After meeting up with the group of shadow warriors and the Ten Heroes of the Netherworld in Taishan City, Ling Xiao separated from them again and finally arrived at Zoucheng, the headquarters of the Zou family, a few days later.
The Zou family is a family that mainly specializes in forging treasures. The entire Xuantian Continent, whether it is the Divine Soul Sect or the Demon Soul Sect, must give the Zou family a face.
When Ling Xiao walked into Zoucheng, he realized what kind of changes a Zou family could bring to a city.
The most popular places in the entire city are not places for eating, drinking, having fun, whoring and gambling, but forging and refining workshops.
The blacksmith's workshop is mainly for making weapons and armor, while the treasure refinery is for collecting various materials to forge treasures.
Almost 90% of the weapons, armors and magic weapons in the entire Xuantian Continent come from this Zoucheng.
"Ding-ding...dang-dang..." The rhythmic hammering sounds came and went, which sounded quite pleasant and had an alternative rhythmic beauty.
Ling Xiao took a brief look at the forging workshop and treasure refining workshop on both sides, and couldn't help but be stunned.
The signboards on these forging and treasure refining workshops all read "Authentic Zou Ji Treasure Refining" or "Authentic Zou Ji Forging". One of them was even more exaggerated, adding the word "most" in front of these words. , making Ling Xiao dumbfounded.
"Isn't it possible that everyone in this city is named Zou?" Ling Xiao couldn't help but complain.
Immediately next to him, there was a big man holding a special hammer in his hand and with breasts comparable to that of a woman. He turned his gaze from Yu'er to Ling Xiao, stared at him with eyes as big as bull's eyes, and said in a rough voice: "As long as All the local residents in this city have the surname Zou, why are you dissatisfied?"
Ling Xiao chuckled twice, and immediately took out a kyanite, which made the guy's big bull's eyes become cross-eyed.
"Tell me what's going on in this city." Ling Xiao really didn't know that everyone in this city was named Zou, and it was more convenient to find a local to ask about some things.
It's not that Ling Xiao is wasting money, but if he is more generous on the Zou family's territory, his reputation will soon spread to the ears of the Zou family. Ling Xiao is very confident about this.
How could recruiting a son-in-law be just a superficial job?
If a person is stingy with the guide, the Zou family will definitely think that this person is not very good. But Ling Xiao's first move was a kyanite. It is estimated that few people can match him for such a generous move.
The first impression is very important. This is why Ling Xiao is borrowing this crystal to shape his first impression. Ling Xiao thinks it is worth it.
Ling Xiao's move didn't matter, it took the big man a long time to recover and said: "This young master...what do you want to know?"
After receiving Ling Xiao's crystal, he immediately transformed from a tiger into a kitten.
Ling Xiao chuckled: "Why do everyone in this city have the surname Zou?"
"That's it... this city was originally a deserted land. Because the climate here was suitable for forging, the Zou family moved the entire clan here, so the earliest residents of this city were all named Zou." The big man was very proud. He puffed out his chest and said, "According to legend, my ancestor and the ancestor of the current head of the Zou family are brothers."
Ling Xiao smiled casually: "So the forging shop and magic weapon shop in this city are both called Zou Ji, and they are indeed authentic, haha."
"Hehe..." The big man also laughed in agreement with Ling Xiao: "The real forging masters are naturally in the Zou family, but our forging technology is not bad. For treasures below the Qing level, we ask ourselves that our craftsmanship will not be better than what we have now. It’s from the Zou family.”
Ling Xiao believes that a large part of the people who trade here are low-level chain soul masters. Without these "authentic Zou Ji", the Zou family may not be able to cope with it.
As long as the Zou family masters the forging methods of real treasures, it is actually no big deal to hand over these small businesses to the people of Zou City who were the same clan in the past.
Obviously, this is what the Zou family did. It can be seen that the head of the Zou family should be a sensible person. He does not forget his clan members when he gets rich, which will only make the family stronger and stronger.
Ling Xiao is still very curious about the blacksmith. He is an alchemist himself, which is far from the work performed by the blacksmith: "What level of treasure can you forge? By the way, what is your name."
The big man puffed up his strong chest muscles very proudly: "My name is Zou Tiezhu (this name is so sweaty~-~). If I can have a forging map, I can forge any level of treasure."
The five demon brothers behind Ling Xiao couldn't help but snorted, despising this guy for bragging and not drafting.
It's just that Ling Xiao didn't speak, so it wasn't the five of them's turn to express their opinions.
Yu'er's beautiful face was still expressionless. None of this had anything to do with her. She just had to follow her master.
Ling Xiao didn't think this guy was eating cattle at all, and asked with interest: "What is the forging map?"
As soon as the big man Zou Tiezhu was asked about his profession, his eyes immediately shone: "It's how to refine treasures or forge the materials and techniques required for weapons."
The five demon brothers couldn't help but despise Zou Tiezhu again. If the map is clearly written, what else do you need as a blacksmith?
Zou Tiezhu knew that Ling Xiao and the others were laymen, so he explained next: "Even if there is a forging map, not all blacksmiths can forge treasures. The skills, experience and own strength of the blacksmith are very important. If there is a slight difference, a piece of A good treasure may become a waste in the smallest detail."
Ling Xiao smiled slightly, forging and refining medicine seemed to have some similarities in some aspects. Seeing how professional Zou Tiezhu spoke, Ling Xiao believed that this guy was a piece of fine jade that had not been polished.
"I want you to be my personal blacksmith, are you willing?" Ling Xiao's request not only shocked the Five Demon Brothers, but also shocked Zou Tiezhu: "What...what...what, You want to hire me."
Ling Xiao smiled and said: "No, I'm not hiring you, I'm buying you."
Zou Tiezhu shook his head and said seriously: "No, you can't afford the price."
The five demon brothers finally despised Zou Tiezhu. They didn't know whether others could afford Zou Tiezhu, but the rich man Ling Xiao couldn't afford it.
Ling Xiao was very interested and said: "Please give me a price, how many crystal stones do you want?"
There was a trace of pride on Zou Tiezhu's face: "Our ancestors have rules. If someone wants to buy our craftsmanship, they will not sell any number of crystal stones, but as long as they have a purple-level forging chart, it will be enough."
Ling Xiao understands this requirement very well. For these guys who regard forging as their life, what they want is not so many crystals, but the most challenging forging map.
Ling Xiao used his mental power to search his soul chain for a long time, but couldn't find a forging map. He couldn't help but shrugged helplessly: "I really don't have what you want on hand right now, so be it. , where do you live? I will find you after I have the map."
Seeing that the young master was so sincere, Zou Tiezhu pointed to the east: "The sixth floor of Jingtian Lane is my home. If you have a map, you can come to me. If you have nothing to do, I will leave first. My mother is still waiting for me." Go home."
"Go." Ling Xiao smiled slightly, waved and let Zou Tiezhu leave.
Afterwards, Ling Xiao took out a jade slip and used his mental power to print the words "Send me a purple-level forging map" on it. After gently pinching it, the message was transmitted as the jade slip was broken. go out.
The five demon brothers finally understood that Ling Xiao was serious. Although they didn't understand why Ling Xiao wanted to buy this big guy, they knew that Ling Xiao had always had a unique vision.
Just after sending the message, Ling Xiao was trying to find a place to stay when she suddenly heard a strange voice: "Oh, this girl is so beautiful."
Ling Xiao didn't need to look in that direction to know that Yu'er's beauty attracted some crazy bees and butterflies without eyes.
A dozen guys came around, surrounding Ling Xiao and his group. The young man leading the group was pretty good-looking, with thin skin and tender flesh, but his lustful eyes swept over Yu'er's key parts. Go ahead, it looks really annoying.
This guy's name is Zou Quan, and he is a collateral relative of the old housekeeper of the Zou family. He relies on his distant uncle's somewhat unworthy status to bully low-level chain soul masters with no background here.
Zou Quan was quite attentive. Before he came up, he had already confirmed that the guy in front of him was not a disciple of a famous sect, because those disciples had invitations and everyone in the Zou family would recognize his appearance.
As for the other people who came to join in the fun, Zou Quan would have done nothing to bully him, especially Ling Xiao. Except for Ling Xiao, who was at the Orange level, the five followers behind him were all at the Red level. That fair and tender girl even He is not a chain soul master yet, but he is obviously a master who is easy to bully.
Ling Xiao's eyes flashed coldly: "Get out of here before I kill someone."
Zou Quan was frightened, and then he felt something was wrong. Why was he frightened by this guy? There were ten yellow-level bodyguards behind him. He was afraid of what he would do.
When he thought of this, Zou Quan immediately shouted loudly: "These guys are robbing a girl. Kill them and rescue this girl."
There was no need for Zou Quan to speak so righteously. Everyone in Zoucheng knew who he was. Didn't he just want to rob a common girl? Why would he find such a shameless excuse? A smelly fly would be afraid of getting feces on him.
"Looking for death." Seeing that the ten bodyguards of the other party rushed over at the same time, and they launched a killing move, Ling Xiao would not hold back.
Bang bang... After applying the madness, Ling Xiao's punching power was comparable to the green level. With a few simple punches, Ling Xiao blew away the opponent's ten bodyguards.
Zou Quan saw that his bodyguard was knocked away by the opponent with just one punch. He was not sure whether he was alive or dead. He was so frightened that his face turned pale and his legs were shaking so much that he could not even run.
Ling Xiao knew that such a dandy would most likely be a bastard of others, or an ineffective waste in the family like Long Tao's younger brother, so he could just kill him without any worries.
"Die." Ling Xiao punched Zou Quan unceremoniously, hitting Zou Quan's head.
"Mother." Zou Quan originally thought he would die and closed his eyes in fear. Unexpectedly, he heard a bang. He subconsciously opened his eyes and saw a tall figure standing in front of him, protecting him. Killed.
"You have already killed ten of his bodyguards, why do you still want to kill them all?" The person blocking Ling Xiao was a young man wearing light blue brocade clothes. This man had a square face.
His face was upright and his thick eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, obviously he was very dissatisfied with Ling Xiao's behavior.
Ling Xiao retracted his fist, glanced at the guy who stopped him from killing, and said coldly: "Your surname is your honor."