refining sword

Chapter 7 Sword Shop Apprentice
"Brother Chu, just listen to Miss." Xiao Abacus quickly persuaded him.

After this incident, her attitude towards Tie Jian completely changed.

"Since that's the case, if I refuse again, it will seem a little rude, so I'd rather be respectful than obedient." Tie Jian pondered for a while, and finally nodded.

Yan Zi heard the words, a smile flashed in her beautiful eyes.

On the contrary, Xiao Abacus was overjoyed, and said a little embarrassedly:

"Brother Chu, even if you can't recover, it doesn't matter. After the big deal, it's better to find a job in our Yan Mansion than to go into exile."

"This is very good. Yan Mansion is at the time of employing people. If Young Master Chu doesn't dislike it..." Yan Zi said in agreement after thinking about it.

Tie Jian heard the words, his heart moved, and he thought for a while and said: "I know a little about sword refining, I wonder if there are related affairs in the house?"

"Sword refining?"

Hearing this, Xiao Abacus was startled and turned his eyes to Yan Zi.

"The Yan family just happens to have a sword shop on the east side of the city. When Young Master Chu recovers from his injuries, let's go there and become an apprentice with Master Chen Guang." Yan Zi said this immediately after being stunned.

After that, the three chatted a few more words, and Yan Zi let Tie Jian have a good rest, and left with a small abacus.

……

Time flies, and before I know it, more than half a month has passed.

During this period, Yan Zi did not appear for some reason.On the contrary, Abacus came to visit Tie Jian from time to time and helped him deliver a lot of things he needed.

Tie Jian's injury recovered faster than anyone expected. Although the meridian damage has not been fully repaired, his daily activities are no longer seriously affected.

After living in Yan Mansion for half a month, he rarely leaves the house. Most of the time, he meditates in the room and tries to restore his cultivation. However, after several attempts, the condition of his dantian has not improved in the slightest. The mana will still dissipate most of it on its own.

However, some of his expectations were that the remaining mana that did not dissipate, while circulating and dissipating in the meridians of the whole body, also accelerated his recovery to a certain extent.

This is also a fortune in misfortune.

On this day, the little abacus came here again, this time he said he was going to take Tie Jian to Yan's Sword Shop.

The two walked out of the gate of the mansion, and there was already a large scarlet carriage waiting for them beside the stone lion at the door.

After boarding the carriage, the two sat down on the soft couch in the car, and with the gentle reprimand of the groom, the wheels of the carriage under them immediately spun vigorously.The crisp sound of hoofs also rang out on the bluestone-paved street.

The carriage is very stable, and there is almost no bumps. There are windows on both sides of the car, and the curtains are drawn down. After lifting, you can see the outside scene.

After Tie Jian looked around for a while, he found that most of them were high gate courtyards, and in terms of the grandeur of the gates of the mansion, there were several houses that were comparable to the Yan family.

"The east is rich and the west is more expensive than the capital. Most of the officials of the imperial court live in the west of the city, while some wealthy merchants live in the east of the city. Our Yan family's mansion, business and sword shops are also in the east of the city." Seeing that Tie Jian kept looking out, Abacus took the initiative to introduce it.

"It's similar to the capital of the Jin Kingdom. The north should be where the imperial palace is, and the south is where the common people live?" Tie Jian heard the words, took his eyes from the outside, and said.

"Well, that's true." Xiao Abacus blinked and nodded.

"In addition to the industries in the east of the city, is there anything else in the Yan's Chamber of Commerce?" Tie Jian asked.

"The north and west of the city are government forces, but there are still several properties and branches in the south of the city. It's just that after the last time there was a problem with the goods, it is impossible to sell some of these properties." Xiao Abacus said with a sigh.

"It's okay to cut off some branches to preserve the main vein. I believe it will be restored soon." Tie Jian comforted.

"Well, as long as the golden signboard of Yan's Sword Shop doesn't fall down, our Yan family will definitely return to what it was when it was in its prime." When Xiao Abacus heard the words, he also became energetic, raised his fist, and said confidently. .

"By the way, the Master Chen that I saw in the caravan before, should be the sword refiner in the sword shop, right?" Tie Jian asked when he heard the words.

"You mean Master Chen Guang? That's right, he is the only sword refiner in our Yan's sword shop. He has been able to refine middle-grade magic swords. It was the patriarch who paid a lot of money to hire him Come here, when you see him later, you must be respectful." Xiao Suan said quite complacently.

"Okay, I see." Tie Jian smiled slightly.

About half an hour later, the sound of horseshoes became softer, and the various hawking sounds from around became a little noisy.

Tie Jian looked all the way along the surrounding streets, and found that the more he came here, the denser the shops along the way, and the bustling pedestrians, which was many times more lively than the city of Tanzhou.

This reminded him of his time in Tanzhou City, his hands hanging down on both sides clenched into fists.

After a short while, with the long drink of the groom, the two horses stepped on broken steps and gradually stopped.

"We're here, Brother Chu!" Xiao Suan got up first, lifted the curtain of the car, and said to Tie Jian with a smile.

After all, she jumped out of the carriage first and waited aside.

After Tie Jian got off the carriage, he looked up and saw a tall double-storey gatehouse with cornices standing in front of him. The two-color glazed tiles look resplendent and extremely gorgeous.

Above the lintel of the gatehouse, there is a huge black-bottomed plaque with four characters "Yan's Sword Shop" written in gold lacquer, which looks strong and eye-catching.

Tie Jian did not immediately walk into the sword shop, but quickly looked around, taking a look at the nearby shops.

He found that although the Yan Family Sword Shop was not small, it wasn't the largest, and it wasn't located in the busiest part of the entire street. It seemed to be a middle-level shop.

Tie Jian followed the small abacus up the three steps, walked into the shop, and saw a white shadow wall almost as high as the roof standing at the back of the house, with a huge golden script written in ancient seal script on it. "Yan" word.

Above the word "Swallow" hangs a three-foot-long black hollow sword case.

From the hollow pattern gap, you can vaguely see a bright white rainbow inside, which seems to be holding a sword.

Below the sword box, there is a slender mahogany table, on which stands a bronze incense burner with a three-legged beast.

Tie Jian looked into the shop, and saw that on both sides of the shop, there was a half-person-high ebony counter on each side, and a tall wooden frame stood behind each, on which were filled with sharp swords of different sizes and shapes. .

In front of the counter, there were many people standing, many of them young men in luxurious clothes.These people whispered from time to time, pointed at the wooden frame, and seemed to be evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of those swords, so as to help their peers and friends choose the favorite swords.

"Our country of Yue has been emphasizing martial arts and disregarding literature since ancient times. Although some changes have taken place in recent years, most of the children of officials, eunuchs and merchants still like to hang swords with swords to show the style of martial arts. However, the ones sold on the first floor here are all Ordinary worldly swords, although beautiful in shape, are somewhat flashy." Xiao Abacus glanced at those people and said to Tie Jian in a low voice.

Tie Jian had heard about this for a long time, nodded, and then asked: "Where are the magic swords and the like sold?"

"The low-grade dharma swords are traded on the second floor. As for the middle-grade dharma swords, they are all sold in another firm. In the past, the master personally presided over the sale, but now it has been replaced by a young lady." Xiao Suan said here, and couldn't help it. Feeling sorry for his young lady, he sighed.

"Does the Yan family have a high-grade magic sword..." Tie Jian couldn't help asking.

As soon as he uttered the words, he felt a little speechless. You must know that in the entire Tianyue Continent, there are only two spiritual swords, and every time a sword is born, it will cause fierce competition among all parties.Although the top-grade dharma swords are slightly more common, they are also enough to be passed down from the royal family and various sects.

"How can high-grade magic swords be seen normally?" Little Abacus said with a snort towards the shadow wall. "The handle on the shadow wall is just a line away from the top-grade magic sword. It is already used by our Yan Mansion as a town store."

Hearing this, Tie Jian looked at the sword box on the shadow wall with some surprise.

"This is Master Chen's current peak work, and he will only sell it when he can refine a high-grade magic sword." As if seeing through Tie Jian's thoughts, Xiao Abacus said actively.

Tie Jian nodded, said nothing, and followed the small abacus to the back of the shadow wall.

After the two passed a door, they came to the backyard of the sword shop.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Tie Jian felt a heat wave hit him.

He glanced briefly, and saw two rows of houses neatly arranged on the left and right sides, with a total of seven or eight rooms.

"These are the sword rooms used to forge swords. The ordinary sharp swords sold on the first floor of the Yan's Sword Shop come from here." Xiao Abacus took Tie Jian to a circular coupon door behind him, while explained.

Through the open doors, Tie Jian saw a muscular man beating the iron embryo, looking focused, no less than a real swordsman.

After passing through the coupon gate, and walking inward for more than a hundred steps, a vermilion Xieshan hall appeared in front of it, and there were two smaller side halls on the left and right sides of it.

"This is where Master Chen Guang made his sword, but the furnace didn't start today. Master should be at the small building. I'll take you there." Little Abacus tiptoed and looked into the Xieshan Hall and said.

After that, she took Tie Jian around the hall and walked towards the back.

Behind the Xieshan Hall is a small garden, which is full of all kinds of flowers and trees, some of which are in bloom, and they are very lively.

In the center of the garden, there is also a secluded pond, which is small in size and covered with dark green water plants.

On the other side of the pond, there is a rather delicate three-story building. Although it is in a busy city, it is uniquely quiet.

Tie Jian and the two walked across the winding stone bridge over the pond, and when they came to the small building, they saw a tall young man who happened to push open the door and came out.

"Little Abacus, why are you here?" Fang, a young man saw Xiao Abacus, a look of joy appeared on his face, and his voice was full of tenderness.

(End of this chapter)