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Chapter 256 Xuanming Ancient Sword
After opening the white cloth that wrapped the ancient sword, a dark green long sword was exposed. The moment he saw this ancient sword, Chen Ziyang was stunned. This sword is so exquisite !
Even Chen Ziyang felt that the way he lifted the white cloth just now was too rough. For this sword, his rough action just now is simply a kind of blasphemy against this sword.If I had known this sword was so exquisite, I should have bathed and changed my clothes just now, and then touched the sword with my hands after burning incense three times and prostrating nine times.

Although Chen Ziyang doesn't know much about these antiques, he has heard that there is one of the easiest ways to distinguish the authenticity of antiques, that is, whether the object looks beautiful or not, and will it make you want to possess it? the feeling of it.

This is an ancient bronze sword, but it is different from the ancient bronze sword that Chen Ziyang knows, the blade of this ancient bronze sword is more than 80 centimeters long.Although a sword with a length of more than 80 centimeters is considered a short sword now, it is actually a long sword inside a bronze sword.

The Warring States period was a period when a large number of bronze swords were cast. Because of the limitation of the smelting process in that era, the bronze contained more impurities, so the blades of bronze swords were mostly not very long. Generally, fifty or sixty centimeters is relatively long. Yes, if the sword is longer, it will be very easy to break.

It is said that when the terracotta warriors and horses of Qin Shihuang were excavated, several ancient bronze swords were dug up. Most of the bronze swords in the terracotta warriors of Qin Shihuang were relatively long, and some could even reach more than 90 centimeters.According to expert analysis, it is very likely that the reason why the Qin Dynasty was able to unify the six countries was the weapons cast by this unique smelting process.

This dark green bronze ancient sword has a dense structure, the blade is bright and smooth, and the grinding pattern on the blade is very delicate. There are many yellow textures interwoven into a grid on the body of the sword. The whole sword is as bright as new, and there is not even a trace Flaws, if Pan Huayu hadn't said that this sword was an ancient sword, it is very likely that Chen Ziyang would think that this sword was cast just yesterday.

Chen Ziyang didn't play with the ancient bronze sword right away, but carefully placed the sword and the white cloth on the table. He sat on the stool beside the table and looked at the sword quietly, as if admiring the sword. The most wonderful items in the whole world.

The blade of this ancient bronze sword is very thin. When Chen Ziyang gently placed the sword on the table just now, he seemed to see that the tip of the sword that first touched the table was bent under the action of the weight of the blade. After a moment, the whole sword returned to its straightness. It seemed that the sword was very resilient, not as brittle as he imagined that the bronze sword was very easy to break.

There are three edges on each side of the sword body, and these three edges run through the entire body of the sword. Different color from the blade.The color of the entire sword changes from dark green on the blade to gray on the blade, presenting a natural color transition without any abrupt feeling.

The shape of the hilt is also very unique. The part where the front end of the hilt connects with the sword body is in the shape of a beast head. The monster’s big mouth holds the sword body inside, which looks like the body of the sword. The sword body is like spit out from the mouth of this monster.

The back of the animal head is a pagoda-shaped sword hilt. The pagoda has five sections in total. The last section of the pagoda suddenly widens and becomes the bottom of the sword hilt, while the remaining four sections of the pagoda have sharp edges and corners.Chen Ziyang compared it with his fingers. The edges and corners of the pagoda could be grasped by four fingers. The body of the pagoda fit perfectly with the gaps between fingers. It seemed that the design of the sword body was also very humane.

The whole sword is very exquisitely made, and every detail on the body and hilt is perfect. Chen Ziyang saw that whether it is the yellow intertwined grid-shaped texture on the body or the texture on the hilt The casting of the animal head and the pagoda have all reached a perfect symmetry, and the size and shape of each grid on the sword body are all exactly the same.

There are small depressions with large windows on each pagoda. These depressions not only decorate the handle of the sword, but also increase the friction between the fingers and the handle of the key, so that the sword can be grasped more firmly in the hand. .There is a round ball on the tip of the last section of the pagoda, which looks like the spire of the pagoda.

While looking at the sword, Chen Ziyang felt his heart beat faster. He couldn't believe that such an exquisite treasure belonged to him. He even had a feeling that he was not worthy of this sword at all.

In front of the table, Chen Ziyang sat for two hours. During these two hours, his body remained motionless, except for his two eyes, which moved from side to side. Every detail has been carefully read over and over again.

It wasn't until Chen Ziyang felt that his eyes were sore and astringent that he stopped his actions.Then Chen Ziyang went to the bathroom, washed his face, and washed his hands carefully, and then returned to the side of the table, gently holding the ancient bronze sword in his hand.

The moment Chen Ziyang grasped the hilt, he felt a kind of domineering aura of a king and righteousness that surpassed the world from the blade of the sword. It seems that this sword is not only beautifully cast, but also It should also be very historical.

Thinking about it, even though Chen Ziyang didn't know the exact age of the sword, he estimated that the sword should have been cast during the Qin Dynasty.The person who could use such a sword in that era must be an extremely human minister, either a general who has made many military exploits or a feudal prince.

It took a long time for Chen Ziyang to recover from the shock, and then he thought of a question, where did this sword come from?If this sword was really cast during the Qin Dynasty as I thought, how did this sword survive until now?
Chen Ziyang has also seen a lot of photos of bronze swords, and he has even seen real objects excavated from tombs when he was in the museum, but those bronze swords are rarely well preserved, even if they are, More or less there will be some blemishes appearing on the top of the body, those are traces corroded by the years in the tomb, but such traces are not seen on this sword at all, this sword is flawless, a little damaged nothing.

Holding the sword, Chen Ziyang carefully stroked the blade with his fingers.When his fingers brushed over the grid-like textures and corners of the sword, Chen Ziyang unexpectedly heard a faint buzzing sound.He knew it was because his fingers were rubbing against the body, which caused the sound of resonance of the body.This is enough to prove that the blade of this sword does not contain any impurities.

Just as Chen Ziyang was playing with the sword and couldn't put it down, his fingers stroked the blade.Chen Ziyang suddenly felt a tingling pain coming from his finger. It turned out that when he gently stroked the blade, his finger was cut by the blade. The sharpness of this sword is evident.And at this moment, something that surprised Chen Ziyang even more happened.

When his finger was cut, a drop of blood remained on the blade of the sword, but the drop of blood slid down the blade little by little until it reached the tip of the sword before dripping from the blade. Arrived on the white cloth spread on the table.

And when this drop of blood slid across the blade, there was not even a trace of blood left on the blade.If it wasn't for a very conspicuous red dot on the white cloth to remind Chen Ziyang, he might feel that what he saw just now was an illusion, and his fingers were not cut by the sword at all.

The scene just now reminded Chen Ziyang of the scene in the novel "Water Margin" where the green-faced beast Yang Zhi sells knives. When the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi was selling knives, he said that his precious knives were very sharp. Reflected.The first point is to cut mud like iron, the knife edge does not curl, the second point is to blow hair off, and the third point is to kill without blood.The scene I saw just now should be killing without blood.

The so-called blood-free killing means that the material of the sword body is very tight. The surface of the sword body is very smooth after thousands of tempering, so the blood will slide down against the sword body, and there is no trace of contamination on the sword body. .

The green-faced beast Yang Zhi said that blowing hair will break. He said that he took a piece of hair and put it on the blade, and then gently blew on the hair. With the power of blowing, the hair will be cut by the blade. for two paragraphs.

At this time, Chen Ziyang thought of another word called hair must be broken. Although there is only one word difference between this word and hair must be broken, it can better describe the sharpness of the sword.

Blowing hair must be broken also needs to blow a breath towards the hair, while hair must be broken refers to hanging a piece of hair above the blade, and then gently loosen the fingers holding the hair, the hair will be under the action of gravity Gently falling down and down, when the hair crosses the blade, it will be cut in two by the blade, so the sharpness of the blade of this sword is much sharper than that of blowing hair.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang's childlike innocence exploded, and he suddenly wanted to try it himself.With an attitude of giving it a try, Chen Ziyang pulled out a hair from his head. He held the sword in one hand, and hung the hair above the blade with the other, and then he gently let go of his fingers.

The hair slowly fell down under the action of gravity. Chen Ziyang didn't dare to breathe out, for fear that his breath would blow away the hair, but when he saw the hair slashing across the blade , when it turned into two parts, Chen Ziyang's eyes were as big as a bull's eyes.

This is not an ancient sword, it is simply a national treasure!It is even much more precious than the national treasure ancient bronze sword that I know.Chen Ziyang calmed down his excitement, and then carefully placed the sword on the table.

Chen Ziyang recalled that he once read a piece of news, saying that after testing the ancient bronze sword excavated from the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, a chromium salt compound was found on the surface of the sword body. This discovery shocked the world, because This substance was extracted by oxidation in modern times.

Now the casting process of this chromium salt compound is used in military daggers, and every military dagger containing this substance is extremely sharp, but this substance had already appeared in the Qin Dynasty thousands of years ago.Chen Ziyang felt that it was very possible that the reason why the sword was so sharp was also related to the substance contained in the sword.

The more he got in touch with, the more Chen Ziyang felt that the sword was extraordinary. Then he carefully observed the sword again. When he looked at the hilt again, Chen Ziyang suddenly found that the hilt of the sword was similar to his own. It was different when I saw it just now.

Now on the last floor of the sword hilt pagoda, there are two more words on the originally smooth place.Then Chen Ziyang understood that this was when he put the sword back just now, and turned the sword body 180 degrees. The side he was looking at was the side he had never seen before. These two words It shouldn't have appeared out of nowhere, but it had been engraved there before. Could it be that these two words are the name of this sword?

Looking at the two characters on the hilt of the sword, Chen Ziyang scratched his head. He didn't recognize these two characters at all, and he didn't know what type of font they were. , I don’t know if it was originally written like this in the era when the sword was cast, or it was beautified by the swordsmith.

But these two characters seem to be very similar to the Chinese character Xuanming. Although Chen Ziyang knew that these two characters must not be Xuanming, he decided to use this sword from this moment. It is called Xuanming Ancient Sword.

It wasn't until a series of grunts sounded in his stomach that Chen Ziyang realized that the sky outside was getting a little dark. He actually looked at the sword all afternoon, and he didn't even notice it, and he didn't notice that the time had passed. so fast.

Now Chen Ziyang finally understood the meaning of what Pan Huayu wrote in the letter. If he were to stand in Pan Huayu's perspective, he would be very reluctant to give this sword to others.Not to mention letting myself give it away, if someone came to grab this sword, I might fight them desperately.

Originally, Chen Ziyang didn't want to keep this treasured sword. After all, he deserved it. At the same time, he felt that the sword was buried in his hands, but he really needed such a treasure to sacrifice to become himself. Second, he didn't know Xiao Na's address, and he couldn't mail the sword back to Xiao Na, after all, the handwriting on the courier slip was very blurry.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang laughed himself. He knew that this was his excuse. If he really wanted to return the sword, he only needed to go to the courier company to find out. He just used this excuse to keep the sword. Take down this sword.

Anyway, it's free, don't don't want it for nothing.Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang stretched out his hand abruptly, grabbed the sword in his hand, and then circulated the mana of his Maoshan Earth Master, pouring it into the sword.

With the infusion of his mana, Chen Ziyang felt that the blade of the sword trembled slightly, and he was very sure that his hand holding the sword was steady, and there was no tremor at all. , then in other words, it was the blade of the sword itself that was trembling.

With the shaking of the sword body, a slight buzzing sound came from the sword body, as if it echoed Chen Ziyang's infusion of mana.At the same time, Chen Ziyang also felt a powerful yang energy emanating from the body of the sword, and Chen Ziyang, who was holding the sword now, had greatly increased his confidence.

Whether it is the corpse demon in Shallow Water Fish Transforming Dragon, or the group of blood corpses in the Eastern Dynasty, or the black general in NMG's Yin Yin Land, now Chen Ziyang dares to fight against them alone with this sword.One person and one sword echoed each other like this, which lasted for a long time.

"Okay! Tomorrow I will start to refine the natal magic weapon Xuanming ancient sword." Chen Ziyang, who was holding the ancient sword, said proudly.

　What I wrote in this chapter looks like a fantasy novel. If I modify it a little bit, this is the birth of the magic weapon in the fantasy novel.

　　
　
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