Chapter 26: The Woodcutter (I)

Located in the northeast of Shangun Province, the half-acre forest is a dense cypress forest and the name of a street.

Xu Mo left the Jianghu pawnshop and went straight here, because the shop where he wanted to buy a knife was on this street.

He walked along the street and watched, and when he came to the end, he returned the same way, and finally stopped in front of a shop called "Sanhuo Knife Shop", which was the place where he bought the knife from Old Man Xu for twenty taels of silver.

Of the twenty-nine shops on this street, only his family only sells knives, and it is easier to create high quality by being single-minded, from this point of view, the news given by Old Man Xu is quite reliable.

Raising his feet to enter, the shopkeeper looked up, and then lowered his head to wipe a knife, without the slightest enthusiasm of the seller for customers.

Xu Mo understood that this was probably a business strategy, the purpose was to reduce the psychological expectation of the buyer's bargaining, which naturally would not affect him, as long as the quality of the knife was good, he would not mind spending more money.

The shop is neatly presented, with a wide range of knives hanging on the entire wall on the right, as well as many boxes stacked in the corners, and a three-tiered shelf on the left, each with matching scabbards, which is noticeably more advanced.

For Xu Mo, life is priceless, and he naturally has to choose the best for himself.

Seeing Xu Mo's reaction, the shopkeeper of the store reacted and began to pay attention.

Xu Mo directly looked at the four knives with cyan, brown, gray, and bright silver scabbards on the upper shelf, only from the appearance, each of the scabbards was well-made and gorgeous, but he didn't come to buy knives to see, he paid more attention to practicality, and he spent twenty taels of silver, and the only slightly useful sentence he got except for the location, "Find a suitable one."

So he reached out first and took the knife with the cyan scabbard.

As soon as the knife was in his hand, he felt a feeling of being tight and light, and when he drew the knife out of the sheath, he suddenly felt that there was a deep stream flowing on the bluestone in front of him, cold and low-key - low-key and introverted means that it will not attract attention, which is definitely an excellent quality in battle, almost at the first sight of it, Xu Mo liked it.

At this time, the shopkeeper came over and introduced at the right time: "Qingxi knife, weighing two catties and seven taels, mainly a thousand wrought iron, and added two coins to take the lapis lazuli in the Longhui Valley when it was built, which is the treasure of the store's town store!"

Xu Mo suddenly understood, no wonder the color of this knife is so blue as if it has life, it originally added lapis lazuli - although it has "stone" in its name, it is harder than iron, and it is extremely tough, if the shopkeeper did not lie and really added two coins lapis lazuli, then, the hardness and toughness of this knife will be increased by a level!

Such a weapon is likely to have a decisive impact in a battle, and that effect is sometimes life and death!

Of course, he will not just listen to the shopkeeper's words, whether the knife is good or not, the material is only one aspect, and the most important thing is its own.

He exhaled slowly, took the initiative to visualize the black toad diagram, quickly stabilized his mind, and then bent his fingers and flicked on the blade of the knife, listening attentively, only listening to the soft voice - he had not learned to identify knives, but in the last few years of his previous life, he had learned to appreciate antiques by playing around, and some of the principles should be the same.

Now his strength is more than twice that of ordinary people, but the sound made by the bullet on the knife body is not loud, indicating that the knife body is strong, and from the sound quality, there is a clear difference from ordinary steel, indicating that it does add lapis lazuli, and the sound does not disperse, indicating that all parts of the knife body are forged evenly.

Of course, the most important and basic thing about a good knife is the feel of use, so he casually slashed a few times in all directions.

The shopkeeper's face changed, and he quickly retreated to the door, looked at Xu Mo nervously, and was about to blurt out with a loud shout, but saw Xu Mo stop his hand, nodded slightly, and asked while looking at the blade: "This knife is good, how much is it?"

The shopkeeper saw a lot of all kinds of guests, and seeing that Xu Mo was not looking for trouble, his face improved slightly, and then he replied: "You also know the price of lapis lazuli, plus lapis lazuli is extremely difficult to build, so this knife will be sold for three hundred and seventy taels of silver - however, seeing that the first time the son comes, the small shop can make ten taels of silver!"

Three hundred and sixty taels is not cheap!

Xu Mo frowned slightly, not because of the price, compared to life, this money is really nothing, but when he tried the knife just now, he found that this knife was slightly flawed - when visualizing the toad map, his soul was in a state of immobility, and the feeling of the body itself would be clearer, through the few knives just now, he found that this knife was stable and heavy when it was cut down, and it would float slightly upward when it was cut flat, and it would fall slightly downward when it was cut backwards and picked up, so it was not difficult to analyze that the back of this knife was slightly thicker.

Of course, based on the material, this Qingxi knife is already better than all the knives he has ever seen, and he is also very satisfied, and there is a way to make up for such shortcomings, but I don't know if the other three knives will be better.

At this time, two people pushed open the shopkeeper at the door, one after the other walked into the store, in front of him was a young man about eleven or twelve years old, with red lips and white teeth, holding a fan with an emerald jade pendant in his hand, and next to him was a tall and thin man with obviously thick palms, I don't know which family it was and the guard.

As soon as he entered the store, the guard immediately took a step forward and stood between Xu Mo and the boy, Xu Mo instantly felt as if he was being targeted by a swift and fierce leopard, so as not to cause misunderstanding, he stopped the action of cutting the knife, and the boy saw him holding a knife in his hand, his eyes lit up, he stretched out his hand and said, "The knife master wants it!"

Xu Mo was in pain for a while, and when he came to buy a knife, he met some second ancestors......

The shopkeeper didn't answer at first, but said with a smile: "Third son, why do you have time to come to the small store?"

The third prince rolled his eyes up and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I want that knife!"

"This ......"

The shopkeeper turned his head to look at Xu Mo and did not speak.

From his performance, it can be seen that the pair of masters and servants should be quite powerful here, Xu Mo wants this knife very much, but it depends on whether it is worth it to cause unnecessary trouble, after all, there are three knives of the same level as Qingxi Knife on the knife holder, of course, it is stupid to show his hole cards when he comes up, he just stood there and did not speak.

The third prince looked at the shopkeeper, pointed at Xu Mo with a fan, and shouted, "Didn't you hear? I want this knife, give it to me!"

His guards saw Xu Mo standing there quietly, his expression was calm and indifferent, and he couldn't figure out his details for a while, so he hugged his fists and said, "May I ask what your Excellency is called? My young master likes this knife very much, I don't know if I can cut my love?" Shang Yong, the "stele wrestler", likes to make friends the most, and you can come to the Lu family to find me if you have something in the future!"

At this time, the shopkeeper of the shop approached Xu Mo's side and whispered: "This son, the Lu family is our prestigious family here, Lord Shang is famous, and Master Lu is a strong man on the seventh layer of the Diyuan Realm, and there are still many good knives in the shop, or-you can change them again?"

Xu Mo glanced at the shopkeeper, he knew about the Lu family.

In fact, if you have lived here for a long time, you don't need to deliberately inquire, you can understand the surrounding forces, and the Lu family is one of them, but it is far from the Qingfeng faction, or the Yuan prefect from the Central Plains, the local mansion Cheng Wu family, and the Baihua Xuan that you just knew.

Xu Mo groaned slightly, still feeling that it was not worth wasting time and energy because of a knife, especially when there were three choices, so he put the knife into the sheath and said, "Since the third prince also likes it, then take it!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly took it and said with a smile: "Third son, this knife is sent to the house, or ......"

Before the words fell, I heard a crisp voice outside shouting: "I want this knife!"

Then I saw an eight- or nine-year-old girl walk into the Sanhuo knife shop.

The girl's appearance is fine, but the makeup painted on her face is simply miserable, her face is white, her eyebrows are heavily painted, especially her lips, which are painted blood red and shiny, just like running out of a ghost movie......

Behind her was a pale, lean man, as soon as he entered the room, he stood in the shadows, the whole process was silent, without the slightest momentum of Shang Yong, but Xu Mo was vigilant in his heart, because he found that if he faced Shang Yong, he could still find a way to fight in a short time, but if he did, he might encounter mortal danger when he came up, and his means of saving his life and injuring the enemy may not have time to be used!

Shang Yong was obviously also extremely jealous, only the third prince jumped to his feet and shouted: "The old witch of the Huang family, this knife is the first thing I fancied in!"

The girl pinched her waist and sneered more aggressively than him: "Three fools, do you fancy it to you? Why don't you say that this Shengyun Mansion belongs to your family?"

The third prince pulled his neck and shouted: "I'll take a fancy to it first, it's mine! It's mine!"

The girl shouted louder than him: "Mine, my! If you want to rob me, I'll let Uncle Han beat you!"

......

Xu Mo was so annoyed by the two of them that his brain hurt, especially the guard who should be surnamed Han, he felt that this was not a good place, and decided to buy a knife and leave quickly.

His eyes swept over the three knives above, if there was no accident, he hoped to choose one of the two knives in brown and gray, worried about another accident, so he took down the bright silver first, pulled the knife out and looked at it, only felt that the room was bright, he naturally didn't like this kind of knife that was too public, but he still asked calmly: "Good knife! How much is this knife?"

He hoped that his guess would not be accurate, but as soon as the words fell, he heard two children's voices shouting at the same time: "I want this knife!"

"Mine!"

"Mine!"

......

The shopkeeper had a toothache, but he still smiled and introduced: "This is the snow training knife, made of cold iron in the snow peak of Thundering Mountain, it is extremely sharp, and it is also the treasure of the town store of this store, and the price is four hundred and sixty ......."

Xu Mo didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed the knife into his hand.