() In the face of Deng Xianjue's unceremonious remarks, the faces of the elders of the Nangong family were not very good-looking. The people of the other families whispered one after another, and it seemed that they were also very dissatisfied with Deng Xianjue's arrogant tone and arrogant attitude. However, the patriarch Nangong Yan was still smiling, and said respectfully to Deng Xianjue: "I implore Master Deng for advice." ”

Xiao Tianhe secretly shouted in his heart. Since he came into contact with Nangong Yan, he has admired this Nangong patriarch more and more. The blood is strong but calm, sharp but humble, and proud but massive. Just by virtue of the open-mindedness he showed just now, no one in the Nangong family can match.

"When the 'infinite water' is retrieved, it is condensed ice, which contains the essence of water, and if it is slowly melted, time does not permit, and if it is baked with all fire, the ashes of the fire-making thing will be contained in the water. Only by pouring the core of the 'molten core stone' into it can the ice suddenly turn into water, and the magma can also condense and precipitate. It is important to know that magma is also pure when it is melted, and it is thousands of times better than ordinary fire.

'Withered Glory Tree' is withered outside and glory inside, Rong is alive, and there is water when it is born, what is water? As the so-called 'wood makes fire', the withered wood with the essence of wood is definitely an excellent auxiliary material for fire, but its inner core is firm and damp, even if it is on fire, it is only to burn its surface, not to reach it, only with the essence of fire to burn it, can it become a calcining flame. What is the essence of fire? It must be self-evident! If the way of casting is not to strive for perfection, how can such quality be achieved!" Deng Xianjue said proudly, swallowed a pill, sat on the ground, closed his eyes and recuperated.

The remarks shocked everyone speechless.

Nangong Yan said: "Hearing the master's words, it really convinced me. Since Master Deng has forged a super-grade magic knife today, his strength should already be above Tu Lingchun and Du Huairou, right? ”

Hearing Nangong Yan mention the names of those two people, Deng Xianjue opened his eyes and squinted his eyes: "Needless to say, Tu Lingchun can't cast a super-grade magic knife at his current level. As for Du Huairou, hehe...... I don't know when you last heard of Du Huairou casting knives?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, the more surprised I become, the rumored knife casting master Du Huairou has not cast a knife for decades.

"It's really a long time ago, but Master Du rarely shows up, it's rare to see it, and it's normal to not know his movements. Nangong Yan said.

"Hahaha!" Deng Xianjue laughed, "Since he is known as the 'Master of Casting Knives', then to him, the 'Casting Knife' is as important as his life, how could he suddenly disappear? Besides, the knives forged by Du Huairou were all taken out by the Beitang family, who has witnessed his casting process? In my opinion, it is not credible at all!"

"Deng Xianjue, what do you mean...... Du Huairou's casting level was deliberately fabricated by the Beitang family?" Zhang Dongzheng was surprised, "No, no, although no one has ever seen Du Huairou casting knives, but those superb magic knives he cast have been shown in front of everyone in the world, if Du Huairou does not have such superb skills, who are the best magic knives that the Beitang family took out?"

"If the ministry is the work of one person, then this person is indeed a master. But what if not?" Deng Xianjue suddenly asked Nangong Yan, "Patriarch Yan, I heard that you also forged a superb magic knife?"

The implication of Deng Xianjue's words was already very clear, and he suspected that those magic knives were not forged by the same person.

Nangong Yan nodded: "That's true." Judging from the number of demon cultivators of the Beitang family and the strength of their strength, it is not impossible to invest a lot of financial and material resources for the masters to cast knives, and occasionally cast several superb magic knives. Du Huairou neither showed up often, nor did he often cast knives, and there is indeed no conclusive evidence that his skills had reached the level of a master swordsmith. ”

"I even doubt that there is no such person as Du Huairou. Deng Xianjue continued to speak in a surprising voice, "After all, everything about him is a rumor, maybe it was fabricated by the Beitang family out of thin air. ”

"If that's the case, what does the Beitang family mean by this?" Nangong Tong, the head of the Guixi Sect, said.

"Oh, it's easy. The number of the Beitang family is not as good as that of the Dongfang family, and it is precisely because of the existence of Du Huairou, a master of sword casting, that the Dongfang family will be afraid of the Beitang family. Fortunately, the Dongfang family also has Tu Lingchun, so the two families did not face each other openly. When the Beitang and Dongfang families recruited me, I thought that if one family had one more master, the delicate balance would definitely be broken. A family equipped with a large number of super-grade magic knives and a small number of super-super-super-swords is very terrifying. It was precisely because I was worried about getting involved in unnecessary disputes that I chose the Simon family. In this way, the three major families have a master of knife casting, which can become a strong trend. Deng Xianjue spoke eloquently, and his words were high-sounding.

Everyone thought disdainfully in their hearts: "What are you saying beautiful words, who doesn't know that you went to Ximen's house for that blue yuan stone......"

"Ahem, speaking of Du Huairou, my suspicion of him is not a day or two. Deng Xianjue seemed to realize that his remarks were a little too hypocritical, and his expression was a little embarrassed, so he brought the topic back to Du Huairou, "Just like Ye Congyun among the three great craftsmen, why I didn't mention her before, it's because she didn't forge a few knives at all, and the age of her life is too old." Whether she is a god craftsman or not, or even whether there is such a person, is impossible to verify. Oh, the title of a god craftsman may just be a false name, probably someone is making a mystery for the sake of a hundred generations!"

Dare to despise the divine craftsman, Deng Xianjue can be said to be the first person in the past.

Hearing Deng Xianjue's contempt for his mother, Xiao Tianhe was suddenly furious, and got up and scolded "Teng": "Master Deng is too arrogant, everyone knows the names of the three great craftsmen, why do you need to verify it."

If you get to the bottom of the matter, who has seen the process of forging knives with their own eyes? Who can prove that those magic knives were indeed forged by the two of them? Don't think that casting a super-best magic knife is unmatched in the world, in my opinion, with your tone of no one in your eyes and no one in the world, how can you talk to the three divine craftsmen on the same day? Not to mention the divine craftsman, you are not even worthy of the title of master!"

Nangong Xue was startled, and quickly pulled Xiao Tianhe's hand and motioned for him to sit down quickly, but was thrown away. Nangong Xue was puzzled, why was Xiao Tianhe suddenly so angry?

Everyone's eyes converged on Xiao Tianhe's body.

Deng Xianjue glanced at Xiao Tianhe and smiled contemptuously: "Which master is my Dao, it turned out to be a hairy boy." Patriarch Nangong, this kind of person, you also let him come to watch me forge the sword? What a waste of opportunity, playing the piano to the cow. ”

"His name is Xiao Tianhe, he has been cultivating demons for twenty-three years, and he is in the early stage of the cave. Nangong Yan said lightly.

"What? Twenty-three years, the early stage of the cave void?" Deng Xianjue repeated in surprise, looked at Xiao Tianhe with a straight eye, and said, "Ye Congyun is a divine craftsman, why did he only cast two knives in his life?" The two knives of 'pulling out the mountain' and 'covering the world' are now lost, even if the quality is really as good as rumored, it is inevitable that people will suspect that it is caused by Ye Congyun's luck. Otherwise, it would not explain why she refused to forge a sword for anyone who pleaded with her and with such a good reward. ”

Xiao Tianhe sneered: "Deng Xianjue, you are wrong. Is it to forge a sword in order to become a 'master' or 'master craftsman', or is it to be called a 'master' or 'master craftsman' after casting a treasure sword? A true master craftsman will only cast a sword when needed, and will not cast a sword for the sake of a false title in the mouth of others. For those who possess such miraculous skills, 'master' and 'divine craftsman' are just titles, and they don't care at all. The so-called 'reward' is even more of a floating cloud, the talent of forging knives is a gift from heaven, and the skill of forging knives is a grinding and quenching, how can it be bought and sold? It is really ridiculous that you cast knives in order to become a 'master', and after becoming famous, you are complacent and arrogant with the title of 'master'. Your aura realm is too different from the three divine craftsmen. ”

Deng Xianjue was robbed by Xiao Tianhe's witty words, annoyed and angry, got up and shouted: "Huangkou Xiao'er is so rude! In order to cast this 'Tianbao' magic knife for the Nangong family, I not only asked the other three major families for the world's treasures such as 'Wen Ni Jin', 'Wuji Water' and 'Dry Rong Wood', but after a long time of concentration and hard work, I was finally able to achieve such a super-best magic knife by almost prostration, but I didn't ask for any reward, just for the word 'repay gratitude', what is the realm of this aura?" In order to hone my skills, who knows the blood and tears and hardships I paid when I was unknown? That's right, I am indeed proud, and that is because I have this qualification! Hmph, Nangong Patriarch, the magic sword has been completed, and I have nothing to do with your Nangong family from now on, so I will leave!" After speaking, Deng Xianjue flicked his sleeves angrily and turned around to leave.

"Hey, Master Deng......" Nangong Yan hurriedly tugged at his sleeve.

With a "cang" sound, a magic knife fell at Deng Xianjue's feet.

"You should not despise the Divine Craftsman in any way. Look at the magic knife. Xiao Tianhe felt that he had just lost his temper, and his tone softened.

That was Xiao Tianhe's "Heavenly Enemy" magic knife.

Deng Xianjue's eyes lit up, he picked up the magic knife and observed it carefully, the expression on his face gradually turned from anger to shock, and said to Nangong Yan: "Patriarch Yan, I didn't expect that there was such a master in Nangong Mansion, why did you go to great lengths to invite me here? Could it be to humiliate me?"

"Ah, Master Deng, where is this?" Nangong Yan glanced at Xiao Tianhe, "I wonder what is the level of this person's knife casting in Master Deng's opinion?"

Deng Xianjue also looked back at Xiao Tianhe, and then stared at the Heavenly Enemy Sword in his hand: "Just by the fact that this magic knife is forged for the furnace, this person's casting level is far above mine...... Well, presumably Du Huairou and Tu Lingchun are also out of reach. Patriarch Yan, I should congratulate you, the Nangong family has obtained this sword-casting master, and it must be cherished, and this person's future achievements must be limitless. Deng Xianjue had already decided that the caster of "Heavenly Feud" was a master of the new world, otherwise he would have been famous at this level.

"Master Deng, you have misunderstood, the caster of this knife is not from my Nangong family. Nangong Yan explained.

"Could it be you?" Deng Xianjue said to Xiao Tianhe in disbelief.

"It's not. Xiao Tianhe smiled and teased, "Why is Master Deng sure that this person must be a master?

Deng Xianjue's head shook like a rattle: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Not only is the material poor, but it is also cast by the furnace, and this knife is slightly flawed, but it is by no means limited by the ability of the person who casts it." According to my inference, the environment and conditions of forging and quenching are extremely poor during casting, and under the influence of many unfavorable factors, it can still be cast into such a superlative, how can it be a coincidence? If so, Xiao ...... Xiao Daoyou, I implore you to take me to meet this master. "I have to say that Deng Xianjue is still a little open-minded.

"It was forged by my mother, who is no longer dead. "Xiao Tian Dao.

"Ah......" Deng Xianjue was shocked and disappointed, shook his head and sighed, "It's really a jealous talent! Xiao Daoyou, although I don't know what the relationship between your mother and Ye Congyun is, as far as I can see, you must not let this kind of magic skill be lost at will, and you must study the way of forging swords." I'm looking forward to the birth of a new craftsman in this world. Ladies and gentlemen, I will take my leave. He handed the "Heavenly Enemy" to Nangong Yan and left with his two apprentices.

There was silence in the room. Everyone watched as Nangong Yan returned the "Heavenly Enemy" magic knife to Xiao Tian

River.

Nangong Yan asked with a smile: "Brother Xiao, you just defended Ye Congyun's reputation like that, I wonder if your mother is a certain generation of disciples passed down by Ye Shenjiang, or if she has studied a certain casting book left by Ye Shenjiang?"

Xiao Tianhe shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Patriarch Yan, didn't I tell you a long time ago? I don't know much about my mother's parents. I just can't see Deng Xianjue's arrogant attitude. ”

"Hmm. Nangong Yan was not disappointed, and asked everyone loudly, "I don't know how you feel after observing it?" But if you have any small thoughts, you can put them forward to the Nangong family in the future, and the Nangong family will definitely support them." After months of observation, everyone must be tired, so let's disperse today. ”

This scene of knife casting is not exciting. People talked to each other and left the main hall.

Nangong Xue asked Xiao Tianhe: "Brother Xiao, why were you so impulsive just now? If the two sides broke up unhappily because of their blatant confrontation with Master Deng, I'm afraid the elders of the clan will blame you!"

Xiao Tianhe smiled embarrassedly: "I was angry for a while, and I didn't worry so much. Hey, it's not that bad!"

Nangong Xue "fluttered" and was happy: "Fortunately, your mother's knife casting technique shocked Deng Xianjue, otherwise how could it end so easily?" Okay, let's go back too." ”

Xiao Tianhe put away his smile: "You go first, I have something to say to Patriarch Yan." ”

Nangong Xue looked at Xiao Tianhe curiously, but she didn't ask more, but nodded obediently and went out of the hall.

In the main hall, only Nangong Yan and Xiao Tianhe were left.

"Patriarch Yan, I implore you to allocate me some sword casting materials, they don't need to be too precious, just ordinary. "Xiao Tian Dao.

"Hahaha!" Nangong Yan laughed loudly and patted Xiao Tianhe's shoulder, "I knew it would be like this!" I have been observing you for a long time during Deng Xianjue's knife casting period before, and you often bow your head and ponder, and you seem to have some understanding, and you really didn't disappoint me. Of course, there is no problem with the materials for casting knives, and you don't have to be polite to me, materials are easy to obtain, but talents are hard to find! When the time comes, I will order you to go down, and all kinds of materials will be prepared for you, whether they are ordinary or rare, and they will be kept enough!"

Xiao Tianhe hurriedly waved his hand: "Patriarch Yan, don't put too much hope on you, I'm just interested in trying it out, I can't guarantee if it can be successful." I don't dare to use the materials indiscriminately, in case they are wasted, I don't want to ......."

"Hey, you are also underestimating my Nangong family. But there are people in the mortal clan who want to explore the casting technique, and the Nangong family has always had enough materials and treats everyone equally, so you can rest assured. Whether it succeeds or doesn't is another matter, don't worry too much. Before you, I don't know how many people have returned in vain in the way of forging knives, it doesn't matter, those materials, my Nangong family can afford it. Nangong Yan comforted him haughtily, "Do you have any other requirements?" ”

Xiao Tianhe thought for a moment and replied, "There are indeed two." First, I want to ask the Xiao clan patriarch to borrow a room on the ground floor of the Flame Tower, and second, I need Nangong Xue to accompany me. ”

"Oh, it's easy to talk about the Flame Tower, as for Nangong Xue, hehe......" Nangong Yan suddenly smiled playfully, "I don't dare to force this." I think it's better for you to talk to her in person, and I think she'll be happy to say yes to you. ”

Xiao Tianhe hurriedly defended: "Patriarch Yan, you misunderstood, I just wanted to borrow Nangong Xue's formation, and I had no other intentions." ”

"Whether he cares or not, you just know it in your own heart. Nangong Yan waved his hand and walked out of the hall, "By the way, don't forget the period of the Fengyun Conference!"

"Alas, it's misunderstood again. Is it possible that if you want to clear up your ambiguous relationship and become friends, you can only stop contacting each other?" Xiao Tianhe sighed helplessly in his heart.

......

After leaving Nanting City, Xiao Tianhe and Nangong Xue returned to Nansha City.

Nangong Yan had already sent someone to greet Xiao Baoqing, and as soon as the two entered the Xiao Mansion, they were warmly greeted by Xiao Baoqing.

"Heh, Xiao Gongzi, Miss Xue, I thought the room I prepared for you earlier was a waste of work, and now it is still for you to rest. I wonder how long you will live in the Xiao Mansion?" Xiao Baoqing asked.

Thinking of the room that was only separated by a layer of tulle, Xiao Tianhe and Nangong Xue glanced at each other, and Nangong Xue lowered her head shyly.

"The Storm Cloud Conference is about to take place, and we shouldn't be staying for long. These days are going to bother you. Xiao Tianhe arched his hand and said, "That room can be used by Xue Mei, I want to live in the Flame Tower." ”

"Then I will stay in the tower with you. Don't you need my formation?"

"Once you've set up, you can rest and you don't have to stay in the tower. It's so hot in the tower, how can you be comfortable in the room?"

Nangong Xue bit her lip lightly: "No." The formation may be unstable, or it may change suddenly, and I will have to protect the formation there in order to assist you in studying the forging technique in the best condition. It's okay, I can meditate on the sidelines when I don't need my help, and it won't bother you. ”

"That'...... All right. Xiao Tianhe had to agree. The words were all said and done, although he knew that what Nangong Xue said was made up, but he still couldn't bear to refuse after all.

The two followed Xiao Baoqing down to the bottom of the Flame Tower again. From the next day, all kinds of materials were continuously delivered to the Xiao Mansion from the major states and cities of Kunwu, and Xiao Baoqing simply allocated the entire bottom floor of the Flame Tower to Xiao Tianhe to store materials.

In the room near the stairs, Xiao Tianhe took a deep breath and began his study of casting. In the face of the broad and profound way of forging knives, Xiao Tianhe didn't dare to say what realm he would definitely be able to reach in the future, but out of the memory and admiration of his mother's father Ye Congyun, he decided to wade into the water to give it a try.