Chapter 25 – Essence of Xuan Iron
Chapter 25 – Essence of Xuan Iron
“Newt!”
A white crane was startled by Chen Fan’s laughter and lifted its wings to go far away.
Chen Fan dashed back to the small boat.
He picked up the oars, turned his back to the setting sun, and paddled back to the shore of the lake neighboring Ying Yue Town without any hurry.
As usual, he left the boat at the old boatman’s place before heading towards the town.
“Come, come, is there anyone else out there, all the weapons I have here are carefully crafted by me, as long as any of you can win against me in a contest, you can choose any one from me and take it away.”
“If you fail in the contest, you only need to leave behind ten taels of silver.”
Just as he stepped into Reflecting Moon Town, he was attracted by a clamor.
Chen Fan followed the flow of people, only to see a shirtless, muscular, strong man setting up a stall.
The strong man’s arm was tattooed with a circling green dragon, which was dominating.
At the same time, on his stall, there were all kinds of weapons that emitted metallic luster, swords, guns, swords and halberds, a wide array of them.
The onlookers were talking, some were rubbing their fists and preparing for the challenge, while some were shaking their heads and sighing, admitting that they were inferior.
Chen Fan looked around.
He found that among the onlookers, there were actually several of them that looked like they had a few strengths.
“Let me try!”
At this moment, a male gentleman in brocade clothes stepped forward with a confident look on his face.
After he paid a deposit of ten taels of silver, he sat down in front of the burly man and held his wrist with him.
Chen Fan’s face was odd.
It was only then that he realized that the so-called comparison of strength by the strong man was actually arm wrestling.
“Harder!”
The burly man placed his hand on the marble table and spoke indifferently.
“Hmph!”
The male grunted coldly and began to exert himself.
But soon, one of his faces turned red.
“Is that all the strength?”
The burly man snorted, his arm as motionless as iron.
The eunuch exploded his entire body’s strength, wanting to instantly defeat the burly man, but unfortunately, it was still useless, his face changed, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.
“Hey!”
The burly man laughed coldly, his arm lashed out, and with an ‘ah’ sound, the male son’s palm was pressed hard against the marble.
“Next.”
“I didn’t come here to make money, I just want to see if there’s anyone under the sky with more strength than me.”
“So those who are not strong enough don’t need to waste their time and money.”
After saying that, the strong man sat back in his seat.
The people around him, looked at each other, not a single person stepped forward.
Other than martial artists who practiced external martial arts, the physical strength of most martial artists was about the same as two ordinary people.
“Did you build all these weapons?”
Chen Fan parted the crowd and walked forward.
“Not bad.”
The burly man nodded his head.
“These weapons don’t have what I want, I don’t know if I win against you, can you help me build a weapon with the materials I provided?”
Chen Fan opened his mouth and said.
Earlier, he had taken out the piece of black ore at the bottom of the Ying Yue Lake and asked the blacksmith in the town, wanting to build a heavy sword.
Unfortunately, none of the blacksmiths in the town were able to melt that black ore.
“Tailor-made?”
The burly man looked at Chen Fan and grinned, “As long as you can win me, you just let me build you ten weapons!”
“Pah!”
Chen Fan threw out a piece of silver.
He then sat in front of the strong man and extended his hand.
Seeing this scene, the crowd of onlookers immediately quieted down.
The burly man looked at Chen Fan, the corner of his mouth hooked into a cold smile, as if he had already foreseen Chen Fan’s failure.
Chen Fan’s expression was too bland, and he didn’t like it.
“Hey!”
He began to take the lead and the muscles on his arms instantly tightened up.
However, Chen Fan just placed his hand there casually, just as the strong man had just dealt with that male, not moving at all.
The strong man’s face changed slightly.
“Your strength is good, but compared to me, it’s still a bit short.” Chen Fan spoke indifferently.
“At a later time, I will bring the materials.”
Chen Fan began to exert force, not swiftly, but little by little, he pressed the strong man’s wrist over and pressed it on the marble tabletop.
The burly man’s face reddened slightly.
He looked at Chen Fan with wide eyes, as if he couldn’t believe that he had lost to Chen Fan.
He took a deep breath and nodded, “Alright, when you bring the materials, I will help you build the weapon you want.”
Chen Fan smiled faintly, let go of his hand and stood up.
“Good!”
The crowd of onlookers erupted into loud applause and cheers for a long time.
No one had expected that Chen Fan, who did not look burly, had defeated the burly man in a crushing manner.
“Please make way.”
Chen Fan looked around and left from the direction he came from, heading towards the Moon Reflecting Inn.
The black ore that he had taken out from the Reflecting Moon Lake was stored in the inn.
“All disperse, I’m going to close the stall.”
After Chen Fan left, the strong man got up, grabbed the marble table, and moved it to the side.
Seeing this, the few people with him even helped pack up the weapons on the stall.
“What, you’re not going to run, are you?”
The crowd burst into an uproar when they saw this scene.
“Run? I’ve always been a mouthful of spit, and I’ve never failed to do what I’ve promised.” The burly man sneered.
……
Chen Fan traveled all the way back to the Reflecting Moon Inn.
Just as he arrived at the inn, he saw Xue Zhi Bai, as he did yesterday, sitting by the window drinking alone.
“Brother Chen, do you want to join us?”
Seeing Chen Fan, Xue Zhi Bai raised his cup and invited him.
He didn’t know anyone in Ying Yue Town.
There was only one Chen Fan, with whom he had spoken a few words.
“Any snake meat?”
Chen Fan asked.
Xue Zhi Bai’s face changed.
“Haha.”
Chen Fan laughed and waved his hand, “Just kidding, I’ve already eaten.”
After saying that, he went upstairs.
Afterward, he took the black ore and headed towards the strong man’s stall.
Just now, he had already seen that each and every weapon that the strong man had built was much better than his sword, and they were indeed all fine products.
The only thing that was unclear was whether or not that strong man could melt this piece of ore in his hand.
“This is the material you prepared?”
It didn’t take long for Chen Fan to arrive in front of the strong man who had packed up his stall.
The strong man looked at the package in Chen Fan’s hand and showed a few moments of curiosity.
“Right.”
Chen Fan did not sell himself short.
With a shake of his hand, he took the black ore out of the package.
“This is ……”
Steeply, the pupils of the burly man, who was originally just a little curious, shrunk violently, “Essence of Xuan Iron!”
“You would even have this item ……”
“How about it, do you have any certainty that with this ore, you can build me a heavy sword.”
Chen Fan opened the door and said.
“Yes, but I need to prepare some things, and it will take at least five days to build it.”
The strong man took a deep breath and said.
“And it’s just me, if it were anyone else, just to be able to use it as a material and build it into a weapon, it wouldn’t be possible to do it without ten days and half a month.”
“It’s fine, I’ll leave the thing to you, five days later, I’ll come over to pick it up.”
Chen Fan nodded.
He was not at all afraid that the strong man would take this Xuan Iron Essence and then escape.
Just like how he had placed it in the inn before and was not afraid of it being stolen.
(End of chapter)