Zuo Xiaoduo nodded vigorously again. He had to admit that Ren Baqian was a professional after all. These two designs were much better than what he had imagined.
"How about this?"
Wu Tiejiang changed seven or eight designs in a row and took pictures of all of them. Then, he projected them on the wall. "Pick any one of these swords that you like the most. Then, I'll make a thin one. "
Zuo Xiaoduo was already dazzled. Fortunately, he did not have difficulty choosing. He closed his eyes and casually pointed. "I'll take this one!"
"Okay."
Zuo Xiaoduo's treasured sword had been decided!
Wu Tiejiang asked again, "Based on your body, footwork, and mannerisms, you should be a strength-type cultivator. You must want to make other weapons, right?"
Zuo Xiaoduo's eyes flashed. He immediately gave a thumbs up. "You have sharp eyes. I'm also planning to make two big hammers. As the saying goes, if you have a hammer in your heart, you can smash anything. However, there are a lot of additional requirements. "
Wu Tiejiang smiled conceitedly. "Hammers? I'm not bragging. I've made all kinds of hammers in my life. It's hard to count. I've made at least thousands of pairs of hammers. No one who asked for a weapon would be dissatisfied. "
With a crash, countless hammers appeared on the projection wall. There were many different types of hammers, and they were dazzling. There was no similarity.
Round, oval, square, winter melon hammer, cucumber hammer, watermelon hammer, honeydew hammer, square hammer, octagonal hammer, meteor hammer, thousand-faced hammer, mother-and-son hammer …
Zuo Changlu was dazzled. He could not help but say in Sichuan dialect, "So many hammers …"
He could not help but sigh in his heart. When his son was young, he often scolded him, "What kind of hammers are you making?"
In the end … when this guy grew up, he actually … made a pair of hammers?
Life, life … Zuo Changlu thought.
Zuo Xiaoduo looked at all the hammers on the wall and shook his head. He waved his hand. "My ideal hammer is different from these. These are too simple."
"…"
Wu Tiejiang suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
He still had lingering fears from the lessons of the past!
"What kind of hammers do you want to make? So what if you have your own plan? "
"I plan to …" Zuo Xiaoduo walked over and picked up a pair of hammers, saying, "Uncle Wu, please enlarge this."
Wu Tiejiang obeyed.
"Uncle Wu, look at this hammer handle … It's a little longer, about two and a half feet long."
"Two and a half feet?"
Wu Tiejiang was a little confused. "If you play with hammers, why do you need such a long handle? If he wasn't careful, he might hit himself in the waist. Also, if it's too long, it won't be easy to wield it. It will also take a lot of energy to wield it. "
"Don't worry, I've already calculated it. It must be two and a half feet long, and there must be a groove on both sides. A thin and narrow sword that can be pulled out at any time, but when it's not pulled out, it will only look like the handle of the hammer. No one will be able to tell that there's a sword hidden inside. That shouldn't be too difficult, right? "
"… Not difficult."
Wu Tiejiang glanced at Zuo Changlu and murmured, "This guy is really cunning."
Zuo Changlu rolled his eyes and looked at the ceiling.
That's cunning? How is that even possible?
"Uncle Wu, look at this hammer handle. My plan is that the middle should be hollow, and there should be a chain inside. The chain should be about ten meters long, and it should be enough. When you need a long-range attack to catch your opponent off guard, it can fly out directly, and then be pulled back … Well, a meteor hammer."
Zuo Xiaoduo coughed. "The middle of the hammer handle is hollow, and there's a chain inside. There are grooves on both sides, and there's a hidden sword … This shouldn't be too difficult, right?"
"… It's not very difficult."
Zuo Xiaoduo was exultant. "This way, when others think that this is a heavy weapon that can only be used in close combat, and they're complacently distancing themselves from me to consume my strength, I'll fly out with a bang. Their expressions must be very interesting."
"Interesting … That's for sure."
Wu Tiejiang's facial muscles twitched. He glanced at Zuo Changlu again and murmured, "That's really cunning."
After thinking for a while, he said, "If you plan to design it like this, the materials of the hammer handle and chain must be carefully considered. Ordinary metals definitely won't meet your requirements for hardness … I'll have to think about it seriously, but it's still possible. It's not difficult!"
"It's good that it's not difficult."
Zuo Xiaoduo beamed with joy. "Then let's talk about the design of the hammer itself …"
Wu Tiejiang's eyes widened. You've been talking for so long, and it's still not the design of the hammer itself?
This … I have an ominous feeling …
Zuo Xiaoduo was in high spirits. "I plan to make a hollow hammer. Well, the middle of the hammer body should be solid, a big piece, and then there should be a gap between this big piece and the hammer face …"
"Gap?" Wu Tiejiang's eyes widened.
A hollow hammer is already ridiculous enough. If there's a gap, is it still a hammer?!
"Yes, there should be a slight gap. Isn't this a hundred-faced hammer? There are about seventy faces in the front and the left and right sides. Leave two shooting holes on each face … Then, set up a mechanism inside. A hammer face has two holes. One hole is for the ox hair needle, and the other hole is for the awl needle. As long as the vital energy is activated, you can choose between single or consecutive shots. There should be twenty to thirty needles in one hole, and ten awl needles in one hole … "
Zuo Xiaoduo coughed. "That shouldn't be difficult, right, Uncle Wu?"
Wu Tiejiang was dumbfounded. He didn't feel good at all.
I've been hammering my whole life!
This is the first time I've heard of this kind of hammer!
"This is f * cking … cunning … I'm a grandmaster of cunning!"
Wu Tiejiang turned to look at Zuo Changlu. The muscles on his face kept twitching. Finally, he asked, "Brother Zuo … Is this really your son? Your biological son?! "
Zuo Changlu's face darkened. "What else?! … Do you want to come over for dinner tonight? "
Wu Tiejiang's face stiffened. After a while, he smiled and said, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I have to concentrate on making weapons for the children. I have to prioritize things …"
Zuo Xiaoduo had a harmless and youthful face as he innocently asked: "Uncle Wu, look at this hammer, can it be used?"
"Yes …"
Wu Tiejiang's face began to distort. "But it will take more than a month … Your request is too complicated. I have to think about it carefully."
"It's not that complicated."
Zuo Xiaoduo found a piece of paper and started to sketch. "Look, Uncle Wu, first make this hammer face, then make the inner hammer. Naturally, there shouldn't be a hollow space between the inner hammer and the hammer face. Use this small column to fix it and weld it …"
"Then, one by one, the mechanisms here are designed one by one. Actually, you only need to prepare two types of mechanisms. As long as you create the first set and model it, the rest will naturally follow suit … It's very easy."
"As for the mechanism, it doesn't need to be too strong. The Ox Hair Needle can be lethal within 50 meters, and the Awl Needle can have a shooting range of 300 meters. There shouldn't be a big problem, right?"
Zuo Xiaoduo asked.
"I can't do it. I can't do it."
Wu Tiejiang shook his head like a rattle-drum.
What kind of joke was this? How could the Ox Hair Needle be shot 50 meters away with the power of the mechanism and still be lethal? Do you know what a Ox Hair Needle is?
It's not much heavier than a catkin. How could it be shot 50 meters away?
Are you kidding me?! '
"Uh … How far can you make the mechanism?"
Zuo Xiaoduo looked slightly disappointed. He felt that the so-called super-class blacksmith introduced by his old man didn't seem to have any other characteristics other than shaking his head.
It had only been ten minutes, but he had already said 'I can't do it' and 'find someone better' several times.
If you can't even do this, how can you be a blacksmith?
How can you be worthy of such a high title as a blacksmith?
If Wu Tiejiang knew what Zuo Xiaoduo was thinking, he would definitely grab the steel furnace in the room and smash it on this kid's head!
Let's talk about it after refining all the water out of this kid's head!
What you're talking about, even if the entire continent or the entire universe covered the Milky Way, there might not be anyone who can do it!
This was purely making things difficult for him!
"As far as I know, the Ox Hair Needle can only be lethal if it's more than 10 meters away in the entire continent of Astral Souls! Moreover, it must land on bare skin. "
Wu Tiejiang said weakly.
"Then set up a mechanism that can shoot at least 10 meters away."
Zuo Xiaoduo said, "By the way, with the addition of True Qi, it can increase the shooting range by quite a bit, right?"
"The mechanism can't be controlled by True Qi." Wu Tiejiang rolled his eyes.
"Oh, oh." Zuo Xiaoduo was a little disappointed. He once again called him a useless person in his heart, then asked, "What about the Cone Needle?"
"It's easier to make the Cone Needle. It can guarantee that it's lethal within 50 meters." Wu Tiejiang calculated.
"If the hammer face is made with a hole, it won't deform under heavy impact, right?" Zuo Xiaoduo asked again.
"It depends on the material. Although the Thousand Fantasy Gold is good, it can't be deformed unless it's indestructible gold." Wu Tiejiang rolled his eyes.
"Then we'll use indestructible gold for the hammer face!"
Wu Tiejiang said weakly, "One kilogram of Thousand Fantasy Gold can only be refined into half a kilogram of indestructible gold … 25 grams is the limit …"
"As long as you can make it, the material is not a problem!"
Zuo Xiaoduo said generously, "We have a lot of material, it's more than enough."
More than enough?!
Wu Tiejiang looked at Zuo Changlu doubtfully. Zuo Changlu coughed and had to smooth things over for his son. "It's more than enough. Little Nan sent some over a few days ago …"
Wu Tiejiang said sympathetically, "Little Nan, it's so hard."
Zuo Zhanglu immediately shot him a stern look of warning. He also received an invitation letter that was about to be handed over to Zuo Zhanglu.
Wu Tiejiang felt a chill run down his spine.
"The material is not a problem. It can definitely be used, right?" Zuo Xiaoduo asked eagerly.
"It can be used!" Wu Tiejiang gritted his teeth and said. He could feel that these two hammers were very likely to be the most expensive and luxurious hammers he had ever made in his life.
"It's good that it can be used."
Zuo Xiaoduo was beaming with joy. He felt that this blacksmith had some skills. He could barely be considered a competent blacksmith.
"How many kilograms do you estimate these two hammers to be? The weight must be accurate. "
The more Wu Tiejiang thought about it, the more he felt that there was a big problem.
He couldn't help but ask, "If it's too small, it won't be able to hold so many things. But if it's too big, it will be too heavy."
"Using a weapon like a hammer is not as simple as just lifting it and smashing it. No matter how heavy the hammer is, in the hands of the user, it must be as light as a feather. This really requires a lot of strength. Especially with your material, the requirements are even higher. "
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