Sun Tiechui turned and looked at the veiled lady, who couldn’t help but start coughing, "Cough cough..."
However, she quickly suppressed the urge to cough with her Inner Strength. She waved her finger at Sun Tiechui, indicating she understood and said, "Oh, I understand. You go tell Master Chen, I’ll be right there."
The senior disciple at the door immediately responded. At this point, Sun Tiechui turned to the veiled lady, "Alian, why, why did he come?"
"Cough cough... Don’t worry about that for now, just go and see, and make sure Chen Jiusi doesn’t get suspicious."
Hearing this, Sun Tiechui looked at the veiled lady and said, "Alian, since Chen Jiusi has come to our turf, why don’t we join forces to capture this fellow, force him to hand over the Blood Extinction, and treat your injury first?"
"Cough cough... No, absolutely not."
The veiled lady shook her head repeatedly, prompting Sun Tiechui to ask, "Why?"
The veiled lady explained, "After taking that palm strike, my strength isn’t even half of what it used to be. Your strength is also less than Chen Jiusi’s. Even if we join hands, we may not be able to match him. Instead, we might alert him and expose ourselves."
Upon hearing this, Sun Tiechui said, "What’s so great about this Chen Jiusi? Isn’t he just skilled in Stone Breaking Hand?"
The veiled lady replied, "Cough cough, no, I always feel that he’s hiding his true strength, cough cough..."
Unable to do anything as the veiled lady coughed this way, Sun Tiechui said, "Then, then I will go meet him first. As for the Blood Extinction, we’ll figure something else out."
The lady nodded gently at these words.
Sun Tiechui continued, "Alian, there’s a corridor behind here that leads to behind the screen in the front hall. You might want to listen in, you know I’m not quick-witted, and I’m afraid he might set a trap for me."
The young lady nodded gently and said, "I understand."
After saying this, she pressed two acupoints on herself, temporarily stopping her cough. Although it was harmful to her body and only a temporary measure not to be maintained continuously to avoid internal injuries.
Sun Tiechui pushed the gate open and, led by the senior disciple, arrived at the front yard.
Upon reaching the front yard, he saw Chen Jie in the midst of tea-drinking with Si Xi, both appearing as if they were truly enjoying the tea.
From a distance, Sun Tiechui glanced and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. However, he quickly burst out laughing, "Ahaha... Master Chen!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie turned his head and immediately stood up with a formulaic smile on his face, "Haha... Master Sun."
The two looked at each other from a distance as if they had a deep connection and quickly approached each other, laughing, "I’ve long admired your famous name!"
This type of meeting in Jianghu seemed to have a formulaic routine, always uttering praises such as ’long admired your famous name’, as if it was a thunderous reputation, which in fact, may not have been heard of at all.
However, it didn’t stop the two from mutually praising their businesses.
After exchanging a few conventional greetings in the Jianghu style, they sat down.
Sun Tiechui looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Master Chen, what brings you to my place amidst your busy schedule?"
Hearing this, Chen Jie squeezed out a smile and said, "Hehe, nothing serious, just that I’ve heard Master Sun is highly skilled and, hence, wanted Mr. Sun to help forge a suitable weapon for me."
Sun Tiechui laughed upon hearing this, "Hehe, I thought it was something serious. It’s just this, no problem at all. May I know what type of weapon Master Chen has in mind?"
After hearing this, Sun Tiechui looked toward Chen Jie, who pondered a bit then asked, "Is there paper and a pencil?"
Sun Tiechui nodded, "Yes, Huang Bing, bring the paper and pencil."
After hearing this, Sun Tiechui’s most senior disciple Huang Bing immediately brought some paper and a pencil, to which Chen Jie looked at Huang Bing and smiled, "Thanks, young man."
Having said that, Chen Jie took the paper and pencil and drew a spear. The spear was eight feet long, divided into two sections, joined in the middle by a screw thread for riveting, which made it convenient to carry as a short weapon. In combat, by aligning and tightening both ends, it turned into a long weapon.
Additionally, this spear would have a pattern on its shaft mainly for grip and a red tassel on the head to prevent blood from flowing down and causing the spear to slip from one’s grasp.
Furthermore, for decoration, Chen Jie wanted to use a dragon design.
Chen Jie slowly outlined the spear, excluding the screw in the middle, he actually designed the whole structure based on Zhao Yun’s famous spear from the Three Kingdoms Period, the Dragon-Taming Silver Spear.
Looking at this spear, Sun Tiechui said, "Just by looking at the drawing, I can tell it’s a fine spear. Does Master Chen have any specific requests regarding the material of this spear?"
Chen Jie mentioned, "Hmm, could this metal be used to forge it?"
As he spoke, Chen Jie took out the Fire Iron that Elder Liu had given him earlier and placed it on the table.
Sun Tiechui’s eyes immediately lit up. As an acclaimed craftsman, he had his own life’s ambitions, such as forging a famed weapon that could be passed down through generations.
To forge such a weapon, one first needed high-quality materials, which were hard to come by as most were Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Thus, having a client willing to spend was essential.
So, seeing the Fire Iron, Sun Tiechui’s eyes gleamed; this was material for crafting top-level weapons.
Thinking this, Sun Tiechui looked at Chen Jie and said, "Fire Iron, what a treasure! Master Chen, are you planning to use all this Fire Iron?"
Chen Jie responded, "Of course."
Sun Tiechui said, "Good."
While it was common to use Fire Iron in weapon forging, normally only a little was used to highlight features. However, a generous approach like Chen Jie’s was rare.
With that thought, Sun Tiechui said, "Hmm, Master Chen, lend me the paper and pencil."