"Learn a trade?"
Not only Jiang Yuan, but even the other blacksmiths in Yanshan Village found it unbelievable.
"I will follow the rules of the craftsmen's school, serving my master for three years and remaining within the school for seven years," Shi Xuyao said very seriously.
"Brother Shi, what are you doing?" Tie Niu asked in surprise.
Shi Xuyao ignored him and continued to plead with Jiang Yuan, "Please, Master, accept me as your disciple!"
There is a difference between a master and a teacher. A master not only imparts his or her own skills but also the principles of life. A teacher, on the other hand, is more straightforward; he simply teaches a craft. However, learning a craft comes at a price. One of these prices is that the apprentice must work for the teacher without pay during the apprenticeship period. Even after mastering the craft, the apprentice will still give a portion of his earnings to the teacher as a token of respect.
Jiang Yuan was taken aback at first, then said speechlessly, "Don't you have your own lineage? Why do you still want to learn weapon forging from me!"
Shi Xuyao remained silent. After a few seconds of thought, he turned around and pulled Tie Niu and the others aside. The group whispered among themselves.
"So mysterious!" Jiang Yuan waited, fiddling with his revolver, wanting to see what Shi Xuyao was up to.
Shi Xuyao and his group watched as an argument broke out, but it gradually subsided after a few words, and then a heavy atmosphere of conversation ensued.
Finally, after speaking for five minutes, Shi Xuyao came back.
“Master, if you come with me to this place, you will understand what kind of inheritance we have!” Shi Xuyao’s face showed struggle, and it was clear that he had gone through a huge internal struggle to make this decision.
"Please don't call me master! There's such a big age gap between us, it just sounds weird!" Jiang Yuan quickly refused Shi Xuyao's address. He was joking, of course. If a young man like him were called master by an older man like Shi Xuyao, wouldn't that make him sound old?
"Master is joking. Actually, I'm only in my early thirties. I'm just so engrossed in forging that I neglect my appearance, which is why I look a little awkward!" Shi Xuyao smiled helplessly.
"A little over thirty!"
Jiang Yuan was a little surprised, but after Shi Xuyao said that, he really saw something fishy. Although this guy looked sloppy, he was actually quite good-looking. If he cleaned himself up, he could really be in his early thirties.
“Master, please come with me to the artifact stele first, and you will understand why I am so eager to become your disciple!” Shi Xuyao no longer hid anything and directly stated the location.
“A ritual artifact!” Jiang Yuan feigned ignorance, then said, “It doesn’t sound like an ordinary thing!”
"This is it!"
Shi Xuyao looked up at the sky and said devoutly, "This is a gift from God!"
"The Golden Gate!" Jiang Yuan suddenly became interested; none of the items that descended from the Golden Gate were ordinary.
"Follow me!" Shi Xuyao stopped talking and led the way.
Jiang Yuan smiled faintly; he had no reason not to fall for such a temptation!
Seeing that Shi Xuyao and Jiang Yuan had left, Tie Niu couldn't hold back any longer and said to the others, "You guys hurry up and forge the weapons. This batch of goods needs to be delivered this afternoon, so we can't slack off!"
"Then what are you doing?" someone asked, dissatisfied.
"I'll go take a look. As the chieftain, it's my duty to guard the village's treasure!" Tie Niu said righteously.
"You guys better be careful, don't let the wolf into the house!" one of them whispered a warning.
"Don't worry, you may not believe me and Shi Xuyao, but you must believe the artifact tablet. This thing is stronger than the defense of our entire Yanshan Village. Few who try to harm it will survive!" Tie Niu patted his chest and assured him.
The others were relieved to hear this.
Yanshan Village is located in a remote area. It is a unique small village nestled in a mountain valley. There are hundreds of acres of hills and a natural mountain lake in the valley, which adds a lot of vitality to the secluded Yanshan Village.
The people of Yanshan Village, who live by the mountain, are more familiar with minerals. Before the disaster, there was a small iron mine here. The women in the village would always go into the mountains to collect small iron ore and bring it back for the men in their families to refine. It can be considered a secluded treasure land isolated from the outside world.
Jiang Yuan followed behind Shi Xuyao. After walking for about five minutes, he couldn't help but wonder about Shi Xuyao's purpose, so he jokingly asked, "Why haven't we arrived yet? Could it be that we're lost?"
"Actually, we've already arrived, you just didn't notice!" Shi Xuyao rarely showed a smug expression.
"Have we arrived?"
Jiang Yuan noticed the anomaly as soon as he was reminded. Without thinking much, he activated his Heavenly Eye, and the scene before him became clearer as his gaze swept across the area.
Ten meters away from them, a huge hemisphere covered the ground, and inside the hemisphere were dozens of neatly arranged villas.
"This is a domain!" Jiang Yuan recognized the enormous hemisphere before him based on his senses.
However, such domains are extremely rare. According to the data on the USB drive, extremely powerful treasures can activate natural domains, while powerful beings can also activate energy domains.
Of the two realms mentioned above, Jiang Yuan had only seen the former. It was when he met Tianhun Tong in Tieling Village. At that time, Tieling Village was also shrouded in mist. However, he did not know that it was a realm at that time, so he rashly entered it, which led to the events that followed.
However, even now, though he has seen many treasures, this is only the second time he has seen one that can activate its domain on its own.
Shi Xuyao stopped and said with a serious expression, "Master, you must not activate any energy here, or you will be warned. If you are warned more than three times, you will be attacked!"
"Can't it be activated with even a little bit of energy?" Jiang Yuan asked upon hearing this.
"It's best not to!" Shi Xuyao shook his head. They hadn't had much contact with the artifact tablet, but they had always been cautious.
"Okay! Then give me some clothes first, otherwise it'll be really awkward!"
Although Jiang Yuan agreed, he still had some requirements.
His concealment robe was taken away by Bu Yao, and his clothes were torn to shreds. Now all he could wear was his ultimate armor, but once the energy was gone, the ultimate armor would also disappear under his skin, which would be a very awkward situation.
"Clothes?" Shi Xuyao looked puzzled; the topic had jumped a bit too quickly!
"well!"
Jiang Yuan slapped his arm, and the ultimate armor on his arm disappeared instantly, revealing his bare right arm. "Do you believe I'm wearing clothes underneath?"
"I don't believe it!" Shi Xuyao certainly wouldn't believe it when he saw this. Half of his shoulder was bare; there was no way he could be wearing clothes underneath.
"Then give me some clothes!" Jiang Yuan said speechlessly.
"Oh, right, right!" Shi Xuyao suddenly realized.
A set of ordinary casual clothes from before the cataclysm appeared, and Shi Xuyao, being cheeky, asked, "Master, your look is quite peculiar! Is it some kind of weird play?"
"I ran into a woman who ripped my clothes off!" Jiang Yuan blurted out, but immediately realized his mistake and scolded, "Why are you meddling in all this? Is it any of your business what you do with your master's affairs?"
"Yes, yes, yes! It was the disciple's mistake!"
Shi Xuyao was overjoyed. Jiang Yuan's words had already acknowledged their relationship, so how could he not be happy!
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