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Chapter 34 Longquan Casting the Sword
Since Jiang Chao was kicked off the boat that day, his journey has been smooth and there have been no more waves.

At first, Chi Laoer was afraid that someone from the Tianhe gang would tamper with the food and water, so he looked carefully for a few days and found nothing unusual, so he was relieved.

On this day, the boat crossed Poyang Lake and docked in Poyang Town.

When the three of them got off the boat, they felt that their feet were weak and their bodies were sleepy, and Qu Feiyan vomited several times on the way.

So I found an inn in the town to rest for a day before continuing to Longquan Town.

The legend about Longquan casting swords can be traced back to the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.Ou Yezi, a master swordsmith, once made three handed down swords here.

As soon as he entered Longquan, Yang Qing found that there were sword-making workshops almost everywhere.

It was also the first time that Qu Feiyan and Chi Laoer saw the whole street was occupied by blacksmiths, and they couldn't help looking around.

After walking around, Yang Qing chose a slightly larger shop and walked in.

"May I ask you whether to buy a sword or make a sword?"

When the shopkeeper saw a customer coming to the door, he immediately came up to inquire.

Yang Qing first looked at the various swords hanging around the store, and then smiled and said: "I want to find a swordsmith, and I brought the materials myself."

As he spoke, he took the wooden box from Chi Lao's second hand, opened it and put it on the table.

"This... this is Han Tie."

The shopkeeper was surprised at first, then smiled wryly and shook his head, "There's nothing I can do about it."

Although Yang Qing was disappointed, she still said patiently: "Please enlighten the shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper said: "It's not that I shirk, I'm afraid of wasting this good material, otherwise I won't come to the door and stop doing business."

"Shopkeeper, is there anyone in Longquan County who can forge cold iron swords?"

Qu Feiyan asked from the side.

"This..." The shopkeeper thought for a moment, and said, "There is a sword casting cottage in the outskirts ten miles to the west. There is a sword maker named Li Mohe there. You can ask him. If he can't do it, then you I'm afraid I'm going elsewhere."

The three thanked the shopkeeper and went out to the west.

I didn't find Li Mohe until I got out of the county. I asked several times along the way, but no one had heard of him.

Yang Qing had no choice but to continue westward.

But I still couldn't find it in the suburbs, and there were barren mountains and mountains ahead.He didn't know if he was looking in the wrong direction, or the information given by the shopkeeper was wrong.

Just as he was about to turn around and go back, he could faintly hear the sound of iron tools being hammered.

"and many more."

Yang Qing called Qu Feiyan and Chi Laoer to stop, "over there."

After speaking, he walked along the voice.

After crossing two river ditches and parting a few clumps of weeds, I saw a thatched hut on a rocky beach.

There is a sign in front of the thatched cottage, Zhujianlu.

Next to it is a very simple awning, under the shed are a stove, an iron felt, and a hammer.

At this time, a young man in his early twenties was beating in front of the stove, as if he was making farm tools.

"This is Li Mohe?" Qu Feiyan immediately expressed disbelief.

"Brother Qing, the shopkeeper won't lie to us, will he?" Chi Er Er echoed.

On the other hand, the young man was very focused on forging the farm tools in his hand, and the three of them walked up to them without any response.

Yang Qing was also a little uncertain, so he stepped forward and asked, "May I ask you, is the swordsmith Li Mohe?"

Hearing someone talking, the young man seemed to realize that someone was coming.

He smiled at Yang Qing and said, "I am, are you here to forge swords?"

"If you don't make swords, do you still ask you to make plowshares?" Qu Feiyan walked away for a long time, and couldn't help being annoyed.

Li Mohe was not angry when he heard this, but asked with a smile: "Isn't it hard to find this place?"

Yang Qing said: "Yes, if it wasn't for the guidance of a shopkeeper in the city, I wouldn't be able to find this place at all. Besides that shopkeeper, no one in the city seems to know that there is a sword house here."

Li Mohe explained: "The shopkeeper you are talking about should be my distant uncle. As for the people in the city not knowing me, it is understandable, because I have not been here for a long time, and I have never forged a sword in Longquan."

"Oh?" Yang Qing wondered, "Why?"

Li Mohe said: "You first stretch out your hand and let me have a look."

Yang Qing stretched out her hand as she said.

"Well, it really is the hand of a swordsman." Li Mohe said: "I have three rules for making swords. The first one is that the sword maker must have the hands of a pair of famous swords."

"What about the second one?"

"Second, the material for casting swords cannot be ordinary iron. As for the third, I want a hundred taels of gold."

Qu Feiyan doubted: "You must not be a charlatan."

Li Mohe shook his head and said: "If the girl doesn't believe it, she can keep guarding it all the time. And I have a rule that you can wait for the sword to be cast before paying for it."

Yang Qing knew that if he went elsewhere to find a swordsmith, it would not only take time and effort, but also delay his practice, so he asked, "How long will it take?"

Li Mohe reached out to the table next to him, signaling to look at the materials first.

Chi Laoer stepped forward to open the wooden box and put it down.

"Thousand-year-old cold iron? Good materials can last for a year or half a year, and they can be cast into a magical weapon." Li Mohe stretched out his hand to gently brush the surface of the cold iron, and murmured.

Chi Lao Er looked around and said in a low voice, "It's right here? Can you make magic weapons?"

Li Mohe laughed: "Of course not here. On the mountain behind Dongfang Shuiyue Temple in Longquan County, there is a place called Sword Casting Valley. I will forge swords there."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you." Yang Qing nodded, "Do you have any finished products here? I want to buy one for a friend."

Li Mohe shook his head and said: "You should have a surplus of cold iron. I can use the remaining materials and add some iron essence to make a new one for you. Although it is not as good as all cold iron, it is still a rare high-quality goods."

"Add money?"

"You are the first one I opened in Longquan, so it's a gift."

Yang Qing heaved a sigh of relief, counting the gold sent by the upper reaches, he was covered with dozens of taels of gold.

He untied the green bamboo scabbard at his waist and handed it to Li Mohe, saying: "The hilt should match this scabbard."

The original sword was lost in Jingmen, but he kept the scabbard.

"Gold inlaid jade bamboo, this is a rare thing." Li Mohe said: "I only have moso bamboo here, and the color is similar, and it is very durable, okay?"

"can."

"Wait for me to pack up, let's go now."

After Li Mohe finished speaking, he went back to the thatched cottage, and after a while he came out with a cloth bag and an iron box in his hand.

The four of them went back to Longquan County together, Li Mohe prepared some necessary things, and Yang Qing asked Chi Lao Er to take them to Zhujian Valley.

He called Qu Feiyan and told him from behind: "Miss Qu, you stay in Longquan and wait. I have something important to go out, so I'm afraid I can't take you with me this time."

"How long are you going?"

"One year."

Qu Feiyan was silent for a while, then agreed: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Seeing that she wasn't messing around, Yang Qing felt relieved.

Immediately after giving instructions to Chi Lao Er, he left alone.

He left the horse to Qu Feiyan, bought a fine green steel sword in the city, and left Longquan alone in the evening.

Looking at the Huoshaoyun in different shapes and colors all over the sky, his eyes gradually turned cold.

"Yu Canghai, it's time for me to find you this time!"

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(End of this chapter)