Chapter 80.

Before his eyes, a line of text emerged.

[Iron Pounding +1+1+1+1……]

Because of the limitations of the conditions, one could only beat iron at noon every day.

Coupled with the fact that the higher the proficiency level rises, the slower it gets, Zhou An has already sort of squeezed out time and done his best to improve his ironmaking.

As the words surfaced, Zhou An’s skill became more and more skillful.

A moment later, an iron bar appeared on the anvil.

The iron bar burned red.

Zhou An put the iron bar into the water next to him to quench it.

A green smoke emerged.

When Zhou An took the iron bar out, the text in front of him, finally changed.

[Please choose direction]

Below this line of text, were two different options.

[Fusion Casting Method: Hardness +1, Fusion +1.]

[Finger Wrap Casting Method: Toughness +1, Sharpness +1.]

Two options, corresponding to two different directions.

The Fusion Casting Method has fusion in addition to hardness, while the Finger Wrapping Casting Method is the opposite, offering toughness and sharpness.

These were all very well understood, all literal, except for the word fusion.

According to the previous rules, Zhou An’s ironing itself brought hardness, so he still chose the Fusion Casting Method on top of that.

Zhou An did not hesitate and flew through the selection.

Before his eyes, the words were gradually dissipating.

Zhou An was slightly excited, he was looking forward to what the Fusion Casting Method would bring.

A moment later, when the text in front of him dissipated, a new line of text replaced the old one.

[Fusion Casting Method (Hardness +2, Fusion +1) lv.3: 1/40,000]

The proficiency level doubled once again.

A large amount of information poured into Zhou An’s mind.

After a few moments, Zhou An finally absorbed all the contents of the Fusion Casting Method.

This was a casting method that, just like its name, was specialized in building.

The things that were created after being built possessed the attribute of Hardness +2, and they also possessed the characteristic of Fusion +1 at the same time.

Fusion, in fact, was quite simple after understanding it.

The so-called fusion was the power that could be utilized by the things that Zhou An had forged.

The higher the fusion, the stronger the thing built would be, and the more effects it could exert.

To make an analogy, Zhou An had built a long sword pass.

Due to the attribute of fusion, it was able to increase its power by 10%.

Don’t underestimate this 10%, this was only the case of fusion +1.

Later on, as it got higher and higher, the higher the fusion would be, and the more powerful it would be.

“Good good good! Good skill!”

Zhou An felt that this skill was simply tailor-made for himself.

What did he lack the most right now?

What was lacking was defense!

If one were to create a pair of armor for himself, and that armor could also increase his defense by 10%, it would be simply heavenly.

What’s more, one could not only hit the armor, but also the sword and pot.

Percentage boosts were simply rogue!

Of course, it wasn’t just the skills that had been boosted, the air in Zhou An’s body had changed again.

The air that was in the shape of a circle was originally hollow in the center, but now it had been partially filled.

It was now one step closer to being a second-rate expert.

Before his eyes, the latest information appeared.

“My defense plan, can finally be implemented.”

Zhou An put the iron bars aside and looked at Blacksmith Zhao, who was beating iron next to him, and smiled as he walked over.

Blacksmith Zhao was banging iron and turned his head in confusion after hearing Zhou An’s footsteps.

“My lord, what’s wrong with you?”

At this time of the day, Zhou An should still be working on iron, so how did he have the time to talk to him?

During this recent period of time, when Zhou An came, other than greeting him, he was all focused on making iron.

Making it seem as if he was the blacksmith.

“Old Zhao ah, I want to ask something, that is, do we have any extra materials here? I want to buy them and then beat something for myself.” Zhou An asked.

Hearing this, Blacksmith Zhao said, “My lord, just tell me what you want to beat, I’ll do it for you, you’ve only just learned, it’s not quite suitable to build right away.”

Zhou An laughed, “It doesn’t matter, just help me prepare the materials.”

Although Zhao Blacksmith didn’t know exactly what Zhou An thought, but having said so, he didn’t think much about it and nodded his head in agreement.

In Anding County, there were no special materials for building, which meant that iron was needed.

Zhou An roughly estimated the amount he needed and spoke to Blacksmith Zhao.

Blacksmith Zhao didn’t have much money, so Zhou An could only endure the pain and pull out a large amount of his savings.

There were many things he needed to build, and certainly more materials.

“I’ll come over tomorrow at noon to build it, remember to make sure you have the materials ready.” Zhou An said.

Blacksmith Zhao nodded and agreed.

Zhou An did not say much and left the blacksmith store.

How to ascend the ironworking skill next, he planned to try next time.

Text floated in front of his eyes.

[Butchering Knife Skill lv.4 (Speed +2, Accuracy +2): 1668/60,000]

[Bumping Things lv.4 (Strength +2, Destruction +2): 1/60,000]

[Swimming Dragon Step lv.4 (Speed +2, Dodge +2): 1/60,000]

[Fusion Casting lv.3 (Hardness +2, Fusion +1): 1/40,000]

These were all of Zhou An’s current attributes.

Since there wasn’t much going on in the past few days, the Butcher’s Blade had still risen quite a bit.

He was now thinking that after he built his equipment tomorrow, he would focus on the Liver Butchering Knife and ignore everything else.

Wait until the Butcher’s Knife is up to level five, then try other skills.

After returning to the county courthouse, the constables here had already started salting, and Zhou An happily blended in.

After saying hello, he headed straight to the kitchen to prepare the Liver Butcher’s Knife.

On the way, he also met Master Xu.

Master Xu had a spring in his step, and there were red marks on his neck, so he had obviously gone to visit an indescribable place.

Especially that face, smiling like a chrysanthemum.

The two even exchanged greetings, and Master Xu left in a beautiful manner.

After coming to the kitchen, Zhou An pinched a dough and started practicing carving.

He suddenly realized that carving this was better than carving wood.

After the dough was carved, it could be reused with a pinch of his hand, which was simply a money-saving tool.

The afternoon passed in carving.

When it was almost time to disperse the value, Zhou An retrieved his long knife and returned home with Yu Hang.

Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, it had come to night.

After finishing his meal, Zhou An picked up his long knife and prepared to liver for a while longer in the evening.

The long knife was like the wind, and the dough in his hand turned into the shape Zhou An wanted.

Just like that, after livering for a while longer, Zhou An shook out his arm, intending to rest.

Tomorrow, he had to go build equipment, which was an important part of the process, and he had to keep his spirit full.

“Sleep.”

After making up his mind, Zhou An took his long knife back into its sheath and brought it to his room to prepare for sleep.

These days, a knife never leaves one’s body.

But before he could lie down, a sharp knock sounded on the door.

“Knock knock knock!”

The knocking sound was like a blistering wind and rain, very urgent.

Zhou An sat up from his bed and gripped his long sword.

“Who!”

Outside the door, Yu Hang’s voice rang out.

“Zhou An, get dressed quickly! Something big has happened!!!”

Yu Hang’s voice was very urgent, and it was the first time that he suddenly came to knock on his door in such a late day.

Zhou An thought to himself that something big must have happened, so he got dressed, carried his saber in his hand, and opened the door.

Outside the door, Yu Hang was already fully dressed, his face all anxious, and after seeing Zhou An open the door, he sighed in relief.

“In the middle of the night, what’s the big deal again?” Zhou An asked suspiciously.

Yu Hang pointed in the direction of the county office, “Master Xu died.”

Zhou An really didn’t expect it to be this matter, even he was slightly stunned.

He still remembered running into Master Xu today, Master Xu was full of spring and his neck was covered in red marks, obviously coming out of some pleasure house.

During the daytime it was fine, at night it was suddenly gone, there is something fishy here.

It’s all plain to see, the lice on the bald head.

Obviously, it should be related to what happened recently.

“Let’s go, to the county office.” Zhou An closed the door with his backhand.

A magistrate, even if he was not too high an official, he at least had an establishment.

He suddenly died at this time.

The magistrate was probably already furious.

Especially when it was close to the time of inspection, when one accident after another happened, Zhou An felt that the clouds were getting thicker and thicker in An Ding County.

Without saying much, the two of them left the door and rushed towards the courthouse.

When Zhou An took advantage of the night to arrive at the yamen, the yamen had already gathered all the constables.

In the middle of the courtyards of the yamen, there was a corpse laid out.

After Zhou An arrived, he glanced towards the corpse and his brows furrowed.

The deceased was indeed Master Xu, but the death was a bit strange.

Master Xu did not have any injuries on his body, not even a small cut, but he just died inexplicably.

The most bizarre thing was that Master Xu’s face carried a wave of excitement.

Even if he was dead through and through, the excitement on this corpse’s face was still visible to the naked eye.

The coroner was examining it.

Magistrate Chen had an angry look on his face as he stood by the side, his fists clenched tightly.

After roughly a pillar of incense, the coroner then put away his inspection tools.

“Back to your lordship, Master Xu died of deyang.” The coroner arched his hand and said.

Deyang?

When these two words rang out, everyone present did not dare to believe it.

What was deyang?

It was to die suddenly while doing what men love to do.

This was the first time Zhou An had seen such an absurd method of death.

“During the daytime, has anyone seen Master Xu?” Magistrate Chen asked.

The people present looked at each other in disbelief.

Zhou An had seen it, but he wasn’t stupid, there was no need for him to come forward at this time.

He wasn’t stupid, but someone else was.

Sheriff Sun, who had just been appointed not long ago, said stiffly, “My lord, I have seen it before.”

“But this matter has nothing to do with the villain.”

Magistrate Chen waved his sleeve robe, “Whether it has anything to do with you or not, this official is not sure, but you have to make your case clear.”

Sheriff Sun nodded his head quickly, wanting to clear his suspicions.

“During the daytime, I asked Master Xu to go to Spring Dawn House.”

The crowd all cast their eyes over.

Everyone knew that the reason why Sheriff Sun had become this sheriff was all because of the gifts he gave to Master Xu.

The two were very close to each other.

But even closer, they did not expect it to be this close.

Zhou An thought it was normal.

These days, there are four kinds of relationship is very hard.

Together in the same window, together carry a gun, together in jail, together with prostitutes.

I don’t dare to say that this relationship is the best, but it is definitely hard.

Zhou An searched, this thing Sun sheriff could do it.

“Nonsense! As an officer of the county government office, to go to a wind and moon place is simply degrading!” When County Magistrate Chen heard this, he immediately blew his beard and glared.

Sheriff Sun stammered, not daring to speak.

In a small place like Anding County, there was no Church Office, and even if there was, it wasn’t for people like Sheriff Sun to have the money to go in.

So if you want to solve some things, you have to go to some of the pleasure houses.

There are a few places of pleasure in Anding County, and Spring Dawn House is not really famous.

Magistrate Chen also knew that at this time, even if he was angry, he had to settle things.

“There was no incident when we went, but only when we came back, there must be something fishy about this matter, a few of you go to Spring Dawn House.”

“The others stay at the Yamen, standby at all times.”

Magistrate Chen randomly named a few constables, and Zhou An was named among them.

A human life had occurred, the master had died, this matter had to be investigated in all senses of the word.

Whoever is ordered to do it will have to do it.

Eat this bowl of rice, something happened, of course, to solve.

The constables didn’t say much, and after receiving their orders, they left the courthouse.

Zhou An also followed, and several people rushed towards Spring Dawn House.

To say that in the whole of Anding County, the location of Spring Dawn House is the most remote.

But it can’t help that it’s cheap.

So although the location is remote, there are many guests coming and going.

Zhou An followed the other constables, and as soon as he came in, he smelled a strong odor of cosmetics.

This was the first time he had wandered into this kind of place.

In fact, Zhou An was quite curious.

He had some knowledge on the internet before.

In this kind of place in modern times, the little sisters were all saying big brother in one breath.

It was different in ancient times.

A single mouthful of Gongzi could crisp up a person.

If it was according to common sense, as soon as Zhou An came in, there should have been pimps coming over to solicit customers, but they were now wearing constable uniforms.

Whether it was the senior customers or the girls who were only wearing light shirts, they all retreated three steps when they saw them.

The pimp still walked over, but his expression was very intimidating: ”Several officials, is there something you want to do at this time in our Spring Dawn House? Do you want me to find a few girls to accompany you?”

The head constable shook his head, “Is your place still open during the daytime?”

Master Xu came during the day.

It was reasonable to say that the green house wouldn’t be open during the day.

The pimp sniffed and helplessly said, “It’s all about making a living, we are in a remote location and the girls’ talent is not good, so we can only open during the day as well, so that we can make a little bit of money.”

Zhou An listened in the back, never thought that, these days, even a green house also began to roll up.

The constable told the story.

The pimp’s face immediately turned pale.

“Sir, this matter really has nothing to do with us here, even if we are no longer stupid, it’s impossible for us to harm a life, not to mention that he’s still a master teacher!”

“Alright, alright, you bring out all those girls Master Xu called, I have something to ask.”

The head constable was also an old constable, very experienced in this area.

Although he usually groped fish, he was also capable when it came to doing the right thing.

When this kind of thing appeared, the easiest thing to do was to start with those few girls.

“That’s right, open a room for us and bring all those girls to the room.” The old constable said.

How could the pimp dare to say half a no?

She hurriedly brought Zhou An and the others into a spacious room, then said goodbye and went to find those girls.

After about a column of incense, four girls came through the door, all cowering.