"Boy, just wait and see. I want you to understand that once you enter the tiger's den, don't even think about getting out alive! No matter how good your weapon refining skills are, if you offend everyone in the Cao family, you will die."
Yan Shi'en sneered, put his hands behind his back and stepped on his splayed legs, leading Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue to the direction of the weapon refining workshop in Cao Mansion.
During the day, there were only people at the weapon refining workshop.
One side of the weapon refiner's house is the living area, which is only for night use. During the day, only the women and children in the house are there, and no strong men can be seen. If someone is idle in the residence during the day, it must be someone who is idle and not doing their job properly, which is a shame to the weapon refiners.
On the other side of the house is the weapon refining workshop. During the day, the place is in full swing. Many strong men with bare chests and bare breasts are burning fine charcoal and making fires. They are all sweating and refining the mysterious weapons.
This is almost the regular layout of the Lianqi family's residence.
Almost all of the weapon refining masters are crazy about weapon refining. They may think of strange formulas or refining techniques at any time, and they can't help but want to start refining them. It is naturally the most convenient thing to get up from the house and run to the refining furnace next door to do it.
The layout of Cao Mansion is certainly no exception.
As a millennium-old weapon-refining family in the imperial city, refining weapons at any time is almost integrated into the blood of the Cao family. Among the hundreds of acres of the mansion, half are large and small refining furnace rooms.
The largest of them is a high-end weapon refining furnace that is tens of feet tall and belongs to Mr. Cao. The fire is lit almost all year round and never stops. He has become the Queen of Weapon Refining, and rarely takes on the work of refining weapons anymore. He just likes to practice and play by himself, and ponder some advanced refining skills.
However, in recent years, the fire in this giant refining furnace has rarely been lit.
Especially in the past six months, the fire in the furnace has been extinguished and the weapon refining furnace has been deserted.
There are more than ten other smaller weapon-refining furnaces of more than ten feet in the courtyard, and they are the descendants and apprentices of Mr. Cao, who are all the kings of weapon-refining. The smaller furnace is the weapon refining furnace for the disciples and grandchildren.
The larger the refining furnace, the more ore materials can be loaded into it in one go. A refining furnace measuring tens of feet is filled with fourth-level black gold ore. After refining it, it is estimated that only a palm-sized piece of finished fourth-level black gold can be obtained.
If you use a small refining furnace, you will probably only be able to find a few grains of fourth-level mysterious gold the size of sesame seeds after refining, which is too small to even be refined into a golden needle hidden weapon, and is of no use at all.
Therefore, the stronger the weapon refining master is, the larger the weapon refining furnace is often needed.
Yan Shien took Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue into the weapon refining workshop area. The place is in full swing, and many weapon refiners are busy.
What makes Ye Fan strange is that almost all of them are below the level of the master of weapon refining. Only a few weapon refiner kings were seen, but they were also absent-minded. They are probably busy with other things.
"Uncle Yan!"
"Uncle Yan!"
"Master Yan!"
Many young disciples and grandsons of the Cao Mansion saw Yan Shien's appearance and hurriedly saluted Yan Shien. Although Yan Shi'en is the concierge of the Cao Mansion, he is one of Mr. Cao's direct disciples. He is not a weapon refiner, but his qualifications alone are high.
Yan Shien hummed and nodded at the weapon-refining apprentices, pointed at the hundreds of weapon-refining apprentices in the weapon-refining workshop, and smiled mockingly at Ye Fan: "Here! The weapon-refining apprentices here are also qualified in the imperial city. Only those who stand out are qualified to work in the Cao Mansion as a subordinate. I am very energetic today, you can just pick one of them. Let them do whatever they want!"
"I'm looking for Mr. Cao!"
Ye Fan said lightly.
Others, even the King of Weapon Refiners, are useless.
"This Yuan Stone of yours is not even enough to buy materials, so you can only ask a weapon refining apprentice from the Cao Mansion to do a day's work for you! Could it be that you also want to hire a weapon refining emperor with a Yuan Stone?"
There was an unspeakable sarcasm in Yan Shien's words, "Add a few hundred or a few thousand more, I'm in a good mood, maybe I can help you introduce a master of weapon refining or something."
Of course, the weapon master is also useless.
Ye Fan's own level is several steps higher than that of the master of weapon refining. Only Mr. Cao of the Cao Mansion, the King of Weapon Refiners, can help him.
"well!"
Ye Fan could see that Yan Shien was ready to humiliate himself and cause trouble for him anytime and anywhere. But why didn't Master Yan remember the lesson? Could it be that I could teach him once, but couldn't teach him a second time? !
Gu Xinyue didn't say anything. She was curious about how Ye Fan planned to find trouble in the Cao Mansion.
Ye Fan couldn't talk to Yan Shien anymore and looked around.
Master Yan is not the only king of weapon refining in the Cao Mansion's workshop area. There are two or three weapon refining kings who are refining mysterious weapons absentmindedly.
Ye Fan walked around minding his own business and came to the vicinity of one of the young weapon refining kings to watch him refining the weapons.
This young man has a somewhat ugly face, thick eyebrows and bronze eyes. He is tall and thick. He doesn't seem to have a very good temper. He is carelessly waving a heavy black iron hammer and tempering a fourth-level fire-based black sword.
Yan Shien did not stop Ye Fan, but was secretly proud in his heart, "Hurry up and find fault. This Junior Brother Xing Chou has a hot temper, and he hates others saying anything wrong about him. It would be better if you offend the entire Cao Mansion!"
The young weapon refining king was not concentrating on refining the weapon, so he was naturally distracted. He raised his eyebrows, glanced at Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue, and said in a dissatisfied voice to Yan Shien: "The Cao Mansion has been closed these days and is not accepting outsiders. , If you don't do business, Senior Brother Yan, why did you let outsiders in? Are you ignoring Master's orders? "
During this period of time, the Cao family had no intention of taking on the weapon refining business. His current job was still the same order he had received before. The refining had not yet been completed and he needed to rush to complete the work.
Yan Shien can pretend in front of outsiders and low-level weapon refiners, but he dare not pretend in front of other weapon refiners in the Cao Mansion. His reputation has already plummeted, and he has no status at all in front of the senior officials of the Cao Mansion.
However, when faced with Xing Chou's question, he already had a plan to deal with it. He quickly smiled and said, "Junior Brother Xing Chou. This is a genius master of weapon refining whom I have not seen for hundreds of years. He heard about the reputation of our Cao Mansion and came here specially to He came all the way to visit me and wanted to discuss and exchange ideas. I really couldn't resist him, so I had to let him in for a look. Don't blame me, junior brother, I will let him go immediately."
Ye Fan is extremely accomplished in weapon refining.
Yan Shien's words are not entirely false.
"Haha, the genius master of weapon refining that we have seen for hundreds of years is useless! Let them go quickly!"
Xing Chou laughed at himself and shook his head in boredom. He had no interest in Ye Fan and the two of them and continued to temper his mysterious weapons.
Zixuan Imperial City has gathered the best of the human race from the entire Shenwu Continent, and there are many outstanding people here. Xing Chou and Yan Shien are not geniuses. But what's the use? He could be called a genius in the eight hundred vassal states, but he would be a mediocre person in the imperial dynasty.
In the world of weapon refining, strength will ultimately speak for itself. Becoming the king of weapon refining is the real strength, and everyone admires and admires you. Others, any genius that appears once in a century, are all bullshit.
"Here, have you seen enough? Let's go!"
Yan Shien pretended to make a gesture of invitation and persuaded Ye Fan to leave.
But in fact, he wanted Ye Fan to stay here and provoke Xing Chou, or preferably the entire Cao family. Use the hands of the Cao Mansion to deal with Ye Fan severely to vent his deep hatred.
If Ye Fan really left without doing anything, he would be greatly disappointed.
Ye Fan looked at Xing Chou beating and tempering the mysterious weapons, and his expression gradually became serious. Finally, he shook his head and sighed, and muttered imperceptibly, "Alas~! Everyone in the Cao Mansion has a false reputation."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
After Yan Shien heard Ye Fan's murmur, his heart was filled with ecstasy, and he almost jumped with joy.
coming! Sure enough, this guy is here to stir up trouble! ! It's a pity that this is the Cao Mansion, the residence of the Emperor of Weapon Refining. Dare to come here to stir up trouble, what is the difference between this and seeking death.
If you really provoke Mr. Cao, the ancestor of the Cao family, it will be enough for you to die ten times.
"stop!"
Xing Chou is not deaf, of course he can hear. His face changed, veins popped out in his hands, he slammed the heavy black iron hammer in his hand on the stone table, and said angrily with a black face, "Did you come to Cao Mansion to stir up trouble?"
Ye Fan turned around and said calmly: "The way of refining weapons is to concentrate your mind without any distractions. Those who refine weapons are still focused on the weapons in their hands. You are not refining weapons, you are rushing to work. What do you have to do with an ordinary blacksmith outside? the difference!?!"
Xing Chou was shocked and angry, and retorted sternly: "I, Xing Chou, am the weapon-refining king of Cao Mansion, how can I be...!"
Ye Fan said disdainfully: "Yan Shi'en was so half-hearted in refining weapons that he made a defective product and sold it to Princess Ji Rouyu. It was destroyed after I saw through it. The flaws in the fire-based mysterious knife in your hand have already been removed There are as many as three places, more than Yan Shien's. Are you going to follow your senior brother's old path and become brothers in need with him? Before it is fully revealed, make up for it quickly! Otherwise, you will be refined by others. If the weapon master sees it, it will also be a blow to your reputation."
"...!"
Xing Chou was shocked and looked at Ye Fan in disbelief, then lowered his head and looked at the fire element mysterious weapon that was being tempered by his men.
His senior brother Yan Shien was discovered by a young martial arts king and the king of top weapon refiners half a year ago, and the flaws of Xuan Bing were discovered. The most unfortunate thing was that he was about to sell it to Princess Ji Rouyu. As a result, things got serious and the Xuanbing Pavilion of the Imperial Dynasty was kicked out and destroyed. This matter was known to everyone in the imperial city.
Unexpectedly, it was the young man in front of me.
Unexpectedly, he is actually as sharp-eyed as the legend says.
"It's empty talk. Why do you say that I practiced..."
Xing Chou's expression changed, and he defended himself.
He didn't finish his sentence.
Ye Fan waved his hand and covered it with a severe cold air towards the fire element mysterious weapon.
Xing Chou had no time to stop him.
"Pfft!"
I saw frost instantly hanging on the fire-type black sword, and the surface was frozen by Ye Fan. There were three thin marks on the sword that were as thin as gossamers and less than an inch long. I could barely see clearly due to my weak eyesight.
In the blink of an eye, the fire from the Xuan Dao gained the upper hand again, engulfing the frost, and the three thin marks disappeared immediately.
But for the king of weapon refiners, it was enough to see a serious problem.
Xing Chou was stunned, his face was covered in black and red, and he was extremely embarrassed.