'Clang!' The black iron blank on the anvil let out a deep and clear sound.
Boss Huang glanced at Tang Ling, who frowned at him.
Then, Boss Huang switched the iron hammer to his other hand, inhaled deeply, and hammered it again with a clank.
Tang Ling was still frowning.
However, when he listened carefully, the clang seemed to be a combination of several consecutive clangs. Due to the short interval between the clangs, it sounded like a single clang.
The clangs were still echoing in the room. Tang Ling closed his eyes and listened to the clangs. He had some understanding in his heart, but he still needed to confirm some details.
Boss Huang allowed Tang Ling to think. He was not in a hurry to hammer the third time. When Tang Ling opened his eyes, Boss Huang said, "Watch carefully. The third hammer."
As he spoke, Boss Huang gripped the hammer with both hands. He inhaled deeply and hammered the black iron blank again.
Clang! The black iron blank produced the loudest clang, but compared to the previous two strikes, the third clang was much quieter.
Putting the hammer down, Boss Huang took his smoking pipe out from his pocket, shook it, and slowly wiped it clean. He then looked at Tang Ling. "How do you feel?"
"There's no difference between the first and second strikes. I used techniques and borrowed strength. The third strike is different. It's just a normal strike, "Tang Ling said.
However, he was a little disappointed since he already saw the clues. The hammering technique did not have much practical value in a battle.
Of course, when he calmed down, he could think about how to combine the methods of the first and second strikes into a battle.
As Tang Ling spoke, Boss Huang took out his tobacco pipe. He was kneading the tobacco and filling it, but Tang Ling's words made him pause for a moment. Was he happy or unhappy?
However, when he looked up and saw Tang Ling's disappointment, he could not help but say,
"Are you trying to use the hammering technique in a battle? Don't even think about it. Everything has its own purpose. Similar to the cultivation method, it's also used to increase your combat power, but it's not directly used in a battle. This hammering technique … Hmm, it's used for smithing. "Boss Huang saw through Tang Ling's thoughts again.
"How did you know?" Tang Ling raised a curious brow. How did Boss Huang know what he was thinking every single time? This feeling was the same as reading Tang Feng's notebook.
He was a prideful teenager after all, and he had his own edge, which made Tang Ling feel slightly repulsed.
Boss Huang was done filling the tobacco. He tested the elasticity of the tobacco with his hand and nodded in satisfaction. He then took out a matchstick and started to light it around the tobacco as if he was smoking it bit by bit.
"I don't know. It's just that everyone goes through their teenage years. At that time, he wished that everything he had learned could be immediately verified and turned into something practical. To put it nicely, it's a rush, but to put it bluntly, it's impetuous. "Boss Huang then passed the pipe to Tang Ling.
This was the pipe that he had lit with a match once. The tobacco inside was not ignited, but stood up a lot and then turned a little darker.
"You see, the first match I lit did not light the pipe. Why? To smoke a pipe for a long time, it was necessary to create a burning layer. The first match I lit was creating a burning layer, and only then will it be ignited.
What does the burning layer look like? It's like a person's foundation. You don't have to be in such a hurry to turn every bit of accumulation into something that you can unleash as soon as possible. Thick and thin accumulations will last for a long time. Get rid of your impetuousness and be steady, and you'll get to the end. "As he spoke, Boss Huang flashed his signature charming smile.
Tang Ling looked at the pipe in Boss Huang's hand and seemed to be in deep thought. A few seconds later, he looked up and asked, "Is the pipe good?"
Boss Huang's hands were itchy and he had the urge to punch someone. What's the point of this kid? I finally got a chance to act cool, so why is he not playing along?
With that in mind, Boss Huang's expression changed as he said impatiently, "Do you understand the demonstration just now? Can you use the three hammers now? "
"I need to do it again." Tang Ling had a general idea of the method.
The hammering technique was not something that could be understood in one go with his Precise Instinct. The first time, Tang Ling had to understand the theory behind it, and the second time, he had to use his Precise Instinct to confirm the details.
It seemed like Boss Huang was right when he said he needed to demonstrate it twice.
"It seems like I'm right. I'll need to demonstrate it twice to you." Boss Huang was calm, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.
However, Tang Ling was held back by Boss Huang, so he could not help but ask, "Does that mean I'm a genius?"
After all, everyone needed a sense of recognition, and Tang Ling was no exception.
Boss Huang glanced at Tang Ling in disdain before he sighed and said, "Not really. This set of hammering techniques is very simple. It's just the introduction to my unique smithing technique. Given a human's intellect, one demonstration is enough, but a pig's intellect usually requires two. "
As he spoke, Boss Huang picked up the iron hammer again and was ready to show Tang Ling the second time.
Tang Ling's face flushed, but he held it in.
**
After teaching Tang Ling, Boss Huang walked out with the pipe in his mouth while humming a tune.
Five black iron blanks were placed neatly in front of Tang Ling.
According to Boss Huang, nine hours was a piece of cake for Tang Ling, but time was not the standard to judge whether Tang Ling was serious or not.
Tang Ling's mission that day was to refine the five black iron blanks.
If he didn't complete it, he wouldn't be able to stop even after nine hours.
What was the standard to complete the refining? He had to hammer the black iron blanks into a bright silver color.
Tang Ling had no idea how difficult it would be, but he was confident in the three hammers that Boss Huang performed. If he repeated the three hammers, he should be able to complete the task, right?
Tang Ling held the hammer in his right hand and stood calmly beside the anvil. The black iron blanks on the anvil were fixed with a clamp-like tool.
As a matter of fact, the first two hammers were the same. The only difference was that he exerted force with his right arm and the other with his left arm.
As a matter of fact, he only needed to exert force at the moment he swung the hammer. When he swung the hammer to a certain angle and let it fall, the hammer would accelerate due to gravity. In other words, the moment the hammer fell, he did not use his own strength to smash the blanks. Instead, he used the momentum of the hammer to smash the blanks.
However, if that was all, Boss Huang's hammering technique would be too simple.
The difficulty was that this force would form a reaction force that was just right, allowing the hammer to use this reaction force to form a rebound.
At the moment of the rebound, the hammer-wielder had to add his strength into the hammer so that when the hammer landed on the anvil, it would bounce back again due to the reaction force.
However, the rebound this time was not really a rebound because the force was not strong. It could only form a kind of tremor.
The tremor could contain the force that was applied to the hammer. Therefore, the hammering method had to be ingeniously infused with strength to form a repetitive tremor.
During the tremor, the layers of the hammer would stack up like a tidal wave, and the hammer-wielder would add his own strength.
When the tremor reached a critical point and the accumulated force reached a critical point, the hammer-wielder would hammer again.
It sounded mystical. How to form the tremor and how to contain the force during the tremor without bursting out were difficult questions one after the other.
Using his Precise Instinct, Tang Ling knew that Boss Huang had formed 11 tremors, which meant that he had accumulated his strength for 11 times before he really hammered the hammer.
Therefore, this hammering method was actually a skillful method. There were two hammering times, and each time, it did not consume too much of the master's strength.
The first time, the hammering used the impact force from the hammer.
The second time, the hammer-wielder used the tremor to accumulate the force and burst out again. Boss Huang had shaken the hammer 11 times, which was equivalent to accumulating force for 11 times. It was no weaker than a full-force burst.
Tang Ling might not be able to explain the theory from the perspective of the old civilization's mechanics, but based on his sensitivity towards strength, the smithing action was a smooth and well-coordinated one that contained explosive power. It ingeniously utilized all the elements and gathered all the strength in one go to maximize the explosive power.
It was a lot more skillful than hammering time and time again.
Because of the skillfulness, the required technique was very difficult. The angle, the point of the burst, the timing of the burst … Any slight difference would not achieve the perfect effect.
Therefore, even with Tang Ling's Precise Instinct, he had to watch Boss Huang's hammering twice to memorize every detail of the hammering.
However, memorizing the details did not equate to mastery! His Precise Instinct could not see the flow of energy at the moment, so Tang Ling still had to study Boss Huang's technique and the point of the burst.
With that in mind, Tang Ling inhaled deeply. The key to swinging the hammer was to do it in one go.
The strength of eight bulls exploded as the 6,000-kg hammer was swung up high. The angle of his arm must be in the correct position.
Then, the tremendous weight of the hammer and his arm smashed into the black iron blank.
The moment the hammer collided, a numbing sensation spread from his palm to his arm.
Now was the time. The hammer bounced back and he infused his strength into the hammering.
The hammer started to tremble slightly again, and the numbing sensation continued to spread from his wrist.
Tang Ling calmed himself down and copied Boss Huang's hammering method from his waist to his arm to his wrist. The way he infused his strength was detailed in every detail.
The tremors continued to form and his strength started to be infused into the hammer layer by layer. Then, he raised his wrist and hammered!
It might seem complicated, but it was actually very fast. Without extreme speed, one would not be able to achieve such an effect.
Therefore, if the hammering was perfect, it would only sound like a single clang. Only by listening carefully would one notice the subtlety behind it.
Clang, Clang, Clang … The first clang of Tang Ling's hammering came from the smithing room.
Compared to Boss Huang's clang, it was obviously different. It was not perfect at all.
"The angle is wrong. When the weight brought my arm down, it wasn't natural. I even used a bit of strength to control the direction of the hammer instead of letting it fall naturally.
Because of that, the strength was scattered, so the first rebound wasn't strong enough.
Therefore, the tremors didn't reach 11 times. It was only 7 times, and the accumulation wasn't enough.
At the last moment, I didn't hold back all my strength. It gathered at a single point and smashed it down heavily. It's the problem of holding back the strength, so I bounced back twice … "Tang Ling shook his head. He had memorized all the details, but when he did it, it was exactly as he expected. It did not achieve Boss Huang's effect at all.
Nevertheless, Tang Ling was not discouraged. He swung his right hand and switched the hammer to his left hand.
Only by accumulating strength and calming down would he be able to last for a long time.
Even if he was just smithing, he had to do it well, right?
Tang Ling gripped the hammer with his left hand, but at that very moment, he was stunned. He realized that his strength seemed to be slightly different after a single strike.
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