Chapter 106: The Soldier's Sword Forging Technique
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Miantie lies quietly in the cold forging furnace, and it maintains the state of essence below zero, with good hardness and toughness, which can be described as a super good sword casting material.
"It's amazing what a teacher has come up with." As Mo Lin spoke, he added the powder of the ground Ice Stone to the cotton iron, and then mixed it with oyster ash, and the characteristics of the Ice Stone were immediately brought into play, and the temperature in the cold forging furnace dropped sharply.
"Shhhh Although Mo Lin was wearing thick gloves, he still felt cold to the bone, but fortunately, he had spiritual energy to protect his body, which was much better than the last time. However, Lin Bo and He Xiaogong were both wearing thick cotton jackets, hats and gloves, and they were as bloated as bears, but they were still crying cold.
"Enough temperature!" Lin Bo looked at the thermometer of the cold forging furnace, and then at the hot hot forging furnace burning on the side, and reminded Mo Lin loudly.
"Wait a minute." Mo Lin used his hands to evenly spread the powder of the oyster ash and ice spirit stone on the cotton iron essence, which was the most critical step in forging the sword, and once he failed, he would have to find the ice spirit stone again, which would delay a lot of time.
"Good." Seeing that it was almost over, Mo Lin immediately poured in the mixture of ice crystal and alum.
The Ice Stone and Ice Crystal are used to maintain the internal temperature of the Iron, allowing it to maintain its essence state, while Alum and Oyster Ash are the catalysts. As for the next step, it is to use the Ice and Fire Tempering Method to attack inside and outside.
"Open the furnace!" Mo Lin shouted and clamped the Mian Iron Essence with a clip. As soon as it left the cold forging furnace at low temperature, the extremely low temperature surface of the cotton iron essence came into contact with the air at normal temperature, and immediately condensed droplets of water.
He Xiaogong opened the door of the high-temperature forging furnace with a hook, and the tongue of fire inside immediately rolled out, and the high temperature attacked.
Mo Lin was steadily sent into the furnace with the essence of the iron, and the appearance of the essence of the iron immediately made a crackling sound, which was the inevitable phenomenon of the combination of water and fire, and the gathering of cold and heat. The tongue of fire dimmed instantly, and soon regained its vigor, and the essence of cotton iron began to gradually change its form under the high temperature, but it did not return to its soft appearance.
This is the ice and fire smelting method that Mo Zhiwei came up with, using the characteristics of the ice spirit stone and the ice crystal to maintain a temperature below zero degrees inside, and using the furnace fire to change the form outside, and finally using a special method to make the powder of the ice spirit stone and the ice crystal blend into the essence of the cotton iron, you can temper it as you like.
"What a genius engineer can come up with such a wonderful method. Looks like I'm going to find time to learn about heavenly creations. Mo Lin couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he thought that he had been busy opening up the secret wheel recently, and that he had wasted a lot of craftsmanship in the craftsman.
"How's the temperature?" Mo Lin took off his gloves and asked Lin Bodao.
"Normal." Limbo stared intently at the thermometer as he pumped the firewood and the amount of fresh air necessary for the fire.
He Xiaogong had already taken off the thick cotton jacket on his body, he was still cold, and now he was sweating, and his job was to constantly stir the essence of the cotton iron in the fire, so that the powder of the ice stone and the ice crystal was evenly integrated into the cotton iron.
Mo Lin, on the other hand, had to wait for the opportunity attentively, he also had a powder of white bone stone and blue flint in his hand, only by adding the powder of these two minerals, the sword cast would have indestructible hardness and unyielding toughness.
The other powder is the jade stone that Mo Zhiwei gave to Mo Lin, which is the key to the final finalization, without the jade powder, the essence of cotton iron cannot be finally formed.
The temperature of the furnace was getting higher and higher, and the three of them were sweating profusely, but seeing that the essence of cotton iron was constantly changing shape, and those shiny powders had melted into it, the three of them knew that the critical time had come.
"Mo Lin!" Lin Bo saw that the thermometer had risen to the very top, and immediately shouted for Mo Lin to act.
"God forbid!" Mo Lin used a clamp to send the powder of the white bone stone and the blue flint into the furnace fire and added it to the essence of the cotton iron.
The flames immediately changed color, and the white bone stone and the blue flint melted away in the high temperature, seeping directly into the essence of the cotton. He Xiaogong turned his hands and feet neatly, so that the powder of the ore could be evenly distributed in every corner.
"Knead the dough, knead the dough. 3 "He Xiaogong happily changed a set of equipment, and a manual manipulator made of pure steel was set on both arms, which was an iron hand used to forge rough billets.
"Knead, knead, knead the dough, knead out the dough and wrap the dumplings, wrap the dumplings and cook them in the pot, cook the dumplings and eat them in a big ......" The three of them hummed a song of craftsmen together.
He Xiaogong's two iron hands kneaded the already soft cotton iron essence in the fire, just like kneading dough. He sometimes picked up the essence of cotton iron and beat it, sometimes stretched it out, sometimes gathered it up, and had a lot of fun.
"Sixteen ......" When He Xiaogong gathered the essence of cotton iron into a ball for the sixteenth time, this step called "home run" was completed.
Lin Bo took a closer look and made sure that all kinds of ores had been evenly melted into the essence of cotton iron, so he signaled to Mo Lin that everything was ready.
Mo Lin immediately poured the last condensation jade powder into it, He Xiaogong unfolded and closed the condensation iron again, and wrapped the condensed jade powder in it like a bun, and a burst of green smoke rose up, which was a sign of the melting of the condensate powder, which indicated that it had melted in the cotton iron.
After waiting for a while, let the powder of the condensed jade completely dissolve, Mo Lin nodded at He Xiaogong, He Xiaogong put the essence of cotton iron on the anvil on the edge of the fire, and then dodged to make way for Mo Lin, Mo Lin took the iron hand and walked to the anvil, picked up the hammer and prepared to forge.
"When...... When ...... remembered the secret method of forging swords taught by Ling Hu Zi in his heart, Mo Lin continued to forge the essence of cotton iron with an iron hammer to make it look like he wanted, and he had to make a prototype of the sword first, and then carry out the first heat treatment.
With Linghu Zi's teaching, the guidance of the ink shaft, the records of heavenly creations, and the spiritual energy that Mo Lin has now, the four necessary conditions make Mo Lin full of confidence. He lit up the dots on his waist, shoulders, elbows, wrists, and fingers in turn, and the abundant spiritual energy was hidden in the dots, bringing him infinite power.
Mo Lin flexibly controlled the spiritual energy, fine-tuned the force and frequency of the hammer to strike, perfectly forged the essence of the cotton, and gradually appeared on the anvil The prototype of a sword.
"The temperature is a little insufficient." Limbo was sweating profusely on his forehead and kept adding fuel to the road, but the temperature was still slowly dropping.
If the temperature is insufficient, the forged sword is likely to break when it is heat-treated, no wonder Limbo is so anxious.
Forging a sword is a delicate process, with many steps interlocking, and if there is one mistake or omission, it will create an irreparable situation. Mo Lin's heart moved when he heard Lin Bo's scream, and he burst out of his fingers without thinking.
The clumsy flames left the body and immediately burned around the rough sword blanks, the temperature of the clumsy fires was much higher than that of ordinary flames, and with their calcination, the temperature on the sword blanks not only recovered, but also increased.
Lin Bo finally managed to control the temperature, and was relieved to see that Mo Lin was still forging with his heart.
"Little worker, prepare to stew steel." Under Mo Lin's forging, the rudimentary shape of the sword was already obvious, and the slender strips flashed dark red, and this time was about to carry out a crucial step.
He Xiaogong had already prepared a three-foot-long stone trough, which he filled with cold water, and immediately pushed the stone trough over after hearing Mo Lin's call.
"Remember to keep your hands steady." He Xiaogong couldn't help reminding.
Mo Lin nodded slightly, picked up the reddened rough embryo and gently put it into the water from the tip of the sword, and as soon as the high-temperature sword body entered the water, it immediately steamed up, and the water gurgled and gurgled.
When the sword body was submerged in the water, Mo Lin took advantage of the situation to pick up the water, and looked at the sword body intact, and finally let go of the heart that had been hanging.
This step is called "stewed steel", and it is the first test after the sword body is formed, if the forging temperature is not enough, or the forging technique is not correct, the texture of the material is not closely integrated, or the action is not skillful enough when stewing steel, the rough embryo will immediately bend or crack.
"The first step is finally complete." The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, looking at the sword blank that had been formed, the excitement in their hearts was indescribable. Half a year ago, they were three intern craftsmen, and now they can complete such a difficult forging work alone, and a sense of accomplishment arises spontaneously, and the three of them can't help but cheer loudly together.
"What's next? Isn't it going to be blunted? "That's going to take a lot of time." ”
"I have a secret. 3" Mo Lin smiled mysteriously.
"What's the secret?" The curiosity about the craftsman's craftsmanship made Lin Bo and He Xiaogong immediately glare, pricked up their ears, and looked at Mo Lin greedily, as if he were a plate of delicious braised pork.
"If I could tell you, would it still be a secret?" Mo Lin said with a smile.
"If you don't say anything, I'll throw you into the furnace and practice!" Limpo threatened.
"Wrong, it's to throw it into the cold forging furnace first, and then throw it into the furnace to thaw, so nine times in a row, to give you a Nine Heavens of Ice and Fire!" He Xiaogong was even more vicious, and the way he said it made Mo Lin break out in a cold sweat.
"Okay, I'll tell you secretly, but I can't spread it, this is the secret of the soldiers, and I finally got it." Faced with the obscenity of the two, Mo Lin had no choice but to give in.
Originally, in the traditional sword-casting method, in order to ensure the precision of the material of the sword body, after the first steel stew, the rough embryo of the sword should be placed outdoors to be subjected to the erosion of the sun and rain and the natural tempering of thermal expansion and contraction. After five years, the internal stress in the material is gently eliminated, and then the beating is taken out again. If you can't pass this second test, then forging the sword is tantamount to failure.
It is precisely because of the time and effort that sword forging is considered to be the most difficult of all weapon forging, and it is also for this reason that good swords are expensive and priceless. However, with the soldier's secret, this problem is no longer difficult for Mo Lin.
"What the hell is going to do?" Seeing Mo Lin change the water in the stone trough and take out a small bottle with a red potion, Lin Bo and He Xiaogong asked blankly.
"Where should I put my sword when it is passivated?" Mo Lin didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
"In order to prevent the sword blank from rusting and to isolate the air, it is generally immersed in a well in the mountains." Limper Road.
"That's right, now we will use this stone trough as a well, and as for this bottle of potion, it will be exposed to the wind and sun for five years." Mo Lin said as he sank the sword blank into the water, then opened the cap of the bottle and poured the red potion into it.
"What's this red thing?" Lin Bo and He Xiaogong asked in unison.
"Ash bubble water of physyloid." Mo Lin said.
Herbine is a very common herb, which is everywhere at the foot of the Sunset Mountains, and is usually used by the ink practitioners to make medicinal materials to clear heat and remove fire, of course Lin Bo and He Xiaogong know. It was precisely because they knew the efficacy of physistine that they all opened their mouths in surprise and couldn't believe it.
"How is that possible? Can genginine play a role in accelerating passivation? He Xiaogong was the first to disbelieve it.
"I don't believe it either, but it seems to be true." Mo Lin stared at the red oxyphylline solution in the water.
As soon as the solution of herbine entered the water, it naturally sank into the water, and soon attached to the sword.
After the sword body absorbed the phytophylline, it trembled slightly, and a few tiny bubbles floated from the bottom of the water.
"It worked." Lin Bo said in surprise.
He Xiaogong couldn't help nodding: "It's amazing, I didn't expect that physistine would have such an effect, I really don't know how the soldiers thought of it." ”
Mo Lin also secretly admired, until Fang Cai still didn't believe in this secret, but the facts in front of him proved that the soldier family did have a unique way of forging weapons, and with the time saved in this link now, it was enough to make the soldier family far ahead of other families.
Soon the red solution of physistine adhered to the sword, and from time to time tiny bubbles surfaced.
"How long will this take?" Lin Bo asked.
"Ten days." Mo Lin said.
"Ten days to withstand five years of wind and sun, it's really amazing." Limpo gave a thumbs up and exclaimed.
"Okay, let's put it up for now." Mo Lin opened a refrigerator and pushed the stone trough inside. This not only maintains the temperature of the water, but also effectively isolates impurities in the air.
Once the storage is done, the first step of forging the sword is over. If it weren't for the soldier's secret, it would take five years before the sword blank could be used to continue the home run, but now with the catalyst of physistine, it can continue in ten days.
"Everyone's worked hard, I'll have a supper!" Mo Lin saw that Lin Bo and He Xiaogong were sweating profusely, and said gratefully.
"I'm going to eat you to death!" He Xiaogong wiped the sweat from his forehead "viciously" and grinned.
The spring night was clear and cloudless, Mo Lin and the three of them came to the stream with a thermos food box, the moonlight sprinkled on the stream, the stream flowed slowly, making a gurgling sound, it was really a quiet night.
opened the food box and took out the wine and food inside, and the three of them munched on it. Fang Cai's sword-forging process had consumed a lot of energy and physical strength, and they really needed to replenish it.
"Mo Lin, what kind of sword do you want to make?" Lin Bo grabbed a piece of sauced beef with his hand, took a big bite, and asked Mo Lin while wiping the juice from the corner of his mouth.
"Have you ever seen Ling Fox Zi's green snake whip?" Mo Lin asked rhetorically.
Lin Bo and He Xiaogong nodded, they actually had a deep impression of Ling Huzi's beauty, as for the green snake, as long as they knew that it was a soft whip.
"Tell me, what is the power of the whip?" Mo Lin asked again.
Lin Bo tilted his head and thought for a while, "It's like a real snake, always lurking in the shadows, maybe when it will come out and bite you." ”
He Xiaogong nodded and agreed: "Yes, for example, the snake under Lin Bo's buttocks, maybe it will bite him in a while." ”
Limbo was startled, jumped up reflexively, and looked at the stone under his ass with palpitations. The clear moonlight shone down, and there were traces of snakes.
"Hahaha!" Mo Lin and He Xiaogong saw Lin Bo's timid appearance and laughed so much that they held their stomachs. Only then did Lin Bo know that he had been deceived by He Xiaogong, and his teeth itched with hatred.
"Okay, okay, don't make a fuss." Mo Lin smiled, and said with a straight face.
"Mo Lin, tell me where the power of the soft whip is?" Lin Bo waved his fist at He Xiaogong, sat down and asked Mo Lin.
"You're right, the strength of the soft whip is that it is as weird as the snake, but this is just a trick, and the real way to defeat the opponent is to rely on the strength of the upright." Mo Lin said eloquently.
"You've said so much, what does it have to do with the sword you're going to forge?" Lin Bo asked puzzled.
"Of course it matters, the sword is the king of a hundred soldiers, the most dignified weapon, but sometimes it is lost in cunning, if you can combine the characteristics of the sword with the characteristics of the soft whip, will it be better?" Mo Lin said with a smile.
"You mean the soft sword, that's not a big deal." He Xiaogong sipped the gravy on his fingers and said.
"It's not just a soft sword, I just had a vague idea and didn't know how to implement it, until Mr. Mo Zhiwei said that the shape of cotton iron can be fixed with the powder of condensed jade, and my idea became clear. The sword I'm going to make is shape-shifting. ”
"Transfiguration? You don't have a fever...... right" Lin Bo and He Xiaogong looked at Mo Lin in a daze, thinking that he must be too tired to cause his brain to fail.
"Listen to my principle...... Mo Lin found a stone and drew a diagram of the two of them on the sand by the stream. He explained as he draw, and the two people who listened nodded their heads again and again.
"Mo Lin, you are really ...... Genius. After listening to Mo Lin's explanation, Lin Bo exclaimed, "If you think of using the temperature and the concentration of the condensed jade powder to control the shape of the cotton-iron, your method may really work." ”
"I don't think it's going to work." He Xiaogong said excitedly, "Mo Lin, I want to make a machine spring on the sword body for you, you must not refuse me." I must leave my mark on this sword, so that everyone in the whole continent knows that I have a share of credit! ”
"Then I will design the hilt and scabbard of the sword, and perfectly combine the right way and the sophistication you said." Lin Bo's eyes also lit up.
Mo Lin knew that these two good friends also had unique skills in craftsmanship, far surpassing him in some aspects, but he shook his head and said: "This sword is a success, it must be earth-shattering, if you put some hidden weapons on it, wouldn't it be a humiliation to the sword." ”
"It makes sense, it's like it's impossible for a supreme master to stumble under lime!" He Xiaogong and Lin Bo looked at each other and laughed.
The trio laughed heartily and enjoyed their vision of the future and their desire for dreams. The moonlight is like water, witnessing their youth and friendship, and also witnessing the birth of a magical weapon.
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Ten days later, in the night of Xiangyun Machinery Store, Mo Lin solemnly took out the sword blank in the refrigerator. After ten days of soaking, the solution of herbylate had completely integrated into the sword body, which turned a dark red color with a chilling faint red light.
"First of all, we need to take off the color." Mo Lin said, he had prepared the decolorization solution.
"Mo Lin, I think the color of this sword body is very good." Lin Bo said aside, "Don't you think you're very handsome?" ”
"Hmm...... Doesn't seem to be bad, either. Mo Lin lifted the sword blank, and the sword body reflected the red fire, and the cold air was rolling red, making people feel that this sword would definitely drink endless blood.
"Everyone voted by a show of hands, and agreed to keep the red raised hands." Lin Bo said and raised his hand.
He Xiaogong also raised his hand, and Mo Lin smiled bitterly: "Since this is the case, I will also agree." ”
Since the level of decolorization is omitted, it will directly enter the "hundred refinement" stage of the second home run, which is an extremely important step in casting the sword, what the final sword body will look like, and whether it can become a divine weapon depends on this step.
Put on your iron hand, place the sword blank in the boiling fire, and then pick up the hammer. Mo Lin lit up the bright spots in his body, and his mood was calm. The last three steps before the furnace were omitted from the secret of sword forging that Ling Hu Zi had taught him, and everything had to be understood by himself.
And Mo Lin had seen a casting method forbidden by the Mo family in the Heavenly Creations, and he was already determined to try it tonight.
Taking a deep breath, Mo Lin took the sword blank out of the furnace fire and put it on the anvil, and the muscles of his whole body cooperated, and he struck the first hammer perfectly.
"Ding...... While...... Ding ...... "The hammer landed on the sword blank, changing the shape of the sword blank with each blow. Lin Bo and He Xiaogong each held some strangely colored solutions and powders beside them, adding them to the sword blank from time to time. These are all the whimsical ideas they have explored in ten days, and what kind of freak they will eventually create, they actually don't know in their hearts.
The three bold fellows struck the sword blank like this, sweating like this, and after three hours, they hit the base one hundred and sixty times. If it weren't for Mo Lin awakening Mooladhara, the source of power, I'm afraid I would have fallen tired long ago. And because his strength and frequency are very stable, the texture of the cotton iron is tightly fused together, showing the most perfect state.
The blade of the sword is red, and the texture on it is like the scales of a dragon, and it is mixed with the sparkle of light, which is the ore powder that is integrated into the essence of the cotton, and their existence ensures the peculiar nature of the sword after it is cast.
"It's almost baked!" Lin Bo saw that the sword body had been basically completed, and now the last and most important process was baked. Whether a sword can become an artifact or not, the key lies in the moment when it is baked.
And how to make the sword have a soul and become an artifact, people throughout the ages have different opinions, and there has never been a unified caliber.
Mo Lin didn't know how the soldiers made the weapons one with the master's heart, and even had their own soul. However, the method he learned from the Heavenly Creations made him want to take a risk and try it.
Seeing that the sword body has reached the perfect realm, the time for it to be baked has come.
Mo Lin took off an iron hand, reached out and pulled out a dagger from his waist, slashed it on his arm, and then raised his arm, and blood sprinkled on the sword.
With a "zila", the blood and the sword seemed to merge together, and with the exclamations of Lin Bo and He Xiaogong, a flame jumped out of the furnace with a roar.
"Not good!"
The flame turned into a fiery dragon, roaring wildly, and the sound rumbled through the Ink Village, almost cracking the eardrums of the three of them.
Mo Lin grabbed the sword and didn't let go, he could feel the changes transmitted from the sword. It was such a powerful force that seemed to tear the sky apart, shatter the earth, shatter the world. Blood and fire fused together, and the furnace could no longer withstand the tremendous impact, and shattered bones with a thud.
Lin Bo and He Xiaogong covered their faces and stepped back, countless pieces of debris with flames bursting out, almost injuring them.
"Mo Lin, be careful!" Lin Bo screamed with concern, but saw that Mo Lin didn't move at all, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
He couldn't help but follow Mo Lin's gaze, and saw that between the shattered furnaces, in a raging flame, a dazzling red sword was emitting a light that made everything in the world dim.
The sword, forged.
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