Hongxiu, who has now returned to her real name Liang Hongxiu, stood outside the gate of Chang'an City and looked back at the place where she had lived for more than ten years and hated and loved.
The next moment, she clenched the three-foot long sword in her hand.
The long sword seemed to give her endless strength, and her eyes were full of perseverance. She must succeed in going to Qingzhou! If she doesn't succeed, then she will be benevolent!
"Drive!"
Liang Hongxiu rode her horse, leaving a heroic figure in Chang'an City, disappearing on the official road in the direction of Qingzhou.
In the Hou Mansion in the capital, a red image flashed in Zhou Shu's mind, and he was filled with emotion.
I hope that the Eight-sided Han Sword I forged can help her a little, and I also hope that this miserable girl will go well when she goes to Qingzhou.
If it weren't for the fact that the Juque Sword was not suitable for women, he would have even wanted to give the Juque Sword to Liang Hongxiu.
If she could really join the demon-slaying army, wouldn't she have many opportunities to kill enemies?
It's a pity that Juque is an heavy sword and is not suitable for women at all.
From beginning to end, Zhou Shu never thought about letting Liang Hongxiu stay. Why should he let her stay?
Women also have the right to pursue their own ideals.
If she can really join Lu Wenshuang's sect and become a member of the demon-slaying army, it will definitely be a great thing.
What qualifications does Zhou Shu have to stop someone else's future?
"The Liang family's art of forging weapons——"
Zhou Shu looked at the secret book neatly wrapped in silk and sighed in his heart. When he heard Yang Hong say it, he also lamented that the good art of forging weapons was destroyed in Zhu Chuanfeng's hands. p>
Unexpectedly, the Liang family's weapon-making skills were still passed down, and after many twists and turns, they actually came into their own hands.
"Although it is not of much use to me, I still accept this favor. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will give you another high-quality weapon. The premise is that you can really join the Demon Slayer Army."
Zhou Shu said to himself.
He reached out and untied the silk. Although he mainly relied on the Divine Weapon Atlas to forge weapons, he would not let go of the opportunity to learn more about the art of forging weapons.
After all, the Atlas of Divine Weapons only gives him the casting method of a certain magic weapon and the systematic theory of weapon casting. He has to learn it himself.
Zhou Shu opened the secret book of the Liang family's weapon-making skills. The secret book was written in Juanxiu's small characters, and there were many detailed pictures.
Zhou Shu took a look and knew that this was Liang Hongxiu's re-recording.
This is not surprising. In a place like Jiaofangsi, how could she keep the secrets of her ancestors on her body?
I'm afraid she just remembered it in her mind and re-wrote it now.
She really puts her heart into it.
Zhou Shu felt a little complicated in his heart, "Miss Hongxiu, I will never let down the Liang family's weapon-making skills. If there is a chance in the future, I will find a suitable successor for it, so that the Liang family's weapon-making skills can be used as fire weapons."
Pass it down and pass it on forever!"
"Crash-"
Zhou Shu began to study page by page.
Today's Zhou Shu is no longer the weapon-making apprentice who knew nothing and only relied on a few secret weapons-making recipes given in the Divine Weapon Atlas.
He now has a deep understanding of forging weapons.
He had studied all the information on forging weapons that Yin Wuyou had found for him before, word for word.
Therefore, Zhou Shu did not seem to have any difficulty in understanding Liang Hongxiu's Liang family's art of forging weapons.
Soon, he was immersed in it.
One day, two days...
Zhou Shu stayed in the room without leaving the house, and the housekeeper was not surprised by this.
He now has a general understanding of Zhou Shu's habits. When the Marquis is in the foundry or study, he must not disturb him.
Just having three meals delivered to your door on time is enough.
Zhou Shu stayed in the study for a few days, and then got into the foundry room without saying a word. This foundry room in the Marquis Mansion was specially renovated by Zhou Shu.
When he was casting the giant sword, he accidentally destroyed the casting furnace and the real fire.
But now there is a new casting furnace and real fire tinder in the foundry room.
This was sent by someone from the Mi Mansion, saying it was to congratulate Zhou Shu on becoming a Marquis.
Of course Zhou Shu has no objection to this. Not to mention, he is really reluctant to buy it now.
These things are all priced in gold.
That is to say, the Mi Mansion is rich and powerful. Not only did it send a casting furnace and real fire tinder, but it also directly sent a batch of soldier-casting materials, including commonly used ones and some rare ones.
In short, it’s just one word, trench!
When Zhou Shu had no status before, the Mi family had already treated him as the second master. Now that he has become a marquis, how can the Mi family neglect him?
With the congratulatory gift from the Mi family, Zhou Shu now doesn't have to worry about running out of things.
He got into the casting room and began to practice the Liang family's secret art of forging weapons.
For Zhou Shu, this was the first time that he relied on his own strength to forge soldiers.
When he used to forge weapons, the secret recipe for forging was poured into his mind directly from the Divine Weapon Atlas.
But this time, there was no mysterious power that allowed him to directly control the forging of a weapon.
The Liang family's art of weapon casting is a systematic thing, covering everything from how to cast the weapon blank, to the shaping of the weapon, to the positioning of the stars.
For the armorer, these are the basics. Mastering these is like mastering mathematical formulas, and you can solve problems.
Generally speaking, when a weapon maker casts a high-quality weapon, he must first design the shape of the weapon, and then design its internal star path. This process is the process of using formulas to solve problems.
What shape is most suitable, what kind of power can be exerted by what kind of star path, how the star path and the materials for casting weapons need to be matched, etc., are all things that the weapon caster needs to consider, and they are also the theoretical part of the art of weapon casting.
As for the actual casting process, how to handle different materials, how to cast the weapon according to the design without errors, including the final star positioning, each family has its own secrets in the art of casting weapons.
Especially the star positioning, it is a real secret that has not been passed down!
Three years to point the star, ten years to position.
It is said that it takes three years to learn how to use heaven to refine stones to point stars, and how to accurately position the inside of a weapon requires ten years of practice.
This refers to the basis of inheritance.
If there is no inheritance, you will never understand the method of star positioning in your lifetime.
Zhou Shu is different from ordinary weapon builders.
For ordinary weapon casters, how to position the star inside the weapon is the most difficult step. After all, weapons made from different weapon casting materials are different. How to outline the star path in the internal veins of the weapon and accurately locate the star position depends on the individual.
Intuition based on experience, after all, they cannot see through the inside of the weapon.
But Zhou Shu is different!
He has practiced the visualization of the true forms of the Five Mountains and has condensed his spiritual consciousness.
And spiritual consciousness can directly see inside the weapon!
So he doesn't need to locate it at all, he can just look at it!
The most difficult step in forging a high-quality weapon is positioning, but for him, it is the easiest step.
His study mainly focuses on the properties of various weapon-casting materials, and what results will be caused by different combinations, including how to design the star positions according to the context of different weapons, etc.
Combining the Liang family's secret art of forging weapons, Zhou Shu continued to experiment.
There is no secret weapon-making recipe recorded in the Liang family's secret art of weapon-making, but as long as a weapon-smith masters the theory, he can design weapons by himself.
At the stage of the weapon-casting master, the secret recipe for weapon-casting is not the most important, but the art of weapon-casting is the most fundamental.
As he continued to learn, Zhou Shu suddenly had a clear understanding in his heart.
He seemed to understand why the magic weapon map did not continue to unlock new forging secrets like the previous standard weapons after reaching the first-class weapons.
Because for standard weapons, the secret casting recipe is more important, and for high-end weapons, as long as you master the art of casting weapons, you can easily design the secret casting recipe.
The secret recipe for casting is not important, being able to cast it is the most important thing.
This is the biggest difference between imported weapons and standard weapons.
"A weapon body made of Xuangang and red sand can only withstand two star paths at most. Any more, and the weapon will collapse."
Zhou Shu eagerly absorbed the knowledge of weapon casting and learned more and more about the art of weapon casting.
Combined with his previous experience in forging giant swords, the door to the art of weapon casting was finally officially opened by him.
"I finally understand that the secret recipe for casting the giant sword in the Divine Weapon Atlas has shown me the secret of a top-grade weapon, but I was too stupid before and didn't realize it!"
Zhou Shu patted his forehead, feeling enlightened in his heart.
The Divine Weapon Atlas does not unlock the next premium weapon, that’s because there is no next premium weapon!
As long as he masters the real art of weapon making, he can develop a real secret recipe for high-grade weapons!
The so-called "one principle, all principles" means that as long as a giant sword can be upgraded to a heaven-grade weapon, there will be no secrets in going from a yellow-grade weapon to a heaven-grade weapon.
Because it already covers all the content of point star positioning, it just needs Zhou Shu to realize it!
Zhou Shu never thought of learning the art of forging weapons by himself before, so he never understood this clearly.
Now that he is delving into the Liang family's secret art of forging weapons, he suddenly feels like he is clearing away the clouds and seeing the blue sky.
"For high-grade weapons, appearance is the least important thing. I can definitely forge a high-grade weapon in the shape of the Daxia Longque Dao, or I can cast a high-grade weapon in the shape of the Qiushui Yanling Dao.
, the difference lies only in using the appropriate weapon-casting materials and matching the appropriate star path!"
Two high-end weapons that look the same on the outside may be very different on the inside, and their power is naturally very different.
"Other weapon masters cannot see the internal veins of the weapon, so they need to keep trying to see what star path the weapon can withstand. This requires too high a talent level."
"For me, there is no such problem. I can see the internal context of the weapons and how they can carve star paths inside. There is no problem for me at all."
"I have been complaining that the Divine Weapon Atlas does not unlock the next high-grade weapon, but I don't know that it has already revealed all its secrets to me."
"There is the power brought by the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu, the body protection of the golden bell, the attacks of the Heavenly Sword and the Eighteen Shocking Swords, the spiritual consciousness brought by the visualization of the true form of the Five Mountains, plus the casting giant
With the experience of Que Sword, if I can’t forge other high-quality weapons by myself, then I will really be a waste!”
Zhou Shu said to himself.
His eyes fell on the soldier-making materials in the foundry.
"Then, let me forge a high-quality weapon of my own!"
Zhou Shu murmured to himself.
His eyes were so bright that he picked out every weapon-making material and threw it into the casting furnace.
With an excited expression, he activated the real fire and started smelting.
Time passed, and Zhou Shu seemed to have forgotten the time and devoted himself to casting.
The housekeeper looked at the food that was not missing, and felt a little worried. It had been several days. The Marquis had not eaten or drank for several days. Every time he came to deliver the food, the last meal was still on the table without moving.
Here.
He was hesitating, if the Marquis didn't come out again, should he break in and take a look?
However, the casting furnace is a forbidden area of the Hou Mansion, and there seems to be some movement inside. Is the Marquis okay?
Wait two more days, if the Marquis hasn't come out yet, I'll break in and have a look!
The housekeeper left with a worried mood.
In the casting room, Zhou Shu's expression became more and more excited. In the real fire, a weapon was already taking shape.
Zhou Shu took out the rudimentary weapon from the casting furnace, then picked up the hammer and began to hammer it.
This process has been repeated several times.
The shape of the weapon has become more and more perfect.
Finally, late that night, Zhou Shu looked at the weapon in his hand with a satisfied smile on his face.
"It's time to locate the star. Sun Pingping's Heavenly Refining Stone was used up last time. Fortunately, Mi Mansion also sent a few this time. Otherwise, I would have had a headache."
The Mi Mansion itself is sitting on a vein of Heavenly Refining Stone, and all the materials for forging soldiers have been given away. Naturally, there are also Heavenly Refining Stones, although there are not many, but they are several times as many as those of Sun Pinggong.
These days, it is more than enough to refine stone and forge a high-quality weapon.
Although Zhou Shu clearly understands the way to forge high-grade weapons, his current level can only cast yellow-grade weapons. After all, the experience he has mastered from the Juque Sword is only yellow-grade weapons.
"Point the star!"
Zhou Shu held the Heavenly Refining Stone in his hand and closed his eyes. His consciousness was like water, completely covering the weapon in his hand.
In Zhou Shu's consciousness, a faintly glowing outline of a human body seemed to appear.
The star path of a high-quality weapon is to imitate the meridians of the human body. Zhou Shu's spiritual consciousness can clearly see the meridian structure inside the weapon, and what is mapped in his consciousness is directly transformed into the outline of the human body.
In this way, you only need to point the stars according to the positions of the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body.
"Let's start with the Taiyin Lung Meridian of the Hand!"
Zhou Shu made a conscious decision, and in reality, the Heavenly Alchemy Stone was controlled by him with his spiritual energy, and the point fell on the newly forged weapon.
Once his movement started, there was no pause. Each bright spot was successfully lit up on the weapon, and finally connected into a shining vein.
If any armor master could see this scene, he would definitely be shocked.
When lighting a star, any armorer would not be very cautious and think over and over again. It would take half a day to light a star.
Who can be like Zhou Shu, who can point out all the star paths in an understatement without stopping?
"Come again!"
Zhou Shu's confidence greatly increased, he can indeed succeed!
He continued to move, and after an unknown amount of time, he finally clicked on the last star position in the design.
This is the only way. If there is another star road, the weapon will not be able to withstand it.
"It's done!"
Zhou Shu's heart was filled with great joy.
Suddenly, the map of the divine weapons automatically appeared in front of his eyes. The pages moved without any wind. When he turned to a blank page, as if a brush was waving, the content quickly appeared on that page.