Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sinda
-Hutton-Marr-
"Hiss......" There was a crisp and pleasant sound of sharpening knives, and a short old man was holding a silver steel knife grinding back and forth on a whetstone, and a little bit of debris fell from the whetstone. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The INFO steel knife sparkles in the sun, and the curve of the slender blade is slightly curved upward, like a crescent moon in the night sky, and the thin blade is like a piece of paper. The old man who was sharpening the knife was short, perhaps only more than one meter and three meters tall, and the whetstone was placed just as high as his waist, just enough for him to sharpen the knife. The old man was already gray-haired, with long white hair reaching up to his waist, tied with a yellow bandage and standing on top of his head, with two white whiskers under his nose and a long broom-like whisker reaching up to his chest. Even if he is old, the old man still concentrates on sharpening the steel knife, and there are three swords behind his back, two of which are the same style of knives, the blue-brown scabbard tightly wraps the blade, and the last one is a huge chopping knife, the dark blade, although there are a lot of gaps in the knife body, but it will not make people feel that this beheading knife can no longer be used, on the contrary, it makes people feel that his body exudes a unique evil aura.
Long Ming quietly watched the old man sharpen his knife on the side, Long Ming had been in this remote place for a while, and the one sharpening the knife in front of him was Xinda, whom GSD had asked him to find. It turned out that Xinda had long since ceased to live on South Street, Long Ming found Xinda's original residence, and found that there was only a low stone house left, which was thick with dust and countless cobwebs, except for some abandoned furniture, there was no clue at the scene that could show where Xinda went. Fortunately, Long Ming asked a few passers-by and learned that Xinda had moved to a suburb outside the south gate of Helmaton many years ago, Long Ming had traveled all the way at night, and finally saw a rising white smoke in a sky at dawn, Long Ming advanced towards the place of white smoke and finally found Sinda's location.
Sinda's place of residence was very simple, a small house made of stone, next to it was a low forge with flames burning in the round vault, and you could vaguely see the weapons inside, and next to the forge were placed several buckets of clean water. There were also some strange things that Long Ming couldn't name, which were supposed to be tools used to forge weapons and armor, because Long Ming had seen Xinda use them in the few hours he had been waiting for Sinda.
Right! Long Ming has been waiting for Xinda here for several hours, from the very beginning of finding Xinda, Long Ming saw Xinda start to forge this steel knife, Long Ming has not seen Xinda talk to him since confirming Xinda's identity. Sinda just kept repeating what she was doing, at first Sinda was just a rough and ugly piece of steel in her hand, and under Sinda's repeated beatings, the rough steel block deformed little by little, from a lump to a flat piece. Xinda repeatedly hammered to completely get rid of the impurities in the steel block, and then Xinda melted the steel block into a hot liquid and poured it into the knife mold to solidify the molten steel, and then took out the steel sheet again and beat it...... The motions were repeated, and hours passed like this, but Sinda didn't feel tired at all, and she was still thrashing the steel knife with the same force as before.
"Hiss......" Sinda put the steel knife into the water, and the white water was scalded to the point of "hissing", accompanied by a thick burst of steam. It took a while for Sinda to take the steel knife out of the water, and the steel knife was as white as silver as silver as it was held high by Sinda, and the clean blade constantly reflected the dazzling essence light.
"Good knives!" Long Ming looked at the steel knife in Xinda's hand and shouted in his heart, he couldn't find a single flaw in the steel knife in his eyes, even if he was a little far away, Long Ming could still feel a little cold air from the steel knife.
But Xinda was not as happy as Long Ming imagined, looking at the steel knife's eyes narrowed tightly, the two white hairs on his brows were tightly condensed, and there was no joy on his face.
"Alas!" Sinda sighed, then lowered her raised hand and threw the steel knife in her hand into the forge at will, quietly watching as the dazzling steel knife melted into a pile of molten steel in the hot furnace, and then Sinda didn't move again.
"Master, what are you?" Long Ming saw that a good knife was destroyed by Xinda like this, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, and couldn't help but ask Xinda a question.
"There is no sword soul in this knife, it is just a pure and useless piece of steel, it will not become a peerless knife, don't forget it, it seems that I still have a long, long way to go!" Sinda whispered to the molten steel that had disappeared into the furnace, a hint of loss in her tone, and finally sighed deeply.
"Okay, don't worry about a mere sword, young man, you said you were called by GSD to find me, right? What are you doing here? I really didn't expect that decades later, that GSD guy would still remember me Zindha, hehe! Sinda pulled her gaze away from the casting furnace and asked Long Ming.
Long Ming silently retracted the reluctance in his eyes and said: "Originally, I was looking for GSD to practice swordsmanship, but he said that he wanted to test me to see which school of swordsmanship I was suitable for, but my weapon was completely damaged in a battle, and then he introduced the master to me, let me find you, I hope Master Sinda you can help me!" Long Ming pleaded sincerely to Sinda.
"Alas! Today's young people are so impulsive, they don't know how to cherish their weapons, and after every battle, they will only blow the flute how great they are and how powerful monsters they have defeated, but they don't know how to spend a little bit of time maintaining their weapons. You probably don't know, do you? Every weapon has a life of its own, and weapons like you that damage yourself without restraint will always be ruined by you! Sinda accused, her eyes full of reproach for today's warriors for not caring for their weapons, as if watching a beloved weapon being ruined by them.
Long Ming bowed his head and was silent, because many times he was like this, every time he took the big sword in his hand and swung it to kill, he didn't remember to turn around and maintain it, maybe the scars accumulated by the big sword for a long time finally broke out in the battle with Kaino, and it was wiped out without a trace after a lightning strike, if Long Ming usually took good care of it, it shouldn't be such an end, right? Thinking like this, Long Ming couldn't help but feel a heavy sense of guilt for his beloved sword.
"Well, you don't really look like a person who has no love for your own weapons, please always remember that your life is always saved by the weapon in your hand, it is your partner, you should cherish the next new partner with this guilt!" Xinda looked at the guilt in Long Ming's eyes, and was relieved that Long Ming also knew that he felt sorry for his former weapon, and he didn't want to continue to criticize him more.
"Hmm!" Long Ming replied firmly, vowing in his heart that he must take good care of his weapon.
"You said you came to me for help, you didn't ask me to forge weapons, did you? GSD, that guy obviously has a lot of weapons in his collection, so it doesn't matter much if you borrow one and a half for your little brother to use for the time being, right? However, with your current cultivation, you may not be able to skillfully use GSD weapons, but on the contrary, your strength will be reduced because the weapons are not used...... Forget it, anyway, the GSD guy is just stingy! Sinda complained that GSD had pushed him on such a problem.
"Since it was recommended by GSD, it means that he also has certain expectations for you, right? It's not easy to refuse because of my friendship with him, and now that I sell him a favor, I can borrow his weapon next time to take a look, and I don't have to put on a stinky face every time I ask him to borrow it. As long as I take a closer look at his weapon, I'm sure I'll be able to get a lot of inspiration, and then I'll be able to outrun that guy as quickly as possible. Sinda said, touching her white beard.
Long Ming couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that Xinda was willing to help him, but before he could say thank you, Xinda continued to speak.
"However, there is still no free lunch in the world, you should understand this truth, right?" Xinda looked at Long Ming with a sly expression, her mouth was raised high, revealing two rows of slightly yellow teeth, and her eyes narrowed into a line, looking like she was eating Long Ming.
Damn, I know these old guys aren't going to be so kind to do things for free, and they're going to end up making all sorts of weird demands on you, just like the old Sherlock, and this guy is the same. Why is every old guy so cunning? Shouldn't they be kind old grandfathers who love their younger generations? Why is it that everyone is so natural to put forward all kinds of requirements for those of us who don't have much ability? He was smiling so happily and looked like he was going to eat us. Alas! Tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, who told him to ask for help now? It's better to promise him, otherwise the road of practicing swordsmanship by yourself will not work!
Long Ming fiercely despised all kinds of cunning old men he met now in his heart, but in the end, he still bowed his head, and he had to bow his head, can't GSD introduce a normal person? He probably wouldn't have thought that he had been calculated, right? You really deserve it! Ay! Ay! Don't think about it! Long Ming shook his head, shook off the thought that had arisen again, and said to Sinda, "I don't know what you want, Master?" If it's what Long Ming can do, then I'll definitely help! ”
Xinda laughed and patted Long Ming's waist, because he was too short, he could only pat Long Ming's waist, otherwise he would definitely pat Long Ming's shoulder, but even this did not hide the joy in his heart at all, it just made Long Ming feel a little awkward.
"Haha! It's not a big deal, it's just that the old man is missing a certain material when forging weapons now, and I want you to help me get that material! It's that simple, after the materials are taken, the old man will definitely forge a peerless magic weapon for you! Sinda said to Long Ming.
Long Ming quickly slapped Xinda's hand away and responded, "It won't be that simple, right?" Let's talk about it first, I won't do such a trick as killing people and selling goods! And something you're talking about can't be on some cliff, right? Or is it guarded by some fierce monster? Would such a thing be said to be free of danger? Forget it, let's just say it! Anyway, I'm slaughtered by you, so it's better to do it! But when I get back, you're really going to build a peerless weapon for me! ”
Xinda was not angry when he saw Long Ming open his hand, because he knew that Long Ming would definitely agree, because when he talked to Long Ming again, he could clearly perceive the persistence of swordsmanship in Long Ming's eyes, and he wanted to come to GSD because he liked Long Ming to let him come to see me, right? Sure enough, the little brother still agreed!
"Where would the old man lie to you? Look at my eyes, they are full of sincerity, it's not that the old man lied to you, the old man has never violated what he said! Sinda opened his two small glasses wide in front of Long Ming.
Long Ming looked at Xinda's two eyes, where is the so-called sincerity he said, full of bloodshot caused by lack of sleep, but this makes Long Ming feel a little relieved, it is these bloodlines that make Long Ming more convinced that this Xinda is really pouring his heart and soul into forging, so people who love forging should not have too bad skills! But what that guy said never violated his own words, who knows, after all, the two have just met.
"Alright! Then I'll tell me what I want, right? It's a spring called 'Clear Spring', and that spring water is very good for forging weapons, and only with this spring water can I be sure that I can forge even more powerful weapons!" "As far as I know, there is a mountain in the foothills of Mount Loran, and the peak is very recognizable, with a huge waterfall falling from a thousand meters in the sky, and this spring is at the top of the waterfall!" All you have to do is help me get the spring back, and as long as you get the spring back, then I'll promise to help you forge a weapon! It's not that the old man is boasting, the old man's craftsmanship is also famous in the entire Arad continent! If you get a lot of spring water, then I might consider adding it when forging weapons for you! Hee-hee, I suggest you get a little more spring water and come back! ”
Sure enough, he was cunning and cunning, and asked me to take more spring water back, obviously because he wanted more spring water, right? When did I become such a cheap coolie? Shouldn't this kind of work be done by that guy Ling Feng? How could it be reduced to what Young Master Ben did?
"Alright! Since the master has what he wants, then let's take what we need! Then I'll go now, wait for my good news! Long Ming quickly decided to leave, otherwise I don't know what strange requests this guy will make, so it's better to go first!
"Wait a minute!" Sinda said to Long Ming.
As soon as Long Ming came back to his senses, a black shadow appeared in front of him, Long Ming caught the black shadow in his hand, and took a closer look, it turned out to be one of the two long knives on Xinda's back, Long Ming looked at Xinda and didn't know why, wouldn't it be that he gave me this weapon directly so that I didn't have to go to the strange spring water?
"I'll lend you this knife for the time being, just in case you need it at the foot of Luolan Mountain, okay, you can go!" Sinda explained, finally waving at Long Ming.
Knowing that this guy wouldn't be so kind, Long Ming put the knife on his back, and then went back the way he came.
"Wait a minute!" Zindah's voice rang out again.
Damn, what's wrong with you, please have something to say at once, okay, when you pit me just now, it was so neat. Long Ming complained in his heart, and at the same time prepared to come back to his senses.
Hey? What is it? Long Ming watched as a black shadow suddenly expanded in his feet, and the black shadow instantly expanded from the size of a palm to envelop Long Ming's entire body.
"Not good!" Long Ming was suddenly alert, and quickly raised his hands to block the things above, "Bang! "A very huge vat fell into Long Ming's hands, this vat was the size of Xinda's forging furnace, and it could already fit several Long Ming into it. Long Ming resisted the giant vat, his whole body was bruised, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth, where did this thing come from?
"Come, little brother, I gave you this huge vat to hold spring water, and you must fill this little vat to its fullest! Also, take good care of my knife, don't use it to chop flowers and grass! All right! It's really okay this time, go all the way! ”
Long Ming heard Xinda's voice coming from behind the giant vat, and kept blaming this treacherous old man in his heart, but he couldn't speak, and all the strength of his body was used to lift the giant vat. When I come back, I must supervise him to help me forge my weapons. Long Ming strode away with a huge vat with firm determination, really one step at a time.