16. You are neither stupid nor blind, you are just ignorant
"I guess, it's true."
Zhou Shu said sincerely, "I am a weapon-casting apprentice in Workshop No. 97. The Tiger Ben knife was forged by us."
"So I am sure that you are not the forger of the Huben Knife! The only people who can come into contact with the Huben Knife, apart from the people in our workshop No. 97, are the Huben Army."
"You are probably not the Tiger Army. The Tiger Army is the Imperial Guard. They will not attack civilians casually in the capital of Great Xia."
"You're not a weapon-making apprentice, you're not a Tiger Soldier, but you have a Tiger Blade in your hand, so I can only think of one possibility."
"That means you are here for the Tiger Blade!"
The story told by the storyteller before flashed through his mind.
One of the components of the Ten-Nation Martial Arts Competition is the competition of the armaments of each country, and the weapons made by Daxia have always been the best on the continent and are highly wary of all countries.
In this case, a new weapon appeared in Daxia, and if other countries did not respond, then Zhou Shu would really look down on them.
It was obvious that the man in front of him was a spy of a certain country. He did not know how he obtained a Tiger Ben knife. As a spy, he was keenly aware of the value of the Tiger Ben knife.
It is estimated that this man was preparing to abscond after getting the Tiger Ben knife, so he was particularly sensitive. Just because Zhou Shu looked at him a few more times, he thought Zhou Shu recognized him.
In order to prevent his hidden possessions from being revealed, he went directly to kill people and silence them.
Zhou Shu explained how he made his guess, and he also complained about what this man had done.
After stealing the Huben knife, instead of rushing out of the city, he ran to listen to the book. Hearing the book was just that. When he was suspected of being recognized by someone, instead of running away quickly, he actually came to kill people and silence them?
After listening to Zhou Shu's explanation, the man frowned slightly. He placed the Tiger Ben knife on Zhou Shu's neck and said coldly, "Give me the secret recipe for the Tiger Blade knife, and I will spare your life!" p>
"Are these people so easy to fool?"
Zhou Shu said secretly in his heart.
Then he heard the man continue, "Wait a minute, how do you prove that the secret recipe for casting the Tiger Ben knife you took out is true?"
Not too stupid!
Zhou Shu slowly pushed the blade with his hand and said, "You are so smart, how could I deceive you?"
"If you don't believe that the secret recipe is true, then I can cast a Tiger Blade in front of you."
There was a flash of amusement in the man's eyes. Indeed, how could a mere weapon-casting apprentice be able to deceive him?
"You'd better not play any tricks." The man said coldly, "Let's go!"
He put away the Tiger Blade, but immediately, Zhou Shu felt a sharp blade pressed against his waist.
"I'm warning you, it's best not to move. Otherwise, I will definitely send you on your way before someone saves you!"
"Don't worry, I won't act rashly."
Zhou Shu said quickly.
"What do you call this big brother?"
"Shut up!"
The man shouted in a low voice and pushed Zhou Shu forward.
Zhou Shu did not expect that the opponent's stronghold was so close to the Forging Department.
But think about it, since you need to obtain information about Daxia's weapons at all times, you can't be too far from the Weapons Forging Division's workshop.
Along the way, Zhou Shu did not find a chance to escape, so he was taken into a small courtyard that was not surprising.
"Won't knocking here attract the attention of the neighbors?"
Zhou Shu looked at the surrounding environment and asked.
The man smiled coldly, pushed Zhou Shu to a corner of the courtyard, and then tinkered with it for a long time, revealing a downward hole.
"Go down!"
Zhou Shu had no room for resistance and had no choice but to go on as he was told.
After walking down five or six feet, my eyes suddenly opened up.
There is actually a secret room several feet in diameter underground!
In the center of the secret room, a furnace was burning, and the firelight illuminated the entire space.
There should be a designed vent here. Although it is underground, it does not seem stuffy.
"Let's get started."
The man said coldly, "No one here will hear it. As long as you can forge the Tiger Blade, I promise to spare your life!"
Zhou Shu sneered in his heart. If he believed the promise of an undercover agent, he would be really stupid.
"Thank you very much."
Zhou Shu never hoped that the other party would be merciful and let him go, "I'll first see if the materials here are enough. If not-"
Before Zhou Shu finished speaking, the other party had dragged a large wooden box over from the corner. He opened the box and found neatly stacked iron materials inside.
Zhou Shu: "..."
This guy's lair is quite well prepared. Is it possible that this guy is really a weapon-casting apprentice?
Zhou Shu thought to himself and said, "If you have the materials, it will be no problem."
"However, it is difficult to cast the Huben knife, and it may take a little longer."
"You'd better not play tricks."
The man snorted coldly, "It's Shen Shi now, and there are still four hours until Zi Shi. In four hours, if I don't see the Tiger Blade, you can prepare for the funeral!"
"Four hours?"
Zhou Shu said with a bitter face, "Okay, I'll try my best."
"My level is limited, so don't interrupt me during the process, otherwise you can't blame me if you fail."
The man nodded, indicating that Zhou Shu could start.
Zhou Shu walked to the furnace, weighed the weight of the casting hammer, and then took a deep breath.
He grabbed a piece of iron and threw it into the furnace. In an instant, Zhou Shu's expression became very serious.
The man looked stern when he saw it. He suddenly felt that Zhou Shu's temperament had changed drastically. He was just a submissive and humble man in the market, but suddenly he became an unspeakable temperament.
He seemed to have seen this kind of temperament in a certain armor master before.
Is he a weaponsmith?
The man shook his head, how could this be possible? If he was really a weapon maker, how could he be caught by him?
Not to mention that every weapon-casting master will have guards around him, the strength of the weapons-casting master alone will far exceed his own.
Even if a weapons master does not specialize in martial arts, his own strength is not too weak. If he is too weak, he will not be able to become a weapons master.
The man put this thought aside, his eyes fell on Zhou Shu, holding the handle of the Tiger Ben knife, and stared at Zhou Shu unblinkingly.
As a spy, he has never lacked caution. As long as Zhou Shu does anything wrong, he will not hesitate to take action.
He believed that with his own strength and the Tiger Blade in his hand, he could definitely kill a small weapon-making apprentice with one strike.
The moment Zhou Shu picked up the hammer, he forgot everything around him. He was immersed in a certain state of explanation.
A picture flashed through his mind, and all the steps of forging a weapon seemed to be integrated into his bones.
Without even thinking, the hammer came to life and kept hitting the red-hot iron.
"Ding-ding-dang--"
The rhythmic percussion echoed in the underground space like music. Under the man's gaze, the shape of a knife gradually took shape under Zhou Shu's hammer.
As an undercover agent, although this person is not a real weapon-making apprentice, he has some understanding of weapon-making.
Otherwise, how could he steal weapon information?
Seeing the weapon blank under Zhou Shu's hammer, he frowned slightly.
The shape of the knife forged by Zhou Shu is slightly different from the Tiger Ben knife in his hand.
Although he was a little confused, but thinking of what Zhou Shu said before starting, he held back and did not speak.
He didn't have much time. After nightfall, he had to flee out of the city. If he interrupted Zhou Shu's casting, he would have no more time to wait for Zhou Shu to cast again.
At that time, he can only run away with a secret casting recipe that he doesn't know is true or false.
Once you escape, it will be extremely difficult to obtain the secret recipe for the Huben Knife.
There was no secret recipe for casting, but if he just brought a Tiger Blade back with him, he was not sure whether their country's weapons casters could figure out the secret recipe for the Tiger Blade.
The man's face was gloomy and uncertain, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. In the end, he endured it and just watched Zhou Shu continue to cast.
One hour, two hours...
Time passed by little by little, and it seemed that time was approaching half an hour.
The man was already a little impatient, and a look of anxiety flashed across his face.
He squinted his eyes. After another quarter of an hour, if Zhou Shu still couldn't complete the casting, he would immediately force Zhou Shu to write down the secret recipe, kill people, silence him, and fly away!
Zhou Shu didn't know that his life was hanging by a thread. He had a serious expression on his face, his hands were as steady as Mount Tai, and every move he made seemed to be measured with a ruler, without any confusion.
"Ding Dong——"
He hammered for the last time, and the blade took shape. There seemed to be a strange light flowing over the blade.
Zhou Shu put the knife into the cold water that the other party had prepared. After a stabbing sound, Zhou Shu pulled out a long knife with a blade as cold as water.
"Clang——"
The undercover who held Zhou Shu hostage had the Tiger Blade half unsheathed in his hand. He stared at the long knife in Zhou Shu's hand and said coldly.
"Are you kidding me?"
"Why do you say this?"
Zhou Shu's expression was a bit astonished and he frowned.
"You asked me to forge a knife, and I've already forged it. Is it possible that you want to regret it?"
He stared at the half-unsheathed Tiger Blade in the man's hand, and raised the long sword he had just forged with a vigilant expression.
That action, that reaction, perfectly portrays a panic-stricken soldier apprentice.
"Humph, I asked you to forge the Tiger Blade. What is this thing you are forging now?"
The man had a murderous look on his face and said angrily, "Is this a Tiger Blade? Do you think I am a blind man or a fool?"
The shape of the long knife cast by Zhou Shu is completely different from that of the Huben knife. The blade is wider, the back is thicker, and there is a ring on the handle.
No matter how you look at it, it is not the same kind of knife as the Huben knife!
"You are neither a fool nor a blind person."
Zhou Shu shook his head, the panic expression on his face disappeared, replaced by calmness.
"You're just ignorant."
When the man saw the change in the expression on Zhou Shu's face, he felt something in his heart and thought something was wrong.
"Clang——"
He reacted very quickly, and the Tiger Ben knife immediately unsheathed, turned into a bright light, and struck towards Zhou Shu.
At this time, Zhou Shu continued, "It is not wrong to be ignorant, but if you are ignorant, you have to bear the consequences of ignorance."
He held the handle of the knife with both hands, summoned all his strength, faced the opponent's blade, and slashed at him.