MTL - I Don’t Have a Soul Skill, I’ll Cut Down the Douluo-Chapter 26
"A lot of blacksmith shops." Lin Manshan clicked his tongue. It seemed that he had seen at least dozens of blacksmith shops along the way.
"That's natural. Gengxin City is the city with the most blacksmith shops on the mainland. According to statistics, there are more than a thousand blacksmiths and tens of thousands of blacksmiths. Blacksmiths from many places will come here specially for the blacksmith assessment, and only those who become senior blacksmiths can stay. in this city.
Aman, that guy from Tieshan told me that you are very talented as a blacksmith, and you will have to perform well later. Given your age, if you can be certified as a senior blacksmith, it will really give us a face to the blacksmiths in Notting City. "A middle-aged man beside him said cheerfully.
"Uncle Mo, I will try my best." Lin Manshan nodded.
The man beside him was the leader of the caravan and a blacksmith in Notting City.
"Yeah." The man nodded and rolled his eyes, "It's in front of you, Aman, I will personally take you to the assessment later, hehe, that guy Tieshan blew you into the sky in front of me, I You'll have to see for yourself if he's bragging."
"..." Lin Manshan opened his mouth and finally replied, "Then I will trouble Uncle Mo."
After a while, the carriage stopped, Lin Manshan followed the middle-aged man and jumped out of the carriage, looking up, it was a huge building more than 30 meters high and glowing with steel. There is a dark plaque hanging directly above it, without any text, only a raised pattern composed of a hammer and a chisel crossed, and there are no gorgeous decorations around. Looking back, there is not even a gate guard.
The three doors were completely open, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going.
"Let's go." The middle-aged man walked in front and led the way, introducing as he walked, "The Blacksmiths Association is divided into five floors, the first floor is the trading area... The second floor is the advanced trading area... The third The floor is the registration assessment area..."
Walking through the door, the fully open hall was full of noise. The outermost area against the wall is a variety of counters filled with various metal ores and finished products cast by blacksmiths. Customers stop and walk around the counters one by one.
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"It's really lively." Lin Manshan sighed.
"That's natural, it's always here." The middle-aged man smiled, turned around and told the entourage when and where to gather, then turned to look at Lin Manshan, "Aman, let's go, I'll take you to the third floor."
"Okay!" Lin Manshan nodded and followed.
All the way up, I explained the situation to the guard at the entrance of the stairs, and the two came to the third floor smoothly.
The layout of the third floor is extremely simple, except for a small counter in the center, surrounded by closed rooms.
Approaching the counter, there was a burly man leaning on a chair behind him. The moment he saw the burly man, the middle-aged man's face suddenly became respectful, "I've seen Master Sidi, I'm here to take this child to test the blacksmith, Please help arrange it."
"Oh?" Sidi heard the words and stood up immediately, "I'm just too busy, so let me host it."
After speaking, he shook his body, walked around the counter, and strode to one of the rooms with the window on the door shining brightly.
As he walked, he waved back, "Come with me."
"Okay...Okay..." The middle-aged man hurriedly responded, and quickly followed with Lin Manshan.
The two walked into the door, and the interior was a very simple forging room, and the fire was booming. I saw Sidi went straight to the fire, picked up a piece of pig iron and threw it in, then turned around and said, "Child, come here."
Lin Manshan nodded and walked straight forward.
"Blowing wind to help fire is also a basic ability of blacksmiths, and tempering pig iron is the foundation of forging. So, then you must heat this piece of pig iron with your own hands, and then hammer this piece of pig iron in front of me to The limit of what you can temper. And after the tempering is completed, the final quality of this piece of pig iron will determine the result of your first assessment."
After speaking, Sidi stepped aside, "Come on, let's start."
"Yes!" Lin Manshan nodded, walked quickly to the blower, rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the handle, and pushed and pulled rhythmically.
The fire was raging, and Lin Manshan added charcoal while pushing and pulling, and the surrounding air quickly became extremely hot.
The color of pig iron in the charcoal fire also began to change from the original dark gray to bright orange.
"Not bad! The movements and strength are perfect..." Sidi's eyes also became brighter.
After a while, Lin Manshan stopped, picked up the iron clip from the side, picked up the pig iron and quickly placed it on the forging table not far away.
Then he picked up the hammer on the ground next to him, adjusted his movements, and swung it rhythmically.
"Clang clang..."
The sound of the impact came one after another, like the beating of the heart, and like the thunder in the sky, it became more and more intense.
"!!?" Sidi was stunned for a moment, then his eyes flickered, and he moved to the middle-aged man with small steps, leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Brother, what is the name of this child? How old is today? Is it yours? disciple?"
"No." The middle-aged man was also dumbfounded and shook his head, "He is a blacksmith apprentice in a civilian blacksmith shop in Notting City. His name is Aman. He seems to be less than ten years old this year. He is an orphan. He was expelled from the primary soul master academy."
"Under ten years old! Blacksmith apprentice?? Orphan? Cough cough..." Sidi almost screamed, but swallowed it anyway.
Confirmed the eyes, this is the boy I can't grasp. I'm not even a master blacksmith now, even if I succeed in taking this kid, if the teacher knows that I'm teaching such a good young man. I will definitely be sprayed with dog blood, scolding me for mistaking my children, and maybe I will be beaten up... Sidi looked tangled, then turned to look at the middle-aged man with a solemn expression.
"Friend, watch here first, and I'll come when I go."
"Oh... well..." The middle-aged man nodded again and again.
Before he finished speaking, Sidi had already walked out of the room quickly.
At this time, the middle-aged man finally reacted, and Master Sidi suddenly left a message and ran away. This is obviously because he couldn't control it and went out to shake people. "Damn it! That guy Tie Shan isn't bragging. This kid is really a good seed for a blacksmith. The talent is so good that it explodes! What should I do now? disciple."
Sidi is Lou Gao's direct disciple, he can't grasp it, who else can he go to?
After being silent for a while, his expression softened, "I'm just helping to bring people here, the rest doesn't care about me."
Clanging, Lin Manshan looked serious, and the beating continued.
After a while, there was a creaking sound, the door was opened, and then a series of footsteps came.
The middle-aged man turned his head to look, and there were already one old, three middle-aged and four strong men standing beside him.
He was looking at it with all his eyes, as if he had seen a rare treasure.
"..." The middle-aged man shivered, and subconsciously moved two steps sideways.
After a short while, "Peng!" As a loud noise spread, the room was silent.
Everyone looked around, and on the forging table, the volume of pig iron had already shrunk by one-third.
Lin Manshan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and just as he was about to raise his head, he slammed when a round belly appeared in front of him.
Chapter 55 It's Too Much To Give
"???So fast..."
Lin Manshan was startled, took a step back subconsciously, and looked up, the fat man's hot eyes made him a little hairy, "Is this the height of the building?" He quickly lowered his head slightly, cupped his hands, and said politely: "Dare to ask senior... "
Both fists were grabbed and trembled slightly.
The rude voice came immediately.
"The old man's name is Lou Gao, he is the president of the Blacksmiths Association, one of the three great master craftsmen in the world, boy, are you willing to worship me as a teacher?"
"This, senior, I already have a teacher." Lin Manshan said cautiously.
"Huh? Dare to ask your teacher who is the master blacksmith?" Lou Gao's eyes widened immediately, as if he was about to find this person for a 1v1 real man battle.
"Senior, my teacher is not a master blacksmith. It's a group of common blacksmiths in an ordinary blacksmith shop. They taught me all their skills and led me in." Lin Manshan raised his head and said neither humbly nor utterly.
"A group of civilian blacksmiths." Lou Gao was stunned for a moment, his face full of disbelief, "Boy, don't make fun of me. The hammering method you used when tempering pig iron just now is not something that ordinary blacksmiths can understand."
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"Senior, that's not the hammer technique." Lin Manshan pulled out his hand, but he couldn't pull it out. "It's the saber technique, which the juniors usually practiced blindly."
"What! Is that the sword technique you comprehended yourself?" Lou Gao suddenly widened his eyes.
"Yes, our family has been chopping wood to make charcoal for a living, and the family's martial spirit is a hatchet, but no one has awakened soul power. I am the only one who has awakened soul power, with a level 3 innate soul power, And the martial spirit has mutated. However, it seems to be a vicious mutation. After absorbing the first spirit ring, my martial spirit changed its form, but I can no longer retain the spirit ring and spirit skills."
After saying that, Lin Manshan's expression darkened for a moment, "So, I can only practice the sword every day, and then I entered the blacksmith shop as an apprentice, I want to exercise my arm strength and waist strength by tempering pig iron, and then I practiced and it became like this. ."
"How else can this be!?" Everyone present was taken aback.
"Could this be talent?" Sidi opened his mouth and couldn't help murmuring, sour.
He is just not talented, and is often scolded by the teacher as a pig head.
Lou Gao's expression changed, and he let go of his hands, "Boy, your name is Aman. Summon your martial spirit and show me."
"Okay!" Lin Manshan, who withdrew his hands, breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to summon his spirit.
"There really is no spirit ring, a martial spirit without a spirit ring and no spirit skills, there are still such wonders in the world." Lou Gao stammered.
"It's good if you can continue to practice." Lin Manshan took back his martial arts and smiled: "Uncle Tie Shan said that you can become a powerful soul master without soul skills, and soul masters can create their own soul skills, and he also said that the legendary chaos in the blacksmith world The cloak hammer technique is a self-created soul skill."
Hearing this, Lou Gao was silent for a while, then patted his belly and laughed loudly: "Your uncle Tieshan is right, a soul master can become a powerful soul master without soul skills. The method is very powerful, and I feel it is no worse than the random cloak hammer method. Aman, keep working hard, I believe you will succeed." After speaking, the topic changed, and he stroked his long beard and said seriously, "Aman, you just now It's a group of blacksmiths who taught you to forge, right? So, I guess it's okay to have an extra teacher, right?"
"???" The three direct disciples behind him were dumbfounded.
I didn't expect President Lou Gao to be such a person... The middle-aged man was also surprised.
"Ah?" Lin Manshan was also stunned.
Is this still my impression of the height of the building? Not a grumpy old man? This style is wrong!
"Aman, many teachers don't take detours." Lou Gao said meaningfully, his right hand spread out, and a thick booklet made of countless sheets of paper appeared in his hand and handed it to Lin Manshan, "Come, this Here is my casting handbook, which records some of my experience of casting in the weekdays. You can study it after you take it back. In addition, if you are in the soul master world, how can you do without a storage soul tool? Aman, as long as you Recognize me as a teacher, and I will give you a big gift in a moment."
"Do you know the soul tool? It's the kind of tool that allows soul masters to carry heavy things on their backs without having to carry large or small bags."
Will love go away? Do you want to be so biased? The three direct disciples felt out of favor at the same time.
I didn't expect President Lou Gao to be such a person, to coax children... The middle-aged man was surprised again.
"Learning is endless. Only by being eclectic can be long-term. Senior, you are right." Lin Manshan nodded heavily and immediately bowed.
"The student has met the teacher!"
"Learning is endless, eclectic... Good disciple, you said it well!" Lou Gao's eyes suddenly brightened, he stretched out his hand to lift Lin Manshan up, turned his head to look at several direct disciples, and stared slightly, "It's not enough. Have you come to see your little brother?"
The three strong men suddenly felt a little wronged, but they still squeezed smiles on their faces and greeted cordially, "Little Junior Brother..."
Then I go? The middle-aged man froze in place with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Let's go, darling, I'll take you to choose a soul tool." Lou Gao patted his big belly and said with a smile.
After speaking, the middle-aged man who glanced aside, "Silong, treat this distinguished guest for me."
"That, President Lou Gao, the hospitality is not necessary, I have to go down to buy metal." After speaking, the middle-aged man turned to look at Lin Manshan, "Aman, the caravan will depart from Chengnan Station in the morning in three days. If you want to go back together, you can come and find me."
"Purchasing metal, it's easy. Silong, you go to the docking station and get a 30% discount." Lou Gao said cheerfully.
And such a good thing? The middle-aged man's face suddenly became happy, and he quickly handed over his hands, "Then I would like to thank the president."
"Please come with me." Si Long was eager to run away, and immediately led the man away.
Then, Lin Manshan was taken away.
The remaining two senior brothers were also sent away.
Following the height of the building to the top floor, he walked into the storage room specially designed for the auction house to store auction items. Lin Manshan looked around, and there were a dazzling array of shelves in rows, neatly placed with various large and small boxes, some of which were made of wood. Made of jade...overwhelming.
Soon, the two came to a long table inside.
Lou Gao stretched out his hand and quickly opened a fine wooden box. Immediately, more than ten soul tools of different styles were displayed in front of him.
"Teacher, choose one." Lou Gao turned his head and said loudly, "These are medium and large storage soul tools, each of which has more than 20 cubic meters of storage space. With it, you can forge it later. You don’t have to worry about storage for your own works.”
"Teacher, do you have a soul tool here that can store living creatures?" Lin Manshan couldn't help but ask.
"No." Lou Gao shook his head, "That thing is very rare, and you can't see it on the market."
PS: The height of the building is so active, you can guess.
Chapter 56 Soul Bone and Soul Guidance Tool
"Then I want this belt and this wristband." Lin Manshan pointed with his left hand, and took out the head spirit bone from his arms with his right hand, "Teacher, I'll buy the other piece with money, this is a piece from the 400-year-old Golden Armor. The head spirit bone of the Jiao Xian. In addition to being certified as a blacksmith, my purpose in coming to Gengxin City this time is to sell this spirit bone and use it to buy spirit tools and various rare metals."
"For fear of being discovered, I wrapped the soul bone with iron." He said, and handed it to Lou Gao.
"The head spirit bone of the 400-year-old golden-armored unicorn?!" Lou Gao was taken aback and took it carefully. Then he squeezed his fingertips and tore the iron skin apart, revealing a golden head spirit bone with a single horn. , clicked his tongue: "Tutor, where did you come from? The Golden Armored Unicorn is a top-level insect-like soul beast that is good at strength and defense. The value of this head soul bone is definitely far higher than that of ordinary thousand-year-old soul bones."
"Also, spirit bones are hard to come by, why don't you absorb them yourself?"
"Teacher, I'm just a commoner with no background or strength. Even if I absorb this soul bone, I wouldn't dare to use it." Lin Manshan shook his head helplessly, "As for the source, I obtained the first soul in the primary soul hunting forest. dropped in the ring."
The first spirit ring, no wonder... Lou Gao sighed secretly, then nodded, "This kind of power-type head spirit bone skill has obvious characteristics when used." After speaking, he pondered for a while, and continued, "However, this piece Soul bones cannot be auctioned at the Blacksmiths Association auction. Although Gengxin City is one of the main cities of the Star Luo Empire, its status can only be regarded as the middle and lower reaches. The people who live here are either blacksmiths or merchants engaged in commercial activities, and there is no big soul. The division forces are always there, so there are very few people who are able to buy this soul bone."
Speaking of this, Myers, the bishop of the Spirit Hall of Gengxin City, could not help but wrinkle his brows in his mind.
"In addition, the Spirit Hall Bishop of Gengxin City, Miles, is a person who likes to steal and rob. Seeing this soul bone auction, he might have bad thoughts. Duer, you also know the status of our blacksmiths, although we are teachers. He is a famous Soul Saint, and his strength is much stronger than Miles, but involving such a behemoth as the Wuhun Hall, for the sake of the entire Blacksmiths Association, I really can’t afford to offend him.”
Wrinkling his brows with a bit of resentment, Lou Gao continued: "Therefore, in order to be able to sell at a higher price, but also for safety reasons. My teacher's suggestion is to take it to the auction house of the Imperial Capital of the Star Luo Empire for auction. There is no market for the price, and the head soul bone is even rarer. Although the one you got is less than a thousand years old, I estimate that it can be sold for a high price of several million gold soul coins."
"Millions!?" Lin Manshan was taken aback.
"That's natural!" Lou Gao smiled and patted his belly, "Teacher, don't underestimate this soul bone, this is the dream treasure of all soul masters, and many soul masters may not have seen it before they cultivated to Soul Douluo. One piece, it's worth a lot of money. If it wasn't for my teacher, I was a blacksmith, and I didn't like fighting at ordinary times. I just like to study casting alone. To be honest, I would like to absorb it now."
"It's called what is rare is precious." Lin Manshan couldn't help but sigh. A few million may be a huge sum of money for ordinary people. But for some big forces, it might just be a small target, such as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
"That's right, that's the truth." Lou Gao smiled, put the soul bone into the soul tool, and pondered, "That's it, Tu'er. I'll give you 2 million gold soul coins plus the soul tool of your choice. What do you think about exchanging this soul bone with you?"
"2 million, so much!?" Lin Manshan was shocked, then shook his head.
