The design of this guest filled a gap in their forge room. To thank Yijie for the design, Ryan offered to waive his forging fee.
listened for a while, and at the end, she added, "Add a removable sheepskin pad here so the arm and the gun rack will have less pressure, reducing unnecessary muscle wear." After speaking, she glanced at a red abrasion on the upper arm of Yijie’s right hand. The flesh is on his body, and he doesn’t even consider if it hurts, he really is a brainless baldy.
Yijie was puzzled and looked at 0. Did she understand his firearm design? And she even pointed out the inadequacies in his design?
Ryan looked again and praised, "Not bad, not bad, this can prevent your arm from abrasion due to the repeated recoil when using it, your girlfriend is quite thoughtful."
When the two entered the door, their movements and steps were very synchronized. Yijie, a large fellow, walked very fast, but when he was with 0, he could not let a woman fall behind, so he had to accommodate her pace. After a day and night, they appeared to be in perfect harmony. Therefore, it was no wonder that Ryan and the others misunderstood.
"We are just partners," 0 waved her hand impatiently, as if swatting away a few headless flies, "Master Ryan, his issue is resolved, next is my necklace."
After 0 finished, she pointed to the malachite necklace. Yijie also looked over, and saw a beautifully crafted malachite necklace. The platinum-colored chain body hung a malachite stone roughly the size of a baby’s palm. The patterns on the stone were like peacock feathers, a mix of blue, green, yellow, and black, inexplicably exquisite.
Just such an accessory hung around the neck of a woman soldier dressed in ragged clothes—it really didn’t seem right. Yijie couldn’t help but doubt.
Ryan and his disciples also expressed their doubts. Even the fire workers slowed their movements, looking at 0 with suspicion.
Unfortunately, the decisions 0 made were not ones ordinary people could influence. With a flick of her mouth, she crisply stated her requirement, "The chain body will use a silver chain, and for the pendant, use this." 0, then, pulled something out of her military bag.
It was glowing blue, shimmering with light. Wasn’t this Dayu’s Divine Talisman? Only Little Eight knew the origin of this talisman, whereas everyone else stared strangely at the seemingly cloth-bound blue package.
"What is this?" Yijie, not willing for Ryan to be embarrassed, reached out and took the blue package.
"Amulet," 0 blindly said, she couldn’t explain that this talisman was a gift from the great sage Dayu who lived hundreds of years ago. The best thing to say was that it was an amulet.
"At this time, to indulge in such feudal superstitions, and you’re a soldier?" Yijie thoughtlessly "pfft" laughed, pinching his fingers and tossed the Dayu Divine Talisman away.
He threw it in an unlucky moment, as it directly flew towards a fire worker who was shoveling coal. The fire worker, distracted by their conversation, did not notice the Dayu Talisman flying towards him. He continued shoveling coal as usual, accurately scooping both the talisman and the coal into the burning furnace.
0’s face turned red, then white, and finally green, "Immediately get it out, if even a corner is burned, I guarantee the sun won’t grace your shiny head tomorrow!!"
By the time Yijie frantically fished out the coal slag, his heart was praying gratefully; luckily that rugged talisman was still intact, not even a tiny black hole on it.
The coal slag was still warm, but the "amulet" Yijie held was cool to the touch.
"This thing would definitely be great to wear in the dog days of summer," Yijie tossed the "amulet" back to 0, who was both wiping and blowing on it, clearly cherishing it immensely.
Psh, just an amulet, who knows who gave it to her, making such a fuss about it. Yijie didn’t realize there was a hint of jealousy in his tone.
Ryan, seeing that even the high-temperature furnace that could melt iron did not damage the talisman, also felt the talisman was special. He took the talisman and scrutinized it, surprised, "This seems to be a blessed talisman."
A blessed talisman was no ordinary talisman. Ryan had once had the fortune to craft similar charm clothes for the Royal Family to ward off evil, but he was not skilled enough to recognize whose handiwork this talisman came from.
"Let’s do this: I’ll keep this talisman, and you come back after ten days. I’ve never crafted such a necklace before, and I don’t know what the result will look like," Ryan honestly expressed his concerns, a sincere and honest craftsman unwilling to deceive his customers.
"No worries," 0 wanted to make a necklace with this talisman on a whim, she didn’t know what effects the talisman itself would have, so everything would have to wait until ten days later.
Ten days later, Yijie’s hand cannon improvement and gun rack were roughly completed. By that time, it was also getting late, and the two decided to log off. After all, both needed to maintain a certain level of energy and physical strength to cope with their respective duties during the day.
"I usually log online around ten at night," Yijie called out before leaving, 0 didn’t turn her head, just waved her hand, making a "got it" gesture.
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