Chapter Sixty: The Dragon's Era

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  After scolding enough, Xie Pu waved his impatient big hand, "Let's eat first."

  Having said that, he turned around and walked down the loft by himself. The crow cawed once and also flew down with him.

  Lei Ga gazed at their backs, relaxed and smiled, then clenched his fists again, reconfirming that this perfect physical state was not a dream. He grabbed the black giant sword by the bedside, walked down the stairs, and entered the kitchen.

  The kitchen was still the same, with a thick fog and smoke that made people's eyes moist. Several expensive constant temperature magic boxes were used as tools for storing fresh meat, filling up half of the kitchen. The flames on the stove were weakening, but the meat flavor in the large pot was becoming more intense. Shep was scooping out meat from the large pot with a long ladle, while the crow was anxiously jumping around on the long table, occasionally casting a disdainful glance at Lega.

  The long table had already been set with dishes, two round plates and a large serving bowl. Shep put the best meat into the serving bowl and divided the rest between the other two plates.

  The crow jumped to its own plate without any courtesy and pecked up a piece of meat to eat.

  Lei Ga didn't wait for Xie Pu to speak, and he started eating too. After sleeping for three days and nights, he felt that his stomach could hold a small mountain of food. What surprised him was that after eating half a bowl of meat, he still felt like he had just begun.

  He remembered that the first time he ate so much meat was when he forced it down with a strong sense of fullness, but now it's as easy as eating dessert.

  The stomach's digestion efficiency was astonishing, food was almost instantly converted into energy. This body was perfect to the point it didn't feel like his own, Rega couldn't help but furrow his brow and stand there in a daze.

  "What's wrong? Can't eat anymore?" Xie Pu asked with a straight face.

  "No."

  Lei Ga regained his composure and continued eating voraciously with his head down.

  "This is a first-class venison from the Forest Rock Kingdom, isn't it quite tasty?" Xie Pu asked with some pride.

  Lei Ga was so focused on his own body that he missed the feeling of the deer meat on his tongue. He looked at Xie Pu in surprise, "A first-class venison? You mean this is the meat of a first-class savage beast?"

  Most of the meat from these beasts is inedible, such as the Flame Lizard beast. If you really want to eat it, you'll probably end up like a Stitched Beast. Animals like deer, sheep, and cattle that are not very aggressive are difficult to grow into real beasts. As soon as they get a little stronger, they will be hunted down by bounty hunters and become a delicacy on the aristocratic table. The probability of capturing a first-class elk is extremely low, and the meat of a first-class elk is also extremely expensive.

  "Of course, I said we'd rebuild your diet."

  Xie Pu casually picked up the wine bottle and poured a full cup of crimson liquid into Le Ga's glass. "To become a qualified partner, one must first have a good physical foundation."

  Lei Ga couldn't help but calculate the cost of this breakfast. Not to mention how much a dish of venison costs, just transporting it to Crow Ridge, which is full of bandits and mercenaries, would definitely not be possible with just two or three gold coins. The last time he had eaten breakfast in the kitchen, Lei Ga had calculated that one day's expenses were one gold coin, but now, after just a few days, it had already risen to ten gold coins per day.

  Ten gold coins... I've never seen so much money in my life.

  Lega couldn't help but purse his lips. Fortunately, this mission had yielded a substantial harvest, and selling off some unnecessary items should bring in quite a bit of money. However, as for exactly how much, Lega didn't want to ask, because even if he sold just an empty magic treasure chest, it would basically be enough to offset the debt that Shifu had mentioned before - he didn't want to leave, he wanted to be trained. Moreover, what he owed Shifu couldn't be repaid with money.

  Xie Pu was quite frank: "Alchemists are indeed a lucrative profession, I've made this much just by selling some unimportant items over the past few days —"

  He proudly raised one finger at Lei Ga.

  "Oh."

  Lei Ga glanced over and then indifferently lowered his head to eat the meat in his bowl.

  "One thousand gold coins!"

  Xie Pu loudly boasted like an impatient child: "A whole thousand gold coins, do you know how heavy a thousand gold coins are?"

  Lei Ga hung his head and said in a low voice: "Boss, are you going to drive me away?"

  "Are you leaving?"

  Xie Pu was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses. The sly smile reappeared on his face, "You haven't paid back the money you owe me, how can I drive you away?"

  Learning that Shep wasn't trying to drive him away, Lega's eyes lit up, but immediately dimmed, "But you said those things sold for a thousand gold coins, and the money I owe you..."

  Xie Pu sneered: "Kid, don't forget that when you took on the task, it was as a waiter at the Violent Crow Tavern. The reward for completing the task should be split, right? Three to seven, you get three and I get seven, consider it me taking care of you."

  "There's still three hundred left..."

  "Did I need money to bring you back? Did new clothes not require money? Helping you deal with things and building a storage room didn't require money, did it? That little brat drinking ten cups of milk from me didn't require money, did it? That long-legged kid gathering intelligence didn't require money, did it? Blocking the villagers of Dusk Village for you didn't require money, did it?"

  Xie Pu slapped the table, "I'm a serious businessman! You're my partner, I won't let you go, don't think about going anywhere else! Now, honestly finish the meat in the bowl and drink the wine in the cup dry, then roll to the hall to wipe the tables and chairs!"

  "Wow!"

  The crow also took the opportunity to let out a fierce cry at Lei Ga.

  "Yes, boss."

  Lei Ga finally felt at ease and continued to enjoy his breakfast.

  "By the way, boss, last time in the cemetery, I had some questions I wanted to ask you."

  "Ask away." Shep looked like he was in a good mood.

  "This sword is very strange..."

  Lei Ga handed the black giant sword in his hand to Xie Pu, simply saying: "Under the high temperature of the Flame Cave, it can still maintain its original temperature."

  "Is this really happening?"

  Xie Pu caught the black giant sword, didn't even look at it, and directly threw it into the stove behind him. The flames burned fiercely, engulfing the black giant sword in an instant.

  Lei's heart tightened for a moment, then relaxed, eating and waiting for the result.

  Xie Pu finished his meal, pushed away the plate in front of him, stood up and walked to the stove, quickly inserting his hand into the fire. His movements were incredibly fast, by the time Leiga realized what he was doing, he had already pulled out a black giant sword from the fire.

  Embers danced around the black sword body, while Xie Pu's face was calm, as if he had just done something very normal.

  He rotated his wrist, the black giant sword danced like flowing clouds and water, the originally clumsy sword body in his hand seemed to have gained a spiritual nature, becoming extremely agile.

  Lei Ga couldn't help but stare blankly, his mouth half open, and for a moment he forgot to swallow the meat in his mouth. For some reason, he suddenly thought of Hong Luolan, although Hong Luolan's swordsmanship was far inferior to Xie Pu's, but somehow felt that the two had some similarities in places that couldn't be explained.

  Xie Pu swung his black giant sword a few times and then took a deep breath. "It's indeed very strange."

  "Hasn't the temperature of the sword changed at all?"

  "As long as the material is proper and the temperature remains constant, it's not unusual. What's strange is that a sword with balance similar to that of a worn-out rag..."

  Xie Pu furrowed his brow tightly, swung the black giant sword twice again, and concluded: "It's worthy of perfection."

  "Perfect?"

  Lei Ga only felt that this sword was quite heavy and it was very difficult to even lift it up at the beginning, not feeling any perfection in it.

  Xie Pu fell silent for a moment before raising his eyes to look at Lei Ga and saying, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a weapon forged by a legendary swordsmith."

  "Is the Black Giant Sword a legendary sword?"

  Lei Ga sprang up from his seat like he had been electrocuted, "Boss, are you kidding me this time?"

  Xie Pu rolled his eyes, "What's there to be excited about? I only said it was forged by a legendary swordsmith, not that the weapon itself is legendary. The better the sword, the lower the success rate of forging it, and even legendary swordsmiths are no exception."

  Lei Ga sat back in his chair, chuckling wryly at his own reckless idea. "Yeah, if it were really the legendary sword, Red Roland wouldn't have discarded it so easily. Looks like this is just a useless sword that was ruined by a legendary swordsmith."

  "Abandoned sword?"

  Xie Pu gently shook his head, not hastily denying Rega's view, but instead asked seriously, like a teacher questioning a student: "The Sword Forging Master is the most important branch of the Blacksmithing Masters. Young one, do you know how many legendary sword forging masters there have been in the history of the Four Kingdoms Continent?"

  Lei Ga thought for a moment and replied tentatively: "With over three thousand years of history, there should be at least ten or so, right?"

  "How many?"

  Xie Pu's mouth curved into a mocking arc, "You overestimate history. In the history of the Four Kings Continent, there is only one legendary swordsmith."

  "Only one!?" Laga couldn't believe his ears.

  "As for the legend of this swordsmith, it's probably necessary to start from over 3,000 years ago when he was alive. At that time, the Four Kings' Continent wasn't like it is now, humans didn't have dominion, and the true masters of the continent were neither the gods nor the demons, let alone the Sisters of Holy Light..."

  He paused for a moment and said in a meaningful tone: "The true master is the dragon clan. And that era, we call it the Dragon Era."

  "Dragon Epoch?"

  Lei Ga couldn't help but furrow his brow, "Why have I never heard of that era before?"

  "That's because the Sisters of Radiant Light deliberately sealed off this part of history. Those crazy women have always insisted that humans were created by the gods, and if the truth about how the gods' people used to be slaves to the dragon tribe got out, their authority would be ruined."

  Xie Pu let out a loud laugh, casually placing the black giant sword horizontally on the table, pouring himself a full cup of wine and taking a painful gulp.

  "What does this have to do with the legendary swordsmith?"

  Compared with the Sisters of the Holy Light, Regal is more concerned about the origin of the black giant sword.

  Shep calmly took a sip of wine, "Because the end of the Dragon Era is closely related to the six legendary swords forged by this legendary swordsmith. The six legendary swords are: Messenger of Light, Mark of Storm, Flame Guardian, Frost Glory, Toxic Repentance, and Purple Thunder Redemption..."