The old man didn't have the slightest shelf, looked left and right, sat on an iron pier, and said to me with a little approval: "That blue feather should be built by you, just an intermediate blacksmith, you can forge such equipment, with your strength, even if you are a senior blacksmith, you may not be able to have such skills, if you are really a hero from ancient times, young man, put your mentality better, you still have a long way to go." ”

The words of the old man make our hearts warm for a while, cold for a while, praise certainly makes me happy, but when I think of the moon scimitar that failed to mosake, my head can't help but droop down again, I know that the road ahead is long, but it is invisible and untouchable.

After a moment of silence, I raised my head and glanced at the old man in front of me, only to see that the old man was holding the gem fragment in his hand and playing with it repeatedly, squinting his eyes and looking at me with a smile, as if he wanted to say something, but just waiting for me to speak.

Oh, look at my brain, there is a top blacksmith here, isn't it a great opportunity for me to ask for advice, I'm actually afraid of being laughed at by his old man, it's really stupid to go home, the last time I said goodbye to the ice city, I was so annoyed that I didn't ask him for the way of forging, I met by chance today, how can we miss it again.

"Old man Gong, don't make me happy, we were stuck by the technical difficulty of inlaying gems today, no, the guys in my hands have exploded." I took out the full moon scimitar that was hidden behind my back and handed it to the old man, and said with a little shame.

"Why, don't hide it." The old man smiled at me and said, "Actually, I saw it a long time ago." I've been watching from the doorway since you were weaving the tendons, but you're so focused that you don't pay attention to your surroundings. That's very gratifying to me. Being able to forge weapons and get into a state of self-forgetfulness is the most important spirit to have as a blacksmith. ”

"Then why do I fail when I set the stones?" I hurriedly asked, "Is there anything strange about this?" ”

The old man raised his hand to take the mutilated full moon scimitar, looked at it, frowned and said, "You want to set a gem on it, right?" ”

I nodded, I didn't dare to say more, it seems that the old man must have something to say.

The old man stroked the blade of the knife a few times and looked at the mutilation. He threw the half-cut full moon scimitar to the ground, turned back to me and said, "Do you know that the technique of inlay is different from forging and smelting, although it is compatible with forcination, but on the basis of forging, there are two more requirements. ”

"What's the requirement for two?" I asked, and cursed in my heart: That idiot NPC apprentice doesn't know how to set gems. It was so simple to tell me, and I didn't pay attention to the main points, so it's no wonder that I failed.

The old man stood up, straightened his waist, and walked unhurriedly to the furnace. Looking at the red flames dancing in the furnace, he muttered: "In heaven and earth, everything has its own unique law, any change will follow a certain law, and the trend of all things must be carried out in accordance with this law, otherwise, go against the sky." It's bound to be a failure. It's the same with forging, if you try to put two things together that are completely unrelated, the result is bound to be counterproductive, you know. ”

Of course I understand this, and I quickly nodded like a chicken pecking rice, indicating that I understood.

The old man then raised the gem fragment in his hand and said: "The first thing to pay attention to in the inlay is the shape, which of course does not refer to the appearance of the ground weapon, but to the means of inlay. There are many ways to inlay gems for equipment, among which it is the best to directly inlay gems when forging equipment, and the success rate is also the highest, but because we often do not find the right gems when we first forge weapons, or encounter better inlaid items after calcining, then we need to inlay on the finished product, among which the most commonly used are groove setting, flat head setting, bezel setting, accumulation and other methods, like the one you just used, is the simplest groove setting. This method is okay for large armor and shields, but when used for weapons such as swords and daggers, it is a bit far-fetched, and if there are no holes that have been drilled in advance, or the material is very tough, it is easy to cause cracking failure, so it is not taken by us, and only the lowest craftsmen use this method. ”

Damn, fuck, no wonder that bullshit blacksmith Xinnen told me so simply, it turns out that he would have done that method, if he had known that like this, I wouldn't have made such an attempt to kill me, isn't this a waste of my gems and scimitars, his eyes were like knives, and he slashed back at the NPC blacksmith apprentice behind him a few times, and I cursed in my heart.

"According to you, old man, small arms like this. If you want to set gemstones, what kind of process should you use? "I'm now as well-behaved as a child, if I don't understand, I ask, as the so-called knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, if you don't humbly ask for advice, how can you learn forging skills.

"Well, let me think about it." The old man picked up a piece of ore casually and looked at it, then dropped it, frowned slightly, and said after thinking for a moment: "If you want to inlay a weapon such as a scimitar dagger, but the blade and handle of the knife are not reserved in advance, and the size is moderately grooved, then the best way is to use the bezel setting method, or use the setting to set the gem directly to the end of the handle." ”

I originally wanted to immediately ask what is a bezel inlay and what is called a saving inlay, but seeing the spirit of the old man, it seems that he has not finished speaking, let's not interrupt, and I will ask when the old man finishes speaking. I chirped my lips and held back my suspicion without asking.

"What I said earlier is only the shape of the inlay, and now I want to tell you that the second and most important point to pay attention to when setting gemstones, that is, its 'heart', in fact, is the life that the weapon is full of." The old man said earnestly.

In fact, he told me as early as when he was in Cold Ice City, if a weapon wants to be the best, it must have its soul, and only when the weapon has a soul, then it can be regarded as a living thing, in order to reflect its potential value, and the so-called soul is the sense of essence that the forger incorporates when making equipment. Brewing in the equipment.

"When you're holding any gem and any weapon. If you put your mind to it, you can feel what they feel. When a gemstone is set in a weapon, it is a combination of the two waters, which is like tying two people together for the rest of their lives. Think about it, if you tie two people who don't like each other together, what the result will be? Naturally, it is a lose-lose situation. ”

"Is it impossible to set and fuse two gems and weapons with different attributes?" I couldn't help but ask

"That's not a definite number, the original two attributes of the repulsive weapons, gems, is not incapable of inlay combination, but to use the right fusion liquid, the two can be mutually inclusive. Turn conflict into jade. For example, the reason why you made the scimitar break just now is because you used the wrong ore, and the chicken blood ore melt can't melt the ruby at all, the two have the same properties, and the impact on the scimitar is greater, so it's strange if it doesn't break it. "The old man pointed out the root cause of my failure.

I see, there is such an intricate relationship between the three, if it is not clear whether the attributes are conflicting. It's really hard to master the inlay technique, so I looked like I was suddenly covering it and nodded.

"Alas, it's a pity that I haven't been able to find any excellent materials lately. Otherwise, I can give you a live demonstration so that you can get to the bottom of it. The old man sighed softly and said with a little whining. No wonder he looked around just now, it turned out that his hands were itchy for a while, and he had thought about it, but the ores here seem to be too common, and there are no particularly precious ones.

Our full moon scimitar is ruined. If you can ask the old man to help me forge a dagger, it would be great, I listened to the words of the old man, and thought in my heart: We can get a lot of ore on our hands, if you can make the old man move, hehe.

"Old man, I have some rare ores here, I don't know if you like it." I took out one of the dry ores from my backpack and spread them out on the table.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you kid to really have some ability to get such an ore." The old man squinted his eyes, looked at the ore and said, "However, it is not the word superb." ”

Isn't it good enough, your old mouth is really not small, I can use these ores to create silver-level equipment, you still think it's more upgrade, I muttered in my heart, and scraped the backpack inside and out, the crystal shaved ice crystal cold spirit and the cold ice origin suddenly fell into my eyes, these two can definitely be called the best in the world.

After a little hesitation, I slowly took out the ice crystal coldness, as for the origin of ice, I still can't bear it, if the old man sees the good materials, he is excited, and if he messes it up for us, it will be a big loss, give him a piece first.

"Old man, what do you think of this ore, is it considered the best?" Passing the ice crystal cold over to me, I asked with a little trepidation,

"Ice Crystal Chill!" The old man's eyes suddenly opened, and he screamed.

Seeing the look of the old man, I was suddenly happy in my heart, it seems that our ice crystal cold spirit is really a treasure, even the master has seen the change of color, so it is worth it.

"I didn't expect the legendary best 10,000-year-old ice spirit, my Gongxinzi was fortunate to see it, and I was really not crazy about being a blacksmith." Master Gong took the ice crystal cold, rubbed it repeatedly, and said excitedly.

I hurriedly said, "Then can this ore be used to make weapons?" "That's what matters most to me.

The old man touched his chin, pondered for a moment and said, "Although this essence is good, it is just a little missing." ”

As soon as I heard this, my heart suddenly went cold, damn it, it's not good to build weapons, so it's hard to get an ornament to wear, that's overkill.

"But it should be no problem to make you a short and sharp dagger." The old man paused and continued.

Damn, can't you say it in one breath, it makes me scared.

I can build a dagger, that dare is good, it is just for me to use, and with a happy face, we happily thought: There is a master out of the horse, plus the best materials, the lowest production, it should also be a gold-level dagger.

"Then there is an old man who will help us forge the dagger." I said with a look of anticipation.

The old man nodded and said, "Add charcoal to me, raise the temperature, take care of the fire, I'm going to do it." "Anyway, he threw me a few bottles of special black oil.

"Yes!" I rushed to the furnace in excitement, and immediately pulled up the blower, and out of the corner of my eye, I watched the old man's every move.

After putting the cold spirit in the furnace, the old man took out a special mold for calcining daggers from his backpack, the size of which was one size smaller than ordinary daggers, and then took out a small seal knife, and slowly made small changes on it, it seems that it is not just for beauty.

The eyes, the mind, has been completely placed on the mold, that preoccupied expression, such as into the best situation, as if the whole room, only he and the mold, I suddenly feel that the old man seems to be integrated with the mold, no, to be precise, he makes the mold infected with a vitality.

"Shhhhh......h

Blood, blood again, after watching the old man put the solution into the mold, he immediately took out a few bottles of light white liquid, sprinkled on the mold, and raised a rising mist, which also had a faint fishy smell, I immediately understood, the old man also used blood as a coolant, but this kind of white blood is really rare.

It was still the dagger that shone with a silver glow on the prototype of the hair embryo, and I don't know if it was because it absorbed blood, or because of the inherent graphics on the mold, I glanced at it, and saw that the dagger was scattered with net-like stripes like blood vessels.

Picking up the hair dagger, the old man picked up the chain and was about to forge it, I hurriedly handed over my lion beast roar and said, "Old man, use this." ”

Taking over this blacksmith's treasure, the old man first looked back at me thoughtfully, didn't say anything, and put all his energy on the dagger, raised the chain, and struck it repeatedly.

After repeated refining and beating, and adding several times of solution and ore that I had never seen before, in the last rising white mist, a dagger that everyone in the room had been waiting for was finally completed.

The old man threw away the sweat on his forehead, and handed me the short dagger that was glowing with cold air, and the knife body was full of patterns like cloud brocade, mixed with looming nets, and a blue light swam on the blade and said, "Then, take it and take a look." ”

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