Chapter 68: Feathered Copper and Mysterious Iron

  As they left, An Yuvan introduced to Xiao Ziyang: "These two girls were favored by Cao Tianjie and Cao Tianyu because of their beauty, so they didn't suffer from abuse."

  Xiao Ziyang nodded slightly, but he was somewhat skeptical in his heart. He only felt that the two women's appearances were extremely ordinary and didn't seem to have any beauty at all.

  In fact, these two women are not extremely beautiful in appearance, but in Nanba County, they can be considered as rare beauties, rarely seen pretty girls, only under the foil of Anjia sisters three people do they appear dull and colorless.

  After the two girls left, An Jia sisters mysteriously brought Xiao Ziyang to the cellar where the treasure was stored. In the cellar, the boxes that originally held the golden ingots had been replaced with new wooden ones, and the purple golden ingot mixed among them had also been taken away. At the bottom of this box, there was an iron lockbox.

  "Dao Chang, look." An Yuxuan opened the iron box, and inside were two strange pieces of metal. One was as black as ink, emitting a faint blue glow. The other was as red as blood.

  The black metal was not large in size, three inches long, one inch wide, and about three tenths of an inch thick; while the bright red metal was quite large in size, about half a foot long, two inches wide, and one inch thick, occupying most of the space inside the iron box.

  Xiao Ziyang reached out and took it, only to find that the black metal was extremely heavy, weighing around three catties, more than twice as heavy as gold of the same size.

  The red metal is just the opposite, it feels extremely light in hand, even lighter than a piece of dry wood of the same size, and this big block only weighs one or two taels.

  He carefully examined the two pieces of metal, and after a moment, his face showed a look of surprise. He looked up at An Jia sisters and asked, "Could this be the legendary Yu Tong and Xuan Tie?"

  Seeing An Jia nodding her head, Xiao Ziyang couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

  If you ask a Jianghu person what they yearn for the most, Xuan Tie will definitely be in the top three. This Xuan Tie has the ability to transform the rotten into the magical, any ordinary iron can be mixed with a few coins or half a tael of Xuan Tie and immediately forge a divine weapon, not only can it cut through iron like mud, but also extremely durable.

  Yu Tong is an excellent material for making bows and crossbows, its quality is lighter than dry fir wood, and its elasticity is rare in the world. The ten most famous bows in the Western Cooling Country are all made of Yu Tong, even the bow arm of Xiao Ziyang's Palm Flying Dragon is also made of Yu Tong.

  These two metals are extremely rare and highly priced. One or two pieces of Xuan Iron can be exchanged for a thousand pieces of gold! The price of Yu Copper is more than ten times that of Xuan Iron!

  After careful calculation, the value of the two pieces of metal turned out to be more than 500,000 taels of white silver!

  The price is secondary, these two pieces of metal, if they fall into the hands of a master craftsman, can absolutely be forged into thirty or forty legendary divine weapons that people in Jianghu dream of possessing, surpassing five flying dragon palm bows! This will definitely stir up a bloody storm in Jianghu!

  If Han Mo knew that Tie Qi would have such a treasure, he might not need to rob An Jia sisters, and he would be destroyed overnight.

  An Yu Rong handed over a black cloth package to Xiao Zi Yang, and as soon as he touched it, he felt that there were books inside. When he opened it, he found two old thread-bound books. One had the words "Hua Xue Jing" written on it, while the other had the words "Xue Dao" in large characters. The color of the ink was unknown, but it gave off a bloody and cruel aura.

  "These two secret books were written by Hua Xue Shen Jun, the evil sect master. Decades ago, he dominated the northwest martial arts world, killing people like flies. Later, he was besieged and killed by many masters from the righteous sects such as Han Mo Fortress and Ma Gu Pavilion. Who would have thought that his legacy would be obtained by Cao Tianhao?" An Yurong excitedly introduced to Xiao Ziyang.

  Xiao Ziyang casually flipped through two books, he was well-read in military classics, his eyesight was extraordinary, and he immediately discovered that the Blood Knife technique was a top-notch knife technique, with an unconventional approach to victory.

  "The Scripture of Blood Refining" internal skill method he didn't quite understand, but from many of the strange and cruel training methods within it, it should be a heretical skill.

  If it were in the past, no matter how evil this inner skill was, he would have practiced it without hesitation, but as he became more and more able to experience the wonders of "Purple Jade Smoke", he didn't even glance at other martial arts.

  He casually flipped through the secret book and handed it back.

  An Yuwan and the other two looked at Xiao Ziyang in surprise, knowing that this superior secret book was a priceless treasure that could stir up bloody storms in the martial arts world.

  Although Xiao Ziyang's external family kung fu has reached the pinnacle, it is still that old saying: ten years of bitter practice of tendons and bones are not as good as one day of energy penetrating the dan tian. I don't know how many external family masters have switched to internal cultivation after obtaining internal family gongfu scripts.

  Xiao Ziyang naturally saw the puzzlement of the three sisters, but he would never tell others the true origin of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan".

  He said casually, "Half a year ago when I killed the lustful bandit Hong Zhuo Ke, I obtained an internal skill and a sword technique. Although it's not as good as this Huaxue Jing and Xue Dao knife method, it has its own system and is quite decent. I've been practicing for a long time; this Huaxue Jing is too dangerous, I have a blood feud, I really don't dare to take the risk."

  An Yurong asked: "Hong Zhu Ke? Is that the most despicable scoundrel in Jianghu? Did you kill him?"

  "It was him, I had traveled with this person on a boat going south, at that time I didn't know his true face, we even drank and chatted together. Later, I discovered that this person's behavior was suspicious and his eyes were lustful, so I cut off our relationship. When I passed by Shangyuan City, it happened to be the time when this thief caused a big stir in the city. A chance encounter allowed me to recognize him from his eyes, so I set up an ambush and shot him dead."

  An Yurong heard this and waved her fist, saying: "My sisters and I have long wanted to kill this evil thief. Several times we went out on a journey to find the whereabouts of this thief, but returned empty-handed." After finishing speaking, she still let out a regretful sigh.

  Xiao Ziyang looked at him with a furrowed brow and couldn't help but laugh: "Fortunately, you guys didn't find him, your sisters are absolutely no match for him."

  An Jia and her sisters looked at him in unison, their faces full of disbelieving expressions.

  An Yuhe said: "Everyone in Jianghu has been saying that this Red Guest's lightness skill is excellent, but I've never heard of what other aspects of his martial arts are extraordinary?"

  Xiao Ziyang said, "I had the same idea as you when I ambushed him that day, but almost lost my life. This person's lightness skill is extremely good, and his swordsmanship is even more incredible. That day, I used Palm Dragon to sneak attack him from two zhang away, firing twice in a row, but he broke through with one sword and six exits."

  "One sword, six exits! Has this thief's swordsmanship reached such a realm? Xiao brother said he almost lost his life, could it be that this person's martial arts are even stronger than Cao Tianhao's?" An Yuxuan exclaimed.

  Xiao Ziyang said, "Although the Red Brocade Guest's swordsmanship is exquisite and unparalleled, and his lightness skills are unmatched, his internal strength is only at a second-rate level, barely qualifying him as a first-rate expert. At that time, my martial arts were not yet mature, far inferior to now."

  "Half a year? Xiao brother's martial arts have improved so much in just half a year! The Taoist priest must be practicing the most advanced external skills, no wonder he looks down on the Huaxue Jing. Is the Taoist priest practicing the skills of the Golden Temple? No, aren't all the people at the Golden Temple monks?" An Yuhua asked strangely.

  "Is it that apart from the Golden Temple, there isn't any top-notch external family kung fu?" asked Xiao Ziyang.