Xuanxia

Chapter 263: Old charlatan?
"Thousand-year-old black bamboo? Sea dragon tendons?"

Fu Qingzhou was in high spirits, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected reward: "Very impressive?"

"It's not that it's particularly powerful..." Feng Ren said casually, "It's mainly because it's rare and can't be found now."

He turned around and went into the forge room holding the bow, and no one knew what he was doing.

There were a bunch of blacksmith apprentices sitting at the door of the forge. Fu Qingzhou couldn't squeeze past them to go in, so he just started talking nonsense.

"Brothers, have you been busy lately?"

He asked with a smile: "The Hidden Dragon Hundred Heroes Association wants to give away magical weapons as prizes. You guys have had a lot of tasks recently, right?"

"Who said it wasn't!" Several young men immediately opened up and chattered: "Not only do we have to find a way to get the forging materials ourselves, but we also have to design the blade and sword shapes. It's so tiring!"

"The boss is right. There is no future for blacksmiths..."

After a few words, the group became more lively. Fu Qingzhou took the opportunity to ask, "By the way, I heard that the reward for the top champion this time is a peerless divine pill. Do you know what it is?"

The guys looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Master Wu stays indoors all day long. I heard that even the disciples who deliver meals to him can't see him."

An apprentice boy said: "And he doesn't seem to need help, so we haven't seen Master Wu in the past few years."

Fu Qingzhou scratched his head, feeling a headache.

At this moment, Feng Ren's voice came from the forging room: "Why, do you want to see Old Wu?"

He just walked out with a big bow and threw it away.

Fu Qingzhou reached out to take it. As soon as he held the bow, he felt that the feel seemed to have become better, as if it had been waxed or polished again.

“You don’t know how to maintain it.”

Feng Ren sighed and said, "No matter how good the stuff is, if you use it like this, it will break after a few years... Come back to me in a few days, and I'll give you a bottle of specially blended oil. Apply it whenever you have time, don't waste the gift of nature."

Fu Qingzhou was overjoyed and bowed to Feng Ren sincerely to express his gratitude.

"You just said you wanted to see Lao Wu?"

Feng Ren waved his hand and said casually: "Don't think about it, you won't see him. I haven't seen him for almost a year."

Fu Qingzhou said helplessly: "It's not that I have to meet this Master Wu, but I have heard of the names of the three great masters of the Wulin League, and I think I have to pay them a proper visit."

"Don't visit him. Alliance Leader Jiang has to notify him more than half a month in advance if he wants to see him. If you want to visit, go visit the exiled old man." Feng Ren grinned.

Fu Qingzhou laughed: "Since Master Feng said so, I will also..."

Before he finished speaking, Feng Ren's eyes lit up: "Well, you see, so-and-so has arrived without saying anything?"

Fu Qingzhou was startled and turned his head to look.

Not far away, I saw a thin old man with a white face, long beard and an immortal look walking towards me leisurely.

"Is this the exiled old gentleman?"

Fu Qingzhou's eyes rolled - he heard that this "fortune teller" was not very popular. If he tried to get to know him, could he ask about Master Wu?

"Xiao Feng!"

The exiled old man shouted from a distance: "Have you finished the Feng Shui compass I asked you to help make last time?"

Feng Ren rolled his eyes, shook his head, and muttered again: "There is really no future for blacksmithing..."

After that, he responded loudly: "It's almost time. Please sit for a while. There's a junior who wants to visit you!"

As he said this, he dragged a few apprentices and went into the forge again.

The exiled old man here had walked over slowly with his hands behind his back, and cast his eyes towards Fu Qingzhou with a smile: "You want to visit me?"

"Seniors from the three great masters of the Wulin League, I naturally want to pay a visit to them."

Fu Qingzhou bowed and saluted: "It is a blessing to meet the exiled old gentleman at this time."

"A good thing?"

The exiled old man smiled, then suddenly came closer, stared at Fu Qingzhou with his eyes wide open, and looked at him frantically. Seeing this, several blacksmith apprentices on the side all muttered in a low voice: "Here we go again... I'm afraid they're going to say someone is in bloody trouble again..."

"young people!"

The exiled old man shouted: "Your forehead is black, there is a bloody disaster!"

Fu Qingzhou was ashamed... This old gentleman really lived up to his reputation.

But at this time, he had to ask for help, so he had to bite the bullet and said with a smile: "Then I wonder if you have a solution, old man?"

"Hey! You're very sensible!"

The exiled old man's eyes lit up, he reached into his sleeves and touched them, and lowered his voice mysteriously: "I have a string of blessed Buddhist beads..."

Fu Qingzhou was stunned: "Old man, are you a Buddhist?"

"Eh!"

The exiled old man squinted his eyes and said, "Buddhism and Taoism are one family! Why make such a distinction? Anyone who can solve problems is a good god!"

As he spoke, he took out a string of thickly patinated Buddhist beads from his sleeve and stuffed it into Fu Qingzhou's hand: "This is for you!"

Fu Qingzhou said "Oh?" and broke out in a cold sweat: "Next, are we destined to be together? Old sir, would you like to help me burn some incense at the temple?"

"Hey, how do you know?"

The exiled old man asked curiously, "Then you also understand the next process?"

Fu Qingzhou laughed and said, "Of course, the old gentleman can do the incense burning for me, but I want to keep myself safe, so I have to pay for the incense myself, right?"

"Yes! That's right!" The exiled old man clapped his hands excitedly: "You are very knowledgeable!"

"Of course I understand..." Fu Qingzhou muttered in a low voice: "In my previous life, those fake monks and Taoist priests I caught on the street all used the same trick..."

The exiled old man did not hear it, and laughed happily: "Five taels and ten taels are for good luck, five cents and ten cents are also for fate, young man, can you burn some incense?"

Fu Qingzhou was helpless.

Paying this money is like encouraging the old liar...

But if I don’t pay, it would be a bit disrespectful to the “Three Masters of the Wulin Alliance”.

His eyes rolled and he suddenly smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, old man, I will definitely burn this incense, but since you are so powerful, can you help me tell my fortune again?"

The exiled old man was even happier when he saw the comer, and rubbed his hands vigorously: "Tell me, tell me, what do you want to calculate? Marriage? Fortune? Or the good fortune of ten years?"

"I want to figure out how I can meet Master Wu."

Fu Qingzhou blinked and said, "I believe that with the old gentleman's ability, there must be a way to help me, right?"

"Meeting Old Wu?"

The exiled old man frowned, stretched out his hands, and pretended to pinch them, muttering to himself: "Hiss, this first step is not easy, at least fifty coins are needed; oh, this second step is also difficult, it will cost two taels of silver to burn incense? This third step..."

Fu Qingzhou smiled, took out a silver ingot and stuffed it directly into his hand.

The exiled old man's eyes suddenly widened.

"Sir."

Fu Qingzhou lowered his voice and said, "This is the deposit. I'll have half of it after the deal is done. Is that enough to crack it?"

“Enough! Enough!” The exiled old man’s eyes became fanatical: “I will show you the way… no, I will show you the way!”

After saying that, he grabbed Fu Qingzhou's wrist without hesitation and left.

"Eh? Exiled old man?"

Feng Ren's voice came from behind: "Don't you want the compass anymore?"

"I'll come back later!" The exiled old man shouted without turning his head, "Don't delay my earning... No, don't delay the young man's important business!"

Thanks to the book friend 20190113115119326 for the reward! Thank you!

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