"Are you going to visit that guy Huo Shanzi?" Meng Yi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that Luo Xing and the others suddenly changed their plan to go back.
"Uncle Meng knows about this Huo Shanzi?"
"I know, I know him well. He is indeed a wizard in the blacksmithing world. It's a pity that someone broke his hand tendon ten years ago, so he can no longer pick up a hammer and forge weapons for others." Meng Yi said with regret.
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"How much hatred is required to break a blacksmith's tendons?" Luo Xing was a little surprised. Blacksmiths generally do not enmity with others.
Moreover, the more skilled a blacksmith is, he has many friends. As long as he is willing, many masters will be willing to be driven by him in order to get a good weapon.
It is easy to narrow one's path by offending a blacksmith. Generally, someone who can do such a thing will never have an ordinary grudge.
"The beginning is chaos and the end is abandonment."
"Ah?" Luo Xing and Qingyi looked at each other. He didn't expect this. Emotional issues are indeed the easiest to go to extremes.
"Huo Shanzi was born in Tiangongfang. In fact, most of the blacksmiths have some connection with Tiangongfang. Although Tiangongfang is not a holy place for martial arts, it is a holy place for forgers in the world. Huo Shanzi joined Tiangongfang when he was young.
After learning the casting method, he later became a disciple of Feng Yangzi, the senior forger of Tian Gongfang. He studied under him for ten years. After he left the apprenticeship, he became a junior forger. This shows how talented he is. Tian Gongfang is different from the martial arts sects.
He encouraged his disciples to leave Tiangongfang and go out on their own. However, Feng Yangzi had a daughter who became a disciple of Baihua Palace. After completing her studies, she went down the mountain to practice and returned home. Then she met Huo Shanzi. I don’t need to tell you the story behind this.
, you can also guess that this is a good thing, but Huo Shanzi's family has already arranged a marriage for him. The two parties have never met before, let alone have feelings for each other. They just need to cancel the marriage, but this has nothing to do with it.
Huo Shanzi was engaged to a woman, but she felt that she had suffered great shame and humiliation, and vowed to make Huo Shanzi, who was "chaotic at first but abandoned at the end," pay the price. This woman was also very talented in martial arts and was accepted as a disciple by the Demon Sect. After she completed her studies, she found
Huo Shanzi did not kill him, but cut off his hand tendons so that he would never be able to pick up the forging hammer again in his life!"
"This woman is too overbearing. Even if they were engaged, it should be the wish of both parents. What does it have to do with Huo Shanzi? She started to be in trouble and finally abandoned her. There was no chaos. Where did the abandonment come from?" Ye Liuli said.
"No one knew that they were engaged before, but now she has made it known to the world. This woman is really stupid," said Luo Xing.
"Yes, the matter is not complicated. There is no relationship between the two parties and they have never met. It is just decided by the parents of both parties. As long as the matter is discussed and the engagement is terminated, everyone will be in peace. However, some people want to
If you go into this trap and feel that you are right, then someone else must be wrong, so you have to seek justice for yourself. Not only will you harm others, but you will also harm yourself." Meng Yi also shook his head and sighed.
"Uncle Meng, what about Feng Yangzi's daughter, and what is her relationship with Huo Shanzi?" Qingyi asked curiously.
"She is loyal to Huo Shanzi, but how could Baihua Palace let her disciple marry a useless person, even if he was once a senior blacksmith." Meng Yi sighed, "Even if Huo Shanzi's master Feng Yangzi
I don’t want my daughter to live with a cripple for the rest of her life.”
"There is nothing better than this in the world." Luo Xing nodded. Human nature is like this. When you are at the top of your game, you are surrounded by friends. But when you are humble and reduced to dust, how many of your original friends will be left?
"Xiao Qi, do you still want to visit Huo Shanzi now?"
"Of course, I am very interested in this senior Huo Shanzi, because I want to forge a weapon of my own." Luo Xing said, "I'm afraid there is no one more suitable for me than Huo Shanzi."
"You want to forge your own weapons?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"Master, can't you?"
"It's not impossible. You know that the art of forging cannot be learned in a short time. If you put your time and energy into it, what will happen to your cultivation?"
"Forging is not a kind of practice. The control of strength and the seal carving of spiritual patterns can be practiced through forging. The so-called one method is clear, and all methods are understood. As long as you want to practice, anything you do can be regarded as practice, even if
Carrying water, washing vegetables and cooking can be used for cultivation." Luo Xing said.
"Xiao Qi, your idea is very high-level!" Meng Yi thought about it carefully and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Master is ridiculously complimentary, I just said it casually."
"Since you have this idea, then go for it. As long as you don't take the wrong path, my teacher will support you." Meng Yi said.
"Thank you, Master."
A group of five people urged their horses to go straight to the valley where Huo Shanzi was.
Forging requires water and fire, so there must be water flow where Huo Shanzi lives. Also, forging requires extremely high temperatures, so a special furnace must be built, or the power of earthly fire must be brought up.
Luo Xing has never seen what the so-called underground fire is. According to his understanding, it should be underground magma flowing on the surface. However, the temperature of the magma is also limited, and it cannot reach the temperature to melt the materials for special casting weapons.
The blacksmith should have a special method to increase the temperature of the furnace. This is a technique used by people to eat, and he does not need to think too much about it.
The valley is about 20 miles southwest of Luoxingping. It was originally an abandoned mine after it lost its mining value.
After the miners left, the place was abandoned.
Hundreds of years later, the place was once again covered with vegetation, lush and lush, and the mountains and forests were dense. The scenery along the way, if we came here in spring, would be extremely beautiful.
Now, with heavy snow cover and almost no people walking on this road, it becomes very difficult to walk after leaving the official road.
Fortunately, it's not too far away. Riding a horse will definitely be impossible, but using Qinggong is not a big problem.
Not long after, it arrived.
A valley, shaped like a spout.
After entering, I saw a crude house in a low-lying area, built right next to the mountain, which should be the entrance to the mine.
It's incredible that people still live in such a place.
If it were Luo Xing, the mountain and roads were blocked due to heavy snow. If I were to stay here alone and not go out for several months, I would go crazy.
However, blacksmiths are also good at martial arts. A blacksmith without martial arts can only make crude farm tools. It is impossible to forge excellent weapons.
Therefore, as long as he wants to go out, it will be easy.
Woof!
A dog barked.
A big yellow dog jumped out of the bushes, and the frightened "scent-sniffing rat" lying on Luo Xing's shoulder swooped into his arms.
Really as timid as a mouse.
"Excuse me, is Master Huo Shanzi here?" Luo Xing and a group of five people came to the flat ground in front of the house, clasped their fists toward the house, and asked loudly.
Luo Xing asked three times in a row, but no one answered.
There were obviously people there, but they didn't agree. It was obvious that they were not welcome.
But now that Luo Xing and others are here, how can they leave easily? Luo Xing said again: "Master Huo Shanzi, we are sincerely coming to visit you, but you insist on not seeing me. What's the point? Could it be that master doesn't even dare to see anyone now?"
Already?"
This is not as good as a general.
The door opened with a creak.
A middle-aged man wearing a coarse cloth came out. He had a shaggy beard and a haggard face, which was an unhealthy color.
He was holding a wine gourd in one hand. He had a strong smell of alcohol, which was a kind of inferior "shochu". His wrists were slightly and irregularly trembling. It looked like he was a drunkard who kept drinking from his hands all day long.
"I am not Master Huo Shanzi. You have found the wrong person. Let's go." The middle-aged man waved his hand and signaled Luo Xing and others to leave.
"My hands are crippled, but my legs are still there. If my heart is dead, there is no hope at all. Huo Shanzi, are you so willing to live in a dream like this for the rest of your life?"
"What does my matter have to do with you?" Huo Shanzi opened his eyes and asked.
"Yes, your matter really has nothing to do with me. If it weren't for the fact that you were once a senior blacksmith, I wouldn't bother coming to see you."
"It turns out that you are just like those people, just a selfish person."
"If you don't care for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. I am not a saint, and I don't have the heart to love all living beings. I came to you just to ask you to guide me in forging a sword. What's wrong with that?"
"Another one who wants to learn my forging method?" Huo Shanzi showed a hint of disdain. Over the years, many people have come to him and want to learn his forging method. However,
They were all rejected by him, and he himself was ruined. How could he be qualified to accept disciples? Besides, didn’t he still know what the purpose of those people was?
Blacksmithing is not a comfortable job, and those who want to become apprentices simply want to learn a skill that they can use to make a living.
If you really have talent in blacksmithing, you would go directly to Tiangongfang. Why bother asking this useless person?
Even if there is a good talent, he doesn't want to teach it, and he doesn't want to delay others. Therefore, in the past ten years, few people still remember that there is a person like her.
"Yes, and no." Luo Xing said, "I just want to make a long knife that I can use for myself, so I just need you to teach me how to do it. I'm not interested in anything else."
"You go to Tiangongfang, there are a lot of people willing to teach you."
"I have my own ideas about the forging method of my weapon. If I go to Tiangongfang, I'm afraid I will become a handyman. I want to take charge of the forging of my weapon."
"Young man, your ideas are a bit bold, but you are a little too ambitious. Go back, I won't teach you." Huo Shanzi still directly rejected Luo Xing's proposal.
"Master, can you listen to some of my thoughts on forging methods before making a decision?" Luo Xing asked.
"Not interested in!"
"Master Huo Shanzi, don't you want to restore your hands?" Luo Xing asked loudly to Huo Shanzi who turned around to go back.
"Even the elders of Yaowang Valley can't heal me with my hands. Don't waste your time here."
"Can Yaowang Valley represent the world's doctors? The injuries that Yaowang Valley cannot cure does not mean that others cannot heal them." Luo Xing said, "The tendons in your hands were severed and the people who reconnected them were so rough that some nerves
He was wrongly picked up, and you have used alcohol to numb yourself for a long time to relieve the pain. Although you have regained a certain degree of living ability, it is impossible to go back to the past. But if it can be corrected, I can't guarantee a complete recovery.
, it should be no problem to restore at least 50% to 60%, do you want to give it a try?"
"Are you sure?" Huo Shanzi turned around, his eyes flashing with light.
"I'll help you heal your hand, and you'll guide me in forging it. After the work is done, we won't owe each other anything, how about it?" Luo Xing said.
"How can I trust you?"
Luo Xing took off his Nanya identity badge and threw it away. He was now a captain or an official, and the badge was replaced by a copper one.
"Are you from Nanya?" Huo Shanzi naturally knew Nanya's dental plaque and was a little surprised.
"My name is Luo Xing, Captain of the Nanya Intelligence Department. This is my daughter-in-law, who is also from Nanya. As for these two, they are also from Nanya. It is inconvenient to disclose their identities. Please forgive me." Luo Xing introduced himself.
Let me introduce Qingyi again. As for Meng Yi and Ye Liuli, their identities should not be publicized.
"Okay, I'll just trust you once, then do you want to stay with me, or should I go with you?" Huo Shanzi asked after reading the dental plaque and throwing it back.
After all, the fire in my heart has not been extinguished yet.
"It would be best if the master could return to Luojing with us." Luo Xing said.
"Well, wait for me to clean up." Huo Shanzi nodded. He didn't have the conditions to allow so many people to live here.