Chu Li fist saluted and looked at them quietly.
After a while, the four youths finished eating and looked up at him.
They looked at Chu Li from head to toe as if he was a rare creature. Their eyes were filled with pity as they shook their heads.
Chu Li gave a fist salute and smiled. "I'm Wu Yuansi, a new registered disciple."
"Wu Yuansi." A thin young man nodded and said in a friendly manner, "Are you also an in-name disciple of Sword Crafting Hall?"
"Yes." Chu Li nodded. "Greetings, Clan Leader Hu."
"Sigh …" The thin young man sighed and said, "You entered the wrong hall. Although the Sword Casting Hall is the easiest to enter, it is also the easiest to be eliminated. I'm afraid there are not many of us who can stay."
Chu Li looked confused. "I haven't asked for the names of my Senior Brothers."
The skinny young man sighed: "I am Liang Xingbang, this is Yu Cangcai, this is Zou Dehou, and this is Guan Tongqing."
He pointed at the other three and introduced them one by one. "Why did you want to enter Sword Forging Hall?"
Chu Li said, "Uncle recommended him. He's in the Sword Crafting Hall."
"Who?" Liang Xingbang asked.
Chu Li smiled. "Zhu Lengying."
"So it's Senior Brother Zhu." The four of them were suddenly enlightened.
They also did not pay much attention to Chu Li, because Zhu Lengying was truly not a big shot, and was doing very badly. Although his seniority was high, as long as they became true disciples, they would quickly surpass him.
Chu Li said, "I think everyone looks very tired."
The four of them were in a sorry state, wolfing down their food as if they had not eaten for days. Clearly, the City of Ten Thousand Swords did not lack food. It could only be that they were too tired and had consumed too much energy.
"Sigh …" Liang Xingbang shook his head and sighed, "Us nominal disciples are like donkeys, being driven around desperately. It's really hard to live."
"The four of us are still fine." Another thin man, Guan Tongqing, shook his head and said, "Some of us were so tired that we vomited blood."
Chu Li was speechless.
Liang Xingbang smiled and said, "You'll know what it's like tomorrow. The newcomers won't be spared either. They won't give you any time to adapt and will directly work hard. I advise you to sleep early today."
Chu Li fist saluted. "Thank you, Senior Brother Liang."
"Forget it, we don't know if we'll be able to survive." Liang Xingbang waved his hand and said, "Persevere for two years. A day really feels like a year. If this goes on, I really won't be able to hold on."
"Older Martial Brother Liang, hold on a little longer," Guan Tongqing encouraged him.
The other two didn't talk much. After eating, they were a little sleepy and lost in thought. It seemed like they were listening to them, but at the same time, they didn't seem to be listening.
"Alright, hurry up and go back to sleep." Liang Xingbang sighed. "We still have to wake up early tomorrow."
Everyone got up and walked back to their own courtyards. They threw themselves onto the beds in their bedrooms and quickly fell asleep.
Chu Li, on the other hand, sat in his courtyard and observed the four of them.
They all had cultivations, and even though they couldn't be considered profound, they weren't weak. They could be considered experts, yet they were still so tired. It was clear that being an honorary disciple of the Sword Forging Hall was not easy.
However, he had a deep understanding of the strength of his own body, so he wasn't worried. He was just a little doubtful. Could he really obtain nine swords if he continued like this?
It seemed that the distance between him and the Nine Swords was far beyond his reach.
However, now that things had come to this, it was better to wait and see. He needed to be patient, for perhaps an opportunity would suddenly come.
The next morning, not long after he woke up, there was a knock on the door.
Chu Li quickly went forward to open the door. A handsome middle-aged man was standing outside. He closed fist saluted in a gentle manner. "Are you the honorary disciple, Wu Yuansi?"
Chu Li closed fist saluted. "Yes."
"Alright, you'll follow Liang Xingbang and the others today," the middle-aged man said gently. "Be careful, don't hurt yourself."
Chu Li said, "I haven't asked what I'm going to do today, Senior."
"My surname is Gu," the middle-aged man said gently. "Gu Jiu."
Chu Li closed fist saluted. "Senior Martial Brother Gu."
Gu Jiu patted his shoulder. "You're going to move iron and stones today."
"Yes." Chu Li closed fist saluted and nodded.
"Let's go," Gu Jiu said.
Chu Li followed him out of the courtyard. Liang Xingbang and the other three were already standing outside. They looked like they were still sleepy and were yawning. When they saw Gu Jiu, they immediately stopped yawning and looked at Chu Li with pity.
Chu Li smiled and closed fist saluted at them.
Liang Xingbang said, "You don't have to be so polite, Junior Martial Brother Wu. We don't have to be like this."
Chu Li nodded.
They followed Gu Jiu out of the outer town and headed south. Finally, they arrived in front of a towering mountain. They went around a mountain and entered the depths of the valley next to it.
From afar, he knew that the valley was covered by a formation. It was difficult for others to see the valley and not enter it. They followed Gu Jiu and walked along a strange path before they finally entered the valley.
As soon as he stepped into the valley, he immediately heard a 'ding ding' sound that rose and fell, and it was continuous and continuous.
A tall furnace was set up in the depths of the valley. It was about ten meters tall and five meters in diameter.
They could feel the heat from far away. The steaming hot air seemed to heat up the entire valley. The valley had become a furnace.
Next to the tall furnace, there were strong men waving huge hammers and hammering on the fiery red iron.
Chu Li used the Omniscient Mirror to observe. There were a total of nine tall furnaces and eighteen strong men waving hammers. Next to each of them was a man holding a fiery red iron. Then, there was a cave in the depths of the valley. Iron stones the size of basketballs were constantly being moved out and piled up next to the furnace.
Chu Li looked at the people moving the iron stones. They were all working hard but the spherical iron stones they were moving did not seem to be very heavy.
The Omniscient Mirror looked into the cave and saw that the stones were extremely dense. They were much denser than ordinary iron.
Gu Jiu turned to look at the five of them and said gently, "Everyone knows what to do. Xingbang, take care of Junior Brother Wu. He's new here and doesn't know what to do."
"Yes, Senior Brother Gu." Liang Xingbang nodded.
Gu Jiu waved his hand and gestured for them to go over. He went to the side and found a middle-aged man who was hammering iron and talked to him.
Chu Li followed Liang Xingbang and the other three into the cave.
The cave was wide enough for three horse carriages to run side by side. The coldness inside and the heat in the valley were like two different worlds. One was summer while the other was winter. The coldness came from the iron stones carried by the people passing by.
"This is cold iron." Liang Xingbang said softly, "It's a grade higher than meteoric iron. It can be forged into a treasure sword."
Chu Li was surprised. "Isn't cold iron from the bottom of the sea?"
"That's right. This used to be the bottom of the sea. Now it's a mountain." Liang Xingbang said, "You should know about the vicissitudes of the world, right?"
Chu Li nodded in realization.
"Let's go. Don't be lazy or else you'll have demerits on your record. You won't be able to become a real disciple in the future." Liang Xingbang said softly, "It doesn't matter if you're weak. Just do your best. Being lazy is a taboo. Only by doing your best and tiring yourself to the limit can you improve your body and build the foundation for becoming a real disciple."
Chu Li said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Liang."
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