Volume 1 Don't Look Back Chapter 11 Forging the Sword (I)
"It's never easy to strike iron, and once you start, you can't give up halfway, you have figured it out." The blacksmith solemnly inquired about Qin Chuan again before starting.
Qin Chuan nodded heavily, without the slightest hint of retreat in his eyes.
The blacksmith sighed secretly, holding the red-hot iron with a large iron tong in one hand, and with the other hand picked up the largest iron hammer, and smashed it hard at the iron, and suddenly a huge sound of gold and iron clashing came, accompanied by a burst of sparks. Then the blacksmith continued to take the huge hammer and began to strike on the iron, turning the iron tongs in his hand to turn the iron block with each few blows. By the time the iron had cooled, the blacksmith had already smashed a dozen hammers on the iron. The iron also has a hint of a square outline.
"Do you see clearly?" The blacksmith put the iron back into the furnace and said to Qin Chuan.
"See clearly." Qin Chuan nodded and said.
"Okay, next, you'll be replaced." The blacksmith stood aside and said to Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan carried the hammer and stood in front of the stone platform with a serious face.
The blacksmith said slowly, "Your hammer is not good, use mine." After speaking, he handed the hammer in his hand to Qin Chuan.
Seeing the huge hammer, Qin Chuan swallowed his saliva, looked up at the blacksmith's expression that was not like a joke, this time he put down the small hammer in his hand and reached out to take the hammer in the blacksmith's hand.
Holding the hammer in both hands, although the hammer is very heavy, about as heavy as the previous two hammers, fortunately, after this period of exercise, although it is very heavy, it is not very difficult to hold in the hand.
The blacksmith stood beside Qin Chuan with a big iron tongs, his eyes kept staring at the iron in the furnace, and after the iron became red, he waited for a while before quickly taking the iron out of the furnace.
The blacksmith fixed the iron block with iron tongs, Qin Chuan followed the blacksmith's example, picked up the iron hammer and smashed it towards the fiery iron block, after the blow, there were no sparks splashing, only the huge sound of striking iron, and the violent force of the shock almost made Qin Chuan unable to hold the iron hammer in his hand.
"The strength is too small, the force." The blacksmith was like a stern teacher at this time, and he scolded loudly.
Gritting his teeth and using all the strength of his body, the iron hammer in his hand continued to smash towards the iron, this time he finally saw the flying sparks, and Qin Chuan felt a tingling in his arm.
Seeing that the blacksmith didn't speak, Qin Chuan continued to use all his strength to smash towards the iron, but after a few hits, his body staggered, and the hammer in his hand came out of his hand and fell to the ground.
The blacksmith let go of the iron tongs in his hand, supported Qin Chuan, who almost fell, and said unceremoniously: "Waste, stupid, you know that you use brute force, you hit the iron like this?" I told you all about it before. ”
Although the tone in his mouth was very polite, the blacksmith continued to beat on Qin Chuan's body as before, and with the blacksmith's beating, Qin Chuan felt a little better.
"Boy, let me tell you, you didn't strike the iron like that, you only saw me striking the iron with my hands, but did you notice the movements of other parts of my body?" When the blacksmith was knocking on Qin Chuan's body, he patiently explained to Qin Chuan.
"Please sir teach me." As soon as Qin Chuan was about to salute, he was pressed in place by the blacksmith.
"Where do children learn those worldly rituals, I am most tired of them, and it is better to have a pot of wine." With that, the blacksmith stopped what he was doing.
"Do you know where the power of the human body begins?" The blacksmith looked at Qin Chuan and asked.
"Naturally, it comes from both arms." Qin Chuan replied.
"Hmph, a bunch of gibberish, who told you that the force was initiated from both arms, ignorance." The blacksmith reprimanded, and then began to explain to Qin Chuan.
"The force of the human body starts from two places, the legs exert force, with the waist as the axis, and then through the arms, and the other place is the human heart, the heart is the source of human life, and the beating speed of the heart can also determine the size of the force used."
Listening to the blacksmith's words, Qin Chuan suddenly realized, and instantly understood, why didn't he understand such a simple truth?
"The legs exert strength, the feet are down-to-earth, you can use the power of the earth, the heart can provide energy for the whole body, the more energy you have, the greater the power you use, for example, the strength of adults is greater than that of children, because their hearts are bigger, and they provide more energy." Qin Chuan said his understanding.
"Well, it's not bad, it doesn't seem hopeless. Take a break and move on. The blacksmith nodded in satisfaction, and then his heart began to be shocked again.
As a blacksmith at first, it is just a matter of improving your strength through some tricks of power, but as you level up, you must learn to take advantage of the situation, and only in this way can you go further and stand taller on the road of blacksmithing. These are all secrets that are not passed down within the blacksmith, but they were revealed by Qin Chuan's words, which makes the blacksmith not surprised.
The blacksmith suppressed his astonishment, and after resting for a while, he got up and put the iron on the stone platform back into the furnace. Seeing the blacksmith's movements, Qin Chuan stood up, picked up the hammer and stood in front of the stone platform, his face solemn, and he was ready for battle.
The blacksmith took the iron out of the furnace again, put it on the stone platform and fixed it, Qin Chuan took a deep breath, according to the blacksmith's words, his legs exerted force, with his waist as the axis, picked up the iron hammer, and quickly struck it towards the fiery iron. A huge sound of gold and iron clashing came from the stone platform, sparks flew everywhere, and Qin Chuan's body took two steps backwards under the huge force of the shock. Seeing such an effect, Qin Chuanda's eyes showed a hint of joy, and sure enough, his strength had become much greater, and the effect was not comparable to that just now.
"It worked." Qin Chuan said happily.
"Don't talk nonsense, keep going." The blacksmith rebuked.
Then, Qin Chuan continued to knock on the iron according to the previous method, and every five or six times, the blacksmith would flip the iron, and after a few flips, he would put the iron into the furnace. At this time, the blacksmith would knock on Qin Chuan's body. Qin Chuan was a little puzzled and asked why the blacksmith did this. The blacksmith said angrily that this was to soothe Qin Chuan's muscles, otherwise he wouldn't want to get up the next day because of Qin Chuan's physical fitness.
Listening to the blacksmith's words, Qin Chuan was silently grateful in his heart for the things the blacksmith had done for himself.
Time passed slowly, and every morning Qin Chuan would definitely stand in front of the blacksmith's door on time, carrying a pot of the best Qin wine in his hand, until he was exhausted, he dragged his tired body back to the Guogong Mansion.
"Uncle, how long will you continue to beat?" Qin Chuan asked the blacksmith during a break.
"According to your current strength, it will be about the same when spring begins." The blacksmith drank the wine, thought for a moment and gave Qin Chuan's reply.
It's winter now, and it's less than three months before the start of spring. Thinking of this, Qin Chuan suddenly had a feeling of being loveless. Repeating an action every day for a month, Qin Chuan felt a little boring. But there will be a reward for paying, although it is a little boring, but the body has obviously become stronger, the height has grown a little taller, and more importantly, the hands are full of strength, which is also a big gain.
After resting for a while, Qin Chuan stood in front of the stone platform again, carrying the iron hammer, while the blacksmith skillfully put the red-hot iron on the stone platform, everything was ready, Qin Chuan picked up the iron hammer and smashed it towards the iron block. After a month of non-stop tapping, the shape of the iron block has become boxy. But I don't know what kind of material this iron block is, and after hitting it for so long, it hasn't made it shrink much.
In the words of a blacksmith, now is the time to test the strength of a blacksmith.
He is already very proficient in the action essentials of hitting the iron, and he can almost subconsciously complete the whole set of movements. But today, Qin Chuan felt that he didn't use much strength, and he had achieved the effect achieved with all his strength before. With a movement in his heart, he used all his strength to swing the hammer and hit the iron.
The long-lost sparks flew around, as brilliant as fireworks in Qin Chuan's eyes, but a huge anti-shock force reached Qin Chuan's body, making his chest a little uncomfortable. At this time, Qin Chuan's mind moved, and his body began to turn around under the drive of this anti-shock force, originally he just wanted to remove this anti-shock force, but after being elected to turn around, he subconsciously raised the hammer above his head, and used the inertia of his body rotation to smash the iron hammer on the iron block again.
The sound seemed to be a little louder, and the sparks were a little bigger. According to the blacksmith, the sputtered fireworks are the impurities in the iron, and the more sparks, the more impurities.
Through the splashing sparks and the huge sound, Qin Chuan knew that the power used through this method was greater than his full force, and after feeling it a little, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in Qin Chuan's eyes, maybe he couldn't wait for the beginning of spring to complete the step of striking iron.
The sound produced by the exchange of gold and iron became louder and louder, and after six consecutive strikes, Qin Chuan's body rotated twice in place, and then stopped, not continuing to strike. Because the sixth knock was already the limit of what he could master, the valve in his chest, a trace of blood was already showing at the corner of his mouth, he was sure that if he knocked down the seventh time, he would definitely be injured, which was something he definitely didn't want to see.
After calming down the stuffiness in his chest a little, Qin Chuan saw that the blacksmith uncle did not move, so he looked up at him suspiciously, only to see the blacksmith looking at Qin Chuan with a shocked face.
"Who taught you this?" The blacksmith asked, shocked.
"Ah, who taught me something, I figured it out myself, how about it?" Qin Chuan said with some excitement in his low voice.
The blacksmith swallowed his saliva and looked at Qin Chuan with an incredible look.
The blacksmith's shock was not unreasonable, because this method of taking advantage of the momentum to accumulate strength was a unique secret technique of their faction, and it was also because of this secret technique that they could break through to the realm of the six grades. And Qin Chuan has no one to teach, and he can comprehend such a method, although there is no corresponding breathing and breathing method to cooperate, the effect will definitely be greatly reduced, but this is his own comprehension after all.
In the past, the blacksmith didn't believe that there was a genius in this world, but now seeing Qin Chuan's performance, he finally believed it.