Strange Tales [Fierce Beast]

Wu Jian is a swordsmith. He said that the swords he forges do not use any modern technology, and are of high quality, so they are very popular.

"Godfather, drink some water." This is a child adopted by Wu Jian since he was a child. His name is Wu Zhuang, who is 23 years old this year and is also his big apprentice.

"Hey." Wu Jian took the cup, and the person standing in front of the kiln was so dehydrated by the heat wave that he really needed to drink to replenish water.

"Godfather, how long will it take?"

"Soon." Wu Jian said and handed the cup to Wu Zhuang, "It's almost two hours away." That is to say, he will observe here for another two hours.

What is needed in their line of work is patience and care, only in this way can a good sword be made.

Two hours later, the mold was ready and had to be taken outside to dry naturally.

Only at this time, Wu Jian can take the time to rest for a while.

It took him nearly a month to make this mold. The pattern on it cost him a lot of effort. During the period, he failed and wasted several molds. Fortunately, the pattern was still clear even after it was fired, and there was no difference in depth. One situation.

The mold is ready, and the molten iron is smelted next.

"Bring those fine irons." Wu Jian said. Refined irons are those irons that are left after being tempered to remove impurities.

A piece of ordinary iron that weighs one catty is tempered and there is no more than one or two left, and this step is the key to whether the sword is sharp enough.

"Master is not good, all those fine irons are gone!" Wu Jian's young apprentice is only 16 years old this year, and he is a new apprentice to him.

"What's going on?" Wu Jian was in a hurry. These fine irons were as important to him as a calligrapher's brushes, and they were kept very carefully. Besides, how could someone steal the worthless iron?

"Come take a look with me." Wu Jian's little apprentice said and led the way first.

The warehouse for storing fine iron is just an ordinary wooden house, and the door is usually locked, but now the wooden door has been smashed, and when entering the warehouse, the shelves are also scattered on the ground, and there are some messy animals on the ground. Footprints, and none of those fine irons are left!

"Surveillance!" Wu Jian stared and asked to check the surveillance.

His little apprentice didn't dare to say anything when he saw that he was angry, but Wu Zhuang said, "Godfather, you forgot, there is no surveillance installed in the warehouse." Because no one would come to steal heavy and worthless iron bumps.

In fact, not only is there no monitoring here in the warehouse, but it is also not installed in other places. Only in the warehouse where Sheng Chengjian has installed four monitoring devices with 360° without dead ends.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhuang said, "Godfather, let's go to the Cangjian Pavilion." What he said meant that those swords might also be stolen.

"Go and see!"

So, a group of people came to the Cangjian Pavilion again. Fortunately, the lock of the Cangjian Pavilion was still locked on the door intact, and all the swords inside the door were intact after opening the door, which made Wu Jian's heart drop.

"Send a few people to watch the night these two days."

Wu Jian opened his mouth and ordered the others to only agree.

Wu Jian’s small courtyard house was built by himself in a place close to mountains and rivers not far from the city. Most of the materials are wood. As the years pass, it looks dilapidated from the outside. Ordinary people passing by just think it is a poor family. Home, never would have thought that a sword inside would be worth hundreds of thousands or millions.

There are few people, and the appearance of the house is dilapidated. There have been no thieves for decades. It is no wonder that they have never thought of installing cameras around them, and they have never sent people to watch overnight.

until this happened.

Speaking of last night, after everyone fell asleep.

呲(zī) Tie asked the taste and got out of the cave and came to Wu Jian's house.

The ferocious beast of bared iron is introduced in "Qi Tan Zhi": bared iron, also known as biting iron, is shaped like a buffalo, but has huge horns, black fur, feeds on iron, and its excrement is as sharp as steel, which can be used as a weapon.

It means: 呲铁 is also called gnawing iron. It is shaped like an ordinary buffalo fur but is dark in color. When eating iron, the excreted things are as sharp as steel and can be used to make weapons.

Wu Jian has a lot of fine iron in his home, so it's no wonder that the attracted iron came.

It moved very quietly, so it was not noticed by the sleeping people when it walked from the gate to the warehouse, and then ate the iron lock. The door was too narrow and broke the door. This is the only place where it made noise. Can wake people up.

Then I saw the refined iron in the room, just like a person who has been hungry for a long time sees a hearty meal without worrying about his appetite.

He ate up nearly a hundred catties of refined iron in the house as easily as eating tofu. Because he was full, he didn't go to another place that exudes delicious food, and left with a grunt.

But in my heart, this place is on my mind.

After Pitie completely digested the refined iron in his stomach, two months passed, and although Wu Jian sent someone to watch the night, he relaxed his vigilance after not seeing anyone for a long time, and told his disciples that there was no need to keep watch every day.

So on this morning, Wu Jian discovered that his hidden sword pavilion had been ransacked!

The world was spinning, and the eyes were dark and passed out.

"Master! (Godfather!)"

……

Wu Jian woke up in a hospital bed. Leaving aside the value of those swords, each one was made with his heart and poured countless painstaking efforts. He suddenly found that all the swords had been stolen. No wonder he couldn't bear the blow for a while.

Wu Jian's second apprentice saw Wu Jian wake up, "Master, you are awake."

Wu Jian still had an oxygen tube in his nose, and he was weak when he spoke, "Check...have you found it?"

"Eldest brother, they are investigating and have also called the police. Master, you can rest assured and recover from your illness. We will definitely help you recover your things."

Wu Jian shook his lips, "... definitely..."

"En, sure, don't worry."

Hearing the assurance from the second apprentice, Wu Jian fainted again in relief.

Wu Zhuang led other people to check the monitoring, and found that the cause of this incident was an animal. This animal eats iron as easily and simply as eating tofu.

Several people looked at each other, and they all saw incredible in each other's eyes.

At this time, the police also came. The few people really didn't know what to say about this matter, so they could only let the police watch the video by themselves.

The police were also a little surprised, but there are so many strange things in the world now, even if they haven’t encountered them before, they have listened to their superiors, saying that they must report such things, so although they were surprised, they didn’t think it was Fake.

Seeing the police, several people in Wuzhuang didn't believe their words, and instead reported to their superiors, they all put their hearts into their stomachs.

In the afternoon, a young policeman came here, who looked like he had just graduated from college.

"You're here." Although the policeman wondered why his superiors sent such a bright and young person here, he also knew the truth that people should not be judged by appearances, not to mention that the other party's epaulets were obviously several levels higher than him, so the doubts in their hearts were not put on the table. face.

"Hello, my name is Zhou Ling." The little policeman introduced himself.

"It turned out to be Police Officer Zhou. Did your superior tell you about the situation here? Would you like me to tell you in detail?" the police officer said.

"No, I understand what happened. It's not too late. Let's go up and have a look."

"Go up?" the policeman wondered, "Don't you need to investigate the scene?"

"It's like this. This kind of animal is called Baitie. It feeds on iron. One meal can last for several months. It usually likes to stay in caves in the mountains, so we can't find it here now. , and if I'm not wrong, it's not the first time you've thrown iron here, right?" Zhou Ling asked the last sentence following the person in Wuzhuang.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes." Several people nodded hurriedly, and the doubts in their hearts disappeared.

"Then do we need to prepare anything?" The police officer asked anxiously. He always felt that it was not a wise choice for the two of them to go up the mountain to deal with such a big animal.

"That's not necessary, but I still need you to do me a favor."

"What are you busy with?"

"Please tell Director Zhou, I won't report to him after this beast is dealt with." Director Zhou is the top leader of the police station here.

"Okay, but if Director Zhou doesn't agree, there's nothing I can do." He was happy that he didn't have to go up.

Zhou Ling: "It's okay, just talk to him."

Police officer "Then let me go first, do you really not need to prepare anything?"

Zhou Ling: "No need."

Seeing Zhou Ling's insistence, the police officer didn't say anything, and drove away in the car.

After he left, Zhou Ling stopped everyone who wanted to follow, and went up the mountain alone. Because of the guidance of the red line, he was not afraid that he would not find the iron.

Finally, I found it sleeping soundly halfway up the mountain. This guy, Ba Tie, digested the contents of his stomach by sleeping.

A thunderbolt woke up Baritie.

Baritie is a kind of fierce beast that is usually docile, but once it is provoked, its temper will be very violent. When it saw Zhou Ling, it spit out a sword tip from its mouth without saying a word, which was a part of the sword it hadn't digested yet. .

Zhou Ling directly swept away the weapons that were shot at him, and there were several thunderstorms in a flash. He thought that such an iron-eating beast should be afraid of electricity, but he was wrong. The iron felt a slight tingling, but it stimulated its ferocity.

The ground under Zhou Ling's feet began to show steel, and then needle-thick steel needles appeared from above, densely packed.

Zhou Ling has no doubt that these things can pierce the soles of his feet, so he floats in midair. These steel needles, which are as thin as a cow's hair, fly into the air under the control of the iron, and attack Zhou Ling more densely than raindrops. .

Zhou Lingbi couldn't avoid it, so he had to face it head-on. These things couldn't do much harm to him, but they hurt very much, just like ordinary people being pricked by cactus thorns.

In a flash of inspiration, Zhou Ling thought that iron is afraid of fire, so he summoned Bi Fang.

For example, after the last time, the same strength has also increased, and the temperature of the flames has reached tens of thousands of degrees.

The raging fire surrounded Piitie, and those steel needles were instantly melted into molten iron. Piitie's body began to turn red and roared in pain. Gradually, his body tended to soften, and he lay dying in the flames.

Zhou Ling recalled Bi Fang to "Qi Tan Zhi", and put the iron into it, and then went down the mountain to see several people in Wuzhuang.

It was already dark at this time, but none of the people in Wuzhuang was asleep, and they waited anxiously. As soon as Zhou Ling's figure appeared, they spotted him.

"How is Police Officer Zhou?" Several people looked at him nervously.

"No problem." Zhou Ling replied and handed the things in his hands to several people, "I have killed that thing. This is the fine steel it turned into after death. Adding a little to the weapon can cut iron like mud. It is also a little comfort to your master."

"Thank you, thank you." Everyone kept thanking.

"In that case, I'll go back first." Zhou Ling said that he was about to leave.

It was getting late, and of course the people in Wuzhuang couldn't let him leave and tried to persuade them to stay, but Zhou Ling blocked them with the excuse that he was still on business, so he left smoothly.

Afterwards, Wu Jian was finally discharged from the hospital. After learning of the existence of fine steel, he couldn't wait to forge a sword.

A piece of iron was placed in the yard, and Wu Jian took his sword that had added refined steel a few days ago and lightly stroked it, and the iron piece was cut instantly.

Everyone was stunned, and Wu Jian himself was pleasantly surprised. The regret left by the loss of the sword disappeared completely.