I'm not a supporting character in Pokemon

Mie Village.

One of the few craftsman villages that has survived in modern times.

It is built close to mountains and rivers, but it is not isolated from the outside world.

on the contrary.

Its outer and middle parts are also tourist attractions.

It's less than an hour's drive from the city center.

"Mie Village was originally connected to Ise County, but the Ise side developed into an important industrial area, so the association separated it in order to protect the craftsmen."

Yan Hu introduced to everyone, "There are the most swordsmiths in Sanchong Village, but he is also good at making other weapons."

With the development of science and technology, the number of people making weapons has decreased significantly. Because the times have changed, no one plays hand-to-hand combat in the past, and the elves just watch it.

The law doesn't allow it either.

Cold weapons, either for collection or for private play.

Especially handicraft cold weapons.

Today’s knifemakers mostly treat them like works of art.

The merchants hype it up, label it with someone's name, and with the support of famous people, sell it for a sky-high price.

circulated in small circles.

In the dying but not dead stage.

After all, modern steel, metallurgical technology, processing technology and heat treatment are much stronger than those in ancient times.

Those high-quality blades of the past are horribly fragile when faced with modern steel.

What’s better is that it can be mass-produced.

certainly.

This does not take into account the fact that some legendary swords are made of special steel and are super ancient relics.

Just like in the animation world, there are ancient civilizations that are lost or not recorded, and are full of black technology.

There are also these things in the world Li Xiang lives in.

But that is an extraneous situation and is generally not considered.

Drive to Mie Village.

There are many tourists.

Shop for a variety of handmade products in front of the low-rise house store.

There is everything to eat and play.

As a famous tourist city, even if the time is wrong, Nai City will never be without tourists of all kinds.

What worries Li Xiang more is that there seems to be a huge jungle next to Sanchong Village.

"That's the Ixian Nature Conservation Park over there. It's also the largest park on Sakurajima. It's close to the sea and connects three small islands. You can play there for a while."

Seeing that he kept staring, Yan Hu said, "I remember that there are many kinds of elves inside, and there are many rare and rare varieties outside. It's quite interesting."

Naturally, the nature conservation park will not be used to protect humans, but will be set up by the ranger alliance to protect various elves.

You can go in and have close contact with them.

But taking out the Poké Balls to conquer them is illegal.

Even if the ones you capture inside are green caterpillars.

As long as you are an elf in a natural park, it is equivalent to having a "death-free medal" hanging on your chest.

You can do whatever you want inside.

The car moves forward.

Drive through the part of Mie Village that is open to the public.

Arriving at a huge walled city on a hillside.

The first thing that catches the eye is the rugged sloping wall, which is made up of stones of different sizes.

Above it is a white wall that surrounds the entire city.

Through the car window, I looked up at the gray stone gabled roofs and looming wooden buildings in the walled city.

Li Xiang suddenly felt like he was inspecting the game scene on the spot.

Especially when I saw two young men wearing ancient warrior uniforms with swords on their waists beside the village gate, as well as the flying mantis beside them, and the bonfire used to light the fire.

A strong sense of déjà vu came over me.

Everyone got out of the car.

Duan Tianxing was not around, even if he was traveling, the old master still showed his talent as an otaku and stayed in front of Yan Tianyin's spiritual place.

Talk about it.

I haven’t seen Yan Tianyin’s wife in the past two days...

I heard that he moved in with his son.

Yan Hu stepped forward, but the other party didn't shout anything like "Who's coming?"

Instead, he greeted Yan Hu with a smile.

The group of people went inside.

"Inside the Walled City is Neizhong, the core area of ​​Sanchong Village that is not open to the public. I hope everyone will stop running around and taking photos. If you get lost, don't walk around. Call me and hand me your business card if you meet someone."

Yan Hu turned around and gave everyone his business card, just in case.

Why is it made like a military powerhouse?

Li Xiang took the business card and cursed in his heart.

but.

This kind of situation is actually not uncommon in Zhuxia. Places such as Fengwangyuan and Dragon Temple are closed to the public.

Inside the walled city.

The scenery is no different from that in Waizhong, but there are obviously more locals wearing strange costumes, as well as various elves.

It's like being in ancient times for a moment.

Hmm... The satellite pot on the roof, the densely packed telephone poles, and the big speaker placed at the door are a little bit weird.

"Junior brother, do you think those clothes look good? Do you want me to let senior sister wear them for you to see?"

Qi Sunsun came to Li Xiang's side, looked at a woman wearing fur sleeves, and whispered.

"It's okay, but I think it's necessary to find out whether this senior sister is the other two senior sisters, or senior sister you."

Li Xiang rolled his eyes, only a fool would fall for such an obvious language trap.

Qi Sunsun blinked innocently, "Aren't they all the same?"

"I'm too lazy to care about you."

Li Xiang waved.

Outsiders seem to be relatively rare in the Neichong Walled City, which has attracted the attention of many people.

But when he saw Yan Hu, he turned his head back.

It is clear.

Yan Hu has deep trust in their hearts.

The group of people walked towards their destination.

The target is the village chief's house.

It is also the household with the best craftsmanship in Mie Village.

Not close yet.

A tinkling sound came over.

Li Xiang couldn't help but feel a little excited. After all, he was about to customize his first weapon.

However.

He originally thought that the private knife forging place would be very primitive, like steel in animations and comics, and high-tech products such as Poké Balls were made using clay stoves and fire tongs.

Unexpectedly, all modern tools such as lathes and furnaces are available here.

It feels quite like a modern metallurgical workshop.

In the workshop.

Many strong men were naked from the waist down, either taking out hammers to hit the iron ingots, or forging them under air hammers.

Beside the stove are elves with fire attributes, including coal turtles, molten ant beasts, lava snails, etc.

From time to time, the blacksmiths put the iron ingots in front of them and let them burn.

Seems a little weird.

There is also a piece of white flowers sprinkled with "salt" on it.

"Why do you sprinkle salt on iron?"

Wang Dong was quite confused.

"What salt? That's borax! It's used to remove impurities!" Lu Chengfeng glared at Wang Dong.

Li wanted to focus on the air hammer.

In the past, the most strenuous part of a blacksmith's work was during the beating process.

Since the introduction of the air hammer, the blacksmith has saved a lot of effort.

"Uncle Jin! I brought it to you!"

Yan Hu shouted, "Where is he?"

"Stop yelling! Over here!"

Inside the workshop, an old man with a short white beard and tight muscles wearing thick gloves came out and stared at the bull's eye.

Yan Hu turned around and introduced: "This is Uncle Jin, the father of the village chief of Mie Village, and one of the most famous craftsmen in Sakurajima!"

"Hey! What a famous craftsman! I'm just an old blacksmith!"

Uncle Jin waved his hand, glanced at Li Xiang and others, and suddenly shouted, "Taro! Come out and receive the guests!"

"Coming!"

In the workshop.

A relatively clean-dressed young man came out, his eyes lit up when he saw Yan Hu, "Sister Yan Hu! You're here!"

"It's been a long time since I saw you, Taro. It's you who greets the guests instead of your brother?"

Yan Hu asked.

"My brother has gone to school."

After Taro responded, he looked at everyone and said with a smile: "It's really hard for you all to come all the way. Please come with me."

He led everyone to a courtyard.

After a short self-introduction.

Li wanted to know.

The old man just now was named Yongshan Jin, and he inherited the blacksmith shop called Yongshan Workshop.

Strictly speaking, it has a history of four to five hundred years.

He is also quite famous in the cold weapon world.

Outsiders call him Master Yongshan. At the most exaggerated time, a weapon can be sold for hundreds of thousands.

Obviously the brand sold is Yongshan.

However, Yongshanjin had closed the furnace the year before last and no longer made any weapons himself.

According to his own statement, he is too old and his physical strength cannot keep up even with the assistance of modern industry.

Those in the workshop are his apprentices, here to learn his craft.

Yongshan Jin also very much wants to pass on the plaque of Yongshan Workshop.

However, his son devoted himself to developing Sanchong Village into a tourist village.

His eldest grandson likes to read.

Only the little grandson Nagayama Taro in front of him, who is only eighteen years old, has a little interest in blacksmithing.

"please."

Taro Nagayama’s mother served tea.

"Thanks."

Li Xiang thanked him softly and took a sip. The bitter tea had a steely smell.

Get to the point.

Although Yongshan Jin said that he was physically weak, he actually saw clearly just now.

Yan Hu planned to let him personally create seven exclusive weapons for everyone.

"Sister Yan Hu, grandpa will definitely be willing to make the people you brought. The problem is that the construction period is a bit tight. If all the knives are made temporarily..."

Taro Yongshan hesitated for a moment.

A good weapon cannot be used without more than half a month of fine polishing.

Even some good knives take months to accumulate.

Bai Ji said: "No, no, we don't all want knives."

They went through all their demands.

"That's easy."

Nagayama Taro felt much relieved knowing that not all of them wanted swords, and added: "Actually, there is a weapons arsenal at home, which contains many weapons made in the past..."

The implication is to take them there to see it.

If you come across something you like or like, just take it away.

Yan Hu was slightly startled, "Huh? Enter the armory? Wasn't it forbidden to enter before?"

"It was before." Taro Nagayama stood up, "Everyone, please come with me. To be honest, the inventory in the arsenal is much better than what grandpa makes now..."

In his words, as Yong Shanjin got older, he seemed to have fallen into a certain bottleneck, and the weapons he created were getting worse and worse, far worse than before.

Does the bridge section look slightly familiar?