Early the next morning, the two of them were ready to leave after breakfast. Turner said that if all the materials could be prepared that day, they would not come back. Gongsun Yan immediately asked the waiter to bring a lot of barbecued meat, dried fish, fresh fruits and snacks to cook.
Planning on camping out for a long time.
After settling the bill, the two people immediately left the inn and rushed to the nearest market to prepare various materials for refining swords.
Arriving at the market where Gongsun Yan had been last time, Gongsun Yan followed Turner, carefully paying attention to Turner's process of preparing materials and remembering them one by one.
Among the materials for refining swords, the most difficult to identify is meteorite. There are many such materials in the market, but they are mixed. If Gongsun Yan had to choose by himself, he really wouldn't know which one was of better quality, so he
I began to humbly ask Turner for identification methods.
Turner was not self-conscious, and because he was young and energetic, he took the initiative to introduce those stall owners who were unconvinced to Gongsun Yan, telling Gongsun Yan:
"Brother Hanni, when you get a meteorite, you first need to see if it has air marks. This air mark is like a pit mark when pressed by your thumb. If there are pits, it may not be a real meteorite, but if it doesn't, it will mostly be fake.
Yes." After a pause, he continued to introduce:
"The other thing is to see if there is a molten crust on the surface. Generally, meteorites that have just fallen from the sky will have a black or dark blue molten crust on the surface; while meteorites that fell a long time ago will form in dry deserts."
Patina-colored fusion crust.”
"Ah? This thing fell from the sky? But I see there is nothing in the sky?" Gongsun Yan asked doubtfully.
"Oh, that was now. I heard from Master before that there were countless planets in the sky, each of which was many times larger than our yin sphere. Unfortunately, they were all broken and disappeared one after another. This kind of meteorite is what they left in space.
thing."
Hearing this, Gongsun Yan was very shocked. This was the first time he heard the legend about the planet. At this time, Turner continued:
"In addition, check whether it has melt flow lines, that is, whether there are ripples on its surface. Its edges should also be rounded, and there should be no acute angles or sharp edges."
After that, Turner also took out a small magnet with a thin wire tied to it. Obviously he had been prepared. Then he slowly brought the small magnet close to the meteorite to check whether it was magnetic.
Finally, he took out a piece of white porcelain with no glaze on the surface and scratched it with meteorite. He told Gongsun Yan that meteorite would not leave colored streaks on it, but other mined ores would.
Colored stripes, the price is very different between the two, and the quality is very different.
They went to three markets in a row, and Turner finally took Gongsun Yan to buy satisfactory meteorites, and then took him to buy various auxiliary materials.
Such as ordinary iron ore, quartz stone, rhodolite, chrysoprase, demantoid garnet, fluorite, refined carbon, limestone, dolomite, saltpeter, animal fats, and even animal urine, etc.
Gongsun Yan noticed that when buying ordinary iron ore, Turner still used the unglazed white porcelain piece to test. The red iron stone would leave reddish-brown streaks, the magnetite would leave gray-black streaks, and there were also
Weak magnetism.
In addition, there are other identification methods, such as looking at the appearance color, weighing the weight, using quartz stone to measure the hardness, etc. Gongsun Yan kept them all in mind.
After purchasing all the materials, Turner and Gongsun Yan left the Holy Capital and walked towards the mountains in the distance. They found a huge molten cave hundreds of miles away from the Holy Capital. The space inside was more than ten feet high.
Turner decided to refine the sword here.
Turner then took out a small blast furnace from the ring, as well as bellows, anvil, hammer, tongs, forge, quenching tank, cooling tank, etc.
He directed Gongsun Yan to build the furnace bottom at the selected location, place a small blast furnace, a forge, and install bellows, quenching tanks, cooling tanks, anvils, etc., as well as dig pits and other matters. Then he took out a large amount of refined carbon and placed it
By the fireside.
Turner told Gongsun Yan that this kind of refined carbon was made by carbonization of high-quality pebbles, which could provide high temperatures and "extract" metals from ores.
After everything was ready, Turner started to start the furnace and refine the equipment.
This training lasted for a month. During this period, Gongsun Yan had been giving him tricks. At first, Turner was not satisfied with him, but after all, Gongsun Yan had a high level of understanding. As his proficiency increased, he became better and better.
The better.
Later, even Turner admired him and often praised him.
Gongsun Yan was not complacent about this. After all, he had experience in alchemy. Although the methods and tools of weapon refining and alchemy were completely different, the basic principles were the same, both involving the change and transformation of matter.
In addition, Gongsun Yan has strong hands-on ability and can get started quickly.
Turner couldn't help but secretly rejoice that with the help of a cheap worker like Gongsun Yan, the weapon refining process went smoothly. Not only did he save the cost of hiring temporary workers, but Gongsun Yan also provided "catering" for himself.
In the later stage of the weapon refining, Gongsun Yan also took out the "Yijiaxiang". The two of them often drank barbecue, dried fish and fresh fruits. Turner was full of praise for the wine, claiming that Gongsun Yan was the only one who had this kind of wine that was genuine.
nice one.
In the process of weapon refining, Gongsun Yan felt that the hardest part was to be a "blacksmith". Twenty yuan of "soft iron" had to be heated and beaten countless times before he could forge a knife or sword. This is the so-called "thousands of times of hard work".
All of this must be accomplished by Gongsun Yan himself.
Later, as a cultivator, he also felt a little tired.
However, Gongsun Yan was not worried or discouraged. After the experience of refining weapons with Turner, he had a clear understanding of the entire process of refining weapons. Although he may not be able to refine weapons in the future, the so-called skill is not enough.
It's never a bad thing to work hard and master one more skill.
Although Gongsun Yan has mastered the entire process of refining knives and swords, he still does not understand the details of the processes such as material ratio, refining "temperature", carburization, quenching, annealing, and tempering thoroughly enough.
After all, he had just come into contact with weapon refining, so how could he compare with someone like Turner, who had grown up next to a weapon refining master since childhood.
Through this period of contact with Turner, the relationship between the two gradually deepened, and Gongsun Yan also learned some things about Turner.
Turner's master is called Orger, and he is a famous holy-level weapon refiner in Snow Island Continent. He is not here at the moment.
Turner is his youngest disciple. He has been learning weapon refining from Orger since he was a child. He has been influenced by everything he hears. In addition, he is smart, intelligent, and has made rapid progress. He became a king-level senior weapon refiner before he was twenty years old. Turner
When a young man achieves his ambition, it is inevitable that he will feel a little elated.
Therefore, for the sake of Turner's future growth, and also to train his beloved disciple, Orger specially sent Turner to the Demonic Zone of Xuanzhou Continent for three years of training, and stipulated that Turner was not allowed to mention his name to the outside world.