Azul said goodbye to his grandfather and returned to the Iron Casting Division to prepare for the upcoming first year of his exams, and the apprentices returned one after another. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the first year of the exam is extremely important for the apprentices, listen to the previous apprentices, this exam will form a watershed, some people have the opportunity to learn more practice, some people are forced to maintain the status quo, and even some people will be ruthlessly eliminated.

Azule is still very confident in the iron casting skills he has learned in the past year, but his roommate Ah Hai is not so confident at first, for fear that he will be eliminated in the first year.

Early in the morning, the apprentices gathered at the Iron Casting Division to take the exam. Master Arite announced the content and precautions of the exam, and how to select and reward will be announced after the exam. It turns out that the content of the first year's small test is to rough refine a knife embryo, although it is a rough embryo, in fact, there are a lot of various procedures in the early stage, but the later refining edge, cutting and other procedures are omitted, if the rough embryo refining is not successful, it can also be corrected in time.

The examination was formal, and the eighteen apprentices began their own rough embryo refining from various procedures such as mineral processing, stone refining, extraction, cooling, and forging. Azule has put a lot of effort into the selection of ore, not simply looking at the shape and size, but mainly looking at the density and trend of the grain, he has a set of his own experience, can roughly judge the quality and density of the iron produced by the ore, the iron extracted from the two ores used to forge a weapon may affect the formation and opening of the front, it is likely that it is no longer a good soldier. Azule also has his own judgment on the mastery of fire, not blindly fire, first, because it is impossible to completely achieve the whole process of fire in the process of fossil to iron, second, the need for different heat at different times can improve the quality of iron, and third, the speed of fossil into iron can be controlled according to the fire. The next step is the casting of iron, Azule has repeatedly done experiments, in the process of forming, the control of different sections of the rough embryo, the width of the different sections, have different degrees of influence on the later iron-making soldiers.

After three days and three nights of forging, sixteen people successfully baked the rough embryo, and the two apprentices were undoubtedly eliminated, and his roommate Ah Hai turned out to be one of them. Arite announced that sixteen people had passed the annual examination, and announced that according to the custom, the middle and upper third-class finished products would be selected from the formed rough embryos, and they would be rewarded respectively. Among them, the lower grade can be formed within the specified time, and there is no requirement for the distribution of section, width, and uniform quantity, and the apprentice who refines the lower grade will be given a one-time silver reward; Apprentices who are flawless and have refined the best grades are not only exempt from hard labor, but can also be inclined and cared for in terms of resources and skills, and may even get the opportunity to go to the Bronze Division for further study in the third year, and after learning the two methods of sword casting, it is easier to improve or integrate in skills.

Arite instructed the apprentices to place the sixteen rough embryos in front of each of them, and based on his years of experience in teaching and smelting iron, he first selected the few stalks with inferior shape from the shape to be included in the lower grade, and selected the average but relatively uniform stalks to be included in the middle grade. In the end, there were only 5 rough embryo knives left in the field without rating, and the final high-grade and medium-grade were basically within this range. Aratt picked up each rough billet and weighed it in turn, and soon divided four of the knives into two upper and two medium, except for the last one, which he picked up and put down, put down and picked up, and even took it and waved it on his body.

Arieter's actions made the apprentices very curious, if this knife is included in the top grade, then there will be three in the top grade this time, if it is included in the middle grade, why did the master take it and look at it, look at it and take it again?

Arite asked, "Who made this rough embryo?" Tell me why the uniformity is not well controlled, and there are subtle differences in the cross-section. ”

Azule raised his hand to indicate that he had refined it himself, and his heart also went up and down, and he used all the skills he usually pondered, isn't this wrong?" "Master, I have pondered some things myself and tried to use them on them, mainly by adjusting and distributing the uniformity of the section to achieve the purpose of cutting more powerfully, and the upper edge of the blade is not easy to break......

“...... This time it stands to reason that you should be ranked first, although the shape of your rough embryo is uneven, but the proportions are more well controlled; although the cross-section is uneven, but after opening the blade, you can fuse slashing and assassinating. However, you are the practice of the sword to go sideways, each of us is learning to cast a sword, the most important to lay a good foundation, the most attention to follow the process, want to improve and improve that is the matter of the craftsmen, and then you become a craftsman or craftsman and then slowly study it is not too late. It's counterproductive for you to do it now, and it's not good for you to hone your skills. Therefore, do you have any opinion on the inclusion of the rough embryo you have refined in the middle grade?" said Ait.

"I ...... I don't have an opinion, I just saw the rough embryos in the workshop that didn't succeed to the last step, analyzed and summarized the reasons and experience, and improved a little. After being reminded by the master, I will definitely pay more attention to cultivating the basic skills in the future. Azul said very sincerely.

The other apprentices hadn't figured out the situation yet, and after hearing the conversation between the two, they had a general understanding, it turned out that Azule from a small tribe had surpassed everyone's understanding of forging weapons, and even a few apprentices from larger tribes secretly decided to try to win over Azule. But in general, after this small test, except for the two apprentices who were eliminated, everyone else has more or less different rewards, and as for who should take the first place or should be included in the middle grade, everyone is not so concerned.

For Azule, the inclusion of the rough embryo he had cast in the middle grade had always been a satisfactory result of his own expectations, so that he would have more free time after being freed from daily labor. But it's also a pity that his work is not included in the top grade, if it is included in the top grade, he may get the opportunity to go to the Bronze Division for further study, after all, the power of his tribe is weak, and it is difficult to get the opportunity to enter the Bronze Division without relying on his own efforts. Therefore, Azul secretly decided that he must refine a high-grade weapon in the second year's exam.

The most urgent thing is that he has found a way to "nourish the sword with blood", which can be regarded as a minimum way to use the sword, how can he "expand the results" and get more opportunities from the sword, or the method of practice, or the sword tricks. Thankfully, he had more time to ponder the sword he had stumbled, but unfortunately he still didn't know what to do with it.