refining sword

Chapter 16 The Swordsman
"I've seen Miss, Master Chen, Senior Brother Yao." Tie Jian didn't care at all, stepped forward and greeted him with a salute.

Yan Zi smiled lightly and nodded slightly towards him.

One of Chen Guang and Yao Bin didn't hear it, and the other pretended not to.

"Let's go, the carriage is already waiting outside the shop, take us to the Industrial Manufacturing Division." Yan Zi said.

Everyone went out of the sword shop together, got into two carriages, and drove slowly towards the direction of the palace in the north of the city.

Yan Zi and Chen Guang rode in the same carriage and walked in front, while Tie Jian and the other three rode behind.

The sound of horses' hooves came from outside the carriage, and the wheels turned rhythmically.

"Abacus, where are we going?" Tie Jian asked.

"Didn't you hear what Miss said just now? Go to the Industrial Manufacturing Division." Yao Bin said coldly before waiting for the little abacus to answer.

Xiao Abacus glared at him when he heard the words and explained, "The Department of Gongzao is the exclusive sword-refining organization of the Yue Kingdom's royal family. As the most authoritative official organization in the country, there are spirit sword masters in charge. In the sword-making competition, the Industrial and Manufacturing Division will be invited to preside over the arbitration.”

Tie Jian heard the words and understood that they also had such an institution in Jin State, but the name was "Foundry Pavilion", and it was run by Feng Qingzi, the current state teacher of Jin State, and this person was Ning Chen's master, that is, he 's teacher.Thinking of this, Tie Jian couldn't help but feel another throbbing pain in his heart.

"Could it be that there will be spirit sword masters watching the arbitration this time around?"

Tie Jian blurted out, and he suddenly thought that he might meet a Spirit Sword Master, and his heart suddenly surged.

"What are you thinking, how could Master Situ Hao attend such an occasion? If there is a fight between great swordsmen, it may still be possible." Yao Bin said disdainfully after hearing this.

"But it's not that it has nothing to do with Master Situ at all, because the person who arbitrated this time is Situ Ran, the only son of Master Situ, and a well-known swordsman." Xiao Abacus added.

"So that's it. By the way, what is the Sun family's sword-refining master like? Is it very powerful?" Tie Jian nodded and asked in a different tone.

"The sword master of the Sun family is called Qiu Batian. I heard that in order to keep him, the Sun family has already found seventeen or eight maids for him, and some of them are the top brands of Yuanyanglou and Languifang." Abacus said with some disgust.

After saying that, she sighed again and continued: "Although his character is not very good, his sword-making skills are really powerful. He used to be on par with Master Chen Guang, but then I don't know what opportunities he got. The technique of refining swords is a bit high, and it is said that it has been able to refine high-grade magic swords."

"If that's the case, wouldn't we definitely lose in this fight?" Tie Jian frowned when he heard this.

"Fart, how could Master lose to him?" Yao Bin couldn't help but said angrily when he heard this.

"Well, it can only depend on luck. After all, the probability of failure to refine a high-grade magic sword is very high. If he fails this time, we still have a chance to win." Xiao Abacus sighed.

As the three of you answered each other's words, the carriage slowly drove through the streets and finally came to the palace gate in the north of the city.It was a palace complex with a very large area. I saw that the buildings and buildings here were continuous, and everywhere was resplendent, showing a royal style, which was unparalleled by aristocratic families in Beijing.

Several hundred feet away from the Zhengyang Gate of the palace, the two carriages slowly turned and drove towards the west of the palace.

After driving westward for about half a quarter of an hour, the carriage finally stopped under a huge locust tree more than a hundred feet high.

Under the shade of the tree, several tall men dressed as palace guards stood by their swords. When they saw a few people getting out of the car, they immediately greeted them.

"Master Chen, President Yan, I have been ordered to welcome you here." A short-bearded man in the lead immediately folded his fists and said.

"It's work." Yan Zi immediately bowed. "I don't know about the Sun family...?"

"Everyone from the Sun family has arrived, please come with me," the short-bearded man said, turning around and leading the way.

Tie Jian and Yao Bin took down two black lacquered wooden boxes from the carriage, which contained many materials prepared for today's sword refining. behind the two.

The rest of the guards followed behind the crowd, and together with the leading guard, they sandwiched the crowd in the center and rushed forward.

Walking hundreds of steps along a square, everyone saw a majestic gate tower about two feet high from a distance, with red walls and green tiles, eaves and corners flying like flying, and sitting on the horizontal ridges such as Baxia, Jairui, Pulao, etc. Many alien statues are lifelike.

There is a huge plaque hanging in the middle of the gatehouse, on which are written three big characters "Working and Manufacturing Division" in seal script.

Walking into the gate, you will be faced with a very open white stone square. There is a walking path in the middle, and there are dozens of tall human-shaped statues either cast iron or rock carvings on both sides.

Tie Jian looked at these statues for sword trials, and saw that all of them were covered with sword marks, and he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

It can be seen from this that the capital of Yue Kingdom advocates martial arts and swords.

At the end of the trail, there is a huge double-eave hall with towering columns and wide open doors.

After bringing the people, the short-bearded man and the rest of the guards stood on both sides of the temple gate and took up the duty of garrison.

After Yan Zi and the others thanked them, they crossed the gate and walked in.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Tie Jian saw seven or eight figures sitting on the left row of Taishi chairs above the main hall of the main hall, smiling Yan Yan.

And above the main seat in the hall, there is a fat, round-faced middle-aged man sitting on the throne, wearing a scarlet brocade robe embroidered with money lines, looking like a well-dressed the rich man.

Behind him stood a green-robed clerk and a brown-robed servant.

Seeing Yan Zi and the others coming in, the voice of the person sitting on the Taishi chair on the left softened and looked over here.

"I've seen Master Situ." Yan Zi said with a slight bow with no strange expression on her face.

"President Yan, Master Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you." The "rich man" named Situ Ran stood up and said with a smile.

Chen Guang, Tie Jian, Yao Bin, and Xiao Abacus also followed to greet everyone.

Only a black-skinned man in a purple brocade robe who was sitting on the chair on the left closest to the master teacher didn't get up at all, just handed over his hands and gave up.

This person is Qiu Batian, who is the swordsman of the Sun family in Xiao Abacus's mouth.

I saw that this person had a leopard head and eyes, and there was a folded scar on the corner of his eyebrows. He looked a bit fierce. There was a playful smile, which was quite provocative.

As if he hadn't seen Qiu Batian at all, Chen Guang saluted Situ Ran, followed by Yan Zi and the others and sat down on the right side of the hall.
At this moment, a young man who was sitting opposite him stood up, unfolded his folding fan, and walked towards them with a slight sway.He was dressed in a delicate white satin robe, with a slender figure and a face like a crown of jade.

Tie Jian looked up and down a few times, and it was not difficult to guess his identity, most likely it was Sun Yang, the young master of the Sun family.

Seeing that Sun Yang's folding fan was shaking gently, he stepped forward, bowed to Yan Zi, and said, "Miss Yan, it's been a long time, how are you?"

"I'm sorry Sun Gongzi misses you, everything is fine." Yan Zi bowed slightly and replied expressionlessly.

"I heard that the Yan family lost a large amount of fire essence powder and hundreds of Lingyun brocade on their last trip to the border of Jin State, and they have already lost a lot of money. The uncles of the older generation of the Sun family owe you a lot of money. I'm really worried about the money I'm holding, so I'm pressing so hard, and I ask Miss Yan to forgive me." Sun Yang continued.

"Oh? I have strictly ordered that the Yan family's motorcade was attacked not to be disclosed. Only my Yan family knows the specific loss. How dare you ask Sun Gongzi?" Yan Zi asked coldly.

"Hahaha... There's no such thing as an airtight wall in the world. Besides, that incident is not a trivial matter. It is normal for rumors to spread." Sun Yang said vaguely.

After saying that, he walked closer to Yan Zi, and when he turned his wrist, the silver-white ring on his index finger flickered slightly.

Immediately afterwards, in the palm of his hand, there was an extra vermilion lacquer box two feet long.

With a smile on his face, Sun Yang held the vermilion lacquer box in both hands, and said, "Miss Yan, a few days ago, there was a medium-grade magic sword in the sword shop. .I thought about giving it to the girl, the right should be the thing of yours and mine."

After saying that, he opened the scarlet lacquer box, revealing a silver-white short sword with an exquisite scabbard.

Tie Jian looked into the box with his eyes, and when he fixed his eyes, there was a little smile in the corner of his eyes.

"Isn't Sun Gongzi hysterical? There is no relationship between you and me, how can you say that you are in love?" Yan Zi didn't look at the dagger at all, and said with a sneer.

"If you don't settle, you won't settle. How about Quan Dang as an ordinary gift between friends? Let's see how the quality of this sword is first..." Sun Yang heard the words, not annoyed, and continued to laugh.

After saying that, he made a "squeak" and pulled out half of the dagger.

I saw the exposed silver sword body overflowing with fluorescent light, and half a "fire rune" appeared under the sword, which looked so extraordinary that even Chen Guang couldn't help but look over.

When Little Abacus saw this dagger, his eyes could not help but lit up, and he obviously liked it very much, but when his eyes fell on Sun Yang who was holding the sword, his face sank and he said in a low voice:

"The weasel must have no good intentions when it comes to paying New Year's greetings to the chicken. Don't think that no one knows what your Sun family did to our Yan family. The death of our master is related to..."

"Shut up!" Yan Zi said suddenly, interrupting Xiao Abacus's words.

Seeing that there was already a trace of anger on the young lady's face, Xiao Abacus was instantly silent.

"Little maid is reckless, it's my lack of discipline, forgive me." Yan Zi's expression returned to normal, and she said indifferently.

"Miss Yan is serious, please accept this short sword." Sun Yang smiled and said, returning the sword to its sheath.

Yan Zi was still unmoved, and when she was about to open her mouth to refuse, a voice as thin as a mosquito suddenly sounded in her ear: "Miss, since he has already said so in public, it's okay to accept it."

(End of this chapter)