Chapter Five Hundred and Five Contract Performance
"Let him in, you can go back." A rough voice came from inside the stone door.
"Yes." The green-skinned steward responded, glanced at Shi Mu, then turned and left.
Shi Mu took a few steps forward, pushed open the stone door and entered the stone house. He saw a red flame burning on the stove in the middle of the house, and the stove was connected to the trench outside the house, storing the contents from the black crater.
Rolling lava flowing out.
Next to the flame, a man with a short stature but a very strong physique was holding a piece of black metal with iron pliers on his upper body and burning it on the flame.
The short man was less than half the height of Shi Mu, and his face was similar to that of a human race, except that most of his face was covered with a thick gray beard, which was tied neatly into a braid and hung down on his chest. The muscles on his body were bulging, and his dark red skin was
The sparkling light reflected in the firelight.
"Master Yongzhu..." Shi Mu said, cupping his hands.
"Give me the stuff." Before Shi Mu could finish speaking, the short man stopped his movements without raising his head, stretched out a generous palm, and said.
"Yes." Shi Mu responded and respectfully handed over the casting hammer.
"Huh!"
Yongzhu put the casting hammer in front of his eyes and looked at it for a moment. He couldn't help but let out a sigh, raised his head, looked at Shi Mu and said.
Shi Mu's eyes were calm and he met the other party's gaze.
"If I remember correctly, this is what I left to a hundred-year-old disciple named Leng Chan... Who are you?" Yong Zhu said.
"This junior has nothing to do with it." Shi Mu said frankly.
"Then why is this token in your hand?" Yongzhu asked.
"When I got this token, I heard someone say that anyone who carries this token can receive the spiritual weapon from the master." Shi Mu did not answer Yongzhu's question, but said this.
Yongzhu raised his head and glanced sideways at Shi Mu, then turned his attention to the casting hammer.
"Did the person who gave you this token ever tell you that there is a time limit for exchanging this token?" Yongzhu said.
"I've never heard of it." Shi Mu was shocked.
"Is there any reason for the things I made to be dusted by the Lord? When I made the agreement with Leng Chan that day, we agreed on a period of thirty years. I have been waiting for him for forty years. Now that spirit
The instrument was resold by me to someone else a few years ago," Yongzhu said.
"As far as I know, the master was unable to fulfill the contract on time due to some reasons. Now that there is such a delay, is this how the master does business?" Shi Mu frowned and said.
"Don't make such a fuss first. Although the spiritual weapon is overdue, but since you came here with a token from that year, I won't let you run away in vain. Now I can give you two choices, you can make it yourself
Decide." Yongzhu said.
"What choice?" Shi Mu asked.
"First, you can wait a few more years, and I can tailor-make a high-grade spiritual weapon suitable for you based on the characteristics of your practice. However, my current knowledge of weapon refining is far from what it was back then.
, you don’t need to provide me with the materials needed to refine the weapon, but you must pay a forging fee." Yongzhu said.
"Is there another one?" Shi Mu asked.
"Secondly, I still have some spiritual weapons in my spiritual weapon library that have not found a good owner. You can choose any of them as compensation." Yongzhu said.
"Is it true that I can choose one of them?" Shi Mu asked with a thought in his heart.
"You don't need to be too happy. In my arsenal of spiritual weapons, the spiritual weapons of all levels, from low-grade to top-grade, are mixed and placed together. When you select, you must be outside the restrictions set by me. The quality of the spiritual weapons,
You cannot perceive the nature, grade, etc. Therefore, your choice can only rely on luck. Moreover, I am not afraid to tell you that most of these spiritual weapons are of low grade. Well, you can decide for yourself.
" Yongzhu said.
"Junior chooses the second option." Shi Mu frowned slightly, but said without hesitation.
Yongzhu was stunned after hearing this. He obviously didn't expect Shi Mu to make a decision so quickly, let alone that Shi Mu would choose the second option so decisively.
"Can you tell me why you didn't choose the safer option? Could it be that you can't even wait for a few years?" Yong Zhu looked into Shi Mu's eyes and asked.
"This junior is in urgent need of a handy spiritual weapon, and we can't wait too long," Shi Mu said.
The lack of time was indeed one of the reasons for Shi Mu's choice, but it only accounted for a small part.
The reason why he did not choose the first one was mainly because the technique he practiced was too special and could not be known to others. Therefore, it was impossible for Yongzhu to tailor-make a spiritual weapon based on the characteristics of his technique.
In addition, the main reason for him to choose the second option is that he is quite confident in his spiritual power and believes that he can select high-quality spiritual weapons from many spiritual weapons even outside the restrictions.
"Now that you've made your decision, you can't go back on it then. Just follow me." Yongzhu said, then turned and walked towards the inside of the stone house.
A moment later, Yongzhu stood in front of a seemingly ordinary wall, a crimson light lit up in his hand, and then he touched it lightly in front of him.
"Chichichi..." the friction sound suddenly sounded.
Shi Mu saw that the wall of the stone house in front of him suddenly dented, revealing a black passage that was only half a foot high.
"Follow closely." Yongzhu said and walked in.
Seeing this, Shi Mu quickly followed him with a low body, and walked into the passage together.
The passage extends downward for more than ten meters, and is connected to a closed stone chamber at the bottom.
After entering the stone chamber, Shi Mu saw seven fist-sized luminous pearls inlaid on the dome of the stone chamber, arranged in the shape of a Big Dipper, casting a bright white light, which was the only light source in the room.
Around the house, there are ebony shelves, filled with strange weapons.
"Okay, all the spiritual weapons in my inventory are here. Go and pick one now. Remember, you only have one chance to choose to leave your hand." Yongzhu stood alone in the corner of the secret room, with his fists folded on his chest.
said.
Shi Mu nodded, and immediately used his spiritual consciousness to scan, and found that there was a layer of invisible restrictions covering these wooden shelves, which isolated his spiritual consciousness and could not invade at all.
He didn't show any surprise, his eyes flashed with golden light, and he swept towards the spiritual weapon on the wooden shelf.
Since he was good at using long swords, the first thing he looked at was the long black sheath sword on the upper left side of the wooden frame.
The blade of the long knife was only three fingers wide, but it was four feet long. It was completely black, with a slightly exposed blade emitting a cold light.
However, under his spiritual observation, he could not see any fluctuations in spiritual power or material quality of the sword at all, as if the long sword was just an ordinary weapon with a sharp edge.
Shi Mu looked at the spherical spiritual weapon next to him, only to find that he still couldn't see through its grade.
After several successive tests, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
My own spiritual eyes and supernatural powers didn't work here, and I had obviously been a little too confident before.
In this case, the next choice can only rely on luck.
With no choice but to do so, the golden light in his eyes disappeared. Starting from the upper left side of the ebony frame, he began to carefully observe each spiritual weapon one by one.
He looked at him for most of an hour. Yongzhu was very patient and didn't say anything to urge him. He just stood in the corner, touching his chin from time to time, looking thoughtful.
Shi Mu had actually looked at almost all the spiritual weapons on the shelves around the house, but because he could not sense the grade attributes of the spiritual weapons, it was still difficult to make a decision.
He thought about it and finally decided to choose the long black sheath knife he saw at the beginning. After all, he was quite knowledgeable about using knives. Even though the knife was not of high grade, he could still use it.
smoothly.
Just when he was about to turn around, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a long black stick leaning against the ebony frame, almost as high as the ebony frame.
Because it was the same color and similar in length to the wooden frame, Shi Mu's attention was attracted by the spiritual weapon on the wooden frame. He didn't notice it when he was observing it before.
Shi Mu suddenly took a few steps forward and stared at the long black stick, sizing it up.
I saw that this stick was about ten feet long, as thick as a forearm, and completely black. Its appearance was not very smooth, but was instead covered with tiny pits. It looked like it had been hammered out with a forging hammer.
On both ends of the long black stick, there is a darker area with fine runes carved on it.
While Shi Mu stared at the long black stick and examined it carefully, a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart. The image of the Sky-Flirting Stick falling from the sky and falling into his hand that day suddenly appeared in his mind.
He immediately raised his hand, pointed at the long black stick, and turned to look at Yong Zhu.
Before he could say anything, he noticed that a trace of annoyance suddenly flashed across Yongzhu's eyes as he looked at him.
When Shi Mu saw this scene, he was immediately overjoyed. He even threw away the last trace of doubt in his heart and said:
"Master Yongzhu, I want this black stick spiritual weapon."
"Oh...well, you are lucky." Yongzhu's eyebrows twitched a few times, but he finally sighed helplessly and said.
As he spoke, the red light in his hand lit up, and he pointed his fingers together at the seven luminous pearls on the dome of the stone chamber. Among the seven luminous pearls, the light of one of them dimmed.
With one move from Yong Zhu, the long black stick flew out from the side of the shelf and flew straight towards Shi Mu.
Shi Mu held it with one hand and immediately released his spiritual consciousness to feel it for a while, then waved it a few times. The original joyful expression suddenly disappeared.
"It is indeed a top-grade spiritual weapon, but it's a pity that it's too light, so it's hard to get your hands on." Shi Mu said with some regret.
As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt his hand suddenly sink, and the long black stick almost lost his grip and fell to the ground.
This shocked him so much that he quickly looked up at Yongzhu, who was looking at him with a half-smiling expression.