Chapter 149 Natural Failure
Knowing that Jiang Lin was going to try to build a treasure weapon, the entire Southern Blacksmith Camp was shocked.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and came to watch the excitement.
This is a historic moment. If Jiang Lin really succeeds, South Blacksmith Camp will create a new history.
Under the spotlight, Jiang Lin put the black crystal iron and sharp wolf fangs into the furnace to calcine.
This process is not complicated. It can even be said that the subsequent tempering and quenching process are not complicated. It is no different from making weapons in normal times.
The only difference is that everyone is expecting the same result, including Jiang Lin himself.
After the fangs melted into liquid, Jiang Lin put the red-hot black crystal iron into it and soaked it for a while before starting to hammer it.
When the temperature drops, it is calcined again.
After repeating this cycle for more than ten times, the entire fang solution has been completely integrated into the black crystal iron.
While watching Jiang Lin hammering, Blacksmith Qi asked Yuan Bingqi next to him: "Master Yuan, do you think Master Jiang can make it?"
"I can't tell." Yuan Bingqi's answer was as ambiguous as ever.
Everyone knows the words left by the master craftsman two hundred years ago.
When others do this, he can categorically say no.
But if Jiang Lin did it, Yuan Bingqi wouldn't dare to give any guarantee.
Blacksmith Qi asked several other masters, including the one from outside.
Everyone hesitated and did not dare to make a judgment.
They all have great confidence in Jiang Lin, and at the same time they also firmly believe in Baobing's restrictions. No one can tell clearly who of the two will have the last laugh.
Even if the master craftsman comes back to life, I'm afraid he will be confused.
Jiang Lin doesn't care about so many things, whether he succeeds or fails, it doesn't matter.
The important thing is to practice the truth.
Even if it really fails, as long as the result is known, it is possible to crack it.
What he wants to build this time is still a long knife.
Wolf fangs have the property of increasing sharpness, and swords are the most suitable, followed by axes.
However, the Xuanjing Iron sent by Yu Maoming is either too much or too little, so it is better to use it sparingly.
Otherwise, Jiang Lin really wants to try making an axe.
Ding Dong——
Ding Dong——
Amidst the sound of hammering, the shape of the long knife gradually appeared, and entropy patterns followed.
From the first grade, to the lower seventh grade, to the middle fifth grade, to the upper third grade, and finally to the upper grade.
At this time, the long knife had basically completed its shape, and Jiang Lin's brows gradually wrinkled.
The quality of materials has been increased to the maximum when burning fire, and now the increase of tempering is also the same.
There are only a few flaws left that have not been eliminated, but even if each subsequent hammer adds a little bit of hundred-refined level, I am afraid that this long sword will not be promoted to a treasured weapon.
The only hope is the fifteen percent increase during quenching.
But Jiang Lin didn't have high hopes. He had been forging iron for so long, and he already had a certain degree of confidence in the quality of the weapons.
Even if it's not finished yet, you can still get a rough idea of the final quality.
At present, the quality of this long knife has been improved to the limit, but it still gives him the feeling that it is only of the upper grade.
It may be better than the previous ones, but it still does not break away from the category of ordinary soldiers.
Could it be that those words left two hundred years ago are really an inescapable curse?
After the shaping was completed, Jiang Lin didn't even have the interest in leveling it, and directly took the long knife to quench it.
Amidst the sizzling sound, white water vapor evaporates.
Everyone stared at the position of the steam, expecting to see different results. [Perfect quenching improves the quality of castings by 15%]
At the prompt, Jiang Lin's vision also showed the final judgment of this long knife.
[A long knife of average quality, sharpness +2]
"Sure enough, it's still at this level, not much has changed."
When Jiang Lin saw this judgment, he knew that he had failed.
Blacksmith Qi and several other masters couldn't help but gathered around and asked, "Master Jiang, how is it?"
Jiang Lin handed them the long knife, shook his head and said, "Failed."
Blacksmith Qi and others suddenly looked disappointed, but they still took the long knife and inspected it carefully.
The eight entropy patterns are clear and bright, indicating that this is a first-class weapon.
Normally, they might be happy that a first-class weapon was born again in the South Blacksmith Camp.
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But now, everyone feels that these eight entropy patterns are so annoying.
Because their existence only represents the upper level, not the treasure weapon.
If it is a treasure weapon, the eight entropy patterns should be combined into one and transformed into another level of characteristics.
"Even Master Jiang couldn't succeed. It seems that what he said is true. Without the secret recipe, you really can't create a treasure weapon." Blacksmith Qi sighed.
Everyone else frowned, what kind of secret recipe is it?
Special materials? Or a special method?
Blacksmith Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Unless you become the private craftsman of those powerful people, it is impossible to know the answer."
This sentence made everyone even more frustrated.
Jiang Lin is qualified to be the private craftsman of the powerful, but once he leaves, he will never come back.
And people here still don’t know what the answer is.
This problem will become an indelible psychological shadow for them throughout their lives, and it will be a regret even until they die.
"Master Jiang, can we help you test the knife?" Blacksmith Qi asked.
Jiang Lin nodded, and the others went to chop the test stone.
There is no suspense. With one strike, the three-foot-thick test stone will be easily cut in half.
Blacksmith Qi commented: "This knife is obviously better than the last-grade long sword."
"Of course, the base is made of black crystal iron after all. It's a pity that such a large piece of black crystal iron as the base cannot become a treasure weapon." Master Tang said.
Amid everyone's discussion, Jiang Lin gently touched the Xuanjing Iron on the table.
Logically speaking, various increases and better materials should break through the boundaries of the previous level.
But now, although it is better and stronger than the normal upper-grade weapons, there is no real breakthrough.
The secret recipe...
What is the secret recipe?
Without a secret recipe, is it true that no matter what kind of materials are used, there is no way to create a treasure weapon?
To say that I am not disappointed would be a lie.
Jiang Lin also hopes to build better weapons to quickly improve the oven method.
But he still doesn't believe in evil. So many amplifying effects are stuck because of a secret?
This made Jiang Lin feel an inexplicable disgust for the powerful forces that he had never really seen but always heard about from time to time.
It was the existence of those people that allowed good materials and good blacksmiths to be lured away, and now even the means of making treasured weapons were monopolized by them.
It's quite disgusting!
"I've tried it. It's at least a bit better than the ordinary first-grade ones." Blacksmith Qi returned the long knife.
Seeing Jiang Lin's unhappy look, Blacksmith Qi hesitated and said, "If Master Jiang really wants to build a treasure weapon, he can only get in touch with those powerful people."
Of course he didn't want to let Jiang Lin go, but he also didn't want to see such a genius blocked from progress by the so-called secret recipe.
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