Volume 1 Travels Chapter 10 Speak and Listen to the Water Ghosts
At dusk, the breeze is gentle, the sky is moonless, and the sky is full of stars.
Zhang Fan walked on the streets of the town behind Wanghaiguan, this city is nameless, or it can be called Wanghai City. Figures swayed in the town within a radius of six or seven miles, and pedestrians in a hurry walked in the direction of home. The war that had just been experienced did not seem to have left a psychological shadow on the people in the towns. It's just that many stores have been closed, and judging from the signboard at the door, most of the towns are blacksmith shops, and Zhang Fan walked into a blacksmith shop that has not yet closed.
This blacksmith shop is not big, after entering the door, there is a forged armor weapon on the right, and a counter on the left, and then a guy is sitting behind the counter, and when he saw Zhang Fan coming in, he hurriedly walked out from behind the counter to meet Zhang Fan.
"What do you want, guest officer, our weapons here are well-known in this city." The guy saw Zhang Fan walking to the right to check the sword and armor, and hurriedly went to the reception.
Seeing Zhang Fan walk to a big knife, he hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "This weapon is cast by the master of weapon casting in this workshop, using the folding and forging method, using a variety of forging materials, and repeatedly folding and forging, which is a rare boutique." After speaking, he picked up the big knife and pointed it to Zhang Fan, and then continued: "Look at this pattern, this is the exclusive formula of our store, after using the folding and forging method, the weapon created is not only durable, but also forms a layer of cloud pattern on the blade, which is not only sharp but also beautiful. After saying that, he reluctantly tore off a hair and blew it towards the blade. This blade turned out to be really sharp, and it was actually blown and broken.
Zhang Fan took the big knife and waved it a few times in his hand, not surprised. I didn't expect that such a good product could be forged in a small shop here, with the right size, and the right weight at the front and back. He couldn't have imagined that the forging process in this world was so high. Although the inheritance bead also has some explanations for this world, Zhang Fan really can't believe it if he doesn't see it with his own eyes. The weapons and armor manufacturing in this world is much higher than where he came from, and the knives produced in this ordinary shop are already the top level in his world.
Finally, he flicked his fingers in the middle of the broadsword, and with a little internal force, the blade let out a dragon groan, trembling a few times before stopping.
"Good knives." Zhang Fan liked it very much and asked. "What is the price of this knife?" Zhang Fan asked the price, but he knew in his heart that he had no long things from the original world, and a few taels of silver might not be able to buy anything here, and he also needed to be familiar with the trading currency of this world, the inheritance bead was not omnipotent, it was only Qin Qiong's cultivation experience and some exercises, some secret maps of this world, etc., but there were absolutely no such basic life-related details.
When the blacksmith shop guy heard Zhang Fan ask the price, he was very happy in his heart and hurriedly replied. "This knife is a treasure in the store, and the price is sixty taels of silver."
As soon as Zhang Fan heard the guy say that the treasures in the store, he probably knew that the price must be inflated, but he had no long things, and there were more than a dozen taels of silver, and he didn't know if it was a unit of measurement with this world, and this knife must not be able to afford it. What's more, there is no need to buy it, he is about to go to the Moon Sect to cultivate the truth, it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to leave the mountain in a few years, even if he buys it now, it is also a decoration, thinking of this, Zhang Fan said thank you to the guy and left the store, he wants to have a general understanding of the goods and prices in this world before the shops in the town close at midnight.
Thinking of this, Zhang Fan didn't stay any longer, and took a general turn around the town, and learned about the general secular situation of the world here. It turns out that this world is only developed in war-related industries, but agricultural livelihood-related industries are much worse than his original world, with low farming methods and very low yields of crops planted, that is, they can basically feed themselves. There is no breeding in terms of seed treatment, and the selection is that fruit tree planting is only directly picking wild fruits, not transplanting, no seedlings, and no grafting. The same is true for medicinal herbs, which are all collected in the wild.
It was late at night, Zhang Fan returned to the town hall and sat down, looking at the faint lights of the city and still silent. The lights are still made of oil lamps, and the meat of various beasts is boiled into oil and used for lighting at night. Although there is the oil produced by the beasts, but there is no stir-frying, the food is all stewed, and most of the clothes worn are hemp products, otherwise it is silk products, the color is single, all are primary colors, and there are no cotton clothes in the market, let alone printed and dyed clothes. The development of this realm has been biased, probably because it has been in the middle of a war for a long time, and the Terrans only focus on the development of equipment, and ignore agriculture.
The development of this world made Zhang Fan speechless, originally a human race that walked on two legs, but now he is lame on one leg, how far can he go. But what does this have to do with yourself, if you have achieved something in your cultivation, you have to find a way to go home and leave this world, or don't get too involved. These things are not for him to think about, so he should work hard to cultivate.
Zhang Fan took out the Mochizuki Sect's introductory exercises given by Elder Situ Nan from his new master and began a long study. The book is nameless, and it only talks about the exercises during the Qi cultivation period, and when you cultivate to the foundation building period, you need to find new exercises again.
The dawn of dawn shone on the side of the main hall of Wanghai Town to meditate on the side of Zhang Fan, as if a layer of gold, Zhang Fan just sat still, slowly comprehending this introductory mind, until the sun was in the sky, a light boat slowly flew from afar, and landed on the square in front of the palace.
The door of the main hall slowly opened, Situ Nan walked out of the hall and walked towards the light boat, Zhang Fan hurriedly got up and followed.
The light boat with a group of eleven people on the light boat came to the main hall, and the leader of the team was also dressed in white, with a long sword at his waist, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, heroic and extraordinary. As he walked forward, the man waved his hand back, and a magic trick slowly shrank down, and was finally collected by the person in his sleeve.
Walking to the front of the main hall, he bowed his hand and said: "Zhong Xing has seen Senior Brother Situ, Senior Brother has been sitting in the customs for 30 years, hard work, Senior Brother thanked Senior Brother on behalf of the sect master for guarding the border for the sect, and the sect master ordered the senior brother to lead the disciple back to the sect, and this place was taken over by the junior brother." After speaking, he took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Situ Nan, and continued. This letter is the sect's arrangement for the relatives of the disciples who died in the battle, and the sect master means to let the junior brother bring the letter over, so that the senior brother can see if there is anything dissatisfied,"
Situ Nan didn't say anything, just took the letter silently, opened it directly in front of Zhong Xing, and checked it silently, but he didn't know when Situ Nan was already in tears, choking and crying, and tears wet the letter.
It wasn't until Situ Nan finished reading the letter that Zhong Xing took the letter, and then looked at Situ Nan.
Situ Nan looked at the sky with tears in his eyes, and said for a long time: "Just do what the sect master wants." When the people are gone, what is the point of more rewards? ”
Zhong Xing saluted Situ Nan again, and then with a wave of his left hand, a sword light flew out of his sleeve and disappeared, obviously delivering a message to the sect.
At this time, Dongfang Ming's voice came from the main hall: "Brother Zhong has not seen you for many years, Dongfang Ming has seen him here, you might as well let the disciples arrange the handover matters, how about Brother Zhong come to the hall to drink some tea, after all, in the next ten years, our two brothers will help each other live." ”
Hearing Dongfang Ming's words in the hall, Situ Nan shook his head and said: "Senior Brother Zhong, let's go in, just wait for the handover to come over and deal with your disciple in a while, I just happen to have something to do, so let's go for a walk first, and when the handover is over, we won't come to see you when we leave." After saying that, he walked out of the pass alone, Zhang Fan hurriedly waved to Zhong Xing to apologize, and then saluted several fellow disciples with fists, and then followed Situ Nan's footsteps to the pass.
And Zhong Xing and his disciples stood in front of the hall and watched Situ Nan go away, silent. Will Situ Nan's today be his own tomorrow?
Walking to the beach, Situ Nan quietly looked at the distance of the sea, took out a pot of wine out of nowhere, poured some into the sea, drank a few sips from the spout, and then began to tell his story.
"Brother Qin Qiong, my brother has no ability, he can't save you, after getting along for thirty years, even two dogs will have feelings, let alone people. It's just that my brother can't save you, at that time, Dongfang Ming and I fought with those two bastards of the Sea Clan in the air of the pass, and we were contained, if at that time... Situ Ming suddenly whimpered when he said this, Zhang Fan didn't know what Situ Nan was thinking, and he couldn't persuade him.
I only heard Situ Nan continue with a crying voice: "If I had ,..., at that time, if I could self-destruct my cultivation at that time, and break out, I would definitely be able to hurt the Sea Clan on the other side, but I didn't dare." I have been guarding the Wangyue Sect for thousands of years, more than 180 monks of the sect have died in battle, there are not many monks in the sect, and there are only four people who can reach the Jindan realm, I am afraid of Qin Qiong, the sect needs me, and the next generation of disciples needs time to grow. Do you know Qin Qiong, I'm afraid, I'm afraid. As he spoke, Situ Nan slowly knelt down, lay on the ground and cried loudly.
Zhang Fan stood behind Situ Nan, quietly watching, listening, and silent, maybe this is the responsibility and responsibility of a senior, looking at the moon, it is not easy.
To be continued...