C5 A face that deserves a beating

Zhang Chao's left eye clearly saw the pattern and direction of the man's bones and muscles within his entire right arm.

The most important thing was his meridians!

However, more than half of this man's meridians were broken!

The reason why animals could cultivate was because there were countless of them within their bodies. Countless meridians were connected to burst forth with power, and they could store elemental energy with endless magical powers.

However, if something went wrong with his meridians, it would be equivalent to being abandoned on this path. He would only be an ordinary person for the rest of his life.

"His meridians are practically broken …" Zhang Chao was secretly shocked, it was obvious that the blood veins were not always like that, they were simply broken, although the man's injuries were already healed, the blood veins could not recover!

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the man who called himself Old Li took a deep breath, wiped the sweat off his forehead and put down the hammer.

The sword embryo had already been completed. Although Old Li's skills in forging, hammering and hammering were perfect, he was still missing something.

"Come, young man, let's see how this sword embryo is doing!" Old Li dipped the sword embryo into the cold water to cool it down before throwing it at Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao flipped a few glances at the sword embryo, then nodded his head and said, "Not bad, not bad at all.

"Oh? What's missing? " Old Li's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"In this world, not only humans, everything has meridians, although this sword embryo's appearance is very perfect, it does not have any Origin Energy to merge with it. It converges into the veins on the sword itself, which is the meridians that the sword embryo should have, so it does not seem complete, and lacks the spirit that the sword embryo should have!" Zhang Chao spoke bluntly, and directly spoke out the problem he saw.

Since he was here to apply for the position of an apprentice, he couldn't pretend that he didn't know anything. That would be a huge loss. He had been studying under a teacher for so many years, but he was still talented.

"Good for you, lad!" Old Li appreciated it and said, "What a pity. I, Old Li, have forged iron for my whole life and have forged countless tools, but I can no longer let them have meridians!"

Zhang Chao did not say anything. Although he could see the problem of the meridians in Old Li's arm with his extraordinary left eye, he was not stupid enough to deliberately expose his wound.

"I learned a bit about blacksmithing from my old man!" Zhang Chao scratched his head.

"Oh? Your old man? Is he also a blacksmith? " Old Li was slightly stunned.

"Oh, right. Boss Li, are you the only one in such a big blacksmith shop?" That's why we have to recruit such an apprentice? " Zhang Chao didn't want to talk too much about the teacher's problem, so he quickly changed the topic.

"Ai, I once had a bunch of disciples, but …" "Forget it, it's over now. Lad, do you want to stay?" Old Li didn't seem to want to say much, so he continued asking.

"Alright, I don't have anywhere to go anyway …" Zhang Chao shrugged his shoulders, just as he finished speaking, the blacksmith shop's door was suddenly kicked open.

Soon after, three men wearing long gowns and looking incomparably arrogant walked in.

The person in the lead had a random bun tied around his head. He had a sharp blade, a face, some freckles, a nose bridge, and a mouth with some teeth stuck in it.

A pair of small eyes directly fell on Old Li's body, the corners of his mouth lifted a few times with a smile that was not a smile.

As for the two people behind him, they seemed to be thugs. Their brows were furrowed as they glared at him while their muscles continuously trembled.

"Aiyo, Boss Li still hasn't rested?" Looking at the sword embryo Old Li had just made, he smirked and said, "Tsk, tsk, the method is still as perfect as ever. It's a pity that my meridians have been broken, and I no longer have any Origin Energy. What I've forged is also dead!"

"What are you doing here? "You are not welcome!" Old Li's face turned gloomy.

"Don't, how can you be so heartless?" The scimitar shaped face licked his lips and moved closer to Boss Li's face. With a strange tone, he said, "Our boss is getting impatient from waiting. Let me ask Boss Li. Have you made up his mind?"

"Hmph, stop wasting my strength. Even if I die, I won't be able to join the Tiehe Association. Let him give up on this idea!" Old Li snorted, "I just want to open a smithy to help my neighbor. Since I have already become a cripple, there's no way that I will be able to affect the Tiehe Association in any way!"

With that, he grabbed the sword embryo and tossed it into the boiling hot molten metal with a shake of his hand.

"Zi la!" The sword embryo was quickly melted by the molten metal.

"Hmm, damn you, you really don't want face. It seems like it's just not enough to cripple your cultivation. Shouldn't you chop off both your hands?" Upon seeing this, the man's face was filled with viciousness as he rushed forward and slapped Zhang Xuan in the face.

"Pah!" With a crisp sound, Old Li staggered a few steps. His face was red and swollen, and blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Zhang Chao who was at the side could not bear to watch any further.

Putting aside the fact that there was some conflict between them, to directly injure someone like that was a bit too much.

Besides, with Old Li's age, he was no longer a cultivator. To be able to slap his face in such a manner was truly humiliating.

"Oh? Smelly brat, who are you? "Do you have the right to speak here?" The knife-scarred face looked at Zhang Chao, spitting with a face full of disdain: "Oh, could it be that this old fellow has hired a new apprentice worker? I say, brat, I advise you to scram as soon as possible. In this kind of place, not only will you be unable to learn anything from this piece of trash, you might even lose your life! "

"What did you say?" Zhang Chao clenched his fists, he had an impulse to immediately shatter the blade face's repulsive face!

"Little, young man, don't be rash, I'm fine!" Old Li immediately pulled on Zhang Chao's arm, took a few deep breaths, and said to the blade and face: "Scram, get out of my shop, you are not welcome here!"

This time it's only a warning, I will be back in three days. If you continue to be stubborn, this shop will disappear from Can City forever! The man with the cut face sneered and waved his hand. Then, he left with his two henchmen.

"Damn it!" Zhang Chao gritted his teeth, that blade and face did not have much strength, they were only at the first level of Natal Opening Realm, and the two henchmen were both at the second level of Natal Opening Realm.

If they really fought, although Zhang Chao didn't dare guarantee that he would win, he shouldn't lose to them.

The main thing was that this scene was too infuriating. Furthermore, that sharp face deserved a beating!

"Forget it, young man. There's no use getting angry at those kind of people!" Old Li released Zhang Chao's arm and took out a towel from the water basin to cover his face.

"What exactly is going on? Who was that guy? Isn't that too arrogant? " Zhang Chao was still furious.

"Ai, it's all my fault, he's my original disciple!" Old Li bitterly shook his head.

"Huh? Your former disciple? Wouldn't that be deceiving Master to exterminate the ancestors? " Zhang Chao's eyes were wide opened, that sharp blade face was too stingy!

"It's a long story. Perhaps it's as that guy said. If they come back in three days, my shop might be gone. However, at the very least, if you become an apprentice, I will definitely not mistreat you for the next three days!" Old Li said in an odd tone.

Zhang Chao became even more suspicious.

Why was Old Li still thinking about calling Little Gong apprentice when they were already in such dire straits?

And even if there were only three days left, it was still required?

"I know you're full of doubts, but don't you worry, I need someone to help me. As long as you're willing to help me, you can take anything in this blacksmith shop in the next three days!" Seeing Zhang Chao's questioning and hesitant look, Old Li gritted his teeth, and actually made such a promise!

"Huh?" Zhang Chao's face was filled with difficulty, he only wanted to find a stable job in Can City, so that he could take root there and slowly investigate more about his parents. But why was it that when he randomly picked a small blacksmith shop, he would be involved in some sort of incident?

"You must be a cultivator, right?" Old Li asked again.

"Yes, first level of Natal Opening Realm!" Zhang Chao nodded, he had nothing to hide from him.

"Alright, although it's only one layer …" After all, I don't have enough time to look for others for help right now! " Old Li gritted his teeth, went up and grabbed Zhang Chao's wrist and pulled him away.

"Eh? "What are you doing? I haven't agreed yet …" Zhang Chao was puzzled, but he did not expect Old Li to be a cripple with broken meridians, the strength in his hands was extremely strong, it was as if his wrist was grabbed by a pincer, and he was unable to break free.

Old Li pulled Zhang Chao to the innermost area of the blacksmith shop and pulled on a rope that was hanging down.

"Crack!" The ground began to shake as a secret passage appeared.

"A secret passage?" Zhang Chao raised his eyebrows, even a small blacksmith shop had a secret?

The people of this city were really hard to figure out!

"Other than me, no one else knows anything about this place. Even the acolytes from before have not been mentioned in the slightest!" Old Li's expression was gloomy as he pulled Zhang Chao down the stairs of the secret passage.

Within the secret passage, there was another world.

This space was several times larger than the blacksmith shop above. Moreover, there were all sorts of blacksmithing tools, and the quality was much higher than the ones above.

"This is …" Zhang Chao rubbed his chin.

"The land of my last hope!" Old Li said as he walked over to a table and carefully picked up an item.

Zhang Chao looked over when he heard this.

It was an incense burner, small and exquisite. There was a large portion of it covered with spiderweb-like patterns. It was simply a masterpiece.

Unfortunately, this was only an incomplete product. If he wanted to complete it, he would have to spend a lot of effort.

This was a magical item!

Zhang Chao could immediately tell that this was a top-grade treasure, could it be that Old Li had made it himself?

"It took me thirty years to finish half of the incense burner. I hope that you can help me finish the rest within three days and fulfill my wish. Even if I die …." "No regrets!" Old Li's eyes shone, he held up the censer and said to Zhang Chao.