Starting from being a pirate and living off others

clang... clang... clang...

The sound of iron forging could be heard from the forging room of the Shogun's Mansion in Wano Country.

Three days have passed since Ye Taichu and others arrived at the General's Mansion.

Thanks to the status of the Shogunate in Wano Country and the attraction of creating supreme weapons again after hundreds of years.

Daimyoji and famous craftsmen from all over the country responded very positively.

The day after Kozuki Sukiyaki sent out the invitation.

Except for the Kurotan family, the other four major families immediately rushed to the Flower City where the general's mansion was located with the materials.

However, what made Ye Taichu feel pity was that even if all the May families in Wano Country gathered together, they could only raise two sets of supreme materials.

At this moment, Ye Taichu was accompanied by two girls, Stussy and Di Yuan.

The three of them observed the forging process of these famous knife craftsmen in the forging room.

"Hey...Ding...Hey...Ding"

Kotsuki Sukiyaki was holding a hammer and hammering iron with great enthusiasm.

Bringing the two girls behind him, Ye Taichu touched and watched for a while, feeling bored, and said

"Who here is Shimotsuki Kozaburo?"

"Ok?"

Kozuki Sukiyaki heard the voice behind him, turned around, and saw the adults he couldn't afford to offend.

He immediately put the unknown iron ore he had forged into the Golden Crow flames that the mansion had created to forge their weapons, and said hurriedly:

"Sir, it has been several years since Shimotsuki Kozaburo left Wano Country."

A flash of regret flashed across Ye Taichu's handsome face.

"Yeah"

A moment later, he took out the famous swords he had collected along the way from his storage world and threw them to the inexplicably nervous Kozuki Sukiyaki.

Kozuki Sukiyaki hurriedly caught a bundle of famous swords that suddenly appeared.

Ye Taichu said in a faint voice

"If we melt these, we should be able to forge at least one piece of material for a supreme weapon."

Upon hearing this, Kozuki Sukiyaki involuntarily turned his gaze to the weapon in his arms.

When he discovered Yama and Ame-no-Habezan among them, his pupils contracted violently and he stared at the two swords in a daze.

At this time, the man's impatient voice came into his ears.

"Don't tell me Yan Mo, Tian Yu Yu Zhan and the other four big swords can't even get one piece of material together!"

Kozuki Sukiyaki came back to his senses, reluctance and pain flashed in his eyes, and he closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, the expression was gone and his tone was respectful.

"No, sir, these six great sharp swords alone can be used to smelt two supreme grade materials."

"Yan Mo and Tian Yu Yu Zhan were designed to be supreme-level swords when they were first forged, and the materials used are all supreme-level materials."

"It's only because the quality and temperature of the forging flame are not high enough that these two knives are only at the level of a large property worker."

"Even if we don't add the other famous swords of the good sharp sword level, just adding the four big sharp swords of the big property worker is more than enough to extract two complete supreme-level ones."

"Oh?"

This surprised Ye Taichu a little, and his eyes turned to Yama and Tianyu Yuzhan.

But when I think that these two swords are Oden's swords, I feel relieved.

Enma was created by Shimotsuki Kosaburo, who did not leave Wano Country in his early years, and Ame no Habakiri was created by Kotsuki Sukiyaki, who used the alias Tenguyama Hichetsu.

Stroking his chin, he thought, and whispered softly.

"That's seven servings. It doesn't seem to be enough."

Ye Taichu's eyes fell on the reserved Kozuki Sukiyaki in front of the group. After thinking for a while, he spoke leisurely.

"Have the daimyo from all over the country really produced all the materials?"

"Even though you wasted these two, the General's Mansion can still produce three more materials."

"After ruling each region for hundreds of years, the combined strength of the four families can only gather two. I don't believe it."

Kozuki Sukiyaki shuddered with fear, and immediately cold sweat covered his entire body. He lowered his head and trembled, and said

"My Lord...Your Excellency does not know something."

"kindness……"

Ye Taichu said softly, signaling him to continue.

"Although the local daimyo are relatively independent, the Shogun's Office does not interfere with local management. However, every year, all localities have to pay taxes to the Shogun's Office."

“Among them, various precious materials are the most precious.”

"There are many samurai clubs in Wano Country, and swordsmen are prevalent. Daimyo from all over the country often use collected materials to forge weapons to show off their forging skills to each other."

"I am willing to guarantee them that the four major families have no hidden materials."

After listening to this, Ye Taichu remembered the ingredients that his own Ah Shi brought back from Mitsuki's house yesterday, and finally believed what Mitsuki Sukiyaki said.

Then a hint of teasing flashed in his eyes, and he praised

"This time, he has a bit of the demeanor of a Wano country general."

"If you count the Nidaime Kitetsu that you hid in Tengu Mountain, that would be three portions, right?"

Wow

The weapon in Kozuki Sukiyaki's arms fell to the ground, and he looked at the man in front of him with horror.

He didn't understand how the other party knew about Tengu Mountain and knew that there was a Second Generation Kitetsu hidden in Tengu Mountain.

Is this man a monster?

He looked at this seemingly gentle man with horror, and took a step back.

"Giggle..."

"Xiao Ye, you scared me."

Stussy chuckled.

"Well, he has a very strong imagination, how can you blame me?"

Ye Taichu spread his hands and said helplessly.

"So the quality of the Second Generation Kitetsu should not be lower than the two top-level large property workers you made for your own son, right?"

“Yes… yes.”

Unable to resist, Kotsuki Sukiyaki could only accept it and answered the other party with a resigned look on his face.

Sighing secretly in my heart

Originally, he wanted to hand over the Nidaime Kitetsu to Oden, who had lost his two swords, Enma and Ame-no-Habakiri, but now it seems impossible.

Son, there’s nothing your dad can do.

While Kozuki Sukiyaki was thinking about this, Ye Taichu also fell into deep thought.

Are eight sets of materials enough for what he and others need? After this time, he doesn't plan to make weapons again in the short term.

Therefore, the weapons reserves will not be small.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that there is not enough material.

With his brows frowned and his eyes flickered, his mind was full of thoughts.

After a while, he spoke to Kozuki Sukiyaki in a deep voice.

"What is the main difference between the weapons of the Supreme Builder and the Builder?"

Kozuki Sukiyaki was brought back to his senses by his words, and he sorted out his words before speaking carefully.

“Material properties, hardness and flexibility”

“Spirituality is the main factor”

As he said this, he paused, lowered his gaze, and looked at Yan Mo and Tian Yu Yu Zhan who fell to the ground.

He squatted down and picked up the weapons that had fallen to the ground one by one, and continued to speak while picking them up.

"Like the Enma and Ame-no-Habezan that I made, and the Second-generation Kitetsu that you mentioned, these three swords are at the level of great craftsmen's great swords."

“But they are very spiritual and have a higher potential ceiling.”

"Although it was not able to reach the level of a supreme sword due to factors during forging."

"But if the people who use them are good enough, these three swords have the potential to be promoted to the level of supreme swords."

"The remaining four large swords that the master took out do not have such potential. The highest limit is to be rendered as black swords by domineering power."

“So that’s how it is”

A look of understanding flashed across Ye Taichu and the other two's eyes.

He stroked his chin, a trace of thought in his eyes

"So, is it because of this reason that the black sword Shusui, which is known as the national treasure of Wano Country, has not become a supreme master craftsman-level sword?"

Kozuki Sukiyaki had already felt hopeless towards this man who seemed to know everything, and therefore had become somewhat numb to the words that came out of his mouth.

Answering the other person's questions with a dull look