Chapter 35: Money-loving Ah Le
"What else do you want?"
"Can I join you? I want to make some iron, too."
Ah Le looked Lu Ming up and down and said, "Come with me."
Ah Le was obviously the outgoing type. He never stopped talking along the way and kept introducing the Monster Market to Lu Ming.
"Let me tell you, the most authentic food here is from Niu Ji. Chef Niu's cooking skills are top-notch even in the entire Hanhai Principality."
"If you want to buy clothes, go to the clothing store in the middle. The clothes there are the best. But I remind you that you can only make clothes there. Don't have any improper thoughts about the boss lady, otherwise you will suffer."
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Ah Le talked incessantly, and Lu Ming had no dissatisfaction at all. Instead, he listened very carefully because this was exactly what he needed.
Suddenly Ale asked, "Do you want to make weapons?"
Lu Ming glanced at Ah Le and thought to himself, "He's quite smart!"
He did not hide it and admitted generously: "Yes, I want to make a weapon."
"You're lucky. The blacksmith shop we're going to this time is the best here. The quality of the weapons made by Blacksmith Li is beyond reproach."
"Although Blacksmith Li's craftsmanship is good, he may not agree to make weapons for you."
"why?"
"Three years ago, Blacksmith Li stopped making weapons for outsiders. I don't know the reason."
Lu Ming frowned slightly: "Then there is really no way at all?"
Ah Le smiled slightly: "Of course there is a way, but."
Ah Le stopped talking after this and made a gesture of asking for money with two fingers.
Lu Ming raised his eyebrows slightly: "I understand."
He took out a gold coin from his purse: "Please tell me."
But what Lu Ming didn't expect was that A Le did not take the gold coin.
"You want to know the method for just one gold coin?"
Looking at A Le's expression, Lu Ming knew that the other party felt that the gold coins given were too few.
"How much do you want?"
"500 gold coins."
"what?"
Lu Ming's face darkened. "I know there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you tell me the method, I will pay for it. But you asked for 500 gold coins. Do you really think I am a sucker?"
Seeing that Lu Ming seemed angry, Ah Le smiled and said, "Don't worry, come with me to see the quality of the weapons made by Blacksmith Li, and then you can decide whether to pay me the consulting fee of 500 gold coins."
Seeing Ah Le say this, Lu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly: "Is the craftsmanship of Li the blacksmith really that good?"
After a little thought, Lu Ming nodded: "I agree."
Ah Le laughed: "Then let's go."
Not long after they walked, A Le took Lu Ming into a blacksmith shop.
"Old man Li, my uncle asked me to get the bone-chopping knife."
As Ah Le spoke, he walked through the corridor and came to the backyard with great familiarity.
In the yard, a sturdy old man was lying in a rocking chair basking in the sun.
Seeing Ale coming, he didn't move, but pointed to the wall beside him.
"The things are there, take them yourself."
Upon hearing this, A Le immediately walked over.
There were very few things on the wall, except for Ah Le's bone-cutting knife, there was only a knife and a sword.
Ah Le took down the bone-cutting knife and said to Lu Ming, "Watch carefully."
He pointed the tip of the bone-cutting knife at the ground and then let go.
The bone-chopping knife fell freely onto the ground.
"puff"
A very slight sound was heard, and the entire blade of the bone-cutting knife sank into the floor.
Lu Ming's eyes lit up, he quickly walked up to the bone-cutting knife and picked it up.
The blade is smooth and the cutting edge is complete.
Lu Ming looked at the floor again. The ground under his feet was paved with five-centimeter-thick bluestone, which was extremely hard.
Without any external force, the bone-cutting knife easily penetrated the five-centimeter bluestone without any damage. It was definitely a precious sword.
"Cutting iron like mud is nothing more than this!"
Ah Le then said, "How about it, is my method worth 500 gold coins?"
"value"
Ah Le stretched out his hand and said, "Take the money."
But Lu Ming shook his head: "Not for now, the gold coins I have are used to purchase supplies, let's wait for next time."
Hearing this, Ah Le took back the bone-chopping knife from Lu Ming and said, "I can tell you first, next time you can just use the monster's corpse to resist."
Hearing this, Lu Ming looked at A Le with some surprise.
Just now, he saw Ah Le talking about money all the time, and it was obvious that he was extremely obsessed with money. He didn't expect that such a person would allow credit.
He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I agree."
Ah Le smiled slightly: "In fact, it is very simple to ask Old Man Li to make weapons. All we need to do is ask the chef at Niu Ji to make him a braised iron lion head."
Lu Ming was slightly stunned: "It's that simple."
At this time, Blacksmith Li said, "Simple? Little guy, you will know what's going on when you go to Niu Ji."
He sat up and looked at Lu Mingdao: "As long as you can get me a portion of Niu Ji's braised iron lion head, I can not only make a weapon for free, but I also promise to make you a special fortune teller's scepter!"
"The Master's Scepter? What is that?"
Blacksmith Li lay down again: "A Le, explain it to him."
Ah Le looked at Lu Ming happily: "One gold coin!"
"can."
"The main way for a fortune teller to fight is to control the fortune beast to fight, but controlling the fortune beast consumes life force, and life force is limited."
"As the realm of the life master increases, the more life beasts you need to control, the more life force you will naturally consume."
"So our ancestors tried every possible way to increase their life force, and eventually the appearance of the fortune-teller's staff made it possible to increase the fortune-teller's life force!"
Hearing this, Lu Ming's eyes lit up.
All fortune tellers feel that their life force is not enough, and he is even more so.
You should know that he has double the life beasts. At the same level, others only need to support one life beast, but he has two.
He had been thinking about how to increase his vitality during this period of time. He didn't expect to hear the solution today, which made him very happy.
Seeing the smile on Lu Ming's face, A Le poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"The Scepter of Fortune Teller is very useful, but it is not easy to obtain it."
"There are two reasons. One is the material used to make the fortune teller's staff, and the other is the master who made the fortune teller's staff."
"To make a fortune teller's staff, you need extremely precious materials. Each one is extremely precious and difficult for ordinary people to obtain. Only powerful forces can easily gather all the materials for the staff."
Ah Le had already told Lu Ming that the materials for making the Scepter of the Fortune Teller were hard to come by, but Lu Ming said confidently, "As long as you have enough strength, you can get any material, no matter how precious it is."
"Can you tell me what materials I need?"
Ah Le raised his hand again: "Five hundred gold coins!"
"make a deal!"
"Since you are so happy, I will tell you another piece of news for free."
"Appreciate further details!"