Chapter 5 Elder Lie Wants to Accept Disciples
The furnace was blazing red, and its teeth and claws swayed.
The light of the fire reflected on Chen Zong's face, and the sweat on his face was densely covered with drops of red sheen, slowly sliding down.
In the left hand, he held the iron pliers, and tightly clamped the thick iron that was burnt red, such as steel arms as steady as a mountain. In the right hand, he held a fifty-pound iron hammer and lifted it up and then hammered it down. The loud sound burst out with countless sparks. , echoing in the foundry chamber.
One hammer, two hammers, three hammers!
Chen Zong did not stop.
The iron block is the raw material used to cast the iron-grade weapons. It needs to be refined from crude iron, and the 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, either light or heavy, urgent or slow, and the four tips for striking the iron are constantly changing.
There are still many impurities in the crude iron. It needs to be burned at a high temperature until it turns red and then repeatedly beaten to remove the impurities again and again. Beating is not a blind action. Iron blocks will also turn into waste slag, useless.
It takes about a month or so for a normal martial artist to initially master the four key points of blacksmithing, but to apply them, it requires repeated beatings, corrections through repeated comparisons, and finally mastered.
Originally a large group of thick iron the size of a human head, under Chen Zong's repeated beatings, shrank a little bit.
After beating for a while, the thick iron gradually cooled down, and when the difficulty of beating was increased, Chen Zong sent the thick iron into the furnace, pulled the bellows, and calcined it with fierce fire to make it red and soft again.
"You're really arrogant, do you think that you can master the four essentials of blacksmithing in three days to create ordinary iron blocks?" Outside the casting room, Chen Qi sneered with disdain on his face.
"Hehe, who knows." Chen Wu's honest face showed a smile: "Maybe he can really succeed."
"Do you believe this sentence yourself?" Chen Qi asked back, and Chen Wuhou smiled again and didn't answer.
letter?
Certainly not.
Whether it was him or Chen Qi, it took more than a month to reluctantly cast the mortal iron block, so it was left behind by Elder Lie.
In just three days, it was the first time I had contact with casting, and I wanted to create an ordinary iron block, 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 the hammer fell, the thick iron actually cracked.
"Abandoned..." Chen Zong couldn't help shaking his head, this was the third piece of thick iron he broke.
Putting down the hammer, Chen Zong carefully recalled his ironing process, thinking about where the timing was not good, where the force was not right, where there was still room for improvement, and so on.
The right arm was sore and numb, and it was not suitable to continue to strike, so Chen Zong packed up and left.
After the meal, I came to the corner of the martial arts training ground again to practice swords.
"Splitting Lights!"
A sword slashed out, and the two sword lights split back and forth, and simultaneously killed one place. After the sword lights passed, the ground seemed to be split, leaving a sword mark more than one meter long.
"When attacking a target alone, the power has indeed improved, but if the two sword lights can be combined into one, the power will definitely be stronger."
It is a pity that this is a change and an application. At present, the cultivation of light and shadow does not help, but it can improve the power of Chen Zong's sword to a certain extent.
"If you cultivate the light and shadow to a small degree, you will be able to split four sword lights, and if you are a big one, you can split eight sword lights..."
However, the difficulty of graduating martial arts is many times higher than that of foundation-building martial arts. It took Chen Zong four days to get started, and he was inspired by the four tips for blacksmithing.
After practicing the split lightsaber, Chen Zong practiced the other four swordsmanships, especially the eight types of real swords.
After returning to the house, he practiced the Fierce Tiger Art, and his cultivation improved very slowly.
"I had to temper my blood energy seven times before I made a breakthrough, and it's so difficult to improve my cultivation. Wouldn't it be even more difficult for those who have only tempered three times to make a breakthrough?" Chen Zong couldn't help feeling that cultivation was not easy.
Even so, you must persevere.
On the fourth day,
After Chen Zong practiced for a while, he went to the foundry to strike iron again.
He didn't want to be driven away by Elder Lie ten days later.
The furnace was raging on fire, calcining crude iron. Chen Zong recalled his experience of ironing two days ago.
Failed again.
Elder Lie ignored him.
On the fifth day, Chen Zong was as usual.
Learned from the experience of the previous failures, combined with the essence of the four essentials of blacksmithing and my own understanding and control of strength, under repeated beating, the thick iron gradually became smaller, and finally, it became a piece of iron that is not regular. brick.
Putting down the hammer, he lifted the iron brick pliers to his eyes and looked carefully. The surface was bumpy and slightly uneven. Compared with the flat and square iron blocks stacked in the corner of the foundry room, they were completely crooked and cracked, but Chen Zong laughed.
No matter how ugly it is, this is a piece of iron, which proves that he has succeeded.
"But, it's not enough." Chen Zong secretly said, after a short rest, he began to throw the second piece of thick iron into the furnace. He wanted to grasp the feeling of the success of forging ordinary iron and consolidate it.
After a period of time, the second piece of ordinary iron was forged. Compared with the first piece, it looked a lot better.
"I'll be here today, come back tomorrow." Chen Zong smiled and left after finishing.
Day 6!
Seventh day!
Eighth day!
Day 9!
Day 10!
Every day, Chen Zong is improving, not only in cultivation, swordsmanship, and blacksmithing.
"Elder Lie, this is the iron block I made. Please take a look." Chen Zong took the iron block he 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 while before recognizing it, and then said very aggressively, "Look at me."
"What I hate most in my life is stealing, cheating, cheating, and deceiving people." Elder Lie took the iron block and looked at it, and he was instantly furious. Wanting to burn Chen Zong to ashes, that kind of momentum made Chen Zong's face change greatly, and he retreated again and again.
The other two warriors who pulled the bellows for Elder Lie shivered all over.
This is the anger of a powerful warrior beyond the blood and blood realm, even a ninth-level warrior of the blood and blood realm is not happy.
"You dare to say that you created this?" Elder Lie clenched his palm tightly, and the iron block made a creaking sound, but it was twisted, and Chen Zong was horrified. What a power, if the bones were caught When it arrives, it turns into powder in an instant.
"If the elders don't believe me, I'll build one on the spot." Chen Zong said bluntly, it's terrible, the imposing manner of the angry Elder Lie is really terrible.
"Okay, I'll see what tricks you play." Although Elder Lie was angry, he did not lose his mind. He was surprised that a mere fourth-level qi and blood realm did not collapse under the impact of his own momentum, and he could speak fluently. Decided to give Chen Zong a chance.
Exhaling a breath, Chen Zong felt a little tired.
Lighting the fire, pulling the bellows, and skillful movements, like flowing clouds and flowing water, made Elder Lie's eyes light up slightly.
The layman watched the excitement, the layman watched the doorway, and the layman could tell at a glance whether he had the ability or not, and Elder Lie couldn't help but look forward to it.
As Chen Zong threw the thick iron in, when the thick iron was red, he clipped it out and placed it firmly on the anvil. He raised the sledgehammer with his right hand. Brighter eyes.
Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi, who came in later, also stared at Chen Zong's every move, wondering if they were dazzled.
Every movement is more skilled and perfect than them.
Hammer down!
The first sound was very loud and bright, which also made Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi excited.
Elder Lie's eyes brightened. With that hammer, he saw a very unique charm, which requires mastering the four key points of iron strike to a certain extent.
"Did I discover a genius?" Elder Lie roared inwardly.
One hammer, two hammers, three hammers!
Repeated beating, countless sparks spewed out, very dazzling.
Changes in strength and angle, in Elder Lie's view, although it is not perfect, there are still many areas for improvement, but in just ten days, Chen Wuhou and Chen Qi have not reached this level in three or four months. degree.
Under the witness of Elder Lie and others, Chen Zong created a piece of ordinary iron, no matter in shape or texture, it was the same as those square iron blocks placed in the corner.
"Okay, okay." Elder Lie was so excited, his curly beard straightened.
"From now on, you are Lao Tzu's apprentice." Elder Lie pointed at Chen Zong and announced directly.
Chen Wuhou, Chen Qi, and the two martial artists who pulled the bellows in the foundry room shivered and were extremely envious.
There are five elders in the clan hall, and Elder Lie is one of them. It is a great honor to be accepted as a disciple by the elders.
"Elder, can you teach me how to practice swords?" Chen Zong asked calmly instead of being ecstatic as he imagined.
"I don't practice swordsmanship, so how can I teach you to practice swords?" Elder Lie excitedly said, "But I can teach you to forge swords and make you a craftsman."
"Sorry, elder, I came to the foundry just to earn some contribution points." Chen Zong shook his head, practicing swordsmanship would take up a lot of his time and energy. If it wasn't for the contribution points, he wouldn't come here.
You know, it takes up a lot of his time to build ordinary iron blocks every day.
"You mean to reject me, confused, confused, you have the talent of such a craftsman, you don't need to be a craftsman, what kind of swordsmanship is there?" Elder Lie jumped in anger: "Do you know that? , How many people want to worship Lao Tzu as a teacher, but Lao Tzu doesn't look down on him, and now Lao Tzu takes a fancy to you, you actually reject Lao Tzu."
Chen Zong was 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 pissed off." Elder Lie stomped his feet, and there was a roar in the casting room.
Looking at Elder Lie who left in a hurry, Chen Zong couldn't help but smile bitterly, what the hell is going on?
Can I still stay in the foundry to earn contribution points?
Just don't think about it, and come back tomorrow.