Chapter 41 Hundreds of Exercises
Time passed quickly when Ling Yi began to study with fifth senior brother Wang Meng.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
In this month, no accidents occurred in "Muzhi City", and it was calm, which made Ling Yi quite satisfied with this remote small country far away from the accident-prone place in the center of Douluo Continent.
In the familiar dormitory 304 of Building 3, Ling Yi opened his eyes again and looked around the bed beside him. The "Blue Silver Grass" wall that had been placed at half a person's height felt even more joyful in his heart.
A month ago, Ling Yi asked someone to bring three letters and send them back to Jiang's Blacksmith Shop in Beikouhe Town.
One letter is to Master Jiang, thanking him for his introduction. Now he has become a disciple of Mr. Jin and is learning blacksmithing from his fifth brother Wang Meng
The other two letters are handed in separately. It was given to Ling Bai and Yan Bin, the deacon of the Wuhun branch in the town.
Yan Bin's letter was very different from Master Jiang's. It was also a word of thanks. In addition, he visited Lu Yi, the senior deacon in the Wuhun Lord's Hall in "Muzhi City". The two parties talked about old times. We became familiar with each other and established some initial friendship.
On Ling Bai's side, the letter mainly reports to Ling Bai, as well as his parents, grandparents, uncles and cousins in Shanhai Village, that he is safe, saying that everything is fine now, and that everyone should not miss him. So much. At the same time, there are thoughtful words specially marked for each person at the back.
At the end of the letter, Ling Yi specifically asked Zhang Lei to help dig out the 204 "Blue Silver Grass" plants planted in the corner fence of his yard, and transplant them into a wooden box. , and gave it to Ling Bai to take to the town.
On the third day after receiving the letter, these 204 "Blue Silver Grass" plants were brought to the [Yinxin Blacksmith Shop] in the east of the city by a caravan heading to "Muzhi City" .
After more than twenty days, these "Blue Silver Grass", which were still withered and drooping leaves when they first entered the city, have already returned to their former prosperity, especially because of the accumulation of soul power in the past year or so. The hundred plants that Yi cultivated before the start of school, as well as the "Blue Silver Grass" cultivated subsequently, had more leaves and roots, and their activity was greatly exceeded.
In addition to the nearly five hundred "Blue Silver Grass" plants around me, under the corner of the bed, there are sections of bamboo tubes, each of which is planted with the fine "Blue Silver Grass" we brought together last time. "Grass" seeds, as long as they grow a little bigger, they will start to be stacked next to Ling Yi's bed.
Think about it, before the end of the year, Ling Yi may turn the bed where she is into a single room!
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[Yinxin Blacksmith Shop].
After having breakfast as usual with fifth brother Wang Meng and his family of nine, Ling Yi came to the forging platform to prepare for today's practice.
However, before Ling Yi could raise the forging hammer in his hand, Wang Meng did not go to his exclusive forging station, but came straight to Ling Yi.
"Fifth Senior Brother~" Ling Yi put down his half-raised arm and said hello.
"Xiao Yi~" Wang Meng nodded and looked at the iron ingot in front of Ling Yi.
This is not the piece from a month ago, but the eighth piece. This piece was originally as big as three adult heads, but now it is only the size of two adult fists.
“Forging raw materials such as pig iron is a must for every blacksmith apprentice~”
“Generally speaking, when pig iron is hammered to one-third of its original size, it It is already a qualified iron embryo, which can be used to forge various iron tools..."
Wang Meng looked at the iron ingot that was still standing still in the fierce flames, repeating what he said a month ago. .
Master Jiang also said this to Ling Yi more than a year ago.
"Of course, the iron tools directly made in this way can only be used as kitchen knives, sickles, hoes, shovels and other daily utensils, agricultural tools, etc...."
Wang Meng's words continued, and Ling Yi listened quietly, even though he had already memorized these contents.
“Junior blacksmiths can easily complete the tempering of pig iron, and then use the corresponding iron embryos to create shaped tools. The strength of these tools is generally not bad, equivalent to ordinary weapons without soul power. The strength of the awakened spirit...
That is, the most basic iron tool! ""Going up, you need to use larger iron embryos to forge the desired iron tool, which requires forging. Beat, further refine the iron embryo, and improve the quality of the material!
Within ten forgings, there is no subdivision. It is basically included in the forging process of basic iron tools.
Twenty forges, thirty forties, forty forties... these represent the progress of a junior blacksmith's skills, step by step, towards the intermediate level of blacksmith! "
"When the material can be forged into shape for fifty times, it means stepping into the threshold of the intermediate blacksmith, which is the same as the hundred forgings for the advanced blacksmith later.
What prevents many junior blacksmiths from being promoted to intermediate blacksmiths, and intermediate blacksmiths from being promoted to senior blacksmiths, is the strength of the blacksmiths themselves.
Without enough strength, it is naturally impossible to further temper materials that have been tempered to a certain level.
On the other hand, it is skill. How to use only the minimum force and maximize the effect when each hammer falls is an unavoidable problem for all weak and weak blacksmiths. ”
Speaking of this, Wang Meng’s face inevitably showed a look of sadness, because he was now nearly forty years old and still trapped in the nineteenth level of soul power, unable to make further progress, and there was little hope for the future. Also. For the sake of his four sons, he was unable to inherit his talent as a soul master. Although under his careful guidance, it was not a big problem to become an intermediate blacksmith, but if he wanted to become a senior blacksmith, as ordinary people, they would have more technical requirements. Harsh!
Shaking his head to dispel the negative emotions in his mind, Wang Meng looked at Ling Yi with a serious look on his face and continued:
"And all of this, training with materials as an apprentice. The period is very, very critical! ”
"Master said that in the metal capital of 'Gengxin City', no matter whether you are a junior blacksmith, an intermediate or a senior blacksmith, they are actually just blacksmiths who have just started~"
"Because, below the blacksmith master, there are many souls. The master can rely on his own powerful strength to forcibly complete the hundred forging level forging process. At most, the utilization rate of materials will be much lower, and the service life of the tools created will be shorter..."
Speaking of this, Wang Meng smiled bitterly: "Of course, this point is actually not a problem no matter which city or main city of the two empires.
Because more soul masters are actually Using their own martial souls, many of the tools made by blacksmiths are discarded..."
"They trust their own martial souls more!"
Faced with Wang Meng's words, Ling Yi was noncommittal.
Who said this is a world dominated by martial arts? Even if the martial soul is a wooden stick, as long as one has innate soul power and can cultivate it, with the blessing of soul rings, it will soon have a hardness beyond steel. Coupled with the blessing of soul skills, the close relationship with oneself, self-repair and other factors, the demand for tools made by blacksmiths has naturally been greatly reduced.
“Huh”
Wang Meng let out a long breath, no longer wallowing in these pessimistic messages, and asked Ling Yi:
“Xiao Yi, in this month , more than twelve hours in four weekends, four hours in twenty nights, more than one hundred and twenty hours of material training, what do you think?”
Facing Wang Meng's inquiry, Ling Yi looked at the slightly reddish iron ingot at the bottom, then moved to Wang Meng, looked at each other, and softly uttered two words:
"Rhythm? Rhythm?"
Hearing these two words, Wang Meng's eyes couldn't help but widen a little, and he looked at Ling Yi with surprise.
After opening and closing his mouth a few times, Wang Meng said expectantly: "Tell me about it~"
"Hmm~" Ling Yi nodded, thought for a while, and organized some words After that, he said:
"When I studied with Master Jiang last year, I also started with the tempering of materials. It took about a month to temper the pig iron to the iron embryo state. After that, Master Jiang began to teach me, and then through forging, the iron embryo was Make it into the desired shape of the utensil..."
"At that time, when I forged materials, I just wanted to remove the impurities in pig iron and other materials through hammering, and refine and shrink the materials~
But this month, I feel that after I find my most comfortable forging posture, I can feel the feedback reaction of the iron ingot under the hammer with every hammer blow, just like... it's Breathing is the same!”
“The more in sync with the rhythm of my whole body’s movement and the breathing rhythm of the iron ingot every time I swing the hammer, the better the efficiency and effect of refining will be!”< br>
“Not bad!” Wang Meng listened to Ling Yi’s narration. The more he listened, the more obvious the smile on his face became. In the end, he couldn’t help but clapped his hands:
"Xiao Yi, although I have always known that you are smart, I really didn't expect that your understanding is so strong!"
"You are simply a born blacksmith!"
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