Chapter 17: Obvious Tracking

The shop looked very ordinary, the plaque on it was all peeling, and only the word "iron" could be vaguely seen.

As soon as I walked in, I felt a wave of heat coming towards me, accompanied by the sound of ding-dong, which made people feel irritated.

Even if the sound came from the backyard, it was still clearly heard.

When he was strolling around a few days ago, Xu Bai discovered this blacksmith shop.

At this moment, of course, he came to the blacksmith shop to make some weapons.

The knife does not need to be made, the ghost head knife is good enough, what he needs is a hidden weapon suitable for Maple Leaf Like Rain.

You can't really throw maple leaves, right?

Wouldn't that be funny?

Of course, with his current strength, combined with Maple Leaf Like Rain's hidden weapon technique, maple leaves can also kill people, but only for ordinary people.

Therefore, hidden weapons are necessary.

As the saying goes, if you are in the rivers and lakes, you will be stabbed.

These days, it is not possible to not carry some hidden weapons for self-defense.

In the shop, except for the sound of hitting in the backyard, the outside is no different from an ordinary shop.

The blacksmith shop is run by a middle-aged couple. The husband does the ironwork, while the wife acts as the shopkeeper, accountant, and so on.

When Xu Bai walked in, a middle-aged woman in her forties hurried up to him.

"Sir, what do you need to see?" the proprietress said enthusiastically.

Xu Bai looked around and found that most of the things hanging on the wall were farm tools.

Sheng County is remote, and many blacksmith shops make these.

You can't just specialize in weapons, otherwise it will become a weapons shop.

Moreover, swords, spears, swords, and sticks are not easy to sell in Sheng County, and it will be a loss-making business.

Sometimes people from the underworld pass by, and except for one or two who need them, most of them will not buy weapons specifically.

Just like Xu Bai, he is used to using the ghost-head knife, and he can't change a knife every time he goes to a place.

Just because the blacksmith shop doesn't have it doesn't mean it can't make it.

"I need to order a batch of iron beads, about the size of peanuts." Xu Bai said straightforwardly.

The proprietress was stunned for a moment, then she came to her senses and asked, "Sir, how many do you want?"

"Ten thousand, maybe." Xu Bai thought about it and reported a number.

In fact, he couldn't carry so many with him, but he could make some first in case of emergency.

He also wanted to make some sharp weapons, such as flying knives.

But then he thought that flying knives were not suitable for the nature of Maple Leaf Like Rain.

Maple Leaf Like Rain is about quantity, winning by quantity.

If he brought flying knives, how many could he carry with him?

He wasn't surnamed Li, and he couldn't kill a top expert with a flying knife.

In terms of practicality and the degree of matching with Maple Leaf Like Rain, iron beads were better.

Wouldn't it be fun to throw them one by one?

"Sir, just come and get the goods tomorrow." The proprietress made a note on the paper.

"So fast?" Xu Bai was slightly surprised.

"Because of the price." The proprietress smiled and explained, "As long as the profit is high, we will give priority to it."

That's right, no one can go against money.

"Okay, I'll come back tomorrow to get it."

After agreeing on a time and asking about the price, Xu Bai left the blacksmith shop.

He was not in a hurry to go to the inn. In fact, his original plan was not to go to the inn after getting the progress bar.

But he gave up this idea last night.

Some people, if you don't mess with them, they will mess with you instead.

The more you try to keep things quiet, the more likely they will take advantage of you.

"It's time to wrap it up." Xu Bai thought and returned home.

...

The next day.

He got up early, washed up and went out.

Today, Xu Bai did not go to the inn, but went directly to the blacksmith shop.

The agreed time was in the morning.

When he arrived, he saw a wheelbarrow at the door of the blacksmith shop, and there was a wooden box on the wheelbarrow.

The proprietress was tying ropes to the wheelbarrow to prevent the wooden box from slipping.

When Xu Bai approached, the proprietress had already finished it.

"Sir, the iron beads are inside. Do you want to check the goods?" The proprietress untied the top rope and opened the wooden box.

The wooden box was filled with dense iron beads.

Xu Bai reached in and stirred it casually, making a rustling sound.

He picked up one of them and squeezed it hard.

Just from the feel, it was great.

He wanted to put his hand into the iron beads again, just like putting his hand into rice when he was a child, it was a bit addictive.

Damn, the dead memory is attacking me!

Xu Bai shook his head and got rid of the irrelevant imagination.

"Sir, we will give you a wheelbarrow for free, so that you can hold it." The proprietress explained again.

From Xu Bai's perspective, there were fewer farm tools in the store. Judging from the situation, the farm tools were melted.

He didn't delve into why the forging speed was so fast, as long as it was there.

After paying the bill, Xu Bai pushed the wheelbarrow back home.

He first unloaded the iron beads and moved them into the house, then he took out a khaki cloth bag, grabbed handfuls of the iron beads and stuffed them into the bag.

After the bag was full, Xu Bai put it in his chest.

"Everything is ready."

Stability is the way to go.

But seeking stability does not mean enduring all the time.

The other party was so arrogant that he used the corpse ghost to test him. If he didn't give him a slap in the face, he would really think he was an honest man.

After walking out of the door, Xu Bai did not stop and walked towards Yingying Inn.

...

After arriving at Yingying Inn, he went in to eat and drink as usual.

It was not until noon that Yunxiang came down from the second floor and left the store, and Xu Bai paid the bill and left.

This time he did not go home, but followed Yunxiang.

At noon, the streets were crowded and lively.

Xu Bai found that Yunxiang was like shopping, strolling here and there, and lingering at the rouge stall from time to time.

He was not in a hurry and followed behind patiently.

And he followed openly, not worried that Yunxiang would find out.

He had never learned to track, let alone track.

If the corpse ghost was created by Yunxiang, then it is tantamount to playing an open card, and it doesn't matter whether it is discovered or not.

I just follow you, just to see what you do.

Not convinced?

Come back and hit me if you have the guts?

—— Arrogant.

Xu Bai followed Yunxiang all afternoon.

During this time, Yunxiang even turned her head and stared at him with a very angry look.

Xu Bai didn't care, and even waved.

Just that look, and the fact that she didn't say anything after she found out that she was being followed, which was even more weird.

Yunxiang was still strolling around until the afternoon, but Xu Bai could clearly feel that Yunxiang seemed to be very anxious, even dazed.

When passing by a stall, she almost bumped into it.

But she didn't come to ask Xu Bai about the situation, and even if she found out that she was being followed, she didn't say a word.

In a blink of an eye, the night quietly opened.

There were fewer and fewer people on the street, and finally it fell into a deserted state.

Apart from Yunxiang and Xu Bai, there was only the moon.

Yunxiang was still walking, and turned into a remote alley.

Xu Bai followed behind.

When he entered the alley, he found that it was a dead end.

"I can't bear it anymore." Xu Bai came to the end and prepared to turn over.

Before he could make any move, a hand stretched out from the side and grabbed his shoulder.