Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 63 Sending a Precious Sword to the Canal Gang

Chapter 63 The Canal Caravan Delivers a Precious Sword Over a Thousand Miles
"Clang clang clang, clang clang clang."

"Freshly forged fine swords and knives, come and take a look if you're interested."

"Novel style, customization available, price negotiable."

"Good quality at low prices, always one price lower."

On the main street of Wangyou County.

Shouts and calls rang out.

Long queues formed at the newly opened blacksmith shop on the street, including eccentric individuals and local knights-errant.

"Is the 'Strange Blacksmith' reliable?"

A local swordsman looked at the swords and weapons hanging in the blacksmith's shop and muttered to himself.

He didn't really believe in the skills of the superhumans, but the price was just too tempting.

Ordinary swords and knives normally cost five or six taels on the market.

If the craftsman is famous and has superb skills, the price will increase by several times.

If the design is novel and has more decorations, the price will increase several times, often reaching tens of taels or even hundreds of taels.

As the saying goes, "the poor study literature, the rich practice martial arts." Without some family wealth, who would practice martial arts? The common phenomenon in the martial arts world is that people lack big money but not small money.

Moreover, the martial arts world is full of scions of famous families. They are the least short of money. They may not be good at martial arts, but they definitely have enough of a desire to show off.

Spending a lot of money to buy a beautiful sword is normal practice for them.

"Whether it's reliable or not, I don't know, but his weapons are very cheap."

"A sword for three taels of silver? Where can you find one for that price?"

"If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you're a bastard."

His companions were not as fussy as him. One of them squeezed through the counter, took out some silver, and chose the most beautiful longsword.

Find an open space and keep examining the new longsword in your hand.

"Wow, this sword, putting aside its quality, is worth three taels of silver just for its design."

"This strange person's aesthetic sense is truly remarkable."

"I like."

"Hahaha."

He absolutely adored this sword.

Quality doesn't matter, being handsome is.

Who doesn't carry an extra sword when venturing into the martial world?

One for actual combat, one for decoration—that's the basic operation.

"It certainly looks good, but let's see how the quality is."

Although the swordsman greatly admired his friend's sword, he still wanted to check its quality before making a decision.

"Quality, oh, the quality is pretty good."

"It's just as good as my sword."

The friend practiced his swordsmanship on the spot and found that the sword he bought from the strange man's shop was slightly better than his own sword, which cost several dozen taels of silver, in terms of both feel and other aspects.

This time we really struck gold.

"Let me try."

"It really is."

"Give it back to you."

The swordsman returned the sword to his friend, rushed into the crowd, and bought a sword as quickly as possible.

The same scene happened to many swordsmen.

……

"That strange man has no martial ethics, he has no martial ethics at all."

"He sells weapons that cost six taels of silver for three taels."

"And it will always be one price lower than the original price."

"Why don't you just die?"

Others in the industry, seeing the bustling blacksmith shop run by the strange man, were furious.

But there was nothing they could do.

Because that strange person has a connection with Lu Yuan.

They dared not use those underhanded methods, so all they could do was get angry.

"Shopkeeper, what should we do?"

"What else can we do? He has powerful backers. We can ignore him. He's all alone. Even if he works non-stop forging for twelve hours a day, he still can't make many swords."

“Once he sells out his inventory, our business will be back.”

The shopkeeper gave a few instructions and then left.

The blacksmith in his shop glanced at the shop of "I Love a Piece of Firewood," a fleeting look of jealousy and envy in his eyes.

"How come this guy from out of town is so lucky?"

"To be noticed by Master Lu."

“Back then, my father brought several kilograms of good wine and took me to become his apprentice, but Master Lu didn’t even take a liking to me.”

"Hmph." Lu Xingzhi was the most skilled blacksmith in the county and even the surrounding area. He could forge weapons of high quality, and no blacksmith apprentice in the area did not wish to become his apprentice.

However, Lu Xingzhi had extremely high standards for his disciples.

Very picky.

For the past thirty years, no one had caught his eye, but Yiren Wo Ai Yi Gen Chai was the first and only one to be taken under his wing and taught the art of blacksmithing.

This mysterious person, whose origins are unknown, not only found a good teacher but also managed to curry favor with Chief Constable Lu Yuan.

This is just too good of luck.

hateful.

"He even got a shop as a gift when he graduated, but what about us? We spent over ten taels of silver on the apprenticeship ceremony, and after graduating, we still have to work for free for three years. Sigh, we're all human, so why is there such a big difference?"

"Humph."

……

Dusk.

"Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, please make way, please make way."

A group of people rushed over.

Behind them followed a carriage, the driver looking panicked, glancing back at the interior of the carriage every now and then.

It seems that the carriage is carrying something terrifying.

Just as they were about to enter the city, a group of constables stopped them.

"Hey, who are you?"

"You can't ride horses inside the city, get down quickly."

"Yes, yes, we'll come down right away."

"We came from Hangzhou."

“Lu Baichuan, a disciple of the Cao Gang.”

"Bai Sanqian, a minor leader of the Grand Canal Gang."

"We are here on the orders of our leader to deliver gifts to Chief Constable Lu to thank him for eliminating a criminal for our gang."

The leader of the canal gang was very respectful, showing no contempt whatsoever for the constable in front of him, who was of low strength.

"Ah, you're from the Grand Canal Gang?"

"I thought you were here to cause trouble, but it turns out you're here to deliver a gift to our chief constable."

"Come, come, follow me, I'll show you the way."

The constable leading the group enthusiastically stepped forward and personally guided the disciples of the Canal Gang.

Half an hour later.

The caravan of the canal gang arrived at the courtyard where Lu Yuan was.

After meeting Lu Yuan, the leader of the Cao Gang explained the purpose of his visit, presented Lu Yuan with a gift, and then hurriedly left with his gang members.

Lu Yuan stared at the box in front of him, deep in thought.

Demon Blade Blood Radiance.

That name sounds pretty intimidating.

What's even more intimidating is the origin of this knife.

As for how much of what the disciples of the Grand Canal Gang said was true and how much was false, he had no idea.

"Senior brother, what are you doing?"

Just then, I Love a Piece of Firewood came over carrying two jugs of wine and noticed that Lu Yuan was staring blankly at a box. Curious, I asked him what was wrong.

"The people from the canal gang gave me a knife."

"They say this knife has a special history."

"It's got quite a history? What grade of knife is this?"

Was it delivered by the Grand Canal Gang?

Would the Canal Gang even give you a knife?

I don't quite understand why I love a piece of firewood.

He knew what Lu Yuan was doing in Hangzhou.

He even watched the live stream.

seen it myself.

How did Lu Yuan kill the leader of the Cao Gang with a single punch?

They even smashed up the money tower, which was the symbol of their gang.

Regardless of whether this will create enmity, their relationship shouldn't be so strained as to involve exchanging gifts from afar.