Chapter 74: Invited to the Imperial City

  Near the Imperial City, there are still no factions up to now. The main reason is due to the land price index of the Imperial City. Although there are no factions, the small shops opened by players are not a few. Those who can open shops in the Imperial City are definitely not simple, at least in terms of money.

  The "Jù Fàn Táng" opened by Jù Bǎo Pén is located in the capital city, on a main road to the east of the imperial palace. Jù Bǎo Pén has boasted more than once that this land is a golden treasure land. When asked for the reason, Jù Bǎo Pén disdainfully said: "Look at the Beijing map!"

  The wind whistled as I flipped through the Beijing map, suddenly realizing that this place is now the Beijing Restaurant!

  The wind is now without the mind to visit the rice shop of the gathering treasure basin, as soon as it steps on the land of the capital, it goes straight to Zhangji Iron Shop.

  Zhang Tiejiang still welcomed Feng Xiao with a smile as before, but after Feng Xiao explained the purpose of his visit and Zhang Tiejiang understood that he had come to ask for after-sales service, his smile became somewhat stiff.

  After carefully examining the sword that had been handed to him, Zhang Tiejiang shook his head repeatedly and said: "If it were an ordinary knife or sword, it might be possible, but your sword is not an ordinary one. It's already difficult to make a mold for it, and after the last time I forged the name on it, you could say that it has been completely finalized. If we try to modify it again, I'm afraid the sword will suffer damage!"

  The wind is so strong that it's hard to tell whether it's true or false, but I don't dare try anyway. A name that doesn't sound good is still better than having nothing at all!

  The wind was just about to turn around and leave, when Zhang Tiejiang came over again to stop him, saying: "Sir, this sword of yours has been used too frequently, the wear and tear is quite severe. If it's not repaired now, there's a risk that the sword will break at any time and you'll be left empty-handed."

  The wind was blowing fiercely, and he became somewhat flustered. He hastily handed the sword to Zhang Tiejiang and asked him to repair it. Zhang Tiejiang took the sword but did not move his hands immediately. The wind urged him repeatedly, and Zhang Tiejiang calmly said: "Sir, don't be in a hurry, I'm checking how much money is needed for this repair!"

  It's time to pay! The wind was a bit suspicious, but thinking that the other party was an NPC, it wouldn't intentionally harm the player's interests. So he generously paid up. This time, paying money was the most pleasant payment for Feng Xiao Xiao since entering the game.

  Zhang Tiejiang took the money, took the sword, and went into the house. "Clang clang" he was busy for a while, came out and returned the sword to Feng Xiao. Feng Xiao looked at the sword again and suddenly felt that it had become much sturdier, but didn't know if it was just psychological.

  Out of the blacksmith's shop, the wind was blowing gently on the streets of the capital. It felt like there were fewer people suddenly popping out to fight and kill, who would come all the way here to fight for no reason? The people who came here were all shopping. The shops in the capital were all opened by rich people, and the things they sold were naturally not bad, so there were many people wandering around the capital selecting goods. The capital was like a big marketplace, a treasure land for business people.

  The wind is so desolate, it's not a place for business people, so I feel dull and uninteresting here.

  After turning a few corners, I felt that I couldn't just come here for nothing, so I had to go take a look at the old site of the Beijing Restaurant in Jubao Pond.

  The restaurant's scale is no different from ordinary restaurants, with a sign hanging on the door that reads "Jù Fàn Táng". The service staff inside are all NPCs hired by Jù Bǎo Pén. In ancient times, because there were no business licenses or health permits, no one knew who the boss was.

  The wind was blowing gently as he found a window seat on the second floor, casually ordered two dishes, and then sent a message to Ju Bao Pen to tell him that he was taking care of his business.

  "Where are you going now? I'm not here, how can I give you a discount?"

  The wind whispers that it's nothing, but in his heart he curses, you come and give me a discount, at least it should be free!

  The dishes were served quickly, and Feng Xiao Xiao ate listlessly. Suddenly, someone sat down across from Feng Xiao Xiao, who looked up to see Chui Xue from "Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon".

  "What a coincidence!"

  "It's not a coincidence, I came looking for you!"

  "What's wrong?"

  Fengxue said: "The system has not had any activity since the last martial arts conference, our sect wants to hold another martial arts conference this time, and specially invite some famous masters from Jianghu to participate, you are also on the invitation list."

  Feng Xiao Xiao laughed and said: "Is this level also considered a high hand?"

  Fengxue said: "Ranking can't explain everything, you're definitely a master!"

  The wind whispered with a smile: "Too much praise! Then go or not, it's okay to take a look at the excitement, when and where is it?"

  Fengxue said: "In one week at Mount Hua!"

  "The wind whispered: 'There's still time for people to prepare! Why are you at Mount Hua?'"

  Feng Xue said: "Huashan Swordsmanship!"

  The wind is whispering, it's not a martial arts idiot, he didn't ask stupid questions like "only those who can use swords can participate", what he asked was: "Why are you still coming to find me and sending messages?"

  Fengxue scolded after a moment of stunned silence: "Liu Yue, you idiot! You said that all the high-handed people's added friends are closed, damn it!" After finishing speaking, he had already turned around and gone downstairs, finally reminding him with one last sentence: "Don't forget, I'm leaving to find someone else!"

  Others say it's closed, can't you try it?

  With a week of preparation, hard work can improve several levels. Feng Xiao Xiao has recently re-practiced swordsmanship and upgraded two more levels, now at level 65, still among the mainstream high-level players in the current Jianghu, like Lao Da who has already broken through 70 and is going through the difficult years after 70. Xiang Yang, Hua Man Tian and others are all launching a charge towards those difficult years. But Feng Xiao Xiao now clearly feels that the level difference of several levels in this game can be ignored under the compensation of stronger martial arts and stronger weapons. So-called high-level players, with high levels, are naturally so, but those with lower levels are not necessarily not high-level players.

  The wind whispers to send a message to ask the boss if they know about this matter, the boss tells him that the people of Feilong Mountain Villa have already come to their gang and said it, saying that they should let their gang send five representatives, and now they are selecting them!

  Feng Xiao said he had already been invited. Lao Da replied that people like you who don't help others are probably considered special guests, and estimated that even Yi Jian Chong Tian would receive a direct invitation just the same.

  Feng Xiao Xiao hurriedly went to ask Yi Jian Chong Tian, and Yi Jian Chong Tian said that someone named Chui Xue had just added him as a friend and mentioned this matter. Feng Xiao Xiao secretly smiled, thinking that Chui Xue learned quickly.

  The next few days, Feng Xiao Xiao didn't slack off either. Since she was invited, she had to prepare, lest she be laughed at by others. Every day, she logged in on time, went out of the city to hunt monsters and practice her sword skills. When she logged off, the system took over to cultivate her internal energy, with different fees for different types of internal energy. The current Huashan Heart Method was much more expensive than the basic internal energy before. But no one cared about this, after all, it was much stronger than cultivating on their own, and everyone just regretted that martial arts other than internal energy couldn't be entrusted to the system.

  The cultivation of martial arts is not that easy, the key is that Feng Xiao Xiao does not have the kind of unyielding spirit that will stop at nothing to reach her target. The day before the sword fight on Mount Hua, her swordsmanship level had only reached third grade, still half a grade away from her goal of full grade.

  Lao Da and Xiao Yao finally became representatives of the Iron Flag Alliance. Lao Da spent the entire week practicing the Tian Xing Knife Technique, and finally completed the first level of the upgraded limit set by the residual page. The Tian Xing Knife Technique can be practiced up to level 7, but after using the residual page, it was upgraded to level 9. Lao Da has now reached level 8.

  Xiaoyao's martial arts level has long been the highest, but unfortunately his martial arts are not some special skills, and the sword is not a good sword. It was only because of the possession of the Yu Jian technique that he squeezed into the ranks of the top masters. Now Xiaoyao is lamenting the injustice of fate every day.

  While Ju Bao Pen, when everyone mentioned this matter, he didn't know at all, and only found out after asking the leader. The Golden Money Gang was also invited to send five representatives, but Ju Bao Pen had long abandoned his martial arts skills after a series of economic measures were introduced by the system, so he wasn't considered among the top five candidates. However, relying on his close relationship with the leader from their adventure in stealing treasure, Ju Bao Pen managed to get on the last train as an alternate.

  The wind was blowing gently, and I gradually felt that this martial arts competition was not just about individuals, but more importantly, it was a struggle between factions. As a lone cloud and crane without any faction or sect, I was only an accompaniment to this martial arts competition.

  The ranking of gang forces will probably have a model after this "debate".