In the casting room, the furnace is raging, as if it can burn everything to ashes, the red fire shines, and the heat is extremely high.
"The four key points of blacksmithing are the foundation, and you have mastered them all. In this respect, I have nothing to teach you."
"But if you want to forge a sword, it is not enough to rely on the four key points of blacksmithing. Now, I will teach you a better forging technique-four changes and five hammers."
After explaining the steps of casting swords to Chen Zong, Elder Lie began to teach the Four Changes and Five Hammers technique.
The so-called Four Changes and Five Hammers is a more sophisticated forging technique that evolved from the four key points of blacksmithing. hammer tricks.
Light, heavy, urgent and slow are four changes.
Upright, virtual, pressing, pressing and grinding are five hammers.
Combining the Four Changes and Five Hammers is the Four Changes and Five Hammers.
As soon as Elder Lie taught it, Chen Zong learned it very quickly. In fact, in the past two or three months, besides teaching Chen Zong the four key points of blacksmithing, Elder Lie also unknowingly taught him the five hammers in bits and pieces. Chen Zong.
"Okay, now that I have initially mastered the four-change five-hammer technique, I will immediately forge a sword and show me." Elder Lie said bluntly.
Chen Zong was already used to Elder Lie's way of speaking, so he didn't care.
Forging a sword is different from forging an iron block. Forging an iron block is to burn the rough iron with a strong fire until it becomes red and soft, and then repeatedly beat it. For a sword, the iron block is calcined and melted into molten iron, which is poured into the mold and solidified to form an embryo. Repeated beating gradually took shape, and finally it was quenched and then struck, and a sword became a sword.
The iron block had already been melted into molten iron. Under Chen Zong's operation, it was poured into the long sword model. The molten iron was red and shiny, like magma, emitting a terrifying high temperature, making Chen Zong drenched in sweat.
Staring at the molten iron in the sword mold with both eyes, watching it cool down and solidify little by little, Chen Zong took it out and put it on the anvil, grabbed the hundred-jin hammer with his right hand, and lifted it high, Then hit it hard.
The upright of the five hammers means holding the hammer upright, which is the most commonly used method of holding the hammer.
Xu is to hold the hammer slightly, without using much force, lift the hammer and drop it, it looks fierce, but in fact it is light, and it will vibrate slightly.
Pressing means that after the hammer falls, the hammer is not allowed to bounce, but a second force is exerted to press the hammer on the sword embryo.
Pressing, this is the strengthening of pressing.
Grinding is to press the hammer on the sword embryo and rub it up and down in a short distance.
Elder Lie watched from the side, and nodded secretly. This is Chen Zong's first time casting a sword. Although he is a little rusty, his overall performance is quite good, especially his basic skills are very solid, and his mastery and application of power is even more unique. .
After repeated beatings, the sword embryo took shape and was completely solidified. It was useless to beat it again, it was quenched.
What is used for quenching is cold spring water. To grasp the timing and angle, this requires superb eyesight, keen sense and rich experience.
In terms of eyesight, Chen Zong is not bad, and in terms of feeling, Chen Zong is not bad either. What he lacks is experience. Therefore, in Elder Lie's opinion, the quenching this time is very ordinary.
"This is the sword I forged with my own hands?" Chen Zong picked up the sword from the cold spring water and looked at it carefully. The body of the sword was uneven and not straight enough. It looked crooked like a fire stick.
"It's too bad, and we need to continue to work hard." Elder Lie took a look and scolded directly. Did he dare to say that the sword he forged for the first time at that time was not even as good as a fire stick
Since then, Chen Zong no longer forged refined iron blocks, but instead cast swords.
The task Elder Lie gave him was to forge at least ten Fantie swords this month, and then he could get two hundred contribution points.
After leaving the foundry, Chen Zong recalled every detail of the sword casting.
"How to comprehend the sword by forging the sword?"
Obviously, sword casting and sword practice are two different things, so what is the connection between the two
Chen Zong doesn't know yet, but he will look for the answer.
In a blink of an eye, ten days passed, and Chen Zong forged a Fantie sword every day, but every time it was not satisfactory.
The molten iron is poured into the sword mold, taken out, beaten, and the sword embryo is formed and quenched.
The sound of chi chi sounded, and the water vapor turned into white mist. After the quenching was completed, Chen Zong took out the sword and looked carefully.
The blade is straight, even, and smooth, even better than the first Fantie sword he used.
"It finally succeeded." Chen Zong wiped the sweat off his face and smiled sincerely.
After successfully forging the sword, Chen Zong suddenly had a deeper understanding of the sword, because every step in the formation of the sword was under his control.
"The next step is Kaifeng."
Kaifeng is to polish the blade to make it sharp. That is a real sword, not an ornamental object.
Kaifeng also pays attention to skills, if you polish it carelessly, it will only destroy a sword.
After the strike was over, Chen Zong's fingers lightly touched the edge of the sword, feeling the sharpness, and smiled again. Suddenly, he swung the sword with a heartbeat, and the power of Qi and blood surged and exploded in a unique way.
The sword light slashed out, four sword lights were extremely clear, and next to it, four very blurred sword lights appeared.
"Okay." Chen Zong quickly put down the Fantie sword, and before he had time to tidy it up, he put on the Baotie sword and quickly left the foundry.
The success of forging the sword gave him a more intuitive understanding of the sword. Through this, his understanding of the sword technique was also improved invisibly. Although he was still a little confused, it did not prevent Separation and Looping from making a breakthrough.
The foundry is not a place to practice swords. With that feeling, Chen Zong rushed to the corner of the training ground like a galloping horse, drew his sword, grasped that feeling, and started to practice immediately.
Over and over again, the four blurred sword lights gradually became clear.
After fifteen times, his blood was exhausted, and Chen Zong had to recover. After recovering, he continued to practice swords.
Repeatedly, as if not aware of fatigue, until the sun sets and the night falls, the bright moon quietly rises into the sky.
"Splitting light!"
Once again, he slashed out with a sword, and eight clear sword lights slashed forward. After careful identification, four of them were extremely clear and bright, and the other four were relatively dim.
"Splitting light and skimming the shadows, I have finally reached the state of great accomplishment." Chen Zong let out a breath, covered in sweat, and his stomach was growling with hunger, he quickly took out an energy pill and took it, and then went to the dining hall.
"Splitting the light in the state of great achievement, it consumes one-fifth of my energy and blood power once. If I reach the peak of great achievement, I'm afraid it will be more."
Although the consumption of Qi and blood power has increased, the power of the Dacheng state is indeed much better than that of the Xiaocheng peak.
Practicing swords, casting swords, practicing skills.
Chen Zong can feel his progress every day.
However, there is still no clue about the realm of true secrets, and the Eight Styles of the True Sword are still at the peak of perfection and have not broken through.
December 28, 395 in the Zhenwu calendar.
At the end of the year, Fengwu City is located in the east of Donglu, and the four seasons are not so intense, but such a cold winter, with the cold wind blowing, is still chilling.
In the corner of the training ground, Chen Zong drew out his sword, the sharp light of the sword was dazzling, tore through the cold wind, split one into eight, and charged away.
With another sword strike, the eight sword lights lined up one after the other, cutting towards the same place one by one, as if cutting open the space, leaving a clear sword mark, which took several breaths to disappear.
After exhausting his energy and blood, Chen Zong began to practice the Fierce Tiger Kung Fu.
The qi and blood are like a tiger, violently impacting during the operation, a powerful fearless aura gathers in the body, and the power of qi and blood also accelerates recovery.
When the power of qi and blood was fully recovered, Chen Zong also felt the internal vibration of his body, as if the roar of a tiger resounded through the mountains and forests.
"This is..." After the power of qi and blood calmed down, Chen Zong felt it carefully, and suddenly his face was full of joy: "You have completed the first stage of Liehugong?"
The Fierce Tiger Kung Fu is a human-level middle-grade kung fu method, which is divided into three levels. If you practice the first level, you can practice all the way to the seventh level of Qi and Blood Realm, and if you master the second level, you can practice all the way to the eighth level of Qi and Blood Realm. In the third level, you can practice all the way to the ninth level of Qi and Blood Realm.
However, the difficulty of practicing kung fu is often higher than that of martial arts of the same level. Many children in the family hall have not practiced the first level, let alone the second level. There are only a small number of people who have mastered all three levels.
The higher the cultivation level of the kung fu, not only means the higher the upper limit of the cultivation base that can be achieved, but also the improvement of the speed of cultivation and the speed of recovery of energy and blood.
"The exchange for the second level of Tiger Kungfu requires 500 contribution points, and now I have exceeded it."
With a secret thought, Chen Zong immediately set off and headed for the Cangwu Building.
"The martial arts and martial arts on the second and third floors of the Cangwu Building only have names and brief introductions, but no details. If you make a good choice, come and tell me." The manager of the Cangwu Building said to Chen Zong.
This approach is to prevent someone from recording more martial arts by some means after entering the second and third floors of the Tibetan martial arts building.
"I choose the second level of Tiger Kung Fu." Chen Zong said.
Since it is so stipulated, at this time, there is no need to enter the second floor.
"Chen Zong, five hundred contribution points will be deducted." Then, the administrator took out a silk book and handed it to Chen Zong: "This is the second level of Tiger Kung Fu, and it must be returned within ten days."
The second level of Tiger Kung Fu is much more profound than the first level, but it is based on the first level, only some additions and changes have been made in the movement of qi and blood to make it more efficient.
But if you practice the second level directly, it will be more difficult, because you lack the first level as a foundation.
Chen Zong quickly replaced the second-level operation method with the first-level operation method, and immediately felt that the recovery speed of Qi and blood after consumption was faster, almost 50%. Compared with the first level, the second level's cultivation speed has also increased by 50%.
That is to say, the second stage of the human-level middle-grade Liehu Gong is comparable to the first stage of the human-level top-grade exercise in terms of cultivation speed and recovery speed.
Furthermore, Chen Zong could also feel that with the second level of Fierce Tiger Kung Fu, the power of qi and blood is stimulated, the energy and blood are like a tiger, and its aura is somewhat stronger than that of the first level.
"My cultivation base is not far from the fifth level of Qi and Blood Realm. With the second level, the speed of cultivation will be accelerated. Perhaps, within two months, I will be able to reach the fifth level." Chen Zong secretly said, more motivated.
(end of this chapter)