Forging a sword is a long and tedious process.

Therefore, the three invigilators did not stay on the scene all the time, staring intently at Wei Yi.

You only need to focus on observing and scoring in a few important links.

For example, forging the sword embryo into the sword body, and heat treating the sword body.

After a long time, the iron was burned, and Wei Yi also began to swing the hammer to beat the iron.

The sound of metal striking echoed.

Du Yujiang, Su He, and Hou Dong, who were sitting in the pavilion drinking tea, also looked at Wei Yi in unison.

"I didn't expect this kid to look weak and swing a hammer, but he is very powerful!" Du Yujiang stroked the beard on his chin and said with a smile.

As a seven-rank swordsmith, he could feel how powerful that hammer was when he listened to the sound of striking iron.

"Yes, I just wondered if this scholar wouldn't even be able to pick up a hammer!" Hou Dong said with a smile.

Du Yujiang looked at Wei Yi's appearance of forging iron, but there was a trace of expectation for him in his heart.

Near noon, Su He, the envoy, had already returned.

Hou Dong also leaned back in his chair and fell asleep.

Only Du Yujiang stood near Wei Yi, observing his process of forging the sword embryo, and then scoring it on the booklet.

During the assessment period, Wei Yi could not leave the Sword Casting Division, so the three meals a day were provided by the Sword Casting Division.

After Wei Yi finished lunch, he took a short rest and began to continue forging the sword embryo cold.

By the time Shen arrived, the sword had already been forged.

After shoveling and leveling and fine cold forging, it is time for the most important part - heat treatment.

This is also the process that Du Yujiang wants to focus on.

So he brought a chair and sat not far from Wei Yi, ready to carefully observe his next operation.

Especially the way he used the stone.

Wei Yi had no distractions, pulled the bellows, and re-ignited the fire.

Wait until the fire reaches the desired temperature.

He put the blade of the sword into the blacksmith's furnace, and he also put the stone into the blacksmith's furnace.

Seeing this scene, Du Yujiang's brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of surprise and doubt appeared in his eyes.

"What is he doing, and why did he put the stone in the blacksmith's furnace along with the blade?" Du Yujiang was puzzled.

He knew how the stone was used, but it wasn't like that.

Instead, the stone is heated and melted and mixed with oil in a certain proportion.

It is then used as a coolant to quench the red-hot sword.

So seeing Wei Yi's approach, he was a little incomprehensible.

But he didn't dare to judge right from wrong.

After all, he also knew that there was not only one way to forge a sword.

The methods he knows are only the tip of the iceberg.

He was just curious, would Wei Yi really have an effect if he did this?

For a long time to come, Wei Yi almost stayed by the blacksmith's furnace.

It seems that the temperature of the blacksmith furnace has been controlled.

This made Du Yujiang feel very fresh.

He had kept the blacksmith's furnace at a temperature, which he had never seen before.

And himself.

About an hour later, Wei Yi left the blacksmith furnace.

He immediately walked in front of Du Yujiang and bowed down: "Prison Lin, today is the end of it, you need to wait for the furnace to cool down, and you will be doing follow-up processing tomorrow!" ”

"Well, okay, let's have a cup of tea together!" Du Yujiang said with a smile.

Looking at Wei Yi's operation just now, he began to look forward to Wei Yi again.

"Good!" Wei Yi followed Du Yujiang to the pavilion and drank a cup of tea.

"Did you teach this skill by Wei Tieshan?" Du Yujiang asked.

"Well, that's right, but there are some methods that I've researched myself!" Wei Yi said with a smile, he naturally wouldn't tell the truth.

"Who did you learn from how you heated the stone with the blade?" Du Yujiang asked again, very curious in his heart.

"This ...... It was a method that I stumbled upon myself! Wei Yi said seriously.

Du Yujiang nodded and didn't say anything more.

Because he doesn't know how this method works either.

If we continue to talk, I will seem to be unprofessional.

We'll have to wait tomorrow to see the final results.

Du Yujiang chatted with Wei Yi about Wei Tieshan's affairs again, and also sighed at Wei Tieshan's misfortune.

After chatting for a while, Du Yujiang was ready to go back.

Wei Yi said goodbye to Du Yujiang, and went back to the room to rest under the leadership of the priest Liang Tian.

After returning to the room, Wei Yi was not idle.

He asked the clerk for pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then continued his liver writing skills.

Early the next morning, after Wei Yi had breakfast, he continued to take the assessment.

Today, only Du Yujiang and Na Hou Dong were invigilating on the spot together.

The envoy Su He did not show up, in fact he did not come back yesterday afternoon.

Throughout the morning, Wei Yi carried out a series of heat treatments on the sword body, and Du Yujiang was also blinded.

Even some didn't understand that Wei Yi repeatedly heated and cooled the sword body,

What the hell is it to cool and heat up?

He even felt that Wei Yi really didn't know how to quench and mess around.

In the end, Du Yujiang didn't bother to look at it, and sat aside and drank tea.

"That's it!" Wei Yi polished the sword body, installed the hilt, and held it in his hand.

He immediately walked to the vicinity of the pavilion and arched his hand: "Prisoner, my sword has been built." ”

Du Yujiang's gaze immediately fell on the sword in Wei Yi's hand.

Immediately got up and walked closer.

He took the sword from Wei Yi's hand.

The moment he held the sword in his hand, Du Yujiang's eyes suddenly lit up a little.

The essence in his eyes flickered, and a hint of joy appeared at the corner of his mouth.

This sword gives people a sense of sharpness just from its appearance.

No ordinary sword.

He carefully observed the texture of the blade and checked the appearance of the sword.

The spine of the sword is straight, and the blade is flat.

The appearance is almost impeccable.

The next step is to test the performance.

Basic inspections such as hair breakage, paper cutting, and wire chopping are passed one by one.

Then bend the blade to test the toughness, which is also excellent.

With the tests one by one, Du Yujiang became more and more surprised, and even a little excited.

Because he has basically determined this sword, it has definitely reached the level of a sword.

Even more than the performance of most jeweled swords.

This Wei Yi really has the strength of a nine-rank swordsmith!

Hou Dong, the official on the side, looked at Wei Yi's gaze, and it had also changed.

He didn't expect that this weak scholar would really be able to forge a sword.

In the end, Du Yujiang brought a sword inspection stick again.

Get ready to test the extreme performance of this sword.

This sword test rod is almost the same as the one he cut off before.

It's even thicker than that.

The sword test stick turned out to be an official product.

Du Yujiang took the sword and slashed it down with a sword.

Qiang –

With a sword sound, the sword test rod broke in response.

Seeing this scene, Du Yujiang and Na Hou Dong both widened their eyes, and their faces were full of surprise.

"Actually, it was cut off!" Hou Dong couldn't help but exclaim.

Du Yujiang immediately picked up the broken sword inspection stick and looked at it, and then looked at the sword in his hand, which was intact.

"What a sword! What a sword! This is the best product of true rigidity and softness! Du Yujiang couldn't help but praise again and again.

He knew very well that this sword was placed in a jeweled sword, and it was definitely the best among swords.

He really didn't expect that this Wei Yi, who seemed to be a scholar, turned out to be a genius swordsmith.

And he's so young, the future is really limitless.

He must be taken, and he must be obtained at all costs.

Du Yujiang made up his mind in his heart.

The value of this Wei Yi in his heart has even surpassed the previous three Nine Rank Sword Forgers.

He was sure that this son would definitely become a star swordsmith in Qingzhou City in the future.

The fame will be above that Liu Ming.

The sword he forged will surely be sought after.

Despite the normal assessment requirements,

Wei Yi must build another sword that can meet the requirements before he can truly pass the assessment.

But at this time, Du Yujiang was already sure that Wei Yi was absolutely sure.

This sword was definitely not born by accident.

Wei Yi's calm and skillful techniques from beginning to end definitely have real strength.

In particular, the practice of heating the stone with the blade of the sword is very worthy of consideration.

He even wanted to ask Wei Yi what kind of principle it was.

There is also the method of repeated heating and cooling later.

He vaguely felt that if he could figure out this kid's technique, it would bring him new inspiration.

Let yourself break through the bottleneck of skills over the years and step into the ranks of the coveted five-grade swordsmiths.

Thinking of this, Du Yujiang was very excited.

Looking at Wei Yi's gaze, his gaze was scorching.

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