With Messenger Jin and the others leading the way, Ling Xiao soon arrived at a smithy.
Ling Xiao looked at the dilapidated shop in front of him, and his expression was about to fall. He cursed in his heart, "Damn, this is the so-called largest forging workshop. Even if you're lying, you don't have to lie like this."
The Jin envoy seemed to have seen through Ling Xiao's thoughts and immediately explained, "Young Master, don't look down on this shop. Their real forging place is in the backyard."
Ling Xiao pursed his lips and didn't say anything. Then, he walked straight in.
"Halt, we're not doing business today. If you want to forge a weapon, please make an appointment and come back in half a month." A middle-aged man who didn't look like he had a beard lazily said as he reclined on a chair with his feet on the table in front of him.
Just as Ling Xiao was about to speak, the Jin envoy took out his token and said, "We're from the Ling family. Our young master needs a medicinal cauldron, please make an exception."
The middle-aged man glanced at the Jin envoy's token and didn't see any panic on his face. He indifferently said, "Since you're old customers, then go in. There's something you want in the room at the very back. Go get it yourself, and then come back here to settle the bill."
The Jin envoy didn't seem to be surprised by this and nodded to Ling Xiao before walking in with him.
But when Ling Xiao glanced at the middle-aged man who was still drinking, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he began to ponder.
After Ling Xiao entered the rear courtyard, he saw a few blacksmiths working hard at the furnace with their naked bodies, forging weapons. All of these blacksmiths had extremely robust bodies, and every single one of them had a cultivation not lower than a mid-stage profounder. There were even one or two that had a cultivation at the Profounder rank.
"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect their blacksmithing cultivation to be so high," Ling Xiao exclaimed in his heart.
If these words were heard by others, they would probably want to kill him.
This was because his words were truly insulting to the noble blacksmiths.
In fact, Ling Xiao didn't mean to look down on them. Instead, he was thinking about how he didn't ask Li Xu to be his disciple. Otherwise, how could he pick up girls if he became like this?
Ling Xiao walked all the way to the courtyard. He finally admitted that this place was worthy of being the largest forging workshop in Meteorite City.
None of the weapons on the ground were below Tier 1 Advanced, and most of them were at least Tier 2. Low and Intermediate Tier weapons made up the majority. Occasionally, a few Tier 2 Advanced Weapons could be seen.
There were at least a thousand weapons here. Just the weapons in front of him alone were worth god knows how much.
However, according to the Golden Messenger, these were only inferior goods. The real good stuff was in every room.
Hearing this, Ling Xiao was even more speechless. Looks like Old Man Li's reputation as a Third Tier Armament Master wasn't just for show. Just looking at the scale, it didn't diminish his reputation at all.
Walking to the last room, there were a few medicine cauldrons that were more than half a meter tall. Each of the medicine cauldrons was extremely exquisite, and the texture structure was also quite reasonable. However, they lacked spiritual energy.
Ling Xiao picked a relatively small medicine cauldron and walked out of the room.
At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside, "Li Yang, get back here for laozi."
Ling Xiao could tell that the voice belonged to Li Yang himself, but he didn't know why he was so angry.
Ling Xiao and the Five Elements Envoy walked out of the room where the medicine cauldrons were placed. They saw the middle-aged man who was at the door earlier walk in with a wine jug. He muttered, "It's not easy to drink a few more cups."
Just as Ling Xiao passed by the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man didn't forget to stretch out his hand and say, "Green Medicine Cauldron, Tier 2 Intermediate Cauldron, price 20,000 gold coins. Pay first, then leave."
Ling Xiao was almost shocked by this middle-aged man. He didn't expect this guy to ask for such an exorbitant price. Ordinary Tier 2 Intermediate Weapons were only about 10,000 gold coins, but this guy actually asked for 20,000 gold coins.
The middle-aged man seemed to see Ling Xiao's dissatisfaction and immediately said, "Young Master, please don't haggle. Our forge never haggles, otherwise we won't welcome you next time."
"Young Master!" The Gold Envoy hurriedly called out to Ling Xiao and nodded, indicating that the Gold Envoy's words were correct.
"It seems that the artificers here are really arrogant." Ling Xiao muttered in his heart and waved his hand to have someone pay the gold coins.
"Li Yang, why aren't you getting your ass in here?" Another voice came from an exquisite pavilion not far away.
"Everyone, please, I have to hurry back." Li Yang said with a faint smile. Then, he ran back to the exquisite three-story pavilion.
"This is Grandmaster Li's son, Li Yang." The Gold Envoy explained to Ling Xiao.
"Is there something wrong with him?" Ling Xiao narrowed his eyes as he watched the middle-aged man walk away.
The Gold Envoy's expression jumped and he immediately said, "Young Master, let's go back first. I'll tell you more on the way."
"Wait for a bit. You guys wait for me outside, I'll go over for a bit." Ling Xiao ordered and then chased after Li Yang.
Ling Xiao hadn't even gotten close to the pavilion when two Mystic experts blocked his path.
"This is Grandmaster Li's residence. Unauthorized people are not allowed to enter." One of the men said in a harsh tone.
Ling Xiao ignored the two and shouted towards the pavilion, "Grandpa Li, Ling Xiao requests an audience."
"You're courting death!" One of the men couldn't help but raise his heavy blade to chop at Ling Xiao when he saw how rude Ling Xiao was.
Ling Xiao quickly retreated a few steps to avoid being cut. He smiled faintly, "I'm Grandpa Li's friend. It's not too late for you to stop now."
"Damn, how dare you pretend to be Grandmaster Li's friend! You're insulting Grandmaster Li!" The man cursed and then slashed at Ling Xiao's face with a powerful fire-attribute attack, wanting to kill Ling Xiao in one blow.
"Impudent!"
A heavy voice rang out, and an invisible force rushed over, sending the man flying.
"Grandpa Li, sorry for the disturbance." Ling Xiao respectfully greeted the person who had come.
"Haha, you still dare to walk out of your house?
Aren't you afraid that the Li and Lan families will seek revenge? "Li Yu walked over to Ling Xiao and patted his shoulder with a smile.
The injured man on the ground and the man who hadn't attacked were both shocked. Who was this young man? How could he have such a good relationship with Grandmaster Li?
"I actually hope that they come for revenge so that they won't be bored." Ling Xiao spread his hands.
"You brat!" Li Yu lightly scolded. Then he carefully looked at him and said, "I didn't expect that after not seeing you for half a month, you brat could actually become a mid-level profound practitioner from a high level profound practitioner. Could it be that you took some miraculous medicine?"
"Of course not, I was just lucky," Ling Xiao said modestly.
Li Yu didn't ask any more questions and brought Ling Xiao into his pavilion.
After entering the pavilion, Ling Xiao didn't see the middle-aged man who had just walked in.
Li Yu said, "You're here to upgrade your weapons today, right? You stay here and call someone to pick them up in two days. I promise to forge them into peak-level second level weapons."
"I naturally believe in Grandpa Li's ability, but … what I want is a profound artifact, I wonder …" Ling Xiao smiled.
He hadn't finished speaking when he was immediately interrupted by Li Yu.
"You brat, profound artifacts aren't that easy to forge. At the very least, you need a third level beast core and a few precious profound iron. Each of these materials is hard to find even with tens of thousands of gold. Even if you ask me to forge them for you, you won't owe me that much for helping me stop the Twin-Headed Lion," Li Yu said with slight annoyance.
This brat really didn't know what was good for him. He had only forged a few profound artifacts in his life, which was enough to show the difficulty of forging profound artifacts. He actually had the nerve to directly ask him to forge a profound artifact. If it wasn't for the fact that he liked him, he would have immediately sent him off.
Ling Xiao hurriedly said, "Grandpa Li, don't be angry. I'm saying that if I provide the materials myself, can Grandpa Li help me forge them? No matter how much I ask for, I'm fine with it."
"You mean, you provide the materials yourself?" Li Yu was stunned for a moment before asking.
"That's right, I provide them myself. Grandpa Li, if you need any materials, you can just make a list and give it to me," Ling Xiao said very seriously.
"Haha, good. If you can take out a third level beast core and a thousand year black profound iron, then I'll help you forge it. I can also help you make up for the other materials," Li Yu laughed.
He didn't think that the brat in front of him had the ability to take out a third level beast core. Even if the elders of his family helped him obtain it, that thousand year black profound iron was an extremely rare item. Even he had only been able to obtain a small piece back then. Later on, he had used up all of it to forge profound artifacts. Until now, he hadn't been able to forge any profound artifacts because he lacked this thousand year black profound iron.
Over the years, many people had come to his door to ask him to forge profound artifacts, but none of them had been able to take out a thousand year black profound iron. Thus, up until now, he had only been able to forge three profound artifacts.
Just as Ling Xiao was about to open his mouth to speak, a mournful scream came from upstairs. It sounded very frightening.
Immediately, Li Yu's expression became serious and he said, "Come find me when you find the two items I mentioned. This old man has something to do today, so you can go back first."
When Ling Xiao heard that Li Yu wanted to send him off, he smiled slightly and said mysteriously, "Grandpa Li, is there anyone in the family who has been poisoned?"
Li Yu looked at Ling Xiao and raised his eyebrows heavily. It looked like he was on the verge of exploding.
Ling Xiao then said with certainty, "And it's the Yang poison."
"You know?" Li Yu's expression changed and he was extremely astonished.
Many people knew that his son had been poisoned, but only a few knew that he had been poisoned by the Yang poison.
"I know." Ling Xiao nodded seriously and then said, "I can still cure it."
"Really!" Li Yu stood up excitedly and exclaimed.
"Really!" Ling Xiao replied.
"If you can really cure my son's Yang poison, then this old man can give you the profound artifact that I've treasured for many years." Li Yu grabbed Ling Xiao's hand and said very seriously.
"Grandpa Li, aren't you making things difficult for me?
I've already called you grandpa, so it's only right for a grandson to do something for his grandfather. Let's not talk about this for now. First, take me to see Uncle Li, "Ling Xiao said extremely humbly.
He knew that this matter couldn't be joked about, so he put away his usual frivolous appearance.
Li Yu didn't waste any more words and led Ling Xiao up the pavilion.
Just as they approached the door from which the scream came, a wave of cold air continuously flowed out. Even though Ling Xiao had reached the Mystic Realm, he had no choice but to circulate his fire attribute to resist it.
The two entered the room and saw that the middle-aged man that Ling Xiao had seen before was chained to a Thousand Year Cold Jade bed.