Following the navigation on the mobile phone map, Zuo Tianxuan and Xiaoyou arrived at their destination early in the morning.
This is one of the military garrison locations in the North Supply Area. The roads along the way are very wide. The walls in the area where the military garrison is located are five meters high. You cannot see the inside. There are surveillance cameras everywhere along the way. The military garrison area is
There are heavily armed soldiers standing guard at several intersections.
Many shops were opened outside the military garrison.
The largest number of them is the spiritual food restaurant. There is a big advantage in opening a spiritual food restaurant on the front line. The price of purchasing ingredients here is less than the transportation fee in Star City. The price is lower, but the passenger flow is not low. The soldiers on the front line are all potential customers.
It was cold outside, and Zuo Tianxuan was only wearing a thin piece of clothing, standing in the cold wind and scanning the surrounding environment.
Then he found a place to stand facing the gate of the military camp, took out the huge forging furnace from the space bracelet, and took out the brand new energy crystals and embedded them in sequence.
After doing all this, he took out the flag he had prepared in advance at the hotel and placed it in front of the forge.
I saw a line of text written on the flag:
[Ancestral blacksmithing skills, free forging at cost price.]
The stall was just set up.
Next, Zuo Tianxuan waits for customers to come to the door.
A long day passed while waiting. From time to time, heavily armed frontline soldiers walked out of the camp. They looked curiously at the stalls directly in front of the camp gate. After learning that Zuo Tianxuan was a blacksmith from the introduction on the flag, they
He became even more confused, obviously not understanding why the blacksmith wanted to set up a stall here.
People were coming and going, but no one came forward to consult.
Zuo Tianxuan felt helpless about this, but he also understood it.
In this era, blacksmiths have completely declined, and many young warriors do not even know that there is such a special profession as blacksmiths.
Even if the weapons and equipment are damaged, the first thing that comes to mind is other purchasing channels, not the blacksmith.
Zuo Tianxuan couldn't sleep that night, feeling that he had to take the initiative and could no longer just wait for customers to come to his door.
Early the next morning, Zuo Tianxuan set up the stall again at its original location.
This time Xiaoyou also followed, and she also set up a stall next to Zuo Tianxuan, which was filled with various snacks, only the ones for sale.
It was freezing cold. Xiaoyou was wrapped in thick clothes and sat huddled into a ball behind the stall. From time to time, she stretched out her little hand from the sphere to grab a handful of snacks on the stall and stuffed it into her mouth. Then she decisively retracted her little hand into her clothes.
, Chew and eat happily.
Looking at Xiaoyou, who had an expression of enjoyment and narrowed her eyes as she chewed, Zuo Tianxuan felt ashamed.
In his eyes, the biggest characteristic of Teacher Xiaoyou is that he loves to eat. Snacks are like life-sustaining pills and he never stops eating. Whenever he is free, he is eating or sleeping.
But there is no doubt about Teacher Xiaoyou’s ability.
He had seen the energy weaving technology with his own eyes, and even received a space bracelet as a gift from Teacher Xiaoyou. He knew how important Teacher Xiaoyou's ability was to Star City.
In the following time, Zuo Tianxuan began to wait for customers to arrive.
During this period, whenever any front-line soldiers came out of the camp, he would take the initiative to greet them and shout:
"Forging skills passed down from our ancestors, brothers, do you want to come and forge a weapon? We just opened and only charge the cost price."
The frontline soldiers who greeted him all had stunned expressions, and then shook their heads and refused, not wanting to spend money forging weapons and equipment at Zuo Tianxuan.
Days like this lasted for more than half a month.
During this period, Zuo Tianxuan did not receive a single business deal and relied entirely on Xiaoyou's financial support. Otherwise, he would not even be able to pay the hotel room fees.
In the past few years, I was used to a life where resources were sufficient and all needs could be met. Now, Zuo Tianxuan feels uncomfortable living in poverty.
But he didn't complain.
He knew clearly that this was Feng Qi's training for him. If he couldn't survive this little hardship, how could he challenge the more difficult forging advancements in the future?
It’s the 29th day on the front line.
Zuo Tianxuan came to the old place early that morning and set up the stall again.
At noon, a burly middle-aged soldier hurriedly walked from the gate of the camp.
He has a short haircut and wears white clothes. What makes him different from other soldiers is that he does not carry any weapons and equipment.
Wearing it like this is extremely rare on the front lines.
The frontline is surrounded by dangers, and emergencies may occur even in the supply area. Therefore, the military clearly stipulates that any soldier walking in the frontline supply area must be fully armed, and only in the camp can he take off his weapons and equipment.
After walking out of the camp gate, the middle-aged soldier walked straight to Zuo Tianxuan's stall and stood there. Then he looked at Zuo Tianxuan and asked curiously:
"Can you forge kitchen knives here?"
"Chop knife?" Zuo Tianxuan was confused when he heard the word kitchen knife. He thought there was business coming to his door.
"Today, a new batch of territory beast meat arrived at the camp. It turned out that the meat of one of the territory beasts I had never seen before was too hard. My kitchen knife curled up and I didn't cut off the meat. I originally wanted to submit an equipment from Destiny City.
I placed an order, but I had to wait a few days, but my brother said that there was... a brother setting up a stall at the entrance of the camp to forge weapons and equipment, so why don't I come and try it with you?"
After listening to the middle-aged warrior's explanation, Zuo Tianxuan couldn't help but curiously asked:
"There are a lot of sharp weapons in the military camp. Can't you find even a weapon for chopping meat?"
When the middle-aged soldier heard this, his expression became serious:
"It's different. The camp is indeed equipped with many extremely sharp weapons, but weapons are an extension of life for soldiers and a second life on the battlefield. Cooking with combat weapons is a blasphemy to the weapons and to oneself.
Soldiers who do not respect their weapons will be cursed by the weapons, and if found out, they will be punished by the military."
After understanding the reason, Zuo Tianxuan immediately nodded in response:
"I've accepted this order, and I promise to forge you a kitchen knife of excellent quality."
Looking at the two people who were discussing the price, Xiaoyou sitting aside had a hundred thousand whys in his mind.
"Weapons can't cook?"
"Desecrating a weapon will result in the weapon being cursed?"
Her mind immediately flashed to the boss who used the magic knife to cut meat during the Ascension Challenge and even used the magic knife to skewer meat and grill it.
Will the boss be shot on the front line for this kind of behavior?
"As expected of the boss, extraordinary and unique."
After thinking for a moment, Xiaoyou nodded solemnly and gave what he thought was the correct answer.
No longer paying attention to the discussion between Zuo Tianxuan and the middle-aged warrior, Xiaoyou narrowed her eyes and continued eating.
Zuo Tianxuan, after negotiating the price, took out the spiritual ore from the space bracelet and pressed the switch of the forging furnace to start forging.
The moment he saw the space bracelet, the middle-aged soldier who placed the order was obviously taken aback.
Space bracelets are no stranger to frontline soldiers. Every legion of the military is equipped with them, but those who can own space bracelets are senior military officials. How can ordinary soldiers be qualified to own such weapons and equipment that can be carried with them?
A valuable resource.
This made him realize that the young man setting up the stall in front of him had an extraordinary background.
There is a high probability that a historical figure was born in our ancestors and was given a space bracelet, which has now been passed down to this young man.
This also made him full of expectations for Zuo Tianxuan's next performance.
The forging process lasted for half a day. Zuo Tianxuan was very serious about forging this kitchen knife. After all, this was his first business on the front line. Even if it was just a kitchen knife, he had to strive for perfection.
Black crystal iron is used for forging.
Black crystal iron is commonly used in the forging of combat weapons and has a special "destructive" attribute bonus.
When the jet black kitchen knife came out of the oven, Zuo Tianxuan put it in his hand and observed it carefully after quenching it.
This kitchen knife is rectangular in shape, thin, long and narrow, usually black, and feels heavy when held.
After confirming that there was no problem with the quality of the kitchen knife, Zuo Tianxuan handed it to the middle-aged soldier who had been waiting for a long time.
The middle-aged soldier who took the kitchen knife looked curious and subconsciously reached out to touch the blade of the kitchen knife.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his fingers and quickly retracted his hand.
Looking down at his index finger, he found that the skin of his index finger was damaged.
He was stroking the edge of the side of the kitchen knife, not pressing it directly on the edge, but he was actually injured.
Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on Zuo Tianxuan's face, and then he explained:
"This kitchen knife is forged with black spar. The characteristic of black spar is that it has destructive properties. Weapons forged with it can show its characteristics as long as the unique lines of black spar are engraved on it. The edge of this kitchen knife
When viewed under a microscope, you can see fine black stripes intertwining and pulling on the edge of the blade. This is the characteristic of the destructive property, which can cause continuous damage to things it comes into contact with."
"What are the properties of the engraved spiritual ore?"
Looking down at the pitch-black kitchen knife in his hand again, the middle-aged soldier looked puzzled, obviously not understanding what was going on.
When his eyes came to the handle of the knife, he found two words engraved on the handle of the kitchen knife: Heaven's Choice.
"Is this your name?"
"Well, my name is Zuo Tianxuan, and my goal is to become a legendary forging master."
Facing the inquiry, Zuo Tianxuan grinned and then introduced himself.
"Brother, if you have such skills, why bother setting up a stall here? Why don't you just cooperate with our military and provide weapons specifically to our military."
After hearing these words, Zuo Tianxuan shook his head helplessly:
"There is still a gap in quality between the weapons I forged and the weapons produced by Destiny City's equipment black hole. The only advantage is that I can engrave the unique properties of the spiritual ore. This alone cannot meet the requirements of the military. I
Setting up a stall is not to make money, but more to improve my blacksmithing attainments through the different needs of different customers."
"That's it. Come on, little brother, I will come to you if you need me in the future."
After understanding the reason, the middle-aged soldier turned around and was about to leave, when Xiaoyou's voice came slowly:
"I didn't give you any money."
Realizing that he had not paid yet, the middle-aged soldier looked a little embarrassed and immediately turned around to pay the cost of forging the kitchen knife on his mobile phone.
Taking and completing the order in person for the first time made Zuo Tianxuan's inner frustration disappear.
Although the first forging order was just for a kitchen knife, in Zuo Tianxuan's eyes, it was a good start.
Just as Zuo Tianxuan thought, after completing the kitchen knife order, the number of orders gradually increased in the following days.
Although the weapons and equipment he forged are not as high quality as those produced by Destiny City, they are better in that they can have additional attributes and characteristics, which are more in line with the needs of some warriors who are good at casting long-range spells.
As orders gradually increased, Zuo Tianxuan's reputation gradually spread in the southern part of the supply area.
Many soldiers in the military department know that there is such a blacksmith named "Tianxuan".
After gaining fame, forging orders gradually increased.
At this time, the blacksmith's shortcomings became apparent. He was unable to mass-produce weapons and could only delay the completion of many orders.
This also caused many frontline soldiers who originally wanted to forge weapons here to give up because they couldn't wait, and instead turned to the equipment black hole in Destiny City.
Zuo Tianxuan was not frustrated by this.
Feng Qi made it clear that he wanted to take a route of forging top-notch weapons. The output was not important to him. What was important was that the weapons and equipment produced must be of high quality.
Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.
From the initial cost fee to the additional 10% casting fee, Zuo Tianxuan finally had his own forging shop in the frontline supply area.
The days of forging on the front line made Zuo Tianxuan feel very fulfilled.
But precisely because he was on the front line, he deeply understood how cruel the front line he once longed for was.
Once while wandering around the supply area, he accidentally entered a relic shop. When he saw a blue long knife with gorgeous patterns, he was stunned.
I saw two words engraved on the handle of this long knife: Heaven's Choice.
This long sword was forged by himself. He clearly remembered that the person who placed the order was a very young female warrior. She had just graduated from a combat academy and came to the front line. She was in urgent need of a weapon suitable for her.
At that time, the female soldier said that her family conditions were not good, and the school she graduated from was the lowest combat school and did not provide a graduation ceremony with customized weapons, so she went to the front line without weapons.
The military department does provide psychic weapons, but the weapons produced by the assembly line feel very inappropriate in size when used. She needs a customized weapon and hopes that he can give some discounts on the price.
Facing the female warrior's request, Zuo Tianxuan gave the cost price at that time.
He clearly remembered the way the female warrior couldn't put it down when she got the blue sword, and she even thanked him repeatedly.
In the days to come, when female warriors passed by his shop, they would bring trophies from the front line and said that when they made enough money, they would customize a complete set of equipment from him and equip themselves fully.
But he didn't expect that just a few months later, this long blue knife would be hung in the relic shop. He could imagine the ending of the female warrior.
This was the first time that Zuo Tianxuan felt the fragility of life.
This is different from the death rate and other figures reported on TV, and it is also different from seeing video pictures of battle reports on the front line through the news. It is a kind of inexplicable sadness and throbbing.
The weapon I forged failed to protect its owner.
This idea, which may have seemed stupid to him before, actually appeared in his mind.
Their family has an ancestral saying:
The quality of weapons and equipment created by blacksmiths must be perfect. Every bit of our technological improvement is responsible for the lives of frontline soldiers.
They who have never gone to the battlefield are actually already on the battlefield.
This experience greatly touched Zuo Tianxuan, and he finally understood why Feng Qi chose the front line for training.
No matter how many truths are said, nothing can touch people's hearts as much as the feelings gained through personal experience.
He also suddenly understood the meaning of the ancestral precepts and the responsibility of the blacksmith.
The change in mood made Zuo Tianxuan work harder.
He knew that he could not change the situation on the front line, but perhaps the weapons and equipment he forged could change the outcome of a soldier's supposed death.
The sense of responsibility gives Zuo Tianxuan a strong motivation to grow.
He decided to complete the tasks assigned by Feng Qi as soon as possible and continue to move towards becoming a legendary blacksmith.
After 12 o'clock, I will create the chapter for the day in advance. The work unit will be busy tomorrow.
