Author: Dragon Slaughter

"Brother, don't you really go home with me?"

In the south of Chaozhou City, in front of the main entrance of Jiao Family House, Jiao Yulang held his horse, his tone full of reluctance: "This villa was once quite quiet and elegant. Now there are many guests who come to celebrate the birthday. Not to mention the good place, but people are coming and going, it is really noisy."

Qi Jingzhi stood on the stone steps in front of the door. He first glanced at the platinum rat standing on Jiao Yulang's shoulder, then shook his head and smiled: "I'm eating and living here for free under your banner. What else can I be content with? Your family is a Junhou family. I guess the rules in the mansion are very big, so I'll be more comfortable here."

Jiao Yulang knew that the Qi family's brother had a very positive idea, so he stopped persuading him. Instead, he felt a little disappointed: "What my brother said is that I ran out this time after all, and once I go home, I will have to be scolded and punished. I am afraid I will not have the chance to go out before the birthday party."

Qi Jingzhi laughed silently and comforted: "This time you helped Pengzeshui Mansion find the jade pillow, which is a small contribution. I think the elders in the family will not punish them too much. Now it is not a few days away from your aunt's birthday, and there must be a lot of things in the mansion. Just stay at home and don't worry about me."

Although the two agreed in advance, Jiao Yulang sent Yuzhen back to Pengzeshui Mansion to reduce unnecessary trouble, the little kid was still a little embarrassed when he heard this: "Yuzhen was obviously taken back by his brother and Lao Wei, and Lao Wei even lost his life because of this. I took the reward for it. I felt a little sorry for it. I could only find an opportunity to compensate my brother and the Wei family in the future."

He reached out and patted the wine bag on his waist, and then said, "Not to mention that I also asked my brother for his blessing. After receiving this wine, the birthday gift to my aunt will be considered as a result. Three days later, when my brother enters the house, he just needs to report my name and no more birthday gifts."

Qi Jingzhi was stunned, then nodded and smiled, "I know what I know."

Jiao Yulang's eyes rolled, and suddenly took out a purse from his arms, raised his hand and threw it at Qi Jingzhi.

Qi Jingzhi subconsciously reached out to catch it, and then he wanted to refuse. Jiao Yulang turned around quickly and jumped onto the horse's back, galloping away like a fire, shouting in his mouth: "I have eaten a lot of rare things with my brother these days, so it's time for me to be the host! My brother just eats and plays, and everything costs are my!"

Before the shouting stopped, the little kid's back had suddenly disappeared and disappeared on the street corner in a short while.

Qi Jingzhi withdrew his gaze and looked down at the purse in his hand, feeling quite amused and crying.

He had seen this wallet before, and it contained valuables such as gold seeds and gold leaves. It was indeed a huge fortune for ordinary people, but for Xiaowazi, it was just a daily meal for platinum rats.

"Hey, since I have arrived at my brother's place, I should eat a big family, so I don't have to save money for him!"

Qi Jingzhi packed his purse and looked up at the sky. Seeing that it was still early, he did not go back to his residence in another hall, but walked slowly down the stone steps.

The young men in the mountains merged into the bustling crowds and walked around this bustling city for half a day. They saw many novel scenes along the way, but they never stopped until they saw a large blacksmith shop.

When the young man in the shop saw that he was standing in front of the door with a knife on his back, he knew that there was a business coming to the door, and immediately came out: "A guest official wants to buy weapons?"

Qi Jingzhi shook his head: "You may repair the sword here?"

"Of course, we can repair it! Please come in and ask!" The mate laughed and immediately reached out to swear the customer, trying to lead Qi Jingzhi into the store.

Qi Jingzhi stood still, stretched out his hand and pulled Qi Huchan out of his sleeve, signaling to the other party: "Can you practice this kind of thing?"

The guy looked at it, his eyes swept across the blade that looked like a saw tooth and the bumpy blade. He couldn't help but take a breath and exclaimed: "Be good, why are you so hurt!"

He said this, and immediately a shirtless middle-aged man walked out and looked carefully at the sharp-eared knife in Qi Jingzhi's hand. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes. Then he shook his head and said regretfully: "Mini injuries rely on polishing, and major injuries rely on repairing. The guest official's knife is obviously not an ordinary product. Unfortunately, he is too seriously injured and can only be recast. It is better to buy another new one."

Upon hearing this, Qi Jingzhi shook his head without hesitation: "You cannot recast it, and you will not replace it with a new knife."

The middle-aged man was also very straightforward and immediately spread his hands and said, "The shop has repaired swords for many men in the army and the world. Naturally, he knows the importance of it. He will never dare to joke about the treasure sword of the guest official. However, your sword is only one breath now. If you are unwilling to recast, let alone the shop cannot repair it, no one in the city has the ability to do this!"

Qi Jingzhi pondered for a moment, carefully put the knife into the sheath, and then looked up and asked, "Since that's the case, do you have high-quality iron in your store?"

The middle-aged man was obviously stunned and hesitated and said: "There are excellent fine iron in the store, and even better ones include burnt steel and flower steak, which are all made of iron and are made of high-quality steel, but the small shops always only sell finished products..."

Qi Jingzhi waved his hand, took out the warmed purse from his arms, and threw it at the middle-aged man: "I don't want much, I buy one ingot at the market price. If you send someone to the Jiao family house in the south of the city, it will be said that Qi Jingzhi wants it."

Hearing the four words "Jiao Family House", the middle-aged man and the guy next to him immediately showed a look of awe.

The middle-aged man opened his purse and looked inside. His face changed again. He quickly returned with both hands: "Since he is a distinguished guest of Jiao Mansion, the villains must choose the best materials to serve! In addition to the three mentioned above, some of the sinking iron produced in the East China Sea are also prepared. Most of these iron materials are ready-made, but the price of sinking iron is high. I have to ask the owner to transfer it. If the guest is not in a hurry to leave, you can wait for a while to check it!"

"This Jiao family's name is really useful. I can be regarded as a fake tiger's power."

Qi Jingzhi thought for a while and said, "I just happened to buy some mountain goods. Is there a shop nearby?"

When the young man heard this, he nodded immediately and said attentively: "There is a family not far from here. I will take the guest over!"

"It's a labor!"

Qi Jingzhi nodded and thanked him, followed the other party for a while, and indeed saw a mountain goods store.

The young guy accompanied him in and said to the shopkeeper sitting behind the counter: "Uncle Second, this man is a distinguished guest living in Jiao Family House, and he wants to buy some mountain goods."

The gray-haired shopkeeper immediately stood up, his face full of smiles.

Without waiting for the other party to be polite, Qi Jingzhi spoke first: "Shopkeeper, do you have four kinds of hazelnuts, pine nuts, treya nuts and walnuts in the store?"

"Everyone is, they are all the best people!"

The shopkeeper responded, and then he seemed to think of something: "Is the guest official going to hold a birthday ceremony? I have a vermilion food box in my store, which contains a "White Ape Fruit Presentation Picture" carved by a famous artist. It is the most appropriate, but I wonder if the guest official needs it?"

Qi Jingzhi had seen the business practices of merchants in this state city, and was much better than those of his peers in Songling County. He immediately nodded with a smile and said, "If it is really a good thing, it is naturally what you want."

"Please wait!"

The shopkeeper accused him of guilt, turned around and entered the back hall, and soon he brought out a red lacquered wooden box.

The wooden box is divided into four layers, and there are indeed exquisite carvings on the box.

Qi Jingzhi looked carefully and saw the quiet forest, the waterfalls and clouds, a monkey with long hair and long arms knelt on the ground, holding a stone plate with both hands, and the stone plate was filled with four-color long-lived fruits.

A female fairy stood in the air in front of the monkey. She had a graceful figure and her clothes were flying, as if she wanted to return by the wind.

Seeing that the carved image was fully carved and full of charm, Qi Jingzhi nodded with satisfaction: "I want this wooden box, and it happens to be one on each layer."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. He didn't ask the shop assistant in his store to help, but started to work on his own.

The blacksmith shop clerk who brought Qi Jingzhi over couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Second, what's the point of these four dried fruits? Why are they called long-lived fruits?"

"So much talk! How can you interrupt in front of the guest?" The shopkeeper kept making plans in his hands, raised his eyes and glared at his nephew, and he was already scolding him.

Qi Jingzhi did not think it was offended, and explained to the clerk with a smile: "It's nothing strange, just because these four things are hidden in the shell, and the wind cannot dry out, and the rain cannot wet it. It will be like new after a long time. It is called the fruit of longevity. It has always been the accumulation of grain from people in the mountains, and is often used as birthday gifts to make a good start."

He paused, and his tone was a little confused: "It was this "White Ape Offering Fruit Picture". I just heard from the shopkeeper mention it. I just thought that it was because the white ape was long-lived, and the fruit of longevity was given, which meant to increase blessings and longevity. But when I saw this picture, I realized that there seemed to be allusions in it. I was ignorant and wonder if the shopkeeper could solve my doubts?"

"Hi! Is this a young man going to take the exam for the school? Since you know these four-color long-lived fruits, how could you not know the allusion of the white ape offering fruits?"

The shopkeeper laughed and explained while busy: "The white ape in this painting is not an ordinary person. It is said that it is a true immortal who has attained enlightenment, and is called Baiyun Cave Lord. This ape fairy kneeled on the ground to offer fruits to learn the Tao. The fruit offered is the four-color long-lived fruits."

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi became interested and immediately asked, "Who is the female fairy whom he apprentices?"

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper shook his head: "The goddess worshipped by the Ape Immortal is naturally even more amazing. There are many statements about her identity. There are three kinds of things that the little old man has heard of. Some say that he is the biological mother of the Yan Emperor, some say that he is the eldest disciple of the Yin Lord, and some say that he is a saintly master of the military ranks. On the contrary, few people know the name of this goddess, at least the little old man has never heard of it."

While speaking, the shopkeeper had already put the four-color long-lived fruits in place and decorated them with red silk to add a bit of festiveness.

The young man consciously took the food box, waited for Qi Jingzhi to meet the money, and led him back to the blacksmith shop.

The four ingots of iron are ready to stop working, and they don’t take up much space, but they are extremely heavy to buy.

Although Qi Jingzhi didn't know how to test this kind of high-quality iron material, he could tell whether it was good or bad by using a knife all year round. He paid the bill with a little thought and almost ran out of money left by Jiao Yulang. Most of them were used on the ingot of East China Sea sinking iron, which was worth more than gold.

The young man was attentive and packed the four ingots of iron into a coarse cloth bag in the blacksmith shop. He handed Qi Jingzhi Road back to the main entrance of Jiao's Befu.

Qi Jingzhi thanked him solemnly, and did not care about the surprised gazes of the people in Beppu. He carried the things he bought and returned to the small courtyard where he lived.

He dropped the door bolt, closed the doors and windows in the house one by one, took out the four ingots of iron, and placed them on the table one by one.

The boy sat at the table and sighed softly: "Tiger Zen, Tiger Zen, you are too seriously injured. The ordinary blacksmith cannot repair it. He can only return to the furnace and recast it. It is too dangerous."

"Although Jiao Yulang once mentioned that a true master of great power can refine spiritual weapons, unfortunately, my brother has a low realm and does not have such a great face to ask someone to reshape the blade for you. After thinking about it for me, there is only one way to try..."

After saying that, Qi Jingzhi's throat thrust, and then he opened his mouth suddenly, spewing out a ball of colorful aura.

Before the colorful spiritual energy could be unfolded, he suddenly reached out and grabbed it, shook it, and then spread it into a thin spiritual energy cloth.

Qi Jingzhi wrapped the colorful spiritual cloth around his body, and then he reversed the method of closing the orifices, sympathizing with the heaven and earth with his whole body and mind, and exploring the endless secrets of the Creator.

The next moment, he felt a chill in his eyebrows, as if a hole was opened, and the five senses suddenly magnified and extended outwards quickly.

Qi Jingzhi did not skillfully gather his spiritual consciousness and tried hard to make it fall to the four ingots of iron on the table in front of him, and immediately realized the difference.

In his senses, all the four ingots of iron materials were faintly exposed with golden spiritual light. Among them, the East China Sea had the most spiritual light. Burnt steel and Huayan were about the same, about 50% of the Eastern China Sea's iron sinking iron, and the spiritual light among the essence iron was obviously much dimmed, only 10% of the Eastern China Sea's iron sinking iron.

On the contrary, the spiritual light among the essence iron is the most lively and agile, and is closest to the colorful spiritual energy. The spiritual light of the burnt steel and the flower scattered is much more stagnant. As for the East China Sea, the spiritual light is almost solidified. Qi Jingzhi took a few glances and his heart became heavy.

He thought for a moment, stretched out his left hand to grab the ingot of fine iron, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not capture the inspiration.

Not long after, sweat was already seen on Qi Jingzhi's forehead.

He put down the semen iron ingot, gently exhaled a breath of turbid air, then pulled out the sharp knife of the cow ear, and without hesitation, stabbed the tip of the knife on the index finger of the left hand.

A drop of red blood immediately blew out.

Qi Jingzhi pressed the tip of his index finger on the fine iron ingot and carefully sensed the golden aura in it again.

After a moment, he thoughtfully withdrew his left hand, poked each of the other four fingers, wrapped the semen iron ingot with his bloody five fingers, and then closed his eyes.

The boy was silent for a while, and suddenly his five fingers were like hooks, pulling them back hard.

With the central coordination of the Angry Crane's heart, Qi Jingzhi had already used all his strength and seemed to be sitting on the stool safely, but in fact, his legs had already followed the two-word floating and sinking technique of the Crane, rising and falling at a very small amplitude, and even penetrated the lumbar spine and left arm with the strength of washing wings.

With Qi Jingzhi's full strength, the golden spiritual light in the fine iron ingot was actually pulled out by him.

But before he could have time to be happy, the golden aura suddenly broke open. Qi Jingzhi was caught off guard and fell backwards by his own force.

At the same time, the broken golden aura flashed between his left palm and fingers, and then it seemed to be attracted by something and quickly penetrated into the wound of his index finger.

The time for typing these days is not very regular, and it is likely that I will update it at night, so I will try to make the update time regular.
Chapter completed!