"Brother Bai, you are too much of a bully to other children, your casting hammer is almost up to this young man's shoulder when he stands on the ground." One of the big men who struck iron said angrily.

The middle-aged man who was called Brother Bai was unmoved, and the big man who spoke out didn't see Xiu Zhe's ghost hand and the Imperial Sword Academy badge on his chest before he said something like that because of the angle. He is not a reckless man, and the young man in front of him is by no means simple, but if it is just a showman, then he will not want this young man.

Xiu Zhe smiled slightly, raised his right hand, and presented the ghost hand with slender nails in front of everyone, the small hand held the hammer handle on the handle, Xiu Zhe raised the casting hammer above his head almost effortlessly.

"Very good, put the hammer down, usually you give us the materials when you hand the iron, the salary is 4 silver coins and 20 copper coins a month, and you can take care of the rice, okay?" My name is Bai Rong, and you can call me Uncle Bai. Bai Rong's eyes were full of approval and looked at Xiu Zhe, worthy of being a student of the Imperial Sword Academy, this casting hammer was thirty pounds Xiu Zhe could really lift it above his head with one hand.

Slowly putting the casting hammer on the ground, Xiu Zhe shook his head and said, "Uncle Bai, I want to strike iron here with you and be a blacksmith." ”

Originally, there was a clanging sound of iron, but with Xiu Zhe's words, it disappeared, and every blacksmith looked at Xiu Zhe with some astonishment.

"Kid, are you here to be happy with me?" Bai Rong's face was a little not good-looking, there were a lot of things to pay attention to in ironing, he didn't believe that a child would know the details of the various steps of ironing, not to mention... Bai Rong's gaze was locked on Xiu Zhe's hands, and the hands that had no blisters and calluses at all showed no experience at first glance.

"Uncle Bai, let me make a piece of pig iron, what do you think? If you don't think I can do it, you can do without me. Xiu Zhe had a confident smile on his face, although he had only studied the forging technique with Linus for more than ten days, he still knew the general process of striking iron, when to pull the bellows, which part of the sword to start with, and so on.

Bai Rong smiled heroically and said, "Okay, you come to my casting table, I just have a piece of red-hot pig iron here, I want to see what skills you have as a young man." ”

Xiu Zhe was led by Bai Rong to his casting table, on which was a piece of reddish pig iron, which was even higher than Xiu Zhe.

Bai Rong called a few big men to move the stone chair over for Xiu Zhe to step on, Xiu Zhe jumped lightly, his feet stepped on the two stone chairs side by side, and he didn't choose to pick up Bai Rong's casting hammer, the big hammer was not suitable for him, he picked a slightly smaller hammer, Xiu Zhe held it in his hand and closed his eyes.

The atmosphere seemed very quiet, and all the blacksmiths who were striking iron wanted to see what pleasure this young man who had not even weaned his milk would bring to their boring work.

When Xiu Zhe opened his eyes, Bai Rong was shocked, and he seemed to see a fine light flashing in the young man's eyes.

"The human body exerts force in the calf, the calf drives the waist, and the waist drives the whole body!" Linus's teachings and the movements of striking iron came to Xiuzhe's mind, Xiuzhe turned sideways, his legs were forced, and the hammer in his hand smashed into the pig iron.

A crisp 'ding' sound sounded in the clean blacksmith shop, Xiu Zhe smashed it without any pause after the first hammer, and the second hammer smashed on the pig iron again.

'Ding Ding' hammer collides on the pig iron, making a very pleasant sound that is not sharp, but not fast, but each hammer is a big opening and closing, giving people an extremely smooth feeling. However, Xiu Zhe knew that his movements could not be as fast and accurate as Linus, and it would take time to practice and run-in.

Not only were the workers in the blacksmith shop stunned, but even Bai Rong had grown his mouth, and his mind seemed to be blank.

Seeing that the pig iron under Xiu Zhe's hammer was gradually cooling, Bai Rong hurriedly reacted, squatted down and pulled up the bellows, as a senior old blacksmith, he naturally knew what the consequences would be if the temperature was not enough.

When the hammer in Xiu Zhe's hand hit the pig iron for the hundredth and hundredth, it stopped, and then everyone felt that the breeze blowing on their faces was actually brought by Xiu Zhe's swing of the hammer.

It's not that Xiu Zhe doesn't want to continue forging, it's just that he doesn't know what part Bai Rong wants to make the sword with this piece of pig iron, but he just removes the impurities in the pig iron for him.

"Card.. Kalua Blacksmith?! Bai Rong's eyes widened, he looked at the boxy piece of iron, licked his dry lips, and said in shock.

After taking a few deep breaths of air, Xiu Zhe wiped the sweat on his forehead and asked suspiciously, "Kalua Forging Technique?" What is that? ”

Bai Rong subconsciously replied: "According to legend, a hundred years ago, Arad gave birth to a divine craftsman, the forging technique he used was completely different from other blacksmiths, the unique way of striking iron, the arrogant and uninhibited continuous hammer method is deeply loved by blacksmiths, but except for a few of his disciples, no one can imitate his hammer method, I thought that only the Xinda divine craftsman and the rising star in recent years, Linas, could perform it, I didn't expect to see it in your hands today." ”

Brother Linus and Grandpa Sinda are so powerful? Xiu Zhe did not say that his forging technique was taught by Linus, and both Sinda and Linus had warned him not to use their name.

Looking at Xiu Zhe's silent appearance, Bai Rong knew in his heart that the young man in front of him was definitely a disciple of a divine craftsman, and Bai Rong was secretly satisfied with the young man's behavior of not showing his master's name, and smiled heartily: "I don't know what the name of this little divine craftsman who is about to join us is." ”

Xiu Zhe knew that Bai Rong's test had passed, and hurriedly introduced himself.

"Okay, then we'll call you Xiao Zhe in the future, the salary just now is not counted, in the future, you will be like us 8 silver coins and 40 copper coins per month, look at your outfit I'm afraid it's also from the Imperial Sword Academy, I still know some of the academy's courses, they are all half-day classes, you can come to the blacksmith shop to work after class, but you have to get off work three hours later than us to make up for the morning's work, right?" I can serve you lunch and dinner. Bai Rong touched the loose stubble on his chin and discussed with Xiu Zhe.

"I'm all right, thank you, Uncle Bai." Xiu Zhe was a little excited, although he had less time to practice swords, the food problem was solved, and as for sword practice, Xiu Zhe could only spare time at night to practice.

Xiu Zhe is a person who does what he says, after lunch, he started the iron in the blacksmith shop, and after dinner at five o'clock, Xiu Zhe beat the iron for another three hours before dragging his tired body back to the academy.

opened the door of the dormitory, looked at Ning Jiuxiuzhe who was lying on the bed and had nothing to do, picked up a clean summer hospital uniform, walked into the bathroom, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and threw the stinky clothes into a machine called 'washing machine', and after a long time, it finally made it work, looking at the machine that could wash clothes so conveniently, Xiu Zhe thought in his heart that when he had money, he must buy his mother an identical machine to reduce her workload.

The washing machine was efficient, and the lid that closed automatically opened, Xiu Zhe took out the clothes to dry on the wardrobe and took off the top.

"Oops, why are you undressing again?" Ning Jiu's voice sounded, stopping Xiu Zhe's movements.

Xiu Zhe turned his head and said dissatisfiedly: "I can't take off my clothes when I sleep?" ”

Ning Jiu was half lying on the bed, his big eyes were full of anger, and a mere civilian dared to talk back to him? But Ning Jiu quickly calmed down and thought of a compromise solution, "Put on your clothes, I'll take you to buy pajamas, okay?" ”

"No money." Xiu Zhe didn't know what pajamas were, but when he heard the word 'buy', he rolled his eyes and said angrily.

"I'll pay, you just need to pick out two pajamas, that's okay, right?" Ning Jiu's teeth clenched, and such a sentence was squeezed out from between his teeth.

Xiu Zhe's eyebrows furrowed, this person is really strange, what are all men? That's all there is to the aristocracy?

"What are pajamas?" Xiu Zhe put the shirt he took off on his body again, and said helplessly.

Ning Jiu's eyes widened in disbelief, and he immediately collapsed on the bed like a deflated ball, and explained weakly: "It's the clothes you wear when you sleep." ”

"What are you doing in bed? Aren't you going? If I don't go, I'll take off my clothes and go to bed. Xiu Zhe said, grabbing the collar with both hands and about to take off his clothes.

"Don't, go, go, give the clothes to my father.. The child is dressed. Ning Jiu hurriedly stood up and said eagerly.

The two walked out of the dormitory building one after the other and came to the store set up by the academy, Xiu Zhe picked out two well-fitting pajamas and Ning Jiu came to the cash register.

"Hello, a total of eighty silver coins." The cashier said with a signature smile on his face.

Eighty silver coins? Xiu Zhe looked at the pajamas in his hand, and the corners of his eyes jumped, such a high price is for the Son of Heaven to wear?

Ning Jiu didn't feel anything, took out a gold card with a dragon pattern and handed it to the cashier, Xiu Zhe was even more surprised when he saw Ning Jiu's gold card, and he was sure that he must be a nobleman, and he was not an ordinary nobleman. The types of cards are divided into copper, silver, and gold like gold coins, and each type also has different levels, such as the card given to her by her mother is the lowest level card in the copper card, and there is a maximum deposit of ten gold coins in it.

And Ning Jiu's gold card with a dragon pattern is the highest level of gold card, with a deposit of at least 10,000 gold coins.

The cashier quickly settled the bill, Ning Jiu put the gold card in his pocket, glanced at Xiu Zhe, who was extremely surprised, and pouted, "Let's go." ”

Saying that, Ning Jiu walked towards the door of the store by himself, Xiu Zhe came back to his senses and hurriedly followed Ning Jiu's pace and walked out of the store.

"After that you go to bed in your pajamas, remember, change in the bathroom." Ning Jiu's tone had a hint of command in it, as if he was used to talking to others like this.

Xiu Zhe nodded and said softly, "Thank you." Although he didn't like Ning Jiu's tone, he did spend a lot of money for himself, and Xiu Zhe still thanked him very sincerely.

Ning Jiu glanced at Xiu Zhe and snorted, strode towards the bedroom.