Journey To the West From The Qin Dynasty

The master blacksmith raised the hammer in his hand. It was as big as a millstone. If it really fell on the body, it could smash people into meatloaf.

Li Jue said: Uncle Tie, I think you're tired too, or else I'll help you forge a new beheading knife.

He must have a knife, otherwise he will have no work in the future.

The master blacksmith also understands the importance of the beheading knife to the executioner, but he also has to live.

He said: Your body is too weak. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle the 300-jin hammer in my hand. Otherwise, if I leave you to work for ten days and half a month, it will be worth a broken knife.

Li Jue said: Uncle Tie, you are looking at people through the cracks of doors. I am born with supernatural powers, let me try.

The master blacksmith looked disbelieving and cast a glance at Li Jue, but he had already seen Li Jue take off his bunt and came to the stove.

About to reach for his hammer.

The master blacksmith said: Li Qi, think it over, your body is not as thick as my hammer, you can't handle it, you hurt yourself, don't blame me for not reminding you.

There were also people around watching the excitement, booing one after another.

Li Jue smiled and said, Uncle Tie, don't worry, if you don't lift it, I can lift it.

The master blacksmith nodded slightly, then laughed and scolded: The boy is cursing me around the corner?

But he also let Li Jue take the hammer, and he had already picked up Li Jue's broken knife.

He had already decided that if Li Jue couldn't hold the hammer and couldn't help, he would also help Li Jue replace the knife.

Although it was a bit of a loss, it would be no problem to let Li Jue beat him up in the future.

As for blacksmithing, he didn't believe it.

Then.

He saw that Li Jue picked up the hammer as big as a millstone easily, and weighed it in his hand.

Several times, the master blacksmith was worried that the hammer would hit him, but Li Jue held it firmly.

He was startled, and the people around him also exclaimed.

Li Jue smiled and said, I told you, I am born with supernatural power.

Anyway, sooner or later he will show his hand, so it is better to give everyone a psychological hint in advance.

The master blacksmith does not doubt that there is him, the great Qin Shangwu, and ordinary people who are full and have strength.

Even without cultivation, people whose strength is comparable to that of the third-rank warriors appear from time to time, so it is not surprising.

It's just that if this kind of people don't train well, their strength will be like this, just brute force.

The master blacksmith himself is a man of supernatural power and great strength, but seeing Li Jue wielding the hammer in such a vigorous manner makes him a little ashamed.

but.

He is not jealous either, there are too many people who have strength but don't know how to use it.

Blacksmithing does not rely on brute force.

He laughed and said, Since you have strength, you can help me hit that copper block a hundred times.

Hundreds of forging copper, thousands of hammers.

The master blacksmith smiled and asked Li Jue to help, and he also started to get busy.

He believed that Li Jue had strength, but he didn't know how to move. Let alone a hundred strokes, he might use up his strength in a dozen strokes.

At that time, he will be able to say a few words.

but.

Jingle.

Li Jue began to beat the copper block according to the requirements of the master blacksmith. A dozen beats had already passed, and soon thirty or forty beats, he was not tired yet.

Eighty or ninety strokes passed, and he was only sweating slightly.

Not tired, but by the fire, hot.

The master blacksmith was stunned, and said: Li Qi, you are really strong, and your endurance is also good.

Li Jue said with a chuckle, The girl in the Goulan said the same thing about me.

The master blacksmith laughed, and started tinkling to help Li Jue remake that beheading knife.

He added some iron materials himself.

Li Jue continued to help with the work, beat him hundreds of times, and beat a dozen pieces of copper and iron before taking a short rest.

Nourishing evil spirits to exercise his body, with his current strength, it's really not tiring to use all his strength.

He didn't want to stand out and attract attention, so he rested.

When he stopped, he realized that his stomach was growling. He hadn't eaten today, so he was a little hungry.

The blacksmith returned to the back room, brought a basket of sesame seed cakes, handed over three, and said, Eat something and drink some water.

Li Jue pretended, How embarrassing.

The blacksmith said: You call me uncle, what's the matter with you?

Li Jue smiled and said, Then I'll call you Dad, what will this blacksmith shop do for me?

The blacksmith froze for a moment, shook his head and smiled. I was a little surprised, Li Jue seemed to be a little different from before, stronger and more talkative, and he didn't seem to be dead.

Li Jue took the biscuits, ate them up and down, drank water and looked into the basket again.

The blacksmith smiled, and gave Li Jue the remaining two in the basket, and said, Eat it, in your line of work, if you don't have a head, you can't eat. It's a hard life.

Li Jue smiled. Since ancient times, being a blacksmith has been regarded as the best of the low class, and he is indeed qualified to say that he is a hard-working executioner.

The blacksmith said again: You are very strong, and you can also transport your strength. Why don't you leave Yinmen and come to my shop to help. I will pay you every month, so that you won't get evil spirits into your body, and you will be decent.

Li Jue knew that he meant well, but how could he be willing to leave.

He smiled and said, Uncle Tie's kindness, I appreciate it, but I can't bear to part with the half catty of meat and three bowls of wine in the prison.

The blacksmith was stunned, everyone has his own ambitions, so he didn't persuade him anymore.

He continued: If you are free to help, the wages may not be paid, but there are still some biscuits.

Li Jue smiled and nodded in response.

Now that his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, he cannot let go of the opportunity to eat.

And coming here to forge iron, he can also exercise his body, temper his body, increase his strength, and kill two birds with one stone.

After resting for a while, the blacksmith handed the reforged beheading knife to Li Jue and let him forge it himself.

Dozens of beatings are enough, and there is no need for more.

Li Jue's heart moved, and he said, Wouldn't it be better if it was burned in multiple stages?

What he was thinking of was making steel with thousands of hammers, and his was an iron beheading knife. If it was hammered more times, would it be sharper and stronger?

But the blacksmith said: It doesn't work much, there is no difference between one hundred strokes and eighty strokes.

Li Jue said, How about beating five hundred times, or one thousand times?

The blacksmith smiled and said, If you have that strength, why not forge a few more knives.

Li Jue smiled, nodded in agreement, but turned around and began to forge his own beheading knife.

One hundred times, two hundred times, three hundred times...

The blacksmith was stunned. Seeing Li Jue using his strength indiscriminately again, he shook his head and did not stop him.

He met a lot of stunned youths, and he knew he was wrong when he hit the south wall.

Li Jue forged it thousands of times, and then quenched and finalized his beheading knife.

When I picked it up, it was thinner than before, but the seam hadn't been opened yet, so it was already chilling.

Li Jue flicked his fingers, and the beheading knife rang.

The blacksmith stopped immediately, the layman watched the excitement, and the expert watched the doorway.

Hearing the sound of the knife, he knew how strong and sharp the knife was.

Looking at Li Jue again, the hand holding the knife is still so calm, he doesn't look like someone who swings a sledgehammer thousands of times.

Such a strong physique, such great strength, and such exquisite luck.

If my strength is eighty percent, he is at least eighty percent.

Look at the knife again, good knife!

He took the knife, and personally held the sword for Li Jue, until everything was settled.

The blacksmith took a piece of hair and put it on the blade, and after blowing on it, the hair broke in two.

hiss!

So sharp!

The blacksmith returned the knife to Li Jue with some reluctance, and said at the same time: Xiao Qi, this knife of yours is already considered a high-grade precious knife, it can cut iron like mud, and you can exchange it with the official for a lot of money.

Li Jue smiled and said, Then I will lose my job.

But the blacksmith said: If you have money, are you afraid you won't have a job?

Li Jue smiled without saying a word, and then went to the blacksmith for a scabbard to restrain his sharpness.

The blacksmith persuaded again, saying: Little Qi, executioner is not a long-term solution, why don't you think about it again, come to me to help, and you can become a master in three years.

Li Jue shook his head again and refused.

The blacksmith sighed, It's a pity that you have such strength.

at this moment.

Suddenly a figure flew past on the street, came to the blacksmith's chopping board, grabbed a sword, and then fled away.

Someone turned pale with fright and fled in all directions.

The blacksmith was furious. He picked up the hammer and tried to chase him, but he couldn't catch up.

He returned angrily, and threw the hammer on the ground, It's that damned snitch. He stole a lot of things in the street recently, and this time he dared to rob it openly.

Li Jue said: Don't worry, officers and soldiers will take care of him.

The blacksmith glanced at him, That snitch also has bad eyesight, the knife in your hand is the best in my shop, and he just snatched the ordinary sword, ha ha.

Li Jue quickly hugged the knife tightly, and said, Uncle Tie, don't talk nonsense, this is my guy for dinner, all right, I'll go to the market.

The blacksmith said: You have no money, what are you doing in the market?

Li Jue said: Go and help while the sun is shining, otherwise you will be hungry at night.