Chapter 19 Starting the Furnace and Casting the Sword
Pei Min still has some property in Chang'an, and he doesn't have many things there, except for the sword-making furnace.
But the sword-making furnace was really too big, so when Quan Wanqiu carried this behemoth, which was two people tall, into the yard, he couldn't even get through the door. He still used his internal strength to move the sword, which weighed several hundred kilograms.
The sword-making furnace threw it up, and Zhong Nanxun took out his sword and lifted it back to the ground.
Li Xin'an looked up at this huge thing, feeling extremely shocked.
The bronze sword-casting furnace is engraved with runes, and a tubular passage extends from both sides. The exit is curved upward, carved into the shape of a phoenix. There is a Xuanwu statue tattooed on the bottom of the furnace, but it is different from the general Xuanwu statue.
The image is different. The snake originally on the turtle's back is wrapped around the turtle's neck. What is hunched over the turtle's back is a huge gossip.
On top of the Bagua, there lies a tiger with its fangs open. The tiger's mouth is the mouth of the stove, which is where the fire is added. But what puzzles Li Xin'an is that the mouth of the stove is too small, and can only accommodate two people.
How much can you add to the size of your hand?
On the back of the sword-making furnace, as expected by Li Xin'an, there is a sculpture of a green dragon circling upward. The dragon's body is extremely long, and the dragon's head is directly placed on the top of the sword-making furnace. There seems to be a lid on it, but unfortunately Li
Xin'an can only have a rough look, but can't see clearly anymore.
Li Xin'an stepped forward, took a rag, and carefully wiped the soil off the lower half of the sword-forging furnace. Because Pei Min's yard was too small to accommodate such a tall sword-forging furnace, the lower half of it
It was buried in the soil by Pei Min.
After wiping it, Li Xin'an found that the part covered with soil was covered with scars, as if someone had cut it with a sword.
"Do you know the origin of this sword-making furnace?"
Pei Min walked to Li Xin'an at some point and said.
Li Xin'an said: "It is engraved with the Four Symbols, Bagua, and Taoist runes. Could it be from Wudang Mountain?"
Pei Min nodded, "Exactly."
"How did you get the sword-making furnace from Wudang Mountain?"
"Eight years ago, I entered the realm of gods and killed Cui Ao, the leader of the Black Tiger Village, and became famous for a while. So I took a vacation and traveled around the world, seeking immortality and asking questions. I went to the Western Regions and met the monk Kasyapa.
I went to Lushan Mountain and visited my old friend Huang Jingyuan. Naturally, I also went to Wudang Mountain and met Zhang Guanqing, an old man with an awesome nose."
Speaking of the past, especially his own glorious deeds, Pei Min suddenly felt proud, "I fought three games with that awesome old Taoist, namely chess, sword, and Tao. In the first chess game, we played for three days, and it was a dead end."
, regardless of victory or defeat. But in the second sword fight, the old Taoist was no longer my opponent. Although his cultivation at that time was better than that of me, a dabbler who had just entered heaven, he practiced purity of heart and few desires. I practiced
He is far inferior to me in terms of swordsmanship. In the third session on Taoism, I entered Taoism through Confucianism, and he entered Taoism through Taoism. The only thing missing is a monk Kasyapa, otherwise it would be a small dispute between the three religions.
"
"However, my teacher's talk is not as good as that of his Wudang headmaster Liu who specializes in deceiving and abducting him. I couldn't defeat him. But we also became friends because of this. He invited me to enter the Zhenwu Hall. There, I saw Qian Qian
Swords forged by successive Wudang masters over the past hundred years."
"The sword intention is far-reaching and the sword energy is majestic. I just feel that the knot in my heart that has troubled me for many years has suddenly become clear. He ordered the Zhenwu Hall to be closed, leaving me alone to retreat there."
"Half a month later, I came out of seclusion. All the shortcomings I had suffered before were completely eliminated, and the cultivation level I had just reached in the Heavenly and Human Realm was also consolidated."
"Just when I was thinking about how to thank others, Zhang Guanqing gave me another big gift -" He pointed to the sword-making furnace.
"That's it."
Pei Min stroked this simple and tall object, with a blazing look in his eyes as if he had a peerless sword in front of him, "This is not an ordinary sword-making furnace, this is used by Taiping Taoist Zhang Jiao, a master of the heaven and human realm in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
, once forged two swords that made Cao Cao famous throughout the world..."
"Qingzhi Sword, and Yitian Sword." Li Xin'an took the words.
"That's right! This sword-making furnace later moved to Wudang Mountain and was passed down as the treasure of Wudang Mountain."
"Master Zhang helps you consolidate your realm, and also gives you the mountain-shaking treasure of Wudang Mountain... This is so abnormal!"
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Pei Min nodded, "Of course I know. At that time, I asked him why he gave me such a generous gift. He told me that not long ago, he had been stargazing all night and discovered that the Ziwei star entered Chang'an. There will be a major event in the future of the Tang Dynasty.
disaster."
"A catastrophe? A natural disaster or..."
"Man-made disaster!" Pei Min said solemnly: "It is related to the inheritance of the country."
"How could...someone want to rebel?"
"I don't know." Pei Min shook his head, "But Zhang Guanqing told me that there is still hope for this matter. He saw a glimmer of hope in me."
"Headmaster Zhang means...can you prevent that disaster?"
"It's not me, I'm not the master of the destiny, but I am related to the master of the destiny. The emperors and generals in the world, the great officials of the frontiers, the wealthy businessmen, the number one scholar in the imperial examination, or the first-class masters in the world all more or less inherit the destiny. He sees that
I have a trace of the Lord's luck, so he gave me this sword-making furnace. I just hope that when the great disaster comes in the future, the Lord can help the Tang Dynasty, and even if it is not possible, he will protect Wudang."
Li Xin'an pouted and said: "This is too mysterious. I have never believed in this. Putting aside everything else, even Headmaster Zhang himself doesn't know who the life master is, so he can be sure that the life master will protect Wudang.
?”
He shrugged, "I think, Master Zhang must have thought that this treasure that holds the mountain is old and dilapidated, so he just went along with the flow and gave you a favor. Master, you really believe it."
Pei Min's eyes widened, "What do you know? This thing is worn out? Humph, you don't know that when a sword comes out of this sword-making furnace, it must be that the sword energy is filled with murderous aura, and that's why sword lines are left on the sword-making furnace.
Marks, and the more sword marks, the better the quality of the sword. If you count, there are no less than three hundred sword marks on this sword-making furnace. Can it be an ordinary product? What's more, since this object fell into Wudang Mountain,
Wudang masters of all ages have used it to make swords, how could there be a problem!"
Li Xin'an stepped forward and knocked, and the sound echoed in his ears, which was extremely clear.
"The sound is so crisp. I don't know how the sword-making furnace is, but I still know about the stove. The crisper the sound, the thinner the furnace wall. And this thing is from the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Regardless of whether the previous headmaster used it or not, contemporary
After Zhang Guanqing took over, there seems to be no news about sword-making in seclusion, are you sure there is no problem?"
Pei Min also began to feel guilty. Yes, it is an old thing that is more than three hundred years old. Is there really no problem? If there is no problem, why don't you use it yourself?
"It's okay. Monks don't lie. He, Zhang Guanqing, is the headmaster of Wudang. How can he lie to me?" Pei Min comforted himself.
Li Xin'an said quietly: "The monk is still a shady person, how can the Taoist priest not lie?"
The Sword Master of the Tang Dynasty glanced at his young apprentice and thought that he could not continue the conversation. If he continued to talk, he would not be able to help but hit the top of Wudang Mountain! He had to end this topic quickly and get down to business!
Yes, get down to business!
"This is for making a sword for you. If you don't like it, why don't you find one?"
Li Xin'an suddenly smiled and said, "No, master, I am poor and have no power and power now. Where can I find this thing? If you say it is no problem, then it is no problem!"
Pei Min wiped his sweat silently, trying to convince this little guy that it was useless to talk to him if he was too soft, so he had to be tough.
"You two, have you finished practicing?" He turned around and walked into the yard, looking at the busy four people, and said.
Zhong Nanxun placed the last deep-sea cold iron stone on the ground and said breathlessly: "Sir... I've finished practicing..."
The other two people, Quan Wanqiu and Sanyu, were so tired that they collapsed on the ground.
In fact, logically speaking, the materials are not heavy. Even if Li Linfu sent double copies, the total weight would only be more than a thousand kilograms. With the cultivation of two first-level masters Zhong Nanxun and Quan Wanqiu, it would not be tiring to move these.
so.
However, the materials are not heavy, but they cannot hold up the space. Li Linfu prepared these things in five days, and there was no time to refine them, so the purity of the materials was not enough. Especially the black stone, which is usually found in the black stone mine on a mountain top.
The pure black crystal that can be extracted only weighs a thousand kilograms, and Li Linfu weighs three hundred kilograms.
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One can imagine how difficult it is.
The people who purchased these obviously knew that they wanted pure materials. Since the purity could not be guaranteed, they used quantity to make up for it.
As a result, the deep-sea cold iron stones and black essence stones that could originally be placed in one room took up the entire backyard.
This is obviously not something that a small sword-making furnace can accommodate, so Pei Min and the others need to first melt the material that is not pure enough with internal force, extract the impurities in it, and then turn it into a sword that is only as big as a palm but has
Sword-making materials weighing dozens of kilograms.
Two poor laborers, Zhong Nanxun and Quan Wanqiu, were kicked out of their beds by Pei Min before dawn and sent to the backyard to refine materials. It didn't end until noon.
As for Li Xin'an's poor senior brother, when Quan Wanqiu went out to retrieve the sword-making furnace, he was chased away by Pei Min.
"Very good, very good." Pei Min nodded happily, and under the resentful eyes of the three people, he said, "Everyone, take a rest. After noon, we will make a sword for my disciple's peace of mind."
So the three people looked at Li Xin'an who had just come out of the room.
The latter looked at the three grown men who looked like resentful wives and smiled helplessly.
After noon, Pei Min ended his meditation.
Zhong Nanxun and Quan Wanchou were ready, sitting cross-legged in front of the Suzaku statue extending from the sword-making furnace.
There are already piles of deep sea cold iron stone, black stone, fire glass, brass and steel around him.
The most critical meteorite is in Pei Min's hands.
Li Xin'an looked at the strange-shaped stone, which was about the size of a watermelon. It was inconspicuous among so many precious materials.
But this thing comes from outside the world. The famous general Zhao Yun of the Three Kingdoms' green sword, which is as sharp as clay, was made of this thing.
Li Xin'an couldn't help but get excited when he thought that his sword would be as sharp as the Qingzhi sword in the future. He would definitely have a place on the list of divine weapons in Tianji Tower in the future.
"Junior brother, I really owe it to you this time." Chang Yu came closer to Li Xin'an and said gratefully.
Li Xin'an couldn't help but feel a little funny, and joked: "Senior brother, I remember how bitter and resentful you were when you saw me, and you said that I was shamelessly searching for secrets in the world. Why are you so nice to me now?"
Sanyu blushed and said with a smile: "Senior brother is wrong, senior brother is wrong! My junior brother is the most good person in the world, not to mention you have left Li Linfu now? Searching for secret books is not a big deal, that is their blessing
share!"
Wu Xiang felt a burst of contempt in his heart when he heard the same words he had said before.
Also looking at them with disdain were the three people in front of the sword-making furnace.
Pei Min coughed and said, "You two, get ready to start."
Sanyu pushed Li Xin'an and whispered: "Sword making cannot be disturbed by outsiders. It must be quiet here. Junior brother, let's go out."
Li Xin'an said "Oh", opened the door, and turned around reluctantly.
"Master, come on!"
The three of them left and the house returned to calm.
Pei Min made a move with both hands, and two pieces of fire glass automatically fell into his hands.
Heavenly beings do not use open fire to forge swords. They rely entirely on their boundless inner strength and the fire glaze containing yin fire.
He threw the two pieces of fire glaze into the sword-making furnace and pressed his right hand in front of the white tiger statue.
The two Zhong Quan followed the same method, but they made a Taoist secret and put their index and middle fingers on Suzaku's mouth.
The bronze sword-forging furnace faintly glowed with dark red light.