Longevity Martial Arts: Beginning with Sword Drawing

Chapter 46 Sharpen the knife and hunt strange beasts!
"It's good to charge by piece. In this way, if you want to make money, you can work more. When you don't want to work, you can spare time to collect ginseng!"

Lin Bei's goal is to become the signature caster of [Dali Blacksmith Shop], so that he can have more freedom and more choices!

However, right now, he still has to complete the casting of an excellent weapon before he can pass Jiang Dali's assessment!

When the materials were delivered, Lin Bei stood in front of his blacksmith's stove, shirtless, showing a strong body with well-defined muscles and smooth and natural lines.

"Hey Yo! Hey Yo!"

With a loud shout, the sledgehammer in his hand smashed down one after another, sweat was scattered, and the iron block was deformed by the beating.

Fold, forge again!
However, fold it again and continue to forge!
The continuous jingle jingle sound kept going.

After repeating this for dozens of times, the impurities are removed, and the iron block is as red as fire!

This process lasted for several days, and Lin Bei didn't know how many hammers he swung. Roughly, there should be tens of thousands of hammers!

As an ordinary person, swinging the hammer so frequently would have ruined his arm long ago, but Lin Bei didn't feel much except for being a little tired.

After two hours of spiritual ginseng practice, you will be resurrected with full blood!

Frustrated, quenched, polished...

Different from the sword casting in the previous life, in order to cast higher quality swords in this world, some special ores will be added, ores that belong exclusively to this extraordinary world.

Such a sword is sharper, harder, and more flexible than ordinary swords!
Naturally, the method is more complicated.

A series of operations requires not only strength, but also skill, and only a highly skilled foundry master cannot do it.

ten days later.

"Good! What an excellent sword!"

Jiang Dali held the long sword in both hands, looked it over carefully, and was shocked.

"I didn't expect you to actually forge an excellent weapon! Although there are still some flaws, presumably it's because the technique is not proficient enough. You only need to forge a few more pieces, and you can make up for it..."

A fine weapon costs at least ten taels of silver.

In his blacksmith shop, there are only four people who are capable of forging excellent weapons, and they are all regarded as their signature faces.

Now, one more person has been added, and his blacksmith shop is full of talents!

In this regard, he is still very satisfied!
In this way, Lin Bei became one of the signature foundry masters of [Dali Blacksmith Shop], and accepts customization according to the number of pieces!
The income starts with two taels of silver for a weapon. If you can receive customization and complete the casting, you can even receive a high remuneration of seven or eight taels of silver for a weapon.

"That is to say, the price is between two and eight taels of silver!"

Lin Bei felt pretty good.

If you make a half discount, if you can earn five taels of silver for one piece, you can cast three weapons a month, which is 15 taels of silver.

After one year, there will be 150 taels of silver!

Excluding the expenses, after working for a little more than a year, you can afford a 20-year-old blood spirit ginseng!

"Based on this, it seems that blacksmithing is not as unprofitable as imagined!"

Lin Bei's eyes glowed, and he raised his head to calculate his annual salary.

It feels like a lot!

Of course, he also knew that he must be thinking blindly.

The algorithm is wrong.

There are very few large households who customize weapons. After all, the price is expensive, and it depends on luck. It may be rare to meet a few throughout the year.

Therefore, the big head is still the weapon order for the [Strong Blacksmith Shop].

It is not bad to have seven or eight taels of silver a month, and it is possible to meet ten taels of silver only when the business is booming!
……

The snow melted, the vegetation sprouted new buds, the frozen lake surface flowed again, and the breath of spring enveloped the earth.

Adhering to the concept of "the ginseng collector, the ginseng soul, and the ginseng collector is the master", within one month, Lin Bei went to the mountain six times.

All six times they returned without success. They did not find a single ginseng hair, and only brought back a few pheasants that had grown for two and a half years.

This made him somewhat resentful.

In one month, he only forged a fine sword, excluding the cost of running the mountain, it was equivalent to working for nothing for a month.

"It's better to stay in the blacksmith's shop and hammer iron for a month!"

Lin Bei sighed.

This is just frustrating words. The business of the blacksmith shop is so-so during this period, and the demand is not too big.

The value of the forged weapons is more than a dozen or 20 taels. If you forge three excellent weapons a month, you can earn only six or seven taels of silver.

Lin Bei, who is used to making quick money, really thinks it's too little!

If this continues, it will take more than two years to afford a 20-year-old Xueling ginseng.

Therefore, he decided to go up the mountain to try his luck again, to see if he could pick another 20-year-old ginseng.

Unfortunately, there is no hair!
"Don't be discouraged, benefactor. Ginseng harvesting depends on the sky. If you are lucky, you can make a lot of money. If you are not lucky, you will naturally have no harvest. It is normal to have no harvest for a month."

Old Li also went up the mountain a few times, mainly because of Lin Bei's face, so he brought his two sons to act as guides.

However, even though he has lived in Changyin Mountain for decades and has a lot of experience in collecting ginseng, he still has nothing to gain under normal luck.

But as an old ginseng collector, he felt that this was nothing more than normal.

"Do you know where there are traces of strange beasts?"

Lin Bei shook his head and asked suddenly.

"Alien beast?"

Old Li was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Does Engong want to hunt strange beasts?"

"Hunting alien beasts is more dangerous. Even the lowest strength alien beasts are comparable to warriors with four or five levels of energy and blood, and should not be underestimated."

"There are quite a few warriors in the city who rely on hunting strange beasts for a living, but they all form a hunting team, relying on the advantage of numbers and setting traps to hunt ferocious beasts..."

Old Li head directly introduced what he had learned.

There are many things about how to form a team, how to arrange traps, the living habits of various beasts, etc.

Although not necessarily accurate, there is indeed a lot of information.

I have to say that an old family is like a treasure.

Knowing such a reliable old man also solved many inconveniences for Lin Bei.

His understanding of Changsheng Town is far less than that of Old Li.He has been practicing hard all the year round, and only occasionally go to Goulan to listen to the music and inquire about a little news, and he doesn't know enough about many aspects.

Continuing to listen to Old Li's introduction, Lin Bei has a more comprehensive understanding of the hunting of strange beasts.

After Lao Li finished speaking, he said again: "As for the traces of strange beasts, I know a few places, but there may not be any strange beasts in sight!"

Changyin Mountain is very large, but after going up the mountain to collect ginseng for decades, Lao Litou naturally knows many areas very well.

Among them, there are many areas where strange beasts appear.

It's just that, usually, he keeps this information in his mind to avoid danger, and he doesn't dare to play the opponent's idea at all.

"very good!"

Lin Bei showed interest, and then asked: "I want to try hunting exotic animals, I wonder if you would like to go together?"

Hunting exotic animals is extremely dangerous. Old Li, an experienced old man, knows some ways to set traps, which can be of great help to him.

"Hunting beasts!"

Li Fei and Li Xin's eyes lit up, and they were ready to move.

The two of them were at the age of youth and enthusiasm, so they were more inclined to hunt exotic animals than to gather ginseng.

However, they were too weak before, even if they could set up traps, they were still extremely dangerous.

"This……"

Old Li was a little hesitant.

(End of this chapter)