In the ancestral homeland of Mizhou City in Daxia, in a small blacksmith shop, the sound of hammers could be heard constantly
Zhou Shu followed the local customs when he went to the countryside. He was naked like other blacksmiths. There were five or six stoves in this small room. Everyone was sweating. Only Zhou Shu, no matter how hard he worked, there was no sweat on his body.
After some days, the blacksmiths have become accustomed to this phenomenon.
At the beginning, they were a little wary of Zhou Shu's identity, so they were very restrained in front of Zhou Shu and were cautious when talking to Zhou Shu.
Later, I saw that Zhou Shu did not regard himself as a big shot, and was very approachable. These rough men gradually got used to Zhou Shu's existence, and they slowly recovered their nature.
"Brother Xiao Lu, making this iron pot looks easy, but it's actually not easy at all."
A blacksmith named Lao Zhao said to Zhou Shu with an honest face.
Here, Zhou Shu naturally did not use his real name. He told these blacksmiths that his name was Lu You. These people might be suspicious, but no one really pursued this kind of thing.
"The iron pots in our shop have to go through eighteen times of fire and withstand thirty-six thousand forgings before they are finally completed.'
Lao Zhao continued to demonstrate to Zhou Shu.
He was solemn and solemn, swinging the hammer again and again.
Zhou Shu nodded. He put aside all the impressions of forging soldiers in his mind and learned the art of blacksmithing like a newborn child.
Strictly speaking, blacksmithing is at most similar to the skill of a soldier-casting apprentice, but the real skill of weapon-casting is actually another skill
To cast an innate magic weapon, there is no need to hammer at all.
What Lao Zhao taught Zhou Shu was the skill of making iron pots that the blacksmith shop relied on for its survival.
In fact, if Zhou Shu is willing, he can forge a magical iron pot weapon
But he still studied the method taught to him by Lao Zhao seriously and built the iron pot according to this method step by step.
He was also carefully experiencing the changes in the iron material under the hammer.
Seeing Zhou Shu's actions, Lao Zhao was also filled with emotion.
He is truly a top-notch warrior. Compared with others, this person really deserves to be thrown away.
When he was learning how to make iron pots, it took him three years to get started.
As for brother Xiao Lu, he has only been learning for half a month and is already able to make iron pots independently.
But if Lao Zhao thinks about it, he is a top-notch martial artist, and his grasp of strength is far beyond his own. It is normal to achieve such results.
"Brother Xiao Lu, that's all I have. I have nothing more to teach you."
Old Zhao wiped his sweat with a smile and said, "You just have less experience now, but in other aspects, you are no less than our old masters. You can even run a blacksmith shop by yourself.' p>
Zhou Shu smiled and said noncommittally, "Old Master Zhao, there are still some things I don't quite understand. You look at thirty-six thousand hammers...
Zhou Shu communicated with Master Zhao.
After a while, all the blacksmiths squatted together holding their own rice bowls and ate their meals.
Zhou Shu also held a sea bowl in his hand, which contained some food. He did not gather with the old masters, but came to the young man named Shitou.
Shitou is the youngest apprentice in the blacksmith shop. He came from a poor background and was sold to the blacksmith shop to learn how to forge iron since he was a child. But he has always had a dream, that is, to become a weaponsmith
In order to realize this dream, he will forge weapons whenever he has free time. Fortunately, there is nothing else in the blacksmith shop, but there is a lot of iron. As long as it does not affect the normal work, the boss will not care about him.
It's just that the old masters in the blacksmith shop only know how to make some iron pots and hoes, and no one knows the art of forging weapons, so this stone is just a sword made by oneself. In fact, it is not much different from a kitchen knife.<
/p>
There is a big difference between this kind of sword and a real weapon.
Naturally, I won’t talk about magic weapons. Standard weapons cannot be compared to weapons made by groping for stone.
"Stone, did you create another tiger sword today?'
Zhou Shu said with a smile.
Shitou raised his head from the sea bowl, looked at Zhou Shu, and said with some embarrassment, "Brother Lu, it still doesn't work. The knife I made is still too brittle.
"But if you want to make the knife sharp, you can only make it thinner. Once it is thinner, it will not be strong. I haven't thought of a solution yet.'
Shitou said seriously
"What do you think a good knife should look like?'
Wetten asked.
Shitou looked a little embarrassed and said, "I don't know much about it, but I think a good knife should be indestructible.'
"Invincible?'
Wei Teng thought.
"Yes, I heard people say that the most powerful standard weapon is that it can break through nine layers of armor. One sword can cut through nine layers of leather armor. It must be extremely sharp and extremely strong. Otherwise, the leather armor is still weak.
Without cutting it open, the knife has already broken."
Shitou said matter-of-factly.
Zhou Shu laughed dumbly. This was indeed a very simple idea.
A knife must be strong and sharp to be a good knife.
However, for a very high-quality iron material, even if its properties are used to the extreme, it is nothing more than that.
Real magic weapons are not made of high-quality iron materials.
The real magic weapons are made of materials from heaven and earth.
"How do you think we can make a good sword that can break through the ninth level of armor?"
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"Haha, Brother Xiao Lu, if you ask him, if he could build it, he would already be a top weapon-casting apprentice, and maybe he could become a weapon-casting master, so why do he need to daydream here? p>
The other blacksmiths laughed.
They may not necessarily have good intentions, but they just think Shitou is daydreaming.
If a small blacksmith, instead of just forging iron, thinks about making weapons all day long, is that not a daydream? If weapons were so difficult to make, there would be weapons masters all over the world.
If that were the case, the Weaponsmith wouldn't be so precious.
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Zhou Shu didn't take it seriously. For people like Shitou who had never learned the art of forging weapons and were extremely interested in forging weapons, their most natural and simple ideas about weapons could inspire Zhou Shu
"If you have any other ideas about weapons, we can exchange them."
Zhou Shu said with a smile.
Shitou also knew that Zhou Shu was very talkative, and it was rare for anyone to listen to his nonsense.
Soon he started chatting and talked endlessly about weapons with Zhou Shu.
The more I talked about it, the more excited I became, and in the end I almost lost my job.
Zhou Shu always looked thoughtful, forging iron was actually even more rudimentary than the most rudimentary art of forging weapons.
However, it also has its own differences and abnormalities.
Just like this special iron pot, it has to be hammered by 36,000 hammers. Each hammer has its own particular requirements. It is not much more difficult than making a standard weapon.
It's just that the two sides have different focuses.
Here, Zhou Shu seemed to have returned to the workshop of the Daxia Weaponry Division.
At that time, he was also wielding a hammer and forging standard weapons every day.
"Before weapons are commercialized, all weapons are actually just various combinations of weapons-making materials. Tianji cannot control such weapons.'
Listening to Shitou's story, Zhou Shu was thoughtful.
Those controlled by Tianji that day were all divine weapons.
After all, those who are qualified to face Tianji directly have an innate magic weapon at their disposal.
Use standard weapons to face Tianji?
Isn't that funny?
Zhou Shu now also discovered that what Tianji can control is only the magic weapons and standard weapons above the innate magic weapons. He can't control it and there is no need to control it.
After all, standard weapons are just ordinary soldiers. Even if Tianji stands still, standard weapons cannot hurt him.
"The innate magic weapon uses the magic weapon to imitate the human body and builds similar meridians inside the magic weapon, so that it has incredible power."
Wei Teng thought to himself, "This is actually letting the magic weapon break away from its original material properties and move closer to the human body." "If standard weapons only take advantage of the original characteristics of the materials used to make weapons, then the innate magic weapon,
It is to break away from that characteristic and make them conform to the characteristics of the human body as much as possible.'
Shitou's words did give Zhou Shu some ideas.
"Materials for casting weapons have their own inherent characteristics, and maximizing these characteristics should be the right way to build weapons." Wei Teng seemed to have caught some inspiration.
Innate Divine Weapons and Cave Heaven Divine Weapons are actually martial arts practices that imitate the human body.
The "meridians" in the internal structure of the innate magic weapons are the basis of the power of the innate magic weapons. It is also because of the existence of "meridians" that they can display various magical powers like the human body.
This is also the basis of innate magic weapons.
But Wei Teng now understands that this is a wrong path in itself, and it is also one of the reasons why Tianji can influence the magic weapon
"But if the meridians are not constructed, the power of the divine weapon will be very limited.'
Zhou Shu frowned, "No, if the characteristics of the weapon-casting materials are brought into full play, then the power of the divine weapon will only depend on the quality of the weapon-casting materials. That branch can be possessed without casting.
It is more powerful than most divine weapons. If it is cast a little and its characteristics are expanded, the power will only be stronger.
"But most of the weapons-making materials themselves do not have this kind of power, so how should we use them to make weapons?"
Wei Teng thought, according to the current art of weapon casting, if a weapon does not have meridians constructed inside it, it cannot become a true innate magic weapon.
This star positioning has always been an undisclosed secret of the art of weapon casting.
Regardless of this point, even Wei Teng cannot forge an innate magic weapon.
"No stars, no positioning.'
Zhou Shu murmured to himself, "Only in this way can the magic weapon be immune to the influence of Tianji."
"Brother Lu, what did you say?'
Shitou asked curiously.
Zhou Shu came to his senses, shook his head and said, "Nothing, where did you say it? Keep talking.'
"I'm just talking nonsense. What weapons do I know? Even the Tiger Blade, I've only seen it from a distance.'
Shitou said sheepishly, "I'm just imagining things. Uncle Zhao and the others are right. I'm afraid I will never become a weapon maker."
Speaking of this, Shi Shi's expression seemed a little disappointed
He has worked hard enough, but he can't even make a real standard weapon. How can he become a real weapon maker?
"You are still young. If you persevere, you will succeed one day.'
Zhou Shu said with a smile, "Forging weapons and practicing martial arts are the same. These weapons are made from the same materials as us. When we were children, they were made of natural iron. When we finish practicing martial arts, we can train our muscles, bones and skin.
, practicing one breath inside is like someone forging iron. Over time, our bodies will change and we will become a top-grade warrior. Our cultivation will gradually improve, and the same goes for weapons. Forging is like practicing special
, constantly changing the characteristics of the weapon-casting material, thereby making it a real weapon
Zhou Shu talked in a leisurely way, Shitou blinked his eyes, listening very intently.
The blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop are all rough guys. Who can tell these things to Shitou?
Zhou Shu's reasoning made him feel enlightened, and inspirations kept pouring out of his mind.
He even wanted to swing the hammer immediately to try his inspiration.
Zhou Shu originally just wanted to persuade some stones and give the young man some confidence.
But later, as he talked, he himself fell into deep thought.
Yes, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.
The human body is still the same human body, but through practice, it can become a high-level warrior, an earthly immortal, or a strong person in the cave-heaven realm. But in the final analysis, a person is still the same person as before.
It’s not that this person has become a different person because of cultivation.
During this process, no other "materials" are added
The human body is still the original human body.
The ordinary human body can become indestructible through practice.
What about weapons?
If a piece of iron evolves like a warrior, will it also undergo such changes?
The original art of forging weapons is to build meridians from the inside out, so that the magic weapons can have magical powers.
But those meridians are basically acquired, imitating the human body.
This is like the human race practicing the martial arts of monster beasts, and they have to build a set of meridians belonging to monster beasts in their own bodies.
This is not an innate magic weapon at all!
This is the acquired magic weapon!
"Real innateness is to find the meridians of the weapon-casting material. Each weapon-casting material is a person, and they have their own meridians. If the weapon-casting material can be cultivated like a human being, then it can be regarded as ordinary iron
Materials can also be like special people and become extremely weak.,
"Then, the difference between abnormal iron materials and real treasures of heaven and earth is the difference between special people and geniuses, but regardless of whether special people or geniuses, as long as they practice, they can become stronger.'
"The same goes for the materials for casting weapons. The point star is an acquired technique. It makes the materials for casting weapons deformed!"
"The art of forging weapons has gone astray at this step. A divine weapon is a divine weapon. If you have to force it to become like a human being, isn't that going the wrong way?'
Zhou Shu murmured to himself that the origin of the Heavenly Refining Stone itself was unknown. Using it to locate the stars of the divine weapons and construct meridians might be the truly accurate way.
"If the innate divine weapon does not have the meridians constructed by the Tianlian Stone, then it may be possible to escape Tianji's control.
Zhou Shu felt that he had finally found the path.
"The problem now is how to make a weapon-making material, like a person, realize its potential and become weaker and weaker.'
Zhou Shu's eyes gradually lit up.
"Brother Lu, I don't know how to practice martial arts. If you talk about iron material, can it be practiced?'
Shitou asked curiously.
"I heard people say that warriors use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to change themselves in their cultivation. Can iron materials do the same?'
"Of course the iron material cannot cultivate on its own. If it could cultivate, wouldn't it become a spirit?
Zhou Shu said with a smile, "It's precisely because iron materials can't be cultivated that we need our help.'
"The practice of a warrior is to use various martial arts techniques to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so that oneself gradually become stronger."
Zhou Shu continued, "Of course the iron materials will not cultivate by themselves, but we can beat them and drive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into them. This is equivalent to helping them to cultivate. As long as the method is appropriate, they are also equivalent to cultivating.
As time goes by, it will become stronger and stronger.'
"But how can we penetrate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the iron material?'
Shitou said with a sad face, "Is this the Weaponsmith?'
In Shitou's view, these principles stated by Zhou Shu should be the principles of the armorer.
"No, the weapons-casting master will not inject the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the weapons-casting materials.'
Zhou Shu shook his head and said.
The original innate divine weapon only constructs meridians inside the weapon. When a warrior uses it, he will input his own spiritual energy into the divine weapon and run along the meridians of the divine weapon.
When the weapon forging divisions forged weapons, they did not need to help with the cultivation of weapon-making materials. They forcibly opened up another path
"The first step for a warrior to practice is to sense Qi and perceive the existence of his own meridians.
Zhou Shu seemed to be talking to Shitou, or talking to himself, "The same should be done when making weapons. The first step is to find the meridians of the weapon-making materials themselves, rather than forcibly constructing a meridians for them.' p>
"Everything in the world has its own context. This is the true innate way.'
Wei Teng continued, "Let the context of the weapon-making material appear. The same weapon-making material can be used to forge a weapon. This is the real innate magic weapon, rather than forcibly imitating human weapons. A magic weapon is a magic weapon.
No need for humanoids at all!'
When Zhou Shu said this, Shitou and the other blacksmiths were confused.
They are not even apprentices of forging weapons, so naturally they cannot understand what Wetten is saying.
The other blacksmiths thought that Wei Teng was talking nonsense, and only Stone listened seriously.
While listening, he also asked, "Brother Lu, how can we find the context of the material?'
"I have also learned some boxing and kicking before, but I have never been able to develop the sense of Qi, so I can't feel my own meridians.
Shitou said with some disappointment, "I can't even feel my own meridians, how can I possibly find the meridians of the weapon-making materials.
"Do I really not have the talent for making weapons?"
"Stone, remember, in this world, the only one who can negate the value is yourself. If anyone else says anything, you can treat it as farts.'
Zhou Shu patted Shitou's shoulder and said, "Don't ever lose heart. Diligence can make up for your weakness. Even if your talent is a little less, as long as you never give up, you may not be unable to achieve something.'
"How to find the meridians of weapons-making materials is an unprecedented path. We can try it together!"