Sword forging may seem simple, but it is actually extremely complex. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

All swords are based on steel, supplemented by other materials, and then melted by fire, and finally forged.

From the use of materials, melts, to pouring, molding, to billet opening, accumulation, any step requires extremely rich experience in the heat, time and other aspects, as well as skilled skills, the process also requires great patience and perseverance, as well as pay attention to the unity of heart, eyes, hands, God and so on.

A high-level swordsmith will not miss a single step, otherwise the sword will not only fail to be cast, but also risk injuring itself.

From Jin Lao, Nie Feng learned the basic knowledge of sword-casting, and generally speaking, sword-casting pays attention to three major skills: viewing, listening, and touching. Any step in the process of forging a sword requires the combined use of these three skills to achieve, and when the sword blank is formed, the use of these three skills is even more indispensable.

View: Observe the wind and bones of the sword, and observe the charm of the sword.

Listen: Listen to the heart of the sword, smell the soul of the sword.

Touch: The existence of touching the sword, following the path of the sword.

These three skills are the basic requirements of the sword-casting process, of course, it can also be said to be all the requirements of sword-casting, no matter what level of swordsmith, do not dare to say and will not say that these three skills have been successfully practiced, because these three are the sword-casting skills that require the swordsmith to continue to appreciate and practice throughout his life, and this is precisely the never-ending foundation building process.

Nie Feng's learning naturally started with these three skills.

For three whole months, Nie Feng spent the whole month in the process of constantly weighing, melting, molding, and hammering, of course, during the period Nie Feng's inquiries and consultations were indispensable, although Jin Lao has always been silent, but in the face of the problems in the process of sword casting, he explained very carefully unusually, and even Nie Feng couldn't understand it for a while, Jin Lao was able to bear to talk a few more times, which surprised Nie Feng.

Up to now, Nie Feng has accumulated a lot of experience in the timing and timing of the sword, and he is almost familiar with all the steps of sword casting, if he doesn't care about the quality of the final iron sword, Nie Feng dares to pat his chest and say that he can already cast a sword independently, of course, as for whether the cast iron sword can be used, it is not something he can take into account now.

During this period of contact, Nie Feng gradually learned a lot about Jin Lao.

Jin Lao is not so much taciturn, but rather a sword-casting idiot, his actions and even all aspects of his life have long been integrated with sword-casting, but anything that has nothing to do with sword-casting, he will not care too much, so that people always have a cold-spoken and taciturn attitude.

In terms of accepting apprentices, Jin Lao is very strict. According to Jin Lao, he must require the apprentice to have a certain talent for sword casting first, if not, even if you come to him with a valuable gift, he will not give the slightest face, but if the other party really has this talent, as long as he finds out, even if you don't want to learn, he will beg you to learn. Of course, to this day, the person who asked Jin Lao to beg for learning has not yet appeared.

Nie Feng's father, Nie Tong, was also taken by Jin Lao by chance, and then he was dragged by Jin Lao to learn swordsmanship for a few months, but in the end, because of some things, Nie Tong had to leave Yeshi Town, and the study of swordsmithing came to an abrupt end, which made Jin Lao regret it.

Now that Nie Feng has come here, and from the very beginning, Nie Feng seems to know how to watch the fire, which makes Jin Lao arouse some interest, so he will directly ask Nie Feng to learn the sword casting technique.

And in the past three months, Nie Feng's performance surprised Jin Lao again and again, because in the face of the knowledge in the process of sword casting, as long as Jin Lao said it once, Nie Feng could not only remember it completely, but even draw inferences, even if it was complicated knowledge, Nie Feng only needed to think carefully a few times to find some ways.

The current Nie Feng has become a genius of sword forging in the eyes of Jin Lao, and he is fragrant in his heart.

If it weren't for Nie Feng's age, Jin Lao even suspected that Nie Feng himself was an old monster with decades of experience in sword forging, and he was just pretending to be tender in front of him. Such a sword-forging genius would actually bump into his own hands, how could he not make Jin Lao extremely excited, and then teach him!

For more than three months, Nie Feng and Jin Lao got along quietly, because both of them had been deeply attracted by the sword-forging technique itself, and they had long since turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window. During this period, there were many people who came to Jin Lao to ask for sword casting, including many swordsmen with deep skills, but whenever this time, Jin Lao always hurriedly agreed, and then looked for an opportunity to cast a sword casually, and handed over the errand.

Naturally, with Jin Lao's ability, the iron sword cast casually is at least a low-grade one, and occasionally reaches the middle-grade level, but obviously these are not Jin Lao's proud works.

From the mouths of these people who begged for Jin Lao's sword, Nie Feng also had a rough understanding of the situation in Yeshi Town. There seem to be two major forces in Yeshi Town, one is the Yellow Dragon Hunting Group, and the other is the Giant Bear Hunting Group, the strength of these two hunting groups is about the same, but they are not harmonious, and they even almost fought outside the Sword Forge Shop several times, of course, these are none of the business of Jin Lao and Nie Feng.

Another three months have passed, and it has been more than half a year since Nie Feng came to Yeshi Town, during this time, Nie Feng's sword-casting skills have grown by leaps and bounds, and in his own estimation, even without the help of Jin Lao, casting ordinary low-grade swords is no longer impossible for him.

Facing his own growth, Nie Feng was also very surprised, and he still didn't believe that he would have this talent. He has never been qualified for nine grades, and in the face of the rapid growth of others, he is beyond his reach, so he can only go alone and catch up desperately. Who would have thought that God had already given him his talent, but in this regard.

On this day, Nie Feng helped Jin Lao cast a low-grade iron sword, in addition to using ordinary steel, this sword also added some earth spirit iron, anode wire, hard mountain wood, and quenched snow beads, after the sword body cooled down, revealing a faint golden light, Nie Feng liked it very much.

Gently stroking the sword body, Nie Feng suddenly had a bold idea, reached out and took the iron sword that his father gave him, under the comparison of the two swords, one was as crystal as water, the other was shining with golden light, which one was stronger? Thinking of doing it, Nie Feng raised one in each of his left and right hands, "choked", and collided together.

The sword forging in the past six months has made Nie Feng's body a lot stronger than before, especially in terms of strength, and even Nie Feng subconsciously found that even his body seemed to have become much stronger, and I don't know if it was his illusion.

Therefore, under the collision of the two swords, Nie Feng was somewhat sure, even if the sword would not break, at least one of them would be damaged, and he just wanted to see which one was stronger.

As Nie Feng expected, the two swords were not broken, "It seems that there is indeed not much difference between the inferior and the inferior grades!" Nie Feng muttered, and then carefully examined the sword bodies of the two iron swords.

"This one of yours is much worse!" Jin Lao's voice came, and it was obvious that Nie Feng's actions just now fell in his eyes.

As Jin Lao said, the one his father bought, there was already a notch in the center of the sword body.

Putting down his father's sword, Nie Feng carefully looked at the golden iron sword in his hand, the iron sword was three feet three inches long and about four inches wide, no different from other iron swords, the sword body was smooth as a mirror, revealing a golden texture in the sun, as if a divine soldier was born, with a trace of innate arrogance.

Staring at the golden texture, Nie Feng's gaze gradually froze, as if a trace of spiritual light was taking him to gradually integrate into the sword body, exploring the world of the thin sword body, suddenly Nie Feng felt a brain boom, and a barrier seemed to appear in front of him, and the barrier as a whole showed a golden light, and there were golden stripes distributed parallel to it, and between the stripes were silver-white beads in the shape of human cells, and the beads seemed to feel Nie Feng's entry, and they were trembling slightly with fear.

"Ahh

"What's wrong?" Jin Lao put down the small hammer in his hand and quickly swept over.

Nie Feng's headache only lasted for a while, and it quickly disappeared, Nie Feng gently rubbed the headache, and slowly said the scene just now.

Who knows, Jin Lao, who has always been unsmiling, actually laughed after being stunned for a while.

"It's okay, it's okay! It's normal, it's normal!" Jin Lao's eyes were filled with a hint of appreciation, a hint of surprise, and a hint of sighing.

It turned out that Nie Feng had just stumbled into a realm by mistake. According to Jin Lao, this realm is called "God into the Sword Marrow".

There are three major realms of sword-casting: the essence of the sword, the friendship with the sword, and the same root of the sword.

As the name suggests, it is a deep understanding of the sword itself, and when it reaches the state of perfection, you can understand the state of any sword around you anytime and anywhere, including the material of the sword, the heat of the sword, the quality of the sword, the life of the sword, and so on.

To be friends with the sword, that is, to be friends with the sword, here is "with the sword" rather than "with the sword", and to be friends with the sword is wishful thinking, and does not take into account the sword itself, and to be friends with the sword is to treat the sword as a living creature, even a living creature with wisdom, and to face it as an equal, and make friends honestly. If one cultivates this realm to perfection, one will truly become a friend of the sword, and will reach the point where the sword will not be injured and the sword will not be damaged.

When this realm is complete, any sword, whether in its own hands or in the hands of the enemy, will be completely obeyed by itself, including killing, attack and defense, and even the damage and breaking of the sword itself.

Being able to enter the realm of the essence of the sword means that the cultivation of the sword-casting person has reached the level of "teacher" in all aspects, that is, he can forge the sword independently, and the sword cast is at least of the inferior level. However, being able to forge a lower-grade sword does not mean that you can enter this realm, and only those who have entered this realm can truly enter the practice of swordsmithing.

Jin Lao was originally just an ordinary swordsmith, but once he met a sword-casting predecessor by chance, and obtained a wealth of knowledge in this area from the mouth of that senior, and after nearly a year of practice, he finally touched the first realm of sword-casting, and until now, his first realm is only Xiaocheng.

At this moment, seeing that Nie Feng had accidentally touched the threshold of the divine sword essence, he was naturally amazed and surprised.

"This son, he will definitely shine in the sword forging technique in the future, and the cultivation of the sword path will definitely not be low!" This is the evaluation that Jin Lao secretly said to Nie Feng.