As soon as the first ray of morning light shone on the earth and the sky turned slightly white, Yi Yun opened his eyes, eagerly got out of bed, put on his clothes, and walked out of his room at the speed of three steps and one run.
Today is a special day for him.
He had been waiting for a full seven days since his grandfather agreed to teach him the family's martial arts. Yi Yun had been looking forward to it day and night until today finally arrived.
After breakfast, he followed his grandfather and uncle to an iron-smelting stove in the innermost part of Aida Town.
This stove is different from other iron stoves in Aida Town. Yi Yun has been here for a month. He knows that there are eleven stoves in the center of Aida Town, which are arranged according to different iron refining processes.
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But this was the twelfth stove. It was not in the same place as the other stoves. Instead, it was located alone inside the town near the mountain wall. Yi Yun didn't understand why such an arrangement was made.
"You must be wondering why there is a separate fire stove here?" After entering the interior, Pusius asked Yi Yun.
Yi Yun nodded curiously.
Looking at the furnishings here, they are no different from ordinary iron smelting workshops. There is a stove, a bellows and a pool used to cool down the materials. However, this place is connected to the mountain rock and does not seem to be made of bricks.
It's more like it was carved out of the mountain wall.
"This ironworks already existed when I was born. According to legend, it was built by the first generation ancestor of our Start family and has a history of thousands of years." Pusius explained.
Yi Yun was shocked! He looked around in surprise. Was this place built by the first generation of ancestors?
Baddeley patted Yi Yun, drew Yi Yun's attention back, and asked: "You have been hammering hard iron for a month, and you should have a preliminary understanding of weapon making and iron making. Tell your uncle, weapon making
What are the five major processes?”
Yi Yun thought for a moment and said immediately: "It's about selecting the blank, casting, normalizing and annealing, edge processing and tempering."
Baddeley looked at Yi Yun with joy: "It's true that we put our best efforts into it, and it's not bad at all! But do you know that if we want to create a weapon with better quality than ordinary weapons, the first three of the five processes must
, it can be completed by any iron in other stoves. But the last two processes must be done here?"
Yi Yun shook his head in confusion, he had never heard of this before.
"There are two reasons: First, the temperature of this furnace is several percent higher than that of ordinary furnaces, which allows the smelted materials to reach the highest temperature in the shortest time. After rapid cooling, the overall toughness of the smelted materials can be improved.
Secondly, the weapon refining and processing part relies on the weapon refining techniques passed down by our family."
"Item Refining Technique?"
Pusius continued: "That's right! After practicing the weapon refining techniques inherited from our family, when refining iron and quenching weapons, we can make the weapons sharper and make the quality of the swords higher than the original mineral materials.
It is precisely because of this that the weapons handled by us, the Stat family, are better than those of ordinary blacksmiths, and we rely on this weapon refining technique."
As Pusius said this, he took out a crescent knife from behind and handed it to Yi Yun: "You can touch it with your hands and see."
Yi Yun carefully touched the blade of the blade with his hand. What came from the palm of his hand was not the coldness that an iron weapon should have, but instead a strange burning sensation, which frightened Yi Yun into quickly shrinking his hand.
Pusius and the two saw Yi Yun staring at the Crescent Knife with a surprised expression, and laughed at the same time. Pusius laughed and said, "This knife is one of my most proud creations in my life, grandpa. It was made with steel."
It is made with a secret weapon! This knife can automatically absorb the heat energy in the air and gather it without scattering. If the blade of the knife is immersed in a bucket of water, it can turn cold water into boiling hot water in just half an hour. It is still unparalleled on the mainland.
A weapon that is said to be a masterpiece."
"If a warrior can have such a weapon, it will not only increase his own lethality, but also improve his resistance to ice magic. This is priceless in the market."
"As long as I learn this weapon refining technique, can I make a weapon like this?" Yi Yun asked in surprise.
Baddeley shook his head and smiled: "It's not that easy! It took your grandfather decades to successfully play three guns. One of them has been sold at a high price, and the other one was given to Lan as your mother's dowry.
From the Weir family, this is the only one we have left in our family now."
"Uncle, I have been blacksmithing for more than twenty years and still haven't been able to make one. Considering the size of the entire Qiongwu Continent, such a weapon is considered a rare and excellent product. Yi Yun, if you can practice this skill well,
There is still a high possibility of success in the future." Baddeley encouraged Yi Yun.
Pusius smiled and nodded. It could be seen that he was still very satisfied with his proud work. He continued: "Badley, don't be discouraged. I have been refining weapons for more than 30 years and have not been able to make them."
One thing, but within the next ten years, these three were successfully produced in succession. It seems that this is related to the level of Qi Refining Technique training. Both you and Yi Yun still have enough time. As long as you don't give up,
There will definitely be success in the future.”
"Grandpa's sword is so powerful, but what about the tiger sword made by our ancestors?" Yi Yun suddenly thought of it and asked curiously.
When Pusius and I heard this, they were stunned for a while. After a while, Pusius said sincerely: "My ancestors and I are incomparable. Although I have never seen that tiger soul sword, I heard from my father that
However, that sword can generate flames on its own, and once it touches the body, it can instantly burn people to ashes. Now it is the magic sword passed down from generation to generation in the Qiwu family."
After hearing this, Yi Yun couldn't help but think in fascination: "They are also learning weapon refining techniques. If our ancestors can create magic weapons, then I should be able to do it too."
"Yi Yun!" Pusius interrupted Yi Yun's thoughts and said to him seriously: "Before I teach you the technique, grandpa must explain it clearly to you first: the technique passed down in our family is mainly for practicing
It can play its greatest role on iron smelting tools, although
It is said that this can also allow practitioners to reach the level of a two-star warrior or above, but it cannot be said to be a fighting spirit technique, let alone your father's family's unique fighting spirit. It can make you reach a two-star or three-star warrior.
It’s the limit.”
"Your uncle has been practicing since he was a child. He is already in his thirties and is now at the level of a two-star warrior. Grandpa, who is almost sixty years old this year, is already at the limit of a three-star warrior! Let me tell you now, it is
I hope you can practice step by step and don't have too ambitious ideas."
Pusius was already experienced. How could he not know what Yi Yun was thinking. If he still compared himself with the members of the Lanville family, he would only face greater disappointment in the future. Therefore, he first
Speak up and dispel any unrealistic illusions Yi Yun may have in his mind.
"Grandpa, I understand! Yi Yun will definitely not let you and uncle down!"
Yi Yun could hear the vague pity for him in Pusius's words, and he understood what his grandfather had not said.
"It's good that you understand!" Pusius patted Yi Yun and said with a smile, "Then let's start the traditional power transfer ceremony now!"
Pusius didn't wait for Yi Yun to answer, and then said: "Badley, go ahead and blow the bellows and light the stove! Yi Yun, come over here and sit down, and let grandpa help you bleed!"
"Bloodletting?" Yi Yun was confused. Is this related to learning exercises?
"This is a rule set by our ancestors! Before descendants can teach the weapon refining techniques, they must pour a full bowl of blood into the heated weapon refining stove before they can teach the techniques."
At this time, Baddeley came close to his face and chuckled softly: "Little Hank cried like a mess during the bloodletting ceremony. It took your aunt and I a lot of effort to calm him down. Today, you and I
Auntie has a bet. Uncle, I bet that you won’t cry during the bloodletting. Don’t let me lose the bet, hehe~~~"
"Bloodletting? Tradition? Is this the rule of that family?" Yi Yun exclaimed.