Needless to say, it was difficult to eat and sleep in the open along the way.

On this day, when passing by a place called Pingshaling, Wang Qi found something unusual.

"This thing is very similar to the Shuoshi in the book. Weighing a black stone in his hand, Wang Qi muttered in his mouth. This black stone is less than the size of a palm, and with Wang Qi's palm, it is just enough to hold a porcelain. As for the book in Wang Qi's mouth, it was a miscellaneous book that Wang Qi had been reading behind closed doors in the village for half a year. The author of the book is no longer traceable, but in terms of the texture of the book, it should be the handwriting of a certain ancestor who has been handed down from a very early age.

Shuoshi is a special kind of stone, the texture is fine, the color is generally black or dark brown, itself does not have any ability, but if you add a star and a half when casting a weapon, it will make the weapon more tough, the strength is greater, and the impact on the weapon is not insignificant! In addition, this thing itself is not very abundant, so the amount of Shuoshi mining is very scarce. After all, how many people are there in the Foundry Guild? Who can guarantee that the mine mined is the Shuoshi Mine? You must know that the cost of one dispatch is also quite high, and these costs must be borne by the miner. As for the piece in Wang Qi's hand, if it is true, then he will really send it!

I have to say that this kid's luck is really good! In addition to almost seeing blood when he went out, but in the end, it was successfully resolved, and he made a big fortune. It's just that Wang Qi's children have basically consumed these resources along the way. Now, it can be said that Wang Qi is counting on this suspected stone to make a fortune!

"I heard that each branch of the Foundry Guild has a person in charge of mining, do you want to take a look?" and," Wang Qi smiled bitterly at the sword in his hand that was fished from the Du family's warehouse, "This sword also needs to be blessed, it's too brittle." ”

After wandering around Pingshaling for a long time, I finally found my goal, the Pingshaling Branch of the Foundry Masters Association.

"Is there anyone?", Wang Qi shouted tentatively as he walked through the guild gate and looked at the empty hall. After looking left and right for a long time, he finally saw a shadow similar to the corner of his clothes in the innermost corner of the hall, and walked over.

"Huh, old man, are you alone in this guild?" walked in and found that it was an old man in a gray cloth robe, and Wang Qi's cheerful temperament made him ask in the tone of a bear child.

Raul, who was enjoying a good morning on the deck chair, was suddenly disturbed and very angry: "Bastard, who are you! Get out of here! If you affect me again, I will kill you!"

"Damn! Old man, why are you so short-tempered! What's wrong with you?" was scolded inexplicably, Wang Qi was depressed, unhappy, and rushed to speak.

"Damn, you're not leaving, are you?I, I, I, I'm going to kill you!!The Marlene I dreamed about just now was ruined by you, the one who killed a thousand knives!!" Finding that the other party not only didn't leave but continued to ask questions, Raul was completely angry.

Damn, Lao Tzu finally had something super friendly in his dream and his dream public lover Ma Lian, and you kid woke me up! Don't you know the pain of one of the four great tragedies of "the cave room flowers and candles don't lift at night"? Lao Tzu feels it now!

"You are not ashamed to be old! You still have such dreams at a very old age! Old man, if you ignore me again, I will definitely report you!" Wang Qi, who finally understood what was going on from the other party's indignant words, couldn't cry or laugh. But I still endured and was not ashamed to interrupt the old man.

"Well, little hero, I see that you have wonderful bones and extraordinary bones, why don't we sit down and have a good talk?" Well, I knew you would agree, tell me what is the matter with you?" Sure enough, as soon as the word "report" came out, Raul seemed to have been caught with a sore foot, jumped three feet high, and immediately became conscientious and diligent, that attitude, I really don't have to say!

Seeing the miracle of the old thing's face changing in a second, Wang Qi had nothing left in his heart but sighing? Nothing! This old thing seems to be still hob meat? Without making a sound, he directly agreed to this thinking speed, and had a fight with himself! But the business was important, Wang Qi didn't hold on to this, but followed Raul's words and said: "Oh, old man, look at what kind of stone this is." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and handed out the stone.

Raul casually took the palm-sized stone, but in the next second, the whole person stood on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning, and said in a trembling voice: "This, this is a huge stone? Where did you find it? How many more do you have? Give it all, give it to me!!" A series of questions appeared from Raul's mouth one after another, and when he said the end, his voice had turned into a loud roar, which showed how big the impact of this thing had on Raul.

"Uh, this broken stone is really a huge stone?" Seeing that the old man was so excited, Wang Qi felt that he had better confirm it.

"Of course, this is a stone, a stone that is hard to buy!" Raul was even more excited.

The pain of a foundry being forced to lose two or more of its original qualities in the last process of casting due to a lack of raw materials is enough to drive a foundry mad. So when a foundry discovers this raw material, what kind of reaction should be understood.

"Whew, that's good, it seems that the credibility of the things in that travelogue is quite high. Wang Qi muttered to himself.

"Well, what are you talking about?" Raul vaguely heard Wang Qi seem to be muttering, and hurriedly asked. If this stupid boy accidentally tells the place where he picked up the Shuo Stone, then he will not be rich?! In this mentality, Raul would rather kill 3,000 by mistake than let go of one.

"Uh... Didn't say anything. Wang Qi was caught off guard by the old man's inquiry, and he stumbled a little for a while.

"Oh...... Little hero, do you sell this big stone?" Although he knew that this kind of treasure was a human being, he would not easily reveal the source, but when he really didn't get the news he wanted, Raul was still a little disappointed, but soon, Raul asked with a shy old face whether Wang Qi made a move.

"Sell? I said old man, you say sell such a treasure that doesn't change money?" Wang Qi sneered in his heart, old guy, it's not appropriate for children to be full of brains, and now he wants to bully me when I'm young, is it really a little master who has no temper?

Raul's face froze. Don't say anything like "this thing can only be used in the hands of the foundry, so you give it to me", even if it is bombarded into scum, it is also people's own thing, why do you take it?

"This ...... Little brother, I'll help you cast what you lack!Tell me what you need, I'll get it for you!" Saying this, Raul was actually a little suspicious of bullying Wang Qi's youth. In his opinion, such a big child can give a good-looking sword, and if he wants any elixir, he will give him a random plant from his own family.

As the only guild member of the Pingshaling Branch, Raul is actually of little use to ask for a stone, mainly because he heard that the branch leader has been stuck in the current realm for many years, and if he is sending charcoal in the snow at this time, he will be a little excited!!

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm not selling!" Looking at the more wanton light in the eyes of this old man, Wang Qi felt a chill in his heart, and snatched the stone while shouting.

It was his own reaction that scared the child, and Raul blushed. Look at his own little talent, in front of such a little child, his eyes actually released a wolf-like light! At that moment, he immediately said softly: "It's the old brother, you don't have to blame the little brother." It's really that the old brother has been in this place where the birds don't for too long, and he hasn't seen the world, so he is offended, and he is forgiving!"

When he said this, Raul was really ashamed. I came down from above, and I was ashamed to say that I had never seen the world, what a ...... But after all, there is a request for others, what is the matter of pleasing and obeying softness?

Wang Qi's heart is not bad, and he has always adhered to the principle of being kind to others, Wang Qi feels that it is a bit too much to let people of this age give himself soft and say good things. I was a little reluctant to go, and I arched my hand and said: "Don't blame the old gentleman, the boy is a young man, a little frivolous, and he has offended a lot, Haihan Haihan!"

Look at the people, this is what people respect me and I am a foot! What a polite and good boy! As soon as Raul heard this, his whole person was as comfortable as having eaten a big popsicle in the summer, and he waved his big hand at the moment, patted his chest and said: "It's okay! Who still makes mistakes every time! But it's this big stone" turned around, and Raul still returned to the big stone.

"Seeing that the old gentleman is so eager for this, it is not easy for the boy to shame such a treasure, but can the old gentleman tell me how this is of use to you?" Wang Qi watched Raul pull the topic to Shuoshi three times and twice, and his mind moved, and he spoke.

"Hehe, okay. But first, I'll explain to you what the stone is used for. Seeing Wang Qi nodding in agreement, Raul knew that this kid only knew that this thing was precious but didn't know why this thing was precious, and the idea of popularizing knowledge for this kid arose in his heart, and the previous conversation made him have a good impression of Wang Qi, so he patiently explained to Wang Qi:

"The reason why such treasures as Shuoshi are so expensive that they are not exchanged is mainly because of their transformation in the process of metal smelting and forging. This kind of transformation is not to transform the original metal into a certain metal, but to increase the density of the original metal, thereby increasing the toughness of the forged instrument. Of course, there is another reason," Raul smiled mysteriously at this, "Shuoshi is crucial to the advancement of the foundry. The advancement of the foundry is not like the advancement of the martial artist, it is just a simple accumulation of heaven and earth spiritual power, and it also requires the caster's mastery of the density of metal. For example, an apprentice-level caster needs to control the density of the metal to use 20 kilograms of raw material per kilogram of finished product, that is, to make one kilogram of finished product from 20 kilograms of raw material. In this way, many apprentice-level foundries are often middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, and as for the entry-level in the back, they are almost gray-haired, almost twenty years older than we imagined, which directly affects the development of foundries in the future! But in fact, many apprentices do not have such a strong strength, because they do not have the understanding of the change in the density of metal, of course, they cannot purify twenty kilograms of blows into one kilogram when they are young, and can only rely on the growth of age to increase their strength, so as to leapfrog to the apprentice level. However, if the stone can be used in the forging process, the apprentice will definitely have a deep understanding of the principle of changing the density of metal, and there will be no need to spend a lot of time accumulating strength and wasting talent. Therefore, Shuoshi will be used by insiders to become the Heavenly Enlightenment Stone, which means the comprehension given by God. ”

"Isn't that a lot of stone consumed by the Foundry Guild?"

"Hehe," Raul smiled bitterly, "how can there be so many stones for us to use to advance! But this is still known and I don't know why, after all, it can't be compared with the role of Shuoshi. As for what I just said, it is limited to those casting geniuses. The stones they use are issued directly from the headquarters, in order to reduce the time spent on these hard accumulations. ”

"Is there a limit to how this thing can be used?"

"Nope. The more you use it, the more you understand the density of the metal, and the farther you go on the path of a foundry. However, under normal circumstances, foundries will use Shuoshi after they have fallen into a bottleneck for many years, so that they can not only break through the bottleneck but even have a great possibility of going further!"

"Doesn't that mean that the talents who have been cultivated by the headquarters are getting better and stronger, and those who have not been cultivated are likely to waste this life even if they are talented?" Wang Qi heard Raul's words, and there was a hint of anger in his words.

This book was first published on Kanshu.com