7 Chapter 7 Coincidental meeting at the weapon shop (1/2)

”Baobing House?”

Zong Shou remembered this merchant group. They mainly sold weapons and were really famous in his last life. They basically monopolized twenty percent of the entire Cloud World's weapon and armor trade, and they also explored other worlds. They even set foot into those Spiritual Realm worlds.

Famous for being high-priced and high-quality, high-level experts would choose Baobing House first when they searched for weapons.

Coincidentally, it was also at this Twisted Gathering. Since he wanted to search for a few suitable defensive weapons, he only hesitated a moment before striding in.

The manager of the branch was around thirty years old, and it was just like the ones Zong Shou remembered. The managers of the various branches of Baobing House all wore wide smiles on their faces, giving off a gentle and humble image. They were calm and composed, but they also had the craftiness unique to businessmen. With a glance, the manager was able to see that the two of them were dressed differently and were not from normal rich families, so he personally came forward to welcome them.

Zong Shou did not mind, and judged the area around him first. The weapons here were all well-crafted elite items and were relatively high end. Normal martial artists would not be served here.

His eyes turned toward a corner where various throwing weapons were placed. He observed the items for a while, but silently shook his head. As expected, spirit mark weapons were still not prevalent in this era.

However, he did not feel disappointed and turned around to ask the manager, ”Can I order custom weapons here?”

When the middle-aged shopkeeper heard that, he smiled, ”As long as the requirements aren't too high, our Baobing House branch can do it! Does the master have any weapon blueprints? Or you can just give us a description of the item...”

Zong Shou did not reply. Instead, he directly walked to the side of the counter. He took out two yellow pieces of paper and started to draw.

In a short while, a willow flying knife and a long needle were drawn on the paper. Their shapes were normal, and there was nothing special about them. The only notable parts were some lines and carvings of unknown purpose, looking really beautiful.

Chuxue looked on curiously from the side, but she could not understand his drawing. In the end, she said, ”Young Master's drawings are so good, much better than before. Did that Linhai College teach arts?”

Zong Shou smiled when he heard that. Putting down the wolf hair brush in his hand, his expression turned cold and solemn. ”The knife is two inches long, and it needs to be as thin as a cicada's wing. Forge it from elite steel with three grams of blood copper mixed into it. I would like three hundred of these knives!

”These needles are made from the same material. Split them into two inches, three inches, one inch, and half an inch, these four sizes; I need one hundred of each. How much time do you need to craft all these?”

The manager's forehead furrowed. After thinking for a while, he said bitterly, ”These items drawn by master are really precise, despite being small. Especially these patterns, they should be weapon marks, right? Although our branch can craft these, we have too little manpower. To carve these marks precisely would take at least ten days.”

Zong Shou had predicted such a situation, needing just ten days even exceeded his expectations. However, he did not have much time to wait now.

”Normal smiths naturally can't, but based on what I know, each Baobing House branch has spirit blacksmiths, right? I want to collect these things in an hour!”

That manager looked at Zong Shou with a weird expression. He nodded slowly, ”We do in fact have them. Within my shop, there are three. However, to invite the spirit blacksmiths to craft these weapons would cost more. For the three hundred willow mark knives and four hundred elite steel mark needles, the materials and labor would only cost seven thousand silver. If crafted by the masters, it would at least cost one hundred and fifty thousand silver…”

Zong Shou smiled in contempt and turned around to Chuxue. Anyways, he had nothing on him, so he could only seek her help.

Since he was able to ride such a carriage and own sixteen Cloud Stepping Foals, he felt like such a sum of silver should be easy to take out.

The latter did not disappoint him and casually took out a silk bag. The bag contained around three hundred crystals of various colors. When she shook the bag, the crystals gave out crisp tinkling sounds. She took out two fire red crystals and placed them on the counter.

These crystals made the manager's eyes instantly light up. ”Third Grade Fire Tiger crystals are worth one hundred thousand silver. Master, please wait for a moment, the three hundred willow knives and four hundred needles will only take half the time it takes to brew tea to be finished.”

He turned around and hurried away. Zong Shou had to hide his surprise. He also had a few such crystals, and they were all Second and Third Grade monster crystals inside the purse he carried.

However, for a Third Grade fire tiger beast crystal to be worth a hundred thousand silver, what kind of joke was that?