Thanks to Meng Bai's generous teachings some time ago, Zhai Shuo is no longer the young boy who just came out of the Lin family. He is somewhat familiar with what the name of the weapon refinery represents.
After all, this is a branch of the Jiang Family's Artifact Refining City, a secret place specifically responsible for creating some precious objects...
In that kind of place, I'm afraid only the elders in their clan have the right to bring outsiders in...
And this old man...
"Hmm..." Zhai Shuo's eyes were shining, but his face was hesitant.
The things in the refinery must be some strange things. Although he is very eager to get a high-level Nai Ring, once these people plot evil against him, wouldn't he be like a sheep in a tiger's mouth?
How to escape?
Even if the Jiang family had a good reputation outside, he still couldn't completely trust them, even if the old man knew his true identity...
With Jiang Cong's mature experience, how could he not know what Zhai Shuo was thinking at this time? Seeing his move, he quickly continued:
"You don't have to worry about safety issues. We organize visits like this several times a year, and senior officials from other families will also participate..."
"oh?"
Jiang Cong's explanation made Zhai Shuo's vigilance immediately fade. After pondering for a moment, he decided to let him go.
For a person like him who carries a lot of treasures, the temptation of the high-level Najie is not much less than that of flying fighting skills...
Moreover, he had long wanted to see the things in the refinery. Even if he didn't have the Najie, he might be able to encounter some other things that would be of great benefit to him...
"Then...since the senior invites you so kindly, if the junior tries to shirk it, it will offend your old face..."
Zhai Shuo retracted his thoughts and said with a smile.
"Haha! Okay! I'm so happy, little friend. In that case, please follow me to the Jiang family's residence!" Seeing this, Jiang Cong couldn't help laughing, raised his hands to bow, and walked out first.
From behind, Zhai Shuo tapped his chin and followed closely.
Not long after the two left, two big men appeared again and carried away Meng Bai, who was still unconscious...
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The Jiang family is also one of the first-class families in Huansha City. Benefiting from their subordinate industries, their overall strength is not much weaker than the Yao family of Wanyaofang and the Qian family of the auction house. They are the strongest among the clan. In fact, they are evenly matched.
Probably for this reason, their weapon refining market was able to occupy a place in the center of this popular oasis.
Similarly, the weapon refining factory that Zhai Shuo and the others are going to is just a branch of the weapon refining city in the east of Huansha City. It is absolutely impossible for a family of their size to concentrate their resources in just one place. Such an approach is stupid and ridiculous.
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On the way to the Jiang family's mansion, Zhai Shuo did not completely let down his guard. He deliberately made some minor noises, which attracted the attention of many passers-by...
His approach certainly made Jiang Cong smile bitterly, but he couldn't say anything. He could only admire in his heart what a young man who was as thin as ice...
Zhai Shuo is gambling, so why isn't he...
Since the two of them were not far from the Jiang family, they could already see the outline of the mansion in less than half a quarter of an hour.
It seems that the location where they started is still within the Jiang family's sphere of influence. No wonder they were able to detect the movement they created so quickly...
When the two of them walked side by side, Jiang Cong casually said in order to lighten the atmosphere:
"The items produced in the refinery are all made by our refiners with great effort. Some new things are not convenient to be put on the table for sale. At this time, we will invite people from Huansha City to Each family, invite them to visit on site, and whatever they like, they can trade directly in person, eliminating many formalities..."
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It was also the first time for Zhai Shuo to hear such secret rules. As expected, he aroused some interest and asked:
"Which families will be involved then?"
Jiang Cong thought for a while and replied:
"Except for the three major families, everyone should have sent people here. The main thing is our things. They basically don't like it. The things they can like have been booked in advance..."
"I see..." Zhai Shuo nodded. It seems that he probably won't be able to get the so-called high-level Najie this time...
In fact, if there is any inventory, he will not hesitate to give up if the price is too outrageous. In comparison, flying fighting skills are more important to him at present.
Now, he really takes it one step at a time. He originally thought that holding a batch of fifth-grade elixirs in his hand would be considered extremely wealthy, but once he puts his thoughts on rare items, it is simply not enough to squander...
It's a pity that he is still too far away from the sixth-grade alchemist, otherwise how could he be like this...
"Item Refiner...is there really such a profession?" Zhai Shuo muttered subconsciously in silence.
Judging from the original work in his mind, it seems that only the alchemist is a familiar identity to the public, right?
If weapon refiners really still exist in Dou Qi Continent, given their superb weapon refinement skills, why are their status so low that many people have never heard of them?
"You are an alchemist, right?" Jiang Cong interrupted at the right time.
It is not difficult to see from his level that Zhai Shuo's soul power, which is so powerful that it does not match his own strength, is one of the iconic characteristics of an alchemist.
"That's right." Zhai Shuo tilted his head slightly and did not deny it.
"That's really an enviable status..." Jiang Cong looked sad and sighed:
"Have you ever heard of other top professions in the history of Dou Qi Continent besides Alchemist?"
"Others?" Zhai Shuo paused slightly and asked in surprise.
Could it be that in that distant era, besides the alchemists and their so-called weapon refiners, there were other famous masters?
"Junior doesn't know, please ask senior to clarify..." Zhai Shuo scratched his head. He didn't even understand the northern continent, so what's the history?
Jiang Cong stroked his beard, his eyes were deep, and his voice gradually sighed:
"The Dou Qi Continent has a long history and countless inheritances... In ancient times, hundreds of flowers bloomed, strong men emerged in large numbers, and heroes rose up... In order to adapt to the development of the times, various professions came into being..."
"However, as time went by, in the end, only four professions broke out and took the lead, and the top of these four famous masters..." At this point, Jiang Cong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Zhai Shuo with a complex expression. ,road:
"He is the alchemist who has been passed down to this day..."
Although the Jiang family has been developing for many years, facing the depleted Alchemist Guild, he still has to keep his tail between his legs...
The gap between the two professions is really staggering.
Of course Zhai Shuo couldn't understand his expression, so he just blinked innocently and asked:
"Alchemist, weapon refiner...and what are the other two?"
If anyone helps him popularize ancient secrets, he will be very excited...
As a time-travel star, of course, the more you know about the world in the early stage, the better.
Jiang Cong also didn't expect that this topic would arouse such great interest in him, so he continued with a smile:
"The other two are the formation master and the beast master..."
"Array? Beast control?" Zhai Shuo twitched the corner of his mouth. No matter how he searched in the original work, he could not find any information related to it.
If you want to talk about formations, there must be some, but formation masters...?
As for controlling beasts, it is even more elusive. It is not that Warcraft cannot be cultivated. Once they grow to the fifth level, they can have intelligence that is not inferior to humans. Some can even speak human words. How to tame them?
As for a higher-level monster, if you give it a Transformation Pill, it will be your father, but how about controlling the beast? It's nothing more than using hard power to conquer it. Can that be called controlling a beast?
"Never heard of it." Zhai Shuo shook his head and continued to stare at Jiang Cong with his big, wise eyes.
Since he wants to hear it, Jiang Cong will not hide it, because this kind of thing is not a secret in the first place...
"Then let me start with the alchemist. The little friend maintains his own identity and should be more familiar with it than the old man." Jiang Cong glanced at Zhai Shuo, who was full of curiosity for knowledge, and said as he walked:
"The fact that this profession can be passed down to this day in a relatively complete manner is still inseparable from the so-called soul power."
"As for the other three, there are no such requirements. As long as they can obtain the inheritance and master its secret techniques, and with qualified strength, basically everyone can become the so-called formation master, beast master, or... We refiners..."
"Things are rare and valuable. This sentence is the same no matter what era it is placed in. The harsh conditions for becoming an alchemist have created their rarity, and also made the elixirs they refine have always been in short supply. In the situation..."
"Natural selection, survival of the fittest, people are slowly discovering that those elixirs with various magical effects are what is most needed in Dou Qi Continent. It feels like almost anything can be solved through elixirs..."
"Everyone is pursuing elixirs, and one is declining. The other three major professions will naturally decline. The technology they master really cannot be compared with those elixirs, and they will eventually become a foil. Countless top secret techniques, and therefore Obliterated in the long river of history..."
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Before Jiang Cong finished speaking, Zhai Shuo roughly understood what he wanted to express.
In short: elixirs are king.
As for other messy things, they all have to be eclipsed in front of the elixir and bow down!
No matter how fast those formation mages, beast control masters, and weapon refiners are, most of the things they create can be replaced, or even completely replaced, by the properties of the elixir.
But the elixir has hundreds of properties such as healing, promotion, level breaking, detoxification, etc., but they cannot compare with them in any way...
Improving your basic fighting spirit is the first choice for most practitioners!
"Senior, do you mean that there are only some remnants of the other three major professions left in the world today?" Zhai Shuo retracted his thoughts and asked again.
"The weapon refining is like this. I don't know much about the formation master, but the beast master... you have actually seen it too." Jiang Cong said with a smile.
Zhai Shuo thought for a moment, then looked shocked:
"Yun family?!"
The Yun family is the only one on the oasis who can be related to World of Warcraft and has seen it.
Unexpectedly, the thing Meng Kuo wanted to steal turned out to be their beast control technique...
If they succeed, they might be able to narrow the gap with the Lin family...
"That's right." Sure enough, Jiang Cong did not deny it:
"I don't know where the Yun family got the secret technique from in the early years. Anyway, judging from the performance of those monsters, it must be inseparable from controlling the beasts."
Jiang Cong paused and then said:
"But the inheritance they received must not be much, otherwise they wouldn't just train some fourth-level monsters..."
"Hmm..." Zhai Shuo pursed his lips and nodded in agreement. Judging from the strength of the flying monsters he saw when he went to the Yun family branch a few days ago, none of them exceeded the fourth level.
"Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that they can control magical beasts above level five..." Jiang Cong continued:
"Actually, this is what I want to express. The knowledge we have passed down from ancient times is too rare, and what we produce can only be used by some low-level monks. It cannot make a big impact at all, let alone Not to mention compared with the alchemists who are now popular in the mainland and have endured for a long time..."
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Zhai Shuo was silent, feeling disappointed in his heart. Their alchemists had lost a lot of inheritance, so that now there was no ninth-grade golden elixir master in the entire continent. The top alchemist he knew could now reach the ninth-grade. The levels can be counted on one hand.
There are also those rare prescriptions, soul elixir techniques, soul cultivation techniques...
If these things were not firmly controlled by those big forces, the current world of medicine refining would surely flourish...
"Maintendent!"
"Maintendent!"
While the two were talking, they soon arrived in front of the Jiang family's residence. Two masculine voices made Zhai Shuo, who was thinking about something, come back to his senses immediately.
Looking up, there were two majestic and strong men outside the simple and elegant gate. They had swords at their waists, solemn expressions, and respectfully greeted Jiang Cong.
Zhai Shuo has long been accustomed to their body shape. Anyway, there is only one sentence: to make iron, you need to be strong...
"Thank you for your words and deeds, senior. I have benefited a lot from today's negotiation..."
The two of them walked into the courtyard of the Jiang Mansion, and Zhai Shuo politely bowed his hand. Judging from the respectful attitude of the Jiang family members coming and going towards the old man, he knew that his status must not be low.
"Haha... I'm serious, little friend. You will know these things when you grow up in the future. I'm just telling you in advance." Jiang Cong stroked his beard slightly proudly, obviously taking advantage of Zhai Shuo's words. .
"The tour will only start tomorrow. I have arranged for my servants to choose a resting place for you. How about you spend the night at my Jiang's house?" Jiang Cong waved to a pretty maid and whispered to her. , smiled.
"Senior's arrangement." Zhai Shuo nodded, and when his gaze inadvertently stopped on the flushed maid, an ominous premonition suddenly came to his mind.
"This old guy...does he want to play this trick with me?"
