Chapter 77 Return of Glory
"Muzhi City", a mansion that occupies a large area in the south of the city.
“Dong dong dong——”
With 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?"
The young man named Alai opened his eyes wide when he heard this. He opened his eyes, and his hazy sleepiness suddenly faded away. When he saw Ling Yi's face clearly, he immediately said with great joy: "Master Yi is back -?!"
This is the most valued disciple of my master, even He is 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 [Greenleaf Junior Soul Master Academy] three years ago and went to [Bold Wind City], except for sending a letter back every two or three months, he has not been able to do anything. Never met.
To be honest, not only did Mr. Jin often say a few words, but Alai, a servant of the Jin family, also 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 spring breeze when getting along with him.
Overjoyed, Alai opened the door wide, regardless of the cold wind and snowflakes blowing in front of him, and squinted his eyes with a smile and responded quickly:
"Yes, sir, I'm at home." , It’s been snowing heavily these days, and the master has never been at home -"
"It’s good to be here~"
Ling Yi said with a smile, at Alai’s Walk in the door with a warm welcome.
While walking, Ling Yi put 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 it to your child to have a try——"
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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 he 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 did not look back, but just raised his hand and waved behind him.
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"What?! You...Ayi...you have become...a master blacksmith——??!!"
In the main hall of Jin Mansion, Mr. Jin in mink fur and cotton clothes sits in the main hall with a golden sword. Sitting on the seat, under a pair of strong white eyebrows, his eyes almost popped out of his sockets, and the small teapot 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 it and adding water to it, he said with a smile: "Yes, master, didn't I say that in the letter I sent you before, Lou? Senior Brother Gao temporarily stopped traveling more than half a year ago and stayed at the Cold Wind Camp, teaching me how to forge step by step——"
"Now I have not only learned the full set of the Nine-Nine-Eighty-One Style "Chaos Cloak Hammer" Method", under the guidance of senior brother Lou Gao, he has mastered several special alloy smelting processes that require lower forging strength, and has been able to create Thousand Forging 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.
Looking at Ling Yi, who was neither arrogant nor arrogant, and treated him calmly from beginning to end, the joy on Mr. Jin’s face bloomed visibly to the naked eye, and he laughed heartily: “Okay! Hahaha——! Okay——! Great——! "
It can be said that Mr. Jin is happier than Ling Yi himself.
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 forty years, one There are no disciples who have become master blacksmiths.
Even Zhang Tie, his eldest apprentice who has been with him the longest and studied the longest, is still in his late fifties and is 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 "Mizuki Principality" is too small! [ Tiandou Empire] purchases finished products within the territory.
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-requirement orders from others in advance, they are really too busy and can only push out door-to-door business, resulting in a low retention rate of repeat customers. decline.
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 are not bad. They can get enough materials to practice from the fifth brother Wang Meng and the master Jin. .
When we arrived at the Cold Wind Camp later, 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, everyone in the army would be able to use them. I would not have any objection to Lingyi using various metal materials in large quantities.
You must know that materials such as metal ore, high-flammability coke, etc. all cost money.
The blacksmith industry has never been a wealthy profession in 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.
So, Ling Yi proposed to join the military three years ago. After the old man was shocked at the beginning, he was shocked by Ling Yi's suggestion that he could use the military's abundant material support to hone his skills. Convinced.
Now only three years have passed, has Ling Yi become a blacksmith? !
Although Ling Yi’s own excellent talent and the hands-on guidance of Lou Gao, 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?
(End of this chapter)