My Weird Life

   Chapter 381 Inscription of the Sword (12)

when! when! when!

  In the dimly lit house,

   The sound of hammers forging iron blocks sounded alternately.

   Sparks splashed around the calciner,

   Lightens up the dimness of the room a little.

  Su Wu held a hammer in one hand and a thick cloth glove in the other, holding an iron bar connected to the blade embryo,

  The hammer continued to fall on the blade like raindrops,

   Trim this blade into shape,

  Forging out the impurities, making the whole blade more homogeneous.

  'Suyan', 'Huozao', 'Blade Earth', 'Blade Burning', 'Bending', 'Grinding' are advancing continuously, and he is completely immersed in the forging of this sword.

   As 'Girra' said,

   When the blade embryo is put into the fire to be calcined to be 'fired', his mind will be thrown into the fire together with the blade embryo, using himself as the blade embryo and the mind as the fire, the two are combined into one;

When placing the blade embryo on the iron felt and forging it violently to trim its shape, Su Wu felt that his mind had become the blade embryo on the iron felt, and felt the force of the hammer, so he constantly adjusted himself. .

   His movements are like flowing clouds and flowing water, with a different kind of beauty.

   All the process of casting a sword, Su Wu only practiced it a few times yesterday, and today it seems that he has mastered it completely.

   The apprentices who came with him to learn the complete sword-casting process all silently gathered beside the iron felt, watching Su Wu perform various operations.

  Sometimes, they even feel that this 'Abu' even looks more skilled than Kira's craftsman when he does a certain step.

   "Sure enough, someone with a good rate of more than 60% is really talented..."

   "The blade he forged this time must be a 'top grade', right?"

   "If only I could have half the talent of 'Abu'!"

  The young apprentices were talking a lot.

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   All the voices of the apprentices fell into Su Wu's ears.

   He sensed the blade in his hand,

   Knowing where to drop the hammer every time is just right.

   But the comments from the outside world made him change his mind a little bit, but he didn't drop the hammer in the correct way, and he wanted to drop the hammer head where it shouldn't.

when! when! when!

After   'fire-made', the blade blank is covered with a layer of 'blade soil' mixed with clay, loose charcoal and water, and then put into the calciner.

  Standing beside the calcining furnace, Su Wu's mind focused on the red fireworks in the furnace, and on the knife that was gradually burned and discolored.

  ‘Covering the soil and burning the blade’ is the most labor-intensive step.

   is also the most important.

   Always be careful not to let the flames burn off the "blade soil" on the blade, and pay attention to the curvature of the blade being burned.

  The blade soil is burned off, and the blade is surrounded by high temperature, which may cause the blade body to become brittle, and it will break as soon as it is cut, and it will become a waste knife!

  The camber is slightly larger and can still be adjusted.

  If the curvature is too large, it cannot be adjusted at all. The entire blade is also not in line with personal usage habits, and it is also a waste knife.

  Su Wu always uses 'Forging of the Heart',

   In this calcination process, it is actually like a fish in water, and the flame will not "overdo it" on the shape of the blade.

   But now he suddenly realized something—sometimes, the most precise control may be able to obtain the most neat equipment, but it cannot make the equipment go further and obtain some kind of "unbelievable" blessing.

   This kind of 'incredible' blessing,

   is like the poet's 'magic hand', like the painter's 'magic brush',

  Su afternoon is trying to use his own mind,

   Sensing the so-called 'mind of heaven and earth',

   Trying to step into the 'sensation of heaven and man', giving more special blessings to the works in hand.

so,

   He slightly widened the shape of the blade by the flame,

  Just now, based on his own understanding, he forged the blade embryo.

   Pick up the blade,

   Quenching and cooling.

   modification,

   Grinding.

  In the end, the bright blade appeared in Su Wu's hand.

  This blade is a real taokao as long as it is further equipped with a handle, a scabbard, etc.

   "Has it been cast?"

   "Abu, can you show me?"

   "Let me see, Abu!"

   All the apprentices gathered around and looked at the knife blade in Su Wu's hand that was shining like flowing water.

  Su Wu flicked his fingers on the blade, listening to the cry of the blade.

  He felt lost in his heart,

   Handed the knife to the nearest apprentice for viewing.

— This knife blade, which relies on the so-called 'inspiration' he captured and 'corrected', is only between good and high-quality, and it is a notch worse than the blade he cast for the first time. .

but,

   What he had previously cast was only the blade with the prototype of the sword,

   This time, the blade was really created,

   The two are not the same thing.

"Just grasping the self-righteous inspiration and forging randomly does not seem to be able to enter the state of the so-called 'heaven-human induction' - a momentary celestial induction, when a craftsman accumulates countless times, and keeps practicing beside the calcining furnace. After the sudden 'epiphany'.

   Next time, I will honestly use the skill of "Forging of the Heart",

   Really forge a knife.

   This kind of self-inflicted inspiration is not a real inspiration.

but,

   This time, the "good quality" blade was forged, and it should be able to pass the test at Kira. "

  Su Wu thought in his mind,

  Especially, his eyes were constantly observing the movements of other craftsmen in the forging room, forging swords.

   he did not notice,

Unconsciously, he still stays in the state of 'forging of the heart', so even if he observes others casting weapons, he still 'put himself in the position' as if he was casting weapons himself, and can easily detect the flaws of other craftsmen's methods. Lack of fire control.

   "The ink drawing on the one on the left is about 60% complete. When forging a weapon, he is always used to using the power of the ink drawing behind him, but he does not control this power, resulting in the power output being large and small.

  Forging the blade in this way will inevitably lead to the impurity in the sword not being completely discharged.

  The force of the blade is uneven, and the material cannot be reconciled and balanced.

   The swords that this craftsman forged this time are probably only mediocre.

   The craftsman in the middle…”

  Su Wu commented silently in his heart.

   He looked around and was surprised to find that there were four or five craftsmen in the forging room. According to his judgment, in the end, only one person would be able to successfully forge a 'good' sword.

   The rest of the people can only create barely usable 'low-quality' swords.

   Even the final product of the craftsman will be a 'standard' sword that needs to be rebuilt!

  It seems that,

   'Good quality' swords may have been extremely rare for most samurai.

  Su Wu started to forge the blade officially yesterday afternoon.

   Before lunch this morning,

   Finally made this finished blade.

  The youths competed to enjoy the reading, and after repeatedly admiring it, they returned the blade to Su Wu.

They are not as capable as Ji Liang Craftsman and Su Wu. They can distinguish the quality of the blade by observing the shape, pattern and color of the blade and listening to its 'sound'. It's just that everyone sees the blade forged by Su Wu. The cold light flashed, and he felt that this must be a good knife.

   The young apprentices admired Su Wu and asked for experience.

  Su Wu was also not stingy, and he bluntly told them a lot of casting points—what he understood and learned did not mean that those who didn't even pass the first level of "Suyan" could learn it.

   These people listened to Su Wu’s teaching points,

   One by one is confused, but they can only put on a look of 'So it is' and 'Suddenly realized',

   indicated that he understood what Su Wu said.

at this time,

   With sweat all over his face, Kira strode into the forging room.

   He went straight to Su Wu and his party.

   His eyes noticed the 'blade' that Su Wu placed on the knife holder.

   "Abu!

   Have you done the homework I gave you? " Ji Liang shouted loudly, and the voice passed through the huge forging sound in the forging room and entered Su Wu's ears.

  Su Wu nodded and picked up the blade on the knife holder.

   Ji Liang picked up a clean white cloth and wrapped the blade in the cloth.

   After carefully appreciating the luster, shape and texture of the blade,

   Then he flicked his fingers on the knife,

   Hear the blade cry.

   After a while,

   He raised his head and looked at 'Abu': "Good product!"

   Then,

   Ji Liang turned around, raised the bright blade above the top with both hands, faced the many craftsmen who were working hard, and shouted loudly: "Everyone! My apprentice - Abu!

   Forging a sword for the first time,

   Cast a good sword! "

   Seeing the wanton smile on his face and his actions, Su Wu was taken aback.

   is just a good sword,

   As for such a 'invigorating the public'?

  The craftsmen stopped when they heard Kira's cry.

   In the forging room, only the sound of the bellows beating and the fire burning.

   All eyes were on Kira's raised blade.

   A craftsman strode over,

   Someone asked: "Is this really the first time to cast a knife?"

"let me see!"

  The slightly taller craftsman took the knife and wrapped it with a white cloth, put it under the lamp, observed its shape, pattern, color, and listened to its sound.

   "It really is a good knife blade!"

   The man nodded solemnly, then looked at Su Wu, who seemed to stand out from the crowd, pointed at Su Wu, and asked Ji Liang beside him, "Is he Abu?"

"Yes!"

   "I'm going to give myself an official name,

  Your name should remain in the sword inscription! "The craftsman looked at Su Wu and said solemnly to Su Wu.

   "Thank you, Master Hu Toru!" Ji Liang reminded Su Wu loudly.

  Su Wu understood,

   It seems that this is the first time to cast a sword, and a good quality sword has been cast. It is indeed a great event in the sword casting company.

and,

  The name of the craftsman is left on the sword inscription,

   should also be a symbol of honor.

Su Wu pretended to be excited, and immediately covered the upper body with 'Ink Drawings'. According to Su Wu's estimation, he should have already tattooed the ink drawings on his body. !

-I will continue to work hard! "

"it is good!

energetic!

   Very ambitious! Hu Che patted Su Wu on the shoulder and praised him, "From today onwards, I will allocate the remaining 'killing stones' to him every day!

  —this is the first time you have made a good sword,

  伱 You can use the killing stone I gave you today to forge a wakizaki.

  —that's my gift to you, you don't have to hand it over to the sword maker! "

   Originally Su Wu thought,

  You will have the opportunity to touch the 'killing stone' only after you have completed at least 30% of the ink-entry drawing. I didn't expect to be able to touch it so soon.

   He was quite concerned about this,

   Thanks again to Toru.

   The current situation also made Su Wu understand: In the sword casting shop of 'An Gang', not only An Gang is a master craftsman, but the 'Hu Che' in front of him is also a master craftsman!

   "Kira,

   Brother An Tsuna forged swords for the retainers of the 'Kondo family'. Where is it now? Toru turned his head to Ji Liang and asked.

   "I'm going to 'fire made' in the afternoon!" Ji Liang replied immediately.

   "Let Abu go!

   Pull the bellows for Brother An Gang to set fire to it!

   Let him follow along to observe and observe! "Hu Che said so.

   Kira loudly should be.

   "We, An Gang's Sword Casting Institute, are determined to forge a supremely famous sword comparable to the "Onikiri". Any craftsman or apprentice of the Sword Casting Institute who has achieved achievements in this institute will not be obliterated or concealed!

   Only in this way, everyone forge ahead,

   Only then can we get closer to the goal!

  Forge ahead! "Hu Che clenched his fists and shouted loudly.

   "Forge ahead!"

   Everyone shouted in unison, their blood was surging.

   Then,

   Hu Che looked at Su Wu: "So, Abu, have you thought about your official name?"

   (end of this chapter)