pjbooks Chapter 55 The Red Dragon is Acquired
Chapter 55 The Red Dragon is Acquired
"Xiao Weiqing, Xiao Weiqing, wait a moment."
On the way back to Ziwei Courtyard.
Xiao Weiqing suddenly heard someone call his name and turned around.
"Manager Wang? What's wrong?"
"Come on, follow me."
Xiao Weiqing stirred slightly. Although he was unlikely to get into any trouble at the academy, his upbringing taught him not to run around with strangers.
"Manager Wang, please speak frankly. I need to go back and cultivate."
"It's our boss who's contacting you. Don't worry, it's good news."
"If things succeed, I'll give you the Crimson Dragon sword; even if they fail, I'll return the points for this sword to you."
Xiao Weiqing raised an eyebrow, surprised that such a good thing had happened.
He turned on his bracelet and sent a message to Zhao Jia to inquire about the situation.
I received the message the next second.
"Go ahead, I'll be there in a bit."
Xiao Weiqing felt reassured upon receiving the message, "Okay, Manager Wang."
"Then let's go quickly."
Wang Hai led Xiao Weiqing into the shop.
As they walked, he explained, "Student Xiao Weiqing, don't worry, our boss is also a teacher at the academy, he just doesn't teach you."
"oh."
"Yes, the boss's extraordinary talent is 'weaponry,' but it's specifically forging, which is why this shop exists."
"I see."
After entering the store, the two did not go upstairs, but instead went to the backyard through the back door.
Upon entering the backyard, the scene changes; the yard is sweltering, and the surrounding houses echo with clanging and banging sounds.
The two entered the largest room, where the temperature suddenly rose, but this had no effect on Xiao Weiqing.
"Boss, Xiao Weiqing has arrived."
The weapon shop owner was a burly man, two meters tall, shirtless, with arms thicker than Xiao Weiqing's thighs, and his whole body was bronze-colored. He was swinging a sledgehammer, hammering away at a sword blank.
"Wait a minute."
Twenty minutes later.
The burly man stopped wielding his sledgehammer.
At this moment, Wang Hai was drenched in sweat, but Xiao Weiqing remained completely unfazed.
"Not bad," the burly man exclaimed.
"My name is Xing Tong, and I am also a teacher at the academy, teaching forging."
Xiao Weiqing: "Hello, Teacher Xing."
In addition to the three academies of upper, middle and lower levels, Luojiang Academy also has other miscellaneous departments that are not mainstream combat academies, such as the Healing Department, Forging, Nurturing, and Alchemy Department. Although there are not many people and most of them are not very strong, each one of them is a major player.
"I heard about what just happened from Wang Hai."
Xing Tong waved his hand, and a piece of pitch-black metal flew to Xiao Weiqing's front.
"Try it with your flames. If you can melt it, the Crimson Dragon is yours."
Xiao Weiqing raised an eyebrow. "Teacher Xing, is it true?"
"Hahaha... Zhao Jia and I have been friends for twenty years. I wouldn't lie to you. Besides, a Crimson Dragon is nothing to me. I just forged it in my spare time using some scraps."
"Teacher Xing, I'll give it a try."
Without hesitation.
Xiao Weiqing placed his hand under the metal block.
A thought struck me.
A crimson flame appeared on the palm, but the metal block showed no abnormalities.
As the fire was injected, the flames gradually brightened.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Three minutes later.
The metal block finally changed. Xiao Weiqing could see with his naked eye that the bottom of the metal block was twisted, as if a black solution was about to drip out.
Xing Tong's expression changed, and he walked over.
"well!"
next moment.
Xiao Weiqing stopped outputting his energy; his spiritual energy and fire energy were almost depleted.
"Teacher Xing, my spiritual energy is insufficient; I used up quite a bit of it earlier."
"fine."
Xing Tong gave Wang Hai a look, and Wang Hai nodded.
Step outside the house.
He returned two minutes later, holding a wooden box in his hand, the very box containing the red dragon.
Xing Tong handed the wooden box to Xiao Weiqing, saying, "You help me melt this obsidian, and this Crimson Dragon sword will be your reward."
Xiao Weiqing said, "Teacher Xing, I don't have enough spiritual energy right now, so I can't do it."
"It's okay, you'll be able to do it in a week at most. Just come over then. You can keep this Crimson Dragon for now."
Xing Tong's strength far surpasses Xiao Weiqing's. He can see through Xiao Weiqing's strength at a glance; it's just melting. He believes that Xiao Weiqing can achieve the same result in a week at most.
Xiao Weiqing was tempted; this was practically a risk-free business opportunity.
Just as I was about to agree.
A loud shout rang out.
"Xing Tong, you wish!"
"You vampire, you're even ripping off the students."
A middle-aged man strode in; it was Zhao Jia, carrying a long strip of cloth that appeared to contain a weapon.
When Xing Tong saw that the person was Zhao Jia, he thought to himself that things were going to be bad and that things wouldn't go so smoothly.
"Old Zhao, what do you mean by 'scam'? We each get what we want, it's a win-win situation."
"Hmph, Xiao Weiqing might make a small profit, but you've definitely won big."
Xing Tong sighed helplessly, "What did I win? This order is worth at most a few thousand points. Materials, labor, time—aren't all costs?"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Jia interrupted Xing Tong directly.
"Bullshit, don't think I don't know. If you didn't earn tens of thousands of points from this sword, would you have given the Crimson Dragon to Xiao Weiqing so easily?" Zhao Jia said, pointing to the sword prototype that Xing Tong had just been hammering.
Xing Tong's plan to use the secret passage failed.
Xiao Weiqing might not be able to tell anything, but Zhao Jia, as a weapons master, could tell the quality of a weapon at a glance.
"Old Zhao, listen to me, this is all hard-earned money, hard-earned money."
"I hammered it all out myself, one hammer blow at a time."
"Stop arguing with me. Here's a Crimson Dragon sword and 1000 points for Xiao Weiqing. Also, this knife of mine has a small chip; could you fix it for me?"
Xing Tong was helpless. When faced with unreasonable people, he would say, "What's it to you?"
"If I hadn't brought Xiao Weiqing here, could you have solved this obsidian problem? If you had gone to another teacher, wouldn't they have charged you several thousand points?"
Zhao Jia pulled Xiao Weiqing along, "Hmph, Xiao Weiqing, let's go."
Xing Tong panicked when he saw the two were about to leave.
"No, no, don't go, we can talk this over."
however.
Zhao Jia didn't even turn his head; they now held the initiative.
"Okay, okay, okay... I agree, alright?"
Zhao Jia snorted coldly, "Bring me the Crimson Dragon."
Xing Tong sighed helplessly, "Here, take it."
"Wang Hai, transfer 1000 points to Xiao Weiqing."
"Yes, boss."
Zhao Jia said with satisfaction, "That's more like it."
"Xiao Weiqing, let's go."
Zhao Jia left his broadsword behind and left with Xiao Weiqing.
Xing Tong called out from behind, "Xiao Weiqing, remember to come over in a week."
Xiao Weiqing quickly turned around and said, "I understand, Teacher Xing."
The two walked out of a weapons shop.
Xiao Weiqing was still a little dazed. The happiness came too suddenly. Not only did he get the Crimson Dragon, but he also got 1000 points. However, he hadn't done anything yet.
Zhao Jia said, "Xiao Weiqing, after one week, you only need to take care of that obsidian. Don't worry about anything else. If Xing Tong asks you to do anything else, no matter what it is, it will cost at least 1000 points. Otherwise, don't help him."
Xiao Weiqing said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Yes, you did me a favor this time. My knife has been broken for a long time and I haven't been able to repair it. Teacher, I invested all my points into that knife, but these vampires have made a fortune from it."
"If you ever have any questions about swordsmanship, feel free to come find me anytime I'm at school. That will be my way of repaying you."
Xiao Weiqing was overjoyed and quickly said, "Teacher, you're too kind. If you hadn't sent me here, I wouldn't have encountered such a good thing."
A teacher like Zhao Jia would charge at least tens or hundreds of points for a one-on-one private lesson, and even then, they might not be willing to teach.
Zhao Jia shook his head. "You don't understand. My weapon is a divine weapon that I was born with. I exchanged it for most of my life savings. Even a small chip in it is not so easy to repair."
"Hmph, this time we finally made that Xing Tong guy bleed. If he doesn't fix it for me, I'll tear his shop down."
Xiao Weiqing: "..."
the other side.
Xing Tong has finally settled things and can finally relax. He'll earn at least 30,000 points from forging this sword, excluding the materials.
He then picked up Zhao Jia's knife.
"Tch, what a roughneck, he even needs to wrap himself in cloth."
Xing Tong was stunned when he opened the cloth.
"A companion divine weapon?"
"Zhao Jia!"
"Damn you, you immortal!"
The roar echoed throughout the entire street.