Chapter 182 Forging Master Qi Zhu

Chapter 183 Forging Master-Qi Zhu

Inside the clouds, after observing the corresponding situation of the island below, Xu Yue controlled the flying ship to retreat, found a sea area with few ships, and lowered the Sun Chaser from the sky.

As a large armed warship of the Human Empire, the Sun Chaser can naturally travel in both sea and air. After retracting the flying secondary sails on both sides of the hull, the entire flying ship turned into a large building ship and landed steadily on the sea.

With the angle adjustment of the four inscription engines, the Sun Chaser began to travel in the sea area and moved quickly towards the direction of the island.

Twenty minutes later, the Sun Chaser followed a merchant ship encountered on the road and completed the docking at the large trade port of Shenduan Country. There are many ships docked here from various countries, and there are also large ships larger than the Sun Chaser. Therefore, his flying ship has nothing to note except that its shape is a bit strange.

As an island country that frequently exchanges with the outside world, Shenduan Country has an extremely developed shipping industry and a fairly complete port berthing process.

Especially when Xu Yue showed his skills and stated his identity as a Xuanwu national, the port staff's registration efficiency was significantly accelerated. They quickly completed a series of processes such as registration, scanning, and payment. He also left the port in the afternoon and set foot on the territory of Shenduan.

Although Shenduan is named after the country, its land area is only one island after all, so most of the residents gather in the large city in the center of the island, which is also the capital of Shenduan.

The city area is very large, occupying nearly half of the entire island. Unlike the ancient architectural style of Xuanwu, the capital of Shenduan is the product of the combination of multiple architectural styles.

Walking on the wide streets, you can see antique wooden buildings on both sides, as well as high-tech high-rise buildings. The styles are very different, but there is a peculiar beauty of the past and the future intertwined.

There are many shops along the way. The most common ones are blacksmith shops selling weapons and raw material shops selling all kinds of forging materials. The western sea area of ​​Shenduan Country is adjacent to Jinshi Country. What is least lacking there is metal ores, most of which are transported across the sea to Shenduan Country for sale.

As for Ster Country, which is closer to Jinshi Country, it also consumes a huge amount of ores every year, but that is not for sale, but for supply.

Most of the people coming in and out of these shops are merchants who come to purchase a large amount of equipment to sell back home, or warriors or mechanics who need to customize high-quality weapons.

After wandering around the streets of the capital for a while, after asking for directions several times, Xu Yue finally found the residence of the forging master mentioned by Manjusaka.

This is a house in the corner of the capital. It is very large, but the outer wall is a bit shabby, and even the red paint on the gate of the mansion has some signs of falling off. It looks like it should be a few years old.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

Xu Yue stepped forward and pulled up the door knocker on one side of the vermilion gate, knocking a few times. The copper ring held by the metal animal head knocked against the door, and a long and deep knocking sound suddenly sounded, which made people feel refreshed.

When the knocking sound came into his ears, Xu Yue, who was standing at the door, was stunned. He looked at the door knocker in his hand with some surprise. The sound emitted by this thing was very unusual. It was definitely not an ordinary object.

He looked at it intently and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. This small animal head door knocker was actually an equipment, and it was of high quality.

[Jiaotu Door Knocker]

Origin: Assassin Wu Liuqi, Master Craftsman Qi Ye

Quality: Blue

Category: Door Knocker

Durability: 43/60

Equipment requirements: The area of ​​the mansion is more than 500 square meters.

Equipment effect 1: Like quiet and secluded (passive): Jiaotu likes seclusion and can isolate most of the noise inside and outside the mansion.

Equipment Effect 2: Lock the Door (Passive): Anyone who enters the mansion through any means other than the normal channels will arouse the anger of the Jiaotu beast head and emit a shocking roar.

Equipment Effect 3: Guard against evil spirits (Active): The roar of the Jiaotu beast head will include the effects of "breaking evil spirits" and "exorcism" for things with evil spirit attributes.

Rating: 58 (Note: The blue equipment rating is 31 to 70)

Introduction: The assistant head holds the ring, guards the house and lives in peace. I am the ninth son of the dragon - Jiaotu.

Price: 11,000 Paradise Coins.

"It seems that I have come to the right place."

After reading the item introduction of the beast head door knocker, Xu Yue's eyes were filled with eagerness. Even the door knocker was a high-quality blue equipment. From this detail, it can be seen that this forging master is definitely not a person who seeks fame.

However, the master craftsman Qi Ye mentioned in the equipment production place is not the name of the forging master he is looking for. I think it should be the ancestor of this forging master.

The title of Divine Craftsman is the highest honor of the Divine Forging Country, but not every generation can obtain it. At least in this generation of the Divine Forging Country, no one has appeared who can inherit the title of Divine Craftsman. The last craftsman who obtained the title of Divine Craftsman was more than a hundred years ago.

"Who is knocking at the door?"

Just as Xu Yue was staring at the pepper-shaped animal head on the vermilion gate, a man's rough questioning voice came from behind the door.

Then the door was opened, revealing a tall middle-aged figure with strong arms. The man looked up and down with a pair of broad eyes under his thick black eyebrows, and said:

"Xuanwu people? What are you doing here?"

Xu Yue took a half step back and handed over Manjusaka's letter of introduction, speaking in a calm tone.

"I am the Xinhuo of Xuanwu Country, and I come to visit Master Qi Zhu."

Qi Zhu noticed the red Manjushaka flower logo on the envelope of the introduction letter, and his pupils shrank slightly. When he looked up, he looked at Xu Yue with a little more fear.

"I am Qi Zhu. Since you are a distinguished guest, please come in and have a chat. Please!"

As one of the top seven shadow assassins in the assassin world, the name of Manjushaka is still very useful. After all, no matter who you are, you only have one life.

And life is often the most commonly used bargaining chip for assassins; death is the most effective deterrent reputation for assassins.

Even if he didn't know the specific identity of the man in front of him at this time, as long as he was related to the shadow assassin, Qi Zhu couldn't help but take it seriously.

Faced with Qi Zhu's invitation, Xu Yue naturally accepted the order with pleasure and stepped into this old mansion.

Behind him, Qi Zhu looked at the unresponsive pepper-shaped animal head on the vermilion gate, breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and then closed the door.

"This way please."

Led by Qi Zhu, the two walked into the mansion one after the other. Compared with the old and damaged outer wall, the interior of the mansion was well-repaired.

After passing the screen wall at the entrance, an elegant and majestic Chinese courtyard came into view, with pavilions, towers, eaves and green tiles neatly arranged; lush forests and bamboos, pine and cypress trees were scattered in an orderly manner, exquisite and full of vitality.

It can be seen that Master Qi Zhu is a real wealthy family, but this huge mansion seems to be unpopular and a little too quiet.

More than ten minutes later, in a pavilion in the courtyard of Qi Mansion, Xu Yue and Qi Zhu sat opposite each other. On the round table in front of them were two cups of tea, a few plates of snacks, and a letter that had been opened.

The aroma of tea, accompanied by the sound of conversation, came from the pavilion, and was then diluted by the rustling of bamboos and woods on both sides and the gurgling of clear water below.

"Repairing the ship deck is a small matter. There are many mountains and forests on the continent east of the Shenduan Kingdom. Among them, there is a kind of golden silk paulownia wood, which is stronger than steel and contains golden silk. It is perfect for deck materials, but the price is a little expensive."

"As for the forging skills..."

In the pavilion, Qi Zhu was confident when talking about repairing the deck, but when it came to teaching forging skills, he seemed a little hesitant, as if he was thinking of a suitable excuse to refuse.

Although the Shenduan Kingdom has been sending a large number of forging talents to foreign countries, not all skills will be passed on. Some core key technologies are often kept secret and are generally only taught among blood relatives or a few disciples.

As a forging inheritance whose ancestors once produced a divine craftsman, the forging skills mastered by Qi Zhu's branch are undoubtedly the core of the core in the entire Shenduan Kingdom, and are rarely taught to outsiders, let alone Xu Yue, who is not from Shenduan Kingdom.

If someone else asked, Qi Zhu would have refused without mercy and sent the guest away directly, but this person in front of him could not do that.

In Manjusaka's letter, he had already learned about this person's identity, the new shadow assassin, and before taking office, he had destroyed the Feiniao Sect, one of the six major sects in Xuanwu Kingdom, and almost killed the old shadow assassin Black Bird.

These deeds made him unwilling to make the relationship between them too stiff. Even though he was in the overseas Shenduan Kingdom, he had heard of the names of Black Bird and Feiniao Sect, from which he could infer that Xu Yue's strength was not something he could fight against.

Facing such a powerful and unrestrained killer embryo, he had a strong desire to survive. For such people, the title of the so-called forging master was not very useful.

Status and position were not worthy of respect in the eyes of these shadow assassins. The old king of the Ster Kingdom was almost assassinated by the former chief shadow assassin. He did not think that his status could be higher than that.

There were more than one forging master in the Divine Forging Kingdom, so he was cautious even in his refusal.