Chapter 1 There is a potential dragon in the blacksmith shop
Nanqingguo, Chiba Prefecture.
It's midsummer, Ping'an Street, in front of Lu Ji's blacksmith shop.
“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”
"Wow!"
A kitchen knife on the stone pier has been quenched and then polished.
Scratch, scratch, scratch~~
The sound of sharpening iron was very regular, and soon Lu Qi had sharpened a kitchen knife. The whole body of the kitchen knife was black, and the material looked ordinary, but the cutting edge shone with light.
"Aunt Niu, the kitchen knife has been repaired for you." Lu Qi handed the kitchen knife to a peasant woman in front of the stone pier.
The peasant woman smiled and said, "Xiao Luzi, your forging skills are getting better and better. If you continue to be so diligent, you will become a skilled master in less than three years."
Lu Qi cupped his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you for your good advice, one penny."
The peasant woman rummaged around in her belt and took out a dark knife-shaped iron coin, which was the Qingyu Dao coin, the basic currency of Nanqing Kingdom. One coin was one penny. In today's world, it could buy two kilograms of brown rice and ten kilograms of wheat bran.
Lu Qi held the knife coin, his eyes blurred.
He is a time traveler, and it has been half a month since he traveled to this world, Nanqing Country. During this half month, he has been receiving the memories of his original host.
"The person in the body I traveled through is also called Lu Qi. He is a child of the Lu family in Qianye City. My father failed in the fight for the throne, my parents and brothers died, and I was kicked out of the house to make a living in this blacksmith shop.
"
Lu Qi loved to climb mountains in his previous life, but he lost his footing and fell. He thought he was going to die, but he didn't expect to travel through time!
It's just that this body is a bit weak. Through his memory, Lu Qi knows that martial arts are the most respected in this world, and it is said that there are immortals, but he doesn't know much about the details of his previous life.
I just know it’s very dangerous!
At this moment, two figures flew across the sky, leaping a hundred feet, like giant birds, across half of the peaceful street. They trampled all the houses under their feet!
Lu Qi was dumbfounded.
Aunt Niu and other neighbors all shrank their necks and looked worried.
"A new mine has been discovered at Judaomen. It looks very dangerous. This is the third batch of Yijin masters dispatched in the city this month! I'm afraid new corvees will be recruited!"
Lu Qi was deeply touched. Yi Jin was a third-level warrior. He could easily lift a gigantic cauldron, spanning dozens of feet in one step, and could split a ten-finger-thick earth wall with one sword!!
How terrible!
"So strong, this world is really dangerous, I'd better keep a low profile and be cautious! From now on, I will never mess with these people flying around!" Lu Qi secretly swore!
Martial arts are divided into nine levels, with the ninth level being the most respected, and the first level being the lowest martial artist. Even so, with a strength of three to five hundred kilograms and skin as hard as a rhinoceros, it is still no problem to beat a dozen ordinary people with bare hands.
Lu Qi estimated that the first-level warriors were not much different from the world fighting champions in their previous lives. They had extraordinary resistance and terrifying strength.
Lu Qi's eyes returned to the present. He lost his parents three years ago and left the Lu family, which was at the bottom of Chiba County. He lived on a blacksmith shop that his parents bought outside the family in his early years.
However, the death of his parents was a huge blow. Three years later, he was still confused, addicted to the alcohol in the casino, his body was hollowed out, and he was extremely weak.
In the past half month, he has been paying attention to taking care of his body. However, his family is poor and he eats two meals a day. Each meal is made of wheat bran, which is nutritious and gets stuck in his throat.
My strength has never been better.
However, he has been waiting for an opportunity, and that is the system in his body.
That's right.
He traveled through time and had a system. After half a month of exploration, he already understood the system and had been waiting for a while.
Lu Qi looked up at the time, it was almost noon.
Then everything will change.
"Lu Qi, it's time to pay off the debt!"
A group of people came from a distance.
The sound came before anyone arrived.
The first person was wearing a short jacket, with his breasts exposed, and he was sullen. He had a short knife at his waist, a ferocious face, and a piece of paper in his hand.
"Brother Dao, didn't you agree to do it for a month?"
Lu Qi recognized this person, Brother Dao, the gold medal thug at Big Erlong Casino. He had been in trouble for three years and owed a lot of money to this person.
I have lost all my savings over the years, but recently I have accumulated a large amount of debt.
In the past half month, he has also been planning how to deal with this matter.
Brother Dao sneered: "Recently, the giant sword sect has sent us a mission. We are short of money for knife work. Lord Jin asked us to tighten all gambling debts. Therefore, the one hundred dollars you owe must be paid back in advance!"
Lu Qidao: "Brother Dao, this is against the rules."
Brother Dao said: "Lu Qi, if you dare not pay it back, do you want to try our casino's methods?"
Lu Qi had murderous intent in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it because Brother Dao was a first-level Skin Refining Realm warrior!
In other words, Tyson, the world fighting champion in his previous life, was even a tough guy with a knife, but he was just a weakling.
"Brother Dao, we agreed to it for a month. Even if you want to advance, you can't pay it back on the same day. Let's take a step back for ten days. After ten days, I will pay you back, one hundred dollars, exactly."
Brother Dao snorted coldly: "Three days, one day less and I'll break your legs."
Lu Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Dao, I will be justified in this matter when it comes to the county master. It will take seven days. If I still can't do it after seven days, you can do whatever you want."
Seeing Lu Qi's firm eyes, Brother Dao raised his head and glanced at the word "Lu" on Lu Ji's Blacksmith Shop, then nodded with a sinister smile.
"Okay, seven days is seven days. If you don't pay back after seven days, my hands and feet will be cut off, and your blacksmith shop will be taken away!"
Lu Qi's eyes widened. The blacksmith shop was the foundation for his current livelihood in Chiba County. He could not afford to lose it, otherwise he would live on the streets and starve to death.
I saw Brother Dao leaving.
Lu Qi put on a smile and said, "Brother Dao, wait a minute."
Aunt Niu and other neighbors were about to leave when they saw Brother Dao, but Lu Qi actually called them to stop him. Is this because he was not convinced?
Everyone suddenly became nervous and worried, but no one dared to warn them.
Brother Dao also turned around, looked at him with a joking face, and said, "Why, you are not convinced?"
Lu Qidao: "Brother Dao, look at what you said, how dare I not be convinced. I just remembered that you just said that the Judao Sect has a mission, and I want to share it."
Brother Dao was stunned for a moment, and then mocked: "The Judao Sect has opened up a new line. We are short of people and weapons. We have been assigned the task of fifty good knives to our Big Erlong Casino, and my Brother Dao has received ten. What, you want it too?"
Want to take part?"
Lu Qidao: "I don't dare, I just want to share Brother Dao's worries and let Brother Dao be able to show off his gambling debts."
Brother Dao said: "Don't even think about it. If you can really shoot ten good knives in seven days, you can also pay off the gambling debt of one hundred dollars, but can you? Don't waste my good materials and
time."
Seeing this, Lu Qi understood that this was his chance to make a comeback, and said: "Brother Dao, have you forgotten that I am a blacksmith? I have made some small breakthroughs recently and I am more proficient. It will not be a problem to strike ten knives."
Brother Dao didn't believe it at first, but when he saw Lu Qi's confident look, he felt that Lu Qi didn't dare to lie to him, so he said: "Then you try to hit me with a dagger. If it works, this task will be given to you."
Lu Qi thanked him repeatedly.
Brother Dao then asked Lu Qi to start working, but Lu Qi said: "Brother Dao, as you know, I am short of money and there is no iron material in the shop. Could you please give me some materials."
Brother Dao was speechless and waved his hand impatiently, and immediately a younger brother quickly left.
And he stopped and waited with his arms folded.
Then he said: "Lu Qi, if you can't do it and have wasted my time, I will give you a beating immediately. Of course, if you complete it, the task will be yours, and you will be given everything you need."
Lu Qi smiled and said: "Brother Dao, don't worry, I don't dare to lie to you."
He also smiled and waited. He looked up at the sky and saw that noon was approaching.
Aunt Niu and other neighbors all thought Lu Qi was crazy.
Aunt Niu kindly reminded: "Xiao Luzi, how dare you boast about Haikou?"
Lu Qi smiled and said: "Don't worry, I feel that my blacksmithing skills have improved recently, so I decided to come down."
Aunt Niu and other neighbors shook their heads and sighed.
Lu Qi looked up at the sky and smiled.
"It's noon!"
His eyes flashed, and a system panel appeared in front of him that no one could see except him.
[Name: Lu Qi (poisoned)]
[Strength: Ordinary people (weak enough)]
[Kung Fu: Dragon Elephant Kung Fu (not activated)]
[Skill: Blacksmithing (Introduction) (1)]
[Fortune value: 51]
Lu Qi smiled. This was the system he had been studying for half a month, and it was also the fundamental reason why he dared to agree to Brother Dao.