After a while, the shopkeeper took out an exquisite long wooden box from the room.
Putting the wooden box on the counter, the shopkeeper took out a machete:
"This knife is called the Saladin Knife in the West. It was forged by the Persians from precious patterned steel. The Saladin Knife is extremely precious in the West and is a symbol of wealth and status.
I spent a lot of effort to buy this knife from a noble in the West."
When the shopkeeper opened the wooden box, Luo Chen was fascinated by the knife. No, it should be said that he was fascinated by the patterns on the knife. He stretched out his fingers and stroked the layers on the knife in fascination.
Stacked wavy pattern.
"What a beautiful pattern!"
Not only Luo Chen, Li Yuxi and Li Ge were also fascinated by this pattern.
The shopkeeper looked at the expressions of the three people and said proudly:
"Of course, this kind of knife is extremely precious in the West, especially the one with this kind of pattern. It is even rarer and can only be owned by a few top nobles. I spent a lot of money for this knife."
Luo Chen knew that the shopkeeper was not lying. This kind of knife was indeed rare, especially in the Wei Dynasty. This was not only a problem of materials, but also a problem of forging technology.
"Is this pattern the legendary ladder pattern?"
"Sir, you are very knowledgeable. This is exactly the cloud ladder pattern, the most precious pattern among the many patterns forged from pattern steel."
The shopkeeper lost no time in flattering Luo Chen.
"It's a pity that this knife is not the style I like."
Luo Chen shook his head regretfully, and then asked the shopkeeper: "I wonder if there are any swords forged from patterned steel here?"
The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said: "Young master, you are joking. This knife was obtained by chance. It took several years and all the savings. How could there be a second one."
"Shopkeeper, do you sell pattern steel in this shop?" Luo Chen asked again.
"Treaded steel? I just got a piece of it."
As the shopkeeper spoke, he took out an iron ball slightly larger than an adult's fist from a counter.
Luo Chen took the iron ball and looked at the dots on it. He was sure it was patterned steel. He weighed it with his hands and found that it weighed about ten kilograms. It was still a little short of making a knife.
"I want this piece of patterned steel, but I'm still a little behind in forging a knife. I wonder if there is any patterned steel in the store?"
The shopkeeper shook his head: "Sorry, there are no more, just this one. Don't talk about me, I'm afraid this is the only one in all the shops in Lingwuguan."
"It's impossible, right? There are so many shops in Wulingguan, it's impossible not to have one, right?" Li Yuxi said doubtfully,
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "That's true. The girl doesn't know. This patterned steel is extremely precious in the West, and even fewer of it can appear in the Wei Dynasty.
Once there is pattern steel for sale in the Wulingguan market, it will be bought immediately by the people from the General's Mansion.
The reason why this piece of patterned steel has just arrived today is that the people from the General’s Mansion haven’t had time to come over yet, otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to see it.”
Luo Chen weighed the patterned steel and said, "Okay! Let the shopkeeper give you a price for this piece of patterned steel!"
"Young Master is destined to see this piece of patterned steel. I don't want much money from you. I'll just give it to the General's Mansion. This ten-kilogram piece of patterned steel costs ten thousand taels of silver."
"So many!" Li Yuxi opened her mouth wide.
Luo Chen smiled. The price was the same as Xuanwei steel, but it was rarer than Xuanwei steel. He knew that the shopkeeper had given him a good deal, so he took out the banknote from his pocket without saying anything and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper accepted the bill with a smile on his face, wrapped the patterned steel in cloth, and handed it to Luo Chen again.
"Look, what does it mean to be rich? This is it. You can spend ten thousand taels of silver without blinking an eye."
Li Ge looked at Luo Chen, then smiled at Li Yuxi and said, "Yu Xi, thank you for worrying about those hundreds of taels of silver before, but now you can't even get a fraction of it."
Luo Chen glared at Li Ge: "Don't make noises here. This money was originally intended to buy medicinal materials. Who knew that I would encounter patterned steel."
"Shopkeeper, I heard that you just got a piece of patterned steel. We want it. Let's take it out and have a look."
As soon as Luo Chen finished speaking, a man's voice came from outside the door, and then two young men and women entered the store. The woman was accompanied by a white tiger that was as fierce as a beast.
Luo Chen turned around and saw that the man was in his mid-20s, at the peak of the third-rate realm, with a handsome face, and a pair of peach blossom eyes that were always focused on the woman next to him.
The woman looks about twenty-four or five years old, but she is a second-rate mid-level warrior. She is tall, exudes a cold temperament, and has a pretty face with no expression.
After a while, the young man saw that no one responded to him, so he turned his eyes away from the woman with difficulty and glanced at several people in the store. He saw that several people were staring blankly at the young woman or the white tiger behind her.
"snort!"
The young man snorted coldly, looked at the shopkeeper behind the counter, and said in a bad tone: "Shopkeeper, what's wrong? Didn't you hear what I said?"
Immediately, the shopkeeper came back to his senses from the young woman's beauty: "Hey! I heard it, I heard it, but you are late, the pattern steel has been sold."
"Sold? Could it be that the shopkeeper is just trying to make me happy? As soon as I heard the news, I and I rushed over immediately. As far as I know, the people from the General's Mansion haven't come over yet!" the young man said with a cold face.
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"Sir, don't be angry! This patterned steel has indeed been sold, but the person who bought it is not from the General's Mansion."
"Not the General's Mansion? Who is that? It can't be a few of them, right?"
The young man pointed at Luo Chen and the three of them and asked the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper nodded: "Yes, it was these people who bought it."
"That's good, people are still here! Let them give us the pattern steel."
"Sorry! These guests have already paid, and the patterned steel is already theirs. I have no right to make the decision." The shopkeeper shook his head and said firmly.
Hearing this, the young man looked up and down at Luo Chen and the others. When he saw that Li Ge was younger than himself but had the same cultivation level as himself, the young man snorted coldly. When he saw Li Yuxi, the young man's eyes lit up.
But it was quickly covered up.
The young man ignored Luo Chen, but when he saw the cloth bag in Luo Chen's hand, the young man said arrogantly: "Boy, give the patterned steel to me, and I will give you an extra hundred taels of silver.
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"Not for sale!"
Luo Chen's face turned cold and he refused without hesitation.
Li Ge and Li Yuxi looked at him with unkind expressions when they saw the young man's tone towards Luo Chen.
As for the young woman, it seemed that everything had nothing to do with her. She had been standing there without saying a word since she entered the door.