Deng Qiulin asked, but he didn't expect Tianxiao's answer to make him so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

Tianxiao looked at the swords in the room and frowned: "Uncle Deng." I don't like swords at all, I like knives, I want to use knives!"

"Knife ...... Ah, Tianxiao, what are you thinking about this stupid boy? You are going to cultivate immortals in the future, how can immortal cultivators use swords? Don't you want to become a sword immortal?" Deng Qiulin was anxious at that time.

"There's no reason to like it. Swords are good, but there will always be people who don't like to use swords, right? If everyone only uses swords, then other weapons would be gone a long time ago, isn't it?

"Other weapons are for people who can't cultivate immortals. If you can't cultivate immortals, it naturally doesn't matter if you pick a favorite weapon. But if you can cultivate immortals, who doesn't choose a sword? Other weapons don't have corresponding immortal cultivation classics at all. Don't mess around, listen to your uncle, choose a sword like Tianyao, you like it when you use it. You see, this Fire Spirit Sword is not bad......" Deng Qiulin hurriedly began to recommend a good sword to Tianxiao.

Tianxiao shook his head and interrupted Deng Qiulin's words: "Uncle Deng, I really don't like swords. It's still some time before I leave my grandfather's immortal cultivation, so I'll use a knife first, and it's not too late to change it to a sword when the time comes. ”

Deng Qiulin was speechless, thought for a moment, and then said, "Since you are so insistent, I will not stop you." But I have a request, I want to teach you how to use a knife, but only with your father's permission, I dare not call the shots. "Tianxiao and Tianyao are both the hope of the He family's future, if you don't get He Yundui's consent, teach Tianxiao to use a knife, even if it is He Yundui's brother, Deng Qiulin will not dare to do this.

After hearing this, Tianxiao said continuously: "Okay, okay! I'll go and ask my father, and he will definitely agree!" After saying that, he ran away.

Deng Qiulin looked at Tianxiao's back and thought: "How can this kid like swords? The folk customs are so advocating swordsmanship, and all those who have children in the family have instilled the concept of respecting the sword since childhood, and he is peculiar. However, even if Brother He loves him again, he must not agree easily, right? As long as the eldest brother resolutely refuses to allow it, Tianxiao will be able to change his mind. ”

He Yundui was still in the study, and he was quite surprised to see that the sky was gone and returned. After listening to Tianxiao's breathless recounting, He Yundui fell silent. Tianxiao saw his father's solemn expression, and he felt very uneasy in his heart. After a long time, He Yundui asked solemnly, "Xiao'er, do you know the reason why your father asked you to start using the sword now?"

Tianxiao tilted his head and thought: "Yes, it's been two years since I left my grandfather's place to cultivate immortals, why do you start practicing swords now? Daddy, you don't know how to cultivate immortals." ”

"Yes, Daddy doesn't know how to cultivate immortals. But do you think it's easy to cultivate into a sword immortal? Take the forging body as an example, if it weren't for the fact that your father had been urging you and your younger brother to train since you were five years old, I'm afraid you would have had a hard time swinging a sword now. Although I don't know the specific process of cultivating immortals, I know that it is a process of comprehending sword intent through sword training, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, cultivating the soul, and cultivating the body. Do you know what sword intent is?" He Yundui suddenly asked a question, looking at Tianxiao's puzzled eyes, he continued to explain, "Sword intent refers to the artistic conception when using the sword. The sword intent is in harmony with heaven and earth, and only by feeling the sword intent can we comprehend the laws of heaven and earth and absorb the aura of heaven and earth. Sword intent is not something that can be realized through simple strength training, it takes a long time to use the sword and feel every minute and inch of the sword. When you practice to the point where you use your sword and your hands as casually, you can almost feel the threshold of sword intent. Comprehending the sword intent to Dacheng, cultivating immortals will naturally be Dacheng. Now these are too far away for you. In the past, you and Tianyao didn't have enough strength, and I was afraid that you two would be injured, so I never let you choose a sword weapon. You must know that comprehending sword intent is not an overnight thing. You and Tianyao are gifted and intelligent, and it will be beneficial for cultivating immortals in the future if you come into contact with sword weapons earlier, and after two years of sword practice, maybe you will be able to have a trace of understanding, and when you enter the sect, you will be stronger than your disciples of the same generation.

Our Qinglong Continent does not have other weapons for cultivating immortals, and no matter how well you play the sword, it will be in vain. I also told you about the battle between the sword immortal and the sword demon back then, all the immortal cultivation sects in our Qinglong Continent don't like people who use swords, if the disciples don't practice swords and practice swords, they are destined to not be able to cultivate into sword immortals, not to mention, and they will be expelled from the sect. Even if you switch back to using a sword after you enter the sect in the future, it will be a waste of these two years. "He Yunwan didn't mean to scare Tianxiao when he said it so seriously, it was true.

It doesn't matter what weapon you use. Even if immortal cultivators don't like people who use knives, they won't surrender their identities to find fault. But for thousands of years, there has been no one who has not used a sword among the countless disciples of the many Immortal Cultivation Sects.

Tianxiao thought for a while, but still stubbornly shook his head: "Daddy, the child's personality is like this. When I hold the sword in my hand, I always feel that I can't take advantage of it, and I prefer the indomitable domineering spirit of the knife. If I don't want to switch back to using a sword and the sect expells me, then I'm willing to give up cultivating immortals and become a martial arts master like my father. ”

He Yunwan sighed and patted Tianxiao's head: "The pros and cons of right and wrong, I have already told you to listen." You kid is so bent on going your own way, I hope you won't regret it in the future. ”

Seeing that his father was relieved, he grinned and left the study in a hurry. In the end, it is a child, and it is full of nature. He Yunwan couldn't bear to force Tianxiao, looked at his distant back, and thought: "Anyway, I said before that I wouldn't force him, but now let's take it as if he is unwilling to cultivate immortals." If he is still unwilling to change his mind in the past two years, he can be like me in the martial arts in the future, as long as he has a happy life, it is not impossible. "I'm afraid that all parents in the world are like this, as long as the child is happy and happy, everything else is not important.

Tianxiao happily ran back to the weapon room, and Deng Qiulin, who was worried, and Tianyao, who was holding Pei Min's sword, were waiting at the door of the sword room. Seeing Tianxiao's cheerful expression, Deng Qiulin couldn't help but feel astringent in his throat, and asked softly, "Your father and he...... Agreed?"

Tianxiao's little head connects the dots. Deng Qiulin smiled bitterly and said in his heart: "Brother Yundui is too doting on children. Alas, alas, alas!"

Deng Qiulin opened a very small room in the northernmost part of the weapons room and said to Tianxiao, "This is the room where the knife is placed. Everyone likes swords, but they don't like swords, so there are very few people who use swords, and even fewer who cast swords. There were only five knives in this room, and three of them were not in the stream at all, but only slightly better than the most ordinary iron knives. In this way, let Uncle Deng choose the knife for you directly. ”

Although Tianxiao is small, he also understands in his heart that the number of knives is so small, and the overall quality is definitely not comparable to that of sword weapons. As a child, he didn't have much vision, so it was the best way to let Deng Qiulin directly choose the best quality knife among the five knives.

"Tianxiao, this knife is called 'Tengma'. The knife is five feet four inches long, weighs sixteen catties, is the legendary swordsmith Shangguan Qing in Bazhou, Shenglong County, when he was bored, the material is made of emperor steel and drifting iron and black blood gold, because it is cast by hand, so there is no detailed record, because it is a knife, so there is no imitation of people. However, Shangguan Qing's casting technology is really good, the material of this knife is not valuable, but the hardness and toughness of the knife are quite good, and it can even be said that it is no less than Tianyao's Pei Min sword. Speaking of this, Deng Qiulin paused for a moment and said in a low voice, "This Tengma saber is the weapon that your father captured after killing the leader of the bandit when he rescued Uncle Deng. Uncle Deng almost died under this knife in the first place......" his voice was slightly sad.

The clever Tianxiao guessed at once that Deng Qiulin must be missing his poor dead wife. Tianxiao took the Tengma knife from Deng Qiulin, who was immersed in grief, and comforted: "Uncle Deng, don't worry, I will definitely use this knife to kill more bad people in the future!"

Deng Qiulin was recalled from his memories by Tianxiao's voice, looked at the two children holding weapons more than five feet long, and squeezed out a smile: "Your weapons have been chosen, Uncle Deng will take you to Xuzhou City in the afternoon, and find the blacksmith Lao Liu to cast a scabbard and scabbard for you, it is more convenient and safer to put the weapon in the sheath." ”

Then, Deng Qiulin said to Tianxiao: "Uncle Deng is far less good at using a knife than with a sword. But the good thing is that no matter what you learn now, you start with the most basic movements. If you want to improve after you have achieved something, you have to rely on yourself. ”

Tianxiao nodded seriously, and then carefully looked at the Tengma knife in his hand. This knife is slightly shorter than the Pei Min sword in Tianyao's hand, but the blade is a few points thicker than the sword body, so it is one pound heavier. Because there is black blood gold in the material, the blade of the knife is a faint black, which is far less shiny and dazzling than Pei Min's sword, but the feeling of being heavy in the hand is very comfortable. Looking at the thick back of the knife, Tianxiao's heart blossomed, and he felt that this knife was really handy.

After a short break at noon, Deng Qiulin drove the carriage and took the two brothers Tianxiao and Tianyao to the direction of Xuzhou City.

Xuzhou City is located next to Dongshi Mountain, because of the fear of robbery in the mountains, so the city wall is built extremely thick. The city gates were also strictly checked. Like ordinary small merchants driving into the city, they have to open the box and inspect the goods.

To Deng Qiulin, the people in the guards knew him. Tianxiao and Tianyao often come to the city to play in the company accompanied by the guards of the villa, and they are all too familiar with everything here. The guards saw that the carriage was full of acquaintances, so they did not stop it. The carriage galloped into the city, straight through the square in the center of the city, and finally stopped in front of a hut near the eastern city wall.

This hut is what Deng Qiulin said about Lao Liu's blacksmith shop. Although the two brothers often go to the city, this is the first time they have come here. Deng Qiulin shouted at the room where there was a sound of "dingdong" and "dingdong" hitting iron: "Lao Liu, I see you're here!"

Suddenly, a bald man with dark skin hurriedly walked out of the hut, laughing and saying, "Who did I say, it turned out to be Lao Deng." Hey, are these two the little young masters of the He family?"

Deng Qiulin smiled and nodded. Looking at the big black Lao Liu, Tianxiao Tianyao shouted in unison: "Uncle Liu is good!"

"Haha, you two little things. 'Old Liu' is called by adults, my name is Liu Changmao, you can just call me Uncle Liu. Liu Changmao is a cheerful person, and his voice is as loud as a bell, "I have long heard from your Uncle Deng that the two little sons of the He family are so well-behaved, and today I see that this is really the case." Hey, you're here all of a sudden, and your uncle didn't have any gifts for you...... Otherwise, Uncle will give you two pairs of heart armor in a while!" Liu Changmao has always been very respectful to He Yundui, and seeing that the two children are so polite, he decided to give some greeting gifts. The heart armor is the simplest type of armor and only covers the front and rear heart sockets. It's not a very expensive gift, but it's more suitable for children.

"Lao Liu, I came today to ask you to sheath these two weapons, and the weapons are for these two little guys. I'll settle the money with you at the end of the month. Deng Qiulin said the purpose of coming.

"Just two scabbards, it's easy to say. It's just half an hour's work. I don't want money, what's polite to me?" Liu Changmao glanced at it, and just saw the two sword handles, but in fact, there was no difference between the sword handle and the sword handle, and he naturally thought it was two swords.

Deng Qiulin didn't say anything, and when he pulled the weapon out of the shroud, Liu Changmao found that there was a knife in it.

"Knife? No, didn't you tell me that the two sons of the He family are both material for cultivating immortals, what are you doing with knives?" Liu Changmao couldn't figure it out. The conditions for cultivating immortals are so harsh, and the excellent root bones can be said to be a godsend, so why don't you hurry up and practice swords?

Deng Qiulin sighed, then pointed at Tianxiao with a wry smile, and said helplessly: "This kid doesn't like swords, but likes to use knives, no way." ”

"Oh?" Liu Changmao looked at Tianxiao, his eyes showed a look of approval, "Abandoning the sword and learning the sword is almost equivalent to giving up cultivating immortals, how determined is this? I can't see that this kid is quite courageous, I like it!" After that, he returned to the blacksmith shop with the knife and sword, and after a while, there was a "whirring" bellows and a "clanging" forging sound from inside.

The scabbard of the weapon generally does not need to be completely covered. If a weapon is a few feet long with a sheath a few feet long, the weapon can be pulled out when it is used, and there is no place to put the sheath. A sheath that is too long to hang on the back will affect the flexibility of turning. Therefore, when the sheath is cast, both ends are not sealed, and it is enough to make a two-foot long to fix the weapon on the back.

Soon, an hour passed. After a while after the forging stopped, Liu Changmao walked out of the blacksmith shop with two sheaths and two pairs of heart armor with cowhide straps in his hands.

"Two little fellows, this one is the wide scabbard, and the narrow one is the scabbard, in order to match the color of your two weapons, I also added Yao silver steel and black blood gold when forging them. These two sets are heart armors, which are made from two fist-sized pieces of extraterrestrial meteorite iron in the size of adult heart armor. If you don't like it, you can tighten the leather belt. Liu Changmao instructed carefully.

Deng Qiulin's eyes widened on the side: "Lao Liu, you said that the meteorite outside the sky?

Extraterrestrial meteoric iron, as the name suggests, is something that is not found on earth, so it is very precious. The Extraterrestrial Meteorite has no other characteristics, it is just one word - hard, so hard that almost no mortal weapon can pierce it, and even the lower-grade immortal sword can't help it. However, it is not easy to forge the Outer Meteorite Iron, and it is too rigid to lead to a lack of toughness, so the Outer Meteorite Iron is not suitable for forging into a fairy sword. In addition, because extraterrestrial meteorite iron is too scarce, it is not enough to cast into armor. Taking a step back, even if the armor is forged, it will be too heavy and cause mobility problems. But for the material of the heart armor, the extraterrestrial meteorite is the best choice. The fist-sized extraterrestrial meteorite is just the right size to make a heart armor.

Liu Changmao said with a smile: "I was targeted by the bandits because of these two pieces of meteorite iron back then, if I hadn't been rescued by He Daxia, I, Liu Changmao, would have become a lonely ghost." I wanted to give these two pieces of extraterrestrial meteorite to He Daxia to thank him for saving his life, but he didn't want it. Now he casts the extraterrestrial meteorite iron into a heart armor and gives it to his two sons, which happens to be a personal favor. It turned out that he had also been saved by He Yundui.

After Tianxiao and Tianyao thanked Liu Changmao, they unbuttoned their clothes and put on their heart armor. Each pair of heart armor has two pieces of armor, one in the front and one in the back, both of which are round. Although the nail plate is only the size of an adult's palm, for two ten-year-old children, almost half of the left chest and back are covered in it.

The three of them said goodbye to Liu Changmao and drove back. Along the way, the two children had a great time inserting their weapons into their sheaths and pulling them out. In the evening, the carriage returned to the Twilight Villa. The two children were so tired that they went to bed early after dinner after fifteen or six pounds of weapons.

Early the next morning, Tianxiao and Tianyao began to follow Deng Qiulin to learn how to use knives and swords. Deng Qiulin's training method is very simple, do nothing, let the two of them raise their swords and knives to shoulder level, stand still, hold on for an hour, rest for a while, and then continue to repeat.

According to Deng Qiulin's reasoning, if you feel tired after holding a weapon for a long time, how can you attack with a weapon in the future? A real battle is not only a test of skill, but also a test of endurance. The battle between masters will undoubtedly last for a long time, so it is necessary not only to have instantaneous explosive power, but also to have physical strength that lasts long enough.

Tianyao is a strong-willed child, no matter how hard and tired he is, he will not say anything. And Tianxiao chose to practice knives according to his own wishes, and he didn't want to disappoint his parents with nothing to do in knife skills, so he practiced very hard.

Deng Qiulin loves the two children very much on weekdays and treats them as his own, but he is meticulous when practicing. Every night, he personally poured the medicinal wine into the bathtub and let the two little ones soak in it to relieve the fatigue of their muscles after a hard day's training. After a long time, Deng Qiulin began to teach the two children some simple moves. Those ordinary moves such as slashing, slashing, picking, and slashing, knives and swords are basically applicable.

Day after day, Tianxiao and Tianyao grew taller and taller, and their bodies became more and more robust. He Yundui, Deng Qiulin and even Li Yuru all asked Tianxiao more than once if he regretted practicing swords and whether he wanted to change back to practicing swords, but Tianxiao always stubbornly shook his head and refused. Every day before forging his body, he would firmly look at the Tengma knife in his hand, and say to himself in his heart: "I just like knives!"