In the courtyard behind Jin Geng's blacksmith shop, in a spacious and bright hall, a burly man with a stubble and a short hair frowned when he heard the young man's report. He felt that the name sounded familiar, but he could not remember who the corresponding person was.<
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"Aqiang~" The strong man who thought to no avail did not hesitate and said to the young man: "Bring that little guy in and I will ask him personally~"
Although I haven't remembered who the person named Jiang Kai is, since he said he has a nose and eyes, and he brought a letter with him, he must have indeed studied under the teacher.
Of course, the details mentioned by the young man, Aqiang, when he was recounting just now, about Ling Yi wearing the uniform of the [Greenleaf Junior Soul Master Academy], also have some credibility bonus...
A few minutes later.
"Senior Brother Ninth~" Aqiang brought Ling Yi to the hall and introduced him immediately: "This is kid Ling Yi..."
"Little guy~"
When the ninth brother turned his attention to Ling Yi, Aqiang said to Ling Yi: "This is the owner and person in charge of our [Jin Geng Blacksmith Shop] main store, the ninth direct disciple of the old man——"
Hearing this, Ling Yi, who always maintained the innocence of a child, took the lead in greeting politely: "Hello, shopkeeper, I am Ling Yi~"
"Hmm~" Ninth Senior Brother paused for a moment on Ling Yi's school uniform, and seeing that Ling Yi was so well-behaved, polite, and already had a kind smile on his face, his smile became a little brighter: "Hello, little guy.
, my surname is He, just call me Uncle He~"
When Brother Ninth showed his kindness, Ling Yi naturally would not refuse and immediately changed his mind and called out: "Uncle He!"
"Hmm~" Senior Brother Ninth heard the sound and nodded with satisfaction. With his straightforward personality, he did not mince words to test anything, he went straight to the topic, looked directly at Ling Yi's little face, and said: "Little Ling Yi, listen to what A Qiang said,
You brought Jiang Kai’s letter and wanted to give it to my master..."
Ling Yi nodded: "Yes~"
Turning his eyes to the letter that Ling Yi still held in his hand, Brother Ninth asked with a smile: "So, little Ling Yi, can you show me the letter first?"
"This..." After hearing this, Ling Yi had a look of hesitation on his face.
"Haha~" Brother Ninth saw this, shook his head with a chuckle, and said: "Xiao Lingyi, don't worry, uncle just wants to verify the situation of the Jiang Kai you mentioned through the content in the letter~"
"Otherwise, I can't just ask you anything and take you, a strange little guy, to see my master if you don't know anything, right?"
As Brother Ninth Brother finished speaking, Ling Yi's face showed a confused expression of approval, followed by a few breaths of hesitation and hesitation. Finally, his expression turned serious, he nodded vigorously, and said: "Then...
Okay——"
As he spoke, the hand holding the letter slowly but firmly handed it to the Ninth Senior Brother who was sitting in front of him.
The letter was placed in a ginger-yellow hard-shell paper envelope and sealed with paste. Brother Ninth took out an exquisite dagger from his waist, casually opened the opening of the envelope with the tip of the blade, took out the letter paper inside, and unfolded it to read.
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Seeing the other party lowering his head to read the letter, Ling Yi remained expressionless. Ling Yi had already read the content of the letter through the color of the text and ink on the paper using his mental power.
There is not much content. I just wrote that I became a disciple of Mr. Jin more than 30 years ago. Unfortunately, my talent is dull and I have been studying for more than ten years. I am still an intermediate blacksmith and cannot become a senior blacksmith. I feel discouraged and bid farewell to my teacher and brothers.
We have returned to our hometown in the countryside, and I have missed it often over the years.
At the end of the letter, Master Jiang specifically mentioned Ling Yi, saying that Ling Yi not only had the qualifications to become a soul master, but also had extremely high forging talent. He only studied with him for a year, and besides being young, he was not very strong in terms of strength.
In addition, his pure forging skills are no worse than his, and he is definitely at the level of an intermediate blacksmith!
In order not to delay Ling Yi's forging talent, and to make up for Jiang Kai's regrets back then, he begged the old man to take Ling Yi under his tutelage and teach him the forging skills...
A letter contains hundreds to nearly a thousand words, and is eloquent. Although the words are a little messy and many sentences do not read smoothly, the feelings inside are quite sincere.
In this regard, Ling Yi felt extremely grateful to Master Jiang, a master blacksmith who had only taught him intermittently for a year and a forging guide.
'Master Jiang's eldest grandson has already awakened his martial soul and has no soul power. The second grandson will undergo the martial soul awakening ceremony in the second half of the year, and it will be too late. The younger grandson is still young, so he will wait for the ginseng in the old forest to mature and make some.
Using chicken soup to replenish him, combined with hypnosis for deep sleep guidance and absorption, there may be hope of awakening his innate soul power...?'
While waiting for Brother Ninth to read the letter, Ling Yi was thinking about how to repay Master Jiang for his help later.
At the same time, this is also building a team foundation for the future.
Is the Township Party a force worthy of investment and trust?
Ling Yi's mind was alert, but his face remained well-behaved, and he waited patiently. Here, Brother Ninth looked at the contents of the letter while recalling the past memories:
'My surname is Jiang. I became a disciple of a master more than thirty years ago, but after more than ten years of training, I was only an intermediate blacksmith. I don't think I became a direct disciple, so I can only be regarded as an apprentice...'
‘I left more than ten years ago and returned to my hometown...’
Brother Ninth is now thirty-five years old. He became a disciple of Mr. Jin twenty-six years ago. He became a junior blacksmith in two years, an intermediate blacksmith in five years, and a senior blacksmith in the tenth year. He also became the ninth direct disciple of Mr. Jin. Counting the time, when he became a disciple, that senior brother Jiang Kaijiang...well, let's just call him senior brother, he should still be studying the art and has not left.
But unfortunately, the Ninth Senior Brother held the letter and read it several times. A short while passed, but he still could not find out the information about this Senior Brother Jiang in his mind.
There is no way. Since Mr. Jin returned from studying in "Gengxin City" in the "Xingluo Empire" more than forty years ago and opened the "Jin Geng Blacksmith Shop" in his hometown of "Muzhi City", he has taught countless people.
Apprentice.
Although he has only accepted twelve direct disciples so far, people like Senior Brother Jiang can only learn to a similar level due to their average talent. In the end, they leave [Jin Geng Blacksmith Shop] with the skills of an intermediate blacksmith or even a junior blacksmith.
, dispersed to various towns and villages in [Shuimu Principality], and opened a blacksmith shop, which can be regarded as spreading.
I couldn't remember it, but Brother Ninth did not question the authenticity of Ling Yi's letter.
After all, the content of the letter was written with both nose and eyes. In addition, most of the blacksmiths in [Shuimu Principality] can be said to be the disciples of their masters. The identity of this senior brother Jiang Kai is generally no problem.
What's more...
Looking at Ling Yi's school uniform again, the smile on Brother Ninth's face became even brighter:
"Xiao Lingyi, Senior Brother Jiang said in the letter that you have learned blacksmithing with him for one year and now you have the skills of an intermediate blacksmith. Is it true?"
"Hehe~" Ling Yi heard the words, smiled shyly, with a bit of pride mixed with humility in his tone, and responded: "Master Jiang praised me, I... I am not strong enough, and I still can't master some forging skills. I can't compare.
Master Jiang is so skilled..."
Hearing this, Brother Ninth's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood the meaning.
Not strong enough? Not as skilled as Master Jiang?
Does this little guy mean that if he is strong enough, he is still better than Senior Brother Jiang who is an intermediate blacksmith in terms of skill alone?
Of course, the premise is that Senior Brother Jiang is really an intermediate blacksmith!
However, even if the little guy in front of him has just come into contact with forging, as long as the other person has the idea of learning forging, Brother Ninth Brother will introduce him to his master.
You must know that although my master is one of the "Three Great Craftsmen" of the principality and his status is no worse than most of the nobles in the capital, the opportunity to accept a disciple who is a promising soul master is still quite rare. Soul masters are respected in Douluo Continent, and those with innate soul power all want to practice to become soul masters, but there are really not many people who are willing to spend time learning forging and becoming a blacksmith.
Even though the two are not actually conflicting.
Just like, his master, Mr. Jin, is a high-level soul master.