Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 93: Soft around the fingers

Seeing the two of them deadlocked, Yun Yi took the initiative to speak up and said, "Master, you must be short of manpower. Why don't you untie General Tie's restraints and let him come to your place to help you for a while after the situation in Crescent City is resolved?"

Bu Lianjin glared at the bald man: "Do you mean what you said?"

Tie Hong thought about it and said, "That's not impossible."

"You're not as sensible as a younger person, and you've lived like a dog at your age."

"I helped you with ironwork a lot back then, so you should speak with conscience!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Yun Yi hurriedly and secretly punched Tie Hong, signaling him to give in.

Seeing Tie Hong no longer talk back, Bu Lianjin also stopped his badmouthing. He said gloomily, "I just feel a little bad for this piece of fine 'Wuxi Silver'. It's quite rare. After melting, it will become liquid. If it can't be tempered into shape quickly, it will become a pile of useless scrap metal."

Tie Hong disagreed: "Why don't you just strike while the iron is hot and make it into something else?"

"That won't do. Ordinary weapons can't use it, and it's useless even if I make it. This is completely inconsistent with my blacksmithing method!"

"You old stubborn man, are you capable of doing this?!"

"To help you unlock the Dragon Prison Lock, I can only melt it into liquid form. But if I can't figure out what to cast it into next, I won't be able to do it."

Tie Hong laughed angrily and said to Yun Yi, "You better think of a way quickly. This old man is like a stone in a toilet. If you can't convince him, he really won't help you."

Yun Yi said without hesitation, "Master, after you melt the Wuxi silver, how about you immediately forge it into another set of Dragon Prison Locks?"

Bu Lianjin looked at Yun Yi with a sidelong glance, his eyes unfriendly and quite offensive.

Yun Yi: "Did I say something wrong?"

Tie Hong: "I forgot to tell you, this old man has a bad rule. He will never make two identical things in his life."

"Why not just change the style of the Dragon Prison Lock? We could call it the Snake Prison Lock."

Bu Lianjin waved the hammer in his hand: "You are insulting me!"

His eyes were bright and his arms were strong and powerful. He was actually a martial artist in the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Tie Hong said helplessly: "If I can't unlock the Dragon Prison Lock, the two of us combined can't beat him, so let's not provoke him."

Yun Yi frowned slightly, thought hard, and suddenly came up with a great idea.

In the previous life, Song Xinci's Xisheng Sword was lost in the valley during a great battle and could never be found again.

Then she found a master swordsmith in the Demon Sect and gave him a hundred kinds of rare materials as a reward in exchange for forging a sword that was unparalleled in the world.

That sword had been with Song Xinci for many years, so Yun Yi was deeply impressed by it.

In this life, Song Xinci lost the Xisheng Sword by chance. Although she didn't say it, one could guess that she was extremely reluctant to let it go.

Therefore, Yun Yi sorted out his thoughts and said, "Since Wuxi Silver is soft but strong, I do have a plan. Master, would you like to hear it?"

Bu Lianjin: "If you have to fart, do it now."

"The sword is called Rao Zhi Rou, and it's three feet and three inches long. It can be coiled into a ring shape. Once it's infused with spiritual energy and unfolded, it becomes incredibly sharp and unparalleled in hardness."

"It seems... interesting."

Tie Hong didn't understand this, so he could only watch as the old man and the young man, who were at loggerheads just a moment ago, started to act like brothers the next moment, arm in arm, and went to the side to discuss plans in whispers.

Bu Lianjin is worthy of being a master of weapon casting. Although the plan described by Yun Yi is not entirely detailed, he can check for omissions and fill in the gaps on his own and immediately come up with a new plan.

Now that the plan has been finalized, it’s better to do it today than to wait for a day. Today is the day to start forging the sword!
The Dragon Prison Chain was originally made by Bu Lianjin, so he was very familiar with the material of the chain and the runes on it.

He grabbed the chain, and his hands were suddenly covered with a layer of red flames. In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Prison Chain seemed to be alive and turned into a soft object, like a flexible loach trying to break free from the old man's hands.

But Bu Lianjin held it tightly in his hands, and soon he finally melted it into a pool of silver liquid with high temperature.

He used his spiritual power to gather the silver liquid into a ball and immediately transferred it to the chopping board next to him.

"Tiehong, help!"

As the Dragon Prison Chain left his body, Tie Hong felt his long-suppressed Return to Void Realm cultivation instantly return. To avoid ruining his original plan, he barely suppressed the urge to let out a wild roar.

Since he couldn't loudly announce his return, he simply stretched out his clothes, and with his shiny bald head, he picked up his tools and started helping with the ironwork without saying a word.

The two had collaborated countless times when they were young and had a tacit understanding. They knew what the other would do next almost without saying a word.

……

It would take some time for Tie Hong and Bu Lianjin to work together to forge the sword, so they let Yun Yi go find Ye Ling by himself.

Anyway, Tie Hong has recovered his cultivation now. With his strength in the Return to Void Realm, coupled with the Crescent City's city defense formation, he is able to fight even if he encounters a master in the late stage of the same realm.

Moreover, he intended to continue to cover up the matter, treating his return and the destruction of the Dragon Prison Chain as hidden chess pieces, preparing to give a big surprise to the next person with ill intentions.

With the gates of Crescent City wide open, Prince Xian Su Xin and Ting Ni were able to enter the city safely. Since all the Spiritual Transformation Realm cultivators he had brought with him had already perished, he took the initiative to change his attire, and the eagles were also left outside the city to avoid attracting attention.

If Su Xin didn't have the tiger talisman in his hand, he would have entered the city in a grand manner. But now that he was carrying the treasure, he could only wear fine clothes and travel at night, fearing that he would be discovered and become the target of public criticism.

He even gave the tiger talisman to Tingni to keep close to his body, not wanting to keep it on himself, which shows that he was extremely cautious.

After all, Su Xin knew very well that he was only in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. If he met someone in the Return to Void Realm who was good at "Miraculous Hands", he would definitely not be able to keep the Tiger Talisman.

He looked at the bustling crowds of people coming and going in Crescent City and couldn't help but sigh, "In such a vast sea of ​​people, I wonder where my brother is hiding?"

What Su Xin feared most now was not General Tie, but Prince Duan Su Cen. This prince was cautious and cunning by nature, and it was impossible for him to voluntarily give up the fight for the tiger talisman. The only explanation was that he had other plans.

Tingni was just keeping her promise and doing her guard duty without responding, but she was vaguely aware of several extremely powerful auras in the city.

Although the masters tried to conceal the truth a little, she was born in the Shenxiao Dao of the Zhengqi Sect and had her own unique method of observing qi, so she could still vaguely see the clues.

She warned, "There are several Return to Void Realm auras in the city. Your Highness would be better off keeping a low profile."

Upon hearing this, Su Xin bought a pancake from the street and looked at it over and over again, as if there were flowers carved on it.

He took a big bite and said vaguely, "We are not in a hurry, they are the ones who are in a hurry."

Not far from the two of them, there is a Xianyun Inn, where the brother that King Xian Su Xin has been thinking about is.

Unlike the luxuriously dressed King Xian, Su Cen was a plain and simple man dressed as a scholar. He looked righteous and seemed to have no desires.

In a private room on the top floor of the inn, he was sitting opposite a middle-aged woman dressed as a nun, and next to them was a handsome young hero.

Nun Ci Lan said with a pleasant expression, "Why did the prince come here suddenly?"

Su Cen said, "I have been very quiet and eager to move. I just happened to have two more pieces of news to share with the nun, so I came here on my own initiative."

"Please explain in detail, Your Majesty."

"Bad news, Tie Hong has returned to the city. It was most likely his decision to open the city gates. Good news, General Tie's hands and feet are trapped by the Dragon Prison Chains, his cultivation is completely sealed, and he is currently just an ordinary person."

"I see. General Tie has some connection with my Fusheng Temple. It's a good opportunity for us to meet."

"What I mean is that once the city gates are opened, many people who covet the Tiger Talisman will come. Nun Tai should speed up the process."

Nun Ci Lan's expression remained unchanged as she said, "It's reasonable for City Lord Ye to need time to persuade his beloved daughter."

Su Cen added, "I'm afraid he has other plans."

"City Lord Ye loves his daughter dearly. Would he really make a fuss about her life?"

"No, but Nun has underestimated Ye Ling's control over Crescent City. The Ye family has taken root here, and their control over this place is even greater than that of the royal family. Nun and her beloved disciple's every move has been under Ye Ling's surveillance during this period. They are just waiting for a price, looking for other bargaining chips."

After hearing this, Ci Lan pondered for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said, "I'm afraid Your Highness needs to take shelter first, as City Lord Ye is here."

Prince Duan frowned, and then Nun Ci Lan waved her hand and quietly sent the prince out of the inn.

Gong Che, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "Master, it seems that Prince Duan is more anxious than us."

Ci Lan said, "Of course he was anxious. He only said Tie Hong returned safely, but he didn't tell me the whereabouts of the half tiger talisman. I guess it fell into the hands of Prince Xian, so Prince Duan changed his usual behavior."

"So what are our plans next?"

Ci Lan smiled at Gong Che. This man was tall and handsome, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. In addition, he had made great progress in his cultivation recently. It only took him a month to reach the peak of Qi Refining, and his appearance became more and more extraordinary.

It’s a pity that the opportunity in the Feitian Secret Realm that was originally destined for Gong Che was stolen by someone.

But it doesn’t matter, Ye Nianyi’s peach blossom fairy body is also a “great tonic” for Gong Che.

Ci Lan said, "We can just counter each move as it comes. As long as Ye Nianyi's strange illness is not cured, Ye Ling will be under our control."

After she finished speaking, her expression suddenly changed, returning to a look of compassion. At the same time, she waved her hand to dispel the soundproofing barrier surrounding the room, and the city lord's trusted advisors, who were monitoring the area outside, didn't notice anything unusual.

Not long after, Ye Ling brought Yun Yi into the Xianyun Inn. On the way, he briefly told Yun Yi about Master Ci Lan's recent situation.

But Yun Yi was still not reassured after hearing this, and insisted that Tie Hong was recalled to the capital by the young emperor, and that Master Ci Lan brought Gong Che to Crescent City. The timing was too coincidental, and there must be a conspiracy.

In addition, the reason why he was so sure that the visitor had ill intentions was Gong Che, but he could not say this reason publicly.

The two knocked on the door of the private room on the top floor, and only entered after being allowed to do so, after exchanging some pleasantries.

Yun Yi secretly studied Gong Che and found him not much different from his memory. A young hero, unruly and unruly. Although dressed in coarse linen, resembling a wild man, he exuded an aura of intimidating energy, unrestrained and full of brilliance.

One cannot help but sigh that fate has its own mysteries. It is clear that Yun Yi stole Gong Che's Feitian Secret Realm in this life, but he also got along with Master Ci Lan, and even gained something else from it. He still reached the peak of Qi Refining in just a few months.

It’s a pity that the two of them have conflicting fates, and Yun Yi is now going to destroy one of his opportunities.

(End of this chapter)