Chapter 158, Mr. Qin Lian
On the morning of the seventh day, Qin Yutong came to Qingshi's guest room in person and said, "The old man is free today, let's go quickly." He took Qingshi and went directly to the innermost courtyard in the northeast corner of the Hou Mansion.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a huge courtyard filled with piles of various ores, black coal and wood, as well as several piles of broken weapons, incomplete puppets and mechanical components.
A tile-roofed awning was erected on the east side of the yard. Inside, a huge smelting furnace was burning brightly, and a tall chimney stretched out from the ceiling, spewing fireworks. An old man in shabby clothes and disheveled beard was leaning against the furnace eye to watch the fire.
"Ancestor Lian!" Qin Yutong shouted loudly, "My grandson, you are here!"
The old man turned around, looked at Qin Yutong and frowned and said, "Little monkey, don't you pretend to be human anymore? This is new! Why are you here to see me again?"
"Hehe!" Qin Yutong said with a flattering smile, "My grandson misses his ancestor, why don't you come here to see him?"
"Come on!" the old man curled his lips and said, "What kind of treasure do you want to practice with me again? Just tell me."
"Look what the ancestor said!" Qin Yutong said with a smile, "Don't you like to communicate and learn from your peers the most? You look down on my level. This time I specially found a master of weapon refining to accompany you to relieve your boredom. This is My grandson’s filial piety!”
Before the old man could react, Qin Yutong immediately turned to Qingshi and said: "This is Mr. Qin Lian, the number one weapon refiner of the nine countries in the East China Sea. You two masters, please get closer and closer." Then he put his mouth together and whispered: "The old man has a weird temper. You can deal with it yourself." After saying that, he turned around and walked away. He threw away the folding fan in his hand with a swipe and walked away while shaking it gently.
Qingshi didn't expect Qin Yutong to make such a move. He watched him go out in surprise and then turned to face the old man, only to see the old man staring straight at him with wide eyes. Qingshi smiled awkwardly, bowed his hands and said, "Junior Qingshi pays homage to senior Qin..."
"Stop being such vain fools," the old man interrupted Qingshi with a rude wave of his hand, "Let me ask you, do you know how to refine weapons? Or are you a master?"
"Junior and Yutong are classmates in the Qi Dao School of Tianxuan College. They know a little about Qi Dao," Qingshi replied with a smile, "I don't dare to call myself an expert."
"It's impossible for you to be an expert with your appearance!" the old man said disdainfully, "You are probably a friend of that boy Yutong, you want to find some treasures from me or you want to learn the skills of weapon refining from me! "
"Senior has a keen eye!" Qingshi said with a smile, "This kid just wants to ask senior for advice on the art of sword-making."
"Oh! Are you really a weapon refiner?" the old man said with a smile, "I think he is the third level like Yutong little monkey! It's amazing!" Then he stopped smiling and said, "I don't want to accept a disciple. Never teach others, little monkey, didn't you tell me? Please go back!" After saying that, he turned around and looked at the fire again.
Qingshi secretly thought that it was no wonder Qin Yutong didn't directly beg the old man. It turned out that he not only had a weird temper, but also had such rules. It seemed that blindly being polite was not enough, and he had to find some way.
Just as he was thinking about it, the old man turned around and said impatiently: "Let's go, let's go!"
Qingshi pretended to look around, and his eyes fell on a pile of broken weapons, puppet machines and other objects. His eyes lit up, and then he laughed and said: "Qin Yutong, this kid is so boastful. I thought old man Qin was so powerful! It seems like nothing. That's it, that's just it!" After saying that, he shook his head and turned around to leave.
"Stop!" the old man yelled angrily, "Boy, tell me clearly, why am I 'just like that'? You can't tell me what to say. If you want to amuse me, see if I don't beat you down." front teeth!"
"Bang!" Qingshi turned around and said disdainfully, "You are not as good as me when it comes to refining weapons! You are no match for me when it comes to fighting!" After saying that, he released his true energy and faced the old man.
Qingshi knew that there were no real masters in the Qin family of the Haisheng Kingdom. Qin Yutong was known as the number one person in the Qin family's fifth generation in both martial arts and martial arts talent. Therefore, he skipped many uncles and inherited the title. However, Qin Yutong's martial arts skills Qingshi knew it. Although he was considered a genius, he was not good enough compared to himself.
Qingshi dared to conclude that this old man had a weird temper and might have some skills in martial arts, but he definitely didn't have much ability in martial arts.
Qingshi's guess was correct. This old man was a genius in weaponry and a martial arts madman similar to the Zhong brothers. However, his martial arts cultivation was poor. Although he was over five hundred years old, he was still stuck in the ninth level of the Yuan Dan realm and could not break through. Although Qingshi's Qi cultivation is at the ninth level of the Yuan Dan realm, the aura he emits cannot be resisted by the old man.
Sure enough, the old man was stunned for a moment and then said: "Good boy, you are so powerful at a young age! You are right, I am not as good as you." He rolled his eyes and continued, "No, no, you are only half right. I admit that I am not as good as you when it comes to fighting, so how can I be inferior to you when it comes to weapon refining? How can I be 'just like that'? Please explain it clearly to me."
Qingshi was already confident, and said with a smile: "To be honest, I am a fifth-level weapon refiner, no worse than you, right? I see that you are not good at identifying the treasures and materials for weapon refinement, so I infer that your weapon cultivation level is nothing more than this." .”
"You?" the old man said in shock, "Level 5?"
Qingshi took out a jade pendant and shook it lightly. This is the identity certificate of the fifth-level weapon refiner that Qingshi obtained in the Chiming Kingdom, one of the nine kingdoms, more than a year ago. Qin Lian himself is also a fifth-level weapon refiner. He knew that he could not fake it as soon as he saw it. He had already reached the fifth level. For more than one hundred and sixty years, Qingshi is naturally better than Qingshi in terms of experience and skills. However, Qingshi is a fifth-level weapon refiner at such a young age. In terms of talent, he is far behind him, so he does not dare to underestimate Qingshi.
"Do you have a good eye for identifying cultivation treasures?" The old man was indeed not strong in this area, and he immediately said with a guilty conscience, "Please explain clearly."
"Okay!" Qingshi pointed at the pile of junk and said, "This pile of stuff seems to be the garbage you abandoned?"
"Who said it's garbage? Everything in here is useful." The old man said, "It's just...it's just that it's not very useful and can't be considered precious. Why, are there any rare treasures in here?"
Qingshi walked to the pile of junk, stretched out his hand and pulled out a puppet body and threw it into the open space in front of the old man. This was the torso of a humanoid puppet. The head and limbs were missing, and only half of the left arm was attached. The puppet was originally supposed to have armor, with buttonholes on both sides, chest and back to hold the armor in place, but now it was completely bare, with only the metal body left.
The old man looked at the broken puppet in front of him and said doubtfully: "This..."
"What is this?" Qingshi said, "Tell me about it."
"This is the torso of a humanoid puppet. It is made of dark iron alloy. The material is tough and the forging is exquisite, but it cannot be said to be expensive!"
"Do you see how this puppet is different from ordinary puppets?"
"Yeah! Judging from the thickness of the body, it's a little thicker than ordinary puppets."
"A little thicker? The black iron alloy shell of a general puppet is one-fifth of an inch thick. The torso shell of this puppet is one and a half inches thick. It's not just as simple as being thicker."
"No matter how thick it is, it's just black iron alloy."
"What about these lines on the torso shell?"
"Just decorative stripes."
"This puppet obviously has armor on the outside. What kind of decorative patterns are there on the inside?"
At this time, the old man also realized that it was not just thicker, but he said a little unconvinced: "Then what do you think it is?"
"This is an array pattern!" Qingshi said, "This puppet not only has an outer armor, but also has a set of energy armor blessed by a magic array in its torso. It is so thick because there is a hollow interlayer inside, which is used to install energy protection. The structure and power source of the magic circle.”
"No way!" the old man blurted out.
Qingshi walked over, gently turned his wrist to hold the Qinghua Sword, and then cut off a small piece of shell on the puppet's torso with a sword, revealing a round hole. Sure enough, the shell of this torso is only one-fifth of an inch thick. It does contain some mechanical connecting rods and the like. You can also see a circular metal device with a spirit stone embedded in it. That is no ordinary spirit stone. Stone, but a top-quality spiritual stone.
"Ah!" The old man's eyes widened in surprise, but he immediately turned to look at the Qinghua Sword in Qingshi's hand and shouted, "What a sword!"
Qingshi put away his sword and said: "Did you see clearly, old man? This is a treasure that contains energy armor. It uses six top-quality spiritual stones as its energy source. Its defensive capabilities are higher. I think it is better than the charging puppets of the Imperial Forbidden Army." It needs to be even better.”
"Yes, yes, yes!" the old man said in a loud voice, "My little brother, you are very knowledgeable. I can't beat you in a fight, and my eye for identifying treasures is not as good as yours! I am willing to give up. That sword of yours..."
"The old man is too modest!" Qingshi's attitude suddenly changed when he saw the old man being arrogant and respectful, and he felt a little embarrassed.
The old man smiled and said: "Little brother is capable, I admire you. Just call me Lao Qin, can you show me that sword of yours?"
That puppet was so rare that even bluestone couldn't make it, but old man Qin Lian didn't even look at it, but he only wanted to see the bluestone sword. Qingshi had no choice but to take out the Qinghua Sword and hand it to the old man.
The old man played with the Qinghua Sword with excitement on his face, and muttered: "Well! Hundreds of steel and blue iron and fine gold are both sharp and tough, good!" He stretched out his fingers and flicked the sword, and the sword made a crisp sound. Zhengming, the old man continued to mutter, "The essence and blood of the wind crow are forged thousands of times to possess the wind attribute, wonderful! It is quenched with Tianze vine boiled with cloud spring water to produce wood nature, high! It is really high!" After saying this, he was delighted. He rubbed the blade of the sword and looked carefully.
After listening to the old man's comments, Qingshi was extremely shocked. This Qinghua sword has been with Qingshi for no less than ten years. Qingshi knew that its two attributes of wind and wood were rare, but he had no idea how these two attributes were added. Old man Qin Lian can tell the origin of treasure materials with additional attributes at a glance, and can even identify the training methods. This level of skill is simply unmatched by bluestone.
Qingshi bowed respectfully to the old man and said: "The old man's profound knowledge in sword-making makes me admire him so much. I am willing to take this Qinghua Sword as a reward and ask my senior to teach me the art of sword-making!"
"Ah?" The old man was shocked. He lifted Qingshi and said, "Give me this sword? Are you kidding me?"
"No kidding!" Qingshi said sternly, "I want to personally forge a sword that fits me perfectly to practice pure swordsmanship and gain insights into the art of swordsmanship. This sword will never be used again and will be given to my senior. It's the best destination for it. I just ask for your guidance from my seniors."
Although both of them are fifth-level weapon refining masters, their weapon refining skills are profound and branched out. They specialize in different directions, so naturally there is a huge gap in different fields. Qingshi studies puppetry and driving magic weapons, and Qin Lian specializes in sword making, so there is no problem for Qin Lian to teach Qingshi about sword making.
Seeing Qingshi's sincere attitude, old man Qin Lian immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I'll teach you, but there are two things I have to agree on first."
"Senior, please speak!"
"Well! First, I have never taught anyone the art of making swords in my life. I have no experience, so I will teach you according to the steps my master taught me. As for how much you understand and how much you learn, that is your business. I only discipline, but not the church!"
"This is natural! May I ask about the second point?"
"The second thing is that I like the sword you gave me very much. I see that you have studied the art of puppets very deeply, so I will give you this puppet body. I hope you will not refuse."
In terms of value, this puppet's remnant body is no less valuable than the Qinghua Sword, and to Qingshi, its usefulness is far greater than that of the Qinghua Sword. Qin Lian was obsessed with making swords and was not interested in puppets at all. Giving this precious puppet body to Qingshi was a reward for the gift of the sword. He was not reluctant to part with it. Qingshi understood what he meant and happily agreed. .
