human ice maker

Chapter 393 Fate and Darkness The Old Monster on Sirius Peak

The sword model is actually a mold for making a sword shape. Carve a mold in advance according to the appearance of the sword body in mind, pour the molten iron into it directly, and take it out after it cools down to get a newly formed sword body.

Jian Fan's step is simple and simple, but difficult and very difficult.The most difficult thing about it is the symmetry between left and right, and laying the foundation for the later pattern engraving and processing.Generally, disciples of Jianzong have to go through a series of processes if they want to forge a sword with their own hands. First, the bellows should be pulled for more than three years. Precise control is good.Although many sword-making workshops outside use high-power blowers to replace bellows, these fans are not as precise as manual control, especially those true sword-making masters, who will never use machinery to replace manual work.After three years of pulling the bellows, it is three years of learning to carve. This step is mainly to lay the foundation for making sword models in the future.Then it takes more than eight years to forge iron, and only when all the requirements are met can you start to forge swords by yourself. If you don't have so many years of experience accumulated, what you cast will only be a pile of scrap iron.

Sword casting is a must-learn course for every disciple of the Sword Sect. The folk customs here are simple and honest. Apart from practicing martial arts, helping the family to work in the fields and taking control to learn how to forge iron and swords every day, every Sword Sect disciple has nothing extra to do. They will not feel bored with such a repetitive life day after day, but enjoy it.

11 Because it is impossible to spend more than ten years wasting effort here, Shi Dali did many important steps for him to forge the sword, such as adjusting and tempering.Shi Dali originally wanted to help 11 make the sword model, but for some reason, 11 insisted on carving the sword model by himself.

"What good sword model can a rookie who doesn't know anything carve out? Don't waste materials in the end."

Although Shi Dali was muttering in his heart, he didn't dare to show displeasure on his face. After all, he vaguely guessed from Lu Xuan's senior brothers and the little patriarch who lived in seclusion on Tianlang Peak that they paid attention to and cared for 11. It may not be easy to find out the identity of this young man.

Therefore, Shi Dali carefully explained to 11 the essentials of sword fan carving all morning.Forging a sword requires carefulness and patience, and Shi Dali is an extraordinary person in this aspect, and he tirelessly explains many details time and time again.The only thing that satisfied him was that he didn't show any impatience the whole morning on 11th, but listened very carefully.

"Okay, that's all for making sword models. Although it seems simple to say, it will be very difficult when you actually sculpt. Remember, the two models must be evenly aligned on the left and right, and cannot be biased. And the sword patterns on the sword body in the future must also be secretly engraved inside." Shi Dali looked up through the skylight on the roof to see the sky outside, and it was almost noon, he patted his belly and laughed: "Go back to eat first. If you have time in the afternoon, you can come over and start carving swords. However, it will be quite noisy here to strike iron. If you think it's noisy, you can take the stone back and carve quietly at home."

11 Holding a flat soapstone in each hand, he observed the stone in his hand and asked without raising his head, "Where do you eat for lunch?"

"Huh?" Shi Dali was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm right here, my apprentice will bring me the food."

"Let him send two copies. I want to start engraving now."

Shi Dali frowned lightly and said: "Don't be in such a hurry, it's not a matter of a day or two to fight a sword, especially if you are a swordsman, you need to be careful..."

Shi Dali found that he didn't listen to these few words at all, he had already walked to the table and sat down, took the carving knife and began to carve the mold.There were also carving knives of various styles, large and small, and many stone wastes on the table, all of which Shi Dali brought out to explain carving to 11.The usual sword carving fan is not in this sword casting room, which requires a quiet environment.But 11 was lucky. He didn't care what the surrounding environment was like, so he started to do it directly.It seems that for this second generation ancestor, the sword casting furnace will be closed for a day today.

Shi Dali shook his head, sighed secretly, went out, beckoned to an apprentice and said: "Xiao Liao, you run to tell your teacher's wife to ask her to prepare more lunch today, and you can bring it over later. Oh yes, You go to your uncle's house again, and tell that girl Yaoyao that the kid who lives in their house won't go back to eat at noon today. Ah, go and come back quickly."

The apprentice named Xiao Liao glanced into the sword casting furnace, and said in a low voice, "Master, Uncle Ninth came here just now."

"Old Jiu? What is he doing here?"

Xiao Liao went to the sword casting room and said, "Master Ninth Uncle came to look for that person, but he was called away by Uncle Uncle before he came in."

"Understood." Shi Dali waved his hand and said, "Hurry up, I'm hungry."

Turning around and returning to the room, Shi Dali saw that 11 was still sitting quietly by the table, holding a small carving knife in his hand, carefully scratching lightly on the stone model, blowing off the powder dust from time to time.

Shi Dali looked at it and sighed secretly, this young man is too impatient, the big taboo of sword casting is to be greedy for quick success and too impatient.Everything should be done step by step, especially this carving sword model is the basis of the whole procedure.Jianfan is like the foundation of a building. If you rush to build a building without even laying a solid foundation, the final result must be that the quality is not up to standard. If there is no collapse of the building, it is God's blessing.The same is true for this engraved sword model. Whether a sword is good or bad depends not only on the raw materials selected and the precision of tempering, but also on its initial mold.Generally, if you want to carve a sword pattern, design and draw a pattern, calculate the scale accurately, and then carve according to the pattern, all these steps are indispensable.But 11 is good, I don't do any preparations and just do it directly.

"Forget it, the young man is young and energetic, and can't bear his temper. When he is done, I will help him carve a new one according to the sword model." Shi Dali murmured in his heart, and walked to the back of 11 to look at him. Sculpture.

At this moment half of the stone mold has begun to take shape, 11 engraved on it is a very short sword body, it is not like a sword, the sword body is slightly curved, but it does not look like a knife.On the contrary, it looks like a crescent moon, or the fangs of a poisonous snake.

"Swords are not like swords, knives are not like knives, I don't know the so-called." Shi Dali frowned, but it's a pity that this 11 is not a disciple of any of their senior brothers, and his identity is even more intriguing, otherwise he would have already scolded Dali at this moment according to his temperament. insulted.

Shi Dali only took a few glances, then shook his head and went out, leaving only 11 who continued to carve the sword model in his hand as if he didn't know anything.

Half an hour later, Xiao Liao came back with a basket.Walking into the courtyard of the back room, I saw Shi Dali sitting in the courtyard, holding Zhang Jianmo's blueprint in his hand, studying something.

Xiao Liao called out, "Master, lunch is here."

"Understood." Shi Dali put away the drawings, raised his head and said, "Set the bowls and chopsticks first, and I'll call... call him to eat."

Shi Dali shook his head and stood up, depressed to find that he didn't even know 11's name.

When Shi Dali returned to the sword casting room, 11 was still carving stone molds.He whispered, "It's time to eat."

"Oh." Eleven said without raising his head, "It's still a bit close."

"Well, we'll wait for you to eat together in the next room, hurry up." Seeing that 11 didn't respond, Shi Dali went out again.But he murmured again in his heart: "It's still close? It's only less than an hour, right? It's normal for me to spend three to five or seven days as a swordsman. What can he carve in such a short time?"

Walking into the next room, Xiao Liao had already set up the dishes and was waiting for Shi Dali to be seated.

Seeing Shi Dali coming back alone, Xiao Liao said in a daze, "Master, won't he eat?"

Shi Dali shook his head to the outside, and said angrily: "It's still going on, wait for him for a while. Alas, young people just can't hold their breath. Don't laugh, you are the same. Among the young people, there is only your senior brother." You can be regarded as young and stable, if you have half the temperament of your senior brother, I will be more relieved."

Xiao Liao Bianbian didn't dare to refute, so he could only respond: "Understood, master."

Shi Dali sighed, patted the stool and said, "Sit down, and we will have dinner when he comes."

But the two masters and apprentices sat at the dining table like idiots, and waited hard for nearly 10 minutes. Seeing that 11 hadn't come out, Shi Dali finally couldn't wait any longer, and said, "Xiao Liao, go and urge him." .”

Xiao Liao was already hungry with his chest stuck to his back, but because the master didn't dare to complain in front, there was no reason why he didn't rush to remind him after hearing the words.

But just as Xiao Liao ran out, he came back immediately, Shi Dali said unhappily, "What are you doing here?"

Xiao Liao pointed to the outside and said, "Master, he is here."

While talking, 11 had already stepped into the room, put two stone slabs on the table and said, "I've carved it."

Shi Dali didn't take it seriously either, he just casually picked it up and looked at it.Each of the two molds has half of the sword body, the sword body is connected to the keel, and the length of the sword and the handle is only more than ten centimeters.The whole sword is slightly curved, like the fangs in the mouth of a poisonous snake, and it can be seen at a glance that it is tailor-made for cutting and chopping.There is no pattern or decoration on the sword body, which looks ordinary.

These are not surprising, what surprised Shi Dali most was that the two molds were engraved extremely finely.He compared the molds on both sides together, and found that the left and right sides were very well balanced, and almost no faults could be found.This carving skill is almost catching up with him, a great master.

Shi Dali raised his head, looked at 11 with somewhat surprised eyes, and asked, "You carved this just now?"

"Hmm." Eleven pulled out a stool and sat down without any unnaturalness.

"Have you ever learned to carve before?"

"No."

"No?" Shi Dali took the two molds and looked left and right, and then looked at 11 from time to time. After a long time, he guessed, could this person be the legendary carving genius?
In fact, Shi Dali didn't know that 11 itself was extremely precise in controlling the strength, and was also good at calculations.Even if a bullet is fired from a distance, he can calculate the distance and position of the opponent in the shortest time. Relatively speaking, the calculation of the scale and balance of the sword body is nothing.All of this is due to the genes that have been modified since he was a child, so that he has extraordinary talents and thinking. What the genes have brought to 11 is not only the strengthening of the body, but also the corresponding strengthening of the brain.

After watching it for a long time, Shi Dali realized that he was really old, not as good as a young man.A person who has never learned how to sculpt, what he casually spent half an hour to produce can catch up with his handiwork, which has been immersed in this field for decades.

It is true that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach.There are new people coming out from generation to generation, and the old people stand aside shamelessly.

Except for the accident that the design of the blade is not as good as Shi Dali, he is very satisfied with the overall carving workmanship. After looking at it for a long time, he praised: "It's really good. If you can spend more time on this aspect, your future achievements will be unmatched. .”

"Oh." 11 answered and asked, "Have the ingredients been prepared yet?"

"Uh...not yet, I didn't know you could carve so fast. I'll go after dinner...forget it, I'm not going to eat, I'll prepare the ingredients for you right away." After saying that, Shi Dali stood up and hurried run out.No wonder he was so impatient, a swordsmith only desires two things in his life, one is to forge a superb sword with excellent materials.The second is to have a highly qualified apprentice who can pass on his craft. 11 Although he is not his apprentice, Shi Dali really hopes to have more time at the moment, wishing to instill all his sword-making knowledge into him.

After Shi Dali ran out in a hurry, Xiao Liao came back to his senses in a daze, and looked at 11 with some surprise.At this moment, there were only the two of them left in the room, they didn't know each other, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Xiao Liao coughed dryly and said, "Well, my name is Liao Jiahe, what's your name?"

11 said lightly: "Chu Yuan."

"Oh, Chu Yuan. That...my master has gone crazy for some reason, we don't care about him. Eat, eat..."

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"Chu Yuan!!" As soon as he stepped into Lu Guan's room, this wretched old man rushed over like a boudoir.

Shi Dali didn't know where he went to pick up materials for making swords, and he went there for a whole noon. 11 I had nothing to do after lunch, so I decided to come to Lu Guan to continue my studies.Who would have thought that the old man would have such a warm welcome.

Lu Guan's appearance was unspeakably miserable, and he was only short of snot and tears to deceive countless girls' sympathy and tears.

Lu Guan tightly hugged 11's arm, crying bitterly, "Chu Yuan, you are finally here. I miss you so much."

11 withdrew his arm vigorously, and said softly, "I don't like men, especially old men."

"Hey? Cough..." Lu Guan coughed dryly, smiled embarrassingly and said, "Don't get me wrong, I waited for you all morning and didn't see you coming, so I thought you had an accident and looked for you everywhere. In the end, the boss I was asked to go and have a training... Hey, let’s not talk about this. By the way, have you been in the sword casting furnace this morning?"

"Hmm." Eleven asked, "Old Jiu, do you have a permanent toxin that can seep into the sword body?"

For more than half a month, 11 has always called Lu Guan directly Lao Jiu, and Lu Guan has never taken this title to heart.

Lu Guan was stunned: "What?"

"I want to rub a poison on the sword, which will keep the poison forever. Do you have such a thing?"

"How is it possible!" Lu Guan said with contempt on his face: "Iron will rust after a long time. There is no reason why medicine does not expire. There is no medicine in this world that can... Hey, wait, why are you asking this?" Well? Do you want to forge a poisonous sword?"

"Hmm." Eleven replied noncommittally.

Lu Guan shook his head and said: "I really can't help you with this. Or you can ask Lao Qi, maybe he has a way to seep some poisonous metal into it. But it's better not to ask, even if there is someone like him Your temperament will definitely not help you."

Lu Guan's unintentional words made 11 think of Dr. Madman. If that crazy old man was there, maybe there is a way to solve it with chemical equations.It's just a pity that this lunatic doesn't know if he is still alive.

"Hello." Lu Guan gently pushed 11, and said, "I have almost taught formations, why did you teach me your ability?"

"Is there?" 11 asked back: "During this period of time, you only gave me calculations to do, and other than that, you only taught the Five Palaces Formation."

Lu Guan jumped up as if his tail was being stepped on and shouted: "I'm doing this for your own good! The most important thing about formations is to calculate accurately, without any deviation. I'm helping you, and you think I'm hurting you? But then again , You are really not a human being, many of these ancient calculation problems of the Dragon Kingdom, even I can't solve them, but you can solve most of them."

11 glanced at him, and said, "What about the rest?"

Lu Guan smiled awkwardly and said, "Actually, I don't know much about it anymore. This five palace formation is still my best maze. I mainly focus on medical skills and herbal medicine."

(End of this chapter)