Chapter 111: Old Maniac
Xiao Ling looked at the old man's expression of crying and laughing, and he was also a little crying and laughing.
After waiting for a long time, seeing that the old man didn't seem to come back to his senses, Xiao Ling had no choice but to cough dryly and said loudly: "Old man, when do you want to see it?"
When the old man heard this, his gaze moved away from the flying meteorite.
Suddenly, the old man stepped forward with an arrow, and his dry palm covered with thick calluses grabbed Xiao Ling's arm fiercely, and said with excitement on his face: "Young man, do you want to forge a weapon with this flying meteorite?"
Without waiting for Xiao Ling to speak, the old man said to himself: "Why don't you give it to me, and I will help you forge it?"
"You?" Xiao Ling glanced at the old man a few times and said with some hesitation.
Seeing Xiao Ling's hesitation, the old man hurriedly added, "As long as you hand over this flying meteorite iron to me for forging, I won't accept a penny." ”
Xiao Ling listened to the old man's words, and couldn't help but feel a sense of hope in his heart, but he still had doubts about the ability of the ragged old man in front of him.
As for the forging fee that the old man said, it was not Xiao Ling's concern, after thinking about it, Xiao Ling immediately asked, "The old man can really forge this flying meteorite into a weapon?"
"I don't know. The old man shook his head and replied very dryly.
When Xiao Ling heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned.
However, the old man immediately said: "However, if even I can't do it, I'm afraid that no one in this Muyan City can do it, I don't believe you can take this Flying Meteorite to the city for a walk, I guess they won't even recognize what this Flying Meteorite is." ”
The old man's confident tone made Xiao Ling look at it twice, and he didn't have to doubt the old man's words at all, because before coming here, he had indeed traveled around the major refining workshops in the city, and indeed as the old man said, those guys who claimed to be refining masters couldn't even recognize the flying meteorite in his hand.
At this moment, Xiao Ling had some confidence in the old man in his heart, and then said: "The old man is right, the kid just came out of those refining workshops, and there is really no one there who recognizes this thing, and even they can't smelt it successfully at all. ”
"Then you can't be wrong, this Flying Meteorite is a strange thing in the world, as far as I know, there is only that old guy Mo Yan on this continent who has used the Flying Meteorite Iron to refine a peerless divine sword. However, the old guy had been thinking about it for three years before he came up with this method of smelting the Flying Meteorite. The old man stroked the messy beard on his chin and said with a sneer.
Hearing the old man mention Mo Yan, Xiao Ling thought to himself in his heart, and immediately asked puzzledly: "Does the old man know Mo Yan, the number one refiner in the continent?"
Who knows, after listening to Xiao Ling's words, the old man's face, which had been red by the fire all the year round, became even more red, Xiao Ling's words seemed to touch his nerves, and the old man instantly became a little furious, and shouted: "What is the number one refiner in the continent, just a few catties and taels from Old Man Mo, if it weren't for him accidentally getting a piece of flying meteorite iron, allowing him to forge a peerless divine weapon, how could he get the title of the first in the continent." ”
Looking at the old man's angry appearance, Xiao Ling couldn't help but wonder, this old man looked unconvinced, just like the dispute between a three-year-old child, which was really interesting.
However, seeing that the old man was so excited, and his words, Xiao Ling also felt that the old man's origin was a little extraordinary, so he asked: "Listening to the old man's words, he must know that Mo Yan, but I don't know what the old man is called." ”
The old man was obviously still a little excited at this time, and gasped and said: "I know that old man Mo turned into ashes, my name is Feng Zhi, old man, and everyone who knows me calls me an old madman, don't think about it, there are not many people who know me, and it is impossible for you to know who I am even if you scratch your head." ”
Xiao Ling asked Ling Xiao in her heart: "What is the origin of this Feng Zhi, do you know it?"
"I haven't heard of it, but I know Master Mo Yan, listening to this old man's tone, it seems to have something to do with Master Mo Yan, but I have never heard that Master Mo Yan has other brothers in the same sect. Ling Xiao said lightly, his tone was very low.
It's just that Xiao Ling's attention was all focused on the old madman in front of him at the moment, and he didn't care too much.
At this time, Xiao Ling thought of the old madman's words just now, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Senior Feng, you said that it took Mo Yan three years to come up with a method to smelt this flying meteorite, dare to ask if you know what the method is?"
"I don't know, every refiner has his own unique craft, so how could Old Man Mo tell me this method. Besides, why should I ask anyone if I were given three years, I would be able to come up with the same method. Feng Zhi said proudly.
But when Xiao Ling heard that it would take three years, she was a little disappointed in her heart.
Feng Zhi saw Xiao Ling's appearance and knew what he was thinking, and then couldn't help but say: "I know what you're thinking, but since the old man Mo forged the Starfall Sword and got the reputation of being the first in the mainland, my old madman has also been concentrating on research for decades, and he has already figured out a set of methods for smelting the Flying Meteorite, but he has been struggling to find this Flying Meteorite, so he can't verify it." ”
"What you said is true?" Xiao Ling was a little surprised in her heart, and suddenly said in surprise.
Feng Zhi saw Xiao Ling's questioning, and couldn't help but say happily: "Of course, my old madman never lies, I don't believe that we can go inside and try it now, anyway, it will delay you a little time, and you won't suffer." ”
Xiao Ling thought for a while, and then said: "That's fine, if the predecessor can really smelt this flying meteorite, I will hand him over to you to forge." ”
Seeing Xiao Ling nodding, Feng Zhi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly pulled Xiao Ling to the back room.
When I came to the back room, I suddenly felt a wave of heat rushing towards me, and it was very hot. Immediately, Xiao Ling looked at the furnishings inside, and saw a huge stove in the middle of the inner room, with flames erupting from the furnace from time to time, and not far from the stove were a bunch of tools for forging and molds for some weapons.
As soon as Feng Zhi entered the inner room, he couldn't wait to come to the stove and carefully put the flying meteorite into the furnace.
Suddenly, the flames in the furnace became extremely irritable, constantly spitting out tongues of fire, Xiao Ling could even see that the tongues of fire that spewed out were almost touching Feng Zhi's body.
Xiao Ling didn't sweat for Feng Zhi in her heart, worried that if you were not careful, Feng Zhi's big beard would be burned to the ground.
However, Feng Zhi didn't care at all, staring at the stove without blinking.
Xiao Ling saw that Feng Zhi's smelting method was no different from that of other refiners, and he couldn't help but be puzzled.
Soon, in Xiao Ling's puzzlement, the Flying Meteorite Iron put into the furnace fire had been burned red. At this time, Feng Zhi skillfully took out the Flying Meteorite, put it on the iron pier on the side, and then quickly took out a scoop of water from the water tank on the side and poured it on the red Flying Meteorite.
There was a sudden "sizzling" sound in the room, and countless white gases surged, enveloping the entire room.
Feng Zhi then put the Flying Meteorite that had just cooled down back into the furnace, repeating these two steps over and over again. In the middle of the process, Feng Zhi's eyes were always on the flying meteorite, his expression was focused, and he did not smile.
Xiao Ling was also very concerned about whether he could smelt the flying meteoric iron, and he didn't feel bored after sitting quietly in the room for most of the day.
I don't know how many times Feng Zhi repeated this, but when Feng Zhi took out the flying meteorite for the last time, he couldn't help frowning, a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes, and he muttered to himself.
Xiao Ling waited for most of the day, and saw that the flying meteorite had not changed at all, so he couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Senior, how is it?
Feng Zhi looked down at the flying meteorite, shook his head to himself, and muttered, "Impossible!
When Xiao Ling heard this, she suddenly understood, and she was a little disappointed in her heart.
That Feng Zhi looked crazy at the moment, it seemed that he only had the flying meteorite in front of him in his eyes, no wonder this old man's nickname was called Old Maniac, and he was really like his name.
Seeing that this old madman had no choice, Xiao Ling didn't want to continue wasting time, so he immediately planned to say goodbye and leave.
When the old madman saw that Xiao Ling was leaving, he didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait! Give me some time, there must be something wrong, this method of alternating hot and cold, but what I have learned from several years of research, there must be something wrong, otherwise it is impossible to fail." ”
Xiao Ling rolled her eyes, and couldn't help pouting at the old madman's explanation.
Suddenly, the old madman raised his head suddenly, and suddenly said to himself, "I understand, it must be that the temperature of my furnace is not enough to achieve the best effect of this method of alternating hot and cold." ”
Immediately, the old madman said with a bitter face: "But after my years of improvement, the temperature of this furnace is two to three times higher than that of ordinary furnace fires, if this can't smelt this flying meteorite, how did Mo Yan's old guy do it in the first place?"
Listening to the old madman's self-talk, Xiao Ling didn't take it to heart at all, but when he heard it, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and then said: "You mean that as long as the temperature of this furnace is high, your method can succeed?"
"That's right, this flying meteorite is not an extraordinary thing, and the temperature of an ordinary furnace fire cannot achieve the best effect at all, but this furnace has been transformed by me, and the flame temperature inside is higher than usual, and I can't think of a way to increase the temperature of this furnace fire for a while. As he spoke, the old madman clutched at his messy hair rather bitterly.
Xiao Ling listened, held her chin and thought for a while, and then her eyes showed a hint of joy, and then said: "If the method said by my predecessors is really feasible, I have a way to increase the temperature of the furnace." ”
"Really, tell me!" As soon as the old madman heard Xiao Ling say that he had a way, and regardless of whether Xiao Ling lied to him or not, he grabbed Xiao Ling's arm and said with an impatient look.
(To be continued)