Chapter Ninety-Eight: Practicing Forging
When Chen Haoran came to the examination venue, he saw a square stone platform about ten zhang long, and saw Huo Zhengde standing on it expressionlessly, with a huge forging furnace beside him.
Walking under the stone platform, Chen Haoran was stunned, because he saw Lin Xueyao standing not far away with a flushed face, looking at him, and next to her, two girls who were about seventeen or eighteen years old were looking at him playfully.
With a wry smile, Chen Haoran walked onto the stone platform, came to Huo Zhengde, and said, "Master, the apprentice is late because of some delays, and I hope the master will punish you." ”
Huo Zhengde looked at Chen Haoran, waved his hand, and said, "That's it, today is the first day, and it is understandable to be late, but I hope I won't be late again in the future." ”
Chen Haoran breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it seems that this master is not as rigid as he imagined
"It's called Cang, right?" Huo Zhengde looked at Chen Haoran and said lightly.
"Yes. ”
"Cang, tell me, what makes a good forger?"
Chen Haoran thought for a while and said, "The forger who can forge an artifact is the best forger." ”
He couldn't help but think of the two artifacts on his arm, although they were changed from the thousand-year-old dark iron and the thousand-year-old cold iron, he firmly believed that someone in this world must be able to create an artifact.
Hearing this, a hint of mockery flashed in Huo Zhengde's eyes, "Artifact? What do you think an artifact is, and can it be forged so easily?" After a pause, he asked, "Then tell me, what is the artifact made of?"
Chen Haoran said without thinking, "Of course, the best materials are used." ”
"Wrong, if you want to be a qualified forger, you have to remember my words, using high-quality materials to build an artifact, that is not called forging, that is called synthesis, and the artifact made of ordinary materials is a forger who can be called a god, that is, a divine craftsman. ”
Huo Zhengde stretched out a finger, shook it in front of Chen Haoran, and said earnestly.
"Crafting an artifact out of mortal products?"
Chen Haoran looked at Huo Zhengde with some surprise.
Huo Zhengde nodded, and then pointed to the forge beside him, "If you want to become a forger, use this hammer to hit this piece of iron a thousand times, and let me see what your qualifications are." ”
It was a lump of iron with a lot of impurities.
"Let's start now, I'll be back at noon to check. ”
Huo Zhengde said lightly, then turned around and walked down the stone platform.
Chen Haoran looked at Huo Zhengde in the distance, his eyes became firm, and when he swept to Lin Xueyao in the audience, he couldn't help but froze, only to see that he and the other two junior sisters were talking and laughing.
Smiling, Chen Haoran turned around, flames came out of his fingertips, lit a charcoal fire, held a black and large forging hammer in his hand, and began his work.
In fact, Chen Haoran didn't know anything about forging at all, but there was no way, just hit this piece of iron a thousand times according to what Fang Cai Huo Zhengde said.
When the iron gradually burned red, Chen Haoran carried the true qi on his arm, and knocked heavily on the iron piece, when the iron hammer collided with the iron, a crisp sound was made, and Chen Haoran's first hammer blow also kicked off the forging.
Lin Xueyao, who was in the audience, was laughing with the two junior sisters, and her eyes unconsciously glanced at the white figure on the stone platform, but her subtle movements were noticed by the two junior sisters in front of her.
At the moment, he looked at him and smiled, and said to Lin Xueyao, "Senior Sister Lin, I'll just say, you might as well go and talk to this little junior brother directly, how irritable you are in unrequited love all day long!"
was teased by her two junior sisters, Lin Xueyao looked at the two junior sisters as if she was being told the central matter, and said, "Ling'er, Xiaoqi, Hugh is messing around here, he's just my junior brother!"
The tone in front was quite firm, but the more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, obviously because he was weak.
While the three women were talking and laughing, the sound of the bang of the bell echoed on the stone platform.
Forging is definitely a boring and tiring process, but Chen Haoran did not feel tired at all, the forging hammer in his right hand quickly superimposed on the stones, and in the blink of an eye, he gradually entered the realm of selflessness.
Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon, and the three girls looked at Chen Haoran, who was still concentrating on the stone platform and beating the iron, and couldn't help but shrug her shoulders.
"Hey, senior sister, hurry up and persuade this nerd junior brother, the master is just talking, a thousand times, he has already passed, if he doesn't eat again, I'm afraid he will starve to death!"
Hearing this, Lin Xueyao also looked at Chen Haoran on the stage worriedly, and after a while, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and persuade him, you guys go to dinner first." ”
After speaking, he walked to the stage, and Ling'er and Xiaoqi in the audience looked at each other and smiled, looking successful, and then quietly slipped away.
Lin Xueyao didn't know the good intentions of her two junior sisters, she slowly walked to Chen Haoran, who was concentrating on forging, and looked at each other's side faces quietly.
As the so-called serious man is the most attractive, Chen Haoran is now completely ignorant of the outside world, and even Lin Xueyao walked to his side and didn't notice it.
Looking at Chen Haoran's clear eyes, Lin Xueyao read excitement, concentration and seriousness from it
"It's already noon."
I couldn't bear to disturb Chen Haoran, after thinking about it, I still gently pulled the corner of Chen Haoran's clothes and said.
"Huh, is it already noon?"
The sound of the hammer colliding with the iron stopped abruptly, Chen Haoran stood up straight, looked at the sky, and found that the sun was exuding heat, so he put down the hammer and turned his head to look at Lin Xueyao.
"Silly junior brother, everyone else has gone to eat, and you are still practicing. ”
Lin Xueyao looked at the iron block on the forging furnace and couldn't help but be a little surprised, because the volume of the iron block at this time was much smaller than before, and the impurities in it were completely gone, and it looked quite pure.
"Senior sister, are you waiting for me here?"
glanced around, and found that there was no one else except for himself and Lin Xueyao, and said with some embarrassment at the moment.
"No, no, I just saw you after a break and wanted to go to dinner with you"
Lin Xueyao suddenly waved her hand hurriedly and said.
Looking at Lin Xueyao for a long time, Chen Haoran said, "Then take me to dinner, I don't know the way." ”
When Lin Xueyao heard this, a trace of joy flashed in her eyes, and she immediately pulled Chen Haoran and walked outside the sect.
In the figures of Lin Xueyao and Chen Haoran, when the Forge Sect disappeared, on a big tree, a figure flew down, slowly walked to the forging furnace of the stone platform, looking at the pure piece of iron, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"I didn't expect this kid's comprehension ability to be so strong, it seems that he is really the second Du Yunling."
After that, the godless eyes suddenly became much more energetic
In the afternoon, Chen Haoran immediately walked to the stone platform after eating and began his forging again.
The speed was a little slow at first, but gradually it began to increase, and finally it continued to tap on the iron plate at a terrifying speed.
Bang!
The endless sound of metal collision resounded all around, Chen Haoran concentrated all his spiritual sense on the stone, and as the stone enlarged, the hammer in his hand also continued to superimpose at a thunderous speed.
At this time, Lin Xueyao took Ling'er and Xiaoqi to the outside of the sect, and when they heard the terrifying sound of metal impact, their faces changed slightly, and they hurriedly rushed to the stone platform when they heard the sound.
I saw a white figure standing on the stone platform, and the hammer in his hand struck the iron sheet like a storm, making a series of collision sounds.
Lin Xueyao and the two senior sisters looked stunned, this is not a speed that ordinary people can grasp at all, even they don't necessarily have such a speed!
At this time, a black shadow flew by, startling the three girls, and when they looked at people seriously, it was Huo Zhengde.
Huo Zhengde stood under the stone platform, looking at Chen Haoran, who was like a machine, even if he saw his results at noon, his eyes were full of shock now, he could reach this state in one morning, compared to him back then!
After practicing forging for a day, Chen Haoran returned to his bed and collapsed there, swinging the hammer tens of thousands of times, and now his arms are a little sore.
Duanmu Rong had also just finished studying in the Ten Thousand Methods Gate, and when she came in, she saw Chen Haoran slumped on the bed, smiled slightly, and said, "How do you feel after practicing forging for a day?"
"I'm tired to death, but in this forging, I seem to have realized something. ”
Chen Haoran smiled and said.
"Let's go to the bathroom and take a shower, it's dirty!"
Duanmu Rong waved his hand at Chen Haoran and said.
Chen Haoran touched his head and scratched the back of his head with some embarrassment.
By the way, tonight is better with the old man sweeping the floor