“Who is really the strongest is definitely the Sword Emperor Xi Mumu of Shenjian Villa. He has the energy of a sword thirty thousand miles long! Just imagine such control over the energy of the world, tsk-tsk.”
“Well, you know, Song Yue of the Song family in Lingnan is also not bad. Where he lacks in strength, he makes up for it with technique..”
“Don't drive, people. It is obvious that Empress Wu of the Great Tang Empire is the strongest. They sit at home and do nothing, and if you say anything too much about her, blood will spill over thousands of miles. This means she is not afraid that there is someone stronger than her!”
Lin Yi sat at a table in the corner and sipped tea while the locals shared rumors and heatedly argued about who was the strongest in Kyushu. In the past days, he often sat on the ground floor of the tavern and listened, hoping to find out the latest rumors, but now, it seemed, everyone was interested in only one topic - who was the strongest.
The three people they were arguing about were from among the Eight Emperors of Kyushu, surpassing all living things in these lands.
The Sword Emperor Xi Mumu could create a light thirty thousand miles long.
Thirty thousand.
If he hit the Golden Gate Holy Lands, he would cut them in half.
Lin Yi was impressed. He, straining to the fullest, could create a five-meter blade at most. Therefore, I felt embarrassment and anticipation. One day he will be so strong!
What Lin Yi still didn’t understand was what happened to the Gate. In ancient times, they fought among themselves so much that the ocean overflowed its banks, but at some point everything stopped at once.The Golden Gate has isolated itself from the rest of the world. All the members of the ancients have gone somewhere. And the yellow ones fell apart into thousands of sects.
Of course, their legacy still existed - the Shenjian Villa, which Emperor Xi belonged to, was precisely the main recipient of the Ancient Gate techniques. But what could happen for the three largest organizations to suddenly fall at the same time??
But the answer to this question lay somewhere far ahead, so Lin Yi threw it away and thought about more important things.
Eight emperors, and each of them will bow before him!
This is the real world, and there are still plenty of rivals in it! He thought that he had reached the top and had nowhere to go further, but it turned out that he was standing at the very beginning of the path!
At the moment of his thoughts and the most heated point of the argument, a man resembling a tramp from the street suddenly entered the hotel. Looking around at everyone inside, he said:
“I have a legacy of blacksmithing left by the legendary general Mo Xi. For just three original stones, you can forge yourself a divine blade! Yes, you heard it wrong! Only three stones for the Divine Blade recipe!”
The tavern fell silent. Then she started laughing.
“Well, well, go away. Even both of the best guilds of blacksmiths do not manage to forge at least one fake artifact every year, and you are talking about the real one. He also brought in the legacy of General Mo Xi! Everyone knows that he left nothing. So go ahead, get lost, your legacy is not like original stones, it’s not worth even one tael of silver.”
“You are wrong. With this technique, you can truly forge a divine sword. If it weren't for the difficult situation, I would never have sold it.!”
“Ha ha ha, who are you trying to fool? Yes, no one would sell such equipment even in death for just three stones!”
“But he didn’t sell,” the man behind the bar grinned. “I saw him a few years ago, this idiot then asked for thirty thousand high-grade primordial stones, the entire Haidong went crazy and impeccable experts from all over the area flocked to him to steal it. But the one who got it threw it on the ground and left. Since then, the price has been steadily falling, and soon you will have to pay extra for it.”
Everyone burst into laughter, someone lost their tea.
The beggar blushed and lowered his head.
“That’s it, get out,” said the hotel owner. “Don't disturb my clients.”
“Okay,” the man sighed..
“Slow down,” a voice came from the corner of the room..
The owner immediately bowed in his direction and said with respect:
“Mister Lin.”
Lin Yi was interested in the seller's story, so he walked over and said:
“Show me the product.”
“Mr. Lin, listen, this man is a fraud, he is talking nonsense and cannot be trusted. He lives by deceiving ignorant people. Don't play along with him.”
The tramp blushed with embarrassment, but did not dare to object. He really lived by deceiving rich people - feeding them with promises of showing off his equipment while they fed him good food. People in Haidun were already beginning to recognize him, so now all that remained was to deceive only strangers.
“Show me General Mo Xi’s technique,” Lin Yi said in a calm and sharp tone, without even looking at the innkeeper..
Unlike the man who looked him in the eyes and waited for a nod.
Sighing, he pulled out a small copper-colored sword, palm-length, from his sleeve, and handed it to the spectators - who had reached forward from the entire tavern..
Lin Yi took the sword and examined it closely. The metal resembled copper, but was completely different. Much stronger and more durable. The blade was covered in countless flea-sized symbols, if not smaller. And these were not hieroglyphs, but some kind of runes.
Half a minute later, Lin Yi still didn’t see anything interesting, so he was about to return the miniature sword when he suddenly noticed a system notification in the corner.
My heart beat faster, but neither my face nor my voice betrayed any emotion.:
“No matter how you look at it, it’s just a trinket, and not some kind of legacy, especially of General Mo Xi.”
From the tavern owner's address, the beggar understood that Mr. Lin was not the type to be insulted, so he smiled wryly and told the truth.:
“But such a sword cannot be used for killing either; it cannot even be called a dagger. That's why I decided that this is the legacy of the sword forging technique... I really got it from my parents, but I don’t know what it is.”
“I see,” Lin Yi nodded, thinking for a couple of seconds. “Thank you for telling the truth. You know, I love swords and this piece deserves to be a medallion. I will buy it for one original stone. Low grade, of course.”
“Just one?” the man asked uncertainly.
A smile appeared on his face, then an uncertain grimace..
“What are you, a fool? muttered the innkeeper, taken aback. “Your “sword” is useless, the whole city already knows that you are a fraudster, they offer you to buy it - for the original stone! - and you still doubt it?”
The man thought for a second and nodded. Taking the stone offered by Lin Yi, he joyfully ran out of the hotel and disappeared into the crowd..
“Mr. Lin,” the owner said, “even if he told the truth, but paying with an original stone for a trinket... Don’t you think it’s too expensive?..”
“What can I do, I don’t have any other money,” he answered indifferently..
The owner is speechless.
Indeed, what did their original stones mean to such a rich man? Ten thousand silver or a hundred - what difference does it make to him??
Lin Yi twirled the sword between his fingers and said thoughtfully:
“Master, I heard that the best blacksmiths work in your city. And since this is the case, I was in the mood to forge something. Find me a good forge and buy it - and, at the same time, take books on blacksmithing from local craftsmen, I’ll see what they come up with. You can keep the change.”
With these words, he held out ten stones. The elderly owner smiled like a child and nodded:
“Mr. Lin, don't hesitate, I will arrange everything.!”
“I had no doubt,” Lin Yi smiled at him..
At this point they parted ways. He went to his room and looked at the system notification again: “Would you like to decipher the text for 100,000,000 combat experience points?”?».
“Decipher,” he said without hesitation.
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