xiao Tie started to set up a stall, the top products were immediately snatched up.

This is also a good thing for Xiao Tie, there is no need to waste time on setting up a stall.

And the Dao Stone he earned was directly used to buy more materials, still some low-level materials, silently squatting at home to practice his craft.

And the direction of the practice, naturally, is also carving.

It's not that he doesn't want to practice other special professions, the key is that the practice of other special professions often requires more complex conditions, such as casting, and he is extremely thirsty for materials, otherwise it is impossible to practice, and the others are even more so, and the way of carving, exquisite skills and more redundant materials, which is the easiest to get started.

Squatting at the door, there are sculptures around him, these sculptures are strangely shaped, not limited to living beings, and are placed all over the place.

At this time, it was already Xiao Tie's tenth day here.

Ten days, at his speed, without sleep, is enough to carve tens of thousands of works, after all, it is only a low-grade material.

But Xiao Tie did not do this, but did it at sunrise and rest at sunset.

Every morning, I take half an hour out of my work and take some works with me at random, then buy materials, contact when I get home, and go to bed when I'm late, everything is like a mortal, very ordinary but regular work and rest time.

And in the past ten days, Xiao Tie's harvest has been very large.

Don't look at the use of only low-grade materials, carving is only low-level works, but on these carvings, but reflect his footprints of exploration, each work is to go all out, the characteristics of the material to the extreme, the work itself may not be very good, but the skills embodied in it, but extremely exquisite.

There is also the aspect of cultivation, which is accompanied by his concentration and calmness, and it is also gradually beginning to consolidate.

And during this time, it was extremely unquiet for this small city.

The appearance of Xiao Tie made some people want to move, and even made the whole city shrouded in restlessness.

It may be difficult for ordinary people to discover the specialness of Xiao Tie's works, but how can other special professionals who are also special occupations not be able to discover it?

Fortunately at first, most people who buy Xiao Tie's works do so because of the items that need to be sublimated, and the sculpture is recognized as one of the most suitable items for sublimation, and the quality of Xiao Tie's works naturally makes it very popular.

But then, as these works fell into the hands of some knowledgeable people, it was different.

For example, the Zhao family, one of the four major families here.

The Zhao family is one of the four major families here, although the family in this kind of small city is not very strong, but there are still some strong people in this family.

Among the Zhao family, there is an immortal-level, several spirit-level powerhouses in charge, and there is also a heaven-level great grandmaster-level foundry who can cast spirit-level armor.

The Zhao family can be said to be the real overlord of this city's monopoly casting.

And when Xiao Tie's work fell into the hands of the Zhao family's great master-level foundry, it immediately alarmed the entire Zhao family.

On the same day, Zhao Wuyuan, a member of the Zhao family, brought someone to visit Xiao Tie in person, but he was closed.

And this matter naturally can't escape the attention of other families, and even the City Lord's Mansion, and immediately Xiao Tie has become a high-profile existence in the entire city.

However, these people did not act rashly for the time being, and they were all waiting and watching.

This is normal, after all, the four major families check and balance each other, and affect the whole body, and now Xiao Tie's existence is already on the surface, once any one of them acts, then it will inevitably lead to other families.

However, Xiao Tie's appearance was too short after all, and they didn't know Xiao Tie at all, so they were not sure, so they naturally put it on hold.

However, it is obvious that this situation is only a short-term situation, and it is not difficult to imagine that once someone can't help it, then this small city will inevitably fall into chaos.

"Alas. Xiao Tie sighed and stopped what he was doing.

For ten days in a row, the first eight days, his progress was very gratifying, but since eight days, the progress has been very slow.

Looking at this piece of work in his hand, Xiao Tie was helpless: "It seems that low-level materials are no longer suitable." ”

The practice of memory, the search for it step by step, even if Xiao Tie's realm has improved, it still can't avoid this.

With his current realm, making a sage-level sculpture must be handy.

However, when it comes to the Daolun class......

That level of proficiency is far from the same.

When it comes to the Dao Wheel level, even the slightest difference will cause two completely different results, if you want to give full play to your abilities, it is undoubtedly the safest way to familiarize yourself with the memory from the beginning.

However, from low-grade materials, the effect that can be harvested is limited after all.

Nowadays, almost all kinds of low-level materials with various characteristics, as well as various technical skills, Xiao Tie has tried them personally, until they are all tried, Xiao Tie found that his memory and completely stopped, he knew that this must be the limitation of materials.

In other words, he needed to find better materials.

And this also means that the speed of the subsequent increase will be greatly reduced.

After all, more advanced materials are already scarcer, and more advanced craftsmanship is more complex and demanding.

Using low-grade materials, he may be able to make dozens of works in a day, which is the result of Xiao Tie's deliberate slowdown, after all, his purpose is not to make more works, but to familiarize himself with memories.

However, once a higher-level work, then, not to mention dozens of pieces a day, even if it is a few, it is very good, this is still Xiao Tie to increase the speed a little, otherwise, it is completely possible to have one piece in a few days.

After all, it's practice, not real hands-on.

Practice, naturally, requires the use of all the means that one can think of, which invisibly delays the speed of dozens or hundreds of times.

Looking up, Xiao Tie's brows frowned slightly.

"They're them again?"

In the past few days, almost every day, there have been people wandering outside his yard, and he has naturally found out a long time ago, but he has not paid attention to it.

However, he didn't care about it in front, it was because he didn't control it, and at this time, he was already a little unhappy because he didn't have a harvest, but he couldn't see it.

Get up, walk to the door, open the door, and sweep your eyes to see everything on the street.

There are a total of five groups of people, each in different positions, corresponding to the five forces of this small city, it seems that the people of this force are here.

Xiao Tie shook his head secretly.

Closing the door, his eyes flickered slightly, and he didn't pay attention to these people, but thought about walking towards a restaurant diagonally across the door.

"Yo, Master Xiao is here, sit inside, what do you want to eat today?"

During this time, Xiao Tie has been eating in this restaurant called 'Crispy Xiangju', so that the bosses here are familiar with Xiao Tie.

"A pot of Cuixia, a few side dishes, you can look at it. ”

Xiao Tie went up to the second floor and sat down by the window at random.

Not long after, the wine and food came up, and Xiao Tie ate silently.

"Brother Xiao, you're here. At this time, a young man dressed as a martial artist appeared, and when he saw Xiao Tie, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he came up happily, and he was not hypocritical, he sat next to Xiao Tie with his ass, grabbed a piece of beast meat and gnawed it, and said while gnawing, "Brother Xiao, you asked me to help you inquire about the matter, there is news." ”

Seeing this, Xiao Tie smiled, and he liked this young man very much: "Oh, let's hear it." ”

The young man smiled, patted his greasy hand, and looked at Xiao Tie with a smile.

This kid......

Xiao Tie couldn't cry or laugh, and with a flip of his wrist, there was a sculpture: "Don't you just want this sculpture, don't worry, you're indispensable." ”

The young man immediately became happy, and wanted to grab the sculpture, but at the critical moment, when he thought that his hands were still greasy, he immediately became anxious, "Brother Xiao, you wait!"

As he spoke, he ran away.

"This kid ......" Xiao Tie shook his head, not in a hurry, put down the sculpture, and continued to eat.

After a while, the young man came back and immediately carefully picked up the sculpture: "Haha, great, great! Brother Xiao, with this thing, I can use Uncle Zhuangqi to cast a treasure knife for me, hahahaha!"

Xiao Tie put down his chopsticks, looked at the young man's happy face, and shook his head: "What's the hurry, sit down and talk." ”

"Alright, alright, I'll sit down. The young man carefully put down the sculpture, and then said, "Brother Xiao, I have inquired for you, those things you want, in our city, except for the four major families and the city lord's mansion, there is only one place." ”

"Oh, where?" Xiao Tie was interested.

The young man immediately leaned in happily and whispered something in Xiao Tie's ear.

Xiao Tie was thoughtful.

"That's right, if you talk about the background, out of these local overlords, only they can have these things, but I ignored them at first, thinking that such a small city does not exist like them, but I ignored it. ”

Nodding, Xiao Tie was very satisfied with the news.

"Do you know where that place is?"

"Of course I know! Not only do I know where they are, but I also know their rules, this doesn't cost me a lot of money, if you let the old man know, you have to break my legs, Brother Xiao, don't tell my father." The young man said immediately.

"Don't worry, do you think you, Brother Xiao, are I a talkative person?" Xiao Tie couldn't help but laugh again, and then patted the young man's shoulder, "Let's go, take me now." ”

"Okay! wait, I'll put the baby away first, let's go!" the young man immediately got up and left.

Not long after, under the leadership of the young man, the two came to a remote corner of the city.

"Brother Xiao, it's just ahead. The young man pointed to a very ordinary courtyard in front of him.

And at this time, without the need for the young man to say, Xiao Tie can also feel it.

"Sure enough, it's more hidden. "In this kind of small city, the cultivation of martial artists is almost the same, if it weren't for the young man to lead the way, even if Xiao Tie temporarily opened his perception at the beginning, it would be difficult to discover this place.

"Okay, that's my own business, you can go back first. ”

The young man was immediately dissatisfied, "Brother Xiao, I'm so big, I haven't entered this kind of place yet, so you just let me follow you." ”

Faced with the young man's eagerness, Xiao Tie had no choice but to nod.

The boy was immediately happy.

"Great, Brother Xiao, let me tell you, there are many ways to enter this kind of place, otherwise even if you find this place, you won't be able to enter at all, but Brother Xiao, don't worry, look at me!" The young man volunteered to go up directly, Xiao Tie didn't stop him, and followed silently with a smile.

When I came to the door, the door was closed.

At this time, the young man knocked on the door of Aoki according to a special law.

Sumeru, Aoki's door creaked open, revealing a girl's head, she glanced at the two of them and stretched out her hand.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted, and as soon as he took it out in his arms, he took out a money bag, poured out two lower grade Dao stones, and handed them over.

The woman took the stone, glanced at the two, and got out of the way.

The two of them finally entered the gate.

"Keep up, don't look around. As soon as the girl's door closed, she immediately warned.

Immediately after, he led the two of them to walk inside.

The courtyard is large, but there are few people, and it looks extremely deserted.

Going around and around, the eyes suddenly opened up.

"Dark Pavilion ......"

These were the two words carved on a huge stone tablet in front of them, which immediately attracted Xiao Tie's attention.

The Dark Pavilion is an extremely special force among the human race of the Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds, and its power envelops the entire Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds, even if there are some small worlds, the shadow of this force can occasionally be found.

And this force, as the name suggests, is a special force hidden in the shadows.

The places they are involved in can be said to be multifaceted.

For example, assassinations, guards, dealings, and even presiding over transactions for others, etc., etc.

It can be said that it is all-encompassing......