Fortunately, Su's ability to see at midnight was not affected in any way by the dark night of Hei Tianyuan.
Under the light of torches, he and many warriors finally completed the construction of various facilities in the entire foundry. The warriors gathered in twos and threes to rest in thatched huts.
Su Wu lit a bonfire in the central area surrounded by several thatched cottages.
Stay in front of the campfire,
Watch the first half of the night for everyone.
The bonfire was burning brightly, and the firewood was stuffed into it, making a sound of "Bibi Peel, Bi Peel".
Strong winds were blowing all around, pulling the fire here and there.
Some gloomy charms lurked in the wind, and under the cover of the 'Malakhan Dharma Protector' outside Su Wu, they were all ground away without a trace.
Jianzhen also did not explain why he asked Su Wu to forge the sword that was a combination of large mineral veins on the Black Sky Plains.
Su Wu could only guess that perhaps by forging weapons in the Black Sky Plains, he could use the many treacherous things going on here to get rid of the aura of the 'Great Catastrophe of Resentment' and avoid causing greater disasters.
He took out an iron token from his arms, held it and looked at it for a long time.
The handwriting on the token has been frosted by the owner for a long time and has become blurred and difficult to read.
——This token was left by Abu’s biological father, ‘Axiong’.
Before Axiong left Inoue's house,
He specially handed this token to Su Wu and told Su Wu that once Su Wu decided to forge his own supreme sword, he must crush a bead in the token and summon it to come.
Su Wu didn’t know A Xiong’s intention.
When he was casting the 'Black Ksitigarbha' before, he never thought about summoning Ah Xiong.
This time, Su Wu always felt that it was full of variables when forging swords on the Black Sky Plains.
——Authenticity is the biggest unstable factor.
So, he took out the token, looked at it for a moment, and then folded the token in half. Sure enough, he got a dark red bead in the middle of the token. He pinched it hard and the bead was like a bubble in his eyes.
The fingertips shattered silently.
Not even a speck of powder was left.
It disappeared quietly between his two fingers.
A Xiong would not harm his own son. Since he made such an arrangement, he must have a deep intention.
After crushing the token, he conveyed the news that he had forged the sword on Heitian Plain to 'Axiong'. Su Wu also used this as a backup plan to guard against the truth.
He put away the two halves of the token and flicked the bonfire a few times to make it burn brighter.
At this time,
There were slight footsteps behind him.
As soon as he turned his head, Su Wu saw Ping Lingzi approaching silently and sitting next to him.
No matter where she is, Ping Lingzi is always dressed in black. She seems to be drowned by the blackness, becoming withdrawn and cold.
He turned back and continued to fiddle with the bonfire. At the same time, he said to Ping Lingzi who was sitting next to him: "Just rest in the house. I won't disturb you."
"Yeah." Ping Lingzi nodded lightly.
She quietly looked at the burning bonfire, occasionally turning to stare at Su Wu's side face, as if she wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start.
"We won't stay in Black Sky Plains for too long.
To forge a sword, even if there are many changes in the process, the time will never be more than three days." Su Wu said a few words, turned to look at Ping Lingzi, and met the woman's eyes like a mirror lake - he saw something in it.
own reflection.
Looking back, Su Wu continued: "What are your plans next?
If you are in peace, you will be prosperous, if you are in peace, you will die if you are prosperous.
The Taira family, whose residence is near the Imperial Palace, was even more difficult to escape.
The Genpei War finally ended like this - no one emerged as the winner.
You will also gain long-lasting freedom.
What are your ideas for the future?"
Ping Lingzi thought seriously for a while and said: "In the past, in the family, although I was restricted everywhere, I still had relative freedom. No one in my family could stop me wherever I wanted to go.
Dongliu Island is like this,
I have no expectations here.”
She turned to look at Su Wu: "You saved my life, and I hope to repay your kindness by serving you in Zhuzhao's saddle.
If I figure it out one day, I might be able to leave Zhu Zhaojun.
Or maybe that day will never come."
"Why bother to tie yourself up?" Su Wu shook his head, "I don't need your reward.
You don't need to be grateful to me either.
I saved you just on a whim, but you have to repay me for it, which makes my whim seem much heavier."
Ping Lingzi pursed his lips and said nothing.
He answered softly in his heart: "But my desire to follow you is not just a whim."
…
The next morning.
The sky is especially covered with dark clouds,
A strong wind swept across the land.
The thin skylight was projected on the earth, finally adding some light to Hei Tianyuan, so that it would not be as invisible as at night.
The sword-making room made of wood and thatch has no door.
Several calciners and smelting furnaces have been filled with charcoal.
Three or five warriors gathered around the stove, filled the stove with kindling, and kept blowing air to make the charcoal burn red.
Su Wu stood in front of a smelting furnace and moved ten pieces of 'Big Baby Stones' out of the shadow world. Apart from that, he did not make any move, and the strange patterns covering the ten Big Baby Stones began to flow slowly.
,
Suddenly entangled and intertwined in mid-air,
Colorful renderings and outlines,
The old monk appeared on top of the ten large baby stones, seemingly in reality but not in reality.
'He' shook his sparse eyebrows. Under the horrified gazes of the warriors and craftsmen, he moved his eyes. He first looked at the stoves in the sword-making room, and then moved slightly, between himself and the great infants under him.
The stone's involvement was cut off.
——The strange veins covering the surface of those large baby stones stopped flowing and returned to their original state.
The haggard old monk stood up silently, walked to the opposite side of Su Wu, and stood opposite Su Wu across the smelting furnace. He said, "How to smelt ore, I don't think this poor monk needs to say more.
You just need to follow the steps.
Since you have forged a mysterious sword of "supreme" quality in the Jade Mountain,
I think I have mastered my ‘Ten Strength Forging’.
When forging the knife blank, the main method is 'Ten Force Forging', mixed with other forging methods."
'Jianzhen Shadow' stared at the red charcoal in the stove and said something without looking at Su Wu.
The 'Ten Strength Forging' he mentioned was a sharp, fast, precise and dense forging method used by Jianzhen Shenyun when casting the 'Black Ksitigarbha' in Yuse Mountain.
This kind of forging method actually goes beyond the limits of ordinary people.
Ordinary people simply cannot display it.
Su Wu now has no difficulty in performing this hammering technique.
There is a saying in Buddhism - "Use the Ten Powers to Destroy Demons". Jianzhen named his forging method "Ten Powers Forging". Naturally, this method is indeed outstanding, compared with "Ghosts and Gods Forging" and "Heart Forging".
many.
Su Wu first looked at An Gang and Hu Che who were around him, and winked at them, telling them not to be surprised and just do things step by step.
He then looked at the 'Jianzhen Shadow' and said, "If ten large infant stones are gathered in one place for smelting, wouldn't it cause Tamamo-mae to revive prematurely?
I wanted to ask you about this issue yesterday."
‘Jianzhen Shadow’ finally raised his head and glanced at Su Wu.
His face was cold, and although his eyes fell on Su Wu, he seemed to be looking at a ball of air: "These ten large baby stones are the foundation of the living beings stone. I am carrying the living beings stone from across the ocean.
The stone is the aggregate of these ten large infant stones.
Apart from them,
Many other killing stones are just derivatives of the living being stone.
After the living being stones are gathered in one place, the killing stones will gradually become ineffective.
——Together with those swords with killing stones.
Unless the killing stone sword is covered by the charm of the realm of interaction between heaven and man, a part of the 'root of the living stone' can be cut off to preserve the sword's condition."
When Su Wu heard this, the corners of his eyes twitched.
Su Wu did not expect that if the ten Great Infant Stones were smelted together in a furnace, all the killing stones in the world, and even the swords forged from the killing stones, would lose their power.
but,
This has no impact on the sword that retains the charm of harmony between heaven and man.
Su Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
The thunder pool he forged, the Great Red Lotus Embryo, and even the small amount of killing stone mixed with it, and the main body being the "Black Jizo" made of Ligui as the material, were not affected.
And the supreme sword such as Onikiri, which is still in the hands of Taira Reiko, must have retained the charm of the craftsman in the state of harmony between heaven and human, and will not be affected.
What Su Wu really cares about at the moment is that when ten pieces of the Great Infant Stone are aggregated and smelted, they will become a complete 'all living beings stone'!
This is actually equivalent to Tamamo-mae resurrecting in disguise!
"I promise you to gather ten large baby stones and forge swords.
Because of what Your Excellency said about the terror of Tamamo-mae's resurgence, the coming of the great catastrophe of resentment will lead to the destruction of all living beings." Su Wu looked at Jianzhen, who had an indifferent expression across from him, and said slowly, "But now we have to smelt ten large infant stones.
, will lead to the formation of the 'Single Being Stone', and Tamamo Mae will surely be revived as a result.
This goes against my original intention of forging swords."
Jianzhen's shadow's expression remained unchanged and he stood opposite, like a stone sculpture that could speak.
He listened to Su Wu's words and said: "The resurrection of the Living Being Stone - or Tamamo-mae is not as easy as you think.
When the ten Great Baby Stones are gathered together, they become the Living Beings Stone.
However, the sentient stone in this state is still far from being truly revived.
Continuously forging and fusing them will speed up their recovery.
However,
during this process,
As long as you can enter the state of 'complete harmony between heaven and man', comprehend and gain the 'complete charm', and fuse it with the blade embryo, you can completely suppress the resurrection of the living being stone.
not to mention,
Even if it recovers early, I will be able to deal with it, so you don’t have to worry.”
"Is it extremely easy to achieve the complete state of communion between heaven and man?" Su Wu asked again.
Jianzhen Shadow shook his head.
"Could it be that my destiny shows that this time I forge the sword, I will definitely be able to enter the complete realm of 'sympathy between heaven and man'?"
Jianzhen's shadow raised his eyes and glanced at Su Wu,