[Sword Three + Lu Xiaofeng] The Crane Returns to the Lonely Mountain

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Ye Gucheng didn't speak all the time, just looked at Ye Dange with a blank face, turning the piece of cold iron over and over again with seriousness and concentration, and then the girl finally turned her head to look at him——with both hands, she still refused Let go of Han Tie, if he hadn't been present, he would have no doubt that the little girl would have been eager to hold Han Tie in her arms at this moment.

"City Master Ye," Ye Dange blinked his almost sparkling eyes, took a deep breath, "I have accepted the sword casting."

Ye Gucheng nodded.

Ye Dange finally couldn't help it, and he picked up the piece of cold iron from the table neatly, and hugged it tightly in his arms very preciously.

This cold iron is not small in size and quite heavy, but the girl lifts the weight lightly, as if she doesn't care at all——Ye Gucheng's eyes flickered slightly, but he suddenly remembered her heavy sword, and immediately had a kind of "prediction" in" feeling.

Ye Dange didn't notice Ye Gucheng's expression at all, holding a large piece of cold iron, he smiled contentedly, but after a while, the smile suddenly paused, looked at Ye Gucheng and said:

"Sword casting is fine, but... I have two things that I hope the city lord can accept, um... count it as a reward this time?"

Ye Gucheng didn't speak, and looked at her with dark eyes, but the girl didn't seem to notice it, she opened her eyes and looked at him calmly, after a long time, Ye Gucheng finally said a word lightly:

"Say."

"The first thing, I don't want to cause trouble. Regarding the 'Master Ye' matter, please keep the city lord a secret for me." The girl held the cold iron in one hand, and freed the other hand to count the number of fingers carefully. with.

Ye Gucheng nodded.

Although he had already guessed that Ye Gucheng was not a talkative person, he would agree to this condition, but when he saw him nodding, Ye Dange couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and gave him a little thank you without hesitation. Smiling, then blinked his eyes, suddenly a bit of sly color appeared in his eyes:

"As for the second matter... I heard that the city lord has always loved swords and has a lot of treasures?"

Ye Gucheng seemed a little surprised by her sudden mention of this matter, he nodded after a slight pause, and then saw the girl on the opposite side tilt her head, her eyes were full of eagerness and faint To please her, she still politely gave herself a salute, with a soft voice:

"I wonder if Dan Ge will be lucky enough to meet him?"

This is probably the first person in the world who dared to raise conditions with the Lord Baiyun, and even asked to see his treasures?Ye Gucheng unexpectedly didn't get angry, he took a deep look at her, and there seemed to be a flash of interest in his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked:

"How long will it take to make this sword?"

"Well... At least four or five months, at most half a year." Ye Dange touched the cold iron in his arms, but the expression on his face suddenly became serious, "It takes a long time, but it takes a lot of practice." Only then can it be made into steel, if I waste everything and fail to perfect it, I will feel ashamed."

Ye Gucheng nodded, stood up, and didn't ask her for Han Tie back, took out the banknote from his pocket, opened the door and called Xiao Er to pay the bill, and said calmly: "After the sword is completed, I will take you there."

"Thank you, City Lord!" The girl laughed all of a sudden, holding Han Tie in her arms, walked briskly, ran to the door in two or three steps, and paid the money before Ye Gucheng, turning her head to look at Ye Gucheng, her tone Li Jing seemed to be a little more intimate and casual unconsciously, "The city lord has come from a long way, how can I make you spend money? Let's go back quickly, I will start the furnace right away!"

Whether it is for Ye Gucheng or Ye Dange, the cost of a mere meal is naturally insignificant. Seeing that Ye Dange has already paid for it, Ye Gucheng does not care too much. The girl who was far away nodded her head and followed her up.

The girl running ahead excitedly by herself seemed to be muttering something in a low voice while trotting, her soft voice floated to the ear of the man with excellent hearing bit by bit with the wind—"Ye Gucheng people It's pretty good too... Are the rumors in the world really unbelievable?"

Ye Gucheng paused slightly, took a deep look at the girl's petite back, and continued walking forward without saying a word.

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Sure enough, Ye Dange started casting swords that afternoon. As Ye Gucheng promised to take her to see his treasures for many years in return, the little girl invited Ye Gucheng to visit the sword casting room with great spirit of sharing. He avoids melting iron in front of him—with Ye Gucheng's character, he naturally doesn't have to worry about him revealing the secret method of hiding swords and making swords, not to mention...some things, you can't learn them just by seeing them. Know what's going on.

After all, Ye Gucheng is a top swordsman in the world. Although he doesn't know how to forge swords, he has some understanding of how to forge swords—only this time, it's the first time in his life that he witnessed it with his own eyes.

The temperature in the room is extremely high, and Ye Gucheng's internal energy is cold, but even though he has used his internal energy to protect himself, he is still gradually starting to sweat at this moment, let alone Ye Gucheng who is standing in front of the furnace at this moment. Dan sings——

The girl had already changed into lighter clothes, and the original double ponytails had been combed into a bun, and they were all coiled up, which made her look a bit more mature and capable than usual.

The original large piece of cold iron has been melted into several iron ingots by Ye Dange. The girl took one of them and put it into the fire, and then used iron tongs to turn it from time to time. I don’t know if it was because the temperature was too high or because Reflected by the fire, the girl's delicate and fair face was soon flushed.After about a quarter of an hour, the whole iron ingot was completely burnt, and the girl quickly took it out with iron tongs, put it on the side of the stove, and smashed it heavily with a hammer. !

The size of the hammer was not small, and it looked like it weighed at least eight to nine catties. When the hammer fell, it hit the iron ingot and there was a loud "bang" immediately. The iron ingot was still red and sparks burst out. , the temperature in the room seems to have risen a little all of a sudden, but the girl didn't seem to notice it. After the first hammer fell, there was a second hammer and a third hammer immediately...

Sweat soon soaked her clothes, outlining her petite but exquisite figure more and more clearly - the appearance of such a petite and beautiful girl wielding a sledgehammer really should be revealed It was a discord, but Ye Gucheng inexplicably had the illusion that "she should be like this", as if since she walked into this room, the temperament of her whole body had changed drastically.

There is no drip in the house, and some people can't figure out how long it has passed. Ye Dange's movements have not changed. He just hammered the iron ingot one after another. When the hammer fell, there was a loud "bang bang" The ground sounded without the slightest pause or lag, and even, from the beginning to the present, the interval between each sound has not changed in the slightest.Such unchanging movements and sounds, not to mention the person who is casting it himself, even the people listening to it, will inevitably find it a bit boring, but Ye Dange just opened his eyes wide and focused on the case. The iron ingot, one after another, continued to swing the hammer in his hand.

No one in the room spoke, and it seemed that the unchanging sound became clearer and more shocking, and every sound was full of power——Ye Gucheng took a look and put all his attention on the iron ingot, with nothing in his eyes except the cold iron Ye Dange turned around without making a sound, closed the door and left, leaving her to concentrate on forging the sword quietly.

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Speaking of which, although Ye Dange was born in Cangjian Villa and is a direct disciple of the owner of the villa, this is the first time he has seen Haiwai Hantie with his own eyes—after all, rare materials like this are rare in a hundred years. , It is not something that can be obtained with money, but more, it depends on chance.Finally, she was able to personally forge a sword with overseas cold iron, and the future owner of this piece is a peerless swordsman... Ye Dange naturally exhausted all her efforts for this sword. As she herself said, if she can't do it If you want to be perfect, you must be ashamed.So by the time she finally completed the first process in the casting process - "ordinary forging", a whole month had already passed.

This month, after tens of thousands of beatings, the original cold iron has been removed from all impurities, and finally turned into steel - but this is only the first step, whether it can really become an indestructible magic weapon , it is too early to tell.But Ye Dange already had an intuition in his heart - this sword might be her most outstanding work recently, and it would be difficult for him to surpass himself in a short time.

Ye Dange put down the hammer with a smile, looked at the strips of steel that he had hammered, nodded in satisfaction, wiped the sweat from his forehead, let out a long sigh of relief, and finally turned off the fire, a rare Get ready for a good day of rest—for the past month, except for eating and sleeping, she has almost been swinging the hammer. Even an iron man needs to rest.

When I opened the door and went out, the sky outside was already full of stars.Ye Dange took a shower and changed his clothes. He looked up at the full moon in the sky, only to belatedly realize that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. He shook his head and gave a wry smile, and jumped on the He got off the roof and lay down with his arms pillowed on his head.

It's the end of summer, the wind at night is slightly cool, blowing on the body is indescribably comfortable, Ye Dange narrowed his eyes slightly, turned over, but suddenly saw two figures on the street. Walking towards the opposite inn under the moonlight, he immediately smiled and waved:

"Master Ye, what a coincidence?"

Ye Gucheng stopped in his tracks, raised his head and glanced towards the direction of the roof, his face seemed to be slightly surprised, and he jumped up to the roof.

Ye Dange sat up propped up against the roof, and looked up at him: "Forging has come to an end, I will take a day off and continue tomorrow."

Ye Gucheng nodded.

Ye Dange smiled, his eyes were particularly clear under the moonlight: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, did the city lord come back from admiring the moon? I think watching the moon on this roof is quite special! It's a pity that there is no night snack, It's really a fly in the ointment, quite a pity..."

In fact, Ye Dange just sighed casually. He didn't expect that Ye Gucheng, who couldn't say a few words this day, would respond. He didn't expect Ye Gucheng to take a look at her, and then said lightly:

"You are hungry?"

Ye Dange was stunned for a moment, his fair face was quickly stained with bright red, covered his mouth and coughed twice, touched his empty stomach, and said in a tone of embarrassment: "The exhaustion of physical labor Always a bit big…”

There seemed to be a smile in Ye Gucheng's eyes. Before Ye Dange could see it clearly, he had turned his head and gave a faint order to Ye Yuan who was still standing on the street waiting for him. :

"Go to Zuixianju and buy some food."

Ye Yuan responded respectfully, and was about to turn around to leave, but was suddenly stopped by a soft voice——

"Wait a minute!" Ye Dange leaned forward with his hands on the roof, poked his head out, his long ponytails swaying by his side, "Can you bring a jar of pear blossoms from Zuixianju by the way? No wine, but it is also a pity!"

The author has something to say: City Lord, please pick up the good person card 233333333

So to go to Feixian Island or something, it wasn't the black-bellied city lord Daddy♂ who abducted little Lolita, but Lolita sold herself... [Candle]

Regarding the steps of casting swords... I checked CCTV's "Discovery" and there is an issue of "The God of Hundred Soldiers", which talks about the casting of Longquan swords, so the procedures and steps in the article are all based on this.How should I put it, casting swords is very important for both Tibetan Sword and Dange, and I always feel that in the process of casting itself, we can see the true nature of Tibetan Sword disciples (including Dange, including the master of the village) Personality, so I want to write as detailed as possible, I hope everyone will not find it boring.

☆, night talk