61 Harvest of Qingqiu

The holiday is still a few days away, and the crisis of the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce has finally been resolved, everyone's efforts in the past month have not been in vain, Sheng Xuan originally planned to go back directly, but was stopped by the group of brothers in the tavern, "Why are you in such a hurry to go back, anyway, your drunkard master is not a well-behaved person in the first place, and he also knows what you are doing now, so why do we have to play for a few more days when we come to Qingqiu." Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 info "Someone catered to it suddenly" is that.,I heard that this Qingqiu is a place where beautiful women come out.,No matter how you say it, you can't let go of this opportunity in vain.。 "I'm more interested in the weapons created by Master Qingqiu, and if I can get a two-handed sword made by Master Bataru, then it will be even more powerful in the future. "Yes, yes, I'm going to get the weapon back, it's rare that Qingqiu has to replace my broken sword." "I think so, I heard that Master Qingqiu will also build a magic staff, you see that only a few old guys in the academy have formal magic staffs, and the ones we use can only be regarded as rotten mahogany sticks. ”

In the end, everyone's opinion was finally unanimous, and they wanted to visit all the weapon workshops in Qingqiu to find a weapon that suited them, and this group of people had just received the bounty, as if they were sorry for themselves if they didn't spend it.

So in the next few days, there were groups of lonely bamboo masters looking around for their favorite weapons, and Sheng Xuan was also a little moved by what they said, and couldn't help but think that he should also get a handy weapon back, but he had dragon teeth and ghost roaring for a while, and he couldn't think of what he should do.

Because there was no purpose, Sheng Xuan walked around the city at will, and unconsciously walked into Elis's workshop, shouted two sentences and saw that no one answered, so he walked straight in, until the backyard did not see a single figure, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, could it be that Elise had moved away? But how could all these things be lost here?

He searched around in this small courtyard, and suddenly found an old anvil in a hut, as well as a row of hammers of different sizes, the largest of which was probably hundreds of catties, and the smallest was only the thickness of a finger, he couldn't help but pick it up curiously one by one, and suddenly a sword hanging on the wall attracted his attention, this sword was red all over, just looking at it made people feel blood boiling, he couldn't help but gently take the sword off the wall, but when he held it in his hand, he found that the sword was obviously not finished, but only roughly made the outline of a sword, and the edge still had rough marks of beating, but the pine needle pattern caused by the beautiful folding of the sword body, is so beautiful that he can't bear to let go for a long time.

Suddenly, an angry roar came, "Put it down." Sheng Xuan hurriedly hung the long sword in his hand back on the wall carefully, and then looked back to see that it was Master Elis, his eyes seemed to be spewing angry flames, and he calmed down a little when he put the sword back, "You shouldn't move that sword, just let him stay there quietly." With that, he turned and walked out of the hut.

Sheng Xuan came out, Elise was standing in the courtyard, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, please don't be surprised, I just came in and found that there was no one in the house, so I just walked around, if there is any offense, please bear with me." Elise sighed and said, "It's nothing, are you still here to repair that sword?" Sheng Xuan was stunned for a moment, but then shook his head, "I just want to come and see the master again, if I have the opportunity to find another sword, my one is already a little damaged, if I continue to use it, I'm afraid it will be more serious, the master taught me to know how to cherish it, so I don't plan to use it again until I can't repair it." "If you want to say that the reason for not using it is probably because the drunkard is angry, it is true.

Illis couldn't help but nod when he heard him say this, "It's enough for you to have this heart, but I haven't crafted weapons for many years, so you better look elsewhere." Unexpectedly, he directly issued an order to expel the guest, but Sheng Xuan was not in a hurry and asked directly: "I don't know why the sword on the wall in the master's hut has not been completed, even if it is not completed, I already feel the powerful aura on its body." ”

Elis's mouth moved, and he finally spoke, "That's the business that my son once took over, wanting to build the sharpest sword in the world, but unfortunately he didn't surrender to the demon in the sword in the end, and his life was devoured." ”

"Then why didn't you destroy it?" and hung it there, don't you hate it?" "I only hate my son for not listening to my advice, why do you hate an unfinished sword?" Hearing this, Sheng Xuan couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Actually, I like this sword very much, I don't know if the master is willing to transfer it to me." Elise looked at him, "What are you going to do with an unfinished sword?" "I want to find other masters to continue building, although I don't understand why your son didn't listen to your persuasion and still take over the business, but I think he has a father like you, he must have a desire to surpass you, it is in this mood that he is willing to build this sword, if you can make it a weapon, this can be regarded as fulfilling your son's wish." ”

Elise sighed, "Alas, maybe you're right, my presence does put pressure on him, so he's been looking for an opportunity to surpass me, but this craftsman's skill is based on the experience accumulated over time, not to get a piece of peerless material to make the best thing, why didn't he understand it at the time?" As a result, he didn't listen to my advice and secretly went outside to cast, forging without sleep for dozens of days, he was completely controlled by the demon in the sword, and he couldn't stop it, and finally vomited blood in front of the furnace and fell to the ground, and before he died, he entrusted me to help him complete it, otherwise he would die without turning a blind eye, was he unwilling to accept my advice when he died?"

"Then why didn't you help him forge it together so that you could fulfill your son's wish?" Hearing this, Elise moved slightly, but then shook his head, "I have already said that this sword is too fierce, I'm afraid no one will be able to subdue his demonic nature, do you really want to build it to add so many killings in this world?" Sheng Xuan smiled. To tell you the truth, my sword is called Ghost Roar, it used to be the sword of the blood clan, I don't know how much blood of innocent lives I have drunk, but in my hands I dare to say that no one died unjustly under the sword, it is true that the ferocity is not in the weapon but in the hearts of the people, if it falls into the hands of a good person, it is a sharp weapon to kill demons and protect the common people. Sheng Xuan secretly admired himself, why was he so eloquent?

In fact, he had thought more than once about fulfilling his son's dying wish, but he had never found enough reason to say that it was obviously unrealistic not to hate, after all, the sword had taken the life of his only son, but what could he do with hate? Can he exchange his son's life for his son? He can only put all that hatred on that sword, how can such a mood forge a sword?

This may be one of his knots, when the heart can't be calm, he can no longer cast good works, which is the reason why he really gave up and continued to forge swords, but the deep complex for swords in his heart made him unable to let go.

After a long silence, Elise finally smiled, "Young man, you are right, the so-called demonic nature is in the man, not in the sword, let alone in the craftsman, if that is counted, how many sins should I bear for most of my life in forging swords, since you like it, then take it." ”

"I've changed my mind now, and I hope that you, Master, will complete it yourself, so as to break the knot that has been hidden in your heart for years. "Oh?" Elise asked, but looking at Sheng Xuan's determined eyes, he began to waver, and his fingers twitched slightly, as if recalling the wonderful rhythm of gold and iron clashing, and suddenly he took a deep breath, and then made a difficult decision, "Okay, even if it is for my son's wishes, I promise you." ”

Elise took Sheng Xuan to his abandoned workshop outside the city, which was originally his everything, but now it was unrecognizable, the furnace had collapsed, the fence had rotted, the original pile of precious materials and finished works, and Elis's years of collection had all paid for the person who made it, and the unfinished sword could be integrated with the magic crystal of an ancient seventh-order fire-type demonic beast, such a value would really ruin anyone's fortune.

Looking at the once lively workshop now in a dilapidated way, Elis eyes were full of sadness, and couldn't help but slowly walk into the furnace, carefully *** the collapsed furnace bricks, here once had everything he had, his enthusiasm, his obsession and his beloved family, but because of that one thing all disappeared, tears slowly rolled down the old man's eyes, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were full of love, a deep love for the past.

Hearing that Elise was preparing to come out of the mountain, the news immediately caused a sensation in the large and small workshops, as Shengxuan accompanied him to buy sword casting materials, the large and small workshops also sent craftsmen to help, and soon the furnace was ignited again, the anvil was replaced, and some of the things needed were in the workshop at the fastest speed, obviously Elise was not only the leader of the Qingqiu craftsmen, but also the god in the hearts of these craftsmen.

With the arrival of the day of the sword, almost all the workshops and workshops stopped their work, and almost all the craftsmen crowded into Elis's workshop, when he solemnly prayed to the God of Creation, and then slowly walked to the anvil, and firmly inserted the sword embryo into the fire, the eyes of the craftsmen flashed with tears of excitement, and the god in their hearts returned.

Elis's eyes were firmly fixed on the furnace, and he continued to instruct the craftsman to add fire and carbon to control the heat, and when the sword embryo reached the right temperature, he suddenly picked up a heavy hammer and threw it to Sheng Xuan, "Young man, since this sword is forged for you, then you will open this first hammer." Sheng Xuan nodded solemnly as a result of the sledgehammer, and when Elise pulled the sword embryo from the fire and placed it on the anvil, he slammed the sledgehammer and smashed it down.

For the next few days and nights, Elise stood by the anvil and beat constantly, each blow as if to hammer the deep love in his heart into it, as if he was not building a sharp sword, but a kind of consolation to his son.

As the sword stabbed and fell into the coolant mixed with the cold water and the blood of the demonic beast, the casting process was completely over, as for whether this sword was the sharpest weapon in the world or a piece of mortal iron, it depended on the master's quenching skills, everyone's eyes followed Elis's hand and kept turning, and finally a fiery red sword was taken out of the water, and then the master clenched the rough hilt and slashed the anvil.

There was a hissing sound, the sword had already crossed the anvil, but there was no change in the anvil, everyone's hearts tightened, Elise slowly picked up the sword and then showed a satisfied smile on his face, at this time the corner of the anvil snapped to the ground, the incision would not be so neat even if it was carved and sharpened, and suddenly the whole workshop was boiled with joyful passion.

In the next few days, the master continued to use a small hammer to cold-forge the hilt, and then slowly carved out the pattern, a sword finally took shape, and the scabbard made by Master Bataru himself with fir and ice monitor lizard skin has also been completed, the sword is red all over, the hilt is like a torch, and the blade seems to be a flame spewed out, the tentacles dance warmly like a fire, and the black monitor lizard skin scabbard looks even more dignified.

Sheng Xuan insisted on giving Elise a reward, but he refused to accept it, "I also want to thank you, young man, it was your words that made me untie the knot in my heart and restore myself to a sword-forging craftsman, this sword is counted as my thank you gift, I hope you can use it well." Xie Li Shengxuan, who was so valuable, was really a little embarrassed to accept it, and after thinking about it, only those few gems on his body were quite rare, so he took out two pieces and handed them to the master, "This is a little bit of my mind, I hope the master will accept it if he doesn't shirk." Looking at the two gems the size of walnuts, everyone was shocked by the grade of the gems, although these two gems were not worth the value of the sword, they were also treasures that were hard to find.

Sheng Xuan thanked the masters and slowly walked back to the Red Dragon Branch with the newly created sword, and as soon as he entered the door, he was immediately surrounded by brothers like the tavern, "Where did you kid go?" "Did you meet a beautiful girl who hooked you away?" "Isn't your kid going back to Carlin?" Immediately surrounded by all kinds of questions, but he was not in the mood to answer at all now, but there was no trace of excitement when he originally got a sword, but a faint trace of uneasiness hit his heart.

"We'll go back to Carlin tomorrow. Hearing this weak answer, and looking at Sheng Xuan's expression, everyone was suddenly at a loss, and they each returned to the inn to rest, and returned to Carlin together the next day.

This time, Sheng Xuan made an exception and did not go to the Red Dragon Chamber of Commerce first, but returned to the academy to find the drunkard first, and he now has a stomach of questions to answer him.

When he returned to the tavern but didn't see the shadow of the drunkard, the fat boss saw him and hurriedly said, "Yo, when did the young man come back?" "Do you want a drink?" "No need, what about my teacher?" "Isn't school starting now? Your teacher took the beautiful apprentice to practice." When Sheng Xuan heard this, he was shocked, "Ah, where did they go, when will they come back?" The fat boss deliberately pretended to think, "When will you come back?" He didn't say?" Looking at Sheng Xuan's anxious appearance, he couldn't help laughing, "They are in the central hall of the academy, and the old drunkard said that you should go there to exercise now." ”

Sheng Xuan knew the location of the central hall, so he threw down a thank you and ran out of the door, in fact, every day they passed by from the small courtyard to the tavern, but the drunkard deliberately asked them to bypass there and did not allow them to enter, in the huge hall on the fifth floor, the basic courses were taught there, but Sheng Xuan and Xiao Tong had never been there.

In fact, the hall is just a general range, in this huge Carlin Academy, the center is set as a public teaching area, there is a ten-zhang high wall, only the top of the five-story building can be seen outside, usually students can listen to the teacher at will to listen to the teacher about magic fighting skills, and human geography and other aspects of knowledge, but mainly follow their own teachers to learn martial arts and magic, but such a public occasion is the best place to learn about the history of the humanities of Guzhu, you can meet all kinds of students, through them can better understand the history of the major families。

Sheng Xuan put on the Kalin student robe and put on the badge, and ran straight towards the gate of the central area, today is obviously a farewell day, because as soon as he ran to the door of the hall, he saw that it was already crowded inside, and when he asked, he knew that today was the dean's personal lecture on the history of the solitary bamboo and the origin of the fighting spirit, no wonder so many people came to listen, and when he saw that he couldn't squeeze in, he had to sit down on the steps.

The central hall sat on the ground, and because of the wind gust set up in such a huge hall, the dean's words could still float clearly to all corners, and because the door of the hall was open, he could hear it clearly outside, but he had no interest in listening to the nonsense.

Finally, in a warm applause, the dean finished his professor, and suddenly the hall became lively, and the flow of people poured out like a tide, almost trampling him under his feet, he hurriedly dodged and hid aside, carefully looking for the traces of the drunkard and Xiaotong.

Finally the drunkard fell into view, today he was dressed very formally, wearing a brand new Karlin teacher's robe, which made him look extraordinarily energetic, but who was the beautiful woman with a good figure next to him? Suddenly seeing Doudou on the top of her head, he couldn't help but be surprised, and he really wanted to rush over to ask what was going on, but the tide pushed him crookedly and couldn't get close, so he had to follow the people out of the central area.

Outside the door, the crowd finally dispersed, and Sheng Xuan rushed over, "Teacher, I have something to ask you." Then he looked at the beautiful woman who was covering her mouth and smiling, "This beauty is 、、、" The beauty spoke first, "Brother Shengxuan." The voice has not changed, Sheng Xuan has already determined that this is Xiao Tong, but it has only been less than two months, but there has been such an amazing change, he can't figure it out.

The drunkard said lazily, "Is this your question?" Xiaotong has already answered you. As he spoke, he walked directly towards the small courtyard, Sheng Xuan threw a roll of his eyes at his back, and then ran up quickly, "Xiaotong, why have you changed so much 、、、, I don't dare to recognize you." Xiao Tong blushed and lowered his head and said slowly, "I don't know why, all of a sudden, these changes happened overnight, and I couldn't even believe it when I looked in the mirror myself." "Maybe it's really the eighteenth change of the female college, but Xiaotong is less than eleven years old, how did she change so quickly? But that timid and shy character has not changed at all, and Shengxuan quickly adapted.

When the three of them returned to the small courtyard, the drunkard had already taken the lead in entering the house, threw himself lazily on the chair, and then picked up the wine bottle and poured two sips, "How did you go to Qingqiu this time? ”