Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 207 Armory

In Yingzhou, many people may not have seen this waist badge, but as the Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce has more dealings with the City Lord's Mansion, they will still see the City Lord's personal guards from time to time.

However, there are indeed some differences between the city lord's personal guards in Yingzhou and those in other states.

For example, Yingzhou's personal guards are more easy-going; for example, Yingzhou's personal guards go to various venues less frequently.

The fundamental reason is the old city lord’s non-competitive character.

Hanging the jade badge around his waist, Jiang Xuan suddenly felt a sense of responsibility. After savoring the feeling for a while, he looked at Senior Brother Cheng again.

When Senior Brother Cheng saw that Jiang Xuan had already hung the badge around his waist, he smiled and continued to explain to Jiang Xuan.

"To avoid any regrets in making a choice, I will follow my usual practice and explain everything to Junior Brother Ling in detail. I hope Junior Brother Ling will listen carefully and don't think I'm being too long-winded."

"Why would I dislike Senior Brother's nagging? Just keep talking." After hearing this, Jiang Xuan felt that Senior Brother Cheng was very straightforward, and he also laughed very straightforwardly.

"Among all the equipment that can be obtained, the levels are different. However, due to the limitation of the levels that can be obtained, some trade-offs between high and low levels are necessary."

Senior Brother Cheng glanced at the weapons and equipment scattered in every corner. There were many types of weapons, including long weapons, short weapons, and a large number of shields.

"To be frank, the City Lord's treasury is not rich in top-tier weapons, so I have to ask you to be selective when you receive them."

After hearing this, Jiang Xuan naturally understood what Senior Brother Cheng meant. He clasped his fists towards Senior Brother Cheng and said, "Senior Brother Cheng, you are too kind. It is already a rare honor to receive top-tier weapons and equipment. How can this be considered an injustice?"

Senior Brother Cheng smiled and nodded, saying, "At the warrior stage, taking weapons as an example, they are divided into low-level weapons, mid-level weapons, high-level weapons, and top-level weapons. Top-level weapons are more special."

"The largest source of top-tier weapons is failed in refining of entry-level weapons. Among them, the vast majority are failed ninth-grade weapons, also known as ninth-grade magic weapons."

"So, a top-tier weapon, in terms of the strength of its material itself, is the same as a ninth-grade magical weapon. It just lacks the magic array required by cultivators."

"Before reaching the Heavenly Stage, warriors are primarily tested on their understanding of the Martial Dao, and the requirements for weapons and equipment are not high. Generally, a mid-level weapon is sufficient for almost all warriors except for peak-level warriors."

"However, once a warrior reaches the ninth level of the Heavenly Stage, which is the peak stage, because the warrior's physical strength has reached a certain level, the test of weapons will also reach a higher level."

Senior Brother Cheng pulled out the short knife from his waist and handed it to Jiang Xuan, saying, "Junior Brother Ling, you can take a look. This short knife of mine is a top-level weapon. Its strength is incomparable to those low-level, mid-level, and high-level weapons."

Jiang Xuan took the dagger from Senior Brother Cheng, weighed it in his hand, took a few steps back, waved it a few times, and nodded slightly.

"It is indeed a good knife." Jiang Xuan said sincerely.

To be honest, just from the feeling of holding this knife in his hand, Jiang Xuan felt that it was slightly inferior to the short knife with a brown scabbard that Old Sha had given him.

But even so, this is still one of the top swords Jiang Xuan has ever seen.

However, from another perspective, this dagger, whether it is the scabbard or its shiny blade, does look better than the dagger given by Mr. Sha.

"Junior Brother Ling, are you an expert with the sword?" Senior Brother Cheng, having only seen Jiang Xuan perform a few moves, could already tell that he had a deep understanding of the sword. "I can use it a little, but I wouldn't call myself an expert," Jiang Xuan said, speaking the truth.

He was a true spear warrior, and using a short sword was only a last resort for him to avoid exposing his identity during martial arts performances in the Five States.

"Seeing you carrying a spear, I thought you were a spear warrior. I didn't expect that you have such a thorough understanding of swordsmanship." Senior Brother Cheng praised again.

Jiang Xuan wanted to explain further to Senior Brother Cheng, but seeing his beaming expression, he had no choice but to hand the dagger back to him and said, "I have some understanding of both the spear and the dagger."

Senior Brother Cheng seemed quite satisfied with Jiang Xuan's answer. He nodded, took his dagger and put it back into the scabbard.

"Among the long weapon, short weapon, and shield, you can only choose one top-level weapon. For the other two, you must choose one high-level weapon and one mid-level weapon respectively."

"A set of armor consists of several major parts: a helmet, shoulder armor, body armor, arm armor, and leg armor. Among these, you have to make some choices. You can only choose two top-tier components. For the other components, you need to choose one high-tier component and one mid-tier component."

"I wonder what choice Junior Brother Ling will make?" Senior Brother Cheng asked, pointing to the weapons and armor scattered around.

"I……"

Just as Jiang Xuanfang was about to speak, Senior Brother Cheng's voice interrupted him.

"Junior Brother Ling, the choice of weapons isn't a big deal. As for the armor, we still have top-tier armor for several parts of our bodies, but the high-tier and mid-tier armor is incomplete. Junior Brother, take a look..."

"Okay, okay. Low-level armor is fine too." Jiang Xuan already had a plan in mind for the armor, so naturally he didn't care much about it.

"That's good, that's good." Brother Cheng was naturally very happy that the embarrassing scene he thought he would encounter did not occur, and he also had a better impression of Brother Ling.

"Senior Brother Cheng, among the long and short weapons and shields, I choose the top-level shield. The choice of long and short weapons is up to you, Senior Brother Cheng." Jiang Xuan said.

When Senior Brother Cheng saw that this junior brother was so straightforward instead of hesitant, his impression of Senior Brother Ling became even better and he nodded repeatedly.

"Among the four parts of the armor, choose the helmet and shoulder armor for the top-level parts, choose low-level parts for the body armor, and the choice of leg armor will also be arranged by senior brother." Jiang Xuan said calmly.

Jiang Xuan naturally had his reasons for making this choice.

He already has fine iron armor. Based on actual combat experience, the strength of that set of fine iron armor should be able to reach the top level.

In this way, choosing a top-level helmet and top-level shoulder armor will complement the fine iron armor used as body armor.

As for the parts of the body armor that needed to be chosen, in order to make it easier for other senior brothers and even the junior brothers and sisters who would later join the personal guards, he directly chose the lower level, leaving the higher level armor for other personal guards to choose from.

Although this move could easily reveal that Jiang Xuan had a top-grade body armor, Jiang Xuan himself did not know the origin of that set of fine iron armor, so even if others knew about it, it would not be a big deal.

Senior Brother Cheng naturally had some considerations about Jiang Xuan's choice. He was very happy and decided to carefully select several top-level weapons and armors for Jiang Xuan.

(End of this chapter)