Invincible from Seeing the BOSS's Health Bar
Chapter 104: Fine Sword (3rd Update)

Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Fine Sword (3rd Update)

Actually pretty cheap, huh?

Fang Yu, carrying nearly 20 taels of silver on him, was quite surprised.

But then he thought about it, this is freaking 8000 yuan!

Cheap my ass!

No way!

If I get swindled, who am I gonna cry to?

But if I don’t act like I know my stuff, they’ll totally take me for a fool and slaughter me.

After some thought, Fang Yu sized up the sword’s weight.

"The sword is indeed good, and the price is acceptable, but... it’s still not sharp enough."

The boss’s eyebrows immediately furrowed.

Tap tap tap, he walked into the back room, and when he came out, he had three swords without scabbards in his hand.

He threw two on the ground and handed the remaining longsword directly to Fang Yu.

"Here you go."

Fang Yu subconsciously took it.

Then the boss took the White Sword worth one tael of silver from Fang Yu’s hands.

Unsheathe the sword, drawn from the sheath.

"Hold it steady."

Hold what steady?

Fang Yu was still a bit confused when the boss swung the White Sword at the one in his hand.

Holy shit!

Fang Yu hurriedly blocked.

Crack!!

The sword in his hand broke into two pieces and clattered to the ground.

"Holy shit!!"

Fang Yu was shocked.

Looking at the one-tael White Sword, it was completely intact.

Sharp, durable!

"Not bad, boss, willing to make a loss, but you won’t charge me for this broken sword, right?"

"..."

The boss glanced at Fang Yu and silently kicked the broken sword aside.

"No charge, I’ll just melt it down later, it was a defective product to begin with."

He then picked up the second sword from the ground and handed it to Fang Yu.

"Try this one. Compared to the broken sword you just held, it’s thicker and sharper."

Fang Yu tested the broken sword, then the new one.

It seemed... it felt... right?

Definitely heavier.

"Get ready."

"Ready!"

This time Fang Yu had the experience.

Here comes the sword!

Block the sword!

Clang!!

Fang Yu took a close look.

The White Sword cut halfway into the second sword and then could not cut any further.

Fang Yu looked at the boss.

"Why are you looking at me? I’m not a martial artist. I can’t exert much force. Being able to cut a sword of that caliber is already my limit."

The boss pulled back the White Sword and tossed it to Fang Yu.

"Check it yourself, see if there’s any notch or something."

The boss didn’t talk much, but he was quite confident in his own blacksmithing skills.

Fang Yu checked and found it was indeed flawless.

Not bad, this White Sword was worth a tael of silver.

"Come, the last one, better quality than the previous two swords, almost reaching the quality of the ordinary longswords in my shop."

"This time, you test the sword yourself to see if it’s sharp enough."

The boss readied himself to block.

Without much thought, Fang Yu swung the White Sword down.

Crack!

The third sword snapped into two pieces.

The boss was obviously stunned, and his arm trembled slightly.

"You... didn’t expect you to be so strong."

"Heh heh!"

Fang Yu chuckled, growing fonder of the White Sword.

To be on the safe side, Fang Yu spent another heart-wrenching 300 wen to buy another sword in the shop.

He let the boss hold it and strike once with the sword.

The 300-wen sword broke into two pieces.

"No good, can’t test it, you are too strong. Unless the sword in my hand is of higher quality than yours, it will break upon contact."

Overwhelming power can overcome any skill; when there’s a big gap in strength, sometimes it’s not about the weapon anymore.

After spending 1 tael and 300 wen, the good sword named White Spring Sword was strapped to Fang Yu’s side.

He left the shop and headed straight for the Wheel Wharf.

On the way, he saw another much larger blacksmith shop, called Hongyang Blacksmith Shop.

Fang Yu wandered in, not to buy, but casually browsed through a few swords, checking quality and weighing them.

Under the suspicious gaze of the shop assistant, Fang Yu made comparisons and was fairly certain that the tael of silver he had spent was well worth it.

The quality of the White Spring Sword was indeed above standard.

Of course, it could not compare with the best batch of weapons in the Hongyang Blacksmith Shop.

But its price was not on the same level either.

The best weapons in Hongyang Blacksmith Shop started at 30 to 50 taels, which his wallet definitely could not sustain.

The next batch, around the 10-tael range, seemed to be only slightly better than the White Spring Sword.

Below that, there was nothing noteworthy.

The prices were higher than the White Spring Sword, but the quality was not as good.

It was all due to additional costs like prime street location, higher labor costs, etc.

"That boss was really honest. A shame about his limited skills; the best sword he has is just of average quality in other shops."

"And the shop’s location isn’t great either, not much foot traffic. Seeing the boss forge with such a lack of energy, it seems his skills have plateaued, neither improving nor declining."

With a better understanding of the level of the sword in his hand, Fang Yu felt a lot more at ease—he hadn’t bought a dud.

He didn’t care about brands. He’s not into showing off that kind of thing; practicality is what matters.

As the shop assistant was nearly ready to blacklist Fang Yu, who had yet to buy anything, Fang Yu left the shop.

After a few more streets.

Ahead, the outlines of Wheel Wharf were becoming visible.

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