Reincarnation of the Strongest Healer

A few moments had passed since Thorin realized the significance of Xu Feng’s visit today.

”The deciphering price... I can charge you zero.” Thorin suddenly offered. When he made his offer, he occasionally glanced at Xu Feng to see his reaction. To his disappointment, his expression remained indifferent.

Contrary to the joy from being charged zero, Xu Feng actually appeared to be cautious and wary of him.

The expression might not be shown on the surface, but the body language and awkward atmosphere made it obvious.

”Are you not even a bit happy?” Thorin pressed on. ”I’m giving you a generous offer by charging you zero for the deciphering.”

”Yeah, save your fake generosity.” Xu Feng rolled his eyes. ”What’s the catch? If it’s not satisfactory, then you can forget about it.”

If his daughter were to be present, then maybe he would have believed the generous offer.

However, without Fiona’s presence, and Thorin still tried to be magnanimous, he would be damned!

Realizing his superficial scheme had failed, Thorin decided to come clean.

”Very well, I want some of the slots in the blueprint to be used in our village.” He said, his eyes trailing to the windows.

”The youngsters returned with fruitful resources, but I knew that those resources couldn’t possibly be free. Based on their actions, I reckoned the resources came from a deadly source.”

”It seems like you’re not the only one who held such thoughts.”

Previously, the conversation he had with Granny Nola made it obvious to him that she wasn’t just taking a walk. She was inspecting the youngsters who were crowding around the blacksmith and trying to think of a new recipe to improve them.

Not everyone was a poker face like him, who could lie in a heartbeat.

Sometime later, Thorin unleashed his aura and worked on the blueprints.

’Aish, this son of a bitch!’ Xu Feng’s eyes widened in disbelief.

The discussion had yet to be completed, and this man had already begun with the work.

Wasn’t that equivalent to forcing him to comply and accept his request?

After all, forcefully stopping the deciphering process could potentially ruin the blueprint itself.

Hence, a player must always be careful about which NPC they look to decipher the encrypted item for them.

He thought he was already careful enough. But in the end, Thorin still managed to outplay him this time.

They do say that the older the ginger, the spicier it gets. A classical idiom that describes the older, the wiser.

’Forget it, if he really wants to snatch a few slots, then I’ll make sure he coughs up all the materials and manpower to construct for me.’ Xu Feng made up his mind here and then.

Although Thorin’s method was considered rude and somewhat outrageous, that would only apply if their relationship was superficial.

Since Xu Feng planned on continuously working with them long-term, a little bit of loss was fine.

After all, he would simply have his Profession members who wish to improve their blacksmithing come over here to learn. He definitely would make sure Thorin has no free time for himself.

Time quickly went by, and Thorin once again proved himself why he was a famous decipherer.

”All done,” Thorin said without much emotion. It was as if he had just done something light and simple.

He even tossed the blueprints back to the table as if it was a piece of dirt.

Naturally, Xu Feng didn’t behave the same.

He had the knowledge, but he definitely lacked the material and resources in his current state.

He was unlike Thorin, who could easily get whatever he wanted with his strength.

Almost immediately, he received the two blueprints, which were now decrypted and provided full instructions on how to construct them.

’Damn, this is really not easy.’ Xu Feng’s pupils constricted slightly. He had long anticipated that large-scale defensive artillery and turret systems would be resource-heavy to build.

It was just that he didn’t anticipate them to be so sky high!

Suddenly, Xu Feng noticed something was amiss. He lifted his head up, only to notice a sly grin on Thorin’s face.

Although Thorin didn’t bother to say anything, even a fool could tell what he was trying to convey.

Damn it!

No wonder he went ahead and deciphered the blueprints without receiving any payment.

He must have known something about the blueprints themselves and waited until it was deciphered to entrap him!

’This father-complex bastard is even spicier than ginger!’ Xu Feng believed he was on par with the world’s hottest pepper. And even then, it was still an understatement in comparison to Thorin!

Sometime later, Thorin tapped his fingers on the table and asked, ”So what do you think of my previous offer?”

”What offer?”

”You know... let me use a few slots and I’ll build one for you.”

”A few slots??!” Xu Feng was on the verge of exploding.

Each of the blueprints contained precisely 3 slots. To summarize, there were a total of 6 large-scale defensive weapons that he could build.

Yet Thorin wanted to use a few of them while only offering to build one for him!

Wasn’t that no different than highway robbery?

As if anticipating what was going through Xu Feng’s mind, Thorin stood up and faked a cough.

”Let’s be honest here.” He calmly said.

Honest, my ass!

Xu Feng wanted to retort that loudly, but refrained from acting out. He knew losing his composure would only make him look more desperate.

Thus, he patiently waited to see what other crap Thorin wanted to spew.

”Deciphering is a difficult job. Any slight mishap, and you might lose all the information. This is probably why you sought me, right?” Thorin stated and clasped his hands behind his back.

”I don’t know where or how you figured out my skills in deciphering. But what I do know is that you trust me enough to let me see the blueprints. Since that’s the case, wouldn’t you want to help me out this time and improve our relationship?”