Section 5: Tempering Impurities (II

This is very likely, because metalwork is never completely pure, which is more or less always going to hun into other substances. A skilled smelter is responsible for most of his mission to remove harmful impurities from the metal, and the other half is to deliberately add other substances to change the characteristics of the metal.

"Can the ability still be used to strike iron? Now it's a good pastime!" Townsend looked at the clumsy greatsword, and was happy, "I don't know what it would look like to refine it into a one-handed sword, or into a dagger?" Will it become an artifact that blows máo and breaks hair?"

Do what you want!

From the analysis of this phenomenon, whether Townsend admits it or not, he already has the consciousness and way of thinking of a supernatural master.

This two-handed sword was originally of good quality. More than thirty catties of metal were so smooth that there were no impurities in the eyes. In Towngson's hands, it softened, overlapped, softened, and overlapped, and soon it became a hundred refining steel, and its volume was reduced by more than one-fifth, and the fine white sèhuā lines formed a silk-like cloud pattern on the surface of the sword body, flashing a ghostly cold light.

Townsend didn't know that this was already a rare weapon, and it could be sold for a high price even if it was placed inland. Keep in mind that most low-level abilities can be used as top-tier tools, and are more effective and useful than other physical tools.

But Townsend was not a swordsmith, and he wanted not a sharp sword, but the maximum refinement of metal. So, he just felt that the metal wasn't changing fast enough, so he put on his gloves and cheered up his mind to go into battle again.

Townsend goes all out to run the ability.

Next to the rare and uninhabited trade routes, beside the lonely tent, the supernatural power was awakened again and again, and the astrolabe rotated again and again. The metal in Townsend's hand bends and folds, turning from red to black and from black to red......

No one told him, and he didn't know, that it was a very standard ability to study Shen Mi.

By dawn, this two-handed sword, which was originally more than thirty pounds, had turned into a slender strip of metal.

This piece of metal is relatively thin, only about four catties in weight, and the luster on the surface is no longer the original steel sè, but a light blue sè with a high anti-shèxing. And it's very soft and bouncy, and you can wrap it around your wrist two or three times with a light bend.

"This ...... It's too hard to hit positive xing. In the morning glow, Townsend looked at the metal strip on his wrist, very depressed.

It turned out that his smelting had gone wrong, perhaps not as good as the temperature or technique - contrary to his expectations, the steel had been smelted by the ability, but some impurities had been retained and purified.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, there will be many opportunities in the future. Townsend was a man who could easily forgive himself, and put it bluntly: "It's finally the finished product of the first smelting, and it looks good, so it's good to make a souvenir." Maybe I'll be able to wear a ring in the future!"

Then he pretended to have gained a lot and was in high spirits, and fled from this Xiǎo forest that had brought him failure.

Following the direction indicated on the map, Townsend approached the Queensman Ranges, literally walking south along the foothills. In fact, you can also see the strength of the club from here, they build transportation channels along the mountains, and they are not afraid of being destroyed!

You know, this is not one or two hundred miles, this is a road system almost parallel to the Queensmassa Mountains! Not to mention the saboteurs, there is not even a tribal gathering place around the trade route, and at a glance, it is all reckless jungle.

This shows that the powerful club emptied the surrounding indigenous population early in the morning.

After another three days of walking, Townsend approached the first break point in the road. In fact, he has already thought about it, don't care about the breakpoints, since these hunballs can build such a developed trade route, maybe there will be other arrangements, and he + passion Don't have to guess, don't you know when the time comes?

So he spent three days half playing and half experimenting, and made a few other strange pieces of metal. Because he wanted to find a way to quench steel, he used various means, resulting in the later metal not being as good as the blue sè piece, and the purity was not high, and finally he threw it in the sundries and forgot about it in three or two clicks.

Only the one wrapped around his wrist, which he didn't remove.

Finally, we reached the break point of the trade route, which was a cliff standing on the wall, at least 300 meters above the ground, and the trade road spiraled up along the mountain.

Walking up the trade route, Townsend spotted people for the first time. Or rather, it is a humanoid creature that is three times as tall as an ordinary person, with a stout body made entirely of black sè rocks and purple sè crystals on its facial features. One left and one right, the two guys are as powerful as the god Mén on the trade road, which is too intimidating.

That fist is bigger than a grinding plate, let alone people with one punch, the road will be smashed for you!

When Townsend first looked at it, he felt that this thing was not a man-made product, but should have grown naturally. Because they have beards, and there are natural textures on their rock bodies, there is a cautious and vigilant gaze in the purple crystal pupils.

"Proof. The giant looked at Townsend, who was getting closer and closer, and spoke slowly: "Take it, take it, get it, prove it!"

Townsend didn't speak, he took out the gold coin of good luck and pinched it with two fingers. Illuminated by the sun, a silver rune flashed from the gold coin, which floated directly into the giant's forehead.

"Welcome!" the giant immediately uttered a dull voice and made a clumsy gesture: "Guest, please, go up." ”

The top of the cliff is directly flattened, forming a platform with a diameter of 100 meters, and there are two or three trees with a very full crown on the outer side, the branches and leaves are snow-white, and when the wind blows, the whole canopy is slowly swaying, very beautiful and elegant. On the side of the mountain, however, only a few long and narrow boat-shaped buildings have been built - boats are said to give them face, but in fact they resemble canoes.

"Honored guest!" an enthusiastic voice rang in Townsend's ear, "Do you need any help?"

"That's right. Townsend adhered to the principle of not blaming himself for being blamed, and nodded very deeply: "I will participate in the Jing auction." ”

"That's where I can serve my guests. A colorful humanoid object flew in front of Townsend, looking like a man with colorful wings, but only half the size of an ordinary person, and he hung in the air to give Townsend an impeccable greeting gift.

"Distinguished guest, if you are carrying a large shipment, please jiāo with me. I'll take care of the shipping for you. The transportation vehicles used by the club are all old and vigorous floating trees, which are fast and stable, and absolutely ensure the safety of the goods. ”

"Oh?" Townsend glanced at the three trees on the outside, and saw that they were indeed floating in the air, and if the trunks were hollow, they could hold five wagons of goods. Are these trees used to fly?

"I'm not in the habit of carrying bulky cargo. Townsend said calmly, "It's just these three horses." ”

"In this case, the guests can go directly to the cloud boat. Cai Sè Yu people greeted enthusiastically: "Please go here, you and your mount can be carried by a cloud-piercing boat, this year's cloud-piercing boat is a new product just shipped from the mainland, exclusively for VIPs." I heard that they are all proud works of the steel ruler castle, fast and stable, and there are large viewing windows. ”

A string of new terms was smashed over, what pierced the cloud boat and what steel ruler city, the question marks in Townsend's heart were one after another, but he had already pretended to be deep, and it was too embarrassing to ask shamelessly now. Is bullying Lao Tzu a newcomer? Lao Tzu will give you an immovable mountain!

Led by the xiǎo Caiyu people to the row of narrow buildings, Townsend saw that this thing was really ship-shaped, and it was also suspended in the air. The cabin is fusiformal, only three meters wide but more than fifteen meters long, with soft and comfortable leather seats, as well as delicious drinks...... Through the round transparent window, you can see the distant view, the Queensmassa Mountains, really high!

It turns out that the breakpoint of the trade route is like this, and it is directly transported by air. Damn, I didn't expect to be a dirt bun in the countryside!

"I wish the guests a smooth trip and return home full of goods. "The Xiǎo Caiyu Man seems to have been dedicated to receiving guests, and behind him, some strong men dressed as servants brought the three horses into the cabin and gave them méng.

"Please pay attention, the cloud boat is about to start. Through the viewing window, Xiǎo Caiyu waved his hand vigorously, and Townsend looked funny and smiled at him. At this moment, there was a crisp bell in front of him, and the hull of the cloud-piercing boat shook slightly, rising to a height of about three feet, and then slowly slid towards the edge of the cliff.

Sure enough, Townsend sensed that there was an alien power nearby, and as the hull moved, this power tended to increase - in this case, the Cloud Piercing Boat should actually be an ability item.

However, no matter how rich the Pan West Coast Club is, it can't use the Anomalous Master as a taxi driver, right?

The cloud-piercing boat slid off the cliff and began to fly close to the mountains. Its speed increased, gradually more than three times that of the fast horse. Townsend looked around with suspicions, and finally found some strange signs—every other distance, about two or three hundred meters, there were two metal pillars on the ground below the hull, which seemed to be some kind of marking.

However, Townsend saw that this was a special device that transmitted the power of the power to the Cloud Piercing Boat.

If it is speculated in this way, the cloud piercing boat itself does not carry much energy, and it cannot maintain a long flight at all, and it must have a continuous injection of external energy to maintain long-distance movement. Because of this feature, the boat must also fly according to the arrangement of these metal pillars - that is, the thing follows the orbit and cannot fly at will.

But even so, the cloud-piercing boat is also a great invention, of course, the construction and operation costs must be astronomical, although the practical xing is a little worse, but it is perfect for swinging wide...... People are wealthy businessmen, you know wealthy businessmen, right?

"Slaughter these rich people!" a voice shouted in Townsend's heart: "We must loot it fiercely!"

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