The girl seemed to know something, but she did not elaborate. She just told Qin Shuo to be careful. There were many petty bad people in Chubei City.
Qin Shuo agreed.
And because of the girl's appearance, the man in the Fusion Realm would leave. If Qin Shuo didn't have a bodyguard, the girl would have saved his life.
He was very grateful and took out a sweet potato from his arms to give to the girl.
The girl didn't mind it either. She used her fingernails to tear off a bit of the sweet potato skin and took a bite.
She had no intention of accompanying Qin Shuo, so she waved her hand and gave Qin Shuo a back view.
Qin Shuo smiled, there are good people and bad people, this is the world, and the girl's cheerfulness and ease also made Qin Shuo very fond of her.
He calmed down and walked around the center of the city.
As expected, there were blacksmith shops everywhere, and the clang of hammering iron tools echoed through the streets, while the boiling heat of the furnaces also slightly heated the air.
Qin Shuo used the communication board to communicate with the ruffian's spy and explained his purpose.
The ruffian replied quickly: "Are you really planning to learn blacksmithing? If you haven't learned it, how many years will it take for you to be able to compete in front of the blacksmith shop? And by the time you can go in, Qingyi will be afraid of it.
No more."
Qin Shuo didn't bother to explain: "Just introduce it to me."
The ruffian said: "Okay, you love spending time, am I still stopping you? Chubeicheng is a forging city, there are hundreds of blacksmith shops at least, and the number of people who are eligible to be invited to enter the competition in front of the palace should be twenty
If you want to learn, go to the Nalan family, their blacksmithing skills are among the best in the city, and they have been monopolizing orders from the Green Snake Palace for many years."
"Is the Nalan family looking for apprentices?"
"Hi, why don't you hire? These blacksmith shops are all crazy. There is no salary during the apprenticeship period, and they don't even cover food and accommodation. They won't lose at all. And if you really have the ability to become a master, the treatment will be pretty good."
"That's fine, how should I apply?"
"Just find a blacksmith shop with Nalan's name on it and ask, but they also have to pass an assessment to recruit people. If you want to be a free apprentice, you have to see if you have the talent."
Qin Shuo didn't need to search very hard. There were at least two or three Nalan family blacksmith shops on one street.
There was a circle of people gathered in front of the shop, some of them came to buy ironware, but most of them came to watch the apprenticeship assessment.
Before Qin Shuo walked into the crowd, he heard the sound of "swaying" iron. As he came closer, heat waves squeezed out from among the crowd and hit his face.
People watching the assessment have a purpose. They all want to enter the Nalan family, so they also have the intention of applying for the job.
And before taking the assessment yourself, it is also necessary to watch other people's performances and learn some tricks or understand the master's preferences.
Qin Shuo simply squeezed in, and then saw a tough man with a bare upper body, sweating profusely, and beating away.
There is a conspicuous wooden sign on the wall behind the man, with the fees required for the assessment written in bright red characters on the wooden sign.
You have to purchase materials for the assessment, pay the invigilation fee of the master and the cost of tool wear and tear. After joining the job, you have no wages, and food and accommodation are not included.
Qin Shuo was drunk, and when supply exceeded demand, he was strangled even when he applied for a job.
Qin Shuo watched the assessments of two applicants in a row and learned the basic skills of forging. However, both applicants failed. Qin Shuo's level of learning was definitely not enough.
Many people booed and asked the invigilator to show off.
The master just doesn't bother to pay attention, just once or twice. These applicants come every day, and he has to show off every day. Doesn't this make him uncomfortable?
Not acting!
Qin Shuo looked inside the blacksmith shop and saw the sound of banging and other masters busy inside.
But the invigilator caught him at a glance: "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Are you sent here by the family next door to steal your teacher?"
Qin Shuo curled his lips. He seriously suspected that this master was here to defraud the invigilation fee. He would not give demonstrations or steal lessons. If Qin Shuo could do it directly, why would he be an apprentice?
But this is someone else's territory. Even if he is dissatisfied, he will not be stupid enough to stand out. Whether he can pass the assessment is still decided by his master. If he refutes it, won't he cut off his own future?
He drew his head back,
Then... he released the little native and scolded the master lightly in his heart.
Qin Shuo studied secretly and listened to others talking.
Then, he understood the purpose of the blacksmith shop recruiting apprentices.
The blacksmith shop is for people to do things, not to hold training classes. After the apprentices join the job, they are only responsible for some odd jobs.
Whether you have someone to teach you or not depends on whether you know how to behave.
There is no one to teach you, but you can secretly learn it while doing odd jobs. That is also your ability.
Therefore, although the blacksmith shop recruits apprentices, you must also bring with you the basic knowledge of forging.
Otherwise, if I ask you to help me, you won't be able to help me, so what's the use of the blacksmith shop?
As for how you acquire this knowledge, that is your own problem.
Applicants must pass the assessment and at least create defective products that are barely usable. Those who fail will leave on their own and the fees paid will not be refunded.
Qin Shuo understood the rules, so he was not in a hurry to take the assessment.
He found a quiet place and blended into the underground, then dispersed the natives and stole their skills everywhere.
The weapons forged by the blacksmith are graded according to the level of the cultivator. For the Qi Control realm, use the weapons of the Qi Control Realm, and for the Qi Transformation Realm, use the Qi Transformation Realm weapons, and so on.
Using weapons beyond the level will not increase the power, but will also increase the burden on the user.
However, if the weapon is downgraded, the practitioner will not be able to exert his full combat power.
Weapons and equipment of the same level will be graded again according to quality.
The levels are scrap, defective, ordinary, good, fine and top quality.
There are still levels on top of the best, but this is something that this mortal world cannot grasp.
The entry requirement for an apprentice is a defective product, but to be promoted to a master, one needs to be able to create good products.
But as a mortal village, the masters mostly create mortal products.
All I need is a kitchen knife that can cut garlic without breaking it.
But if you give someone a magical tool that can open mountains, then you have something wrong with your brain.
The requirement for joining the job was to make a defective product, and Qin Shuo learned how to create an ordinary product after a while, but he didn't plan to take the assessment just like that.
He sent natives to almost every blacksmith shop, stayed there for two days, and finally watched the complete process of making high-quality products.
He was already a master before he became an apprentice.
As for higher-level learning, he needs to enter the family behind the blacksmith shop.
Qin Shuo left the ground and returned to the previous blacksmith shop to apply for the assessment.
After he got engaged to Jiuqu, he had the benefits of a Holy King, not to mention contribution points.
Before setting off, he also brought a lot of gold, silver and mortal currency, so the cost of participating in the assessment was not a problem for him.