Su You said to Bai Shan: "This room is quite big, why don't you live with me!" ”

Bai Shan shook his head, "I'll go back to my own home." Although it is dilapidated, it is a place where I have lived for more than ten years, there are memories and feelings, and I don't want to give it up. Actually, the workshop includes room and board, and I have a bed in the workshop, but I would rather live in my own home. ”

rejected Su You's kindness, and he introduced some of the situation and precautions to Su You. Then he said: "Brother Su You, I wish you in advance to pass the assessment and join the Ten Thousand Blades Workshop." I'll go and do things first, and I'll wait for your good news in three days. ”

Su You no longer continued to persuade, he understood Bai Shan's feelings for his grandfather very well.

Bai Shan left, Su You sat in the chair, took out a roll of cloth and spread it out on the table, and pondered. To design a weapon with a unique shape enough to impress that Mr. Sun and get his approval, what kind of blade should you choose?

Among the weapons, the sword is king, and the sword is respected. Su You decided to start with swords, and when he thought of the various exaggerated swords that appeared in comics, martial arts, science fiction movies and online games, he suddenly had an idea.

In order to look as professional as possible, he sketches a unique sword shape by drawing flat 2D drawings of structural parts. Thanks to his skills in painting and sketching, although it is not real enough to be compared with photos, it is also extremely clear and delicate.

The material and dimensions of the blade, blade, spine, jaw, lattice, hilt, head and scabbard are annotated. The details are so subtle that this sword can be crafted without difficulty just by holding this picture.

Looking at the sword shape with a two-dimensional style that is completely drawn and only exists in the online game world, Su You himself is quite satisfied, and the corners of his mouth hook a smug smile, this unique and full of exaggerated lines and beauty of the sword should surprise that Mr. Sun Chongyuan!

After admiring the sword, he took out another piece of cloth, wanting to continue to complete the knife drawing while the iron was hot. Suddenly thinking that there were still three days to go, and it couldn't be completed too quickly, it made people suspect that this was a schema he had prepared a long time ago. So he put away the cloth again, and returned his gaze to the sword diagram, pretending to think, but in fact admiring his proud work.

After a while, he put away his sword and walked out of the room. He plans to continue to visit the workshop to learn more about refining tools, he greets the people he meets from time to time, and enthusiastically talks with the craftsmen to ask for details about the processes he does not understand. Wandering around, I came to a billet room, where a middle-aged smith was teaching a few young craftsmen who seemed to be apprentices, and I heard him say: "The sky is sometime, the earth has qi, people have gods, materials have beauty, and work has coincidences. ”

His words were concise and clear, and Su You was moved when he heard it, and he listened attentively.

Listen to him continue: "...... A perfect blade needs to go through hundreds of processes, large and small, and the upper and lower processes need to be closely connected and complement each other. The most critical of these are: material, casting, forging, shaping, quenching, grinding, assembly and scabbard are also important. As the name suggests, these important links can determine the quality of a piece of artwork. It is difficult to create a good blade without high-quality materials only with exquisite forging skills. The reason why our Wanjian Ware Workshop is famous is that there are strict requirements in these processes, and we have always only selected high-quality rough iron produced by high-quality iron ore, and then cast the billet after removing the impurities in it at high temperature, and then after hundreds of repeated folding and forging, it can further remove the residual impurities in it, and can activate its tissue, which is more resilient. The shape of the material is different, the forging method will be different, and the surface pattern after forming is also different, some form straight lines such as pine needles and cow hair, and some such as water flow, spiral texture ....... ”

Everyone held their breath as the middle-aged man's voice vibrated in the room, "Repeatedly forging the shaped blade, like a sword, and then quenching it." Quenching is an extremely critical process in the sword making process, the shaped sword blank tire is burned red to a certain temperature, and then immersed in water to cool rapidly, through this step to enhance the hardness and toughness of the sword, improve the sharpness of the edge. This step is extremely technically demanding, and the grasp of temperature depends on the experience of the craftsman, which can be judged by the color of the flame, and of course, it must also be matched by a strong divine sense. The slightest mistake and inadequate temperature control may cause fatal defects to the blade, and in the worst case, the sword will crack. Therefore, according to the different materials and shapes, different ways should be used for quenching, such as overall quenching and partial quenching, and the temperature should be adjusted at any time according to the situation. In addition to water quenching, there is also oil quenching, which I will talk to you about later......"

Most of what Su You has mastered is theoretical knowledge from books, so have you heard such a transparent, verbal and deed explanation? I listened to it with relish for a while, and I was immersed in it.

The teaching continues, "and then it's polishing." From coarse to fine, it is divided into, coarse grinding, fine grinding, and fine grinding. It is necessary to go through more than ten processes in turn, until the sword is polished until the blade is sharp, the ridge is straight, the blade surface is smooth and bright, and the sword body shows the effect of "mirror" and "frost and snow". The sharpener of a good sword is less than five or six days, and more than dozens of days, which is slow and meticulous work, so there is a saying that the work of sharpening the sword is twice as good as the forging. Although the so-called "ten years of sharpening a sword" is an exaggeration, the effort spent has already shown the importance of sharpening the sword in the sword-making process, and you need to keep it in mind. ”

Hearing this, Su You was even more awe-inspired, this is a great craftsman, and he also taught him a vivid lesson, so that he put away his views on the world's craftsmanship, and listened more carefully to his explanations later.

"The best spiritual weapon can be reconciled with the master and god, and it is an extension of the body. And the treasure weapon, not only has the refining process reached the extreme, but I heard that it can also make the master's divine sense resonate and control the sword with the god. After speaking, the middle-aged craftsman looked fascinated, and the room fell into silence.

After listening to this explanation, Su You gained a lot, and he also had respect for the "Master Ji" in everyone's mouth. He then re-watched the workshop according to the order of the process explained by Master Ji, and confirmed them one by one in his heart, and benefited a lot after half a day. On paper, I finally feel shallow, and I never know that I have to do it. After all, the knowledge gained from books is superficial, and in order to understand the true meaning, it must be practiced. Su You really wanted to have the opportunity to start refining.

When he returned to the guest room, a maid was waiting for him at the door, who had come to take him to the dining room for lunch. There were hundreds of people eating in the huge dining hall, but Bai Shan was not seen, maybe he finished eating, or he ate in batches, and the utensils were not more than these people.

Su You finished eating silently and returned to the room. He began to apply for what he saw and the theoretical knowledge of smelting he had learned, digest and absorb it, and turn it into his own knowledge. With the new knowledge, he felt a little arrogant, he couldn't underestimate the craftsmen of this world, and he had to study hard. When you come to a strange world, only by improving your own strength can you better protect yourself and have the ability to explore this unknown world.

Su You was afraid that someone would monitor him, so he sat upright, but he couldn't do nothing, so he learned to sit and meditate. He did not dare to take out the stone, but sat cross-legged in his imagination, and put his hands together under his abdomen, and it seemed to look like it. It was very boring to sit down, and he couldn't help but think about what he had accidentally crossed, and his distractions were disturbing, and he didn't care about it. When a thought arises, he pursues it and does not abandon it. His mind was constantly changing, and when he tried to concentrate on a certain thought, what he was thinking about immediately became clear.

As time passed, he tried to concentrate his mind into his body, and he seemed to feel the rhythm of his heart, and the blood slowly flowed from his heart throughout his body, back to his heart, and so on. Then, with the exhalation, the consciousness slowly flows down from the mind, to the chest, to the abdomen, lower limbs, soles of the feet, and then disappears. When I inhaled, I felt that my eyebrows were cold and numb, and it seemed that something was slowly flowing from my eyebrows into my head. The whole person was confused, and sometimes thoughts flashed in his mind and disappeared.

Su You woke up. It was like I had just woken up, and it was like I hadn't slept at all, and my spirit was really strong. Could it be that he accidentally entered a state of cultivation and concentration? Could it be my own subconscious thoughts, fantasizing about sitting like that in martial arts novels, breathing and breathing, and feeling that I have internal force?

It turns out that I have heard people say that after sitting and meditating for half an hour every day, my legs and feet are not numb after getting up, and I am full of energy, and my work and study are in excellent condition, is it the same reason, or is it a psychological effect?

It didn't matter so much, at this time he was refreshed, Su You sat back at the table, took out a new cloth, and sketched a long knife according to the method of drawing a sword diagram. The mind is immersed in the composition of each stroke and every stroke, and the spirit is extraordinarily concentrated, and the spirit is well-flowing, and the knife is drawn in one go.

It only took an hour for a long knife to leap over the cloth. At first glance, it is beautiful, this is a new type of long knife that breaks the traditional knife category in this world. Fortunately, he has learned calligraphy with a brush since he was a child, otherwise he is really not used to painting with a brush, and when he wants to draw a straight line, he has to use a wooden strip to compare it to draw straight.

After admiring his creative works for a long time, Su You was full of smugness in his heart, and the arrogance that he had put away just now because of Master Ji's teaching came back and regained his self-confidence.

Su You walked out of the room only to find that it was getting late, and he didn't know when dinner was, so he walked to the dining room, where there were still dozens of people eating. With a glance, Su You smiled happily, he saw Bai Shan, and Bai Shan also saw Su You, and the two greeted each other happily. Su You realized that Bai Shan had lunch later than him, and they didn't meet at noon.

Bai Shan told Su You that because he had to make weapons, he would continue to work late after eating, and he would go home directly to rest after finishing work. Because it was only a day later, Bai Shan did not ask Su You if he had completed the design. He just casually asked Su You if he had an idea of making a machine after a day's harvest?

Su You naturally can't say that it has been completed, only that it is still in the process of being conceived, and everything goes well to calm his heart.

Bai Shan is really in a good mood.