C3 Work

Ever since he returned to his residence, the coming of age ceremony had always been on his mind.

In this world, the children of humans usually had to undergo the coming of age ceremony at the age of sixteen. In other words, once they turned sixteen, they could be considered adults, and once they became adults, they would have to start working as adults.

"Sigh!" "It's time to start working. It's going to be boring. But it's okay. This way, I can go out. When the time comes, I can go find fine steel by myself." On the one hand, he was unhappy about starting work, while on the other hand, he was eager to see the outside world's best quality iron and steel.

He did not want to stay in the village for his whole life. He wanted to see the outside world, so he had to become an iron controller, and this way, he would have the capital to venture into the outside world by himself.

With anticipation, Tie Xiaoyan fell into a deep sleep.

The next day at dawn, Tie Xiaoyan left immediately. It was still dawn when he knocked on the old Village Head's door.

"Village head." Noticing the old village chief walk out, Tie Xiaoyan said politely.

"Well, what are you doing here so early?" The old village chief's eyes were hazy and sleepy. He must have studied the children's bodies too late yesterday.

Tie Xiaoyan stretched out his right hand and said, "Village Head, can you give me the map around the village? I know you have one, I saw it last time."

When the Old Village Chief heard this, he could not help but be startled. His murky eyes flickered with light as he smiled and said, "Good, good, good. You wait here. I'll bring it for you."

"Alright." Tie Xiaoyan's face lit up as he nodded.

He gently closed the door, went in, and came out again after a while, holding a worn-out piece of parchment in his hand, "Hey, this is the map, take it and use it, be careful, don't break it, and also don't leave the village. If you really want to go out, don't go too far, because there are monsters that you can't imagine appearing outside."

Hearing the old Village Head's reminder, Tie Xiaojun nodded and said, "Don't worry, Village Head, I understand."

"Alright, you go ahead. I'll go back and sleep for a while." With that, the old elder yawned before turning around and closing the door.

"Hey!" Looking at the map in his hand, Tie Xiaojun could not help but smile in satisfaction.

The surrounding terrain of the village had been thoroughly investigated by the villagers over the years, but there were only some places that were very steep or had the handle of a monster. The normal route of traveling, including the location of the iron mining, were all clearly recorded, so the surrounding maps of the village were not a secret. However, Tie Xiao Jun had to find the old village chief's map, because he knew that the old village chief's map was different from other people's, and the owner had more things.

Holding the map, Tie Xiaoyan went to his room and slowly opened the map.

The map wasn't big, but it was very detailed, and every place had a record of the local species and weather conditions. Tie Xiao Jun roughly flipped through the map, the location of the village was a relatively peaceful and remote place, and the people who had established the village at that time had obviously been searching for a long time. It could be said that as long as the people of the village didn't provoke the monsters outside, the monsters weren't willing to come to this place.

On the map, there were a total of more than a dozen places with records of steel resources, but Tie Xiaoyan didn't care about them at all, so he casually scanned the map and then threw it to the side. Then he noticed that there were very small words written on the lower right corner of the map, and he lowered his head to read carefully: "The place where light blue color marks are used for producing fine steel, and the place where light gray marks are used for producing large amounts of fine steel."

"Ugh!" "Sure enough, we've found a treasure. I believe that the Old Village Chief is right!" Tie Xiaoyan raised his head, his face was filled with excitement. If so, then that was his target, the place to produce fine iron and steel.

"However, this map is not very detailed. It still says that the production of fine steel can only be found by going there and looking for it." But soon after, Tie Xiao Jun squinted his eyes and carefully searched around. When he saw the light red and light blue markings, he realized that there were no detailed routes around that place.

What was the reason? Tie Xiaoyan thought for a while that it wasn't that the old elder didn't have a detailed record, but this idea was immediately rejected. The old elder was always desperately searching for fine steel, so he would naturally record the details.

Afterwards, Tie Xiaoyan went out again and casually asked a person for a map. After comparing it for a while, he immediately found out that the marked places on the map indicated monsters that appeared or were dangerous areas, so he was unable to fully explore them.

Seeing this, Tie Xiaochao felt a headache coming on. This way, he could only know the general route. As for whether or not he would be able to find out by then, that was another matter.

With the map in hand, Tie Xiaoyan went to the previous person's house to return it.

When he returned it, he saw that there was someone else in the house.

"Yo, isn't this Little Jun? What are you doing with the map? " the man asked.

Hearing this, Tie Xiao Jun had no choice but to explain it again. After all, he wasn't here before and didn't hear it, and Tie Xiao Jun didn't want others to know that he was going to find fine steel, so he said: "Won't I become an adult in a few days? "Therefore, I will first look at the map and get familiar with it. After all, when the time comes, I will have to go out to work."

"Oh, so that's how it is. Little Jun is really a sensible child!" That person couldn't help but exclaim.

Hearing this, Tie Xiao Jun only smiled faintly before taking his leave.

Tie Xiaoyan knew that the people in the village were quite passionate, so he would definitely be suspected if he faced them coldly.

After returning home, Tie Xiaoyan brought the village chief's map to the hill where he had been looking into the distance. Afterwards, he climbed up the tallest steel tree, and looked down at the bottomless valley from top to bottom.

Looking at the map, Tie Xiaoyan's eyes slowly moved along the valley and stopped at a green hillside.

"This is the base of operations for the outside world. Anyone who wants to go out for a long period of time will have to rest at this place and then …" Down the hillside, down to the bottom of the valley... And then, there it is. " Tie Xiaoyan narrowed his eyes as he looked at the deep valley. Not far from the green hillside was a dark patch of land. It was also a chasm, but compared to the one in front of him, it could only be considered a branch.

After looking for a long time, Tie Xiao-jun slowly withdrew his gaze, as he had a plan in his mind. Then, Tie Xiao-jun once again opened up the map, looking for the place where the fine iron and steel would be buried, because the production of fine iron and steel required a lot of time, Tie Xiao-jun could not only look at one location, he needed to look at several locations. Just from a high vantage point, Tie Xiao-jun found that there were only three places that could enter his field of vision, the other places were all blocked by the towering mountains.

"I can't, I can't see them at all. Forget it, I'll go to those three places first. If I can't, then I'll go to other places." Tie Xiaoyan, who had already climbed to the highest point, discovered that he still couldn't see too far away. He had no choice but to give up. In the end, he nimbly climbed down the tree and returned home.

When he got home, Tie Xiaoyan first went through everything he had thought of in his mind. After that, he opened his eyes and took out a pen and paper.

Tie Xiaoyan no longer cared about him at the spot where he had his field of vision, and then he used a pen to copy all the routes in the other places. Although they were a little ugly, and also very ugly, but Tie Xiaoyan could understand them, that was enough.

After doing all this, Tie Xiaoyan clapped his hands and put away the map. Then, he took an opportunity to hand it back to the village chief.

"Then, the next step is to wait for the coming of the coming of the coming of the coming of age ceremony." After everything was ready, Tie Xiaoyan started to take a nap on the hillside.

The Old Village Chief must have taught that Tie Daniu a good lesson. Otherwise, the lesson on the hillside would not be so quiet. However, this was also good. Tie Xiao Jun could take a good rest now.

Although this was something that had to be held every year, not everyone would pay attention to it. Because all the men had to go out to work, only their mothers came to participate in the coming of age ceremony, while orphans like Tie Xiaojun didn't have that kind of treatment. However, Tie Xiao-jun wouldn't care about this sort of thing, he just wanted to listen to some of the work arrangements made after the coming of age ceremony.

After the simple ceremony was over, the old elder stood on a high ground and said loudly, "Since you are an adult, then you must work. After the simple ceremony was over, the old chief stood on a high ground and said loudly," Since you are an adult, then you must work.

"Listen up!" Everyone answered.

"Well, if that's the case, then we can dissolve it on the spot. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask your lords, your father, or Kai. If I'm around, then you can ask Uncle Tie Niu." Although the Old Village Chief saw that they were nodding, there were definitely others who were unclear about it. Merely, they were a bit shy and did not wish to inquire about it.

As soon as these words were spoken, those children below who didn't understand immediately relaxed.

When the old Village Head said the word "disband", Tie Xiaojun left immediately. He had heard the old Village Head say "disband" very early on about the actions and work outside, even though he was still listening to the story at that time.