Chapter 243, Treasure Hunt
It was a sunny day and Qingshi came to the 'Dragon Slayer' material refining shop again.
When Qingshi approached the store, Tu Long was fooling three rich and powerful men with spittle flying around his mouth, trying to get them to buy a half-real but half-false but completely pieced together dragon bone.
It was in the morning, the busiest time of the day, and besides the dragon slayer, there were two young men greeting several other customers. A ragged young man stood at the door of the store. After wandering around for a long time, he grabbed a short knife from the weapons rack at the door and ran away.
Slaying the Dragon seemed to have eyes in his back. He faced the three big men and talked eloquently. He casually threw a dragon bone in his hand from behind his shoulder. The kid who stole the knife was hit by the dragon bone as soon as he took a few steps. Hit in the back, the big horse fell to the ground motionless. It was obvious that the meridians were sealed by the blow of the dragon bone. And after the dragon bone knocked down the thief, it actually flew back as if it had wings. The dragon slayer did not look back, but stretched out his hand to catch the thief. The exquisiteness of his technique made the three people in front of him stunned and in awe.
Tulong didn't seem to be distracted by this matter, and still greeted the three guests diligently, until they made up their minds to buy the dragon bones, and politely sent them out of the store, and then walked to the half-grown man who fell to the ground. He laughed and scolded: "You kid stole two white flower fruits from me a few days ago. I ignored you. Didn't you say I didn't see it? Stealing fruits can fill your stomach. Why steal a knife? Is it possible that you want to go robbing? Get out of here. , If you dare to come here again, I will give you a discount!"
As he said that, Tulong lightly kicked the half-grown boy and threw a few low-grade spirit stones on the ground. The boy grabbed the spirit stones, got up, and ran away in a hurry.
Qingshi walked over from the side and said with a smile: "Boss Tu has such exquisite skills with hidden weapons, I admire him!"
Tulong just picked up the dagger from the ground and put it back on the shelf. When he heard the voice, he turned his head and saw Qingshi. His eyes lit up immediately. He trotted over in two steps and said with a smile on his face: "Hey! Qingye! You are here. , if you need anything, please just ask!”
"Wujin!" Qingshi said directly without going around in circles, "Didn't Boss Tu say there are still Wujin? Bring out as many as you have, I want them all."
"Hehe, Mr. Qing misunderstood!" Tu Long said with a smile, "I meant that I can get more, but I will give it all to you that day."
"Oh!" Qingshi said, "Then go to Boss Tu and get it. I can get as many as I want!"
"Okay! Okay!" Tu Long said, "Since Mr. Qing is so interested, please come into the store to discuss it in detail. This business is extraordinary, and there are some difficulties in it. I must tell you in detail."
"Huh?" Qingshi was surprised and said with a smile, "I'm a serious person and I won't do anything illegal!"
"Hehe!" Tu Long said with a smile, "I think Master Qing is very majestic and very ordinary, so I asked you to cooperate. As cultivators, if we want to obtain the treasure of cultivation, it is worth taking some risks. I believe Master Qing Since he has the vision to recognize treasures, he must also have the courage to seize treasures. But I wonder if Mr. Qing has the means to seize treasures?
"I don't know what this method you are talking about means?" Qingshi said with a smile, "I don't know how to rob homes or petty thefts!"
"I knew I was right!" Tu Long praised, "The pattern of robbery and petty theft is too small. Not to mention Mr. Qing, even I don't bother to do it. If we want to do it, we must do it big."
"No way!" Qingshi pretended to be surprised and said, "Do you really want me to be a powerful thief?"
"No, no, no!" Tu Long said, "Although the 'Ujin' treasure is in private land, the landlord doesn't know it. According to the rules, it is an ownerless thing, and whoever has the ability to get it belongs to him. I'll tell you the truth. , that piece of 'Black Gold' is not Black Gold, Master Qing will naturally understand! I don't know this thing, and I have never met anyone who knows this thing, until Master Qing showed up."
"How do you know I know this thing?" Qingshi asked.
"If Mr. Qing didn't know it, he wouldn't have spent a lot of money to buy it." Tu Long blinked and said with a smile, "He wouldn't have made a special trip to ask for this thing again and said, 'I want as much as I can get.'"
"Hey, you old fox!" Qingshi laughed, "You guessed it right!"
"So?..." Tulong asked tentatively.
"No need to say more!" Qingshi said, "Of course we'll go into the store to talk in detail." After saying that, he stepped into the store.
The two talked in detail in the secret room on the second floor of the store for more than an hour. By the time Qingshi walked out of Dragon Slaying Chronicle, he had completely understood the situation and had made a specific action plan with Tu Long.
It turned out that the piece of 'Ugold' that Tulong sold to Qingshi was accidentally picked up by him on the seabed near an island.
When Tu Long was hunting a sea beast in the sea a few years ago, he broke into it and found a piece of 'Ugold' that was as big as a hill. Based on his many years of experience and intuition in the material refining business, he knew that this must be A treasure.
Tulong then gave up hunting and instead wanted to take the thing away. However, he was helpless when faced with such a huge 'Ujin'. He could not put it directly into the storage container, nor could he cut it into small pieces and then put it away.
After struggling for a long time, Slaying the Dragon only picked up a small piece next to the hill-like giant black gold thing, and finally had no choice but to leave.
After returning, Tulong studied the object in many ways, but he still could not divide it or melt it. Such a huge, tough and extremely high-temperature metal is naturally a treasure. You can imagine how powerful it would be to forge weapons with it. Moreover, Tulong believed that it must have more precious attributes and could be used to forge high-level magic weapons, but he didn't know the treasures and couldn't find the right way.
Tu Long also consulted several prestigious weapon refiners, but no one knew this thing. Now, Tulong believed that Qingshi must know this thing and know how to deal with it, so he revealed this secret to Qingshi, hoping to get some benefits.
Qingshi told Tu Long that he was a fifth-level weapon refiner from the Tianlong Continent, and he knew that the object was called 'Haixuan Iron'. Anyway, Tulong can call it 'Wujin', and Qingshi can naturally give it a random name. Qingshi said that he had a way to melt it and use it to make weapons, and he was also certain that he could take it away from the sea into a storage container.
Finally, the two reached an agreement. Tu Long took Qingshi to the seabed to retrieve the treasure. If successful, all the 'Sea Black Iron' would belong to Qingshi. In return, Qingshi paid Tu Long three million high-grade spiritual stones.
To obtain this treasure under the sea, there is nothing that Tulong can do, but it is not difficult for Qingshi.
As for the risks mentioned by Tulong, there are two main ones. One is that there are often vicious sea beasts in that area; the other is that the sea area is private territory, where a group of pirates used to live. The pirate leader is named Yueyang, and they occupy They conquered dozens of islands, large and small, in that area, and not only robbed passing merchant ships, but even dared to rob and kill government fleets.
After the Zhengxu Kingdom failed in several encirclement and suppression campaigns, they simply recruited Yueyang and made him the Marquis of Haiyan, and that sea area became his fief. Now, Yueyang legitimately manages that sea area, inspects and collects taxes from passing ships. Warships have been sent across the ocean to patrol the sea for many years. If you want to operate in that sea area, you must avoid his eyes and ears, otherwise it will be more troublesome.
Qingshi and Tu Long's plan is: the two of them take Tu Long's boat, the Tu Long, to go quietly. Except for a few crew members, they don't bring anyone else with them. The fewer people, the better. If it is discovered by a patrol ship across the ocean, then the identity of the dragon slayer will be revealed and it will be said to be the merchant ship of the Dragon Slayer. It will be inspected and taxes will be paid normally.
Tu Long said that it was rare that the weather was fine and calm these days, so it was best to set off immediately. But Qingshi said that if you want to collect such a large piece of 'Haixuan Iron', you must prepare to store the magic weapon in advance, at least half a month later.
So the two agreed to make preparations separately, and Qingshi would come to slay the dragon and go to sea once the preparations were completed. As for whether the weather is good or bad, there is no need to think so much. According to Qingshi, since we are doing activities on the bottom of the sea, good or bad weather is not important. Perhaps the worse the weather, the better, because going to sea in bad weather can at least reduce the risk of being transported across the ocean. the probability of someone discovering it.
It is a fact that Qingshi needs to prepare a magic weapon to collect the treasure. To collect a piece of 'Haixuan Iron' as big as a hill, it is natural to prepare a special storage device. On the other hand, Qingshi also has to prepare for a more important thing, which is safety issues.
Preparing to store the magic weapon can be completed in three to five days. The reason why Qingshi said it would take at least half a month is because after half a month, Duan Wutian, Chen Tianye and Hu Hailong were all released.
Half a month later, on this day, Qingshi once again walked into "Slaying the Dragon". Tulong was naturally ready to go, so the two of them went to sea that day.
The 'Dragon Slayer' is a good seagoing ship, about ten feet long and one foot three feet wide. It is not only equipped with two sails, but also a spiritual energy driving device. The Wanshan Sea Area is densely covered with islands, and the entire sea area is basically filled with thin spiritual energy. Therefore, they also have the same spiritual energy-driven magic weapon as the Tianlong Continent. There is sufficient spiritual energy over the large islands to support the flight of small spacecrafts. The aura drive device installed on the sea ship, although it cannot make the ship fly, can drive the ship to sail quickly on the sea.
The weather was not good, the wind was high and the waves were rough. But the Dragon Slayer was very strong, and the three sailors had good sailing skills, and Slay the Dragon was even more of a master. Therefore, the Dragon Slayer shuttled between the wind and waves, and although it was bumpy, it sailed very fast.
Four days later, the Tulong had sailed for more than a thousand miles and arrived at a sea area about 800 miles southwest of Dongfu City. Since they had to avoid the islands and patrol ships controlled by transoceanic ships, their route was somewhat tortuous, and they took 30% more sea routes.
The weather on this day was pretty good, with very little wind and waves. As Tulong continued to adjust its speed and direction, Tulong gradually approached its destination.
Soon, Tu Long calculated the position, ordered the crew to stop the ship, lower the anchor, lower the sails, turn off the driving spirit device, and also told them to pay attention to the movements on the sea. Then Tulong jumped into the sea with the bluestone.
Qingshi is at the first level of the Golden Core Realm. Tulong is three steps higher than him and is at the fourth level of the Intermediate Golden Core. Of course, he has only reached this level after practicing for two hundred years. His combat power is no match for Qingshi. .
After reaching this level of cultivation, their bodies can fully withstand the water pressure of hundreds of feet underwater. As long as the spirit stone is there, it doesn't matter if you breathe or not. Therefore, the two of them dived directly towards the seabed without any need for diving equipment.
The sea water is very clear. Although it is a cloudy day with no sun, Qingshi has excellent eyesight. When he dives less than twenty feet, he can vaguely see the seabed nearly two hundred feet deep. The seabed is a relatively flat gray-brown muddy land. , some low algae plants are sparsely growing, and the most conspicuous one is a black "hill" standing on the sand. Obviously, that is the 'Haixuantie'.
