Ou Xuzi stood up in surprise, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to draw his knife, and the old man looked up to the sky and laughed: "Zhan Lu out, shocking the world, crying ghosts and gods, why, can such a sword be used by an unarmed old man like me?"

Ou Xuzi was confused, and it took a long time before asking, "Who are you?"

The old man took another big sip of wine and said, "It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that I finally found the descendants of the Ou family, and that's enough." ”

Ou Xuzi was still puzzled and asked, "How do you know that I am a descendant of the Ou family?"

The old man shook his head: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, you just need to forget that you are the descendant of the sword ancestor Ou Zhizi, and the responsibility on your shoulders can be done, Ou Zhizi is a Chinese god, famous throughout the sky, and the crown of China." The courtiers and military uniforms, the king pressed Zhanlu. What a courage, but it's a pity that his descendants are unknown, ** with children, nothing to do, shouldn't be. ”

Ou Xuzi's face turned red, and he muttered: "Life is like a reverse journey, and I am also a pedestrian." When the emperor was in a coma, the people were struggling, foreign enemies were invading, and there were millions of troops but they were losing and retreating, and I wanted to turn the tide with my own strength, is it possible?"

The old man smiled slightly: "I want to think about Mr. Zhuge Kongming's lupine scarf back then, and when I talked and laughed, the canopy was gone." It's really a big hero. But you are right, it is unrealistic to turn the tide with your own strength, and the army of the Southern Song Dynasty has been defeated and retreated, in addition to the chaos of the imperial court, there is also a very important factor, that is, the weapons are backward, and they cannot defeat the treasure knife Damascus scimitar in the hands of the captivity, so that they can drive straight into the country and be invincible. ”

Ou Xuzi's whole body was shocked, and he looked at him intently and asked, "Old man, who are you?

The old man staggered to his feet and looked at Ou Xuzi and said, "Drink and sing wildly, and spend your days in the air, who is the male for flying." I'm too old to hold a murderous steel knife, but I can teach you the art of steelmaking, what do you think?"

Ou Xuzi looked at him in surprise and said: "The weapons made by the hundred steels are invincible, but unfortunately they have been lost in the Tang Dynasty, of course Mr. can teach me, but I want to know why you chose me?"

"After you are the Sword Ancestor, the sharpness in your body has not disappeared, and your son can be taught. The old man replied.

Ou Xuzi shook his head and said: "No, now I have **, it is my responsibility to protect my family, and it is not my turn to worry about major events in the world, and I can't afford to worry about this." ”

"Li Shimin, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, has "Gift to Xiao Yu", the wind knows the grass, and the board knows the Chengchen. The brave man knows righteousness, and the wise man will be benevolent. What a heart, you are young but reduced to a useless person, this is not your original intention, Ou Xuzi, you will not be willing. The old man said with a smile.

Ou Xuzi also smiled and replied, "How can you see it?"

"I can see from my eyes, you have great ambitions, but you can't use them, but it doesn't mean that you are **, because you are the descendant of the Sword Ancestor, you have his blood in your body, do you want to forge a peerless sword, according to your current level, even if you have good iron, you can't make a good sword, what's the use of having ambitions?"

Ou Xuzi's whole body was shocked again, the old man's words reached his heart, the ancestors left a method of making a treasure blade, that is bronze, and now the casting weapon has entered the iron age, which is stronger than bronze, and it is refined into steel, but with the loss of the hundred steel, the famous Tang knife has also disappeared, not to mention the peerless blade. Ou Xuzi hugged his fists and said: "The old man is above, please accept my Ou Xuzi's worship." ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "Slow down, I haven't mentioned the conditions yet." ”

Ou Xuzi said, "Please speak." ”

The old man panicked with the wine gourd in his hand and said: "I don't have much potential, as long as I have wine, Lanling wine tulips, jade bowl with amber light."

But so that the master can be drunk, and he does not know where it is. ”

Ou Xuzi replied very simply: "There is wine, but the steel-making technology is hard to find, the master is above, please accept the apprentice." ”

The old man laughed: "Okay, good, I didn't expect that when I was old and old, I could find a good apprentice, and the hundred steels could be passed on, which is the luck of the ancestors, and the luck of the ancestors." ”

Ou Xuzi didn't understand his words, but he was also thinking in his heart, the luck of the ancestors, what does it mean, what is the special technology of 100 steelmaking, it is a god, Ou Xuzi has seen the Tang knife, and he was also overwhelmed by its exquisite technology, the quality of the Tang knife is very good, and the manufacturing process is complicated, so its cost is very expensive. It is recorded in the Food and Goods Chronicle that the price of doumi is 13th and 13th years, and the price of a lowest-grade Tang knife in the second year of Tianbao is about 50 buckets of rice, and the highest-grade iron Tang knife costs 170 buckets of rice.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Tang knives were even rarer, and only the general general's mansion could have a Tang knife, which was collected like a treasure, and it was light and did not look at people.