After hearing Liu Yun's question, Bai Zhantang's actions paused. He subconsciously looked around and then looked at Liu Yun again.
Liu Yun seemed to have seen through Bai Zhantang's worry. He cupped his hands and said,""I am Liu Yun, the manor lord of the Broken Soul Cliff Swordforge Manor. It's just that my villa has just been established, so I want to know more about some of the top swordsmen in the martial arts world.”
"Oh, so it's Villa Head Liu." Although he had never heard of the Swordsmithing Manor, the Broken Soul Cliff was not far from the Seven Heroes Town and was next to the Black Wind Mountain.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a moment, he knew that Liu Yun must be a newbie who had just entered the martial arts world. Now, he was just asking about something.
However, looking at the young Liu Yun who had his own foundation at such a young age, it was really a little envious.
Bai Zhantang looked around carefully again. He took another sip of wine and ate a small dish before looking at Liu Yun and whispering,""You've asked the right person about this. I remember that I also wandered the martial arts world in the past. Therefore, he did not have any reputation, but he knew quite a lot.”
Liu Yun smiled and didn't know what to say. If the title of God Thief didn't mean anything, then there really weren't any big shots in the game.
However, thinking about it, it made sense. Although God Thief was famous, Bai Zhantang's strength was really ordinary.
"If we're talking about swordsmen in Jianghu, we won't even talk about the older generation. There are quite a number of people from the younger generation as well." Wanmei Villa's Villa Lord Ximen Chuixue, White Cloud City's City Lord Ye Gucheng, and Divine Sword Villa's Villa Lord Xie Xiaofeng. Unfortunately, Xie Xiaofeng had disappeared. No one knew where he had gone. There was also Sword Demon Yan Shisan, the world's greatest hero Yan Nantian, and so on. It could be said that even some of the older generation's experts were not their opponents. What's wrong, brother? Do you want to challenge them?”
Bai Zhantang frowned when he said the last sentence. Then, he said earnestly,"Brother, let me give you a piece of advice. Even though your Swordforge Manor sounds very impressive, forget it. He was a true expert who had killed his way out. Brother, although you have some martial arts foundation, I reckon you won't even be able to withstand one move from them.”
Liu Yun smiled after hearing Bai Zhantang's advice. He knew that Bai Zhantang had misunderstood something.
"Don't worry about that. Mine is the Swordforge Manor. I only forge swords and don't fight for fame and fortune.”Liu Yun laughed.
After hearing Liu Yun's words, Bai Zhantang heaved a sigh of relief and said,""Forging a sword is good. It's safe. Moreover, a good sword is hard to come by these days.”
"However, looking at Villa Head Liu, he doesn't look like a sword forger.!!”He subconsciously looked at Liu Yun's hands. When he saw Liu Yun's fair and clean hands, he was immediately puzzled.
Seeing Bai Zhantang looking at his hands, Liu Yun stretched out his hands and said,""Why? Is it because my hands don't have any wounds or calluses, so I don't look like a swordsmith?”
"You're not just not alike, you're not at all.”At this moment, a fierce voice suddenly sounded from not far away. At this moment, a young girl in plain clothes, whose heroic aura could not be concealed, walked over with a broom.
"Don't bully me for not having studied, eaten pork, or seen a pig run. A swordsmith had to forge iron every day, and there were countless calluses on his hands. Even those who practiced martial arts had fewer calluses than a swordsmith. Moreover, how could a swordsmith not have a wound on his hand when he was forging a sword? Moreover, you don't look like a sword forger with a stiff body. You look more like a scholar.”
Guo Furong had obviously heard the conversation between Liu Yun and Bai Zhantang. She walked over and said rudely.
Bai Zhantang nodded and looked at Liu Yun to persuade him,""Brother, I think you're quite honest. If you're bored, you can play with something else. Forging a sword is a very hard, tiring, and dangerous job.”
"Puff ~"
Looking at Bai Zhantang and Guo Furong, Liu Yun could not help but laugh.
He picked up his wine glass and took a sip. Although the wine in this era was not very good, it was better than nothing.
"You two don't think I'm doing this for fun, do you?”
"Isn't that so?"
" I know." Liu Yun smiled and said," Since you said you got it, do you know how to judge a swordsmith's foundation?"”
"This…"
Upon hearing Liu Yun's question, Bai Zhantang and Guo Furong immediately felt awkward.
After all, they were not specialized in this, so how could they know so much?
"Could it be a hand?" Bai Zhantang looked at Guo Furong and said carefully.
"It is indeed a hand." Liu Yun sipped his wine and nodded.
Hearing that he had guessed correctly, Bai Zhantang immediately relaxed.
However, before Bai Zhantang could say anything, Liu Yun suddenly stretched out his right hand and said with a solemn expression,"If you want to judge the strength of a swordsmith, you can basically tell by looking at his hands. Those swordsmiths whose hands were full of calluses and scars could only be said to be ordinary swordsmiths. Their achievements would be limited in their lifetime. A top-notch swordsmith needed such a pair of hands.”
"Keep bragging." Guo Furong rolled her eyes when she heard that. It was obvious that she did not believe Liu Yun's words.
However, Liu Yun acted as if he did not hear him and continued,""Just like a swordsman holding a sword, if there is something between the palm and the sword, even a light piece of white cloth will affect the swordsman's feeling. Even the calluses on a swordsman's hand would affect a swordsman's grip. It was the same for swordsmiths. When a top-notch swordsmith was forging a sword, not only did they have to look, but they also had to listen. They also had to use their hands to feel the changes in the sword. One had to know that even the slightest flaw could turn a sword that was about to become a good sword into scrap metal. Therefore, the hands of top swordsmiths would not have calluses or scars, because that would affect the touch of the sword when it was forged.”
"I understand." At this moment, Bai Zhantang suddenly thought of something and said,"Although some swordsmen don't know, I heard that some swordsmen soak a special medicine after each practice to ensure that they can control their swords one hundred percent. This medicine could prevent calluses from appearing on their hands, and at the same time, there would not be any scars. I don't know about the others, but the Wanmei Villa's Villa Lord Ximen Chuixue is a top-notch swordsman. His hands don't have the calluses that ordinary swordsmen have.”
" Could it be…" Guo Furong seemed to have thought of something and looked at Liu Yun with shining eyes.
"Don't even think about it." As if he had seen through Guo Furong's thoughts, Bai Zhantang said mercilessly,"This kind of prescription is usually a secret of some aristocratic families. Do you think they will tell you?”
Liu Yun didn't know about it at first, but he only found out about it after asking the system's newbie gift bag about the potion formula.
"Then, do you think there are top-notch experts in the martial arts world now?”Liu Yun took another sip of wine and asked Bai Zhantang another question.
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