my weird life

Chapter 409 Ghost Forging (12)

"Today Genji from Kyoto sent these life-killing stones,

I hope we can cast them a sword that can cut through the 'ghost king class' fierce swords! "

Master An Gang stared at the killing stone on the ground, spoke slowly, and solved Su Wu's confusion.

He turned his head and looked at Su Wu with a serious expression, and then said: "Little friend Zhuzhao has lived in Hoki country for a long time, so maybe he doesn't know what's going on outside - the Genji family is now a number of big nobles in Dongliu Island, controlling many countries, His warriors are like clouds, and his retainers are like rain!

Perhaps it was because the 'Hamiji Superior' sword I cast for Fujiwara had caught the attention of Genji 'Minato Yorio', so they will send a killing stone specially this time, asking me to help cast this sword. "

For a swordsmith,

Being able to get involved with the great nobles in Kyoto is indeed "leaning on a big tree to enjoy the shade", which is of great benefit.

But if you can't meet the requirements of the great nobles and mess things up,

It will also lead to great disasters for the casting of swords.

An Gang is clearly aware of this section,
He summoned all the craftsmen from the Swordsmithing Institute just to discuss how to deal with this matter.

"As a swordsmith, I have made it my lifelong dream to forge a 'superior' sword!" An Gang's eyes were shining brightly. After speaking, he bent down and picked up the copper box at his feet, put it on the table, and put it on the table. open it.

inside the copper box,
Lying impressively is a lifelike human-shaped killing stone.

This life-killing stone is purple-black in whole body, sitting naked and cross-legged, with hands clasped together, in the shape of reverent worship to Buddha.

Su Wu looked at this 'Human Stone', but found no traces of veins wrapping around his body like the 'Dashang Baby Stone' on the stone. From this point of view, the 'Dashang Baby Stone' may be more beautiful than the 'Human Stone'. A higher-grade killing stone.

But even so,
Human-shaped killing stones are also extremely rare.
The quality must be very high.

Presumably this should be the most advanced material for forging swords sent by Kyoto Genji.

Looking at the 'human stone' in the copper box, the craftsmen couldn't take their eyes off for a while.

An Gang's breathing was also a little rough,
But he still kept his sense, and showed the 'human stone' to everyone, and then said: "This is the 'human stone' sent by Mr. Yuan Laigang. If we agree to forge swords for him, this 'human stone' will be used Used by us!

So far in my life, I have seen the highest-level killing stone, which is just a head stone.

This is the first time I have seen Human Stone.

It is said that this stone has all kinds of unpredictable abilities, which can make the sword look like a living thing, and even make the sword have the potential to 'turn into a fierce'!

Among the nine major mine veins, the number of human stones produced each year is less than ten!
Every ten pieces of human stone calcined jade steel and paoding iron are enough to forge a sword!
This shows how precious this stone is! "

An Gang stopped,
Looking up at the many craftsmen,

Pulling their thoughts back, after everyone looked at themselves, he continued: "Genji controls the 'Mino Vein', one of the nine major mine veins, and the 'Human Stone' produced every year has a fixed distribution.

But what can be seen is that even if 'Minara Yoshio' is the eldest son of the Minamoto family,
The number of 'human stones' in hand will not exceed three.

Maybe even just this one!
He handed this stone to us - if we waste this stone and finally cast a sword with only 'top grade' quality, it will be a huge failure!

At that time, our Sword Forging Institute will bear Yuan Laigang's anger.

Needless to say the end!

So, you guys need to think about it,
Do we leave the stone and forge it into a finished sword, make or break?
Or let go of this opportunity to contact the 'human stone',

save life,

Slowly hone your skills and wait for the next time—or even spend your whole life waiting for the opportunity that may never wait? "

An Gang fell silent after speaking.
The right to choose is left to many craftsmen.

Su Wu was silent by the side,

He realized the preciousness of the 'human stone',

It is also more aware of the rarity of the 'Dashang Yingshi'.

The 'Yuse Mountain Killing Stone Vein' is just a branch of a branch, but with the 'Dashang Yingshi' as the secret key, the killing stones contained in it are likely to be of relatively good quality.

Then the question is coming,

How could the Grand Duke and the nobles let this mine, which is likely to contain extremely high-quality killing stones, slip away from their hands?
How did the Inoue family and Axiong get this mineral vein?
……

Originally, Su Wu thought that "Genji's mission" would be a dilemma for An Gang's Sword Forging Institute.

But he didn't expect,
After just over ten breaths,

A master craftsman made a decision: "Master craftsman, accept Genji's commission, I am willing to use all my strength and talent for this matter!"

"Take the commission!"

"If we lose this opportunity, we may never have access to the 'Human Stone' again!"

"The master craftsman..."

All the craftsmen spoke out one after another,
They all asked An Gang to accept Genji's commission,
Forge a sword for Genji that can cut through the 'King of Ghosts' - the quality of such a sword should at least start with 'Superior'!
So far in An Gang's life, he has only forged the only "Half Extreme" sword that surpasses "Top Grade"!
The extremely high-level 'Big Red Lotus Embryo Zang' was cast by Su Wu himself, and it was not An Gang who presided over the entire forging process!
Su Wu's eyes swept across the many craftsmen,

All the craftsmen begged An Gang to agree to Genji's commission,
But after seeing the expressions on the faces of many craftsmen, he guessed in his heart that [-]% of these craftsmen should really think so, but the remaining [-]% of the craftsmen are just for the sake of 'fitting into the group' and 'forced'. Attached to the crowd.

A smile appeared on An Gang's silent face,
He looked sideways at Su Wu who was beside him, with eager hope in his eyes: "Little friend Zhuzhao, would you like to stay and help me?"

Among all the craftsmen present,

Only Su Wu has ever forged a 'superior' sword,
His experience is crucial.

The importance even exceeds the sum of all the craftsmen here!

“To be able to participate in such a grand event,
It is also my pleasure. "Su Wu nodded in agreement.

The smile on An Gang's face became thicker and thicker. He nodded emphatically, glanced at many craftsmen, and began to assign tasks: "The head stones and placenta stones on the ground will be calcined by Kira and Kenta!"

"Oda and Qingshi are in charge of selecting the calcined Jade Steel and Paoding Tie!"

"Yongzheng..."

Mere forging of a knife,
An Gang's Sword Forging Institute dispatched all the black ink craftsmen.

All the craftsmen present received the task and started to get busy.

In a blink of an eye,
Only An Gang, Hu Che, and Su Wu were left in the special sword-making room.

Hu Che and An Gang have cooperated for many years and have a tacit understanding.

Immediately, he squatted down, lit the charcoal in the calciner, and burned it red.

An Gang took a deep breath, took out the 'human stone' from the copper box, put it into the red furnace, and then said to Su Wu: "The 'human stone' is extremely difficult to smelt, and it takes a long time to melt. Smelt it out.

I have read the records of many craftsmen,

Melting 'human stone' mostly takes a day and a night.

Nothing during the day,

At night, some terrible things may happen to the craftsman who waits by the fire.

Fight against the horrors of the night,
suppress this terror,
It is also a part of smelting 'human stone'.

If this terror is successfully suppressed, the quality of jade steel and paoding iron smelted from human stone will be unimaginably high. "

"The characteristics of the killing stone are so mysterious,
How is such an ore formed?
It's really confusing. "Su Wu said.

He learned from Ah Xiong that Master Jianzhen's journey to Dongliu Island was carried on the back of the "living stone" from which the "ghost Buddha" was born, and after the "living stone" landed on Dongliu Island,
undergone a strange transformation,

Into a 'killing stone'.

This strange evolution process is said by the common people of Dongliu Island as "the peeled off skin of Li Gui formed nine ore veins", and it is also said that "after Li Gui was killed, a killing stone was formed".

The common people know little about it,

A well-known swordsmith with a lot of experience like Master An Gang,
Perhaps more access to real information.

An Gang heard this and smiled,
Before he could speak, Hu Che, who had turned the stove red, spoke first.

The fire reflected Hu Che's face flickering, and his voice sounded at this moment: "After Jianzhen, the Great Master of the Tang Dynasty, went to the island, he helped the island to encircle and suppress a ghost king.

The name of the ghost king is 'Yamazaoqian'.

The rumored nine-tailed fox.

It is said that when it was cornered, Master Jianzhen buried it with a special stone.

This stone later turned into a mountain peak,
Biocidal stone veins began to form gradually under the mountain peak. "

Hu Che explained the matter clearly and clearly, which was confirmed by some news that Su Wu got from Ah Xiong - Jianzhen buried Yuzao with a special stone,

that stone,

Could it be the 'living stone'?
"Huche's family ancestor was once a warrior of the noble family who participated in the siege of 'Yamazaoqian' Ligui.

They have recorded this incident. "An Gang added a few words at this time, which can be regarded as an endorsement for Hu Che's words.

It shows that his words are highly credible.

"So that's the case?" Su Wu muttered to himself, digesting the information he got today.

An Gang said at this time: "Young friend Zhuzhao, less than one-third of the tattoos on your body are tattooed with ink. Are you going to leave now to avoid this night? Or stay here with us?
Wait until you come back tomorrow during the daytime——by then, the human stone should be almost calcined, and it won't be too late for us to forge the knife embryo. "

"Recently, I have a rare few days of leisure, and I am about to improve my skill in training swords.

I also ask Master An Gang to take this opportunity to teach me the 'Ghost and God Forging Method',
I will stay in the sword casting place tonight, and I will not go back! " Su Wu said.

An Gang and Hu Che looked at each other and smiled when they heard the words.

The former nodded and said: "Yes, I will teach you the 'Ghost and God Forging Method'."

He asked Hu Che to guard the calciner,
Go and bring a pile of ordinary iron ore,

Su Wu then heated up another calciner in the room and let An Gang put iron ore into it.
Soon,
The sound of forging weapons sounded in the special sword casting room.

An Gang began to point out Su Wu's movements,

Officially taught him the 'Ghosts and Gods Forging Method'.

(End of this chapter)