Are you crazy? Who asked you to hunt for treasures in the emperor's harem?

One evening,

Ye Fan worked as an apprentice for a weaponsmith for another day. He was the only apprentice weaponsmith in the huge weaponsmith hall. As usual, he was the last one to leave.

"Young man, if you really want to learn how to forge the Naxuan Ring, then quickly find someone to use their connections and give you gifts. Otherwise, even if you work hard in this weapon-making hall until you die, you will never learn how to forge the Naxuan Ring!"

The person who spoke was an old man who was burning firewood in the Crafts Building Hall. He saw that Ye Fan was very diligent, never procrastinated in his work, and was busy until very late every day, so he couldn't help but want to give him some advice.

"Using connections to send gifts?"

Ye Fan, who was studying a Naxuan Ring, looked in the direction of the voice and asked in confusion: "Master Lu, do I need to use connections and gifts to learn how to make a Naxuan Ring? I think there are a lot of things to learn here..."

"Hi!"

Master Lu sighed, "Young man, in this world, honest people are often struck by lightning. If you work hard, no one will teach you real skills. You will only become a cheap laborer. What you have learned in this building hall is not even the tip of the iceberg..."

"What you are holding in your hand, as well as the piles of rings and bracelets placed around you...are no different from the piles of materials you are carrying. They are just a pile of iron lumps and stones. They are a million miles away from being Naxuan Rings...At most, they only have an appearance..."

While Master Lu was speaking, he added more fire to the stove.

"So what does it take to make a Naxuan Ring?"

Ye Fan scratched his head. "I feel like I've learned a lot as an apprentice here... For example, the selection of materials for the Naxuan Ring, the temperature of metal smelting, shape design, the distribution of grooves, etc...."

“It’s Xuanwen!”

Master Lu sighed slightly, "Young man, the reason why the Naxuan Ring is only the size of a ring but can store enough supplies to be pulled by a carriage is because of the Xuan pattern!"

"It is precisely because of the existence of the Xuanwen that the Naxuan Ring is the Naxuan Ring... Without the Xuanwen, the Naxuan Ring would lose its function of storing supplies..."

"Haven't you noticed that every time the manager of the Equipment Building Hall comes in, almost everyone surrounds him, asking about his health, massaging his feet and back... That's because the manager of the Equipment Building Hall has mastered the key to casting the Xuanwen of the Naxuan Ring... and can also recommend people to learn the Xuanwen to the people above..."

“Mysterious patterns… This is also the reason why those who are selected as weaponsmith apprentices must master the mysterious energy… Without the mysterious energy, there is no chance of obtaining the mysterious patterns, and naturally, it is impossible to forge the mysterious ring!”

At this point, Master Lu looked at Ye Fan with a serious face, "Young man, I think you are an honest person, but this damn world is just like this!"

"Mysterious Patterns... Master Lu, if we want to learn the Mysterious Patterns, shouldn't we go to Mingyuan College in the capital?"

Ye Fan frowned slightly, "I heard that it is the most powerful Xuanwen training place in the entire Mingyuan Empire!"

"The mysterious patterns of talismans are exactly like this!"

Master Lu continued, "But the Xuan Pattern used to make the Naxuan Ring seems to be different from the Xuan Pattern used in the talismans... I, an old man, don't know the details, but I heard that the teachers and elders of Mingyuan College were able to make Naxuan Rings, but the quality was not very good... During an experience trip, the teachers and elders who could make Naxuan Rings all died... The Naxuan Rings made by the remaining people have small storage space and are rarely used... Compared with the Naxuan Rings produced in Qinhuai City, they are completely rubbish... After that, I never heard of anyone buying Naxuan Rings made by Mingyuan College..."

"Okay, thank you~"

After thanking the other party, Ye Fan continued to study the ring in his hand for a while, and when it was almost dark, he left.

..........

the next day,

Ye Fan came to the Foundry Hall as an apprentice to a foundry master as usual.

“It’s a bit puzzling… This Naxuan Ring… Although they are all called this name, the patterns, designs, grooves, and sizes on each Naxuan Ring are different… As for Xuanwen… My current level of Xuanwen should not be low…”

"Is it really as Master Lu said, that the Xuan patterns used to make the Naxuan Ring are different from those used to make the talismans...If only Elder Wen Zheng were here..."

Ye Fan was carrying a large load of materials on his shoulders, muttering to himself.

"Snapped!"

At this moment, a crisp slapping sound was heard. It turned out that a girl in gray linen clothes was slapped by a fat middle-aged man.

The plump middle-aged man was the manager of the Weapon Building Hall mentioned by Master Lu yesterday. He held two huge night-shining pearls in his hands, and the girl in gray linen clothes was an apprentice of the weapon casting master, just like Ye Fan.

"You piece of crap! You actually broke the groove of the Naxuan Ring! You piece of crap! You piece of crap! Fuck you!"

The manager of the Zhuqi Hall yelled and slapped the girl in gray linen clothes several times.

The face of the girl in grey coarse linen clothes swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye. After the manager of the Building Equipment Hall finished scolding her, he kicked the girl in grey coarse linen clothes several feet away, then quickly picked up several Naxuan rings on the ground and hurriedly ran in one direction...

"Grooves?"

Ye Fan narrowed his eyes slightly. This was not the first time he had seen the manager of the weapon building hall beat and scold the weapon casting apprentices. He would often catch some trivial matters and beat or scold the weapon casting apprentices. Even Ye Fan, who worked very hard and could do the work of three people, was mocked for being a slave who would do manual labor all his life... But this was the first time Ye Fan saw that guy lose his mind in anger...

"The grooves on the surface of the Naxuan Ring are the key to its production?"

Involuntarily, an idea emerged in Ye Fan's mind.

Immediately, he walked towards the girl in coarse linen clothes whose face was abnormally swollen and there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, and handed her a handkerchief.

“Thank you…thank you!”

The girl in rough linen clothes thanked her softly. As soon as she finished speaking, a sarcastic voice rang out, "Oh my, a useless Xuanzu is being kind to women!"

Ye Fan turned his head and looked expressionlessly at the weapon-casting apprentice who was lying on a rattan chair with a toothpick in his mouth. The other party immediately looked stern and looked away... After all, after spending some time together, he knew very well that although Ye Fan's Xuan Qi cultivation was only at the level of a Xuan Zu, he was born with supernatural power. A seventh-rank Xuan Shi provoked Ye Fan, but Ye Fan grabbed his throat with one hand and lifted him up like a chicken, and he almost died...

Ye Fan was too lazy to pay attention to the toothpick man. He turned around and looked at the girl in coarse linen clothes. "Is the groove of the Naxuan Ring broken just now?"

"Ok!"

The girl in linen clothes nodded slightly. "But it's only a little damaged... a sharp object fell off the processing table and poked the groove on it!"

"Is it this groove that is part of the symbol of the Building Hall?!"

As he spoke, Ye Fan handed the half-polished metal Naxuan ring in his hand to the other party to see.

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