Shi Songtao is an expert. Before Zhou Shu, he was the most famous soldier-casting genius in Daxia.
His skill in forging weapons was not achieved by bragging.
But the more expert you are, the more irritating you find Zhou Shu’s behavior.
It is true that Zhou Shu had just observed this weapon blank for a long time.
But he only saw it with his naked eyes.
He did not analyze at all what material the weapon blank was made of, and he did not even know what casting process was used to cast the weapon blank.
Without knowing this, how can you deduce the internal structure of the weapon?
If you don’t know the internal structure of the weapon, how can you design a star path for the weapon?
You must know that the so-called star path is the meridians of the weapon. It must fit with the muscles, bones, skin and flesh of the weapon to create a high-quality weapon.
Otherwise, point-and-star positioning will simply not be successful.
In Shi Songtao's view, Zhou Shu didn't know anything at all, so he started writing down the positions of the stars, which was just nonsense!
If Zhou Shu hadn't become increasingly powerful and Shi Songtao was in awe of him, he would have pointed his nose at Zhou Shu and scolded him for his nonsense.
Although Shi Songtao didn't dare to say more, he was still a little anxious.
Seeing that Zhou Shu was not using the weapon blank, he quietly took the weapon in his hand and winked at the other weapon makers.
The weapon-smiths understood and came together, and they began to work together to analyze the weapons.
In their view, it was impossible for Zhou Shu to succeed.
Then, we can only rely on them to pass this level.
Zhou Shu seemed not to notice their little moves, and wrote rapidly.
After a moment, he threw away the pen in his hand.
"Done!"
At this time, you should have a wine gourd in your hand and take a sip of wine. Wouldn’t you have the temperament of a poetic fairy?
Zhou Shu thought nonsensically.
"So fast? That's amazing!"
Yin Wuyou clapped his hands and praised.
Although she is the great Sikong of the Weapon Forging Department, she only knows a little about the art of forging weapons. She doesn’t think there is anything wrong with Zhou Shu being too fast.
"General, where is the referee for this fourth level?"
Zhou Shu smiled at Yin Wuyou, then took the piece of paper and came to the guard at this level.
The guard was also a little surprised.
How long has it been? Is he trying to fool me?
The guard frowned, and it turned out that Zhou Shu had drawn pictures and filled the paper with words.
"Wait."
He turned around and walked towards a tent not far away, opened the curtain and walked in.
The moment the guard entered the tent, Zhou Shu saw an old man with white hair inside the tent, studying something at his desk.
After just a moment, the guard walked out of the tent with a surprised look on his face, and then came to Zhou Shu.
"Daxia, pass the test!"
He raised his voice.
All the weapon makers who were immersed in studying the weapon blanks raised their heads.
They looked at Zhou Shu with incredible expressions on their faces.
The same goes for Shi Songtao and several other weapon-casting divisions in Daxia.
Pass?
Mr. Hou, didn’t he just write graffiti?
Did he really design a star path for this weapon blank?
Shi Songtao scratched his head vigorously, his hair was all messed up, but he didn't seem to notice.
How is this possible?
How is it possible that after just touching the weapon blank for half an hour, you can directly design a star path for it?
He neither analyzed the components of the weapons nor used secret techniques such as music. How did he do it?
Is the gap between him and me really that big?
Shi Songtao's thoughts were those of almost all the weapon-smiths present.
Zhou Shu's name has long been known to them.
They were even more impressed by Zhou Shu in the past few incidents. Such a shameless person is really rare.
Now, they are really shocked.
The more knowledgeable people are, they also know how difficult it is for Zhou Shu to pass the test so quickly!
He is truly worthy of being the number one weapon-making genius in Great Xia!
He is worthy of being the man who has almost contracted the top ten Huangpin weapons list!
"Let's go, next level."
Zhou Shuyun said calmly, take the first step forward.
Shi Songtao and others hesitated for a moment, sighed, put down the weapon blanks, and followed them with some dejection.
They feel that they are really worthless now. They are not good at fighting and forging soldiers.
"Master Hou, how did you do it?"
Walking halfway, Shi Songtao hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak.
"Want to know?"
Zhou Shu seems to be smiling but not smiling.
"Want to know!"
Shi Songtao gritted his teeth and said.
"If you want to know, join me in Huaxia Pavilion and I will tell you."
Zhou Shu said.
Shi Songtao was slightly startled, and a feeling of being flattered flashed through his heart.
Is Mr. Hou poaching me?
"But I am——"
Shi Songtao said with some confusion.
"The Great Sikong of the Daxia Casting and Arms Division is here. Doesn't the Casting and Arms Division have any rules against changing places?"
Zhou Shu said casually.
"No."
Yin Wuyou said decisively.
"Master Hou, please let me think about it."
Shi Songtao was extremely confused.
Zhou Shu smiled and said nothing.
He knew Shi Songtao's character very well.
Shi Songtao may be a bit lecherous and a little afraid of death, but his love for forging soldiers is real.
During the year when Shi Songtao entered the dream, what Shi Songtao did the most was to study the art of forging weapons every day, rain or shine, and play goblin fighting every day, rain or shine...
Moreover, after this mission, Zhou Shu also discovered that Shi Songtao had some management talents.
Bring him to Huaxia Pavilion. He can not only forge soldiers, but also do miscellaneous tasks. He can be a great housekeeper and look decent!
"Master Hou, I am willing to join the Huaxia Pavilion. Can you pass on this little star technique to me?"
Another armorer in the team suddenly spoke.
"You?"
Zhou Shu glanced at the man and said, "When Huaxia Pavilion officially opens, you can sign up. If you can pass, you can join."
The man: "..."
Why are the treatments different?
Why doesn’t Shi Songtao need to sign up?
He glanced at Shi Songtao.
Shi Songtao noticed his eyes and puffed out his chest proudly.
Are you kidding me?
No matter how you say it, I, Shi Songtao, was also the number one weapon-making genius in the previous Great Xia. Although you are a bit skilled, compared with me, you are far behind!
Shi Songtao shook his hair and walked proudly in the team.
With Zhou Shu deliberately speeding up, everyone quickly arrived at the next level.
At this time, challengers from other countries are still racking their brains at the fourth level.
The fifth level is a test of repairing the remaining soldiers.
At this level, Zhou Shu could faintly smell something.
However, after carefully studying the nine remnant soldiers provided by Da Qin, he still couldn't figure out what it had to do with Da Qin's Zhenguo Ding.
It is not too difficult to repair the nine pieces of residual weapons, as long as a certain level of weapon craftsman can do it.
If it were only to this extent, Da Qin Zhen Guo Ding would have been repaired by Da Qin's military forgers long ago.
However, even Wang Xin does not know the specific situation, and Zhou Shu cannot deduce the final situation from the information he currently has.
Zhou Shu did not continue to take action at this fifth level, but handed it over to Shi Songtao and the other weapon-casting divisions.
Not involving point star positioning, Shi Songtao and the others are still very fast.
Passed the fifth level smoothly, and the other passers-by from other countries have not yet seen their shadows,
Zhou Shu did not wait for them either.
He knows the next few levels, and he has no chance to take advantage of those who have entered the levels from all over the world.
The sixth level is also about repairing weapons, but it has been upgraded from standard weapons to premium weapons.
The repair of standard weapons only requires repairing the body of the weapon.
As for the high-grade weapons, it involves the repair of the Star Road.
It's just like people, trauma is easy to treat, but once the meridians are damaged, it's not an order of magnitude more difficult to heal the injury.
Isn't it just because the meridians were damaged that a strong man of the second level of martial arts turned into an old, weak and decrepit person?
The star paths of imported weapons are similar to the meridians of the human body, and are more complicated. After all, although the human body is different, it is all composed of muscles and bones.
However, the casting materials of weapons are different, and different casting materials result in different structures. Each of them is unique, and the "meridians" will naturally not be exactly the same.
Once an imported weapon is damaged, in theory, the cost of repairing it is greater than recasting it.
But now is the time to break through, and naturally it is not the time to consider costs.
Anyway, Da Qin is responsible for all costs.
By the sixth level, you can see obvious differences in everyone's level.
These weapon-casting divisions in Daxia's team are all carefully selected, and among the weapon-casting divisions, they are all considered to be relatively powerful.
But when they compare with Shi Songtao, the former First Weapon Casting Division of Great Xia, the gap is somewhat obvious.
Faced with this high-grade remnant soldier, when the rest of the forging divisions were helpless, Shi Songtao had already found a direction and began to try to repair it.
Seeing that Shi Songtao was able to solve the problem, Zhou Shu was also happy to be at ease.
After spending some effort, Shi Songtao finally successfully solved the sixth level problem with the help of Zhou Shu.
Everyone moved forward with great momentum.
……
Just as everyone in Daxia was clearing the customs, the relevant information had been sent to the Qin Emperor's desk in the Qin Palace.
In the Imperial Study Room, Emperor Qin sat behind his desk.
His face is still a little ugly, but it is no longer as pale as before.
In front of him stood the previous courtier named Xu.
"The art of forging weapons in Daxia has been brilliant for an era, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Their younger generation of weapon forging masters are really quite good."
Emperor Qin said, "Xu Qing, do these people inspire you?"
Although the performance of everyone in Daxia was a bit amazing, it did not shock Emperor Qin.
After all, Emperor Qin knew the design of these nine levels clearly. It was somewhat difficult, but not difficult.
After all, it is just a qualifying round, so it is too difficult and can easily make people suspicious.
The middle-aged man named Xu shook his head slightly and sighed, "I took it for granted before."
"No wonder you." Emperor Qin shook his head, "If the Zhenguo tripod was so easy to repair, I wouldn't have to worry so much."
"Your Majesty, the Ten Kingdoms Military Exercise is imminent. If the Zhenguo Tripod cannot be repaired, by then——"
The middle-aged man named Xu looked worried.
"It doesn't matter."
Emperor Qin waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Even without the Guo Zhen Ding, I can still be invincible in the world!"
"Your Majesty is mighty."
The middle-aged man named Xu bowed.
"Your Majesty, the Zhenguo Tripod has been damaged. If the territory of performing martial arts cannot be opened by then——"
The middle-aged man named Xu still has a worried look on his face.
"No need to worry."
Emperor Qin said in a deep voice, "It's not a big problem for Zhenguoding to survive this martial arts performance."
"Since it is no longer possible to repair the Zhenguo tripod, then don't put too much effort into it."
"Xu Qing, please think of a way to make this martial arts performance happen in Daxia."
Emperor Qin muttered.
"Your Majesty, why is this?"
The middle-aged man named Xu said doubtfully.
"You don't need to know why, just do it."
Emperor Qin said.
Different from the gentleness of Emperor Feng of Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Qin had two words all over his body: domineering!
"Actually, I don't want you to do anything."
The middle-aged man named Xu said, "The Marquis of Youzhou in Daxia is so good at forging troops that even the ministers can't tell the difference. The other countries cannot defeat him."
"Is he really that strong?"
Even though Emperor Qin was worried about Zhen Guoding, he was also curious.
"Half of the top ten weapons on the Huangpin Weapon Chart were forged by him."
The middle-aged man surnamed Xu said, "When he forges mysterious, earthly, and even heavenly-grade weapons, there will probably be another battle on the weapons spectrum."
"At least in my opinion, among the younger generation of weapon masters in the world, no one can compare with him."
"I have rarely heard Xu Qing praise someone so highly."
Emperor Qin laughed, "Could it be that Xu Qing wants to accept him as his disciple?"
"Your Majesty is joking, he is not from our Da Qin."
The middle-aged man named Xu shook his head and said.
"So what? As long as he is willing to join the Great Qin, he will be a high-ranking official with generous salary, wealth and beauty, why should I, the Great Qin, be stingy?"
Emperor Qin said with great momentum, "Yuan Feng was a small family, and he was fooled by the title of Marquis of Youzhou."
"Xu Qing, if he can help Daxia win the right to host this martial arts performance, then go and tell him that if he joins our Daqin, I will betroth my daughter to him, and let him enjoy the glory and wealth of the princes for generations to come.
Endless!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Emperor Qin laughed loudly, and then coughed uncontrollably.
The other side.
Under the leadership of Zhou Shu, Daxia's team broke through the border with great momentum.
Zhou Shu also vaguely noticed the change in Da Qin's attitude. The difficulty of their level seemed to have changed somewhat.
It’s become easier, and it’s a bit perfunctory?
When he dreamed of Wang Xin, although he did not understand the specific situation, he vaguely guessed from a few words that the Great Qin Nine Passes would have to sift through at least half of the country.
But after they passed the ninth level, Zhou Shu felt that at this difficulty level, even the weakest beam should be able to pass the level.
Could it be said that Great Qin has already repaired the Kingdom-Zhen Ding? So there is no need to seek anything from the weapon masters from various countries?
Zhou Shu had some doubts in his heart, but the affairs of Zhenguo Ding were too confidential, and the information he could learn was too little. Even Wang Xin could only come into contact with superficial things.
"Whatever, I didn't come here for Zhenguoding anyway, I came here for my workers."
Zhou Shu said to himself, with the feedback brought by the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and the Molten Gold Sunset Sword, he should be able to return with a full load from his trip to the Qin Dynasty, right?