Volume 3 City of Water Chapter 169 One Furnace Melts Two Things
Hearing that Liu Yuyan was arrogant and self-confident, Qin Shuanghua was a little displeased at the moment, and secretly glanced at her with contempt, and then faced Dao Shengjie, and said coldly, "Shengjie, take out your true skills, don't show mercy to your subordinates!"
"Yes, master. Dao Shengjie raised his head in understanding, hugged his fists, and giggled even more on his lips, "Hehe, the disciple will definitely do his best to give those short-sighted rats elder insight!"
He seems to be showing his mind, but in fact he is ironically fighting back.
Qin Shuanghua raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "Hehe, that's a good point!"
Gan Zimo is an old man, how could he not hear such a sneer? He was very choked in his heart, clenched his fists and was about to attack, but was suddenly interrupted by Bai Yangping, who was walking towards him.
Bai Yangping clenched his fists and arched his hands, "Hehe, Senior Brother Gan, Senior Sister Qin, can you start now?"
When Gan Zimo heard this, he had no choice but to give up, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's start!"
Qin Shuanghua Chengzhu was in his chest, and he also nodded.
Bai Yangping smiled and said, "Hehe, since that's the case, those two nephews please come with me." ”
With that, he turned around and walked forward, leading Dao Shengjie and Liu Yuyan to the furnace together.
Lightly raising the white paper fan, Bai Yangping motioned for everyone to shut down, nodded at the three notaries among the guests, and then announced loudly, "The first game of the Divine Battalion refining competition, refining the three-bone sword!"
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
As soon as Bai Yangping's words fell, a rapid drum beat immediately sounded in the field, and two middle-aged men with bare bodies beat drums to make a momentum, and the rapid drum beats seemed to catch everyone's beating hearts at once, and they all looked nervously at the furnace in the center of the martial arts training ground.
"Boom!"
With the last drum beating coming to an abrupt end, the refining competition finally began.
"Smack!"
Two crisp beats, Dao Shengjie and Liu Yuyan patted their respective bags at the same time, going against each other, standing on both sides, each of them took out a squeezed red gourd in their hands, the gourd mouth was slightly flattened, with a slender mouth on it, and a small hole was dug out at the bottom, covered with a special screen, the small hole was slightly larger than the gourd mouth, which looked quite novel.
This gourd is called the fire blowing gourd, it is the most commonly used fire blowing tool for refiners, providing energy for refining, it is filled with a special kind of fire, called weak fire, usually silent, only after adding strong wind can it break out, the refiner will send wind to the fine mouth by mobilizing the aura, and the weak fire will shoot out from the small hole at the bottom of the gourd.
The function of that layer of screen is to prevent the backflow of breath, and secondly, to control the amount of weak fire.
The weak fire is not a natural fire, but a powerful refiner gathers a variety of flames to condense it, the fire and blazing heat resemble Danhuo, but it is not a Danhuo in the true sense.
The fire used by refiners is the most coveted Danhuo, but Danhuo is a holy object that is domineering by nature and extremely difficult to find, and there are great restrictions on the requirements of physique.
The power of the weak fire is a few points stronger than the ordinary flame, but it is far less powerful than the Danhuo, the only advantage is that the weak fire has a strong stability, which is much easier than controlling the Danhuo, which is also the key factor for many refiners to choose to use it to refine the weapon.
Thin eyebrows frowned slightly, Liu Yuyan knew that Dao Shengjie was good at refining knives, and besides, the exam questions this time were a little unfavorable to her, so she simply made a preemptive strike.
The smoky white aura suddenly erupted, spreading through the jade arm to the palm of the palm, and flew straight after leaving the hand, bringing a strong wisp of wind and blowing straight towards the thin mouth.
"Whew!"
The wind blew the flames, and a bright red tongue of fire burst out from the bottom of the gourd, and when it sprayed into the opening under the furnace, it quickly swept away, and soon ignited the entire furnace.
"Hmph, cunning!" Seeing that Liu Yuyan's hands and feet were nimble, Dao Shengjie sneered and sneered, holding a fire-blowing gourd without hurrying, instead of starting the fire, he pointed to the ground on his toes, rising from the ground, and at the same time took a dark and thick partition from the brocade bag, turned his hand and erected it, pressed down abruptly, and between the pressing and the buckle, it was directly inserted in the center of the upper opening!
"Boom!"
With both feet on the ground, Dao Shengjie quickly bent down, picked up the two bones on the ground and threw them into the furnace, using the partition as a boundary to divide the two sides.
"What?" As soon as this move came out, Liu Yuyan was suddenly surprised in her heart, "He...... He actually practiced two kinds as soon as he came up?"
Gan Zimo also stood up from his seat suddenly, stared at the Dao Shengjie on the field, and then turned his head to look at Qin Shuanghua on the side, and his heart was suddenly shocked.
Qin Shuanghua kept his eyes off, and his expression was very proud.
"Shhh...... This is...... One furnace melts two things?" A sentence of astonishment in his heart, Gan Zimo suddenly had a hint of foreboding.
One furnace melts two things, refers to the method of melting two different materials at the same time in order to save time when refining the craft, although this method is fast, but it is a great test of the refiner's ability.
The results of the refining competition are actually considered from three aspects - time, weight, and sharpness.
Generally speaking, the shorter the refining time, the lighter the feel, and the sharper the blade, the weapon is considered to be the best.
As the name suggests, the three-bone sword is a weapon made of materials taken from the bones of three different monsters in the Inferior Forest, extracting the hardest components from the bones, burning them into a pure melt with weak fire, and then hammering them with a stone hammer after cooling, grinding stones, and carving them carefully before they are completed.
The three bones come from different sources, and the impurities in them must have their own merits, but as soon as Dao Shengjie came up, he used a partition to separate the two different bones, and this practice obviously wanted to smelt the two different bones at the same time, all in one go, saving a lot of time.
In terms of the length of refining time alone, Liu Yuyan has fallen into disadvantage.
The refining competition had just begun, and Dao Shengjie's bold approach immediately attracted the sighs of many guests around.
"Shhh...... The Sword Saint Jie is not a Sword Saint Jie, there is really a set of sword refining! Two kinds of bones are refined at the same time, he really dares to think about it!"
"Alas, he has speeded up, Liu Yuyan is still coming one by one, in terms of time alone, Dao Shengjie has already won the battle!"
"Pull it, don't talk too much, although the knife saint is refining the knife quickly, but the refining tool is not in a hurry, you can't eat a big fat man in one bite, the extreme thing must be reversed, you know?"
"That's it, although the sword saint is fast, but the impurities in the two bones are very different, in case he can't control the heat well, the whole is one over the other, wouldn't it be a self-cutting retreat? Moreover, the refining weapon ratio is not only the speed, but also the lightness and sharpness, in case the three-bone sword he refines is heavy and blunt, and he can't even cut a piece of tofu, what's the use of being fast?"
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With different opinions, insiders watching the doorway, outsiders watching the excitement, for such a bold and bizarre approach, guests naturally have different ideas.
Zhou Nian looked at Dao Shengjie with a flat face, he didn't care about the success or failure of the refining competition, whether it was the East Courtyard or the West Courtyard, winning or losing was not painful for him at all.
However, Dao Shengjie's courage to try the practice of melting two things in one furnace is somewhat appreciated, and no matter what the final result is, it is very admirable to have this kind of adventurous spirit.
In the martial arts training field, Dao Shengjie directly ignored everyone's discussions, he now urgently needed to concentrate on winning glory for the East Courtyard, and immediately after placing the partition, he raced against time, mobilized his aura to urge the weak fire in the fire blowing gourd, and soon heated the hearth.
Gan Zimo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was caught off guard by the other party just as soon as he came up, which made him very anxious, but it was useless for him to be anxious, after all, it was not himself who was on the field, so he could only stand aside and cheer for his apprentice.
"Swift, don't be in a hurry, just play steadily. ”
Qin Shuanghua on the side covered her mouth and chuckled, "Hehe, Senior Brother Gan can calm down, you must have lost this time, do you still want her to win steadily?"
Gan Zimo turned his head and glanced at her, and snorted coldly, "Hmph, the refining weapon is not speed, you are so carried away, beware of a big loss!"
Qin Shuanghua spread his hands and didn't care, "Hmph, thank you Senior Brother Gan for reminding me, but only those who have the ability can be proud, and those who don't have the ability can abstain as soon as possible." ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"It's not interesting, just stating the facts. Qin Shuanghua's eyes wandered, and he didn't care anymore.
"You!" Gan Zimo clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, seeing that the other party ignored him, he could only stand there sulking.
The heat was pervasive, the two of them did not let each other in the field, urging the aura to control the temperature of the weak fire, the two huge furnaces were quickly burned to the bright, the pure melt fell slowly, and flowed into the two hard molds through the slender conduit, Liu Yuyan was the first to complete the smelting of the first kind of bones, but the overall speed was much worse than that of Dao Shengjie.
The second type of skeleton had just been put into the furnace, and Dao Shengjie had already refined two kinds of molten liquid, one furnace melted two things, and the speed was surprisingly fast.
"Damn it!"
Bei Yan bit his red lips, Liu Yuyan was already a big step behind, the second type of skeleton had just begun to be smelted, but Dao Shengjie's side was ready to refine the last kind of skeleton.
The refining test intensified, and the strange trick that Dao Shengjie came up with in a hurry quickly made him taste the sweetness, and when Liu Yuyan's third type of skeleton had just been thrown into the furnace, he was already ready to start casting.
"Dingding!"
The sound of the stone hammer knocking made Liu Yuyan's heart break, and such a disparity in speed made her suddenly a little hurried, and the steps were a little slow, but fortunately, Gan Zimo reminded her seriously before, so as not to make mistakes in the busy.
After the hammering was completed, Dao Shengjie pinched the blade and swiped it gently, the blade of the sword was very sharp, but he was not satisfied, seeing that Liu Yuyan was still tired of refining the third molten liquid, he simply put the three-bone sword on the grinding stone and polished it carefully, and after trying again and again, he stopped.
"Boom!"
With a crisp sound, the three-bone sword was impressively formed, and Dao Shengjie put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, with a smile on his face, as if he was admiring a perfect work of art.
"Uncle Shi. With a respectful face, he handed the three-bone sword into Bai Yangping's hand, and Dao Shengjie retreated.
Bai Yangping nodded, and then read out loud, "Sword Shengjie, take the lead in refining the weapon to complete!"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd instantly fried the pot.
"Shhh...... Awesome! The master of sword refining is really not covered, this speed is incomparable!"
"Alas, the little girl in the West Courtyard is completely cool this time!"
"Alas, this can't be blamed on her, if you want to blame her, you can only blame the exam questions this time for being too biased, and specifically take the weapon test that other swords Shengjie is best at, isn't this a victory given away for nothing?"
"Alright, it's too early to say this, there are still two more that haven't been reviewed, so let's keep an eye on it. ”