my weird life

Chapter 381 The Inscription of the Sword (12)

when!when!when!
in a dark house,

The sound of hammers forging iron blocks sounded alternately.

Sparks fly around the calciner,

Brighten up the darkness a little.

Su Wu held the hammer in one hand, and wore a thick cloth glove in the other, holding the iron bar connected with the knife embryo,

The hammer continued to fall on the knife embryo like raindrops,
Trim out the shape of this knife embryo,
The impurities are forged out to make the whole blade more homogeneous.

'Suyan', 'Firemaking', 'Blade Soil', 'Burning Blade', 'Bending', and 'Grinding' are constantly advancing, and he is completely immersed in forging this sword.

Just as 'Kira' said,

When the knife embryo is thrown into the fire to be calcined to "make fire", his mind is thrown into the fire together with the knife embryo, with himself as the knife embryo and his mind as the fire, the two become one;

When placing the knife embryo on the iron felt and forging it violently to trim its shape, Su Wu felt that his mind had become the knife embryo on the iron felt, feeling 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.

Su Wu only practiced all the procedures of sword casting a few times yesterday, and today it seems that he has fully mastered it.

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

Sometimes, they even feel that this 'Abu' even seems to be more skilled than Kira craftsman when doing a certain step.

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

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

"If only I had half the talent of 'Abu'!"

The young apprentices talked a lot.

Master Ji Liang is not in the house at the moment, he is in the forging room dedicated to 'Master An Gang', helping 'Master An Gang', assisting Master An Gang to forge a sword for a samurai who is highly valued by the minister.

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, he just didn't follow the correct way to drop the hammer for forging, but dropped the hammer head where it shouldn't be dropped.

when!when!when!
After "fire making", the knife embryo is covered with a layer of "blade soil" made of clay, pine charcoal and water, and then put into the calcination furnace.

Standing by the calcination furnace, Su Wu's mind was focused on the red fireworks in the furnace, and on the knife that was gradually discolored by the burn.

The step of 'covering the soil and burning the blade' is the most exhausting step.

Also the most critical.

Always be careful not to let the flame burn off the "blade soil" on the blade, and pay attention to the curvature of the blade when it is burned.

If the blade soil is burned away and the blade is engulfed by high temperature, it may cause the blade body to become brittle, and it will break when it is cut, and it will become a useless knife!

The curvature is slightly larger and can still be adjusted.

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

Su Wu uses the 'Forging of Heart' all the time,
In this forging process, in fact, it is like a fish in water, and it will not let the flame shape the blade too much.
But now he suddenly realizes—sometimes, the most precise control may get the neatest utensils, but it can't make the utensils go further and obtain some kind of 'incredible' blessing.

This kind of 'unbelievable' blessing,

Just like the poet's "magic hand", like the painter's "magic pen",
Su Wu is now trying to use his own mind,

Sensing the so-called 'Heaven and Earth Mind',
Trying to walk into the "interaction between heaven and man", and give more special blessings to the works in your hands.

Therefore,
He slightly relaxed the shape of the flame on the blade,
Just now, based on his own understanding, he forged the knife embryo.

Pick up the blade,
Quenching and cooling.

shaping,

grind.

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

As long as this blade is further equipped with a handle, scabbard, etc., it will be a real Taidao.

"Has it been cast?"

"Abu, can you show me?"

"Let me see, Abu!"

All the apprentices gathered around and looked at the silver blade in Su Wu's hand that was shining like flowing water. They were all amazed, and asked Su Wu to hand over the knife to them for appreciation.

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

Feeling lost in his heart,

He handed the knife to the nearest apprentice to watch.

——The quality of this knife blade made by relying on the so-called "inspiration" he captured and "corrected" is only between good and top grade, and it is even worse than the blade he cast for the first time. wait.

but,

What he had previously cast was only the embryonic form of the sword,

This time, he really made a blade,
The two cannot be compared in the same breath.

"Just grabbing the self-righteous inspiration and carrying out random forging, it seems that you can't enter the so-called 'Heaven-human induction' state-a moment of heaven-human induction, when a craftsman has accumulated countless times, guarding the calciner constantly A sudden 'aha' after practice.

Next time I will honestly use the skill of 'Forging of the Heart',
Let's talk about forging a knife.

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

but,

The forged 'good product' blade this time should be able to pass the test in Kira. "

Su Wu thought in his mind,

You You kept observing the actions of other craftsmen forging swords in the forging room.

he didn't notice,
Unknowingly, I still stay in the state of "heart training", so even if I observe other people's forging weapons, I still "put myself in the place" as if I personally forged weapons, and can easily detect the flaws of other craftsmen's techniques. Lack of fire control.

"The person on the left has about [-]% of the ink-injection map completed. When forging a weapon, he is always used to using the power of the ink-entry map on his back, but he doesn't control this power, resulting in the power output varying from time to time.

Forging a weapon like this will definitely cause the impurities in the sword to not be completely discharged,
The force on the blade is uneven, and the material cannot be balanced.

The sword that this craftsman forged this time is probably mediocre.

The craftsman in the middle..."

Su Wu silently commented in his heart.

After looking around, he was surprised to find that among the four or five craftsmen in the forging room, according to his judgment, only one person would be able to successfully forge a 'quality' sword in the end.

The rest of the people can only create barely usable 'low-grade' swords at most.

There are even craftsmen whose final products will be "mediocre" swords that need to be remade!
It seems that

For most samurai, "good quality" swords may be extremely rare.

Su Wu started forging blades officially yesterday afternoon.
Before lunch this morning,

Finally made this finished blade.

All the teenagers competed to read it, and after admiring again and again, they returned the blade to Su Wu.

They are not as capable as Master Ji Liang and Su Wu. They can tell the quality of the blade by observing the shape, pattern, and color of the blade, and listening to its "sound". However, everyone saw the blade forged by Su Wu. The cold light was shining, and I realized that this must be a good knife.

The young apprentices were full of admiration for Su Wu, and asked for advice one after another.

Su Wu was not stingy either, and told them many casting points bluntly—what he has comprehended and learned does not mean that those who have not even passed the first level of 'Suyan' can learn it.

These people listened to Su Wu teaching the main points,

Each of them was at a loss, but they could only put on an expression of 'that's how it is' and 'suddenly realized',

Said that he understood what Su Wu said.

at this time,

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

He went straight to Su Wu and his party,

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

"Abu!
Did you do the homework I gave you? " Ji Liang shouted loudly, and his voice passed through the huge forging sound in the forging room, and reached Su Wu's ears.

Su Wu nodded, and picked up the blade from the knife holder.

Kira casually picked up a clean white cloth and wrapped the blade with the cloth.

After carefully appreciating the luster, shape and texture of the blade,
Then he flicked his finger 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 shining blade above the head with both hands, faced the many craftsmen who were hard at work, and shouted: "Everyone! My apprentice-Abu!
Forging swords for the first time,
Forged a good quality sword! "

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

It's just a good quality sword,

As for so 'inspiring teachers and mobilizing the crowd'?
The craftsmen stopped when they heard Kira's shout.

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

All eyes were on Kira's raised knife.

A craftsman strides over,

Someone asked aloud, "Is this really the first time casting a knife?"

"let me see!"

The taller and stronger craftsman took the knife and wrapped it in white cloth, put it under the lamp, watched its shape, pattern, color, and listened to its sound.

"It really is a quality knife!"

The man nodded in a deep voice, 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!"

"It's time to make a formal name for yourself,

Your name should be left in the knife inscription! "The craftsman looked at Su Wu and said solemnly to Su Wu.

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

Su Wu understood,

It seems that this is the first time to forge a knife, and it is indeed a great event in the sword casting institute to forge a high-quality sword.

and,

The name of the craftsman is left on the knife inscription,
It should also be a symbol of honor.

Su Wu pretended to be very excited, and immediately covered his upper body with the 'ink painting'. According to Su Wu's estimation, he should have already tattooed the ink painting all over his body, and saluted the master 'Hu Che': "Thank you, master Hu Che !

--I will continue to work hard! "

"it is good!

energetic!

Very ambitious! "Hu Che patted Su Wu on the shoulder, and praised a few words, "From today on, I will use the remaining 'killing stone' every day, and assign it to him for use!"
——This is the first time you have forged a quality sword,
You can use the killing stone I gave you today to forge a wakizashi.

——That is a gift from me to you, there is no need to hand it over to the Swordsmith! "

Originally, Su Wu thought,

I have to complete at least [-]% of the ink drawing before I have the opportunity to touch the 'killing stone'. I didn't expect to be able to touch it so soon.

He cares a lot about this,

Thank you again to Hu Che.

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

"Kira,
Brother An Gang forged swords for the retainers of the 'Kondo family', where is it now? " Huche turned his head and asked Kira.

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

"Let Abu go!
Pull the bellows to light the fire for Brother An Gang!
Let him observe and observe! "Huche said so.

Kira loudly should be.

"Our Angang Sword Forging Institute is determined to forge a supremely famous sword comparable to 'Onikiri'. Any craftsman or apprentice of the Sword Forging Institute will not be obliterated or covered up if they achieve achievements in this office!
Only in this way, everyone forges ahead,
We can get closer to the goal!
Forge ahead! "Hu Che clenched his fist and shouted loudly.

"Forge ahead!"

Everyone shouted in unison, their blood surging.

Subsequently,

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

(End of this chapter)