"Muzhi Castle", a mansion that occupies a large area in the south of the city.

"Dong dong dong——"

Carrying the wind and snow, Ling Yi raised his hand and knocked on the tall and wide door.

"Who -" a breathless voice sounded.

At the same time, the thick door was opened from the inside, and a young man's head poked out.

When Ling Yi saw the young man, he immediately asked with a smile: "Alai, is the master at home?"

Hearing this, the young man named Alai opened his eyes wide. The hazy sleepiness that had originally faded away. When he saw Ling Yi's face clearly, he immediately said with great joy: "Master Yi is back——?!"

This is the disciple that my master values ​​the most, even a closed disciple!

Mr. Jin is now nearly eighty years old. Although he is a soul master and his body is strong enough for swinging hammers all year round, he is no longer young and has no more energy to teach new disciples.

Even Ling Yi, a young disciple, was accepted as his thirteenth direct disciple because his talent was indeed high enough.

In the early stage, the fifth disciple Wang Meng and others taught him first. Later, when the disciples had nothing to teach, he was the master who taught him personally.

Since Master Yi graduated from the [Green Leaf Junior Soul Master Academy] three years ago and went to the Cold Wind City, except for sending a letter back every two or three months, he has never seen him again.

To be honest, not only did Mr. Jin often recite a few words, but even Alai, a servant of the Jin family, missed this young master Yi who spoke nicely and treated others with a smile.

After all, looking at the entire "Muzhi City", there is no such kind of master who makes people feel like a spring breeze when getting along with them.

Overjoyed, Alai opened the door wide, regardless of the cold wind and snowflakes blowing towards him, and squinted his eyes and responded quickly:

"Yes, yes, I'm at home. It's been snowing heavily these days, and I haven't gone out the whole time -"

"It's good to be here~"

Ling Yi said with a smile and walked in with Alai's warm welcome.

While walking, Ling Yi pulled his left hand on his shoulder and pulled the backpack on his back to his side. He reached in with his right hand and touched it. He took out a palm-sized oilcloth paper bag and handed it to Alai: "Here,

I brought back from "Bold Wind City" a kind of preserved fruit called frozen autumn pear. It's sour and sweet, and tastes pretty good. Give your children a try——"

After saying that, without giving Alai a chance to refuse, he stuffed it directly into Alai's arms, and at the same time walked slowly towards the central hall.

Alai looked at Ling Yi's familiar smiling face and his back that started to move away after passing him, and suddenly he felt that the heavy snow in the sky was not so cold anymore.

Busy shouted softly from behind: "Hey——! Thank you, Master Yi——!"

Ling Yi didn't look back, just raised his hand and waved it behind him.

……

"What?! You...Ayi...you have become...a master blacksmith——??!!"

In the main hall of the Jin Mansion, Mr. Jin in mink fur and cotton-padded clothes was sitting on the main seat. Under a pair of strong gray eyebrows, his eyes almost popped out of his sockets. The small teapot he was holding in his hand was almost crushed by the uncontrollable force.

.

Seeing the disbelief on the old man's face, Ling Yi stepped forward with a smile, took the small teapot from the old man's hand that had spilled most of the tea due to shaking, and put it on the table.

While picking up the kettle on the small stove next to him and adding water to it, he said with a smile: "Yes, Master, didn't I say in the letter I sent you before that Senior Brother Lou Gao temporarily stopped traveling more than half a year ago and stayed in

At the Cold Wind Camp, you taught me how to forge step by step——"

"Now I have not only learned the full set of the Nine-nine and Eighty-one Styles of the "Chaan Cloak Hammering Technique", but also, under the guidance of Senior Brother Lou Gao, I have mastered several special alloy smelting processes that require lower forging strength, and I have been able to create

Thousand-forged level weapons and armor——"

Sitting on the big chair, Mr. Jin looked dazed. He mechanically took the small teapot presented by Ling Yi with both hands. He subconsciously brought the spout to his mouth, took a sip of warm tea, and felt the heat flowing from his mouth.

Entered, flowed through the throat, and went down into the stomach, and then slowly came back to consciousness.

Looking at Ling Yi, who was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and treated him calmly from beginning to end, the joy on Mr. Jin's face bloomed visibly to the naked eye, and he laughed heartily: "Okay! Hahaha——! OK——! Too much

Okay——!!"

It can be said that after Ling Yi became a blacksmith, Mr. Jin was happier than Ling Yi himself.

Before Ling Yi, the old man had a total of twelve direct disciples, and there were countless other named and unnamed apprentices. However, since he returned to [Shuimu Principality], for more than 40 years, not one disciple has become a blacksmith master.

No.

Even Zhang Tie, his eldest apprentice who has been with him the longest and studied the longest, is still in his late fifties and is still working as a senior blacksmith.

Other direct disciples can forge the strongest works. The better ones, such as the fifth disciple Wang Meng and the first disciple Zhang Tie, can forge eight hundred forged weapons. The weaker ones, such as the ninth disciple, can only reach six hundred.

Forging...

"Muzhi City" is too small, and "Shuimu Principality" is too small!

The entire principality's demand for armor that is over 500 forged is actually not that small. However, compared to transporting raw ore and letting domestic blacksmiths hammer and forge it, many forces in the principality will directly purchase it from the neighboring [Tian Dou Empire].

Finished product.

Only some local soul masters and local soul master families, as well as the principality officials, will hand over orders for the armor they need to various senior blacksmiths in the country for forging.

But often, these blacksmith masters may have received large-volume, low-requirement orders from others in advance. They are really too busy and can only push out door-to-door business, resulting in a decrease in the retention rate of repeat customers.

In a vicious circle, the experience that these disciples of Mr. Jin can gain in producing high-quality works is always limited, and it becomes more difficult to make progress.

Unlike Ling Yi, they relied on the name of [Jin Geng Blacksmith Shop] from the beginning, and their own skills are not bad. They can get enough materials to practice their skills from fifth brother Wang Meng and master Jin.

Later, when we arrived at the Cold Wind Camp, the military's consumption of various weapons was not small. Backed by the principality's military, raw materials were always guaranteed. As long as the weapons and armor built by Ling Yi were of high quality, no one in the army would treat Ling Yi.

There are opinions on using various metal materials in large quantities.

You know, metal ores, highly flammable coke and other materials all cost money to buy.

The blacksmith industry has never been a wealthy profession in Douluo Continent!

The palms and backs of the disciples of Mr. Jin are all flesh. The old man himself has children and clansmen. He cannot help a certain disciple with all his strength, so he spends money to increase his efforts in practicing blacksmithing skills.

Therefore, Ling Yi proposed to join the military three years ago. After the old man was shocked at the beginning, he was convinced by Ling Yi's idea of ​​using the military's abundant material support to hone his skills.

Now, only three years have passed, and Ling Yi has become a master blacksmith?!

Although Ling Yi’s own excellent talent and the hands-on guidance of Lou Gao, a master blacksmith, the sufficient logistical support at Hanfeng Camp is definitely a major success factor!

Thinking like this, Mr. Jin couldn't help but get excited.
Chapter completed!