Zuo Xiaoduo nodded vigorously again. He had to admit that they were professionals after all. Both looks were much better than he had initially imagined.
"how about this?"
Wu Tiejiang changed into seven or eight different shapes in succession, took photos of them all, and then projected them onto the wall: "Choose any of these swords that you like the most. Then I will make it thinner."
Zuo Xiaoduo was already dazzled by the sight, but luckily he didn't have difficulty making choices, so he just closed his eyes and pointed at something randomly: "Let's take this one!"
"good."
Zuo Xiaoduo’s sword is finally dealt with!
Wu Tiejiang asked again: "Based on your body shape, steps, demeanor and behavior, you should be a power cultivator. You must have made other weapons, right?"
Zuo Xiaoduo's eyes flashed, and he immediately raised his thumb and said, "You have a discerning eye. I also plan to make two big hammers. As the saying goes, if you have a hammer in your heart, you can smash everything. But the extra requirements are a little too much."
Wu Tiejiang smiled conceitedly: "Iron hammer? I am not bragging. I have made all kinds of iron hammers in my life. There are at least thousands of pairs. No one who wants a hammer will be dissatisfied."
With a loud bang, countless hammers suddenly appeared on the projection wall, with various patterns and dazzling array, and no two of them were alike.
Round, oval, square, winter melon hammer, cucumber hammer, watermelon hammer, cantaloupe hammer, square hammer, octagonal hammer, meteor hammer, thousand-faced hammer, mother-and-child hammer...
Zuo Changlu was dazzled by what he saw and couldn't help but say in Sichuan dialect: "So many hammers..."
I couldn't help but feel a little sad. When my son was little, I often scolded him: What the hell are you doing
As a result... this guy grew up and actually... got a pair of hammers
Life, ah, life... in Zuo Changlu's heart.
Zuo Xiaoduo looked at all the hammers on the wall, shook his head and waved his hand: "My ideal hammer shape is different from these. These are too crude."
"… "
Wu Tiejiang immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.
The lessons of the past still evoke fear!
"What kind of fight are you going to have? What about your own plan?"
"I'm planning to..." Zuo Xiaoduo walked over and picked up a pair of hammers. He said, "Uncle Wu, please enlarge this."
Wu Tiejiang did as he was told.
"Uncle Wu, look at this hammer handle... It should be longer, about two and a half feet."
"Two and a half feet?"
Wu Tiejiang was a little confused: "You are a hammer player, why do you make the handle so long? If you are not careful, you might hit your waist. And it is not easy to use force if it is too long, and it takes effort to swing it."
"It's okay. I've calculated it. It must be two and a half feet long, with grooves on both sides, each containing a sword. The swords are thin and narrow, and can be drawn out at any time. But when they are not drawn out, they look like a hammer handle, so that others cannot see that there is a sword hidden inside. This requirement is not difficult, right?"
“… Not difficult.”
Wu Tiejiang glanced at Zuo Changlu and murmured, "This kid is quite sinister."
Zuo Changlu rolled his eyes and looked at the ceiling.
This is really dark, where are we going from here
"Uncle Wu, please look at this hammer handle. My plan is to make it hollow in the middle, with a chain inside. A chain of about ten meters is enough. When you need a long-range attack, you can just fly it out and pull it back... um, a meteor hammer."
Zuo Xiaoduo coughed and said, "The handle of this hammer is hollow in the middle, with a chain hidden inside, and grooves on both sides, hiding a sword... This shouldn't be difficult, right?"
“… It’s not that hard.”
Zuo Xiaoduo was beaming with joy: "In this way, when others think that this is a heavy weapon that can only be used in close combat, and they are proud of themselves by pulling away to consume my strength, I will be sent flying with a bang. I'm sure their expressions will be very exciting."
“Excellent… that’s for sure.”
The muscles on Wu Tiejiang's face twitched, and he glanced at Zuo Changlu again, muttering, "How sinister."
After thinking for a while, he said, "If you plan to design it like this, you have to carefully consider the materials of the hammer handle and chain. Ordinary metals will definitely not be able to meet your required strength... I have to think about it seriously, but it can still be done. It's not difficult!"
“It’s good as long as it’s not too difficult.”
Zuo Xiaoduo smiled happily: "Then let's talk about the design of the hammer itself..."
Wu Tiejiang's eyes widened: You've been talking for so long, and it's still not the design of the hammer itself
This... I have a bad feeling...
Zuo Xiaoduo was very excited: "I plan to make a hollow hammer. Well, the middle of the hammer body is solid, a large piece, and there should be a gap between the middle piece and the hammer surface..."
"Gap?" Wu Tiejiang's eyes suddenly widened.
A hollow hammer is already hard enough to break, but if you have to create a gap, is it still a hammer?!
"Yes, it is necessary to leave a little gap. Isn't this a hundred-faced hammer? There are about seventy faces in front and on the left and right? Two shooting holes are left on each face... Then set up a mechanism inside. There are two holes on one hammer face. One hole contains a cow-hair needle, and the other hole contains a cone needle. As long as the true qi is stimulated, you can choose to fire single or continuous. There are twenty or thirty cow-hair needles in one hole, and ten cone needles are enough..."
Zuo Xiaoduo coughed and said, "This isn't difficult, is it, Uncle Wu?"
Wu Tiejiang felt really bad at this moment, he was completely stunned by what he heard.
I've been hammering all my life!
This is the first time I've heard of this kind of hammer!
"This is so... shady... it's really shady!"
Wu Tiejiang turned his head and looked at Zuo Changlu, his facial muscles twitching constantly, and finally asked: "Brother Zuo... is this really your son? Your biological son?!"
Zuo Changlu's face darkened: "What else?!... Do you want to go to my house for dinner tonight?"
Wu Tiejiang's face froze for a moment. After a moment, he smiled and said, "No, no, no, no, no, let's skip the meal. I still have to concentrate on teaching the children to make weapons. Things have to be prioritized..."
Zuo Xiaoduo, with a harmless and youthful face, asked innocently, "Uncle Wu, do you think this hammer can be used to hit people?"
"Can fight..."
Wu Tiejiang's expression began to twist. "But it's probably impossible to finish it in a month... Your request is too much and too complicated. I have to consider it carefully."
“It’s not that complicated.”
Zuo Xiaoduo randomly found a piece of paper and started to sketch: "Look, Uncle Wu, you first make a hammer surface like this, and then make the inner hammer. The space between the inner hammer and the hammer surface cannot be hollow. Use this small column to fix it and weld it..."
"And the design of the mechanisms here, one by one, actually only needs to prepare two mechanisms. As long as the first set is built and modeled, the others will follow suit... It's very easy."
"As for the mechanism, it doesn't need to be too powerful. The ox-hair needle can be lethal within 50 meters, and the cone needle can reach a range of 300 meters. There shouldn't be any big problems, right?"
Zuo Xiaoduo asked.
"No, I can't do this job."
Wu Tiejiang shook his head like a rattle.
Are you kidding me? The ox-hair needle is fired with the power of a mechanical device, and it can be fired 50 meters and still be lethal? Do you know what an ox-hair needle is
Something that is not much heavier than willow catkins can be shot fifty meters away
Are you telling a fairy tale?!
"Uh... Then how many meters can you make the mechanism shoot?"
Zuo Xiaoduo showed a slight disappointment on his face. He felt that this so-called top-notch craftsman introduced by his grandfather seemed to have no other characteristics except that he could shake his head.
It's only been ten minutes, and he has already said things like "I can't do this job" and "Please ask for someone else" several times.
If you can't even do this little job, why are you a blacksmith
Is he worthy of such a high title as craftsman
If Wu Tiejiang knew what Zuo Xiaoduo was thinking now, he would definitely grab the steel furnace in the room and put it directly on this kid's head!
Get all the water out of this kid’s head first!
The job you are talking about may not be done by anyone in the entire continent, the entire universe, and the Milky Way!
This is just making things difficult for people!
"As far as I know, within the entire Star Soul Continent, the range of the ox-hair needle is limited to being lethal if it is more than ten meters away! And the landing point must be exposed skin."
Wu Tiejiang said weakly.
"Then let's set up a mechanism that can shoot ten meters."
Zuo Xiaoduo said: "By the way, adding the power of true qi can increase the range a lot, right?"
"It's controlled by a mechanism and I can't add any extra energy." Wu Tiejiang rolled his eyes.
"Oh oh." Zuo Xiaoduo was a little disappointed. He once again said in his heart that he was incompetent, and then asked, "Where is the awl needle?"
"Awl needles are better. They can ensure that they are still lethal at 50 meters." Wu Tiejiang calculated.
"The hole on the hammer face won't be deformed under the impact of gravity, right?" Zuo Xiaoduo asked again.
"It depends on the material. Although Thousand Illusion Gold is of good quality, it cannot prevent deformation, unless it is Immortal Gold." Wu Tiejiang rolled his eyes.
"Then use indestructible gold for the hammer face!"
Wu Tiejiang said weakly: "From one kilogram of Thousand Illusion Gold, at most you can extract half a pound of Indestructible Gold... Twenty-five grams is already the limit..."
"As long as it can be made, the materials are not a problem!"
Zuo Xiaoduo was very wealthy and said, "We have plenty of materials, more than enough."
Enough is enough!
Wu Tiejiang looked at Zuo Changlu with doubtful eyes. Zuo Changlu coughed and had to make excuses for his son: "It is indeed enough. Xiaonan sent some over a few days ago..."
Wu Tiejiang said with sympathy: "Xiaonan has it really hard."
He immediately received two stern warning glances from Zuo Changlu, as well as an invitation to dinner at his home.
Wu Tiejiang suddenly felt cold all over.
"There's no problem with the materials, so it will definitely work, right?" Zuo Xiaoduo asked attentively.
"Great!" Wu Tiejiang said while gritting his teeth. He could now feel that these two hammers were most likely the most expensive and luxurious hammers he had ever made in his life.
"As long as you can fight."
Zuo Xiaoduo was beaming with joy, feeling that this blacksmith was quite skilled and could be considered a competent blacksmith.
"How many pounds do you estimate these two hammers to be? The weight must be accurate."
The more Wu Tiejiang thought about it, the more he felt that the problem was huge.
I couldn't help but ask: "If it's too small, it definitely won't be able to hold so many things, but if it's too big, it will be too heavy."
"Using a weapon like a hammer is not as simple as just picking it up and smashing it. No matter how heavy the hammer is, it must be as light as a feather in the hands of the user. This really requires supernatural power. Especially your material, which requires even higher requirements in this aspect."
(End of this chapter)