The Legend of the Demon Hunter

"Among them, the crystal core of the deep-sea whale-eating crocodile will be auctioned, with a starting price of 10,000 silver coins. The other parts will be sold at a fixed price. The beast king bones and beast king hides are 3,000 silver coins each, and the beast king blood essence is 2,000 silver coins each. Anyone interested can start bidding."

After the blonde beauty introduced the situation, she quietly walked to the side of the auction table and handed over the rest of the time to the demon hunters below the stage.

It took a full half hour to sell out the last auction item. Xiao Zhu bought one piece of the Beast King's blood and one piece of the Beast King's leather, spending a total of five thousand silver coins.

The most precious Beast King Crystal Core was auctioned for as high as thirty thousand.

The value of the beast king's corpse reached 70,000 silver coins, which was more than double the price of the Suzuki Armor ranked 33rd on the Divine Weapon List. This was indeed a bit exaggerated. However, it was probably rare for a demon hunter to be able to hunt a monster of this level and keep the monster's corpse intact.

After the auction ended, Xiao Zhu took away several items he had purchased from the backstage and then left the Miri Auction House.

Walking on the streets of Haining City, Xiao Zhu looked around. He wanted to find a blacksmith shop to make a piece of protective gear out of the beast king leather he had just bought.

Xiao Zhu went around Haining City and visited three blacksmith shops, but was rejected by all of them. The reason was that the skin of the deep-sea whale-eating crocodile was too hard and ordinary blacksmiths could not make it.

Just when Xiao Zhu was about to give up after searching in vain, he found a blacksmith shop in an inconspicuous corner in the south of the city. The shop was very small. If Xiao Zhu had not been looking for a blacksmith shop, he would have ignored it even if he passed by. Xiao Zhu accidentally noticed that on the rusty metal sign at the door of the shop, there were four words engraved: Iron Hammer Godsmith.

Although Xiao Zhu did not know much about the field of blacksmithing, he knew that "Master Craftsman" was a very special title, representing the most outstanding craftsmen.

Xiao Zhu hesitated for a moment, but still walked closer to the store. The light inside the store was dim, with only a furnace at the back emitting a red glow. There was an old man forging iron. He burned the iron in his hand until it turned red, and then put it on a piece of iron felt and knocked it, making a "ding-dong-dong" sound. The old man was very focused on forging iron, and didn't notice Xiao Zhu who came in at all. Xiao Zhu looked at the old man, and felt that his forging movements were like a performance art, and couldn't help but stare at him in a trance.

"Hello, do you need anything made?"

Xiao Zhu's attention was all on the old man. He was startled by the voice in his ear. He lowered his head and saw a little girl standing in front of him who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old. She was not tall, and looked particularly short when standing next to the tall Xiao Zhu.

"Although our store is not big, our blacksmiths are the best in Haining City. Whether you want to forge equipment or repair damaged equipment, you can't go wrong with us."

The little girl's words revealed a maturity that was not commensurate with her age.

Children of poor families grow up early. Xiao Zhu thought of this sentence in his mind. He took out the deep-sea whale-eating crocodile skin from the auction, handed it to the little girl, and said softly, "Little sister, please ask the blacksmith to take a look and see if this animal skin can be made into a leather armor?"

Hearing Xiao Zhu's words, the little girl showed an unhappy look on her face and said angrily: "I'm not a little sister, I'm the owner of this store, my name is Tie Xin."

Xiao Zhu then realized that his words had offended the other party and quickly expressed his apologies.

Fortunately, Tie Xin did not continue to care about it. She took the skin of the deep-sea whale-eating crocodile handed over by Xiao Zhu. She was slightly stunned at first, and then her expression showed great interest.

"Is this... the skin of the Beast King?" Tie Xin asked in surprise.

"Yes, this is the skin of a level six magical beast, the deep-sea whale-eating crocodile." Xiao Zhu nodded.

Hearing this, the blacksmith who had been hammering intently in the depths of the room also stopped what he was doing. He looked over here, his wrinkled face red from the charcoal fire.

"Xin'er, show the guest out!" the old man said rudely.

When Tie Xin heard the old man's words, she turned her head and said reluctantly, "Grandpa!"

Afterwards, Tie Xin quickly walked up to the old man and the two of them whispered to each other, but all of this was heard by Xiao Zhu, who had already become a hunter soul.

"Grandpa, you don't even bother to do the blacksmithing business for ordinary people. Finally, an important customer came, but you refused to accept the offer. Our store is about to go bankrupt. What on earth are you thinking?"

"Xin'er, grandpa has been determined to live in seclusion for many years. If this deal is done, I'm afraid the whole Haining City will know about this place. How can grandpa live in seclusion then?"

"Grandpa! I don't care whether you return or not, but have you ever considered that we are all so poor now?"

"Money is just something outside of our body. We can't bring it with us when we are born and we can't take it with us when we die. Why should we care about it so much?"

"Grandpa, even if money is not important, have you ever considered Xin'er's future? Xin'er is fourteen years old this year. Apart from the blacksmithing skill, she knows nothing else. If you continue like this, our store will close sooner or later. Where will Xin'er go to make a living then?"

Hearing Tie Xin's words, the old man hesitated. Finally, he sighed and said slowly, "In that case, then take this deal. As for the price, you can negotiate with the other party. But you must remember that this matter must not be leaked."

"Oh, okay!" Tie Xin agreed readily.

After listening to the whole conversation, Xiao Zhu became very interested in the grandfather and grandson. Although the two of them run the store together, their personalities and temperaments are very different. The little girl is determined to run the store well, while her grandfather seems indifferent to the business in the store.

What shocked Xiao Zhu was that the old man sounded like a great blacksmith. At the same time, the eloquence displayed by the little girl named Tie Xin also impressed Xiao Zhu.

At this time, Tie Xin walked up to Xiao Zhu, looked at the beast king skin in Xiao Zhu's hand, and said, "Sir, your deep-sea whale-eating crocodile skin can only be made by us in the entire Haining City. However, we have two conditions. If you can agree to them, we will take this business."

After saying this, Tie Xin walked to the door and closed it.

"What conditions?" Xiao Zhu asked.

"First, you are not allowed to tell anyone that this equipment was made in our store. Second, the price of this equipment is 5,000 silver coins, and you must pay first. Then come here to pick up the finished product in seven days."

These two conditions were extremely harsh, especially the second one, the cost of crafting even exceeded the price of the beast king skin. If Xiao Zhu had not overheard the whispers between the two people, he would never have accepted such a condition.

But his mentality was different at this time. He really wanted to see what kind of unexpected surprises these two people, one old and one young, could bring him.

"Okay, I accept." Xiao Zhu nodded.