"Take a piece of iron at random, knock it a few times, and then engrave a sword pattern, this can be called a swordsmith!?" The old man's face was full of disdain and contempt: "This can only be called a craftsman at most!"

"The true Sword Forging Grandmaster should be even if it is just an ordinary piece of mortal iron, in their hands, it can be transformed into an indestructible sword!"

The old man looked at Yun Zhan and asked seriously, "Do you know where the sword pattern came from?"

This question really stumped Yun Zhan, although he had read the "Sword Pattern Catalog", but it only recorded the shape of some ordinary sword patterns, as well as the handprints that made them, but there was no record of where the sword patterns came from!

"I forgive you for not knowing!" The old man said seriously: "In fact, the so-called sword pattern is just because in the process of casting the sword, in order to remove the impurities in the metal, the metal needs to be repeatedly forged and beaten, so after the sword is formed, some unique lines will be formed on the sword body, and some people find that the sword with these lines is often much stronger than the one that does not, and over time, this is called the sword pattern!"

"Later, people began to imitate these sword patterns, until they finally formed a sword pattern on the sword body with spiritual power!" The old man said, his palm shook slightly, and the flame in his palm suddenly turned into a flame-type sword pattern: "For example, this can increase the power of sword qi, in fact, the reason why it can increase the power of sword qi is because when casting the sword, the sword body is mixed with the power of fire!"

- The power of fire!

Hearing this word, Yun Zhan was shocked, but he didn't expect that this old man was actually the same as the master of the Heavenly Array, and the two of them actually coincided.

"The power of fire is the most advantageous for killing, so it will enhance the power of the sword qi, but those so-called sword casters don't know why, they just know that the flame-type sword pattern can enhance the power of the sword qi, so they inlay it on the sword body, although this can also enhance the power of the sword qi, but the fire qi contained in the sword body is too little, and with the passage of time, the sword pattern that is engraved in the later stage will slowly become blurred, and within a hundred years, the sword pattern engraved in this inlay will completely lose its effect!"

"The sword is divided into three orders and nine grades, like the kid surnamed Xu, he can only cast a sword and a holy sword at most in a lifetime, but it is never possible to cast a divine sword!" The old man said with respect: "The real sword casting master will not deliberately engrave the sword pattern, because this will lose the future potential of the sword, the sword is alive, it can only be a guide, but it cannot be forced to intervene, so that the real divine sword can be cast!"

- The sword is alive!

Yun Zhan nodded secretly, sure enough, those who have reached the level of the old man will all end up in the same way, he and the master of the Heavenly Array have both discovered that the sword is alive and the sword has essence, but there is a big difference between the two.

This old man said that the way of sword forging is the Tao, and he is obviously also a swordsmith, so he is the one who gives life and essence to the sword.

The master of the Heavenly Array created the "Ten Thousand Swords Technique", and relied on devouring the life and essence of the sword to make himself stronger.

After listening to the old man's sigh, he continued: "The so-called hundred refining into steel, even if it is a piece of mortal iron, after thousands of beatings, it can become a manufacturable material, but the current swordsmiths don't understand this truth, in their opinion, as long as the best sword-casting materials are used, supplemented by sword patterns, a good sword can be cast!"

"In fact, I don't know that this is already a mistake, and it is impossible to forge a truly peerless sword in his lifetime! This has also indirectly led to the fact that there are swords and holy swords on the market, but there are fewer and fewer divine swords!"

"As far as the way of forging swords is concerned, in this world, the old man thinks that he is the second, and no one can bear the title of the first!" The old man said proudly: "Boy, if you are willing to agree to this deal, the old man will teach you what he has learned all his life!"

Regarding the conditions proposed by the old man, Yun Zhan answered the question: "Since you are so powerful, how can you be suppressed here?"

"Hmph!" the old man snorted coldly and said resentfully: "It's not because of the invincible old thief!"

"Dao is invincible?" Hearing the old man repeatedly mention this name, Yun Zhan remembered that when he first came to the Sword Casting Tower, Xu Hao seemed to have said the same, and asked, "Could it be that he is the valley master of the Sword Casting Valley?"

"Phew!" the old man said angrily: "What is the valley master of the Sword Casting Valley, he is usurping, and the old man is the real Sword Casting Valley Master!"

"What!" Yun Zhan looked incredulous.

Wasn't this sword-casting tower built by Sword Casting Valley and ordered Xu Hao to guard it?

And this sword-casting tower was obviously used to suppress this old man, but if this old man was really the master of the Sword Casting Valley, why would he be suppressed by the Sword Casting Valley, this really doesn't make sense!

Regarding Yun Zhan's doubts, the old man explained: "The old man's name is Yang Dingtian, and he and Dao Invincible have worshiped the Sword Casting Valley together since childhood, and were accepted as a disciple by the then Sword Casting Valley Master and became a senior brother. ”

"After the death of the master, the old man succeeded to the position of the valley master, the old man knew that the Tao was invincible and disgruntled, the old man and he were brothers who grew up together after all, for the sake of brotherhood, the old man accepted his son Dao Qianji as an apprentice on the day he succeeded the valley master, and the old man did this, which is to tell him that although you can't be the valley master, your son will become the next valley master!"

It can be seen from this that this old man is really a true man who values love and righteousness.

"But I don't want to be invincible but take revenge!" Speaking of this, the killing intent in Yang Dingtian's eyes rose sharply, and he said hatefully: "One day, a friend asked the old man to forge a divine sword for him, but how could the divine sword be so easy to cast, so the old man handed over everything in the valley to Dao invincible, and only took his son Dao Qianji to retreat and forge the sword together!"

"It's been a full year, just when the divine sword is about to be cast, but I don't want to Dao Qianji suddenly attack the old man, at such a critical moment, the old man would expect this little beast to sneak attack the old man, at the same time, the invincible old thief was also suddenly killed, under the sneak attack of this pair of beast father and son, the old man's body was destroyed, and only a wisp of remnant soul remained!"

"Fortunately, there is this fire spirit bead, and the old man has put a wisp of remnant soul in it, so that he can survive until now!" Yang Dingtian hated and said: "Although the old thief is invincible, he wants to kill the old man, but unfortunately this fire spirit bead is so easy to destroy, and in the end he has to trap the old man and the fire spirit bead in this blood soul trapped demon array, in a vain attempt to slowly consume the old man!"

Yun Zhan frowned and said, "That friend who is looking for you to forge a sword, could it be that he is also in collusion with Dao Invincible, otherwise how could it be a coincidence?"

"Impossible!" Yang Dingtian shook his head and said, "That person, whether it is strength or background, is unlikely to be in the same league with a shameless villain like Dao Invincible!"