In the silent night, the hammering sound of "ding-ding-ding-ding-ding" would occasionally be interrupted for a while. It was monotonous and boring, and came out of the small yard, and did not stop until the night fell.

Chen Mou put down the long hammer, swung his arms and moved his body, striking iron as if practicing martial arts. After more than an hour of standing and swinging the hammer, he initially realized the benefits of "Qi is generated in the bones and connected to the tendons", and the breath in the body is constantly circulating.

, while replenishing the energy consumption, the cultivation level has been slightly improved.

Master Zhong demonstrated using a hammer like a fist, but for the time being he could not grasp the true meaning. He firmly remembered that set of smooth movements.

Come back every day from now on, imitate, practice and figure it out. Over time, you will always gain something after doing it thousands of times.

After walking around for a while, he took a rest, picked up the scabbard on the table, held the hilt of the sword in his right hand and pulled it out of the scabbard.

Under the light, there seemed to be flames flashing in the room, and the sword light shone on the wall like firelight.

Chen Mou loved it deeply, this was the first sword in his life.

I heard Senior Brother Wan explain that the material of this sword was added with 10% fireworks fine iron. After thousands of tempers, repeated tempering, folding and forging, it became a low-level fire magic weapon. The material is not expensive, and it is difficult to take time and quenching.

The finished product is sold at the counter of Forging Arms Pavilion for three hundred spirit stones, which makes a lot of profit.

He also told him that there was no special mark of "Forging Arms Pavilion" engraved on the spine of the sword. Even if it was forged by Master Zhong himself, it could be sold for up to one hundred spirit stones at a street stall, so it was cost-effective to keep it for himself and use it.

In a university class, Chen Mou once heard a professor who studied ancient weapons point out that the difficulty for ancient craftsmen to forge fine swords lies in the quenching process. There is a saying that "quenching is not done skillfully, it must be done properly."

This skill is all based on long-term experience and is passed down from generation to generation by masters and apprentices. It is difficult for outsiders to learn from it.

Using various modern scientific experiments, it is easy to decipher the deified quenching techniques in ancient times.

He roughly remembered the tips for watching fire mentioned by the professor. During the day, he paid attention to Master Zhong and asked Wan Lin to close the doors and windows before quenching, because in a dark environment, subtle changes in the light and shadow of the fire can be seen.

Let him watch Master Zhong's quenching a few more times, and it will not be difficult to grasp the essence.

In the past, I learned theory but had no chance to practice it.

Holding a sword worth three hundred spirit stones, Chen Mou suddenly felt that he was no longer so poor. Master Zhong was still interesting enough. He understood the principle of "if you want to take something first, you must give it first", and he was not the kind of person who blindly takes and is greedy.

The purpose of invisibly provoking him and Wan Lin against each other was because he didn't want him to get too close to Wan Lin.

With his feet stepping on the Nine Palace Steps and the sword turning with him, he slowly practiced the Nine Palace Sword he learned from the book.

The bodywork, footwork, and boxing techniques that Fan Laodao taught him are all widely circulated and easy to master. In the words of the veteran, if they are widely circulated and used by many people, there is no need to worry about making mistakes.

It seems to make sense.

Therefore, the sword skills he chose were also based on this.

He has many skills but does not want to overwhelm himself. He does not want to compete with others, but others will not think so. He has to guard against being attacked and has the ability to protect himself in critical moments.

When he has mastered the sword moves of Jiugong Sword, he will find an opportunity to ask Master Zhong for some pointers.

After practicing the swordsmanship, he was already ravenous. He quickly steamed the extra rice he had made specially for the night and the half of the roast chicken left over, and wolfed it down to fill his stomach.

In the next six days, Master Zhong seemed to be very busy. He hurriedly made a meeting in the forging room every morning and could not stay long. He gave Chen Mou a few volumes of drawings and asked Chen Mou to practice drawing by comparing them.

Wan Lin was instructed to forge a semi-finished magical artifact every day, leaving the final step of shaping and quenching for later.

Wan Lin was allowed to forge swords with hundreds of steel and practice quenching them in his free time. Only one piece of material was wasted in ten days, and the finished products were handed over to the shop for sale.

Chen Mou finished drawing the pictures in the morning and spent most of the afternoon blowing the bellows and poking out the slag. He rarely used the sledgehammer.

He joked and joked with Senior Brother Wan as usual. It was just a different division of labor, so he didn't complain much.

Anyway, he can practice hammer swinging in his house at night, and compare it with Fatty Xue's hard work. Like a bronze mirror, he can just see where he is lacking.

During this period, Wan Lin forged a long sword from Baidu Steel, and when it was quenched, he replaced it with Xue Biao's bellows.

Chen Mou ran up and down, closing the door and sealing the windows, watching Wan Lin carefully counting the time with his fingers. He also followed the fire to observe the color. Wan Lin was very satisfied with the finished long sword, but Chen Mou felt that it was still not good enough.

When lighting the fire, he wouldn't say anything more. Maybe he saw it wrong.

On this day, as work was about to end, the three of them were chatting and laughing while collecting tools and materials from the blacksmithing room.

Master Zhong suddenly walked in from outside and signaled the three of them not to be too polite. He inspected the semi-finished magical artifacts forged today, then took the long sword made by Wan Lin and pointed out that the heat was slightly insufficient and they should wait ten more breaths.

It's no problem to quench it and sell it in a shop, and the price can be slightly lower.

Wan Lin looked excited and thanked him repeatedly. He improved his grasp of the heat by using the method of timing with bent fingers.

Chen Mou thought in his heart, the temperature of the fire, the length of the vessel, thickness and other factors can all affect the temperature of the fire. Using the rote timing method to master the temperature is equivalent to learning the pronunciation of English words with Chinese characters, which is a detour.

He found that the rough-looking Master Zhong, whether intentionally or unintentionally, took Wan Lin to a side road.

"Chen Mou, come to the east room and let me check your homework these days."

Zhong Jin said hello and turned to go out.

Chen Mou followed him into the east room, closed the door, took out the drawings he drew, showed them to Master Zhong, and listened to Master Zhong's advice.

Putting down a stack of drawings, Master Zhong took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Chen Mou, and said with a smile: "Thirty spirit stones, you take them, they are the drawings you drew last time. I will pay you after the customer agrees."

Never let your subordinates suffer."

Chen Mou politely gave up for two rounds and accepted his first huge design fee.

He guessed that Master Zhong and the others had completed the order these days.

With these thirty spirit stones, he can pay off the loan and rent from Fangshi first, and then take back the document with the bloody fingerprints and tear it up.

Master Zhong took out a folded piece of paper and said: "Last time, the guest introduced three friends and wanted to design a unique sword style. This is their request. You can go back and quietly conceive and draw at home.

Come over tomorrow afternoon to hand in the drawings, can you finish them?"

The three pictures were ninety spiritual stones. Chen Mou took the paper and glanced at the three different requirements. People are divided into groups and things are similar. The requirements are similar. It is not difficult for him. He can grasp it and pretends to frown and think for a moment.

Reluctantly agreed: "Time is very tight, I will try my best to finish it."

For the sake of the spiritual stone, he will definitely complete it.

Master Zhong encouraged with a smile: "Let's draw it the same way as last time, with new ideas and no worries."

Young Master Ma and a group of friends arrived at Danyangfang the day before yesterday and inspected the top-quality magic weapon with a unique shape. Young Master Ma was extremely satisfied. Three young masters placed an order on the spot. They were not short of money and could not let Ma Er be arrogant.

In the past two days, Master Zhong has racked his brains to design a new style of sword, but it was criticized by those ignorant guys as useless.

They said that "old women are so tacky and tacky", "nondescript and coquettish", "unfashionable and weird", a group of laymen who only wanted to look glamorous and different, and their mouths were so poisonous and harmful that he almost became angry on the spot.

He had tried his best to draw according to Chen Mou's method. He thought that the novelty of the design was also very good, which also reduced the difficulty of forging.

Alas, it severely hurt his self-esteem.

Rich people are too difficult to serve, so let's leave it to Chen Mou, a newborn calf with no rules in his mind.

He felt that the original quotation of five thousand spirit stones was still conservative and should be more bold.

For example, reward him with eight thousand.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to compensate for his spiritual loss.
Chapter completed!