Blue Silver Grass Guide

"Muzhi City" is a mansion that occupies a large area in the south of the city.

"Dong dong dong——"

Carrying the wind and snow, Ling Yi raised his hand and knocked on the tall and wide door.

"Who -" a breathless voice sounded.

At the same time, the thick door was opened from the inside, and a young man's head poked out.

When Ling Yi saw the young man, he immediately asked with a smile: "Alai, is the master at home?"

Hearing the voice, the young man named Alai opened his eyes wide. The hazy sleepiness that had originally faded away immediately. When he saw Ling Yi's face clearly, he immediately said with great joy: "Master Yi is back -?!"

This is the disciple that my master values ​​the most, even a closed disciple!

Mr. Jin is now nearly eighty years old. Although he is a soul master and his body is strong enough for wielding hammers all year round, he is no longer young after all and has no more energy to teach new disciples.

Even Ling Yi, a young disciple, was accepted as his thirteenth direct disciple because his talent was indeed high enough.

In the early stage, the fifth disciple Wang Meng and others taught him first. Later, when the disciples had nothing to teach, he was the master who taught him personally.

Since Master Yi graduated from the [Greenleaf Junior Soul Master Academy] three years ago and went to the Cold Wind City, except for sending a letter back every two or three months, he has never seen him again.

To be honest, not only did Mr. Jin often recite a few words, but even Alai, a servant of the Jin family, missed Master Yi who spoke nicely and treated others with a smile.

After all, looking at the entire "Muzhi City", there has never been a master who makes people feel like a warm breeze when getting along with him.

Overjoyed, Alai opened the door wide, regardless of the cold wind and snowflakes that hit him, he smiled and said quickly:

"Yes, yes, I'm at home. It's been snowing heavily these days, and I haven't gone out the whole time -"

"It's good to be here~"

Ling Yi said with a smile and walked in the door with Alai's warm welcome.

While walking, Ling Yi pulled his left hand on his shoulder and pulled the backpack on his back to his side. He reached in with his right hand and touched it. He took out a palm-sized oilcloth paper bag and handed it to Alai: "Here, I brought back from the "Bold Wind City" a kind of preserved fruit called frozen autumn pear. It's sour and sweet, and tastes pretty good. Give your children a try - "

After saying that, without giving Alai a chance to refuse, he stuffed it directly into Alai's arms, and at the same time walked slowly towards the main hall in the middle courtyard.

Alai looked at Ling Yi's familiar smiling face and his back that started to move away after passing him, and suddenly felt that the heavy snow in the sky was not so cold anymore.

Busy shouted softly from behind: "Hey——! Thank you, Master Yi——!"

Ling Yi didn't look back, he just raised his hand and waved it behind him.

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"What?! You...Ayi...you have become...a master blacksmith——??!!"

In the main hall of the Jin Mansion, Mr. Jin in mink fur and cotton clothes was sitting on the main seat with a golden sword. Under a pair of strong gray eyebrows, his eyes almost popped out of his sockets. The small teapot he was holding in his hand was almost crushed by the uncontrollable force. .

Seeing the disbelief on the old man's face, Ling Yi stepped forward with a smile, took the small teapot from the old man's hand that had spilled most of the tea due to shaking, and put it on the table.

While picking up the kettle on the small stove next to him and adding water to it, he said with a smile: "Yes, Master, didn't I say in the letter I sent you before that Senior Brother Lou Gao temporarily stopped traveling more than half a year ago and stayed in At the Cold Wind Camp, they taught me how to forge step by step—"

"Now I have not only learned the full set of the Nine-nine and Eighty-One Styles of the "Chaan Cloak Hammering Technique", but also, under the guidance of Senior Brother Lou Gao, I have mastered several special alloy smelting processes that require lower forging strength, and I have been able to create Thousand-level weapons and armor—"

Sitting on the big chair, Mr. Jin looked dazed. He mechanically took the small teapot handed over by Ling Yi with both hands. He subconsciously brought the spout to his mouth and took a sip of warm tea, feeling the heat flow from his mouth. It entered, flowed through the throat, and settled in the stomach, and then he slowly came back to his senses.

Seeing Ling Yi, who was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and who was treating things calmly from beginning to end, the joy on Mr. Jin's face bloomed visibly to the naked eye, and he laughed heartily: "Okay! Hahaha——! OK——! Too much alright--!!"

It can be said that Mr. Jin was happier than Ling Yi himself when Ling Yi became a blacksmith.

Before Ling Yi, the old man had a total of twelve direct disciples, and there were countless other named and unnamed apprentices. However, since he returned to [Shuimu Principality], for more than 40 years, not one disciple has become a blacksmith master. No.

Even his eldest disciple Zhang Tie, who has been with him the longest and studied the longest, is still in his late fifties and still working as a senior blacksmith.

Other direct disciples can forge the strongest works. The better ones, such as the fifth disciple Wang Meng, can forge eight hundred forged weapons like the first disciple Zhang Tie. The weaker ones, such as the ninth disciple, can only reach six hundred. Forging...

"Muzhi City" is too small, and "Shuimu Principality" is too small!

The entire principality's demand for armor with a strength of more than 500 is actually not that small. However, compared to transporting raw ore and letting domestic blacksmiths hammer and forge it, many forces in the principality will directly purchase it from the neighboring [Tian Dou Empire]. Finished product.

Only some local soul masters and local soul master families, as well as the principality officials, will hand over orders for the armor they need to various high-level blacksmiths in the country for forging.

But often because these blacksmith masters may have received large-volume, low-demand orders from others in advance, they are really too busy and can only push out door-to-door business, resulting in a decrease in the retention rate of repeat customers.

In a vicious circle, the experience that these disciples of Mr. Jin can gain in producing high-quality works is always limited, and it becomes more difficult to make progress.

Unlike Ling Yi, they relied on the name of [Jin Geng Blacksmith Shop] from the beginning, and their own skills were not bad. They were able to get enough materials to practice from fifth brother Wang Meng and master Jin.

Later, when we arrived at the Cold Wind Camp, the military's consumption of various weapons was not small. Backed by the principality's military, raw materials were always guaranteed. As long as the weapons and armor made by Ling Yi were of high quality, no one in the army would treat Ling Yi. There are opinions on using various metal materials in large quantities.

You know, metal ore, high-flammability coke and other materials all cost money.

The blacksmith industry has never been a wealthy profession on Douluo Continent!

The palms and backs of the disciples of Mr. Jin are all flesh. The old man himself has children and clansmen under his knees. He cannot help a certain disciple with all his strength and spend more money to increase his efforts in practicing blacksmithing skills.

Therefore, Ling Yi proposed to join the military three years ago. After the old man was shocked at the beginning, he was convinced by Ling Yi's idea of ​​using the military's abundant material support to hone his skills.

Now, only three years have passed, and Ling Yi has become a master blacksmith? !

Although Ling Yi's own excellent talent and the hands-on guidance of Master Lou, a master blacksmith, the sufficient logistical support at Hanfeng Camp is definitely a major success factor!

Thinking about this, Mr. Jin couldn't help but get excited.

It seems that sending a disciple to the Military Logistics Department for some experience is very promising?