The next day, Zhang Fan took Xue'er to the town's medical hall.

The medicine hall is a place to collect herbs in Wanjia Town, and some common pills are also sold, such as hemostatic pills, gold sore pills, and detoxification pills, but people like Zhang Fan still rarely come here to buy pills.

The shopkeeper of the medicine hall is called Zhou Houdao, an old man in his sixties, who has reached the bone refining stage, is shrewd, and a little stingy, but no one in the entire Wanjia Town dares to underestimate him.

Zhang Fan came to the front of the medicine hall and saw Old Man Zhou sitting on the Taishi chair napping, and the two Xiao Si were diligently wiping the counter tables and chairs. Seeing two teenagers walking in, one of them, Xiao Si, hurriedly caught up and said with a smile: "Little boy, do you want to sell medicine or buy medicine, we have everything here, and the price is fair." The old man who was sitting on the chair also stood up, stretched his waist, and smiled: "Isn't this a kid from Zhang Dalei's family, why do you have time to come to me? Hey, I also heard that your parents went to the depths of the beast forest and didn't come back, it's really hard for you kid." ”

Seeing the old man chattering, Zhang Fan didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he got straight to the point: "Old man Zhou, I'm here to sell medicine." You show me how much these are worth. Zhang Fan said, and at the same time took out a cloth bag from behind his back with his right hand, and dozens of wooden boxes were placed on the counter.

The look of surprise on Zhou Houdao's face flashed, and he hurriedly smiled: "Let me see, what kind of medicine is it?" Then he cautiously opened dozens of wooden boxes, and saw that they were all pale red grass the size of a few feet and full of aura, so he quickly resealed the wooden box and said in surprise: "Oh my God, Xiao Zhang Fan, where did you get the lewd snake grass, it turned out to be more than ten years old medicinal materials, and several of them are twenty years old medicinal materials! However, the wooden box you used was of poor quality and lost some medicinal properties. Over the years, Wanjia Town and even Changrong City have been in short supply. I'll give you the best price, thirty-two ten-year-old lewd snake grasses cost an average of 100 taels of silver per plant, and three twenty-year-old lewd snake grasses cost 300 taels of silver each, how about it?" As he spoke, he stared at the wooden box, as if he was afraid that the medicinal herbs would be lost.

According to Zhang Fan's memory, the price of lewd snake grass in Wanjia Town was about the same as what Old Man Zhou said, and he didn't care much, but he wanted to ask the old man for some herbal seeds and books related to herbs, and said, "The price is okay, but I want a detailed introduction to herbs and some herbal seeds, what do you think?"

Although Old Man Zhou was a little reluctant in his heart, he still replied: "Okay, for the sake of your friendship with me, I will give you a complete solution of common herbs and several kinds of herbal seeds, but I don't have many medicinal seeds here, and a few medicinal materials, ten of each is already the maximum." In addition, I will send you a few sandalwood boxes to facilitate you to preserve the effect of the medicine after collecting it later. ”

Zhang Fan knew that one tael of silver could buy hundreds of herb seeds, but he didn't care, ordinary herbs had to be raised in a place where spiritual energy gathered for seven or eight years before they could mature, and he didn't plan to grow herbs to sell, but planted them in his yard for other use. Although home-grown herbs have almost no aura and are just ordinary herbs, they can be grown all year round and can be picked in a year, so they are still good as materials for making medicinal diets.

Carrying thousands of taels of silver tickets and nearly a hundred taels of silver obtained from the medicine hall, Zhang Fan took Xue'er to a blacksmith shop.

Zhang Fan walked into the blacksmith shop and saw that the blacksmith shop was very simple, a house of about 50 square meters, on one side was a weapon rack for weapons, and on the other side there were raw materials and fuels such as pig iron, and behind the house was a huge stove, next to the furnace was a forging table, a quenching pool or something.

Zhang Fan saw that there was a master and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old apprentice in the whole shop, and asked, "Master, what good weapons do you have here, introduce them to me." ”

The old man had already seen two young men come in, and thought that he was just coming to see them, but who knew that he was actually going to buy weapons, and he not only sighed in his heart: "In this world, even teenagers in their teens have bought weapons to defend themselves, and it seems that it will not be peaceful again." But he still said patiently: "Little boy, it's not that I'm bragging, the entire Wanjia Town is the most suitable weapon for me to build here, which is not only extremely sharp, but also cheap, and is loved by hunters in Wanjia Town." My handicraft has been passed down from my ancestors."

"Alright, old man. I know your ancestral craft is very good, and now I'm going to buy some good weapons, you can tell me about it. Zhang Fan heard his rhetoric and said impatiently.

The old man thought to himself: "Sure enough, it's a young man, but he's in a hurry." But he is also a businessman, so he came to the weapon rack and introduced: "I have here, all weapons are third-rate weapons, including knives, guns, swords, halberds, armor, fists, and hammers."

Seeing this, Zhang Fan said: "I think of two pieces of light leather armor, a medicine tripod, two iron swords and an iron knife, you take out the best weapons in your store, the price is not a problem." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Little baby, I don't think you look like a rich boy, so don't waste my time." Zhang Fan was a little moved when he heard the old man's words, but he understood better that a good weapon could save someone's life at a critical moment, so he said to the old man seriously: "Uncle, I really want to buy a few good weapons, you can introduce them to me." ”

"Dad, people are willing to spend money, how can you persuade him not to buy it? I haven't eaten meat for days. The young man who was listening to a few people on the side said to the old man with some anger.

Suddenly, an unnatural flush rose on the old man's face, but it disappeared immediately. Then he turned to Zhang Fan and said, "Young man, old man, I can indeed only build third-grade weapons, but as long as you can afford the price, I have a black iron sword in my collection, which I picked up when I went out mining in my early years." That black iron sword weighs a thousand catties, the material is hard, I have studied it for decades without results, but I can sell it to you, what do you think?"

When Zhang Fan heard the old man say this, he was immediately full of interest and said, "Old man, take it out and let me see, if I am satisfied, I will definitely not lose a penny of you." Xue'er listened on the sidelines, and also thought that her son-in-law had a good weapon, so that he could have more protection when he was outside, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa, take it out and show it to my son-in-law, the money will not be less for you." Seeing this, the old man smiled and said, "Little boy, if you want to see the sword, please come with me." Then he walked to the back of the shop. The young man next to him grimaced, as if waiting to see Zhang Fan's joke.

Zhang Fan followed the old man to the back of the shop, walked through the wing, and came to an underground secret room. Zhang Fan was full of vigilance all the way, cautious, looking left and right, and slowly took Xue'er to follow the old man to the basement, and at the same time, the young man who seemed to be the old man's son also followed.

"Little boy, you try, this is what I call the black sword. It's just that I've been studying for decades, old man, and I haven't found out what it's all about, and if you buy it now, maybe you'll find out the secret in the future, and it's your blessing. The old man came to a place where scrap iron was piled up indoors, and when he took away the scrap iron on it, he saw a giant sword of one meter seven or eight, full of swarthy body, appear in front of Zhang Fan's eyes.

Seeing this, Zhang Fan was surprised. He had never seen anyone forge such a black, long, and unwieldy greatsword. Previously, Zhang Fan only felt that the black sword was heavy and could help him refine his body, but now he couldn't help but have a desire to study the black sword in detail. Zhang Fan walked to the giant sword and lifted the sword with one hand, but the giant sword didn't move at all, so he squatted down and hugged the sword body with both hands, before he picked up the big sword.

After a while, Zhang Fan was so tired that he was sweating profusely. Cher and the young man next to her laughed secretly. Zhang Fan said: "Old man, your black sword is indeed extraordinary, but I don't see anything." The big sword is so heavy, it is indeed suitable to carry it on the body as a refining tool, but the big sword is a little long. Old man, how much does your greatsword cost?"

The old man standing on the side was very surprised to see that Zhang Fan was able to pick up a thousand-pound giant sword. However, after listening to Zhang Fan's words, he smiled a little jokingly: "Little boy, for the sake of your relationship with this black sword, count you a thousand taels, how about it?"

"A thousand taels!" exclaimed Cher and the young man. Zhang Fan also felt that it was a little expensive.

But the old man then said: "You and I both know that this black sword is extraordinary, but it is not very practical, and I don't know how to use it, you will definitely not lose money if you buy it." If you buy a black sword, I can sell you a few third-grade swords cheaply, how about it?"

"Grandpa, this is too expensive, isn't it? One thousand taels is enough for a family to eat for ten years, and my son-in-law has lost a lot to buy this useless black sword. The young man nodded in the same way, but soon had another expression of love to buy or not. At the same time, Zhang Fan saw that the old man seemed to be very casual, and he had long known that Zhang Fan would not want it, so he didn't let go at all.

Seeing this, Zhang Fan was also very helpless, and his heart was dripping blood, but he quickly gritted his teeth and said: "Old man, you are selling dragon meat, one pound and one tael of silver, can it be less?" But seeing the old man's expression that was not as I expected, Zhang Fan also liked the black sword very much at this time, and even said: "Why haven't I seen such a rigid old man before, hey! I bought it, but you have to give me a discount on everything else, otherwise I don't want it." ”

The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Good boy, you have a good eye, as long as you buy a black sword, why not give you some discounts for others?" Zhang Fan also smiled happily: "Okay, deal." Then Zhang Fan carried the black sword and followed a few people out of the house.