Chapter 316 Hongmeng’s initial judgment on Tao Rongtie
With the help of Tianmeng Iceworm, Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu finally landed on an oval meteorite at the bottom of the lake.
It is about twenty meters long, fifteen meters wide and ten meters high. It has pits and cracks on it.
It was covered with sand and water plants, but just from the visual experience brought about by the mental detection skill, this fragmented meteorite gave them a smooth feeling.
But inside the fragmented meteorite, there is a spherical object the size of a fist, giving people a round feeling.
That is to say, that thing is terrifyingly round. Anyone who sees it will think that it is an incomparable round ball without any flaws.
"Is that a meteorite?"
Xiao Wu didn't understand metal, but she felt that the round ball at the center of the shattered meteorite was very strange.
"Definitely not."
Tang San denied.
The so-called meteorite is not a whole piece of iron, but an iron-containing ore contained in meteorites that fell from the sky. It cannot be used directly and must be tempered and purified first.
Maybe——
The huge fragmented meteorite shell contained iron, but you couldn't tell by just looking at it. You had to bring it up to take a look.
But the meteorite is so big, it must weigh nearly a hundred tons, and it still exists at the bottom of the lake. How can it be moved up?
As for the "round" spherical object among them...
If it was metal, then Tang San could only think of one!
iron!
Tao Rongtie!
In the historical records of the Tang Sect, this kind of iron is extremely black. Although it is called iron, it is not an ordinary metal like iron in nature. It is a strange thing that was rumored to exist only during the Hongmeng First Judgment period. of metal.
It is said that at the time of the first judgment of Hongmeng, when the pure air of heaven and the turbid air of earth were not completely separated, they jointly affected the first substance born when the heaven and earth first opened, which could give birth to pottery and iron.
However, this kind of pottery and iron is extremely precious. If there is no way to preserve it, it will dissipate between heaven and earth as the clear and turbid air separates.
In the myths and legends of his previous life, Taishang Laojun collected pottery and iron at the beginning of the world and refined a magic weapon: the Ruyi Golden Cudgel.
This magical weapon was first borrowed by the god Yu and used as a stator to measure the deep sea. Later, it was taken away by a divine ape and used as a weapon. He once used it to fight against hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals, and won a great victory. .
As for the properties of pottery and iron, Tang San also knew a thing or two about it. Once it was shaped into a magic weapon and finalized, it could no longer be processed later.
However, this kind of pottery iron cannot be forged or refined by ordinary means, which means that the soul guidance core array cannot be engraved on it.
It is said that when Taishang Laojun made the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, he used the method of alchemy to perform nine turns of work, purify it, and forge it into iron.
If this is not enough, the golden hoops at both ends must be relied on to stabilize its shape before words can be left on it. Moreover, the font of the flying dragon and phoenix is said to be engraved using the method of talisman. Ordinary chisels cannot leave any mark on it. Any imprint.
Therefore, if this is really the so-called Hongmeng First Judgment Tao Rongtie, then it will be the most valuable thing in Douluo Continent! Even the million-year-old wisdom soul ring of Tianmeng Iceworm is far less valuable than this small piece of fist-sized pottery iron!
But there is also a problem: if it is true, it seems useless if they get it.
Without the great magic power of Taishang Laojun, how can it be refined through nine turns? Moreover, even if a small piece of pottery iron is lucky to be preserved from the beginning of the world, this metal is extremely fragile before it is shaped into a magic weapon. It is comparable to colored glaze. Maybe it will be crushed with a little force, leaving It collapsed into two qi, clear and turbid, dissipating between heaven and earth.
And if this thing wasn't metal...
Then, Tang San could only say that he was ignorant and had never heard of the existence of such an extremely round thing in his previous life.
This roundness gives people the feeling that it is rounder than the sun!
If it wasn't Tao Rongtie, it might be the egg of a certain soul beast bred in Douluo Continent?
"Xiao San, what do you think that ball is?" Seeing that Tang San seemed to understand, Zhou Qing had to secretly sigh at the large number of books and materials the Tang Sect had, as well as their wide coverage.
"Well, if it's metal, it's: Hongmeng Chu Tao Rongtie." Tang San didn't hide anything and told what he knew.
Tao Rongtie?
Zhou Qing's expression at this moment was like an old man looking at his mobile phone on the subway. "Uh... What's your expression?" Tang San was also stunned: (°ー°〃).
"It's nothing, I just thought that the soul saint in our village might have thought about becoming a bard during his adventure." Zhou Qing said with emotion, but in his heart he was complaining: Tang San was there in his previous life. That Tang Sect really likes Pengci Journey to the West.
Bodhi Blood and Guanyin Tears are not enough. In terms of metals, there is another Hongmeng First Judgment Tao Rongtie?
But what if it really is?
"What is the function of this pottery iron?"
"Not sure..."
There are not many records about pottery and iron in the Tang Sect, and there are more related myths and legends, so Tang San is not sure whether the little content he knows is true, "...but if this kind of metal really exists, I feel that before it is fully formed, it is more like a gas than a liquid or a solid.”
"Gas?"
When Zhou Qing heard what he said so ambiguously, he understood that Tang San had never come into contact with this kind of metal in his previous life. Even the heads and elders of the Tang Sect had not seen it. It should be similar to the immortal grass in the eyes of Ice and Fire. , only exists in records and even myths and legends.
"Hmm~ My body has been taken over by flesh bugs again. This feeling is something I never tire of!"
At this moment, Romantina regained the initiative and temporarily suppressed Tianmeng Iceworm's consciousness, causing her body to twitch.
But Zhou Qing felt his eyes blurred, and colors occupied his sight again - the soul skills of mental detection and mental sharing stopped being used.
Then, he saw the corners of Romantina's laughing mouth closing quickly. Tianmeng Iceworm once again suppressed Romantina's thoughts and cursed: "This woman is really hopeless." ··Zhou Qing, why don’t you find an opportunity to deal with her and let her experience it personally?”
"I'm only six years old!" Zhou Qing's expression changed, he kept backing up, came to Tang San, and pulled him forward.
Tang San's head was covered with black streaks, he pulled Zhou Qing out from behind and said: "I'm looking for you, don't use me as a shield."
"Tsk, Xiao Qingzi, you look small, but you know a lot about things between men and women, but you are timid when you really want to take action."
Tianmeng Iceworm controlled Romantina's body, put one hand on her hip, and teased Zhou Qing.
But how could Zhou Qing be timid?
It's just that my age is really not suitable for doing that kind of thing, and Tang San said before that if the boy's body is broken, it will not be good for the pure soul power...
"Haha." Tianmeng Bingcan laughed out loud when he saw Zhou Qing's tough yet aggrieved expression, "You want to bring up the broken meteorite from the bottom of the lake and the spherical piece of metal inside? Right? ”
"Can you help?"
Zhou Qing's face was overjoyed, "That's easy to handle. The interior space of my gray pouch is quite large, and it can fully fit the huge meteorite."
Tang San is also looking forward to——
After all, there is a chance that the spherical object is the rumored pottery iron!
Tao Rong is an idiom composed of the two words "Tao" and "Rong".
Tao refers to ceramics, and rut refers to melting and firing into shape.
After the ceramic is fired, the surface will become smooth and rounded to the touch.
Therefore, the idiom "tao rong" is used to describe a person's quality or mood, which is as round and smooth as ceramics, without edges and corners, gentle and soft.
Bin, purified refined iron.
(End of chapter)