Xia Fan was a waste talent, when he couldn't break through the first layer of qi refining for two consecutive years, when the patriarch of the Xia clan personally tested Xia Fan and determined that he couldn't advance to the second layer of gas refining, almost everyone in Xia Jiabao decided that Xia Fan was a waste talent that he had not met in a hundred years.

So Xia Fan was tragic, from a genius who had not been seen in a hundred years to a waste talent that had not been encountered in a hundred years, and all kinds of praise from the clansmen had also turned into irony and ridicule.

This is the characteristic of all human beings in Xiajiabao and even in the entire Southern Wilderness Continent, if you have the ability, you can be praised and praised, and if you don't have the ability, you will be ridiculed and ridiculed by people.

The Southern Wilderness Continent is originally a world where fierce beasts are vertical and horizontal, the weak eat the strong, and the strong are respected, and Xia Fan has experienced this point deeply in the past six years.

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"Young Master, you're back!" In the small building on the second floor, a beautiful girl about fourteen years old, like a small jasper, greeted Xia Fan who had just entered the building and asked:

"Is the test over?"

"Yes, it's over, the first layer of qi refining," Lin Qing said.

"It's okay, young master, you can definitely break through, Qin'er believes in you!"

"Xie Lu Xie, I also believe it, because I am Xia Fan!" Xia Fan's eyes shone brightly, exuding firm confidence.

"Qin'er, this is the spirit stone issued by the Xiwu Hall this month, you can take it to practice!" Lin Qing handed the low-level spirit stone he had received to the Qingli girl.

The owner of Xiajiabao is the Xia family, and there are tens of thousands of Xia family members in the castle, and there are tens of thousands of servants in Xiajiabao.

The servant clan is voluntarily formed by the human race who has no qi refining qualifications and becomes the subordinate servants of the Xia clan.

Because in the Southern Wilderness Continent, facing the threat of fierce beasts, if there is no strong force to protect it, there will only be death.

Therefore, those races in the human race who do not have the talent for refining qi can only rely on the strong and become their subordinate servants, which is the survival rule on the Southern Wilderness Continent.

In Xiajiabao, each Xia clan member can have five minions, who will fight together with their masters, kill fierce beasts, protect their loved ones, and die together.

Xia Fan's father and his five servants died in battle against the attack of the beast tide a month before Xia Fan was born.

It can be said that he really did not seek to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but to die on the same day of the same month and month of the same year.

Qin'er is the daughter of one of Xia Fan's father's servants, because there is no male in the family, and her mother died early, she was raised by Xia Fan's mother since she was a child, so she has a deep affection for Xia Fan's family.

When the other servants' families all left in the name of Xia Fan's waste, only Qin'er stayed.

What's even more rare is that Qin'er also has the qualification of qi refining and cultivation, which is rarely seen among the servants, and it is important to know that the servants of the Lu Dao generally do not have the qualifications for qi refining.

The Xia clan did not prohibit subordinate servants from refining qi, so Qin'er was fortunate enough to start practicing the martial art of refining qi, and now she has reached the second level of cultivation of qi refining.

However, although the Xia clan does not prohibit subordinate servants from refining qi and cultivating, they do not provide any resources for their cultivation needs, and all the resources needed by servants must be provided by their masters, after all, cultivation resources are limited.

Fortunately, Xia Fan was limited by his own physical body, and the meridians in his body were too narrow, so small that there was only one fine encounter, which could not hold more true qi at all, and Xia Fan could not use low-level spirit stones for daily cultivation.

Therefore, Xia Fan simply gave the spirit stone to Qin'er to cultivate, which raised Qin'er's cultivation to the realm of the second layer of qi refining.

"Yes, Young Master Xie Lu!" Qin'er took the spirit stone, and her pair of smart eyes revealed a firm thought: "I must cultivate well, become the strongest servant of the young man, and protect the young master well." ”

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"Qiang, Qiang, ... ...,

The neat and rhythmic sound of striking iron sounded, revealing a mysterious rhythm, although it was striking iron, but it did not make people feel harsh and irritable, but made people unconsciously indulge in it.

Next to the attic of Xia Fan's family, there was also a dark bungalow, which was made of earth and stone, with two large windows and a portal open on the front earthen and stone wall.

The doors and windows were pitch black and shiny, apparently caused by long-term smoke.

Inside the bungalow there are bellows, ovens, and large iron piers, and it is clear that this room is a standard blacksmith's shop.

This blacksmith shop is where Xia Fan works every day, that is to say, in addition to being a qi refining martial artist, Xia Fan is also a blacksmith.

The reason why this is so is because of Xia Fan's name of waste.

Since Xia Fan became a well-known waste talent in Xia Jiabao, all the use of Xia Fan began to decrease, after all, Xia Fan had already proved to be a waste talent, and there was no possibility of advancement, how could the Xia clan waste valuable cultivation resources on him.

Therefore, in addition to the regulations, except for the distribution of a low-level spirit stone for basic cultivation resources every month, Xia Fan could no longer get a little more resource supply from the clan.

Even for ordinary life, it is only enough for the daily use of Xia Fan's mother and son, which is absolutely not enough for Xia Fan's family, who has a big stomach.

So, Xia Fan got a job when he was eight years old - blacksmith.

Yes, blacksmithing, in the era of cold weapons, blacksmithing was an indispensable profession, but in the eyes of qi refining cultivators like the Xia clan, blacksmithing was still a cheap profession, and it was generally held by servants.

Therefore, when Xia Fan wanted to learn the blacksmith profession, he was even more despised by others, but Xia Fan no longer cared about this.

At this time, Xia Fan was wielding a heavy sledgehammer, hammering the long iron block on the iron pier one by one, and the other hand controlled the changing position of the iron block.

There are generally two kinds of such people, one is the megalomaniac and self-righteous person, and the other is the master blacksmith who can do this.

But from the neat and rhythmic beating sound, it can be seen from Xia Fan's focused eyes that Xia Fan's heart is definitely not the kind of person who is self-righteous.

As the sledgehammer in his hand continued to fall, the long iron block gradually took shape, and a long sword finally appeared under Xia Yunfan's hammer.

"Squeak..."

Xia Fan put the long sword that had been formed in his hand into the sink, a puff of white smoke floated up, and the quenching was completed.

The long sword body is more than four feet long, more than half a foot wide, the sword spine is thick with three fingers, and the hilt is one foot long.

Although the long sword is huge, the sword body is extremely symmetrical, and the lines are like flowing water.

On the sword body, the fish scale ornament looms, layer upon layer, evenly distributed throughout the sword body, and it is actually a fish pattern that can only appear in the top technique of forging skills.

This is a forging technique that is stronger than the loose forging technique, which shows the depth of Xia Fan's forging skills, which can be called a master.

"Boom!"

Xia Fan held the long sword in his hand, and with a slight split, he slashed at an iron rod the thickness of an adult's arm on the iron frame beside him.

It was cut horizontally by hand, and cut through the center of a special gold bar next to it, and the gold bar was immediately broken into two sections, and the fracture was neat like a mirror.

"Sharpen iron like clay, break gold like jade, and sharpen the blade!" Stroking the long sword in his hand, Xia Fan's young and immature face showed a satisfied smile.

In the Southern Wilderness Continent, there is also a difference between strength and weakness in weapons, which are the same as the grade of qi refining, divided into three orders and nine grades, from a first-grade mortal soldier to a nine-grade divine soldier, each grade, there is a huge gap. ...,

"Afan, is my sword ready?" At this moment, a rough voice came from outside the blacksmith shop, awakening the boy from his addiction.

I saw a young man walk into the blacksmith shop, this man was extremely tall, a little taller than Xia Fan, revealing a rough and honest attitude.

This young man is Xia Fan's cousin Xia Xiong, a disciple of the Xia Jiabao Youth Group, a second-level cultivator of Qi refining, a bold and generous person, and has the best relationship with Xia Fan among the disciples of the Xia family.

"Well, I just played well, but I haven't polished the front yet, Ah Xiong, why don't you come and get it tomorrow morning, and I'll give you a start in the afternoon" Xia Fan responded.

"Hahaha, have you done a good job? That's great, I won't bother you with the attack, or I'll do it myself, you've taught me anyway" Xia Xiong said happily.

"Well, that's okay, if you start by yourself, then you will have a better fit with the sword" Xia Fan nodded and said, handing the big sword in his hand to the tall young Xia Xiong.

Xia Xiong took the big sword, his eyes lit up, he waved his arm and slashed a few times, listening to the whistling sound of the big sword cutting through the air, he couldn't help but applaud continuously: "Good sword, good sword, Afan, this sword is much stronger!"

"Four-grade blade!" Xia Fan said, "It's also your luck, this is the first mid-level four-grade blade I have ever built." ”

"Four-grade sharp blade, good sword, hehe, hehe, Afan, you are really amazing!" Xia Xiong Dalu praised with a smile: "With this sword, tomorrow's hunting, I believe we will definitely have a good harvest!"