Looking at the suddenly dense clouds over the valley ahead and the roar of thunder and lightning hidden in them, Shen Dachui's eyes widened and he tugged at his chin and beard. The shock in his heart was almost indescribable.
This kid actually caused a strange phenomenon in the world!
Not long ago, under Wang Meng's trick, he was so happy that he used the best materials such as ten thousand-year black iron to build a "god-slaying giant blade".
At that time, he was in high spirits and in excellent condition. By chance, he actually triggered three divine thunders from the sky and created a legendary magic weapon. After that, he tried several times, but could never reach such a height again.
Three thunders, this is a miracle that has never appeared in the divine forging lineage.
Every time he thought about it, he always felt proud, thinking that he had surpassed many sages in the Shen Forging lineage and became the well-deserved first master of weapon refining.
When he heard that Zhong Wen had collected a lot of top-notch materials and wanted to rebuild a hammer for Shen Xiaowan, his first reaction was that he found it funny.
Descendants of my dignified divine forging lineage still need outsiders to help forge weapons?
He wanted to persuade Zhong Wen "with good intentions" to save him this trouble and leave the professional work to professionals, that is, let a master like himself do it himself.
However, when he saw the piece of Longyan iron that Zhong Wen threw on the table, which was thicker than his arm, he decisively gave up the idea of persuading him and chose to respect the young man's ideas and provide him with all the materials needed for the weapon refining.
After all, no weapon refiner in the world can refuse such precious and rare top-grade materials.
That’s all, let him try it!
If it fails, the old man will personally take action and build a three-thunder thunder hammer for Xiaowan.
Until the moment before Zhong Wen entered the valley, Shen Dachui still had this thought in his heart.
"Boom!!!"
The dark clouds in the sky seemed to have accumulated for too long, and could no longer stop the roar of dragons and tigers, and the roar of lightning and thunder behind them. A blue-white thunder light that shook the earth finally broke through the clouds and turned into a dazzling snake, flying from ten thousand feet high in the sky. It poured down and roared into the valley in front of it.
"Really, it's really a divine thunder from the sky!" Shen Dachui was dumbfounded and stammered, "He actually caused a thunder disaster!"
Although he once triggered three thunderbolts when refining the "God-Slaying" giant blade, the subsequent refining processes failed to trigger the heaven and earth phenomena again.
It can be said that the success of the "God-Slaying" is due not only to Shen Dachui's superb skills, but also to a combination of favorable timing and location, which is almost impossible to replicate.
Seeing this young man who was not yet twenty years old casually causing a thunderbolt, Shen Dachui, who was nearly seventy years old, couldn't help but feel a surge of fear in his heart, almost doubting his own eyes.
"A magic weapon who has experienced a lightning catastrophe is already very good." He turned to praise Shen Xiaowan beside him, but there was a bit of sourness in his tone, "Although it is not as good as grandpa, I, But given Zhong Wen’s age, he can be regarded as one of the best in the world.”
"Brother Cook is very good at refining weapons!" Unexpectedly, Shen Xiaowan shook her head and said, "Much better than grandpa."
"Girl, you are so ignorant!" Shen Dachui didn't expect to be overthrown by his own granddaughter. He was really crying and worried, "Grandpa has refined the magic weapon of three thunder tribulations not long ago. Although little brother Zhong Wen is not qualified, Even if you don't have thirty or fifty years of hard work, you can't even think of surpassing me in refining weapons."
"If grandpa can refine the magic weapon with three thunder tribulations, then the cook brother can at least trigger five divine thunders." Shen Xiaowan is a simple and upright person, and did not notice grandpa's little emotions, and said in an awkward tone, " He spoke the truth straight out.
"That's nonsense!" She was despised by her own granddaughter. Even though Shen Dachui loved her very much, he couldn't help but jump to his feet and said, "What are the five divine thunders? Do you think that the magical weapons that can cause phenomena in the world are just cabbage on the roadside?" Let him come and see it again!"
The girl is so protective of Brother Zhong Wen, could it be between two people...
What a good boy, he's just a womanizer, but he doesn't even let such a young girl go?
Old man, even if I risk my life, I will have a good talk with him. I must not let Xiaowan fall into his clutches!
While he retorted loudly, he couldn't help but make random guesses in his mind. Then the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, and he actually got into trouble alone.
"Well, isn't the second one coming soon?" Shen Xiaowan suddenly pointed to the distance and said.
"Boom!!!"
There was another deafening loud noise above his head. Shen Dachui looked in the direction of his granddaughter's finger, but he missed the dazzling light of heaven's punishment. Only the white smoke rising from the valley seemed to indicate this divine thunder. The power is slightly greater than the previous one.
Shen Dachui opened his mouth and stared blankly at the direction where the thunder fell, almost unable to believe his eyes.
"Boom!!!"
Before he could recover, a third bolt of lightning fell from the sky. It was thicker in diameter and more powerful, with a vague aura that could destroy the world.
Seeing that Zhong Wen was actually able to trigger three lightning tribulations, Shen Dachui's old face suddenly drooped. The sense of superiority as a "grand master" had long gone. Comparing the age difference between himself and Zhong Wen, he unconsciously felt a twinge in his heart. Frustration.
"Boom!!!"
However, the dark clouds in the sky did not stop there, but after a few breaths, a thicker thunder unexpectedly fell again.
The fifth path, the sixth path...
Seeing helplessly the seventh thick divine thunder that covered almost half of the valley winding down, Shen Dachui's nerves had gone from the initial shock to numbness, and there was not much turmoil in his heart.
A slight difference will arouse people's competitive psychology, but when the gap reaches a certain level, it will not arouse too much comparison thoughts. The only thing left is awe and admiration.
Seven thunder tribulations!
I’m afraid nothing can scare me anymore in this life!
Shen Dachui's knees weakened and he knelt down with a "plop". He raised his head and stared at the dark clouds in the sky that had not completely dispersed. The corners of his eyes were moist, like a small mortal who had witnessed a miracle. He was so excited that he fell into a kind of In a wonderful state of mind.
To paraphrase a 21st century Internet slang, that is "My granddaughter asked me why I knelt down to look at the weather."
However, God still didn't seem to let him go. The sky was still covered with dark clouds, with lightning and thunder. After a brief pause, the terrifying heavenly punishment was ready to move again, and an aura that could almost destroy the world suddenly spread. , sweeping across all directions.
Even though Shen Dachui was still far away from the valley, he still felt frightened and could hardly help but turn around and run away.
On the other hand, Shen Xiaowan, who was only fourteen years old, had a calm face and seemed completely unaffected by this momentum. Instead, her delicate eyes showed excitement: "Ah, here comes another one!"
Seemingly realizing that the power of this eighth thunderbolt was too fierce, and if it fell completely, the entire valley would be reduced to ashes, Zhong Wen below finally took action.
I saw a white shadow flash past, and Zhong Wen's body instantly appeared in the sky. He held an exaggeratedly large hammer in his right hand. His whole body was shining with purple-gold light, surrounded by purple air, and smoke. Teng Teng, with its cool shape, is almost comparable to the legendary immortal from the upper realm.
"So big!"
Shen Dachui, who was in a state of despair, saw the hammer in his hand and couldn't help blurting out.
Viewed from a distance, the hammer was almost as long as Zhong Wen, and the top was as big as seven or eight normal people's heads. It was hard for him to imagine that his petite and slender granddaughter was holding such a hammer. Weapons, what a strange sight they have.
"BOOM!!!!!!"
Just when he was thinking wildly, the eighth divine thunder finally lived up to expectations, with a majestic momentum that destroyed the heaven and earth and swallowed all things, it went straight down and slammed in the direction of Zhong Wen.
The young man in white did not flinch. He raised his right arm, raised the giant hammer high, and slammed it at the furious thunder that was coming.
The thunder fell on the top of the giant hammer, but it did not explode. Instead, it was like iron blocks attracted by a magnet, directly sticking together, and a sharp "crack" sound erupted. Shen Dachui trembled all over, clearly being shocked by the electric shock. It was not him, but his heart still felt hairy, and the nerves in his body seemed to be paralyzed.
How can we underestimate the wrath of God!
As if he sensed that his power of divine punishment was being challenged, the power of thunder in the clouds became more and more violent. It was continuous and endless, vowing to smash the ungrateful "ants" below into dregs.
However, this terrifying thunder that seemed to break through the heaven and earth fell on the purple-gold spirit pattern on Zhong Wen's body, but it just wandered around the outside and was completely unable to invade his body. It was like scratching an itch and was of no use.
In this way, the two sides refused to give in to each other and remained in a stalemate for about half an hour. They seemed to realize that this ant was unexpectedly tenacious and could not be eliminated. The eighth divine thunder of destruction finally showed signs of exhaustion and became more and more powerful. It gets weaker and weaker, eventually turning into bits of starlight and dissipating between heaven and earth.
The clouds gradually dispersed, and the dazzling sunlight penetrated the gaps in the clouds and fell into the valley riddled with holes. The scene was desolate. From the surviving flowers, grass and green trees, one could vaguely read a trace of the prosperity of the survivors.
and joy.
"Are there only eight thunder tribulations?" Zhong Wen murmured to himself as he hung in the air, staring at the giant hammer with electric light lingering in his hand, with a look of regret on his face.
Back when he was making swords with "Dragon Rock Iron" in the Earth Dragon Valley, he triggered eight thunderbolts, thus forging a unique sword that could easily kill the Earth Dragon in a "thousand-year kill".
Afterwards, he studied the forging classics of "Leiyin Valley", summed up his experience, and found that making weapons entirely from dragon rock iron was not the best choice in terms of proportions.
Therefore, when making this hammer, he rushed to the imperial capital and purchased a large amount of rare materials from Shen Dachui and "Shengyu Trading Company". After careful consideration and careful selection, he improved the original hammer-making method and formulated a new set of materials.
After everything was ready, he ran to a remote valley dozens of miles west of the imperial capital and began to concentrate on refining the weapon.
Under the way of heaven, nine is the ultimate number.
According to ancient books, the most advanced spiritual weapon in the world must go through nine thunder tribulations before it can be completed, and it is called an acquired spiritual treasure.
The ninety-seven kinds of acquired spiritual treasures in the "Hundred Treasures Map" are all top-notch treasures under the innate spiritual treasures. Each of them has experienced the baptism of nine heavenly thunders, such as the "Qiankun Bag" on Zhuma's waist.
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However, the forging method that Zhong Wen summed up on his own was ultimately not as good as the experience accumulation of countless sages in the Hundred Treasures Map. Even though the power of thunder had increased, it still fell short of reaching the height of acquired spiritual treasures.
That's all, the way of heaven is to make up for the shortcomings when there are more losses. If you strive for perfection, you may end up falling behind.
After standing blankly in the air for a while, Zhong Wen finally stopped worrying and enlightened himself, and then the dragon shadow flashed under his feet.
The next moment, his figure had crossed the valley and appeared directly in front of Shen Dachui's grandfather and grandson. His speed was staggering.
"Brother Cook!" Shen Xiaowan's pretty face was shining brightly. She jumped up and down and rushed to him excitedly, "My hammer!"
"Xiao Wan." Zhong Wen slowly raised the giant hammer in his hand and handed it over with a smile, "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life."
Without saying a word, Shen Xiaowan took the giant hammer and waved it twice, her little face beaming with joy as she praised: "What a hammer, what a hammer!"
I don’t know how she judged that it was a “good hammer”.
"Brother Zhong Wen, the old man has always regarded himself as the best weapon refiner in the world." Shen Dachui looked at his granddaughter, then at Zhong Wen, sighed, and said with a rather complicated expression, "Now I know that I am just a
You're a frog in a well, but you don't know how big the world is. Although you are young, your attainments in weapon refining are a hundred times greater than mine!"
"Old Shen is serious."
It was rare to see Shen Dahui look so serious and reliable, Zhong Wen felt a little unaccustomed to it, "This junior just got some high-quality materials by luck, and his level of weapon refining is far worse than yours."
"Don't be humble." Shen Dachui shook his head, half happy, half frustrated and said, "The old man has never even heard of the magic weapon of the Eight Thunder Tribulations, so how can it be made by stacking materials? of?"
Zhong Wen chuckled and scratched his head, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
"Girl, can you let grandpa take a look at this hammer?" Shen Dachui turned to look at Shen Xiaowan and said.
"Oh." Shen Xiaowan nodded and handed the giant hammer to Shen Dachui.
Shen Dachui stretched out his hand to take it, and felt that the giant hammer seemed to be as heavy as a thousand pounds. He had clearly mobilized the spiritual power of the heavenly wheel level, but he could not hold it at all. He unconsciously let go of his fingers and dropped the hammer to the ground.
"boom!"
With a loud noise, the ground made of hard rocks was directly smashed by a hammer into a huge pit two feet deep and several feet wide. For a moment, mud and rocks splashed everywhere, dust flew, and the three people's eyes suddenly turned into A gray area.
What weight is this?
Shen Dachui looked at his palms and felt that his outlook on life had been strongly impacted again. He had been shocked so many times in one day that he almost thought he was in a dream and just wanted to wake up quickly.
"Old Shen, be careful." Zhong Wen reminded kindly, "Junior added several grains of purple sand during the refining process, so the weight of the hammer should not be underestimated."
"What!" Shen Dachui was surprised, "A few!"
It turns out that this "Purple Xi Sand" is also an extremely rare weapon-making material. Each one is no more than the size of ordinary sand, but it weighs a thousand kilograms.
Normally, only half a grain is mixed into the weapon refining process, which is enough to create a powerful and heavy weapon, but Zhong Wen actually incorporated "several grains" into the same hammer. Such a weight would be difficult for even an ordinary spirit master to make. Being able to lift it was completely beyond Shen Dachui's understanding of spiritual weapons.
What was even more difficult for him to accept was that his granddaughter held the hammer in her hand and swung it around like a light weapon, with ease and ease. How could she seem to be struggling at all?
Is this really the girl of our Shen family?
Are you afraid that he is not pretending to be a saint?
Shen Dachui felt that he was not far from madness.
Looking at this unimaginably huge weapon again, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly noticed that the top of the hammer was faintly glowing, as if there was electric light flowing.
"Brother Zhong Wen, is this hammer of thunder and lightning?" He seemed to have discovered a new world, with excitement on his face.
"Yes." Zhong Wen replied truthfully, "This is a small attempt by this junior. A spiritual pattern array that can absorb the power of thunder and lightning was engraved on the top of the hammer. I just tried it and the effect was pretty good. Now the inside of this hammer , has absorbed part of the power of the eight heavenly thunders just now, and Xiaowan can release it at any time to attack the enemy when fighting with others in the future."
Shen Dachui seemed to be quite inspired by what he said, and he praised Zhong Wen's unconstrained ideas.
"Thank you, Brother Cook!" Shen Xiaowan smiled sweetly at Zhong Wen and asked happily, "Does this hammer have a name?"
"This... I haven't thought of a name yet." Zhong Wen was stopped by her question. He stroked his chin with his right hand and pondered for a while. Then he suddenly raised his head and said, "Since it can release the power of thunder, why not call it 'Thunder's Hammer'?"
Not happy with the name of the hammer, he decisively made a palindrome copy.
Shen Xiaowan's eyes lit up and she was about to applaud, but she saw Shen Dachui's head shaking like a rattle on the side, objecting loudly: "This name is too public, no good, no good."
"What's Mr. Shen's advice?" Zhong Wen didn't care about the name of the hammer, so he asked very politely.
"It's better to have a simpler name." Shen Dachui cleared his throat and said plausibly, "This hammer is so huge, it might as well be called 'Sledgehammer'."
Zhong Wen's head was full of black lines, and he was about to point out what was wrong with it, but heard Shen Dachui continue: "The one who wielded this hammer is a girl from our Shen family. She must be given a surname, so why not just call her 'Shen Dachui'!"