Chapter 41: The Moon Above the Willow Branches

  Moreover, this small piece of meteorite is not ordinary, but the highest quality Jiutian Xuan Iron, worth hundreds of times more, an absolute treasure, worth a city.

  If Rover can get this treasure, it's just lucky!

  This small piece of Jiutian Xuan iron was not independent, but was smashed out from a larger one. At the time when the meteorite fell to the ground, it became small fragments and flew into the crystal mine, and then quietly passed through tens of thousands of years.

  And that large piece has already been taken away by someone to be made into a weapon. Among the top ten in the ranking of military weapons, three are from this piece of Xuan Tie, which is everyone's dream.

  Only the most powerful warriors possess such weapons, of course, in the changing tides of history, two of the three weapons have already disappeared like some other weapons on the ancient weapon spectrum, no one knows where they are on the continent.

  Maybe they still have a chance to appear, maybe they will never appear forever!

  However, the Arsenal will still leave the names of these weapons and will not delete them. The Arsenal is not a ranking list for those strong people in the Heavenly List, no one will argue about the weapons unless they are confident that they can own better weapons than the top ten.

  But this situation is even lower than the probability of a god-level powerhouse appearing!!

  After all, people are born every day, and new people replace old ones, but these good things are used up a little bit at a time!

  It's fortunate to have obtained this small piece of stone, but if normal sword-forging techniques were used, it would be impossible to complete, as the amount is only enough to make a dagger, and other materials would need to be added.

  To put it simply, this amount is not enough and more is needed to manufacture weapons, so either wait until everything is gathered or sell the stuff!

  But Xiangyang believed that he would never encounter the same thing again, and it would be a waste to sell it, so he decided to use an extraordinary method to forge a weapon.

  Using these nine days of Xuan Tie as one of the materials, and adding other materials, a weapon can be forged. Although doing so would make the swordsmith scold him for being a prodigal son, thinking that this is a waste of good material, especially since it's Xiao Yao, a small household servant, who is forging it, making it even more wasteful.

  Even if they were to become famous craftsmen, although they couldn't create the best ones, with the Nine Heavenly Profound Iron as materials, even just a small piece, they would still have confidence in being able to forge weapons that could be placed on the military's list of armaments. It's just that compared to the previous ones, it would be much worse.

  That's why ordinary people won't use Jiutian Xuan Iron as an auxiliary material for alchemy!!

  Xiaoyao doesn't think it's necessary to forge the best, as long as he can create something above the level of a ordinary weapon. Moreover, he doesn't strive for this sword to be the most lethal, but it will definitely be the most resilient and won't break or get damaged.

  Of course, it's not about seeking the greatest destructive power, but the destructive power won't be small either!

  Moreover, Xīyáng doesn't think that weapons made of the same material are the best. Even if it's the best material, he thinks adding different things might make it even better.

  "Big sister, what are you doing? I'm still forging the sword!" Xiao Yao said immediately as he was being pulled by big sister and refused to leave her side.

  "Are you going to forge a sword? Forge your sister's sword, hurry up and follow me!!" The big sister glared at Xiao Yao with an attitude that said "you have to go whether you want to or not".

  "Ah, it's for your sister's sword! I recently got some materials and plan to forge a better sword for the boss." Xiangyao didn't have any secrets from the young miss either, as this way of communication was easier with her.

  At this time, Xiao Yao was not afraid that others would know he came here specifically to cast a sword, rather than helping out as everyone imagined, because they wouldn't hear him explaining himself.

  In any environment, the sound is very loud. In such a noisy environment, no one will notice the arrival of the eldest sister, and even if they do, they won't be able to hear what the eldest sister says to Xiao Yao.

  Even if it's Xīao Yóu and Dà Jiě facing each other, speaking is a bit laborious. Practitioners of martial arts have keen ears, but this isn't because the sound is soft, rather it's because the sounds are too chaotic. In such an environment, the more sensitive one is, the harder it is to hear clearly.

  In a carefree place nearby, there are basically no people. By the stove, it's usually very few people, as long as one person is watching the fire.

  "..., can't you just leave for a moment? Or tell someone else to do it?" The young lady said helplessly.

  "No way! I have to do this myself from start to finish, otherwise if there's any mistake, I won't have enough materials to make a second one!!" Xiao Yao immediately shook his head.

  The big sister frowned and said: "Then stop for a while, come back and continue later."

  Let Xiang stop, it's not that Big Sister is ignorant, but she knows the process of casting a sword, although it needs to be sustained, it doesn't have to be continuous, and can be paused for a while.

  Xiao Yao shook his head and said: "Big sister, the thing hasn't come out of the furnace yet. I'm not done tempering it. When the thing comes out and the sword embryo takes shape, I can go out!"

  "This is not simple, when did you put it in and when can you take it out?" The young lady was relieved, her matter was at night, still far away from now, the smelting time in her cognition would not exceed one day.

  So she thought that Xiang Yang would definitely be able to finish things up at night, and that way it wouldn't interfere with her own affairs.

  "Eight o'clock tonight!" Xiao Yao replied, and it was indeed very coincidental that Xiao Yao finished today, taking him a whole seven days and seven nights.

  In fact, Xiao Yao didn't come and go every day. He never left the Zhū Jiàn Fāng at all. He ate and slept by the stove, just to watch the fire temperature. Only under a specific temperature can the nine heavenly mysterious iron inside be perfectly combined with other materials.

  Among these materials, there are also many special ones that are no worse than the Nine Heavenly Profound Iron, but some have not been noticed by people, or rather, no one can make use of them.

  It's precisely because of his persistence for so many days that Xīao will absolutely not leave this place, even if it's the young mistress, she'll have to wait until he thoroughly completes this smelting process.

  "What's that? It's too late, can't you come earlier?" The young lady asked.

  "No way!!" Xiao Yao shook his head.

  "Then let others help you watch it!" The young lady said, she thought that unimportant things could be done by others.

  "No way! Later I'll personally cast it, the materials are only this much, no waste is allowed!" Xiao Yao shook his head and replied.

  "It's too late......" The young lady said somewhat depressingly, she wouldn't force Xiangyang to do anything either, even if there wasn't the reason of Gu Xing.

  If she said that Xiao Yao was not doing the right thing, she would directly pull Xiao Yao away.

  "What's so important that it can't be changed for another day?" asked Xiao Yao, looking at the eldest sister.

  The elder sister shook her head and said: "Today is Yuanxiao, after passing it will be next year..."

  "Yuan Xiao? Do you want to play with lanterns? Then what do you want me to go for?" Xiang Yao was very puzzled, "Accompany you? This is not suitable!!"

  "Scram! Who wants you to accompany them? If anyone's going to accompany me, it'll be Nangong Su!" The young lady retorted in a huff.

  "Nan Gong Su? Oh, I see. You want to ask Nan Gong San Niang for a date, but what does this have to do with me? Are you asking me to be the matchmaker?" Xiao Yao understood that the eldest miss also wanted to go on a blind date in the late afternoon.

  "Of course it has something to do with you, and I have another task that needs your help. I think only you can complete this task! And what does 'flower lamp' mean?" The young lady said, while being a bit puzzled by the term "flower lamp".

  "It's just a lantern, when talking about romance, what's needed is darkness, not brightness..." Xiao Yao replied.

  The young lady fell silent for a moment, quickly understanding Xiao Yao's meaning, and gave him a displeased glance.

  "I don't want you to make lanterns either, but I have to let you see the lanterns, otherwise how would I know what the answer is inside the lantern!"

  "Huh? What's going on?" He was puzzled for a moment, but soon understood: "Ah, so that's it! You want me to help you guess the lantern riddles! Big sister, at this time you should call Teacher instead, they're the best at this kind of thing. The questions are theirs too!"

  Finally, Xiaoyao didn't forget to remind that Mohism has teachers and even a specialized Mohist school!!

  "I know, I used to think so too, but for some reason, I feel that you're the most suitable!" The young lady looked at Xiao Yao, not knowing why she had such a strange feeling.

  "Miss, you're overestimating me!!" Xiao Yao was taken aback for a moment before laughing lightly and saying.

  "Sister thinks you're the only one who can do it! Others may be able to solve puzzles, but they'll always get stuck somewhere, but sister feels like you won't, you can handle all sorts of messy things!! So, bring you along, and we won't go wrong!!" The big sister said with a smile, patting Xiao Yao's shoulder.

  "...Xiaoyao threw a few pieces of charcoal into the stove, maintaining the temperature inside, and then said: "Let's wait until tonight, 8:10, it won't be long!"

  If it's said that way, ordinary people would think it's about the same and feel satisfied with this matter, but the big sister is not satisfied, very dissatisfied!!

  Just Because——

  "Come on, kid! Who are you trying to fool?! It's just past 8:01 and you're still finishing up here. After getting ready and going over there, it'll be almost 9 o'clock, which is almost the end of time!!"

  "Huh, oh yeah! How could I have forgotten that!" Xiangyang seemed to have just remembered the question and patted his own forehead.

  "You little rascal, still pretending to be obedient to me!! I'm telling you, tonight you must get it done, even if it's the end of the world, you have to hand it over to me!! Hmph!!" The big sister glared at Xiao Yao, then turned around and left.

  He watched her for a while, then continued with what he was doing, not letting his mood change because of the young lady's affairs, nor would it affect what he was doing.

  Time: 12 o'clock in the morning, Code name: Rushing to the top...