Chapter 33 The Poor Blacksmith



"Blacksmithing?" the two beautiful ladies shouted in unison.

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?"

"You are the heir to the Duke, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by others if you go to learn blacksmithing?" Evelyn endured the pain in her heart and said that she was disappointed in him.

"I am a duke's heir and a cook. Why don't you tell me to stop cooking?"

"You..." Avril was so angry that her mouth and eyes were crooked.

"Xingchen, can't you just speak properly? Why did you think of learning blacksmithing?" Anna has always been good at adjusting the atmosphere, and she also knows that Lin Xingchen never speaks complete sentences.

"I met a magician in the academy. He told me some good ideas. I want to work with him to see if we can make a miracle happen."

"You are a noble magician. You go to forge iron. Aren't you afraid that the entire magic circle will be against you? If no one rejects you, it will have a great impact on your future."

"Anna, have you ever seen me do something reckless? Let me tell you, the one who taught me how to forge iron is the dean of the Advanced Magic Academy, the chief magician of our kingdom."

"I really want to knock open your heads and see what kind of mess is inside."

"Go back. You should arrange your work well. I will study blacksmithing in seclusion. I will come to you after I have forged a peerless sword."

"Alas... I thought that in two years I would have a beloved man who would care about me, but now it seems that I still have to wait silently for a long time. How long does it take for a blacksmith magician to forge a peerless sword? Perhaps only the gods know." After Anna finished speaking, she quickly ran away with the giggling Avril.

Lin Xingchen was wearing a sleeveless shirt with her long hair wrapped in cloth. The hammer in her hand rhythmically hit the long iron block on the anvil.

An old man with a short beard was swinging a sledgehammer with sweat on his face. The two men stopped tacitly and put the somewhat cooled iron bars into the furnace to heat them up.

"Boy, you're great! You've learned to this level in less than a month. You're the most talented blacksmith I've ever seen among magicians."

"Yes! I think so too, but I am still not as good as you. You are the most prestigious blacksmith I have ever heard of."

“Hahahaha…” The old and the young both laughed foolishly.

"Boy, do you think we can succeed this time?" After all, the old man was not as skilled as the young man. Swinging a sledgehammer was a physically demanding job. After laughing, he asked while panting.

"I think! Maybe there's something missing. I always feel like we are just forging iron instead of making magic weapons." After thinking for a while, Lin Xingchen answered regretfully.

"Take your time! It took me ten years to achieve what I have today. Although I still can't successfully build one, I think you can just spend half the time I did."

"To be honest, I kind of want to give up on the old man. This is not a solution! We can't succeed if we just work in isolation. I think we need to find a real master."

"Bullshit, what a stinky fart! Why would I go find those big idiots? Let them laugh at me or at you? Even if I can't beat them in my lifetime, I won't go find those big idiots."

"Okay, since you're afraid of losing face, I'll go! I can't just leave halfway through the course, otherwise all my hard work for the past month would be in vain."

"That's fine. When you're young and learn new techniques, be sure to come back and tell me." The old man warned sincerely.

O**K made a gesture and left. He really didn't want to stay here anymore.

"Damn it, I really encountered a ghost after walking on the road at night for too long. I was actually deceived by an old man." Lin Xingchen walked to the dormitory cursing all the way.

"So, you came to us because you haven't forged a great sword?" Anna said with a hint of ridicule as she leisurely stirred the peanut milk in her cup.

"Yes, I was deceived by that serious-looking old man. It was not until a few days ago that I finally got a rough idea of ​​his level. He is only at the level of a blacksmith's apprentice."

"Cough..." Avril heard these words while drinking tea and choked herself almost to death.

"Hehe... you were deceived by a blacksmith's apprentice... for a month before he realized how you did it." Anna almost died from laughing.

“People are always easily deceived by their own intuition, and I am a typical example. The old guy installed it on me when I found out that he was secretly working as a blacksmith.

He said he was the chief magician of the kingdom and the dean of the Advanced Magic Academy. These two identities scared the hell out of me.

I also didn't expect that there were bad people among the crowd. This old guy with a special identity used his superb knowledge of magic to lure me in. I always thought that the senior masters must have some skills that are different from others. I didn't know that this old man was a real liar.

I was forced to follow him around and beat him for a month." Lin Xingchen said angrily, pressing the cup in his hand heavily on the table.

Anna was already lying on the table with a smile that didn't care about her image. "Hahahaha... I must go and see this dean someday. The person who can deceive you must be a master."

Seeing Lin Xingchen's somewhat sour face, the two of them tried hard to control themselves from laughing, but they couldn't hold on for more than two seconds before they burst out laughing again.

"Forget it, I won't talk nonsense with you guys anymore. Let's get down to business. What do you think about the silk issue?"

"I have given each of those ladies a handkerchief according to your instructions. They are all looking forward to this kind of fabric."

"I remember you are all nobles! Although I don't know if you have any territory, you should be able to contact some people. You can contract and get the mountains that others don't need. I will provide you with seeds and technology, just like the Duke of the South and his men."

"My eldest and second sisters have been trying to find a solution for this matter, but right now there are still some issues with the prices asked in many places. It will probably take another month or two!" Once business was mentioned, Avril became serious and told them everything.

"That's good. I plan to return to the territory in October. If possible, I hope you can go back with me."

"Hey... Lin, I have good news for you..." Big sister Eddie greeted happily from a distance.

Holding a book wrapped in cloth in his hand, he walked up to the three people and said excitedly: "Lin, didn't you ask us to help you keep an eye out for books about the era of high elves? Look, he raised the thing in his hand and I got you a book."

"Really! Thank you so much, big sister." He quickly took the cloth bag and opened it.

Without even touching the cover with his fingers, Lin Xingchen couldn't wait to open it and check out the contents.

Looking at the densely packed words on the book, Lin Xingchen became more and more excited while the three people beside him had expressions as if they were reading a book of incomprehensible meaning.

"Lin, can you understand the writing of the high elves? What do these neatly arranged words mean?"

Seeing the familiar words on the book, Lin Xingchen happily answered the three people's questions.

“This is called High Elvish, which is the general term used by the magic world, but these characters actually have another name, called Chinese characters or Chinese characters.

I think the secrets hidden in this are very old, I will tell you when I figure them out one day, but you will definitely like what is recorded in this book."

"It contains music scores and song scores from the time of the high elves, as well as some daily diaries. If you can understand it, you can understand the life of the high elves back then."

"Then can you understand it?"

"I think there should be no one in this world who can understand the meaning of these words better than me." Lin Xingchen felt a little melancholy. After all, he had seen such words in another time and space for more than 20 years.

"Can you read it for us? Let us listen to how the high elves lived at that time." Eddie looked expectant.

"Okay, wait a minute while I look for any good sentences. When I was quickly looking through the book, I saw a few sentences that were deliberately dotted. Lin Xingchen decided to choose it."

"Listen carefully, this sentence is very beautiful. I will ask you to translate the meaning first, and then read it to you in Elvish so that you can hear the general meaning."

He first explained it to the three people using the common language of the mainland. When Lin Xingchen was translating, he felt something different, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was.

Now I am going to start reading this sentence in Elvish. Many people who were drinking tea in the Chamber of Commerce also gathered around and listened to Lin Xingchen reading those beautiful words in the High Elvish language.

"Star-like elements make up everything in this world. Beautiful and lively elements... listen to my call and create that gorgeous and colorful world for me." Lin Xingchen felt dizzy when he read this. His eyes went dark and he fell on the table unconscious.

Lin Xingchen's actions made Avril and others panic instantly, and at this time more than a dozen magicians fell from the sky and smashed the roof of United Rose.

One of the sweaty old men in short sleeves even shouted loudly: "Who just tried to cast a forbidden magic there? Don't you know this is the capital? Don't you want to die?"

Eddie was older after all and quickly calmed down, "Master Norton, what are you doing? I haven't offended you!"

"It's little Eddie, tell me who was trying to cast magic here just now!"

"Master Norton, we really don't have anyone casting any magic here. The only magician just fainted. Can you help check on him?"

"The magician... has fainted. Let me take a look." As he said that, the old man went to check on Lin Xingchen who was surrounded by several people.

"Hey kid, it's you... Why are you pretending to be dead when you see me, an old man?"

"Master Norton, Lin has fainted. You are also a magician, please help us to see what is going on!"

"How did he faint?"

"He just composed poetry for us in the High Elven tongue."

"What?" All the magicians in the room widened their eyes.


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