Just by looking at the clothes of this group of people, Ji Chou had already guessed that they were also masters in forging weapons, so he was not very surprised when Huang Ling announced his family status.

Why teach me?"

Hearing Ji Qiu's words, Huang Ling immediately looked at him with admiration. There are two reasons. One is that ordinary Taoist priests cannot chant the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord of Blessings and Lives. Only high-level masters of various sects with Kongming cultivation level or above can chant it. Secondly,

It was Ji Qiu who called her sir. Sir is not just for men. Women who have achieved great achievements in certain aspects can also be called sir.

Huang Ling spoke up and said, "When I asked the real person, I heard that the real person had obtained the Black Iron Essence and was interested in making weapons, so I took the liberty to come and recommend myself."

Before Jichou could answer, everyone in the Gao family on the side spoke up one after another, "How can it be reasonable to come here uninvited?" "You are late. Our Xuanbinghao has already taken over this job." "Take advantage of it."

When our Xuanbing arrives, why are you so shameless?"

The Gao family made sarcastic remarks, and the Huang family craftsmen retorted. Gao Tianxiang, who was directing the building of the furnace in the backyard, heard the sound and came out. He was the leader of Xuanbing, so naturally he couldn't speak harshly and scold him like the people below.

After meeting his craftsmen, he raised his hand to Huang Ling and said, "Miss Huang, the skills of the Lingbinghao are famous all over the world, and everyone knows it, but the Taoist priest customized swords instead of strange weapons."

"It's really presumptuous to come here suddenly. I hope Master Gao will be generous and tolerant." Huang Ling said this and turned to look at Ji Chou. "Excuse me, Master, how many kilograms and taels of black iron essence is there? After forging a sword, how much does it have?

What’s left?”

Ji Chou didn't know how to answer, so he looked at Gao Tianxiang aside.

Gao Tianxiang frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I bought the Black Iron Essence before, and it weighs about seven kilograms."

After Gao Tianxiang finished speaking, without waiting for Huang Ling to answer, he said to Ji Qiu, "Taoist Master, according to our previous estimate, the thin-edged long sword weighs three kilograms and six taels, and the long sword weighs two kilograms and forty taels, leaving one kilogram and six taels left.

Two, Lingbing's skills in making strange weapons are quite exquisite, so you might as well put them to good use and ask Miss Huang to help you build another strange weapon."

Seeing that Gao Tianxiang actually recommended him to Ji Chou, Huang Ling was so grateful that he clasped his hands and thanked Gao Tianxiang.

"I don't seem to need any strange weapons." Ji Chou shook his head and said.

"Actually, what Ling Wen is best at is not the strange weapons, but the crafting of hidden weapons," Huang Ling said eagerly, "One kilogram and six taels of black iron essence can make twelve black iron flying knives."

Things happened so suddenly that Ji Chou couldn't make up his mind for a moment. Huang Ling saw this and struck while the iron was hot, "The real person is a member of the Taoist sect, and meeting each other is fate. I would like to give the real person a thousand taels of gold and buy sesame oil. Chang Liang San

Qingming Lantern."

Seeing what Huang Ling said, Ji Chou couldn't bear to refuse. He shook his head and said, "Then Mr. Lao will be here, but giving gifts is not necessary."

Hearing Jichou's words, Huang Ling was overjoyed. After thanking him, he patted his chest and promised that he would use his special skills to create a peerless flying knife.

Under Gao Tianxiang's reminder, Huang Ling went to the Shenbing again. After all, Ji Chou's most advanced was the Shenbing.

, you should go and thank Zhou Jingzhi.

It can be seen that the relationship between these three time-honored weapons manufacturing companies was not very good before. After this incident, the three companies cleared up their old feud. Next, the craftsmen of the three companies worked together to build the furnace.

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers, and many craftsmen worked together. The furnace was completed before noon. Ordinary furnaces only have one layer, but the furnace that was rushed to be built had three floors inside and outside. Ji Qiu didn't know why it was built like this. Later,

Only after listening to what the craftsman said did I know that this was done to preserve heat and increase the temperature of the furnace. Materials like black iron essence cannot melt unless they are hot and high.

There are also three huge blast bellows placed around the furnace. Each one is as tall as one person. It requires the combined efforts of several people to pull it. The next step is to light the fire, heat the furnace, and prepare auxiliary materials. Black iron is different from ordinary copper and iron. It is smelted

It is necessary to add auxiliary materials to melt it.

The auxiliary materials are usually animal fat. In the early years, when swords were not made successfully, swordsmiths often threw themselves into the furnace and sacrificed them to melt iron. Later, with the improvement of metallurgical technology, swordsmiths discovered that more than just human beings could be sacrificed in the furnace to melt iron.

Iron, the same effect can be achieved by sacrificing three or six animals to the furnace. After many years of research, it was finally discovered that animal fat was responsible. At this point, the bad habit of offering sacrifices to the furnace was abolished.

It is enough to smelt ordinary black iron and add mutton fat, but this time the three families worked together to create a legendary magic weapon, which was a rare event, so they all took out their treasures. The Shenbing brought tiger paste, and the Xuanbing brought out dragon fat.

, and the stone altar brought by the Lingbing was actually filled with phoenix oil.

While the furnace was heating up, the craftsmen were not idle either. They quickly capped the backyard. There was a rule for building weapons, which was not to be exposed to the sky and the earth. To put it bluntly, it must be done indoors. Firstly, it can prevent wind and heat preservation, and secondly, it can ensure

The most important thing about preventing the casting skills from being stolen is that it can increase the success rate so that the weapons being forged will not be interfered by external factors.

The news has spread, and who doesn't have a few friends? After learning about this, people who have friendship with the three time-honored brands came to visit one after another, but most of the visitors were blocked out. Those who were really embarrassed to block out the door could only do so.

It stops at the front yard, and no one is allowed to enter the back yard.

By late afternoon, everything was ready.

However, Ji Chou felt that everything was ready. Next, he had to clean the area around the furnace thoroughly. The severity was so strict that Ji Chou was stunned. There was not even a trace of loose soil on the masonry. He washed, then brushed, and then blew, several times in a row.

all over.

At the time of application, they began to move the chopping boards, hammers, axes and other tools needed for the craftsmanship. Due to the different weapons being crafted, the tools used by the three of them were also slightly different.

While the craftsmen were moving the tools, Zhou Jingzhi and the other two people left temporarily. According to the rules of this industry, they were required to burn incense, worship, bathe and change clothes before starting work.

At sunset, everything was ready, and the three of them were ready. They took off their cloaks and cloaks and started to work wearing sleeveless short coats.

Each of the three people brought two assistants, and three people from each family were assigned to pull the bellows, while the remaining people were responsible for guarding and surrounding the entire backyard.

According to the rules, although Ji Chou was the owner of the goods, he had no right to watch. However, this matter was not trivial, so Ji Chou was able to stay in the backyard.

Because the temperature in the backyard was very high, Ji Qiu let the third child out. The third child didn't run around, but squatted next to the wooden box, sticking out his tongue because of the heat.

The first step in making a weapon is to melt the material. Even if the best auxiliary materials are added, the melting time is much longer than the three expected. It only takes a quarter of an hour to melt ordinary copper and iron, and only half an hour to melt black iron.

This piece of dark iron essence was extremely hard, and it only showed signs of melting after two full hours. At this time, the auxiliary materials prepared before were almost exhausted.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Jingzhi and the three of them looked ashen as if they were mourning for their heirs. The three of them were all masters and knew the taboos in making weapons. The most fearful thing was that the materials must not be completely melted. This is just like steaming rice. If you can't do it all at once, even if the temperature in the later stage

Follow up again, and the result will be rice with uncooked rice.

The three of them originally wanted to take the opportunity to become famous all over the world and create a golden brand, but they never thought that they underestimated the black iron spirit, and their fame turned into shame. The reputation accumulated by their ancestors was completely destroyed in their own hands.

Ji Chou had been watching quietly without making a sound, until he noticed that the three of them had different expressions and almost collapsed, then he asked, "Three masters, is there something wrong?"

"The furnace temperature is not enough, and the material must not melt." Zhou Jingzhi said with a trill.

Hearing Zhou Jingzhi's words, Ji Chou's heart froze. When he came to his senses, he asked, "No matter what method is used, just melt it?"

The three of them didn't understand why he asked this question, so they didn't answer.

Jichou asked again, and Huang Lingfang nodded.

Ji Qiu stood up, walked to the furnace, reached out with his left hand, and directed the Samadhi True Fire at the black iron essence in the furnace.

Samadhi True Fire is the secret skill of the Yanjian Sect, and it is the first fire-attribute skill in the world. When Samadhi True Fire is cast, the black iron essence slowly turns into molten iron.

Zhou Jingzhi was well-informed and exclaimed, "Samadhi True Fire?"

Ji Chou nodded and continued to activate the Samadhi True Fire to melt the black iron essence until it was completely transformed into molten iron before gathering his energy and entering the sea, withdrawing his power and retreating.

After the black iron was melted, Zhou Jingzhi was the first to take action and scooped out a spoonful of molten iron with a special large spoon. The two assistants had been waiting for a long time. Seeing this, they hurriedly stepped on the scale. One of them shouted, "Two pounds and four ounces."

The second person to start the process was Gao Tianxiang, who was making the long sword. He refused to accept it, and the amount of molten iron he took was no more than three kilograms and six taels.

The last person to take away the remaining molten iron was Huang Ling from Lingbing. After the weighing, the assistant called out the weight, one pound and six taels.

At this moment, Ji Qiu was in awe of Gao Tianxiang. This man had accurately estimated the weight just by weighing it with his hands. It was really amazing.

As the saying goes, a layman can see the excitement, but an expert can see the door. Ji Chou was surprised by how accurately the three of them grasped the weight, while Zhou Jingzhi and the others were shocked that the weight of Xuan Tie did not decrease at all after the essence of Xuan Tie was turned into molten iron. This shows that Xuan Tie's weight did not decrease at all.

The essence is extremely pure, with no trace of impurities.

The next step was to hammer it into shape. Ji Qiu had seen blacksmiths making sparks flying in his early years, but this time he couldn't see any sparks at all.
Chapter completed!