Chapter 355: The Beginning of the Divine Soldier
Due to the excessive nervousness before, it took a long time for Wu Zhongyuan to come back to his senses, and the feeling of joy began to come to his heart, this trip not only got the purple fire grease used to raise the temperature of the furnace, but also got the dragon tendon bowstring that was enough to match the iron tree, it was really a double win, and he got what he wanted.
However, the feeling of joy did not last long and was diluted by guilt and self-blame, things are good things, but the way is not right, this oil lamp is the everlasting lamp in the ancestral tomb of Yiren, but he stole it and took it for himself, this kind of behavior belongs to the harm of others and self-interest.
But only a flash of thought, guilt and self-blame were driven away by reason, if the five seals are eliminated, this place will become an enemy-occupied area, anything in the enemy-occupied area will be used by the enemy, take a step back, that is, the five demons did not take away this oil lamp, and the oil lamp is also a serious waste in the ancestral tomb of Yiren, you must know that what he does is not for his own selfish interests, it is equivalent to performing official duties, resisting the invasion of the five realms, and ensuring that the world is not trampled and enslaved by the five realms is his task, in order to ensure that the task can be completed, he can requisition anything he needsγ
Everyone should strive to be a good person, but there is no need to be harsh on themselves by the standards of saints, no one's character is flawless, if you blindly pursue the absolute purity of your character, you will fall into a senseless entanglement and cannot extricate yourself, and even suffer from gains and losses.
There were a lot of rags left in the stone room, but Wu Zhongyuan did not wipe the dragon tendons with rags, but cut a clean strip of cloth from the quilt and carefully wiped the grease on the dragon tendons.
While wiping the dragon tendons, Wu Zhongyuan was also carefully looking at the dragon tendons, this dragon tendon and the grease in the oil lamp should come from the same dragon-shaped creature, the reason why it is a dragon-shaped creature rather than a snake-like creature is because he had seen the vision of the oil lamp when it was lit before, the shape of the fire was a sinuous and agile little dragon, and this flame dragon must be the body and shape of the dragon-shaped creature before its death.
There is a simple and intuitive criterion for distinguishing between a true dragon and a dragon-like creature, that is, to see if the dragon has claws, and the flame dragon has four claws, which means that it is a true dragon.
Due to the lapse of many years, how the ancestors of the Yi people hunted a real dragon back then is currently impossible to explore and verify, but the dragon tendon and the grease in the oil lamp are certain from the real dragon, and it is precisely because these two things come from the real dragon that the grease can emit a higher temperature, and the dragon tendon has stronger toughness and can withstand greater tension than ordinary dragon tendons.
After roughly wiping the dragon tendons clean, Wu Zhongyuan took the piece of iron tree used as a bow body again, and carefully wiped it with a piece of cloth stained with grease, the purpose of this is not to make the iron tree look brighter and smoother, but to improve the toughness of the iron tree, and then it needs to be bundled and shaped, the brittleness of the iron tree will be reduced after being stained with grease, and the toughness will be better when bending, and it is not easy to break.
After wiping half of it, he suddenly remembered that there was still a small hole in the oil lamp after the wick was pulled out, and although the grease was not volatile, he still tore off the strip of cloth and plugged the small hole.
When Li Bei came back, Wu Zhongyuan was polishing the grooves at both ends of the bow and arrow to fix the dragon tendons, and he could hear the sound of pushing the door, Wu Zhongyuan looked up at Li Bei, "Why is it so fast? What time is it outside?"
"At dawn. Li Bei walked over to Wu Zhongyuan.
"I didn't mean to leave you," Wu explained, "I didn't want them to ......."
Without waiting for Wu Zhongyuan to finish speaking, Li Bei shook his head and said, "They have already seen me." β
Seeing that Li Bei's face was worried, Wu Zhongyuan guessed what she was worried about, so he was relieved, "Don't worry, there is no evidence, even if they go to reason with the bird clan, there will be no result." β
Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Li Bei nodded, and instead stared at the oil lamp that Wu Zhongyuan put aside, "What are you doing with their oil lamp?"
"If I want to make a bow and arrow, I need to use the dragon tendon wick inside," Wu Zhongyuan said casually, adding that "the lamp oil in the oil lamp is also very useful." β
Because Wu Zhongyuan said too briefly, Li Bei didn't understand it, but she didn't continue to ask, but squatted down and looked at the oil lamp up close, and then looked at the dragon tendon that had been wiped clean by Wu Zhongyuan and put aside.
"Why is this dragon tendon purple?" asked Li Bei.
"I don't know. Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, not that he didn't want to say it, but he didn't know why this dragon tendon was purple, after all, he had never seen a real dragon's dragon tendon.
"Did you take anything else from them?" asked Libel again.
Wu Zhongyuan was busy with his head down, "No." β
Li Bei didn't ask any more questions, got up and walked to the door, sat down from his bed, and quietly watched Wu Zhongyuan rub the groove used to fix the bowstring.
The grinding of the groove is also very labor-intensive, the grinding is shallow, and the strapping is not firm enough. If the grinding is deep, it may break after being stressed.
In addition, the size of the groove of the bundled bowstring must also be tightly integrated with the dragon tendon, which is extensible, and must ensure that the dragon tendon can still get stuck in the groove after it is thinned when the bow is opened.
Because of the need to always look ahead, the progress is very slow, aware that he is a little tired, Wu Zhongyuan suspended the work at hand to lie down and rest, as the saying goes, sharpening the knife is not wrong to chop wood, people in a tired state will not only greatly reduce the work efficiency, but also prone to errors and deviations.
The so-called reverse bow refers to the need for reverse bending at both ends of the bow body, so as to ensure that the bowstring will not fall off when the bow is opened, and it plays a role in blocking and fixing insurance.
Although the progress is very slow, his movements are very skillful and methodical, if he were someone else, he would definitely ask him how he was so good at making bows and arrows, but although Li Bei was also very curious, he did not say anything to ask, when Wu Zhongyuan was busy, she did not bother from beginning to end, most of the time she closed her eyes and practiced qi, occasionally opened her eyes, and just watched quietly.
The trunk of the iron tree is about the thickness of the mouth of the bowl when it is not peeled and polished, that is, it has been peeled and dehydrated, and it is also the thickness of a fist, and the iron tree used as a bow is not a complete trunk, but a part of the trunk, and the arm is poured with aura to slowly bend it, first tie one end, and then tie the other end after bending to the required arc.
At the same time of bending, Wu Zhongyuan kept his eyes closed, carefully listening to whether the iron tree made an abnormal sound, the wood would make a subtle sound after being stressed, in fact, any sound was a manifestation of wood damage and fracture, fortunately, in the process of bending, the iron tree did not make an abnormal sound.
Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan bent one hand and stretched the bowstring with the other, Li Bei asked in a low voice, "Do you need help?"
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, he could skillfully tie knots with one hand without the help of others.
Finally, at the last minute, the size of the dragon tendon was just enough, but it needed a little surplus to tie and fix the knot, and in order to fight for this half inch, you could only continue to bend the bow, or try to stretch the bowstring.
Wu Zhongyuan did not choose one of the two, but both, after taking a deep breath, the left hand holding the bow body pressed down, and the right hand holding the bowstring was barely lifted, so that the binding requirements were finally met, after two sharp spins, the index finger reversed the string head, the middle finger pushed and sent, eagerly lowered his head to bite the string head, raised his head tightened, his hands loosened, the bow body rebounded, and the bowstrings at both ends were tightened at the same time, and the force was stuck.
After growing a breath of rough air, Wu Zhongyuan held the bow with one hand, his middle finger was picked, and he tried to tighten it, compared with ordinary bows and arrows, the bowstring of this bow and arrow was too tight, almost inelastic, ordinary people and others could not use the bow at all, and non-purple qi masters were not allowed to pull the bow full.
At this moment, Wu Zhongyuan's heart was full of joy, compared with getting the divine weapon left by his predecessors, the satisfaction brought by building a divine weapon by himself was even stronger, the former was inheritance, and the latter was creation.
Seeing Li Bei's curiosity, Wu Zhongyuan threw the longbow over, "Come, feel it." β
Li Bei stretched out her hand to take it, and after looking at it, she tried to open the bow, she was a cultivator in the mountains, although she could open the bow, but it seemed very difficult.
"This bow is afraid that ordinary people will not use it. Li Bei said.
"That's not a disadvantage. Wu Zhongyuan said with a smile, the bow and arrow he made could not be used by ordinary people at all, even the Blue Qi Warrior could only barely open a half-bow, if he wanted to use it normally, he would at least have to be a purple qi master, such a high threshold was both a restriction and an honor.
To judge the value of a thing, in addition to the thing itself, it is also necessary to see whether the thing can be owned by everyone, and if everyone can have it, no matter how good the thing is, its value will not be very high.
Li Bei released the bowstring with his fingers, and the bowstring returned as soon as it flicked, not as continuously vibrating as ordinary bows and arrows.
Seeing that the bowstring stopped as soon as it flicked, Li Bei raised his head in amazement, and threw a surprised look at Wu Zhongyuan, at this time bows and arrows are very common, all warriors will use bows and arrows, she is no exception, it is very rare for the bowstring to not vibrate continuously, and the direct result is that after shooting an arrow, you can immediately shoot a second arrow, which greatly shortens the interval between continuous bows.
After trying the bowstring, Li Bei began to carefully examine the curvature of the bow and the position of the bowstring binding, all of which were in the best proportions, and even the end of the rope tied was unusual.
After looking at it, Li Bei returned the longbow to Wu Zhongyuan, she didn't throw it, but walked over and handed it to him, "It's really a good bow." β
"For you. Wu Zhongyuan didn't take the longbow.
"What did you say?" Li Bei looked at him in astonishment.
"If you like it, this bow will be given to you!" Wu Zhongyuan Zhengse said, he didn't just say it, he really wanted to send it, although he liked this longbow to the point of not putting it down, he gave it to Li Bei without the slightest reluctance, the reason is very simple, Li Bei saved his life, nothing is more important than life, but this is not the only reason, subconsciously I also hope to repay the debt of favors, give Li Bei an explanation, Li Bei is a good person, a good person should not be empty-handed.
"I don't want to. "Don't pass it again.
"I really want to give it to you. Wu Zhongyuan said.
"Why did you give me such a nice thing?" said Libet, looking a little nervous.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer immediately, he was thinking about how to answer, and he was also thinking about why Li Bei was nervous.
Li Bei shoved the bow and arrow into his hand, lowered his head, and turned to leave.
Although Li Bei lowered her head, Wu Zhongyuan found that she was blushing, obviously shy.
Oh no, oh no, this guy may have misunderstood......