Chapter 5: The Black Sword
After stepping through the snow, leaving the cedar forest, and heading southwest for only half an hour, we arrived outside the Black Iron City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, the dawn first appeared, the sky and the earth were hazy, and the black iron city covered by the wind and snow was silent in the dawn, looking quiet and quiet, like a sleeping boy.
On the passage into the city, the gates were closed, and it was dark and unlit.
Shu Ye stood silently under the city, raised his head and carefully measured the height of the city wall, his mind froze, he couldn't help but bend down and gather strength, his legs kicked the ground, and he jumped up in an instant.
His body was in the air, his feet daring against the wall, and with the force of the shock, he leaped along the thick wall.
Falling steadily on the snow in the city, Shu Ye looked around carefully, looked back at the city wall he had crossed, and couldn't help but slowly let out a long breath, and said secretly: "Fortunately, this wall is not built high, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to enter when the city gate is closed." ”
He loosened his shoulders, moved the snow wolf carcass on his right shoulder to his left, moved his muscles, and continued to walk towards the city.
Along the main road of the Black Iron City all the way to the south, at the beginning of the day, Shu Ye finally came to the Central Street of the Black Iron City.
Looking through the closed shops on the street, he finally saw the signboard of the Ming Pavilion near the intersection of the city center.
It was a wide shop, independent of the junction, with about two floors, very delicately decorated and imposing, and stood out in the rows of low huts.
Shu Ye didn't know the true background of Mingge, nor did he know what it relied on, but he knew that Mingge was the fairest and most mysterious place in the Black Iron City.
Almost all the poor people have visited this place and sold or exchanged for things from it.
Everyone who comes out of here will have a smile on their faces, and they will show satisfaction from their hearts, and they will spontaneously promote the Ming Pavilion, and regard this place as the fairest and most sacred place for trading.
No matter whether you are rich or poor, whether you are strong or weak, as long as you have enough value in your hands, they will be able to give you a fair price.
This is a shop independent of the Black Iron City, and it is not subject to any restrictions in the city.
Even the city lord Zhu family, seeing that Ming Pavilion was privately collecting and selling weapons and iron, did not dare to interfere or complain.
"I hope it's the same as the legend says. Shu Ye had never been to the Ming Pavilion in person, and thought with some apprehension.
He turned the corner of the street, and saw that the bright lights in the Mingge shop were already lit up, and he was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but carry the corpse of the snow wolf and quickly walked away.
After crossing the intersection, before stepping into the front yard of the shop from the gate of Mingge, a cold voice instantly stopped Shu Ye.
"Stop, the pavilion is not open yet, please come back in an hour. ”
With the voice, a tall cloth-clothed man flashed out of the shadows behind the gate, stretched out his arm to stop him, a powerful aura emanated from the man's body, and his fierce eyes glared, and he instantly forced Shu Ye back.
Shu Ye glanced at the man, knowing that his strength was far stronger than his own, his heart sank, he couldn't help but bow slightly, and said respectfully: "Senior, I want to exchange the snow wolf on my shoulder for a weapon and food, and I hope you will be accommodating." ”
"Snow wolf?" the man stared at Shu Ye's shoulder, slightly surprised.
He groaned for a moment, his face turned cold, he shook his head, and still drove Shu Ye out of the door mercilessly: "Come back in an hour." ”
His tone was resolute, leaving no room for manoeuvre.
Shu Ye sighed, knowing that he couldn't break through, he frowned and slowly retreated towards the intersection, only to wait for the time to pass and come again.
"Ah Hu, let him in, I just need a snow wolf guts. ”
An old voice came out of the shop hall in the Ming Pavilion courtyard through the wind and snow in an instant, stopping Shu Ye from leaving.
"Yes, Mo Lao. ”
The man in the cloth replied loudly, his figure flashed, and he retreated into the shadow of the door, making way for the hall of the shop.
Shu Ye didn't expect that the peak would turn around, and the other party actually happened to lack a blood wolf guts in a hurry, and with joy in his heart, he hurriedly stepped into the gate of the Ming Pavilion and went straight to the shop hall along the front yard.
Entering the brightly lit hall, a warm breath instantly hit the face, dispelling a lot of cold.
Shu Ye carefully put down the snow wolf corpse on his shoulder, glanced around the hall carefully, and couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly.
This hall is three feet longitudinal and horizontal, extremely wide, brightly lit, magnificent, a person alone in it, facing the empty pattern, there is actually a feeling of being in the wilderness.
"Hey, with your strength, you can actually kill an adult snow wolf. A short and thin old man walked out from behind the wide counter, took a closer look at the snow wolf, and stared at Shu Ye in surprise, "The snow wolf is one of the most ferocious beasts on the Beiming Snow Field, even the warriors of the third order of the warrior dare not provoke easily, how did you kill this beast?"
Shu Ye listened to his voice and knew that it was the old man who had shouted back the man in the cloth before, and when he saw him walking out from behind the counter, he had already thought that this person was the shopkeeper in the Ming Pavilion.
He couldn't help but ponder for a moment, and carefully explained the process of killing the snow wolf.
"You happened to meet a lone wolf. After listening to Shu Ye's narration, the old man was very surprised in his heart, and praised from the bottom of his heart, "Your luck is really good." ”
He squinted his eyes, slowly squatted down in front of Shu Ye, and began to carefully check the color of the snow wolf.
From hair to bones, from the wolf's head to the wolf's tail, from the back to the limbs, he spares every inch.
After waiting for a long time, the old man stood up again, staring at Shu Ye with a face full of surprise: "This is an adult snow wolf with a wolf age of fifty years, the fur and teeth are all of the highest grade, according to the price of my Ming Pavilion, it can be worth fifty silver coins, plus this snow wolf has not died for a long time, and the inner tank activity is still there, you can count ten more silver coins, a total of sixty silver coins, what do you think?"
Shu Ye didn't expect a snow wolf to be worth so many silver coins, and when he heard the price quoted by the old man, he couldn't help but be ecstatic.
According to the value of the Beiming Snow Plain, five silver coins can be exchanged for a bucket of grain, and sixty silver coins are already a lot of wealth, saving a little is enough for a two-person family to live for a year.
For Shu Ye, being able to exchange a snow wolf for sixty silver coins is already very satisfying.
"No problem. Shu Ye nodded excitedly, "But I want to use this money to exchange for a weapon and some food at Shopkeeper Mo." ”
"How much food, what kind of weapons?" asked Shopkeeper Mo.
Shu Ye pondered for a while, and replied: "Five buckets of grain, weapons should best be refined iron, if there is that kind of forged steel, it will be better." ”
"Okay, I'll let Ah Hu prepare the food for you, and as for the weapons, you can choose them yourself with me in the side pavilion." The shopkeeper answered, summoned the man in cloth and gave a few words, and then took Shu Ye to the outside of a hut in the rear pavilion, "The weapons included in this house are the best weapons in my pavilion, each handle is smelted by fine iron, and it is forged into steel. ”
Shu Ye nodded, pushed the door open at his signal.
Before he could get a foothold in the house, a sharp aura instantly greeted him.
Shu Ye was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly condensed his mind to take a closer look, only to see that in the hut, there were nearly 100 pieces of weapons of various colors, swords, clubs, bows, whips, guns and halberds, all inclusive, which can be described as dazzling.
"There are several of each weapon here, and they should meet your needs. Shopkeeper Mo glanced at Shu Ye lightly and motioned for him to choose at will.
Shu Ye slowly approached the display of weapons, stretched out his palm and brushed along the weapons on the rack one by one, carefully observing the characteristics of each weapon.
"Childe does you have a favorite?" Shopkeeper Mo saw that Shu Ye had already seen all the weapons, and said with a smile, "Although these weapons are not of the highest quality, they are very rare weapons in this Beiming Snow Plain, and they should be enough for you to use." ”
Shu Ye nodded, knowing that what he said was the truth, he calmed his mind and looked at the many weapons on the rack again.
He knew that he had never practiced martial arts, and he knew very little about unpopular weapons, so he couldn't help but give up all the considerations of unpopular weapons, and only focused his eyes on the sword rack in front of him.
The palm of his hand slid along each sword on the shelf, Shu Ye hesitated in his heart, and just as he didn't know which one to take, a trace of cool feeling suddenly penetrated his heart from his fingertips, making the Tianxin Stone that was fused with his body tremble suddenly.
Shu Ye was shocked, and instantly let out a 'huh', and without hesitation, he took down the long sword that his palm touched.
"That's it!" he said with a smile as he stared at the blade in his hand.
Shopkeeper Mo glanced at the long sword in Shu Ye's hand intently, his face twitched, he didn't expect him to choose such a sword, and said with a dry smile: "I think Gongzi should change it, this sword is really a bit ......"
He wanted to talk about Hanqi, but suddenly realized that Hanqi was no longer enough to describe the characteristics of this sword.
This sword is pitch black all over, the color is like thick ink, the sword body is thick and heavy, the hilt is worn, the blade is narrow but not sharp, the tip of the sword is narrow but not sharp, the whole body does not see the slightest sword light, does not show any edge, it is no different from a scrap iron.
In the impression of the shopkeeper Mo, he had not included this sword, but I don't know when it was included in the pavilion by a man who was not long-eyed.
"No, that's it. Shu Ye replied happily, rejecting the old man's kindness.
Although he didn't know what the mystery of this sword was, what could make the Tianxin Stone tremble and sense it must not be an ordinary thing, even if it was ugly in appearance, like scrap iron, and without any sharp energy, Shu Ye would never give up the sword in his hand.
"Since Childe insists on insisting, then I won't persuade you anymore, but this sword ......" Shopkeeper Mo pondered for a moment, sighed, and said, "Even if you have twenty silver coins." ”
Shu Ye held his sword and clenched his fists, and replied gratefully: "Since this is the case, then thank you Mo Lao." ”
"I Mingge does business, and I have always adhered to the concept of fairness, so I don't have to thank my son. He took the scabbard of the black sword and handed it to Shu Ye, saying, "Since the weapon has been selected, then let's go out, at this point in time, Ah Hu must have prepared the food you need." ”
Shu Ye answered, put the black sword in the scabbard, and quickly turned back to the shop hall with Shopkeeper Mo.
When no one is looking.
At the moment when the ancient black sword completely disappeared from its scabbard, it suddenly vibrated happily and burst into a dazzling brilliance.