The fire in the furnace was red, swaying with fangs and claws.
The firelight reflected on Chen Zong's face, which was covered with sweat, and the drops were glowing with red luster and slowly sliding down.
Holding latte tongs in his left hand, he tightly clamped the red-hot thick iron. His steel arm was as steady as a mountain. He held a fifty-pound hammer in his right hand and lifted it up before hammering it down. The bright sound burst out with countless sparks.
, echoed endlessly in the foundry room.
One hammer, two hammers, three hammers!
Chen Zong never stopped, raising and lowering the hammer, repeating it again and again.
Iron nuggets are the raw materials used to cast iron-level weapons. They need to be refined from crude iron. Crude iron comes from iron ore. After the iron ore is melted at high temperature, the impurities are separated to form crude iron.
The hammer falls, whether it is light or heavy, rapid or slow, and the four key points of blacksmithing are constantly changing.
Crude iron also contains many impurities. It needs to be burned red at high temperature and then beaten repeatedly to remove the impurities again and again. Beating is not a blind action. You must have skills, otherwise the rough iron that is beaten will not be able to become ordinary in the end.
Iron blocks will turn into waste and become useless.
It takes a normal martial artist about a month to initially master the four key points of blacksmithing, but to apply them, they need to beat them over and over again, correct them through repeated comparisons, and finally master them.
What was originally a large ball of thick iron as big as a human head shrank little by little under Chen Zong's repeated beatings.
After beating for a while, the rough iron gradually cooled down, making the beating more difficult. Chen Zong sent the rough iron into the furnace, pulled the bellows, and burned it with a strong fire to make it red and soft again.
"You are really arrogant, do you think you can master the four key points of blacksmithing to create ordinary iron blocks in just three days?" Outside the foundry, Chen Qi sneered with disdain.
"Haha, who knows." A smile appeared on Chen Wu's honest face: "Maybe he can really succeed."
"Do you believe this sentence yourself?" Chen Qi asked back. Chen Wuhou smiled again and did not answer.
Do you believe it?
I definitely don’t believe it.
Both he and Chen Qi took more than a month to cast the ordinary iron block, so they were left behind by Elder Lie.
In just three days, it was the first time I came into contact with casting. I wanted to create an ordinary piece of iron, which was no different from a dream.
The thick iron was burned red again. Chen Zong took it out again and beat it repeatedly. Finally, when he dropped the hammer, the thick iron actually cracked.
"It's useless..." Chen Zong couldn't help but shake his head. This was the third piece of thick iron he had broken.
Putting down the hammer, Chen Zong carefully recalled his blacksmithing process, thinking about where the timing was not good, where the force was wrong, where improvements were needed, etc.
His right arm was sore and numb that he was not suitable to continue blacksmithing, so Chen Zong packed up and left.
After eating, I went to the corner of the martial arts training ground to practice sword practice again.
"Spectral glimpse!"
A sword slashed out, and the two sword lights separated from the front and back, and struck one place at the same time. After the sword light passed, the ground seemed to be split open, leaving a sword mark more than one meter long.
"If you attack a target alone, the power will indeed be improved, but if you can combine the two sword lights into one, the power will definitely be stronger."
It is a pity that this is a change and an application. It does not help the current practice of spectroscopy, but it can improve the power of Chen Zong's sword to a certain extent.
"If you practice Splitting Shadow to a small level, you can slash out four sword rays, and if you reach a great level, you can split out eight sword rays..."
However, the level of martial arts is many times more difficult to practice than the foundation martial arts. It took Chen Zong four days just to get started. He was inspired by the Four Keys of Blacksmithing. If he wants to achieve success, it is probably not that easy.
After practicing the Split Light Sword Technique, Chen Zong practiced the other four foundation-building sword techniques, especially the Eight Forms of the True Sword.
After returning to the house, he practiced the Fierce Tiger Kung Fu, and his cultivation level improved very slowly.
"I tempered my blood energy seven times before I broke through. It is so difficult to improve my cultivation. Wouldn't it be even more difficult for those who only tempered my blood three times to break through?" Chen Zong couldn't help feeling that cultivation is not easy.
Even so, you must persevere.
On the fourth day, after Chen Zong practiced some, he went to the foundry to strike iron again.
He didn't want to be driven away by Elder Lie ten days later.
The fire in the furnace was blazing, and the crude iron was being calcined. Chen Zong recalled his experience in blacksmithing in the previous two days. After the crude iron burned red, he took it out and beat it.
Failed again.
Elder Lie also ignored him.
On the fifth day, Chen Zong was as usual.
Drawing on the experience of previous failures, combined with the essence of the four key points of blacksmithing and his own understanding and control of strength, after repeated beatings, the thick iron gradually became smaller, and finally turned into a piece of iron that was not irregular.
brick.
Put down the hammer, clamp up the iron bricks and look at them carefully. The surface is pitted and somewhat uneven. Compared with the flat and square iron blocks piled in the corner of the casting room, they are completely crooked. But Chen
Zong smiled.
No matter how ugly it is, it is still an ordinary piece of iron, proving that I have succeeded.
"But, it's not enough." Chen Zong thought to himself. After taking a short rest, he began to throw the second piece of thick iron into the furnace. He wanted to capture the feeling of success in forging ordinary iron and consolidate it.
After a while, the second piece of iron was created. Compared with the first piece, it looked much better.
"That's it for today, come back tomorrow." Chen Zong smiled and left after finishing.
Day six!
The seventh day!
The eighth day!
The ninth day!
The tenth day!
Every day, Chen Zong is making progress, not only in his cultivation, but also in his swordsmanship, and in blacksmithing as well.
"Elder Lie, this is the piece of iron that I made. Please take a look at it." Chen Zong took the piece of iron that he had made and handed it to Elder Lie who walked into the casting room.
"Why are you still here?" Elder Lie glanced at Chen Zong, thought for a moment before recognizing it, and then said in a fierce tone: "Let me take a look."
"What I hate most in my life is cheating and cheating on others." Elder Lie took the piece of iron and took a look at it. He immediately became furious. His terrifying aura was like a volcano erupting, and his eyes seemed to be filled with fire.
He wanted to burn Chen Zong to ashes, but the momentum made Chen Zong's face change greatly and he retreated continuously.
The other two warriors who were blowing the bellows for Elder Lie were trembling all over.
This is the angry momentum of a powerful warrior who has surpassed the Qi and Blood Realm. Even a warrior at the ninth level of the Qi and Blood Realm will not feel comfortable.
"Do you dare to say that you made this?" Elder Lie tightened his palms, and the iron block made a creaking sound, and was twisted unexpectedly. Chen Zong was horrified to see it. How powerful is that? If the bones are caught
When it arrives, it turns into powder in an instant.
"If the elder doesn't believe it, I will build one on the spot." Chen Zong said bravely. It was too scary. The angry Elder Lie's momentum was really terrifying.
"Okay, let me see what tricks you come up with." Although Elder Lie was angry, he did not lose his mind. He was surprised that a mere fourth-level Qi-blood realm did not collapse under the impact of his momentum, and could still speak fluently.
Decided to give Chen Zong a chance.
After exhaling a breath, Chen Zong felt a little weak all over.
Lighting the fire and blowing the bellows, his movements were skillful and smooth, making Elder Lie's eyes light up slightly.
A layman looks at the excitement, and an insider looks at the door. An insider can tell whether he has skills or not at a glance, and Elder Lie can't help but feel a bit expectant.
As Chen Zong threw in the thick iron, when the iron was red hot, he took it out and placed it firmly on the anvil. He raised the sledgehammer with his right hand. This action seemed to have been practiced hundreds of thousands of times. Elder Ling Lie
Eyes are brighter.
Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi, who came in later, also stared at Chen Zong's every move in stunned silence, wondering if they were dazzled.
Every move is more skillful and perfect than theirs.
Hammer down!
The first sound sounded, unusually bright, and made Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi excited.
Elder Lie's eyes brightened even more. He saw a very unique charm in that hammer, which required mastering the Four Keys of Blacksmithing to a certain extent to be able to do it.
"Did I discover a genius?" Elder Lie was yelling in his heart.
One hammer, two hammers, three hammers!
After repeated beating, countless sparks shot out, which was very dazzling.
In Elder Lie's view, although the changes in intensity and angle are not perfect enough and there are still many areas for improvement, it has only been ten days since Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi changed, and it has not reached this level for three or four months now.
degree.
Under the witness of Elder Lie and others, Chen Zong created a piece of ordinary iron. Both in appearance and texture, it was the same as those square iron blocks placed in the corner.
"Okay, okay." Elder Lie was so excited that his curly beard stood straight up.
"From now on, you are my disciple." Elder Lie pointed at Chen Zong and announced directly.
Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi, as well as the two warriors pulling the bellows in the foundry room, were trembling with envy.
There are five elders in the Clan Hall, and Elder Lie is one of them. To be accepted as a disciple by an elder is something that many Clan Hall disciples only dream about. It is a great honor.
"Elder, can you teach me how to practice swordsmanship?" Chen Zong was not as ecstatic as he imagined, but asked calmly.
"I don't practice swordsmanship, how can I teach you to practice swordsmanship?" Elder Lie said excitedly: "But I can teach you to make swords and make you a forger."
"Sorry, elder, I just came to the foundry to earn some contribution points." Chen Zong shook his head. Sword training would take up a lot of his time and energy. If it weren't for contribution points, he wouldn't be here.
You know, making iron blocks every day takes up a lot of his time.
"You mean to reject me, you are confused, you are confused, you have such a talent as a caster, how can you practice swordsmanship without being a caster?" Elder Lie jumped in anger: "Do you know?
"How many people want to be my teacher, but I don't like them. Now that I like you, you actually reject me."
Chen Zong remained silent. Elder Lie was anxious and angry, but he couldn't do anything to Chen Zong.
This made Chen Wuhou and others even more envious and jealous.
"I'm so angry." Elder Lie stamped his foot, causing a roar in the foundry room.
Looking at Elder Lie who left angrily, Chen Zong couldn't help but smile bitterly, what on earth is going on?
Can I still stay in the foundry to earn contribution points?