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"Because although the swordsmith also needs to cross the heavenly pass of the sword gate, it is also the only one. Whether it is a swordsmith, a swordsmith, a swordsmith, a swordsmith, a swordsmith, or even a swordsmith, it is enough to open a double sword gate. ”

"If that's the case, then why are swordsmiths so rare?" Ou Chuyang was puzzled, "The status and reputation of swordsmiths is not inferior to that of sword masters......"

"Uh...... This ......" Mei Aoxue smiled a little awkwardly and explained: "Although the requirements for sword forging are not high, there is another key factor that determines the height that swordsmiths can reach. ”

"Strange Fire?Secret Technique?" Ou Chuyang immediately remembered the three magic weapons that Master Duan had taught him to the smelter, since the smelter was originally separated from the swordsmith, the swordsmith might also have several key magic weapons.

"Strange fire and secret techniques are indeed the key, but they are all contained in it. Mei Aoxue didn't let Ou Chuyang continue to guess, and directly said the answer: "The crucial key factor is one word: money!"

"Money...... Money is not everything, but no money is everything...... "Is the same with the values of this world?"

"You're quite right. I don't dare to pack tickets for others, but as a swordsmith, I can't do without money. Mei Aoxue said leisurely: "Every swordsmith has been tempered by thousands of hammers, hammer by hammer. And every hammer that the swordsmith smashes is money! I don't know how many swords you have to smash to make a good sword, and I don't know how many swords you have to break to forge a higher quality sword......"

"I see...... I thought that the reason why those who only opened the door of a heavy sword chose to practice swords was to be handsome...... "Ou Chuyang's long sword was unsheathed and pointed straight at the sky, but it was really handsome......

Mei Aoxue looked at Ou Chuyang, who had a long body and a beautiful demeanor, and couldn't help but jump in her heart.

"If you say so...... Ou Chuyang returned his sword to the sheath, and then said, "As long as you have money, it's not very difficult to become a sword-casting master, a sword-casting grandmaster, or something?"

"That's right. As long as you have money, you can buy Qihuo, and cheats can also buy it. But only if there is enough money...... Hehe. Mei Aoxue tilted her head slightly, and said: "My father has been cultivating the way of sword casting for sixty years, and he has been in charge of the Sword Casting Pavilion of the Qianyuan Sect for thirty years, which has consumed almost half of the financial and material resources of the entire Qianyuan Sect...... Guess what level he's at now?"

"I think it's almost like a swordsmith master......"

"Sword Forging Grandmaster? It seems that there is not a single sword forging master in the entire Ningzhou. Mei Aoxue looked at Mei Xintang, "My father has just touched the threshold of the Sword Casting Master now......

"This ......" Ou Chuyang was completely stunned, and his mind became more and more confused.

"With all that said, do you understand what I'm trying to say to you?"

Ou Chuyang guessed with a confused expression: "Senior sister wants to persuade me to concentrate on cultivating the way of sword forging?"

"Stupid!" Mei Aoxue rewarded Ou Chuyang with a brain crash, "Steel-making and forging swords all day long, pounding and beating, aren't you too bored?"

"Uh......" Ou Chuyang guessed again: "Then Senior Sister wants me to give up the way of sword forging and devote myself to learning swords?"

"It's getting stupid and stupid!" Mei Aoxue knocked again, "You only have a heavy sword door, and you practice until you die, and you still practice a fart!"

This is not it, that is not either, Ou Chuyang was also anxious, "Senior sister, what are you going to make trouble?"

"Alas, why are you so unenlightened?" Mei Aoxue said angrily as if iron could not become steel: "Look at me! If you have nothing to do, you can knock a few hammers to forge a sword, and when you are bored, you will go down the mountain to purchase, and by the way, you will have a lot of fun? You are both a swordsman and a smelter, and then you can learn the way of sword casting casually, you have learned all three, you can do whatever you want, why do you have to admit death and specialize in it?"

"Oh, what Senior Sister means is, whatever you learn anyway, it's like that in the end. It's better to be reckless and have a good time. Ou Chuyang thought about it seriously, "It seems to make sense......

"It's like that. Mei Aoxue crossed her hands on her hips and helped Ou Chuyang point out the future, "If you are tired of playing with all three, you can marry a wife and have a few children, which is enough for you to play for half your life." ”

"Senior sister, do you want to have a baby with me......"

Ou Chuyang blurted out a word, no matter how arrogant Mei Aoxue was, she was so ashamed that her face was flushed, and she turned around and fled.

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In the end, Ou Chuyang still decided to continue to follow Mei Qixin to learn the way of sword casting. Since it's hard to choose, let's pack it together and learn it all.

"A sword is divided into nine parts: sword pier, sword handle, sword eye, sword grid, sword spine, sword slave, sword blade, and sword edge. Among them, the sword spine, the sword slave, the sword blade, and the sword edge are collectively referred to as the sword body, which is the most important. ”

"The first process of casting a sword is forging. The blade of the sword is hard and sharp, but it is rigid and easy to break, so the spine of the sword should be flexible and elastic. Basically, there is no one material that can meet these two requirements at the same time, so the sword body is generally forged from two different materials by the method of blend forging. ”

Mei Qixin began to teach Ou Chuyang to forge a sword by hand, "This is the moire steel you smelted the day before yesterday, the texture is hard, suitable for the material of the blade; ”

"Next, the moire steel and black iron are fitted together according to the pre-designed style, and several ways of fitting can be taken here: wrapping the black iron with moire steel, which is called rolling, sandwiching two pieces of black iron between the two sides of the moire steel, which is called three pieces, and superimposing multiple layers of black iron and moire steel, then more layers are called five, seven, and nine together. There are also some chimeric methods such as quadripartite, wedge-shaped combination, and this triple, so you can try it slowly according to different materials in the future. ”

"Yes, Master. Ou Chuyang thought about it and chose the simplest way to practice his hands.

Two pieces of black iron sandwich a large circle of moire steel in the middle, fixed into a sandwich-like shape, and the process of fitting is completed.

Next, the forging begins, first put the chimeed sword into the furnace of the ground fire and burn it red, then take it out and put it on the anvil and forge it with a blacksmith's hammer. The process seems simple, just a clank. But in fact, it is the most elaborate process.

First of all, the anvil and the blacksmith's hammer must not be messed up casually, and must be made of the same material as the sword, otherwise in the process of forging, the anvil and the blacksmith's hammer will constantly collide and extrude with the sword material at high temperatures, which will easily be mixed with impurities and destroy the quality of the entire sword body.

Then there's the forging, and each swordsmith has their own unique forging technique, with different angles, strengths, and speeds. The same material, using different forging techniques, the effect of tempering is completely different. Mei Qixin's forging technique is called "treading the snow to find plums", which is simply "five shallow and one deep, five light and one heavy." "Every six hammers fall into a pattern like a plum blossom.

After forging it once, the black iron and moire steel were completely integrated, and the dark metallic luster revealed a shallow moire, only the blade of the sword outside was pure moire steel, and the silver light was shining.

However, this first forging was only the beginning, and then the sword was put into the furnace of the earth fire to burn red, and then it was folded in the middle and hammered into the shape of the sword.

If you fold and forge once, the sword material will become two layers, and if you fold and forge it again, the sword material will become four layers. The so-called mille-feuille steel is folded ten times repeatedly, so that the number of layers of the sword reaches 2 to the 10th power, 1024 layers!

It's a real trial...... Ou Chuyang sighed while carefully following the "five shallow and one deep, five light and one heavy." The technique of striking the sword hard.

In early spring, the spring is cold, but Ou Chu is still sweating and wet.

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