Chapter 180

"Three village nails, weighing three taels and three cents, two inches and five points long, and additionally five Meteor Hammers, needing eighty-one hammer nails, forty-nine Chain Rings, weighing five jin six taels and three cents, neither a bit more nor a bit less." Dressed in Zhongshan attire, Li Jing was sipping tea while muttering a series of complex numbers, as if for him, everything could be explained with the most precise figures.

The blacksmith hammered down the final time, then soused the shaped kitchen knife into cold water before stuffing it back into the furnace.

Only when he turned around could one see that this blacksmith, unlike others, didn't wear thick gloves; instead, he was directly gripping the glowing-hot iron with his hands. His hands were so rough and dark that it was more apt to describe them as 'paws' rather than human hands.

"I'm sorry, I don't have the items you are asking for."