Chapter 55: The Gentleman's Jade Dragon Emerges from the Clear Water

Located in the west of Hubei Jianhu Villa surrounded by mountains, a bluestone giant sword more than two zhang high and more than one meter wide stands at the foot of Jianhu Villa Mountain, all kinds of weapon models around it surrendered, and it seems to have lost the edge of the weapon under the shock of the giant sword.

A bluestone-paved curved stone road leads straight to the blue water hu of Jianhu Villa, there is occasionally a light boat on the lake that moves with the wind, only to see a boatman wearing a hat and a cloak on the light boat is singing loudly, beautiful and rich singing, but also adds a bit of elegance to this blue water lake.

A few boulders stand in the water at a bottleneck on the lake surface, the stone bridge paved with several stone slabs on the boulder looks both elegant and majestic, and the swords of different shapes on both sides are connected into the bridge railing, and go along the clear water lake, and come to the Sword Lake Villa in a moment.

The red flames of the sword-casting furnace of Sword Lake Villa stained half of the sky red, and occasional sparks shot out in all directions, which also added a few points to the scene.

A young man in a light yellow robe was in front of the sword-casting furnace, silently watching the sword-casting furnace, under the sword-casting furnace, two disciples were pulling the bellows hard, the temperature of the sword-casting furnace was extremely high, only the people present were sweating like rain, and the prototype of a sword had been revealed in the light of the fire.

The clear sky was cloudless, and suddenly there was a loud bang like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and his ears were buzzing, and the young man suddenly got up and jumped not far from the sword-casting furnace, took out a bright dagger and slashed it straight towards his fingers, and suddenly the bright red blood flew towards the sword-casting furnace like a bolt of lightning, and the blood immediately melted into the molten steel in the sword-casting furnace.

The sword-casting furnace sparks splashed, seeing this scene, the two disciples who pulled the bellows increased the wind force despite the blazing heat, and suddenly a fiery red giant sword volleyed out of the air, the young man grabbed the iron chain prepared in advance, swayed and jumped to the front of the sword, "lala" tied the red sword to the iron chain, pulled back and ran straight towards the blue water lake.

Suddenly, the blue water lake bubbled like boiling water in a pot, and the corner of the young man's mouth showed a satisfied smile.

Ye Qiubai, the owner of Sword Lake Mountain Villa, who was standing in the distance, smiled and nodded.

The young man saw that the time was ripe, and the dragonfly flew on the water like a little water, pulled up the sword and went straight towards Ye Qiubai, "bang" The sword fell in front of Ye Qiubai's eyes, and the young man responded: "Master, the sword has been practiced, please take a look at it" This young man is Liu Qingyuan, the disciple of Ye Qiubai, who used the cold iron sword as a dart at the martial arts competition and angered the head of the Seven Stars, Zhao Suotu.

That Ye Qiubai nodded at Liu Qingyuan with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword inserted in the bluestone floor, and suddenly there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Liu Qingyuan saw that the master's satisfied smile slowly turned into dissatisfaction, and hurriedly said: "Master, is there something wrong with the apprentice? This sword ・・・・・・?"

Ye Qiubai shook his head again and again and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity..." After speaking, he threw the sword behind him violently, and the sword fell into the sword casting furnace with a loud bang, and everyone was at a loss・・・・・・

Ye Qiubai looked at the disciples and said: "A good sword, to be seamless without the slightest flaw, the casting of a good sword from raw materials to finished products, to go through refining, forging, shoveling, carving, copper inlay, cold forging, quenching and grinding and other dozens of processes, the decoration on the sword body, the composition should be rigorous, the pattern should be clear, after heating, melting, fine grinding, Chiseled, the so-called sword edge from the sharpening, the sword since ancient times can be called the gentleman in the weapon, although the sword cast by Qingyuan just now has gone through dozens of processes, it seems to be seamless and sharp, but it has lost the gentleman's spirit in the weapon, a good sword is not only to be sharp, but also to be rigid and soft, rigid and soft, the so-called injection of the gentleman's qi, that is, the sword is not just a murderous weapon, only the sword that is integrated into the gentleman's qi is worthy of the real chivalrous all" After speaking, Ye Qiubai glanced at Liu Qingyuan and continued: "Qingyuan, do you understand what it means to be a teacher?"

Liu Qingyuan listened attentively to Ye Qiubai's teachings, and seemed to understand something: "Master, disciple understands, the so-called sword casting is not only from the material, but also from the heart to cast, please wait a while, the disciple will come immediately."

After speaking, he went straight to the sword-forging furnace.

Liu Qingyuan opened the disciple of the bellows, personally kneeling on his knees and struggling to pull the bellows, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes big and sometimes small, occasionally getting up to pick up tools to stir the charcoal fire, an hour down is already sweaty, lips were blistered by the raging charcoal fire, sweat fell into the charcoal fire and instantly turned into steam and disappeared in the flames, a pale yellow shirt has become unrecognizable・・・・・・ two hours have passed, the sword in the charcoal fire is red and shining, shaking and making a "whoosh" sound.

Ye Qiubai, who was in the distance, saw that the time was ripe and shouted: "Qingyuan is ripe, the sword should be baked・・・・・・"

Liu Qingyuan hurriedly got up and stretched out his hand to hold the fiery red sword in his hand, only to smell a scorching smell coming to his face, Liu Qingyuan endured the pain and quickly brought the sword to the blue water lake, and the waves were turbulent in an instant, only to make the light boat in the distance stagger in the lake and almost turn into the bottom of the lake.

Wait for the lake to calm down. Liu Qingyuan plunged into the water, grabbed the sword that was cooled down by the lake water, jumped out of the lake, leaped in front of Zhao Qiubai like a dragonfly, knelt down on his knees and said: "Please review the master"

Zhao Qiubai hurriedly picked up Liu Qingyuan on the ground, and said with concern for his beloved disciple's burning palm: "Qingyuan, your hand is okay, right?"

Liu Qingyuan practiced sword and hurriedly said: "Master Xie cares, the disciple is fine, just take some gold sore medicine, please see if the apprentice can succeed in sword training this time."

Zhao Qiubai took the sword, only to see that the sword was three feet long and three, one inch wide, took out the white handkerchief in the sleeve and gently wiped the dust off the sword body, and suddenly the smooth sword body reflected the surrounding scenery, emitting several cold lights under the sunlight, and the dragon riding wind pattern of the sword body was even more lifelike.

Ye Qiubai nodded and said, "Well, this sword can be called an artifact in the world" After speaking, he patted Liu Qingyuan and said, "Qingyuan, you have suffered."

Liu Qingyuan got the master's affirmation and said excitedly: "Thank you for the master's teachings, please give the master a name for this sword."

Zhao Qiubai held the sword in his hand and thought for a moment and said: "The beautiful jade gives birth to the chime stone, and the sword comes out of the dragon abyss." "Ning knows the people of the grass, there is a dragon spring under the waist. This weapon does not lose the tenacity of the Longyuan sword, nor the sharpness of the Tai'a sword, but also does not lose the gentleman's bearing, although it is a sword, it is as smooth as white jade, and the ornament of this dragon and phoenix is even more beautiful, I think it is called - Jade Dragon Sword."

Blinking his eyes, he looked at Liu Qingyuan and continued: "Qingyuan, this sword is your painstaking work, I think this jade dragon sword belongs to you, and it is not in vain that you have a fate with this jade dragon sword" After speaking, he handed the sword to Liu Qingyuan.

Liu Qingyuan held the jade dragon sword with both hands, as a brother for a moment, and suddenly jumped out of the crowd and waved the jade dragon sword in the air, the dancing sword posture was as beautiful as a ribbon fluttering in the air, sometimes jumping, sometimes leaning over, sometimes soft, sometimes firm, where the jade dragon sword shuttled in the air, making a "swish" sound, when the strength of the jade dragon sword increased dramatically, when the force was retracted, the jade dragon sword was suddenly extremely light, it was really omnipotent.

Suddenly, a piece of feathers flew in the air, Liu Qingyuan held the jade dragon sword and followed closely, the feathers that moved gently with the wind did not notice the existence of the jade dragon sword at all, the jade dragon sword was like a feather moving with the wind, suddenly Liu Qingyuan violently retracted the sword, and put the blade under the feather at a very fast speed, the feather did not pause for a moment, and fell in two.