Chapter 22 Midnight Horror (Part 2)
The old blacksmith who was keeping watch at night was in a very good mood today. He sat by the stove with his eyes squinted and took a sip of old wine from time to time.
A treasured sword, a treasured sword indeed...
Although the two strange knives in the stove looked odd in shape, in the eyes of the old blacksmith, they were peerless swords.
When he thought that his shop would produce such a precious sword, the old blacksmith was filled with joy and pride.
This is a living sign. The louder the name of the shop, the longer it will exist. It will be passed down to sons and grandsons in the future...
The old blacksmith was thinking about something good when he saw the cow stumbling over, his face terribly pale.
"Why did you run out? Why are you wandering around without sleeping?" The old blacksmith was a little angry.
"Dad, there's something wrong, there's something wrong with our family..." Niu Da's eyes were horrified, and he kept looking back, as if he was afraid that something would catch up with him.
"Bah, bah, bah! Don't talk nonsense! Today is a happy day for our family, what are you doing?"
"Xiao Cui, she doesn't seem to be human! She has scales and a fish tail!"
"What are you talking about? You must have drunk too much."
"I didn't drink at all. I didn't even eat, so dad called me over to pull the windbox."
When Niu Da said this, the old blacksmith was surprised and said: "Is it really a bad thing?"
Niu Dazhi nodded, looked behind and saw that there was no movement, and whispered: "When I went down the well to fish out people, I felt that Xiaocui's body was cold and she seemed to be lifeless. I thought she had drowned but she woke up again. Maybe I
What we fished out was a dead man, dad, what should we do?"
"It's easy to ask the gods, but it's hard to give them away. We, the old Niu family, have not done any evil. How could we do such a weird thing... If she is evil, how come you are fine?" Old Niu frowned, and suddenly remembered the key point.
"I don't know either, I just came out in a daze... Oh, by the way, she saw the scar on my hand and asked me to go away, so she took the opportunity to escape."
Niu Da said as he opened his hand, the scar was scorched and dark and ugly.
The two men looked at the scar and turned to the stove at the same time.
The flames in the stove were rising, the heat was rolling, and the two strange knives lay quietly in the flames.
"I've met an expert. Son, please stay by the fire tonight to ensure that I'm safe and sound."
"Why, Dad, what if the fish monster comes after me? Neither of us will survive."
"Silly boy, she's even afraid of scars. How dare she approach the stove? Don't forget those two fangs. No matter how fierce the fish monster is, it won't dare to cause trouble in front of the dragon's teeth."
"Dad is right. Why don't we go ask the swordsmith for help in getting rid of the evil spirits?"
"I'm resting, so I have to find an opportunity to ask for help. We'll wait until tomorrow."
"Okay, listen to dad..."
The two men guarded the stove all night. Niu Da wanted to grab another knife in the stove several times. He always felt that a scar was not safe.
At dawn, Yunji came over.
After a good night's sleep, he was full of energy and energetic.
"The groom got up early enough. How about a good night's sleep." Yunji teased.
"It's okay, it's okay, haha." Niu Da was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to blink all night, not to mention it was a good dream.
The three of them had a simple breakfast and started the next day's knife forging.
From morning to night, there was a constant sound of hammers falling in the blacksmith shop. When it got dark, the two dragon teeth were flattened a little more, but they still could not be melted. After two days of forging, they had the outline of a knife.
For dinner, the old blacksmith went to the small restaurant across the street and ordered four hot dishes, four cold dishes, and two jugs of good wine. He didn't go back to the house, so he set up the table next to the stove.
"Sir, your skill in forging swords is really amazing. The old man is convinced. I haven't even asked you for your surname yet." Old Man Niu toasted.
"My surname is Yun, I just have some strength, it's nothing." Yun Ji raised his glass with a smile.
"Mr. Yun is so powerful. I can only hammer for half an hour without exhausting my strength. Even when my father was young, he could only hammer for an hour at most." Niu Da praised.
"That's because you haven't found the trick. You may have heard of using force to achieve lasting results." Yun Jida said.
"Can we use strength? Isn't this real physical work?" Niu Da said in surprise.
"I heard some old-timers say that borrowing force is a profound and extreme skill. One strike is three points, and seven points are left to rise again..." The old blacksmith sighed, his eyes full of respect. He was sure
The young man in front of me is a master of this art, an expert among experts.
After having enough wine and food, Yunji wanted to go back to rest.
Seeing that he was about to leave, the old blacksmith hesitated and said, "Mr. Yun, stay here. Something strange happened to my family. My daughter-in-law, she doesn't seem to be alive."
Niu Daye answered: "Yes, it looks like a fish monster! It has scales and a tail!"
Yun Ji smiled and waited for the two men to finish, then asked: "Have you seen clearly, is it a human, a fish, or a mermaid?"
"This...no, I didn't see clearly." Niu Da shook his head.
"Then take a closer look and then talk after you see clearly." Yunji went back to his room to sleep, leaving the Niu family father and son looking at each other.
Who dares to look and see what the monster is like without being swallowed whole?
There was no other way, so the blacksmith and his son walked to the backyard at midnight. Although they were scared to death, they were not so scared when they thought that there was still a high-ranking person living at home.
There is a well in the backyard, and next to the well is a large water tank, which is usually full.
The mouth of the well is very deep, reflecting the miserable moon.
Blah, blah.
Someone was carrying water, and it was the bride, Xiaocui, dressed in red.
It's the second day of the wedding, and the bride is still wearing a bright red wedding dress.
The blacksmith and his son heard the sound of water being pumped outside the courtyard gate. Their legs and stomachs trembled, and they forced their heads to look.
At this sight, both of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
I saw Xiao Cui fetching a bucket of water, holding it up and drinking it. He drank it all quickly, then continued to fetch water and continued to drink.
Buckets of well water were pumped up one after another, and after drinking ten buckets of well water, the woman stopped and sat by the well looking at the water, motionless.
A strange crackling sound came from the well, making people's scalp numb, like a fish's tail slapping the ground.
The blacksmith and his son did not dare to say a word. They crept back into the shop and hid by the stove, shivering.
"No one can drink ten buckets of water, they must be monsters..."
"This house is incredible to live in..."
After finally surviving until dawn, the blacksmith and his son breathed a sigh of relief.
After Yunji came over, he continued to forge the sword from sunrise to sunset.
After three days of forging the knife, it has only begun to take shape. The fang is as flat as the back of the knife and is still in the shape of a fang, but the surface is covered with white bones, still nondescript.
Yun Ji secretly shook his head.
Ordinary fire cannot melt Jiaoya. If you want to truly forge these two knives, you can only find a stronger flame.
Although the sword has not been forged, its power is not what it used to be.
Two weird-looking bone knives, each one alone has the power of a low-level magic weapon. As long as the Jiaoya is completely fused, it can definitely reach the level of a high-grade magic weapon or even a top-grade magic weapon.
"The fire is enough, stop it."
Yunji swung the hammer and smashed the Jiaoya as flat as possible to make it easier to carry. The stage of forging the knife was almost over.
The old blacksmith stopped the windbox, wiped his sweat, hesitated and said, "Sir, he asked us to take a closer look. We went to see it last night and saw that thing drinking ten buckets of well water by the well."
Niu Daqiang said: "A bucket of water weighs at least ten kilograms. If you drink more than a hundred kilograms of water in one breath, you are definitely not a human being!"
Yunji didn't even raise his head, and concentrated on making the two swords, saying, "Maybe he is thirsty."
Niu Da cried and grinned: "No matter how thirsty I am, I can't drink so much water..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a creak, the corner door was pushed open, and the bride appeared outside.
When they saw it was Xiao Cui, the blacksmith and his son were so frightened that their faces changed and they hurriedly hid behind the stove.
Xiao Cui leaned out half of her body from the corner door, and there was a strange crackling sound behind her, and she said expressionlessly: "Ms. sir, it's getting dark, it's time to rest."
Niu Da was so frightened that he did not dare to answer the conversation, and the old blacksmith also looked pale and trembled all over.
Only Yunji was still forging the knife hammer after hammer.
"It seems that drinking water won't quench your thirst, so you have to drink blood."
Chapter completed!