The next day, Zhang Ping went to the school’s library specifically.

He first searched for the history of Mingzhu City, but did not find any information about "Martial Practice" and "Nan Yue", which shows that these two words are not old place names.

Since it is not a place name, what will it be?

Zhang Ping returned to the dormitory and kept thinking in his heart while filling out his graduation application.

"Can't it be two words that read in reverse?"

In the afternoon, Zhang Ping put down his pen and suddenly had a new idea.

Although it felt unlikely, he still wrote the two words on paper in reverse.

Yuenan.

Practice martial arts.

Zhang Ping looked at the reverse text and suddenly widened his eyes.

It turns out that this puzzle is not difficult.

But there are definitely not many people who know him, and the other party knows him very well!

wrong.

It should be said that the other party knows the original owner very well.

There was once a beef brisket ramen shop not far from the orphanage in Mingzhu City.

Because the word "小氏" in the sign "小氏" cracks in half, it looks like the word "小氏氏".

On the back of this brisket ramen shop is a small park, which is the paradise in the minds of orphans.

Before Zhang Ping entered Mingzhu Ability Academy, he often practiced martial arts alone in that park and fought turtle punches blindly.

As time goes by, the beef brisket ramen shop went bankrupt four years ago, and now it has become an armor workshop, so the probability of Tian Changhu knowing this information is extremely low, and the person who knows that he has practiced martial arts in that small park is definitely not as many as a palm.

From this we can infer that the person who appeared behind him last night absolutely knew the original owner!

Zhang Ping tore the words written on the paper into the toilet, then picked up the graduation application and walked out.

After knowing the answer, he felt much more relaxed.

Literally speaking, the other party should have asked him to meet him at the small park behind the beef brisket ramen shop on the 23rd.

The reason why numbers don’t need to be understood in reverse is that it does not exist for a month for 32 days, so it must be the day on the 23rd.

The graduation application went very smoothly.

After all, he is just a useless awakened person who has awakened his useless ability and is not valued.

evening.

Zhang Ping packed his luggage and left school directly.

When he arrived at Iron Soul, the stinky fart in the store was taking care of Uncle Liu's stinky face suddenly appeared. Seeing Zhang Ping carrying his luggage, he already knew Zhang Ping's answer.

"Little brother, you are here just in time. I will have a mission tomorrow. It will take about five days to come back. I am worried that no one can take care of Uncle Liu. Come on, I will take you upstairs first." Xiaobaqiang held Zhang Ping's hand and said happily.

There are three floors in total, the first floor is the store, the second floor is the residence, and the third floor is the studio.

There are many large rooms on the second floor. Zhang Ping chose a room and then went downstairs with Xiaobaqiang after putting his luggage. When he went downstairs, he realized that Xiaobaqiang was originally named Qiu Qiang. However, because neighbors from a young age called him Xiaobaqiang, he didn't care.

Uncle Liu's name is Liu Tiefeng. He is 79 years old this year. He originally had a son named Liu Dashan, but he disappeared some time ago.

Maybe I have a bad premonition in my heart.

Liu Tiefeng's spirit has been deteriorating recently. Not only has he reacted slowly, but he is also a little confused. Therefore, Qiu Qiang hopes to find a reliable person to take care of Liu Tiefeng.

The reason he chose Zhang Ping was mainly because Zhang Ping was both a student and an orphan, unlike those who came out of society who were complicated in their minds and interpersonal relationships.

In addition, Qiu Qiang himself often comes to take care of Liu Tiefeng, and he is not afraid that Zhang Ping has extra thoughts.

Of course, Qiu Qiang didn't say it in the second half, it was Zhang Ping himself who guessed it.

A student who wants to be an adventurer.

No need to guess.

It must be an orphan.

This is so easy to judge in Mingzhu City.

At night, Qiu Qiang took advantage of the time and decided to teach Zhang Ping some basic skills of blacksmiths first.

After he takes the mission, Zhang Ping can take care of Liu Tiefeng in the store and practice basic skills at the same time so that there is no need to do anything.

The blacksmith in this world is somewhat different from the blacksmith that Zhang Ping imagined.

Before studying, Zhang Ping thought that it was a forging weapon, which was to use an iron hammer to hit the red iron block, and then quench and polish the tip.

But the forging skills in this world are not that simple.

"Xiao Zhang, I'll demonstrate it first, you'll see it first." Qiu Qiang put on fireproof gloves and then said to Zhang Ping beside him.

Zhang Ping nodded, then focused and carefully watched the movements on Qiu Qiang's hands.

I saw Qiu Qiang pick up a few iron ingots and put them on a wooden plate, and said, "These are all processed fine iron. You can usually buy them by going to an iron ore wholesale store. A 10-pound iron ingot costs about 6,000 yuan."

"That's so expensive!" Zhang Ping said in surprise.

Qiu Qiang put several scales on the wooden plate and smiled lightly: "You must know that the iron ore in Mingzhu City is mined in the wild, and going outside the city is equivalent to gambling with your life. Each piece of fine iron may be stained with the blood of miners and adventurers. Is 6,000 yuan expensive?"

“…”

Zhang Ping had nothing to say.

Next, Qiu Qiang prepared the materials and said, "This scale is called Red Refining Snake Scale, which comes from the alienated beast Red Refining Snake. At high temperature, the scale will gradually melt and emit extremely high temperatures. At the same time, there is a substance called "Red Ash" that can be integrated into the fine iron, which can not only strengthen the hardness and toughness of the fine iron, but also make the fine iron have the function of self-recovery."

"So, once the red-refined snake scales are added, the weapon must be forged at one time, otherwise when it cools down, it will be difficult to forge it again in the future."

As he said that, Qiu Qiang and the wooden plate put the iron ingots and materials into the fire, and at the same time reached out and stirred quickly in the fire. It didn't look like he was creating a weapon, but it was more like he was kneading.

"A lot of these materials need to be stirred evenly with our own hands, so this forging weapon technique is also called dough forging." Qiu Qiang didn't care about the high temperature at all, looked at the fire with his eyes and kept stirring with his hands.

Zhang Ping swallowed, and he saw that although Qiu Qiang was wearing fireproof gloves, the flame had actually burned Qiu Qiang's arm, but Qiu Qiang didn't care at all, and even a single hair was not burned.

"I'm optimistic, this next step is very important." Qiu Qiang said at this time.

He took out a ball of red ‘dough’ from the fire, immediately got up and put it into a black rectangular mold next to him, and then picked up a huge hammer and hit the raised area on the mold crazily. The raised area gradually became flatter and flatter.

"Help me take the red oil over there!" He gasped and then said to Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping immediately picked up a can of one-meter-high oil barrel at the counter, and then hugged it to Qiu Qiang with difficulty.

"Yes, being able to hold tincture oil means that your physical fitness is not bad." Qiu Qiang said with a smile on his eyes. He was actually just trying Zhang Ping's strength.

Although the kneading forging technology does not require particularly high power, it cannot be without the power of a chicken.

Qiu Qiang opened the lid of the tinder oil and poured a small amount of tinder oil on the mold. With a loud bang, a large amount of steam came out of the mold. Then Qiu Qiang held the switch next to the mold and pulled it hard. The mold slowly opened, and a knife with red patterns appeared in front of the two.

"This is the most basic step in forging weapons. The knife is called Mingzhu Knife, which is considered a Mingzhu City standard knives. All blacksmith apprentices first learned to forge weapons. Only after they are familiar with the changes in the materials, they may not need to use molds and can create various weapons according to their own wishes." Qiu Qiang picked up the knife from the mold, walked towards the test knife table, and then said to Zhang Ping.

The next moment, he raised his knife and cut down the stone on the test stand. The knife light flashed, and the stone was cut in half, and the cut was smooth and flat.

"This is the most ordinary knife in Mingzhu City!"

Zhang Ping really felt an eye-opener at this moment. This was something that Mingzhu Academic Academic could not learn, and it also gave him a preliminary understanding of the weapons of Mingzhu City. But soon he woke up and Mingzhu City, which possesses such weapons, was still infiltrated by Tianchanghu.

There is no doubt.

The Tianchang Fox is even more terrifying and dangerous.

"Can this standard weapon cause damage to intermediate alienated beasts?" Zhang Ping thought for a while and asked.

Qiu Qiang put the sword aside. After hearing Zhang Ping's question, he smiled and said, "It depends on what kind of alienated beast it is. Some alienated beasts have strong body defenses, some are extremely agile, and some are good at attacking, so there is no 100% absolute answer.

However, the Pearl Sword is generally only used to deal with primary alienated beasts, and even if it is a primary alienated beast, some of which have strong defenses can still withstand the attack of the Pearl Sword."

Most alienated beasts are stronger than humans, and the higher the level, the stronger they are.

Even if the ability is not an alienated beast with physical enhancement, the physical strength is no less than that of the physical enhancement awakened person after the level is higher.

This is also one of the disadvantages of human beings in the face of alienated beasts.

"Okay, let's try it next. Don't be nervous for the first time. You can practice the basics slowly for a long time in the future." Seeing Zhang Ping thinking, Qiu Qiang took off the fire gloves on his hand, patted Zhang Ping on the shoulder, and then said.

Zhang Ping nodded, took the fireproof gloves handed over by Qiu Qiang, and walked to the stove after putting on the fireproof gloves.

He had already remembered Qiu Qiang's technique just now, and now he just needed to follow the steps of Qiu Qiang's forging the Pearl Sword.

The first step is to prepare all the materials you need.

The second step is to place the material in the furnace and calcined it from an open flame.

Zhang Ping held a wooden plate and put it into the stove. When it was put in, his arms without fire gloves felt a burning heat. Moreover, the material burned in the flames and it would release heat itself. This heat gushed out of the stove, and his eyebrows immediately became curled, and he could smell a scent of scorched hair.

"Don't step back, feel the changes in the materials carefully, don't let go, otherwise the combustion aids that are mixed with the materials into the firewood will be useless." Qiu Qiang reminded.

Zhang Ping originally wanted to retreat, but after hearing this, he could only grit his teeth and persevere. As the wooden plate burned out, he immediately felt a ball of unknown heavy objects in his hand. Obviously, this was the material after burning and mixing.

"The time should be almost done. The materials in your hand are not evenly distributed now. Rub slowly and feel its weight." Qiu Qiang said.

Zhang Ping nodded and then slowly rubbed his hands.
To be continued...