69novels Chapter 170 Meeting an Old Friend
Chapter 170 Meeting an Old Friend
Chapter 170 Meeting an Old Friend
The carriage carrying Xiao Yan and Xue'er wound its way through the city of Soto before finally arriving in Notting.
Xiao Yan lingered here a little longer, first visiting Old Li. The old man's complexion was even more rosy than in previous years, seemingly because he drank wine with every meal. Upon seeing the young man, the old man was initially genuinely happy, but then began to worry about Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Yan, you shouldn't show your face too often." The old man said, looking around worriedly, as if the shadow of the accident he suffered that day still lingered in his mind.
Although he remembered and heard rumors of an ordinary fire, the old man, who had lived a carefree life, surely knew how the fire had started. Therefore, rather than worrying about his own aging body, he was more concerned about Xiao Yan, who was currently in Notting City.
The old man even thought that the person who attacked him was still lurking in Nottingham City, waiting for Xiao Yan to appear.
Xiao Yan smiled and comforted the old man, saying that everything was alright. Before leaving, he left him a money bag containing one hundred gold soul coins and a wine gourd, but the money bag was filled with small notes telling people not to drink alcohol.
Although it's useless, it can still bother Old Li for a while, so that he can see my message every time he takes out money.
Xue'er didn't say much throughout the entire event, after all, the old man didn't have much of an impression of her, and besides, Xue'er also knew that Xiao Yan was Yan Xiao.
She waited until Xiao Yan left before slowly asking, "You just told that Old Li you wanted to avenge him, were you serious?"
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"Of course," Xiao Yan replied easily. "I always keep my word."
Xue'er nodded in understanding and didn't say anything more to comfort him. Both of them knew the identity and strength of the Platinum Bishop Salas. Since Xiao Yan had said so, they would wait and see what he would do.
The next stop was Qing Shi Village. Seeing Yong Ge, who was now a Soul Master, Xiao Yan was very happy. He pretended to be weak and acted as if he was only a Soul Master himself.
But Uncle Norton, standing to the side, blew his nose and snorted.
Xiao Yan then realized that nearly ten years had passed, yet Uncle Norton hadn't changed much. Even Yong Ge had grown into a young man in his twenties, while Uncle Norton remained the same, with his stubble.
Even now that Xiao Yan has reached the Soul Master level, he still finds that he can't sense the soul power within Uncle Norton's body. But Uncle Norton is not an ordinary person without soul power. Xiao Yan can only understand it as Uncle Norton not using his soul power much because he has been blacksmithing for many years, which is why his soul power is not outwardly manifested.
Xue'er sat quietly to the side, flipping through books, with the rolling beast nestled in her arm. Xiao Yan briefly introduced that he was going to Xingluo and that these were his companions. The two big men from the blacksmith shop didn't say anything more.
However, he looked at the two of them with a strange gaze and occasionally made clicking sounds.
Xiao Yan was also telling the two about his experiences over the past few years, much like a group of close friends gathered around a fire to brew tea, recounting his life story in detail.
When the mention of the master craftsman Titan and the stone guild master was made, Uncle Norton, who was forging iron, obviously glanced over.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan took out the Heavenly Fire Refined Iron Ore that he had bought for 300,000 Gold Soul Coins and tossed it to Brother Yong.
"Master, this is an excellent rough stone!" Ah Yong, who has been dealing with metal for many years, gave it a very high evaluation the moment he got his hands on the rough stone.
Norton, however, was somewhat dismissive. He merely glanced at it and said indifferently, "Such fine iron is impossible for ordinary blacksmiths to melt and forge by heating, let alone craft. No matter how good it is, it's just a piece of scrap iron."
Xiao Yan nodded, inwardly acknowledging Uncle Norton's professionalism. Even Chairman Shi hadn't noticed this at the auction, yet Uncle Norton had only glanced at it: "Neither Lou Gao of Gengxin City nor Titan of Tiandou City can do anything about it, but fortunately, my martial soul can unleash extreme flames, which should be able to melt it. Therefore, on this trip to the Star Luo Empire, I plan to visit Craftsman Lou Gao again."
Upon hearing Xiao Yan's idea, Xue'er didn't show much dissatisfaction. In her opinion, as long as Xiao Yan accompanied her to complete the task, he could do whatever he wanted.
"Brother Xiao Yan, since you can solve the problem of the flames, why bother going to that master craftsman Lou Gao? Isn't that going the long way around?" Yong Ge's meaning was crystal clear: he meant that his master Norton could do it too.
Xiao Yan hesitated. Although he didn't doubt Uncle Norton's craftsmanship, it was still a piece of refined iron that even the two master craftsmen couldn't work with. He worried that this piece of iron would become Uncle Norton's obsession, thus breaking his heart-forging ability.
In that case, every time Uncle Norton swings his hammer, he will definitely be haunted by this piece of metal.
Seemingly sensing Xiao Yan's dilemma, Uncle Norton said nonchalantly, "Ah Yong, what are you saying? This piece of refined iron contains such volatile elements. Do you want your master to give up this shop? Even if it's forged, it will be difficult to succeed in less than a year or two. Why don't you let him go and wreak havoc on Lou Gao first?"
Xiao Yan nodded. Since Lou Gao had said that there was no fire that could solve the problem, he could just go and find him again with refined iron.
"But kid, what's the point of you creating this absurd thing?"
"In order to break through." Xiao Yan looked around and saw that almost everyone present was one of his own. He didn't hold back and shared his thoughts on the badge, trying to be as tactful as possible in a way that people from the Douluo Continent could understand.
However, seeing the puzzled looks on the three people present, Xiao Yan knew that they didn't understand.
Even though he didn't understand how the badge worked, Uncle Norton offered his own insights: "If that's what you mean, the entire necklace doesn't actually need to be forged from refined iron. Just the core badge is enough. This way, you can avoid the possibility of the whole piece of refined iron becoming agitated. As for the outside, you only need to use niobium crystals. They are carved from snow-capped mountains and can effectively insulate the badge from the outside."
Xiao Yan had never even heard of niobium-tantalum crystal, but when Uncle Norton said it was carved from snow-capped mountains, it made sense. Moreover, this would prevent the badge inside from overheating and cracking again.
"Alright, I'll go to Gengxin City on this trip and see if they have any of this kind of metal." Xiao Yan nodded.
After exchanging pleasantries with him for a while, Uncle Norton finally let them pass. Before leaving, Xiao Yan also left Uncle Norton and Brother Yong a pot of wine, just like the one he gave to Old Li.
When Uncle Norton saw the wine, he immediately smiled and said that Ah Yong was still a child and couldn't drink, but Xiao Yan told him that it was one serving per person, so Norton had no choice but to give up.
Actually, the condiment Xiao Yan used to accompany the wine was a ninth-grade Ganoderma lucidum, which made it seem precious. Of course, because the medicine was somewhat diluted, you couldn't smell the herb's aroma if you opened the bottle.
This was the best way Xiao Yan could think of to distribute the immortal herb to his old friends, so that they could drink it like ordinary wine and still benefit from its health-promoting properties.
The last stop in Tian Dou territory was inevitably to visit Grandpa Jack. Seeing how tall and strong the little boy had grown, the old man happily tried to pat Xiao Yan on the shoulder, but found he couldn't reach him.
Xiao Yan then bent down considerately, allowing his elder to stroke his head.
Looking at the poised and elegant Xue'er beside him, Old Jack exclaimed that Xiao Yan had made something of himself by bringing a beautiful wife back to the village, which made Xue'er blush.
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