Chapter 11: Humanity is wise, go to the blacksmith shop

Tang San's is the only blacksmith shop in Holy Soul Village.

Although Tang Hao's character was not very good, even Grandpa Jack had to admit it.

Tang Hao's blacksmithing skills are very good, and the iron tools he creates are not only of high quality, but also extremely cheap!

It is precisely because of this, and the fact that Tang San is very well-behaved and sensible, that he is very popular with Old Jack, otherwise Old Jack would have expelled Tang Hao from the Holy Soul Village!

However, although Tang Hao's level of forging iron tools is astonishing, he usually makes agricultural tools.

Lin Ye had never heard of Tang Hao helping people make weapons, at most he could only make an axe.

It is certainly much harder to make a long sword than to make an iron weapon such as an axe.

But Lin Ye was definitely not willing to give up, after all, it was related to his practice.

He also wants to gain strong strength as soon as possible so that he can travel to the mainland in the future!

Although I have never heard of Tang Hao forging weapons, there are very few farm tools that can be made, and there should not be any big problem in making weapons such as long swords.

If that didn't work, Lin Ye planned to roughly draw the appearance of Xuanyuan Sword's spirit and let Tang Hao build it according to the pattern.

We have all the drawings to compare with, but if we still can’t build it, there’s something wrong.

And if this is the case, in the future, I will practice the Dugu Nine Swords with this long sword that imitates the Xuanyuan Sword Wuhun.

When necessary, it would be easier to use the Xuanyuan Sword Spirit instead of the long sword to use the Dugu Nine Swords.

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I found a few pieces of blank paper from the room that I had left behind when I was studying in a private school in the village.

Lin Ye chose one, and while summoning the Xuanyuan Sword Spirit, he used charcoal to draw the general appearance of the Xuanyuan Sword Spirit on the white paper.

Then Tang Hao can cast it according to the pattern.

After doing everything, he folded the white paper and put it in his pocket.

However, Lin Ye did not go to Tang San's house immediately, but planned to go to another place first.

Growing up, Grandpa Jack, as the village chief of Holy Soul Village, was responsible for many matters in the village.

So people often come to give things to Grandpa Jack, like pheasants, rabbits or big fish.

Let Grandpa Old Jack help with some things.

For Old Jack, in fact, as long as the villagers in the village ask for help, he will usually try his best to help.

But the villagers would still send things over, making Grandpa Jack more diligent in asking for help from the villagers.

Regarding this kind of thing, Grandpa Jack said it is called human nature.

If you want to ask someone to help you do something, even if the other person is a very enthusiastic person, if you want to make things go smoothly, you still have to give a gift.

Even if the gift is not very valuable, it can still make others pay more attention to the matter.

That's what Lin Ye wants to do.

Because he was unsure about Tang Hao's ability to build weapons, in order to make Tang Hao pay more attention to this matter, Lin Ye also decided to give him gifts.

Tang Hao liked drinking the most, so Lin Ye naturally liked him, so that things would get twice the result with half the effort.

Anyway, the price of ale sold in the village is not too expensive, just a few copper soul coins.

Lin Ye could still get this little money with his years of savings.

He dug out a small wooden box from under the bed and opened it. Inside was some toys from Lin Ye's childhood, as well as a tips bag.

Opening the brocade bag, there were more than twenty copper soul coins lying neatly inside, which were Lin Ye's lucky money for many years.

Lin Ye took out five copper soul coins from more than twenty coins and put them away.

Pushing the small wooden box under the bed again, he ran directly to the wine shop in the village.

The wine shop of Holy Soul Village is located to the east of Holy Soul Village. It is a small wooden house.

In the wooden house, there is a counter right at the entrance. Behind the counter, there are various kinds of wine on a sturdy shelf.

But there are actually not many types, just three types: rice wine, fruit wine and ale wine.

Outside the wooden house, there are many wooden barrels.

On the wooden roof, there is also a wooden barrel-shaped plaque, which is the logo of the wine shop.

Lin Ye came all the way to the wine shop.

Seeing Lin Ye, the owner of the wine shop, a middle-aged man with a beer belly and Mediterranean hair, couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiao Lin Ye, why do you have time to come to my place?"

"I'm here to buy some wine. Uncle Max, please get me a small barrel of ale!"

Lin Ye didn't say much, just took out five copper soul coins, put them on the counter, and said.

"Eh? Xiao Linye, you can't drink secretly at such a young age!"

Max did not take the copper soul coin immediately, but exclaimed in surprise and advised.

"Uncle Max, I don't want to drink, I drink to give gifts!"

Lin Ye shook his head and didn't hide anything.

"Giving a gift? To whom? Could it be that drunkard Tang Hao?"

Hearing Lin Ye's words, Max couldn't help laughing.

"Well, I want Uncle Tang Hao to help me build something."

In response to Max's joke, Lin Ye nodded and responded calmly.

"What do you want to build? You also want to give Tang Hao wine. This is not necessary. Although Tang Hao is a bit addicted to alcohol, he is still very careful when asking him to build things. The quality of the things he builds is generally not bad. It is not necessary. The one who delivers the wine.”

Hearing Lin Ye's admission, Max felt a little strange.

"It doesn't matter. I want Uncle Tang Hao to make things better. There is nothing wrong with giving gifts."

Lin Ye shook his head.

"Okay! You little guy is really like a little adult. Since you insist, Uncle Max won't say anything."

Realizing that Lin Ye still wanted to persist, Max shook his head with regret.

He took Lin Ye's five copper soul coins and took a small barrel of ale from the shelf behind him and handed it to Lin Ye.

"Here, Xiao Linye, your wine."

"Thanks Uncle Max!"

Lin Ye thanked him, then turned and left the wine shop, heading towards the blacksmith shop located to the west of Saint Soul Village.

Holy Soul Village is not big.

After leaving the wine shop, Lin Ye arrived near the blacksmith shop without walking for long.

As long as you walk up a flight of stairs, you can arrive in front of Tang San's house.

Walking on the stairs, Lin Ye held a small wooden barrel filled with ale.

Before he arrived in front of the blacksmith shop, Lin Ye had already heard the sounds of "Clang!" and "Clang!" coming from the blacksmith shop.

Tang Hao should be blacksmithing now.

"Tang San!"

Arriving in front of the blacksmith shop, Lin Ye shouted and walked towards the blacksmith shop.

When Lin Ye walked into the blacksmith shop, Lin Ye found something unexpected.

The person working in the blacksmith shop was not Tang Hao, but Tang San, which surprised Lin Ye.

In the blacksmith shop, the forging hammer used for blacksmithing is extremely heavy, weighing at least three to four hundred pounds. It is not something that ordinary children can pick up and wield like an arm!

"Lin Ye, why are you here?"

When Lin Ye was surprised and heard Lin Ye's shout, Tang San turned around and saw Lin Ye entering the blacksmith shop. He couldn't help but wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeves and smiled at Lin Ye.

"I want Uncle Tang Hao to help build something. This is a small gesture. Please accept it!"