Several young apprentices and helpers in the attic watched Zhao Qing sit down at the tea table in the lobby, and took out something like an iron basin casually, but they didn't need to add firewood to make a fire, and directly stewed a pot of delicious fish soup, and couldn't help but be a little surprised and confused.

Among the cultivators, there are actually a lot of people with strange tempers, but with the fact that they are only ordinary martial artists and cultivators of the first and second realms, at the age of sixteen or seventeen, they have never been far away, and they have never been hearsay, plus the county is located in a remote area, but it is the first time to see it with their own eyes.

For a while, the apprentice helpers lowered their voices and talked about it, not understanding whether the visitors wanted to buy some goods, or to occupy their own place to eat, or to sell delicious fish soup, so they pouted each other, wanting their companions to come close and ask, but no one dared to really act.

The young man is shy and introverted, stays in the workshop all the year round and works hard, has no experience in dealing with the opposite sex, and after seeing Zhao Qing and Xia Mi, who have a good temperament and seem quite mysterious, he naturally has stage fright.

However, no one thought that when he went to the backyard to inform the elders, an old man in a gray robe with hair had already walked in from the side door, took a deep breath of aroma, and his face showed that he was about to angrily scold the apprentice for secretly eating and drinking, but suddenly noticed the soup pot that Zhao Qing put on the table.

"Why doesn't this pot use firewood and smoke?" The old man looked slightly startled, and hurriedly walked a few steps closer to take a closer look: "You can cook soup on the table, how do you do it?"

Under the wide-eyed gaze of the apprentices, the gray-robed old man did not wait for Zhao Qing to reply, he leaned over to look from under the table, and then from the gap between the table and the pots and pans, and finally jumped up and grabbed a beam with his hand, looking from above, after the flexible movements, he fell into contemplation.

"That's how it attracts attention...... It's kind of like an induction cooker." Xia Mi blinked, and already understood the reason why Zhao Qing stewed fish soup on the spot, this method seemed ordinary and simple, but in fact, it broke the fixed cognition of ancient people about making fire and cooking.

As a dragon with a junior high school education on the surface, but in fact she has self-taught almost all the disciplines of college, she knows very well that in the history of mankind, from the ancient ancestors to drill wood to make fire, to the use of gas and natural gas, although the fuel burned has changed, but the way to make fire is still directly ignited fuel itself, the essence is still the same.

The concealment of cooking on the battlefield, as the smoke from the fire can reveal one's whereabouts and even detect the total number of troops, has always been an important problem - but it is easier to solve as long as the idea of "making a fire" and cooking is abandoned.

The pots and pans that Zhao Qing made casually used were naturally the method of heating and heating up the true qi, and it was not a high-end skill, after all, even the spiritual master in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" could use his skills to boil boiling water.

But on this basis, the development of the corresponding rune pathway, which was really used for cooking, was an unprecedented innovation, breaking the inertia of thinking, which amazed the old craftsmen of the Xiajiang Workshop, and quickly realized the value of it.

Even if technically, the difficulty of this kind of talisman is not high, but in his eyes, the craftsman who can come up with it and make it is also an admirable master, much more creative than ordinary craftsmen who follow the rules.

Could it be that the other party brought the automatic boiler over precisely to cooperate with the Xiajiang Workshop and promote this product? Or is this just the daily performance of two girls with extraordinary temperaments and exquisite lives?

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When the thoughts of this old craftsman of the Four Realms Rongyuan fluctuated in his heart, Zhao Qing sensed the operation of this Chudi workshop by himself, and his spiritual thoughts spread, constantly collecting information, and it seemed that he had no intention of introducing the True Yuan Boiler.

This place called Xiajiang Workshop, the construction area is not large, but the overall scope also includes a hill on the side, behind the front row courtyard covering an area of more than ten acres, is the processing site of the craftsmen, distributed many waterwheels, smelting furnaces, complex pipes, sometimes there is smoke gushing out.

As a border county that experienced many wars in the early years, the population of Guixiang County is not large, only 50,000 or 60,000, and the size of the town is average, but thanks to the frequent smuggling trade on the Qin-Chu border, life is also good.

In the non-war period, the main purpose of the Xiajiang Workshop moved here was actually to mine some of the capital

The special minerals of the land did not expect any high-value orders, but only recruited a group of apprentices and helpers, and sold all kinds of daily necessities, and rarely sold real talismans.

The products of the workshop placed in the attic include the round edge set drill and well ring filter used in the local salt well mining, the refined steel sword, the machine syringe, the special sleeve arrow, the small repeating arm crossbow used by the people in the rivers and lakes, and even the business direction of beaded ornaments, stone carving and jade carving.

As for the artefacts engraved with runes, they are far from being worth a lot of money, and they are mainly purchased in a custom-made way, but there are also exhibits placed in the inner courtyard to show the skill level of the workshop.

"Tell me about the talismans in your workshop." After drinking the fish soup, Zhao Qing folded the pots and pans away, and walked towards the depths of the courtyard with Xia Mi, casually throwing out a bag of dazzling pearl gems: "As long as the quality is good, we can buy as much as we want."

This kind of jewelry, like Fang Cai's pots and pans, is something she pinched out at random - today, with Zhao Qing's cultivation, even the hardest natural minerals, diamonds, can be synthesized, ordinary gems and jades, no problem.

The gray-robed old man was shocked again, and then he was overjoyed, the discerning and generous guests were the most welcome in every workshop, and represented a kind of trust in himself.

Even if this place is located on the border, it cannot be ruled out that the other party may be a Qin person, as long as the selling price is much higher than the cost price, it can make his senior brothers re-purchase materials and make more talismans, which can be regarded as a way to contribute to the country.

"Two girls, please come in, let me introduce you to the fine magic tools of our Xiajiang Workshop."

Seeing that the market price of this bag of jewelry exceeded the total income of the workshop for several years, the craftsman surnamed Zeng immediately led the way, and soon came to a small building in the inner courtyard and knocked on the door: "Senior brother, there is a guest here."

In the next moment, the door opened without wind, revealing a short, thin old man with his head bowed and clinging to a few lenses, his arms were motionless, his muscles were stiff, only two fingers were trembling slightly, and his pale face that had not seen the sun for a long time could not help but remind people of the legendary zombie.

However, any cultivator who has some knowledge of the production of Chu artifacts will understand that the reason why this person behaves so strangely is precisely because he draws and carves runes in extremely subtle places, and in order to avoid interference caused by the natural shaking of the body, he actively performs a meditation technique that paralyzes part of the body.

If you look closely at the old man's fingers, you will find that the man's fingers are twisting a long needle as thick as a hair, and the tip of the needle is constantly carved on a sheet of metal as thin as paper, drawing ancient lines.

"Are you here to order a flying sword or a flying needle? You know I'm rushing to an order from Tiangongge! There is still a month and a half to complete, and I have to complete the batch of parts at hand, which is very tight. This is a big deal about whether or not I can get the title of 'Famous Craftsman'."

After completing the final stroke of a rune, the thin old man raised his head, removed the talisman used to improve his eyesight from his eyes, and his muscles relaxed and came out of his paralyzed state:

"Senior brother, can't you call the shots if there's something? Fine-tuning the flying swords in the library can be regarded as meeting the customized needs of customers."

Listening to the senior brother's perfunctory statement, the craftsman surnamed Zeng couldn't help but look a little embarrassed: "I just got out of the state of compiling the runes, and I can't see things in the distance clearly...... Please also ask the two of you to blame, senior brother, he has been busy improving the rating on the title of craftsman in recent years, and he is a little confused.

However, after all, he is a cultivator of the Divine Mind Realm who is about to enter the realm of 'Famous Craftsman', and he has absolutely no problem in the skill of making weapons."

Zhao Qing nodded in understanding.

Skillful Craftsman, Famous Craftsman, and Holy Hand are the three grading ranks among the craftsmen in the Great Chu Dynasty's workshops, and generally speaking, they must at least enter the Five Realms Divine Mind and greatly enhance their spiritual perception before they are eligible to participate in the manufacture of high-end rune artifacts, and they can be called "Skillful Craftsmen".

Above the "skillful craftsman" is the title of "famous craftsman", which is mainly based on the skill level of the master and the quality of the talismans made, which is recognized by many "holy hands".

And the "Holy Hand" whose status is enough to compare with the Seven Realms Grandmaster can only reach the "Silk Road" level, that is to say, the craftsman who can accurately arrange runes on a filament the size of a hair has an extremely fixed standard.

You must know that the thickness of a hair is only a few tens of microns, and if you can engrave runes on it, its accuracy may have entered the field of sub-microns or even nanometers, which is comparable to the chip engraving process at the beginning of the 21st century, and even Zhao Qing may not be able to do it easily.

Because of the advantages of the high realm, at least half of those who can reach this supreme level are true grandmasters who have entered the Seven Realms and moved mountains, and when the two are combined, they are even more powerful.

The Xiajiang Workshop recently processed some parts and sold it to the superior workshop "Tiangong Pavilion", called the Workshop, which is actually one of the top ten cultivation sites of the Great Chu Dynasty, with several holy hands in charge, including Chu Poofeng, one of the four strongest grandmasters of the Great Chu Dynasty in the past.

In Zhao Qing's observation, this kind of talisman workshop has evolved into a "corporate sect", often receiving orders from all parties, as well as the steps of parts production and assembly, and seems to have entered the stage of industrialization and become a representative of advanced productive forces.

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Soon figured out that the guest had come in with his junior brother, and when he heard his words and the astonishing amount of the deposit, the thin old man immediately apologized, and at the same time noticed that as a cultivator of the Divine Thought Realm, he hadn't noticed the other party's movements in advance.

Just having money is not enough to win the respect of a famous craftsman like the old man, because in his opinion, as long as the quality of the products is good, there is no shortage of buyers.

But the other party not only has an unprecedented True Yuan Boiler, which means that he has a unique cognition and appreciation of the talisman, but also has a fairly good cultivation, and from the perspective of appearance and age, it represents a very high talent, so the attitude is completely different.

"Old man Chu Liuyun, the two girls can call me Lao Chu. Are you really going to buy all the talismans in this workshop?" Chu Liuyun took out an iron box from the cabinet shelf on the side and opened it:

"These are my two sets of flying needles made from 'Ruyi Steel' and Ugin more than ten years ago, both of which are four inches and three minutes long and weigh one or two cents. Although it is not as lethal and varied as a real flying sword, it can also be used to practice the flying sword technique before the Divine Mind Realm."

"Outside of the Great Chu Dynasty, such flying needles are extremely rare, and you can't buy anything if you want to. By the way, when using this against the enemy, you have to be careful of the suction of the celestial iron crystal, which is the flaw of all flying needle-type weapons."

He opened the mechanism from under the counter and pulled out three iron cylinders, opened the first one, and poured out a small cyan sword about a foot long, full of cold light, and seemingly with small scales on the surface, Chu Liuyun continued:

"This is the real Flying Sword Sword Fetus, tentatively named 'Green Feather Sword', forged by refined cold iron and a small amount of Star Steel, and the runes on it are not only stored in the true element and the effect of acceleration, but also mainly strengthens the concealment, and tries to eliminate the sound of breaking the sky...... There are not many things that restrain flying swords, except for the 'Vermilion Bird Needle' of this dynasty."

"Originally, this product would come with a jar of Fire Nitrate Pill and Danwu Pill each, and if you buy them all, these will not be considered money."

The so-called fire pills and danwu pills are actually small grenades and smoke bombs, Zhao Qing has seen a lot of them in the arsenal of the Tiger Wolf Northern Army, and they have no technical content, so don't mention it.

As for the "Vermilion Bird Needle", it is actually a metal jet weapon similar to a shaped armor-piercing bullet, which looks like a long fiery red needle, which looks similar to a flying needle, and can be regarded as a disposable self-detonating flying needle.

After it is ejected, it will spin violently, and the incredible heat generated will not dissolve the outer shell, but will turn the inner part of the core into an incredibly hot molten liquid, and finally at the moment of violent collision, the molten liquid will be ejected from the tip of the needle at a terrifying speed.

This kind of power, which can even directly pierce and destroy the sword tire of a flying sword, can be regarded as one of the nemesis of flying swords - but only if you rely on the mastery tracking methods of the controller, otherwise it is almost impossible to accurately hit a tiny object that is maneuvering and flying at several times the speed of sound.

"Senior brother, do you still remember the scene when I refined this sword and tried it for the first time? It was a slaughtering autumn, and two teams of horse thieves from Yunmeng Mountain kidnapped ......."

In the introduction of green

When the feather sword was swords, Chu Liuyun's tone revealed an obvious sense of pride, it seemed that this sword should be the proud work of his mastery, but it was difficult to explain the reason why it had not been sold after many years.

Roughly guess it, most of them are aware that this sword has placed too many feelings on themselves, all kinds of reluctance, repeated premiums, of course, it is not excluded that the flying sword is biased towards secret assassination, and the scope of application is small.

That is, when he passionately told the story of this flying sword, Xia Mi looked around curiously, first pinched the flying needle with his hand, held it for a while, and inadvertently gently tapped the surface of the cabinet shelf with his elbow.

Then, the floor slab on the second floor inexplicably turned upward, and a large square hole appeared, and a pair of dark cyan giant armor covered with fine runes was hung by multiple steel ropes and slowly lowered, turning in a large circle in front of everyone, as if showing its various parts.

Unlike ordinary heavy armor, this rune armor was significantly larger, and large enough to wrap around the cultivator's entire body, almost like a small mountain of metal, with multiple card slots on its back, equipped with several weapons such as throwing axes, triangular bayonets, serrated swords, giant shields, and arm crossbows.

"This armor is also for sale!" Zhao Qing pointed upwards with a slight interest, and as her mind moved slightly, the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi poured into it, and a trace of wonderful fluorescent stars filled all the runes on the green armor.

Then it flowed like flowing water, forming a complex and beautiful pattern of light on the surface and deeper inside of the armor, constantly rotating and lingering, and at the same time resounding with a unique metallic sound like someone stepping on snow.

"You actually want to buy True Yuan Heavy Armor?" Chu Liuyun and the old man surnamed Zeng looked at each other and shouted in unison.

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