Chapter 21: Gambling Stones and Refining Weapons
After Su Qin returned to the tavern, he was no longer in the mood to try drawing talismans anymore. He sat cross-legged on the bed and started practicing.
Soon, the night passed. I woke up refreshed, washed and ate, and felt that my whole body was full of strength.
Today, Su Qin plans to continue drawing talismans. In addition, he also plans to refine some magic weapons so that he can have more means of attack when he encounters ghosts.
After thinking for a long time, Su Qin planned to refine the flying sword, which would also fulfill his dream of being a swordsman.
When I watched TV series and movies in the past, I was very envious of those immortals flying with swords and controlling flying swords to kill people thousands of miles away. Now I finally have a chance, but I have to give it a try.
Unfortunately, Mr. Liu said that he could not find suitable materials to refine it now, so he had to do the next best thing and ask Su Qin to buy refined iron. When he comes back, he can use his own magic to smelt it and forge it into what Cheng wants.
It is best to continue to use mana to warm it after forging it again. In this way, in the long run, the flying sword may have its own spirituality.
So Su Qin went to buy the materials for drawing talismans during the day, and after buying the fine iron, he was ready to go back.
But just as he was passing by a stone gambling market, Mr. Liu suddenly said, "Xiao Su, wait a minute, there seems to be the materials we need inside."
"What?"
"Blazing Spirit."
"What is that?"
"If you use this to forge a flying sword, after success, the flying sword will have its own blazing flames. As long as the sword is on your body, it will be difficult for any ghosts to approach you."
"It's so awesome, then I'll go and have a look." After saying that, Su Qin couldn't wait to walk into the stone betting market.
The noisy sounds, the cries of the stalls, the quarrels between sellers and buyers, and the shouts of the spectators around made Su Qin feel the atmosphere of another world.
"Mr. Liu, where is the blazing essence you feel?"
"You go straight, go to the right, yes, a little further to the right, there are a lot of people in front of you." Mr. Liu guided Su Qin over.
I saw a group of people gathered around a stone gambling stall. They simply spread a blanket on the ground and placed various large and small stones on it.
"Here, there are so many stones, which one is it?"
"Don't worry, wait until these people finish driving."
Everyone gathered around a young man, who was holding a stone as big as a fist. It had a strange shape and a bumpy surface. It looked like an uncared-for garbage stone on the roadside.
"Hey, brother, what are you doing?" Su Qin couldn't help but ask an onlooker next to him.
"Looking at the young man cutting stones, don't tell me, considering his young age, his eyesight is really incredible. In a short time, he has already dug out several good stones." The uncle who was watching said happily.
Su Qin explained.
"If it's so powerful, then my Blazing Spirit is no longer dangerous." Su Qin murmured.
"What did you say? What's the danger?"
"No, I said it's dangerous if you drive the wrong car?"
"That's for sure. It all depends on your own eyesight. Look, he's about to do it again."
Following the cry, I saw that the young man was skillfully chipping away at the surrounding waste stones. After a while, a red agate stone in the middle was revealed. From the looks of it, it must be extremely valuable.
After the onlookers saw the red agate, they couldn't help but exclaimed and praised this young man for his greatness.
"He probably only spent a few hundred yuan to open this stone, and he made a lot of money." One person said.
"It has to be good stuff. If you and I were to open it, we might have wasted hundreds of dollars." Another person retorted.
"That's true. You see, he is selecting again. I wonder if there are any good things in this stall."
The young man squatted and picked, picking up the stones from time to time to look at them carefully, and tapping them with his fingers a few times.
Finally, he stopped in front of a stone pier, looked at it carefully, and rubbed it with his fingers from time to time.
He said softly "Hey" and frowned, as if he was a little confused about the stone in front of him. He asked: "Boss, where did you get this stone pier?"
"Huh? What do you mean? I got it from my hometown. My grandma usually uses this to press sauerkraut." The boss replied.
"This stone pier seems empty at first glance. It's so big." People around commented one after another.
"Everything should not be taken at face value. Don't we also think that the stone this young man opened before can't be used to open anything?"
"How much does this cost? I'll open it, boss." The young man finally decided to open this stone pier.
"Are you sure? This stone costs 10,000." The boss was obviously a little frightened by the young man's skills. He had opened several before and only one made a mistake. Isn't this a treasure?
"Okay." The young man immediately transferred the money to the boss and started cutting stones.
"This boss is too shady. I asked for this stone for only 200 yuan before, but now it's 10,000 yuan." One person said to fight the injustice.
"If you were the boss, you would be more ruthless than him. Haven't you seen that this young man has opened so many good things?" Another person sneered at this.
This stone block is a bit big. No matter how skilled this young man is, it still took him more than ten minutes to solve it.
It's a pity that he guessed wrong this time. Even after solving the whole stone, nothing valuable was found.
The young man shook his head, but there was no trace of frustration on his face. He just stood up and went to the next stall. There was nothing worthy of his attention in this stall.
"I missed it. Look, I said this stone has nothing. You still don't believe it." The man who just said that this stone is so big and has nothing said proudly, feeling that he is smarter than the young man and has seen the value of the stone.
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"In hindsight, if you were that capable, you wouldn't be watching him solve the stone, but we would watch you solve the stone." Someone next to him mocked.
"You..." The man blushed, but couldn't say anything to refute.
"Okay, let's keep going and have a look. Maybe we can learn something." A group of people followed the young man to the next stall.
Soon, the stall became quiet, and only Su Qin and the boss were left.
The boss also asked doubtfully: "Young man, why don't you go and see the excitement?"
Su Qin shook his head and pretended to look at the stones on the stall, but in fact he was asking Mr. Liu in his heart.
"Mr. Liu, which piece is right?"
"It's the stone pier that the young man untied just now. Among the scraps he untied, there is a slightly larger one. Fortunately, he didn't find it just now, otherwise he would have missed a piece of Blazing Essence." Mr. Liu said somewhat thankfully.
"Boss, I want that stone." Su Qin pointed to the scrap stone.
"Are you sure?" The boss looked at Su Qin in surprise. It was really strange. The young man had already solved it just now and didn't have anything valuable. Why would this man still want it?
It seemed that because he had just deceived the young man, the boss had no intention of taking Su Qin's money this time, and waved his hand, indicating that he should take it.
Su Qin was calm on the surface, but his heart was actually in turmoil. He pretended not to care, took the stone, turned around and left.
At this time, the young man looked back as if he was sensing something, and happened to find that Su Qin had taken away the waste stone he just had.
He put down the stone he was observing and walked quickly to Su Qin.
"What are you doing with this stone? Do you see any difference?" The young man seemed a little unhappy. Su Qin's behavior seemed to be questioning his interpretation of the stone. There was obviously nothing left, but someone still wanted him.
Shi, this made him a little concerned.
"No, I just think this stone looks very nice. I just want to take it back and put it in the fish tank." Su Qin said nonchalantly and handed the stone to the young man. "If you want it, I can return it."
Here you go, the boss didn’t charge me any money anyway.”
The young man looked at Su Qin suspiciously, and found that Su Qin really didn't care. The doubts in his heart were alleviated, and he smiled to himself. He actually doubted that among his peers, there was someone with better eyesight than him. He turned around and
Return to the stall where you were just now.
After the young man left, Su Qin breathed a sigh of relief, his heart beating "pump-thump-thump" non-stop.
He was just afraid that this young man would take over this piece of rubble. Fortunately, he believed in himself too much and did not doubt anything. If he continued to unravel it, the secret would be exposed.
Su Qin put the stone in his pocket and walked out of the stone betting market unhurriedly.
Suppressing his excitement, Su Qin returned to the tavern and put today's harvest on the table.
Putting aside the materials for refining the talisman, Su Qin focused on the waste stone he had just obtained.
Slowly wrap the waste stone with magic power, and use the method taught by Mr. Liu to remove the impurities on the surface of the stone. After a while, only a stone the size of a longan is left.
Staring at the stone in front of me, the stone is slightly red. If you don't look carefully, there will be a flash of red lines on the surface, which is somewhat like a person's breathing rate.
"This is the Blazing Essence? How can you refine a flying sword from such a small piece?" Su Qin asked helplessly.
"Silly boy, this is enough. Just replace the rest with fine iron. You only need to attach a thin layer of blazing essence to the surface."
"Then what should I do next?"
"You just need to think about the shape of the flying sword in your mind, then use mana to wrap the fine iron and flaming essence, and slowly let it turn into the shape you want."
Su Qin used his magic power, picked up the blazing essence and fine iron, and fused them together.
During the process, impurities in the fine iron are continuously removed by Su Qin, making it tougher.
I imagined the appearance of a flying sword in my mind, and then kept kneading them into the shape I wanted.
Little by little, the embryo of Feijian took shape.
During this process, Su Qin was sweating, and his energy was completely concentrated on the blazing spirit in front of him, and his mana was continuously consumed.
Finally, when his mana was about to be exhausted, a three-foot flying sword took shape. It was red in color and its streamlined appearance made Su Qin very satisfied.
From time to time, red light patterns flashed around the flying sword. This was undoubtedly the blazing flame that Mr. Liu mentioned.
Unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, Su Qin was about to control the flying sword, but before he could take action, he felt dizzy and had to put one hand on the table to keep from falling.
"Don't be anxious. Keep the flying sword warm in the ring and restore your energy and mana first. Otherwise, if you continue to control it, you will lose your life." Mr. Liu stopped Su Qin in time.
When Su Qin heard this, he knew not to be impatient. Anyway, the flying sword had been successfully refined, so he was not in a hurry, so he put the flying sword into the ring and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Chapter completed!