Chapter 45 The Buddhist Li Qing
In this way, due to the poor acting skills of Qingshan Gym Leader and Feiyun Martial Arts Hall Zhang Lai, the monthly fees paid by various merchants on Chiming Street will increase in the future. One tael of silver.
Everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out. No matter how much they complain, they know that facing Feiyun Martial Arts School and Qingshan Martial Arts School, merchants like them can't change anything at all.
Some merchants who cannot afford the increase in fees, or who are unwilling to continue to be exploited, have also chosen to leave, either from this street or from Shengtian.
Time passes slowly, winter is coming to an end, and the temperature has reached its coldest.
During this period, Li Qing practiced martial arts unremittingly, tempering his body every day, and his external energy became stronger and stronger over time.
The business of the blacksmith shop has gradually improved. At first, only neighbors came to him to forge kitchen knives and other common iron tools. As the new year approached, someone finally came to him to forge a long knife.
The visitor is a martial arts apprentice from the Qingshan Martial Arts School. His name is Zhong Hui, and he always has a smile on his earthy face.
"Master Li, I usually hear that you help others make kitchen knives and iron pots. Can you forge the long knife I want?" Zhong Hui asked with a smile.
Li Qing did not answer this question with words. He walked to the back wall of the blacksmith shop and opened a curtain covering the wall.
Uh-huh!
On the thick wall, a row of weapons emitting a cold light were hung on it.
Swords, guns, swords and halberds, axes, axes, hooks and forks!
It can be seen from the texture that these weapons are of high quality, and each weapon is carefully forged by Li Qing.
Zhong Hui from the Qingshan Martial Arts School was stunned by the weapons on the wall for a moment.
Li Qing patted the dust on the curtain and said with a smile: "How is it? Are you relieved now?"
Hearing this, Zhong Hui nodded repeatedly, his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
“Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’m so relieved!”
Since Li Qing’s Ancient Mystic Hammer skill has become increasingly sophisticated, his iron-making skills have also become better. An ordinary piece of iron, Every time he hits it with the unparalleled hammer, it is equivalent to forging it ten times with an ordinary blacksmith.
Coupled with the blessing of the warrior's external strength, every weapon forged is very extraordinary. If the materials used are more careful, it can even be comparable to some of the famous magical weapons in the world!
"Tell me, how much weight and length do you want, and what type of long knife you want."
Zhong Hui quickly replied: "I want a sword-style sword that weighs about fifty kilograms. If it is heavier, I won't be able to use it." If you move it, it’s better to be sharper, the length is about this long.”
Under the opponent’s hands and feet, Li Qing probably understood his requirements for the long knife, and already had a rough idea in his mind. look.
“Eighteen taels of silver, half of the deposit will be paid first, and the other half will be paid after it is built.” Li Qing said without raising his head.
This price is actually not that expensive. You must know that with Li Qing's current skills, he can carefully forge a weapon that has been tempered for thousands of times and sell it for tens or even hundreds of taels of silver.
However, Li Qing was not just looking for money, he was mainly interested in the longevity he could gain by forging weapons, so he set the price relatively low.
However, Zhong Hui's money seemed to be quite tight, and he frowned even for eighteen taels of silver.
"Haha, Master Li, can you think of a little less? We are all neighbors," Zhong Hui said, scratching his head in embarrassment.
Li Qing responded in a nonchalant tone: "It is for the sake of my neighbors that I only accept eighteen taels of silver. Otherwise, if someone asks me to forge weapons, I will not be paid more than a dozen taels." , I won’t even pay attention to it.”
Qi Kang, who was sitting on the sidelines chatting and looking at the snowy scene, couldn’t help but sneered: “If you don’t have money, why are you here to fight with weapons? If you have money, go to a martial arts studio to learn martial arts, no. Money to buy a knife?”
Ever since the incident at the Qingshan Martial Arts School, Qi Kang's impression of these people who rush to the Martial Arts School to send money to learn martial arts has been reduced to the worst level, and he dislikes anyone who attends the Qingshan Martial Arts School. Even he himself became taciturn, no longer had any hope in the world, and was depressed all day long.
“Shut up!” Li Qing frowned and scolded.
As soon as these words came out, Qi Kang turned his head away and said nothing.
Zhong Hui didn't really care about Qi Kang's ridicule. He smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay, Master Li. There's no need to blame your apprentice."
"Let me tell you the truth, I only have twelve taels of silver in my body now. I can keep only one tael and use the remaining eleven taels as a deposit. After the sword is forged, it will not exceed seven days. I’ll pay you ten taels!”
His tone was pleading and eager, as if he was very anxious.
This made Li Qing a little curious, and he asked casually: "Isn't Shengtian very stable recently? Why are you so anxious to use the knife?"
Zhong Hui's face was tangled for a while, He thought for a while and finally said: "Well, it's okay to tell you, but Master Li, you must not leak the news anymore!"
He looked around, then lowered his voice: "A tomb from the previous dynasty was discovered in Xiaocuiling outside the city. It is suspected to be the tomb left by a famous internal energy master. Prince Yu's Mansion paid a lot of money to hire us, the thugs from the martial arts school, to explore this tomb!"< br>
"Not only that, Prince Yu's Mansion won't take any of the gold and silver treasures in the tomb. They only want the martial arts inheritance left by the martial arts master!"
Speaking of this, Qi Kang, who was sitting in front of the blacksmith shop, his ears All stood up.
“But the people from Jiulian Sect also seem to be eyeing the tomb of the martial arts master, and the news seems to have leaked out. There may be other people in the world who will come to mix things up, so I I just came to you to forge a weapon for self-defense."
"Don't worry, Master Li, as long as this matter is over, I will get some money from the tomb, plus the reward from Prince Yu's Palace, I will definitely be able to pay it all. It’s money for weapons!”
After saying that, Li Qing nodded and said: “I see, Brother Zhong, you have already reached this point. If I refuse again, it will seem a bit unreasonable. It’s a favor.”
"Hahahaha, there's no such thing as that. Master Li, you're too polite."
In this way, the two parties reached a deal. Zhong Hui left the eleven taels of silver on hand and left with fists in his hands. .
Li Qing watched Zhong Hui leave. After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Qi Kang, get the iron!"
After a while, Qi Kang then After reacting, he patted his butt and took out the iron ingot.
"Master, that tomb in Xiaocuiling." Qi Kang asked tentatively, observing Li Qing's expression with his eyes.
However, Li Qing's answer disappointed him again.
"Prince Yu's Mansion is eyeing something, and the Nine Lotus Gate is eyeing it. Do you think I can covet that tomb?" Li Qing said calmly.
As soon as these words came out, Qi Kang lowered his head in frustration.
He knew that once his master made a decision, no one could change it.
During this period, no matter how hard he begged, Li Qing was unwilling to teach him martial arts, which really made him feel desperate.
However, he also knew that Li Qing was very good to him. He had never treated him badly in terms of food and accommodation, and he was indeed serious about teaching him how to blacksmith.
Everything is good, but it is too Buddhist, almost like a monk!
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