"Please."
Crossing the gate, through the patio, and into the main hall, Long Qiyun motioned for Fang Qiu and He Gaoming to sit down. After ordering the servants to serve tea, he sat down next to Fang Qiu.
Fang Qiu nodded and smiled secretly.
Long Qiyun deserved to be the patriarch of the Long family. In the reception hall of the lobby, there was a special seat for the patriarch of the Long family, which was one step higher than the seats of ordinary guests. However, Long Qiyun did not deliberately put on airs and sat directly next to Fang Qiu. Instead, he sat directly next to Fang Qiu in a very friendly manner, which immediately left a very good impression on Fang Qiu.
"If people respect me, I will respect them tenfold."
"Sorry to disturb you, patriarch."
Fang Qiu said with a fist and palm salute. Then he asked, "I actually came here to ask for your permission to let me forge a sword. Of course, I won't participate in the whole forging process. I just need to do the last step before the sword is completed."
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Long Qiyun's face immediately became very ugly.
"Brother John Doe, I treat you with courtesy. Why do you look down on me so much?"
Long Qiyun suddenly stood up, squinted at Fang Qiu, and said, "Now that you come to my Long family, we can discuss what kind of weapon you want. But since you look down on my Long family's craftsmanship, or you are very confident in your forging skills, why do you come to my Long family?"
"In that case, I'm sorry that the tea of my Long family can't afford to serve you, a distinguished guest!"
After that.
Long Qiyun directly turned around, as if to see the guest out.
Fang Qiu did not expect that his words would make Long Qiyun fly into a rage.
However.
He understood Long Qiyun's words as soon as he heard it.
After all, Long Qiyun was the patriarch of the Long family, whose forging skills were passed down from generation to generation. As the patriarch, he naturally had absolute confidence in his skills.
Therefore. In Long Qiyun's eyes, Fang Qiu's proposal was simply a kind of insult!
Especially.
His request was to make the last step after the other party's forging skills. Wasn't it obvious that he looked down on him?
"Sorry."
Fang Qiu quickly got up. Thinking that Long Qiyun treated him with courtesy, but he was so rude, he immediately said apologetically, "I was rash. I didn't mean that."
Fang Qiu explained with a wry smile.
However …
Because he was wearing a mask, Long Qiyun couldn't see it at all. He could only hear Fang Qiu's apology from his tone.
"Sir, what do you mean?"
Long Qiyun turned his head to look at Fang Qiu. Obviously, he was still angry.
"How about this?"
Fang Qiu thought for a moment and said, "Master, please forge a sword and let me watch the whole process of forging the sword. Is that okay?"
Indeed.
Fang Qiu thought for a while. It was really disrespectful to let someone else forge the sword and then knock the last time.
Just based on this point alone, it was impossible for him to cooperate with the other party.
Therefore …
Fang Qiu could only make such a request. He wanted to take a good look at how the other party cast the sword and see if he could imitate it.
At most, he would borrow the other party's tools to try it out after he had seen enough!
Come to think of it.
This should not be a problem.
He couldn't possibly be looking down on the opponent if he didn't attack the opponent's foundation, right?
"This …"
Hearing Fang Qiu's request, Long Qiyun looked a little better. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay."
After all …
The mysterious man John Doe had a high status in Wulin and attracted a lot of people's attention.
It was also good for the Long family's reputation that John Doe and himself used the Long family's sword.
Most importantly …
John Doe's martial arts were too strong!
He was also afraid that John Doe would get mad. If he was not careful, John Doe would really get mad and make a mess of the Long family. What should he do?
After all, there were many people who were killed or disabled by John Doe, and there were also a few big families.
"However, it's not so easy to get the Long family's sword."
While agreeing, Long Qiyun proudly raised his head and said, "I can forge a sword for you, but the casting fee can be 500,000 yuan, not a penny less."
"No problem."
Fang Qiu immediately nodded and agreed.
"In addition, you must spread the news of using the Dragon Spring Sword in Wulin."
Long Qiyun mentioned again.
"Okay."
Fang Qiu nodded and asked, "When can I start?"
"Now. Please come with me."
Long Qiyun responded and took Fang Qiu and He Gaoming around the main hall to the backyard.
This was a courtyard that looked very old.
The courtyard was similar to the courtyard in the capital.
However.
This courtyard wasn't for people to live in, but for blacksmiths.
It was an antique blacksmith shop.
All kinds of materials were available!
"This way."
Just when Fang Qiu thought that Long Qiyun was going to take off his clothes and start the fire to forge the sword, Long Qiyun walked into the forging room and shouted to Fang Qiu.
Fang Qiu and He Gaoming walked up.
As soon as they walked to Long Qiyun, they saw Long Qiyun press on the wall in front of him, and immediately there was the sound of machine friction under their feet.
"Click, click …"
The place where the three of them stood began to slowly descend.
He took a closer look.
This was not the ground. It was purely a large lift.
Soon.
The lift descended to the bottom.
Fang Qiu glanced around and was immediately stunned.
This was a very wide space, similar to the workshop of a large company, or it was originally a workshop.
In the workshop.
Fang Qiu saw machines and machine tools!
"What the f * ck!"
He Gaoming was stunned.
"Didn't they say that everything is purely manual?"
Fang Qiu asked with a confused look.
"Manual?"
Long Qiyun glanced at the two of them with disdain and said, "What era is it? How can a purely manual sword forging be more accurate than a machine? All industries should keep pace with the times!"
The two of them were speechless.
Following Long Qiyun, they walked to the machine in front.
They came to the machine.
Without saying anything, Long Qiyun directly started the machine.
"This is smelting iron and steel!"
Long Qiyun said, pointing to the machine that was smelting iron.
Fang Qiu understood.
Soon, the molten iron was out of the furnace.
Long Qiyun caught the molten iron with a grinding tool and condensed it into a rectangular shape.
"This is the sword embryo!"
Wearing heat-resistant gloves, he used a tool to carry the shaped rectangular iron, which was still very red.
Hearing that, Fang Qiu and He Gaoming were both stunned.
They couldn't believe it.
This was the sword embryo?
"This is a rough embryo."
Long Qiyun seemed to have noticed their confusion, so he said, "Before technology was so advanced, we called this' pouring molten iron. 'Generally, the rough shape of the iron is square and rectangular. The rough shape of the dagger and the knife is square, and the rough shape of the longsword is rectangular."
Hearing that.
Fang Qiu and He Gaoming nodded with understanding.
They had never been in touch with forging, so they didn't know much about the process of casting a sword.
Here.
After the rough embryo was made, Long Qiyun immediately began to cast it.
They saw that.
Long Qiyun carried the rough embryo and put it in the fire. When it was burned red, he took it out and hammered it by hand!
He held the sword embryo in one hand and the hammer in the other, hammered it over and over again.
He hammered it for a long time.
When the temperature of the sword embryo dropped, Long Qiyun put the sword embryo into the water beside him.
"Sizzle …"
Because the residual temperature was still hot, as soon as the sword embryo entered the water, it immediately boiled. Of course, it was only in a small area.
"This is water."
Long Qiyun said, "The ancestor of our Longquan Sword is Ou Yezi in the Spring and Autumn Period. When he made the sword, he only used the water in the Sword Pond Lake of our Longquan Stone to see water, because only in this way can he make the best sword."
"This water?"
He Gaoming asked.
"Yes."
Long Qiyun replied. Then he put the sword embryo that had seen water in the furnace, heated it red again, and hammered it again.
Then.
It was the second time.
It was the third time.
After hammering, just when Fang Qiu and He Gaoming thought it was going to see water for the third time, Long Qiyun put the sword embryo, which was very close to the shape of a sword, into a large barrel of oil.
"After two times of seeing water, it should see oil."
"Seeing oil is to make the sword more flexible!"
…
Then.
Long Qiyun used a total of 28 procedures, such as planing, filing, polishing, soaking, inlaying, quenching, steel grinding, etc.
He had been observing.
Fang Qiu noticed that although Long Qiyun had explained every step when he was casting the sword, these steps were the most basic steps. Not to mention the Long family, any other blacksmith's shop followed these steps step by step.
That was to say, Long Qiyun's explanation was useless.
The only useful thing was his forging method!
That was right.
It was a cultivation method!
Fang Qiu noticed it.
This set of cultivation method was very difficult to imitate. If he wanted to learn it, he had to learn the other's cultivation method first. And even if he learned it, he had to be precise. The casting time, position, strength, the most suitable time, and so on.
These were not things that could be learned with just one cultivation technique. Instead, it required years of experience to be able to do so!
In the blink of an eye.
More than three hours had passed.
It was midnight!
The first sword was finally cast successfully!
"Phew …"
Holding the sword in his hand, Long Qiyun almost collapsed.
However.
The long sword in his hand was shining dazzlingly under the light.
"This sword was cast at midnight. Let's call it Ziyue!"
Long Qiyun looked at the sword and murmured.
Fang Qiu and He Gaoming's faces twitched at the same time.
However.
Looking carefully.
Long Qiyun looked at the long sword in his hand as if he was looking at his lover, showing deep love.
He didn't think much.
Fang Qiu stepped forward and took the long sword from Long Qiyun.
He sensed carefully.
"Good sword!"
Fang Qiu secretly praised. This sword was definitely not worse than the sword in Elder Yi's hand.
He reached out to touch it and closed his eyes.
Absolute Touch!
Fang Qiu found that his Absolute Touch couldn't feel the structure and thickness of the sword.
He was a little surprised.
Fang Qiu immediately tried to inject his internal Qi into the sword, and then directly used the method of Divine Sense. Just like exploring the terrain, he could explore the lines and various details inside the sword after a careful exploration.
"With these details and lines, what else do I need? I just need to make the same details and lines when I cast the sword, right?"
Thinking of this, Fang Qiu immediately opened his eyes and said with surprise, "It's really a good sword!"
"Of course."
Long Qiyun said with a proud face, "Our Long family's sword-forging skills are unparalleled in the world. Do you dare to say that you will complete the last step?"
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