The fire in the furnace is red, and its teeth and claws are swaying.
The light of the fire shone on Chen Zong's face, beads of sweat were densely covered on his face, dripping with red luster, slowly slipping down.
Holding iron tongs in the left hand, tightly clamping the red-burned thick iron, like a steel arm as stable as a mountain, while holding the fifty-jin hammer in the right hand, lifting it up and then hammering it down, the clanging sound burst out with countless sparks , echoing endlessly in the casting room.
One hammer, two hammers, three hammers!
Chen Zong didn't stop, he raised the hammer and dropped it repeatedly, forging again and again.
Fan iron block is the raw material used to cast Fan iron level weapons. It needs to be refined from crude iron, which comes from iron ore. After the iron ore is melted at high temperature, impurities are separated to form crude iron.
The hammer falls, whether it is light or heavy, fast or slow, and the four key points of blacksmithing are constantly changing.
There are many impurities in the rough iron. It needs to be burned at a high temperature and then beaten repeatedly to remove the impurities one after another. Beating should not be done blindly. You must have skills, otherwise the rough iron that is hammered will not only fail to become ordinary iron in the end. Iron lumps will also turn into slag, useless.
It takes about a month for a normal warrior to initially grasp the four key points of blacksmithing, but to apply them, they need to be beaten again and again, corrected through comparisons again and again, and finally mastered.
Originally a large mass of thick iron the size of a human head shrank little by little under Chen Zong's repeated beatings.
After beating for a while, the rough iron gradually cooled down, making the beating more difficult. Chen Zong sent the thick iron into the furnace, pulled the bellows, and fired it with a strong fire to make it red and soft again.
"Are you really arrogant, thinking that you can master the four key points of blacksmithing in three days to forge ordinary iron?" Chen Qi sneered with disdain outside the casting room.
"Hehe, who knows." A smile appeared on Chen Wu's honest face: "Maybe he can really succeed."
"Do you believe this sentence?" Chen Qi asked back, but Chen Wuhou smiled again and did not answer.
Do you believe it
Certainly not.
Whether it was him or Chen Qi, it took more than a month to barely cast the ordinary iron block, so Elder Lie left it behind.
In just three days, this is the first time I have come into contact with casting, and I want to make a block of iron, which is no different from a dream.
The rough iron was burnt red again, Chen Zong took it out again, beat it repeatedly, and finally, when the hammer fell, the thick iron cracked open.
"It's useless..." Chen Zong couldn't help shaking his head, this was the third piece of thick iron he broke.
Putting down the hammer, Chen Zong carefully recalled his forging process, thinking about where the timing was wrong, where the force was wrong, and where improvement was needed, etc.
His right arm was sore and numb, it was not suitable for continuing to forge, so Chen Zong packed up and left.
After eating, I came to the corner of the martial arts field to practice sword again.
"Splitting light!"
A sword slashed out, and the two sword lights separated back and forth, and rushed towards one place at the same time. After the sword light passed, the ground seemed to be split, leaving a sword mark more than one meter long.
"Attacking a target alone, the power is indeed improved, but if the two sword lights can be combined into one, the power will definitely be stronger."
It's a pity that this is a change, an application, and it doesn't help the current practice of Separating Light and Looping, but it can enhance the power of Chen Zong's sword to a certain extent.
"If you have cultivated Separating Light and Lie Ying to a small level, you will be able to split four sword lights, and if you are a great master, you can split eight sword lights..."
However, the level of martial arts is many times more difficult than that of foundation building martial arts. It took Chen Zong four days just to get started. Inspired by the four key points of blacksmithing, it is estimated that it is not so easy to achieve a small success.
After practicing the split-light swordsmanship, Chen Zong practiced the other four foundation-building swordsmanship, especially the Eight Forms of the True Sword.
After returning to the house, practicing Liehu Gong, the improvement of cultivation base is very slow.
"I broke through after tempering my blood energy seven times, and it is so difficult to improve my cultivation. Wouldn't it be even more difficult for those who only tempered three times to break through?" Chen Zong couldn't help feeling that cultivation was not easy.
Even so, you have to persevere.
On the fourth day, after some training, Chen Zong went to the foundry to forge iron again.
He didn't want to be chased away by elder lie ten days later.
The fire in the furnace was raging, and the rough iron was being calcined. Chen Zong recalled his experience in forging iron two days ago. After the rough iron burned red, he took it out and beat it.
Failed again.
Elder lie also ignored him.
On the fifth day, Chen Zong was as usual.
After learning from the experience of the previous failures, combined with the essence of the four key points of blacksmithing and his own comprehension and control of power, under repeated beatings, the thick iron gradually became smaller, and finally, it became a piece of iron that was not considered a rule. brick.
Putting down the hammer, he lifted the iron brick tongs and looked at it carefully. The surface was pitted and somewhat uneven. Compared with the flat and square iron blocks piled up in the corner of the casting room, it was completely crooked, but Chen Zong laughed.
No matter how ugly it is, this is still a piece of iron, proving that he has succeeded.
"But, it's not enough." Chen Zong secretly said, after a short rest, he began to throw the second piece of thick iron into the furnace, he wanted to grasp the feeling of success in forging ordinary iron and consolidate it.
After a period of time, the second piece of Fantie was forged, and it looked much better than the first one.
"That's all for today, come back tomorrow." Chen Zong smiled and left after tidying up.
Sixth day!
Seventh day!
Eighth day!
Ninth day!
Tenth day!
Every day, Chen Zong was making progress, not only in his cultivation, his swordsmanship, but also his blacksmithing.
"Elder Lie, this is the iron block I made, please have a look." Chen Zong took the iron block he forged and handed it to Elder Lie who walked into the casting room.
"Why are you still here?" Elder Lie took a look at Chen Zong, thought for a while before he recognized it, and then said in a sharp tone, "I'll take a look."
"What I hate the most in my life is those who steal, rape, play tricks, and deceive superiors and subordinates." Elder Lie took the iron block and looked at it, and immediately became furious. His terrifying aura was like a volcanic eruption, and his eyes seemed to burst into flames. Wanting to burn Chen Zong to ashes, the momentum made Chen Zong's face change drastically, and he retreated again and again.
The other two warriors who were pulling the bellows for Elder Lie trembled all over.
This is the anger of a powerful martial artist beyond the Qi and Blood Realm, even a ninth-level warrior in the Qi and Blood Realm is not comfortable.
"Do you dare to say that this was made by you?" Elder Lie grasped his palm tightly, and the iron block made a creaking sound, and it was twisted by the grasp. When it arrives, it turns into powder in an instant.
"If the elder doesn't believe me, I'll build one on the spot." Chen Zong said bravely, it's too scary, the aura of the angry elder Lie is really scary.
"Okay, I'll see what kind of tricks you play." Although Elder Lie was angry, he did not lose his mind. He was surprised that a mere 4th floor of Qi and Blood Realm did not go limp under the impact of his momentum, and could speak fluently. Decided to give Chen Zong a chance.
Exhaling a breath, Chen Zong felt a little weak all over.
Lighting the fire, pulling the bellows, the skillful movements, such as flowing clouds and flowing water, made Elder Lie's eyes light up slightly.
A layman watching the fun and an insider looking at the doorway. An insider can tell whether they have skills or not. Elder Lie can't help but feel a little bit of anticipation.
Following Chen Zong throwing in the thick iron, after the thick iron was hot red, clamp it out and place it firmly on the anvil, raising the sledgehammer with his right hand, that movement seemed to have been practiced hundreds of times, Elder Ling Lie Eyes are brighter.
Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi who came in afterwards also stared at Chen Zong's every move in dumbfounded, wondering if they were dazzled.
Every movement is more skilled and perfect than them.
Hammer down!
The first sound, unusually sonorous, made Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi feel excited.
Elder Lie's eyes became brighter. With that hammer, he saw a very unique charm, which can only be achieved by mastering the four key points of blacksmithing to a certain extent.
"Did I discover a genius?" Elder Lie yelled inwardly.
One hammer, two hammers, three hammers!
Repeatedly beating, countless sparks spurted out, very dazzling.
In Elder Lie's opinion, the changes in strength and angles are still not perfect, and there are still many areas for improvement, but it has only been ten days, replaced by Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi, and it has not yet reached this point in three or four months. degree.
Under the witness of Elder Lie and others, Chen Zong forged a block of ordinary iron, no matter in shape or texture, it was the same as those square iron blocks placed in the corner.
"Okay, okay." Elder Lie was so excited, his curly beard straightened.
"From now on, you are Lao Tzu's apprentice." Elder Lie pointed at Chen Zong and announced directly.
Chen Wuhou, Chen Qi and the two warriors pulling the bellows in the casting room trembled with envy.
There are five elders in the clan hall, and Elder Lie is one of them. It is a great honor for many clan hall disciples to be accepted as a disciple by the elders.
"Elder, can you teach me how to practice swords?" Chen Zong asked calmly instead of being ecstatic as imagined.
"I don't practice swordsmanship, how can I teach you how to practice swords." Elder Lie said excitedly, "But I can teach you how to forge swords and make you a master of swordsmithing."
"Sorry, Elder, I came to the foundry just to earn some contribution points." Chen Zong shook his head, practicing sword would take up a lot of his time and energy, if not for contribution points, he would not come here.
You know, it took him a lot of time to build all iron blocks every day.
"You mean to reject me, stupid, stupid, you have the talent of a metalsmith, you don't need to be a metalsmith, what kind of swordsmanship are you practicing?" Elder Lie was so angry that he jumped his feet: "Do you know that?" , how many people want to worship me as a teacher, but I don't even like it, now I like you, and you actually reject me."
Chen Zong remained silent, Elder Lie was anxious and angry, but he couldn't do anything to Chen Zong.
This made Chen Wuhou and the others even more envious and jealous.
"I'm so mad." Elder Lie stomped his feet, and there was a roar in the casting room.
Seeing Elder Lie leaving angrily, Chen Zong couldn't help smiling wryly, what's going on
Can I still stay in the foundry to earn contribution points
Just don't think about it, and come back tomorrow.
(end of this chapter)