"Usually it is much more difficult for ordinary people to become a swordsmith than a combat-type knife cultivator, and the swordsmith has high requirements for the affinity of the sword, if the affinity of the knife is too low, no matter how hard you try, it is useless, and it is impossible to become a swordsmith. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The knife affinity is innate, and there is no way to improve it the day after tomorrow, so the number of swordsmiths is usually small. Elder Fang said. "Although your sword is not capable of anything, your sword affinity is very high, and if you want, I can guide you in knife forging. ”

"Elder Fang is willing to accept Shi Xuanyu as an apprentice?" the commander of the guard army asked in surprise.

As the commander of the guard army in Dongyunnan Town, he knew very well that every additional swordsmith would have a great impact on the entire military hall. Today, there are only five swordsmiths in the military hall. If there is one more swordsmith, the strength of the entire military hall will be improved.

When the commander of the former guard army saw that Shi Xuanyu's war knife had no ability, he had the idea of wanting Shi Xuanyu to develop as a sword caster. However, the commander of the guard army is very clear that the swordsmith usually has some strict rules when it comes to accepting apprentices, and sometimes even if the affinity meets the requirements, the swordsmith may not accept it. Therefore, it was not good for him to directly open his mouth and let Elder Fang accept Shi Xuanyu as an apprentice.

"Apprentices?" Fang Lao shook his head and smiled bitterly. "With my attainments in knife casting, I am not qualified to accept apprentices at all, and I can only guide at best. ”

There are many religious sects established by swordsmiths in the secret realm of the knife department, and different religious sects have different rules, like the sect behind Fang Lao, not only has very strict rules in terms of accepting disciples, but at the same time, the knife casters in the sect are not qualified to accept apprentices before they have reached a certain attainment.

Even if Elder Fang admired Shi Xuanyu, he could only guide at most, but he was not qualified to accept Shi Xuanyu as an apprentice.

"The guidance is not bad. The desert battalion commander on the side said. "Shi Xuanyu, this is an extremely rare opportunity. Being able to get the guidance of a knife smith is something that many people can't ask for. Now that Elder Fang is willing to guide you, you don't want to live up to Elder Fang's wishes. ”

At the moment, whether it is the commander of the Red Desert Battalion or the commander of the guard, they are very envious of Shi Xuanyu, they all know the status of the swordsmith in the knife world, and combat-type sword-type cultivators like them are eager to be able to make friends with the swordsmith, after all, combat-type sword-forging cultivators rely on swordsmiths very much.

Fang Lao smiled and looked at Shi Xuanyu. "Shi Xuanyu, are you willing to accept my guidance?"

Shi Xuanyu thought in his heart.

Since the knife forger is also a kind of knife repair, cultivating the knife in this secret realm of the knife department may not necessarily take the battle route, and taking the knife casting route is also repairing the knife. Immediately, Shi Xuanyu nodded. "Elder Fang, I am willing. ”

"Haha, good, good. In the future, we will have another swordsmith in our military hall. "The Commander of the Guards was very happy. He had always wanted to recruit a few more swordsmiths into the military hall, but the number of swordsmiths was already scarce and their status was very high, so it was so easy to recruit.

Now that he was able to train a swordsmith in the military hall, the commander of the guard army was naturally very happy.

"Commander, my attainments in sword forging are limited, and at most I can only guide Shi Xuanyu. This sword-casting is not smooth sailing with affinity, affinity is only one aspect of the knife-casting, whether Shi Xuanyu can go on with the knife-casting group depends on his performance in other aspects. The most important thing is that even if Shi Xuanyu can successfully forge a knife under my guidance, he cannot be called a knife casting master, he can only be reluctantly called a 'knife casting apprentice'. Fang Lao Zhengse said. "Only when Shi Xuanyu is taught by a swordsmith who is qualified to accept apprentices can he be called a 'swordsmith'. ”

In the world of knives, the title of knife caster is not something that can be called casually.

Even if Shi Xuanyu had the guidance of Elder Fang, he could not be called a knife casting master, but could only be called a 'knife casting apprentice'.

"I understand. If Shi Xuanyu really had the talent of a swordsmith, it would not be difficult to become a swordsmith in the future. The Commander of the Guards laughed.

He knew that even if Shi Xuanyu couldn't become a knife forger under the guidance of Elder Fang, as long as Shi Xuanyu had a talent for knife casting, he would be able to become a knife forger sooner or later. And as long as he maintains a good relationship with Shi Xuanyu, he can naturally come and ask Shi Xuanyu to help cast the knife in the future.

"Since Fang Lao Ken instructed you to forge a knife. Shi Xuanyu, at present, you are learning to forge knives at Elder Fang. The guards don't have to worry about it. The Commander of the Guard said.

Usually, in addition to maintaining order in Dongyunnan Town, the guards will also have some training tasks every year. And now, the commander of the guard army directly exempted Shi Xuanyu from these things, so that Shi Xuanyu could concentrate on learning to cast knives.

......

That day.

Shi Xuanyu lived in Fang Lao's knife casting court and learned to cast knives under Fang Lao's guidance.

"Shi Xuanyu, before you can officially start learning to forge knives, you must first understand the knife casters in the world of knives. Fang Lao Zhengse said. "Knife Forger is a general term, just like a combat knife cultivator is also called a sword walker, both are general terms. And whether it is a knife forger or a sword walker, there is an apprenticeship stage, the knife forger is the knife casting apprentice, and the sword walker is the knife apprentice. The apprenticeship stage only represents one foot into the realm of swordsmiths, and is not a true swordsmith. Only by being taught by a swordsmith who is qualified to accept apprentices can you enter the realm of swordsmiths. Therefore, even if you have the skills of a swordsmith under my guidance, you can only be called a swordsmith, not a swordsmith. ”

Shi Xuanyu was stunned. "If you have the skills of a knife caster, you can't be called a knife caster?"

"Yes. Elder Fang nodded. "The knife caster represents not only skills, but also identity. You must have both skill and identity in order to be called a swordsmith. As for the religious sect of the swordsmith in terms of identity, I'll talk to you later. ”

Shi Xuanyu nodded.

The swordsmith has a special position in this secret realm of the knife department, and there are relatively many rules.

"Alright, now I'll start instructing you to forge knives. Usually, before the knife caster learns to cast a knife, the first thing to master is to 'watch the knife'. Elder Fang said.

"Looking at the knife?" Shi Xuanyu didn't understand.

"The so-called observation of a knife is to observe a knife through its affinity and find out the characteristics of the knife. As he spoke, Elder Fang casually took a knife and put it in front of Shi Xuanyu.

"Your lesson today is to observe this knife and find out its characteristics. Usually only people with high affinity can do this, which is why the first condition to become a knife caster is affinity. If the affinity is low and you can't even find out the characteristics of the knife, then how can you cast the knife? With your affinity, you should be able to find out the characteristics of the knife in one day. Elder Fang said.

Usually an apprentice who had just started learning to cast a knife would basically take more than ten days to learn to watch a knife, but Shi Xuanyu's affinity made Elder Fang judge that he could do it in just one day.

However, Old Fang's voice just fell.

Shi Xuanyu looked up at Elder Fang. "Elder Fang, I'...... I seem to have found the characteristics of this knife. ”