Lin Li was very interested in this fat bandit, but he didn't have the time now. He would come back to have a chat with him after he was done with the Fire Salamandrid skin.
The two of them walked through the smelly street, and squeezed through the noisy quarrels. After walking for about half an hour, Elijah finally stopped.
"Mr Felic, this is the place."
The direction he pointed at was a dilapidated blacksmith's shop.
This blacksmith's shop was indeed worthy of the word "dilapidated". From afar, it looked like a swaying door plank was hanging there, as if a gust of wind could blow the door away. The furnace outside the door was not even lit, and the anvil was covered with a thick layer of dust. When Lin Li walked over, he saw a deserted scene. It seemed that the furnace had not been opened for a while.
"Those Fire Salamandrid skins were bought from this place." Elijah stood outside the blacksmith's shop, and introduced it to Lin Li in a low voice. "This boss has a strange temper. He might not even open the door once every ten days or half a month. When I came here early this morning, I saw that he had actually opened the door, so I hurried to the Guild of Magic to look for you. Luckily, I still made it in time …"
"Oh, yes, Mr Elijah. How much gold coins did you spend to buy those things from here?" Lin Li looked into the furnace, and then looked at the anvil at the side before asking curiously.
"You can just call me Elijah …" Elijah was flattered when he heard Lin Li call him "Mister". After a moment of dizziness, he recalled the deal. "Those items were exchanged with a batch of ores."
"Oh …" Lin Li nodded, and didn't ask what ores it was.
The blacksmith's shop was frighteningly quiet. When the two of them walked in, Lin Li thought that he had walked into a haunted house.
There was nothing inside except for a skinny old man leaning on a reclining chair with his eyes half-closed. He looked like he was resting or taking an afternoon nap. The flame on the pipe in his hand flickered, and he coughed occasionally. The sound was like the bellows in a blacksmith's shop. Even Lin Li could not help but feel sorry for him.
"We're not doing business today. If there's anything else, we'll talk about it tomorrow." Only when the two of them walked into the house did the old man open his turbid eyes.
"Master Hoyer, don't you remember me?" Elijah asked carefully.
The old blacksmith looked at him and seemed to remember who he was. "Oh, it's you …"
"Master Hoyer, the reason I'm here is to ask …"
Elijah had a smile on his face, but he was interrupted by the old man before he could finish his sentence. "Did you bring some ores with you this time?"
"Well, I didn't …"
Elijah was slightly taken aback. Before he could say anything, the old man had already waved his hand. "Then you can scram."
"…"
Lin Li was amazed. He had seen a lot of big shots, including himself. But it was the first time he had seen someone as big as this old man …
The old blacksmith's words were no different from a slap to his face. Even someone as tactful as Elijah could not help but freeze on the spot. For a moment, he did not know whether to leave or stay. His fair and clean face was filled with an awkward expression.
"Master Hoyer, can I say something?" Lin Li gave Elijah a look, and gestured for him to find a place to sit first. He would settle the rest.
"You are?" The old blacksmith was still smoking his pipe, and did not even lift his eyelids.
"I'm Felic from Jarrosus."
"What has that got to do with me? I'm just asking you if you brought ores … "
"…" Lin Li rolled his eyes. This old man was really stubborn about ores. But considering the source of the Fire Salamandrid skin, he still answered patiently, "There's no problem with ores. If you can answer my question, I can think of a way to get whatever ores you want."
"How arrogant …" The old blacksmith sneered.
"How about Eternal Adamantine ores? I happen to have a batch of ores that have been smelted. "
"You mean, you have a batch of Eternal Adamantine?" This was the first time the old blacksmith showed an expression of surprise since Lin Li walked into the blacksmith's shop.
"I just happen to have a batch …" Lin Li saw the expression on the old man's face, and knew that there was a chance this time. He continued to tempt him with a smile. "If you don't like these, I can provide you with something else. For example, Abyss Fiendish Iron, Abyss Mithril, Ice Crystal Iron, and Hellfire Copper. I have some of them …"
"These ores … You have all of them?" After hearing about seven to eight types of ores in a row, the old blacksmith could no longer sit still. He sat up from the reclining chair and stopped smoking his pipe. Instead, he held it in his mouth and let the choking smoke fill the air. His wrinkled face was now full of surprise, and there was no longer any contempt in his gaze when he looked at Lin Li.
"Probably …" Lin Li thought for a while, and was not too sure. "There are too many ores, and I don't have time to confirm them one by one."
"What do you want to know?"
"I want to ask you about the Fire Salamandrid skin that you gave Elijah the other time. Where did you hunt it from?"
"Fire Salamandrid skin?" The old man glanced at Lin Li, but did not answer his question directly. Instead, he took two puffs of his pipe before turning to Elijah, and asking, "Have I ever given you such a thing?"
"That leather armor …" Elijah cautiously reminded.
"Oh, you mean that leather armor?"
"That's right."
"Kid, that is only a leather armor. How can you be so sure that I can tell you where to hunt Fire Salamandrid?" The old blacksmith leaned back on the recliner, and his emotions could not be heard from his voice.
"You must be joking …" Lin Li smiled, and did not wait for the old blacksmith to greet him. He pulled a stool over and sat down, and then slowly said to him, "You see, I am a mage, and mages can determine the true attributes of equipment through some special methods. Please allow me to say that the attributes of those two pieces of equipment are exactly the same, which means that they were made by the same person."
"What does that have to do with me? Maybe it was sold to me by someone else … "
"You are joking again …" The smile on Lin Li's face did not change, and he moved the stool closer to the old blacksmith. "I am not too sure about that Fire Salamandrid leather armor, but I am sure that I am not wrong about that double-edged greatsword. It definitely came from this blacksmith's shop."
"Kid, did you see it clearly? That is a magical weapon. I am just an old blacksmith who eats and waits for death. If I had that ability, I would have been hired by a big workshop like Marathon long ago. Why would I stay in this godforsaken place? "
"I naturally have my reasons for being so sure. Don't be anxious, listen to me slowly." After Lin Li said this, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the furnace outside the door. "If I remember correctly, that double-edged greatsword should have some Abyss Fiendish Iron integrated into it, right? When I just entered the door, I had already seen the inside of the furnace. Speaking of which, it is really a coincidence that there is a trace of dark red in the furnace. Don't tell me you don't know that after the Abyss Fiendish Iron melts, it will quickly seep into any metal that comes into contact with it. Just a little bit of it will leave a permanent mark. "
The old blacksmith smoked his pipe. After a long time, he suddenly asked, "Are you really a mage?"
"Should be …" Lin Li thought about it, and was really not too sure.
"A mage who knows how to forge is really rare …" The old blacksmith put down his pipe very carefully, and stood up from the recliner as if he had made up his mind. He stared at Lin Li with a pair of turbid eyes, and then stretched out two fingers. "First, help me forge a dual-attribute magical equipment now. I really don't believe that a mage like you really knows how to forge. Second, give me a batch of Eternal Adamantine. I won't take it for free. I will use something to exchange with you. You can mention anything that you like in my blacksmith shop."
"Do these two things, and I will tell you where to hunt Fire Salamandrid."
"No problem." Without another word, Lin Li rolled up the sleeves of his mage robe, and without the old blacksmith's help, he started the fire by himself.
For Lin Li, there was no difficulty in forging dual-attribute magical equipment at all. Just based on the designs in his mind, he could pick at least a dozen types. For example, the Frostfire Sword that he forged in the Guild of Magic that day was a typical dual-attribute magical equipment. It was just that Lin Li did not intend to repeat it today …
"Eh …" Just as he started the fire, Lin Li suddenly realized that the temperature of this furnace was much higher than ordinary furnaces, and the flame inside was purer than ordinary flames. Just this discovery alone made Lin Li's evaluation of the old blacksmith rise a few points. Only blacksmiths at their level would know that when forging, other conditions were actually equally important in addition to craftsmanship. The purer the flame, the less the chance of producing impurities, and the less likely it was to make mistakes.
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