Spring has passed and autumn has come, and there is already a hint of autumn air on the campus of Ivy League.
In the blink of an eye, Changsun has been in Qingteng for half a year.
Changsun walked into the weapon refining workshop of Qiziyuan, passed through the busiest area C, and came to the 112th workshop in area B.
The weapon refining workshop of Qiziyuan is divided into three areas. Area C has ten huge weapon-refining furnaces, with hundreds of workbenches scattered around for the use of teachers and students who refine weapons. Area B is divided into small workshops. Compared with Area C, independent workshops allow the refiner to have an uninterrupted weapon refining environment. Compared with Area B, the workshop in Area A is not only larger in space, but most importantly, it also has the top flame in the weapon refining workshop.
The eldest grandson knocked on the door of the first and second houses, and then waited quietly at the door of the house. After a while, the door of the first and second houses opened, and the person inside handed the eldest grandson a piece of paper.
Changsun glanced at the information recorded on the paper, nodded, bowed and left.
After the door of No. 112 was closed, the person inside said: "This guy has purchased materials for you several times."
Another person said: "Well, he uses it easily. Some students don't know many of the materials I need. Not only does this eldest grandson buy the wrong ones every time, but the quality he chooses is also acceptable."
The man who spoke first turned around, and it was Wu Dakui, the dean of Qi Ziyuan.
Wu Dakui snorted coldly: "This brat Changsun has been hospitalized for half a year. I have never seen him come to the weapon refining workshop to study. Every time he comes, he just delivers materials to you, an old man."
The person Wu Dakui called an old man was an elder of Qi Ziyuan named Wu Chao. He was respectfully called Mr. Wu and was regarded as the elder of the academy. And he was very accomplished in refining weapons, even Wu Dakui would put on a learning attitude when he saw him refining weapons.
Mr. Wu smiled and said: "We must give the children time to grow up."
Wu Dakui snorted coldly, then asked: "Mr. Wu, what are you practicing this time?"
"Yun Xuezhi asked me to repair his Xuantian Needle some time ago. I added some mother-child iron when selecting materials. I found that this can reduce the mental consumption during manipulation, so I studied the mother-child iron. I found that it can not only reduce the consumption of mental power, but also has other wonderful effects. However, it is too fragile and can be easily damaged when infusing souls..." Mr. Wu said.
The mother-child iron mentioned by Mr. Wu is not a special material. Its most outstanding characteristic is that no matter how many parts a piece of mother-child iron is divided into, there will be a connection between them. So much so that there is a saying in the mainland, "You will never cut it." The connection between mother and daughter is constant.”
Because of its characteristics, iron-particle iron was once widely used in flying swords, but it was gradually eliminated because of its high brittleness and insufficient toughness, which made flying swords easy to break.
Wu Dakui interrupted impatiently: "Even if the problem of soul-imparting is solved, it will be difficult for Zi Mu Iron to be widely used. Flying swords forged from Zi Mu Iron can indeed reduce part of the user's mental energy consumption, but Zi Mu Iron The amount of spiritual power it can carry is limited, and it is easy for someone to take away the weapon in a battle. Instead of using the mother-child iron, it is better to use the Sushen Yuanjing. Even a smaller amount of soul copper can carry more spiritual power than the mother-child iron. big."
Mr. Wu smiled and did not continue to argue.
On the other side, Changsun took the order in his hand and successfully left Qingteng with the proof of accepting the task.
This was Tang Yuyan's idea for her eldest grandson. First-year students were not allowed to go out, but if they accepted the in-house tasks issued by the college, they could go out smoothly in the name of the tasks.
In order to be able to go out, the eldest grandson would look for tasks among the bounty tasks released by the college every day. First-year students were not allowed to undertake dangerous tasks of level two or above. He only accepted the simplest first-level tasks, and Changsun searched around among them and found tasks such as purchasing materials for his employer.
There are many first-level tasks like this in the Qi Zi Academy. Many teachers and students need materials for making weapons but are not willing to waste time going out to purchase them, so they will issue such tasks. However, due to the low contribution value and time-consuming effort, few people would choose such a task, but it is perfect for the eldest grandson.
The eldest grandson glanced at the list, and there were materials such as Su Shen Yuan Jing, Zi Mu Iron, Soul Copper, Basalt, and Oak.
In the past six months, Changsun has visited all the weapon refining markets around the academy, and it didn't take long to buy all the materials on the list.
It was still early, so the eldest grandson returned to the Tang Palace again. After having dinner with Chu Li, he entered Yelin City under the cover of darkness.
In the city at night, the eldest grandson put on a mask and transformed into a hunter.
Now Changsun is already a one-star secret servant, and there is no competition for him today. The eldest grandson came to the corner of the stands and watched the game on the stage.
Even if there is no game, Changsun will come to Yelin City and watch the game as a spectator like today. But unlike the spectators around him, Changsun watched the game more to study his opponents.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be in danger. Therefore, in the nearly half a year since he became a one-star secret servant, Changsun has achieved an undefeated record of thirty games in a row. Although this is not a brilliant record in Yelin City where there are many masters, it is It has also made the eldest grandson somewhat famous in recent times.
The most intuitive manifestation is that Changsun's appearance fee has gradually increased from the initial dozens of copper coins to one silver dollar.
The players on the stage ended the game quickly. The strength of the two players was too disparate, and the game quickly lost suspense, so much so that the audience booed.
The audience left the venue one after another, but Changsun was still sitting in his seat. After a while, Changsun saw a familiar figure entering the contestants' tunnel. After a while, he came out of the contestants' tunnel. Seeing that there was no one around, he spoke. Started cursing.
Changsun waited for this person to leave before getting up and leaving behind him.
The person being followed by the grandson was none other than the Smiling Tiger who came to chat with him everywhere when he was still a shadow. And long after the eldest grandson became a secret servant, the Smiling Tiger stumbled and won ten games of shadow and became a secret servant.
From then on, the eldest grandson often chatted with the smiling tiger, so that the eldest grandson became very wary of the smiling tiger. Later, the eldest grandson discovered that the smiling tiger not only often pestered him, but also treated other secret servants the same way.
It wasn't until the Smiling Tiger started to display his weapons in front of him that Changsun realized that he had been preparing for such a long time just to promote his weapons. This made Changsun, a veteran with sales experience in his previous life, feel a little admiration. However, the weapons sold by Smiling Tiger were really mediocre, and in the end, Changsun repeatedly encountered obstacles.
But later, by chance, Changsun became interested in the smiling tiger.
In the past six months, apart from accompanying Chu Li and going to Yelin City to participate in the competition, Changsun spent the rest of the time looking for a suitable residence in Lieyang City, hoping to get Chu Li and Brother Tieta out of the palace.
But in a place like Lieyang City where land is at a premium, it would be difficult to rent a suitable house with Changsun's financial resources, let alone buy one.
And in Changsun's vision, what he wants to rent is a shop and open a blacksmith shop. With the forging skills of Brother Tieta and the fantastic design in Changsun's mind, Changsun believes that this blacksmith shop will definitely prosper.
Changsun went to Jianggong Alley, a street in Lieyang City that specializes in selling weapons and protective gear. The business of the shops here is indeed good, but along with it it is difficult to find a shop. Even if there are shops, Changsun's financial resources will not be able to find them. Rent it.
Coincidentally, when the eldest grandson was at a loss in the Artisan Alley, a familiar figure appeared in front of him, and the eldest grandson recognized it as the Smiling Tiger at a glance.
The eldest grandson is cautious by nature. When the Smiling Tiger came to him many times in Yelin City, the eldest grandson became suspicious and began to observe the smiling tiger. From his body shape, posture, movement habits, to every rise and fall of his breath, the eldest grandson carefully observed Pass. So you can confirm it when you first see the smiling tiger's eldest grandson in Jianggong Lane.
After that, Changsun visited Artisan Alley several times and confirmed that Smiling Tiger was the owner of one of the shops. Compared with other shops, the business of this shop was really sparse.
It is not difficult to understand why the Smiling Tiger went to Yelin City to sell his weapons.
Changsun sighed with emotion, "They are all people who are forced by life." At the same time, an immature idea emerged in his heart.
The Smiling Tiger also found nothing today and looked a little annoyed. He did not continue to look for secret servants to sell, but left Yelin City in some dejection.
Changsun also left Yelin City.
The secret points to enter Yelin City are scattered in every corner of Lieyang City. No one can know all the points. When the eldest grandson came out, he was not at the same point as the smiling tiger. Fortunately, the eldest grandson already knew where the smiling tiger's shop was. Craftsman Alley, so after coming out, we went straight to Craftsman Alley.
The eldest grandson was hiding in the corner of the Artisan Alley. The smiling tiger's shop was dark, and it seemed that he had not returned yet.
The eldest grandson waited and waited for a long time before he saw the familiar figure appear dangling.
After the Smiling Tiger came out of Yelin City, he went to have a drink again. As he was drunk, the expressions of indifference and even contempt towards him every day appeared in front of his eyes.
The smiling tiger threw the wine bottle against the wall, his body swaying, and he cursed.
"You guys look down upon others. Sooner or later, I will make you all kneel down and buy the things I sell... Why are you so arrogant? I have never seen anything. Back then, I was also the most arrogant noble man on this street. ...Damn God, do you think you can make me compromise like this? In my dreams, I will wake up tomorrow and be a good man again..."
Smiling Tiger cursed and walked back to his shop, looking at the familiar shop in front of him.
There used to be bright lights here, servants were busy in the yard, and the blacksmith was working bare-chested. Now there is no one there, and he is the only one in the yard who is still struggling to support this ancestral business.
The Smiling Tiger's gangsterism just now was swept away, and he stood on the spot and murmured to himself: "Grandpa, am I really the trash they say? I'm afraid my grandson will not be able to afford the inheritance you have passed down..."
Changsun saw all this in his eyes, his face showed no emotion, but in his heart there was a trace of sympathy and pain. It wasn't until the smiling tiger entered the yard that the eldest grandson came out of the corner.
Changsun stood at the door and hesitated. He wanted to knock on the door and enter, but in the end he chose to jump over the wall.
