Sharpening iron is like clay, which is easier said than done. Although the hardness and toughness of each alloy are different, it is absolutely necessary to use a high-strength alloy to cut another alloy without damaging a single alloy. Any deviation in the slightest link will make cutting iron like mud a joke.

As early as in the small workshop in the slums, Yaoyang not only learned a lot of dagger making skills from his master, but also secretly honed it in his spare time.

Success in life is not in the eight hours that everyone is working, but in the eight hours of free time. At that time, Yaoyang had little leisure, and he spent almost every day thinking about how to make a perfect knife.

He once spent two months' wages to buy some very ordinary materials, and spent half a month of free time making a knife, which is the tracker. If you compare the tracker with the knives worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in many high-end weapon stores, it is definitely not inferior. And the cost of the tracker is only 1,500 yuan.

In the Stalker's body, Yaoyang has used almost all of his dagger making knowledge to the extreme, and it is also his personal favorite work. Although the tracker is far from being able to shave iron like mud, there is absolutely no problem with blowing hair and breaking hair.

This is only made of very common materials, and theoretically if a stronger alloy is used, the tracker's actual combat effectiveness can be increased by at least 80%. Then it can definitely meet the standard of sharpening iron like clay.

In battle, if you hold such a dagger, it is definitely a nightmare for the enemy. In this era when everyone cultivates martial arts, combat is almost commonplace, not to mention adventurers who beg for a living in the wilderness, they will often encounter such and such dangerous situations in ordinary life, and almost everyone needs one or two weapons for self-defense.

In the case of a small difference in strength, having a good weapon is equivalent to increasing the odds of winning a lot, which is also the relationship between the price of high-strength weapons and the high price.

Yaoyang's original dream was to become a high-level dagger maker, earn a lot of money with the knives he built himself, and then find a chance to cure his narrow dantian aperture.

Now he no longer needs to make daggers to save money, but dagger making has long been integrated into his blood and has become an inseparable hobby of him. Even if it's not for the money, he's willing to challenge his own strength and make a beautiful knife out of the best materials.

In the workshop, Yaoyang adjusted the fire and began to smelt the materials. Hui Youlan sat on the side and couldn't help asking, "What kind of knife are you going to build?" ”

Yaoyang raised his head slightly and pondered for a few seconds, then spit out a name: "Mad Dog!" The knife I'm going to build is called Mad Dog! ”

"Mad dog?" Hui Youlan's eyes widened, and she really didn't understand how anyone would name her elaborate work like this. If you take it out and someone asks, will it say, "My knife is called a mad dog"?

"What a strange man." Hui Youlan stared at Yaoyang's flexible fingers, thinking incomprehensibly.

In a spacious room on the third floor of the club, a light screen shows the image of the workshop. Huang Laoxie sat in a large sofa, staring at the light curtain.

Next to Huang Laoxie sat a burly giant man with a beard, who was fiddling with a delicate folding knife in his palm. The knife flipped back and forth between his fingers, the sharp edge always grazing his fingers, never hurting his skin, as if it were a part of his body.

"Shao Qi, what do you think of his methods?" Huang Lao asked.

The giant man yawned: "It's quite reluctant, judging from the smelting technique, it should be a wild way, and I haven't received formal casting training." From an academic point of view, he has too many loopholes, but I like those who are from the wild road, they only want the result and don't care about the process. ”

"That's because you're from a wild road yourself." Huang Laoxie smiled slightly, and his gaze never left Yaoyang's hand.

"Hehe, aren't you also a wild man? Besides, what's wrong with Yeluzi? At least every step is a real hard work, like those students who graduated from the academy now, after five or six years of study, after graduation, they can't even polish the simplest handmade knife. Shao Qi sneered.

"Hey!" In the other corner of the room, Dean Feng shouted displeased, "I heard it! ”

"What about that? It's not that you, the dean, drink all day long and don't want to make progress, otherwise how could Bohai Academy be so half-dead. Shao Qi laughed, and he didn't regard Dean Feng as a big man at all in his words.

It's no wonder that he has such confidence, and when he mentions the "swordsman" Shao Qi in Bohai City, many people will give him a thumbs up. This person has unique attainments in forging weapons, and many of the famous weapons in Bohai City are from him, and he also has a close and good relationship with the major forces. When it comes to evaluating weapons, he is also a man of his word.

This time, at the invitation of Huang Laoxi, Shao Qi rushed to observe Yaoyang's dagger making process. Although he didn't know Yaoyang's identity, he understood that what Huang Laoxie was entrusted with must not be an idle matter, and he didn't dare to make it big at all.

Talking nonsense in his mouth, Shao Qi's eyes have been carefully observing every movement of Yaoyang, the more he looks, the more interesting he feels, and he can't help muttering: "Seeing this kid is like seeing myself many years ago." But I couldn't have done that well at his age. ”

"Oh, are you saying he's more talented than you?" Huang Laoxie asked curiously.

"Not necessarily. The most important thing for a truly talented person is to understand the essence of the knife when building the knife, and to give the knife a soul. If he can't do this, he can only be an excellent swordsmith, far from being a genius. In addition to Shao Qi's evaluation, he did not forget to put gold on his face.

Huang Laoxie already knew Shao Qi's surname, so he smiled noncommittally, but Dean Feng in the distance took a sip and poured a glass of wine into his throat.

"The selection of materials is good, they are all high-end goods, and there are few people in the entire Bohai City who can collect all these materials. Huang Laoxi, you shouldn't have collected it for him, right? Shao Qi asked.

Huang Laoxie snorted, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence. Shao Qi glanced at Huang Laoxie curiously: "Hey, shouldn't you have moved your heart to accept apprentices?" ”

"Bah, whoever you accept as an apprentice can't accept this, it almost killed the two of us, this kid is not a good thing." Dean Feng said indignantly.

"For your life? Is there such a bold person in Bohai City? Shao Qi was surprised.

Huang Laoxie simply told the previous gambling incident, and when he heard that the two of them spent 800,000 contribution points to redeem their lives, Shao Qi patted his thigh and laughed: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive!" If I encounter this kind of opportunity, I will blackmail you two million for anything! ”

Knowing the story of Yaoyang, Shao Qi was full of curiosity when he looked at Yaoyang again. A young man who was able to force Huang Laoxie and Dean Feng to such a point, and had good dagger making skills, greatly attracted his interest.

In today's society, daggers are all over the street, but there are not too many good daggers, but too few. There are two kinds of daggers, one is completely captured by industrialization, from hand-casting to design, and the kind of factory goods produced in large quantities is simply an insult to the profession of dagger maker in Shao Qi's opinion!

There is also a kind of dagger maker, who strictly adheres to the rules of the dagger maker, and sharpens the dagger by hand. It's a pity that this is too strict for the quality of dagger makers, and many people have been ruthlessly eliminated, and all that remains are some small workshop workers who make a living by meager efforts and really top masters.

Shao Qi had long realized that if industrialization continued, the small workshop would sooner or later disappear completely. Once there is no small workshop, there will be no soil for cultivating top masters, so what awaits hand-casting is only to be eliminated by the times.

This is not only a crisis in the casting of weapons, but also in the alchemy and other industries. Industrialization is like a flood beast, devouring everything it can eat, its appetite will never be satisfied, and sooner or later it will devour itself after devouring all industries.

Because a great crisis can come at any time, everyone is looking for a successor, hoping to pass on the craftsmanship. Seeing that Yaoyang's foundation is good, his surname seems to be very strong, and he is from a wild road like himself, Shao Qi can't help but feel a little bit of love for talent.

"Huang Laoxi, if you don't plan to accept him as an apprentice, why don't you let him be given to me?" Shao Qi asked tentatively.

"What will I do for you, to be a dagger maker?" Huang Laoxie asked in surprise.

"What's wrong with the dagger maker, didn't you ask me to shoot when you needed a weapon?" Shao Qi said unhappily, "If you can really become a master of forging weapons, it is no worse than being a martial saint." ”

Shao Qi is telling the truth, the status of the weapon master is comparable to that of a martial saint, and he has a high status in society. Even some weapon masters will use weapons to exchange secrets, and they will also cultivate excellent martial arts. Therefore, all roads lead to the capital, even if the main business is to make daggers, as long as it is done well, there will be excellent development.

Huang Laoxie smiled: "I'll talk about this later, you can see if he has talent first." ”

"Hmph......" Shao Qi pursed his lips and focused on Yaoyang again. At this time, the material has been smelted, and Yaoyang has begun to officially cast.

As soon as he made his move, Yaoyang showed superior control, whether it was the choice of materials or the grasp of the heat, his every move seemed to show: I am a genius!

"Phew!" Shao Qi gasped, "I underestimated him!" ”

"How?" Huang Laoxie and Dean Feng only knew a little about casting, and when they saw Shao Qi's expression a little weird, they both asked curiously.

"Can't you see the soul of the knife?" Shao Qi was dumbfounded and said, "It's the first time I've seen someone who can shape the soul of a knife at the beginning!" ”

"Where is the soul?" In Huang Laoxi's eyes, there was only a metal embryo that had not yet been formed, and he couldn't see any clues at all.

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