Chapter 58 Swordsmith Xu Zhixie
In the world of immortal cultivation, some weapon refiners are good at forging swords, some are good at forging knives, some are good at refining space magic tools, and some are good at making flying props. In a word, each master has his own strengths.
Xu Zhixie is a weapon refiner who is good at forging swords. The swords he forged are very famous. Not to mention the entire Lingnan region, just talking about a few nearby countries, if he says his swords are average, then few people dare to say that their swords are very good.
From the fact that he lives on a volcano, but there are still many people who come to ask for swords every year, we can see how good his sword-making skills are.
Recently, there have been unusual movements in the depths of the Hengduan Mountains. The nearby cultivators have sensed that the storm is coming, so more people come to Xu Zhixie to ask for swords, and even the Yuelai Inn is full.
When Qin Ran went up the mountain and paid a visit to Xu Zhixie's residence, Xu Zhixie was receiving another person who came to ask for a sword.
Xu Zhixie's Taoist boy, a rough man wearing only shorts, received Qin Ran and his apprentice. This so-called Taoist boy must be two meters tall. When Qin Ran looked at his face, he had to tilt his neck.
"Master is busy, may I ask if you two have a token?" the Taoist boy asked from inside the door.
If you want to ask Xu Zhixie for the sword, you can't be just anybody, you must have a token and an identity.
Qin Ran took out a sword-shaped token from his Qiankun bag and gave it to the Taoist boy. The Taoist boy took it and checked it, nodded, opened the fence door, and signaled Qin Ran and his apprentice to go into the other courtyard and wait.
The token was left by Qin Ran's master Wang Yuanyi. Wang Yuanyi was an alchemist in the Jindan period. An alchemist in the Jindan period was an extraordinary figure, and his status was no lower than Xu Zhixie.
Wang Yuanyi once made pills for Xu Zhixie. Xu Zhixie gave him this sword-shaped token to express his gratitude, saying that as long as he came with the token, he would never refuse.
The other courtyard was an extremely ordinary small courtyard. The courtyard wall was surrounded by a fence, and the walls of the house were covered with mud, covered with grass like thatch, and there were only three or four rooms, which were extremely simple. It was an extremely simple residence for engineering students.
Qin Ran took Li Shiyin to sit on the stone bench in the courtyard. The Taoist boy came over to pour tea. Qin Ran held it but didn't drink it, even though he was thirsty.
He smiled and asked the Taoist boy: "Excuse me, who is in the room?"
The Taoist boy looked at him and didn't answer.
How can the customer's information be leaked at will... Such a small broken courtyard, with high-level monks inside, people talking outside can hear clearly inside, who dares to talk nonsense?
"Master, it's so hot!" Li Shiyin drank the tea, fanned with her hand, and said uncomfortably.
Although she wore the fire-proof beads, she couldn't help but feel that this place was on the volcano. If she walked further up, it would be the real crater, although it was sealed by Xu Zhixie.
Li Shiyin's mouth and nose were full of sulfur, and her body and cheeks seemed to be roasted by flames all the time.
However, Li Shiyin felt uncomfortable, but she didn't know that Qin Ran felt even more uncomfortable, because Qin Ran had a water spirit root and had been suppressed by the environment, not just the heat.
In such an environment, every second was torture, but the master and apprentice waited for a long time before the door opened.
Two women and one man came out of the house. The two women were in front, one looked like a young woman and the other looked like a young girl. The young woman was graceful and the young girl was noble and cold. Their faces were not very good. The man was behind, a rough man with an open shirt, who was irritable and had short, thick and hard hair that was red.
The young woman and the young girl walked out. The young woman hesitated, but turned back and said to the man: "Master Xu, why don't you think about it again? We can discuss the thank-you gift again."
"Go, go, go..." The rough man with red hair was obviously Xu Zhixie. After hearing what the young woman said, he was extremely impatient and waved his hand to drive them away.
Obviously, the young woman and the young girl failed to ask for the sword.
"Alas..." The young woman sighed helplessly.
But the girl comforted her: "Look for another place..."
"Somewhere else?" The young woman shook her head. It was not easy to find a weapon refiner who specialized in forging swords.
"Who's over there?" Xu Zhixie ignored the two women's groaning, he stood at the door and shouted to Qin Ran and his disciples.
Qin Ran took Li Shiyin and walked over, saluted and said: "Junior Daojianmen Qin Ran, my master Wang Yuanyi, and my stubborn disciple Li Shiyin, meet Master Xu."
"Li Shiyin?" The sword-seeking girl, who had not paid much attention to the visitor and was just walking out, suddenly stopped after hearing this name, turned around and looked at Li Shiyin carefully.
"Wang Yuanyi, right?" Xu Zhixie nodded, also looked at Li Shiyin, smiled, and looked very easy to talk to, and praised, "Good foundation, is she asking for her natal sword?"
"Yes." Qin Ran nodded, "Master, please help me."
"No help!" The smile on Xu Zhixie's face disappeared in an instant, and he turned back to his irritable look in an instant, and refused.
"?" Li Shiyin was shocked, the old man changed his face so quickly!
"Master..." Qin Ran vaguely remembered that this sword-making master was an evil person with erratic moods, and he expected his rejection. He quickly took out the sword-shaped token left by his master and handed it to Xu Zhixie. "My master said that you can use this token to ask the master for something."
"Token?" Xu Zhixie sneered, "I have to issue hundreds of tokens a year. If everyone comes to ask me for help, won't I be exhausted to death?"
"Besides..." he said disdainfully, "Wang Yuanyi died a few years ago, and this token is useless! Get out... Get out of here!"
Qin Ran took back the token, his face was uncertain, but he quickly suppressed it.
In fact, this situation was still within Qin Ran's expectations. He didn't control the change of expression well, firstly because Xu Zhixie's attitude change was too irritable, and secondly because he was a dead otaku and was not good at dealing with people.
Qin Ran secretly adjusted his mentality, looked at Xu Zhixie, then smiled and said, "In this case, I won't disturb the master's rest."
As he said, he took out a porcelain bottle from his Qiankun bag and handed it to Xu Zhixie, "It is also an honor for the junior to meet Master Xu. This small gift is not a respect, but I believe Master Xu will need it very much."
"Wow... Master's expression changes so quickly!" Li Shiyin praised.
Xu Zhixie looked at the porcelain bottle in Qin Ran's hand, and then he remembered the master Wang Yuanyi that Qin Ran mentioned. Wang Yuanyi is an alchemist, so... He looked at Qin Ran, this junior with solid cultivation is also an alchemist?
He suppressed the anger in his body, took the pill with his eyes wide open, broke the jade seal, and a chill floated out of it. He looked inside and saw a top-grade ice-condensing pill!
"What kind of skills are you practicing?" Xu Zhixie poured out an ice-condensing pill and swallowed it directly, then asked Qin Ran.
Xu Zhixie's attitude changed again. Qin Ran was no longer surprised. He calmly took out a stack of drawings from his Qiankun bag, handed it to Xu Zhixie, and said, "Star Sword, Shuriken, Taijutsu."
Casually glancing at the drawings in Qin Ran's hand, Xu Zhixie's eyes suddenly condensed, and he showed surprise in his eyes. He looked at Qin Ran, and then took the drawings and looked at them carefully.
The first drawing was the effect of the sword, with the data of the sword, the appearance, the sword was three feet and four inches long, three fingers wide, black background, and there was a purple star light on the sword body; flipping down, the second one was the internal structure of the sword, and then down, there was a formation diagram...
Xu Zhixie glanced at the drawings, raised his head and looked at Qin Ran, his eyes were a little serious, and asked, "Did you design it yourself?"
"Yeah." Qin Ran nodded.
"The formation is also?"
"Yes."
"It's interesting..." Xu Zhixie became interested. He flipped through the drawings again, especially the formation. The idea and structure of this formation were very interesting. He suddenly asked Qin Ran, "Are you interested in being my apprentice?"
"I have a water spirit root." Qin Ran politely refused.
"What a pity." Xu Zhixie sighed.
"But I can make pills..." Qin Ran said, "I see that you have been forging swords for many years and are troubled by fire poison. Maybe I can help you."
After these words came out, Xu Zhixie's eyes lit up. He pressed Qin Ran's thin shoulder and asked, "Are you serious?!"
Qin Ran was calm and took out a piece of paper from his Qiankun bag, handed it to Xu Zhixie, and said, "This is the pill formula I imagined. Please take a look."
Xu Zhixie snatched the pill formula and read it carefully. The more he read, the more surprised he was. At the end, he laughed wildly.
"Okay, good boy, I will make this sword!"