At noon, the elite team led by Li Mu finally crossed the vast Lishan Plain, and the towering city under the white clouds in the distance was already in front of them.
"The styles of your Penglai city are really diverse. Honda City has strong traditional features, and Shizuoka City has advanced energy stone technology, but none of them are as spectacular as this Metallurgical City. "
The closer they get to the city, the more everyone truly understands why this place can become a special existence in the entire fairyland. There are hundreds of large and small mines along the way.
Various mining machinery driven by energy stone technology kept roaring, and the shirtless miners were sweating profusely while waving their tools, a scene in full swing.
Li Mu and the others are planning to enter the city from the west gate. If they choose the northern route, they will see several more magnificent super-large mines, which is where the Metallurgical City is famous.
"It's really shocking. Our Cangyun Empire's Lishui City is also a main city for mining, but compared with this place, it pales in comparison. It is indeed a place where the Blacksmiths' Guild can stay for a long time."
Li Mu had spent some time in Lishui City, which allowed him to better understand the power of Metallurgical City. Whether it was the scale of the mine or the maturity of the technology, the two were completely different.
This also reflects the Penglai Immortal Kingdom’s advantages over the Cangyun Empire in terms of national strength and technology. Back then, a single ocean-going fleet was able to overwhelm half of the Cangyun Empire. It was this gap in hard power that they relied on.
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But the gap is a gap. Today, under the leadership of Huangfu Qing, the Cangyun Empire has taken steps to catch up with other top forces in the immortal world, and the Penglai Immortal Kingdom's expedition support battle is the first cry to announce the rise of the ancient empire.
The five people soon arrived at the gate of Metallurgical City. Although it was a period of extremely turbulent civil war, the situation here was not affected at all. A large number of caravans entered the city in an orderly manner.
Those responsible for verifying identities and inspecting goods entering the city are not soldiers from West Penglai or East Penglai, but a regiment of armed soldiers uniformly dressed in blue and black armor. Most of them are mercenaries invited by the Blacksmith Guild. They are not loyal to any other force and only
Metallurgical City is responsible.
Since the city spans two countries, Metallurgical City will not block it because of the identity of the Xi Penglai merchant provided by Li Mu and others. It can be said that the small team entered the city unimpeded.
Everyone who was on a mission had no intention of appreciating this neutral city. They just found a very ordinary hotel to stay at. Every room was set up by Li Mu to isolate the magic circle from detection. The method used was naturally from
The Fuxi clan knowledge base in memory.
"Miss Tao, can you tell us now why you chose Metallurgical City as your first destination? And what should we do next?"
They were all carefully selected monks, and naturally they were all gearing up. Everyone gathered in Li Mu's room was full of curiosity about Xiao Momomaru's subsequent plans, hoping to find out the clues to Dong Peng Lai's conspiracy earlier.
"Metallurgical City is restricted by the Blacksmiths' Guild. It is the only place where people from East and West Penglai can coexist. Finding information about East Penglai here is undoubtedly the least risky."
"But with the full outbreak of the civil war, it is difficult to say whether this neutral city can still be maintained. The Blacksmith Guild will also weigh the pros and cons. Maybe one day it will make the choice to abandon Metallurgical City because of the loss of a divine craftsman.
Even they can’t bear it.”
"So we need to use the special situation of Metallurgical City in the most limited time to obtain enough intelligence to prepare for our actual sneak into Dong Penglai."
"My division of labor for everyone is roughly as follows. Elder Li, you are responsible for the market area in Dongcheng. There are a large number of wine shops, inns and shops there, which is an excellent place to gather information."
"Brother Jin and Brother Bai, go to the bounty hall in the north of the city together. This is where mercenaries receive tasks. There are many people from all walks of life, and it is possible to get clues."
"Then...actually, the place I want to enter the most is the Blacksmiths Guild, but there are no blacksmiths among us, and the guild has strict access control restrictions, so I really can't find a suitable identity or reason to enter."
Xiao Tao Wan's plan was extremely detailed, and he made optimal arrangements for the different characteristics of the team members. His understanding of the Metallurgical City system and his informal thinking made everyone, including Li Shu, praise him repeatedly.
But the Blacksmith Guild, which is the most important and most likely to obtain information, is facing many difficulties. Even as smart as she is, she couldn't figure out a way to infiltrate in a short period of time.
"If I go to the Blacksmiths Guild with the forging blueprints and say I want to trade with them, is that a reasonable reason?"
While everyone was hesitating, Li Mu seemed to suddenly have an idea and asked Xiao Tao Wan, who was frowning beside him.
"The Blacksmiths Guild is full of talents and is the largest blacksmith organization in the fairy world. The blueprints they hold are as vast as smoke. Even earth-level magic weapons can easily take them out. Unless they are heaven-level forging blueprints, it is impossible...
"Xiao Momomaru didn't really understand what Li Mu meant at first. After thinking for a moment, he felt that this plan was difficult to implement. But halfway through the words, he saw the look in the other person's head and immediately covered his lips in surprise.
"Could it be...could it be that you have the blueprints for heaven-level divine weapons?"
Li Mu scratched his head and nodded slightly awkwardly. He did not have blueprints for heavenly weapons, but the Fuxi clan did, and there were more than one.
After searching the treasure house of knowledge in his mind, Li Mu found three detailed forging drawings of heaven-level divine weapons, and even included the formulas and proportions of the required materials.
From being extremely surprised to being overjoyed, Xiao Momowan, who was extremely happy, hugged Li Mu fiercely, but immediately felt something was wrong, blushed and hurriedly let go of his arms holding Li Mu.
But the other three people still showed "I see" expressions, especially Elder Li Shu, who just blinked at Li Mu, meaning "You can do it, little guy, even the little beauty in Penglai has been taken care of by you."
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Time was running out, and everyone left the hotel as planned. Li Mu and Xiao Taowan both put on disguise masks, called a carriage and rushed to a high tower in the center of Metallurgical City, where the Blacksmiths Guild belongs.
Metallurgical City Branch.
"Please show me the blacksmith badge."
As soon as the two of them reached the gate, they were stopped by a burly armored guard. As expected, they were asked to show the unique badge of the guild's blacksmith.
After learning that the two were not members of the guild, the dedicated guards became vigilant and directly displayed their weapons to carefully guard Li Mu and Xiao Momomaru, who were obviously monks.
"Brothers, we are indeed not members of the Blacksmiths Guild, but we have business that we would like to do with the guild. It is about high-level forging drawings. Please inform the person in charge. Otherwise, if you miss it, you may be given to your money.
The guild brings losses.”
Following the agreed standard, Xiao Momomaru, who acted as Li Mu's follower, opened his mouth to negotiate with the guard. His sweet voice and his still exquisite appearance after the disguise quickly made the other party relax.
"You guys wait here until I go and report it first."