In the following days, Chu Xingyun did not leave. Instead, he stayed in Raijin Tiandi's smithy.
Every day, Yuan Hong, Niu Huai and the others would come over to Chu Xingyun's smithy to report the information they had obtained.
As for the rest of the time, no one knew where those idiots had run off to or what they were doing.
As for Chu Xingyun, he stayed in Raijin Tiandi's smithy to learn forging techniques and techniques from Raijin Tiandi.
Speaking of it, Chu Xingyun was proficient in the Refinement Character Technique, and not the Forging Character Technique.
The Imperial Armaments that Chu Xingyun refined did not go through the forging process. Because of that … the Imperial Armaments that Chu Xingyun refined had always been lacking in strength and hardness.
If one wanted to refine an Imperial Armament or treasure that was powerful enough, merely refining or forging would not be enough.
Refining was removing impurities to form an incomparably sharp, strong and hard alloy.
Forging was the process of forging an alloy for hundreds of millions of times. This process would make the alloy even harder, sharper, and more powerful.
Because of that, if one wanted to refine an extremely powerful Imperial Armament, refining and forging were essential.
The problem with the Thunder God Emperor was that his refinement skills were too poor. He did not have much research into alloys. Instead, he focused more on increasing the strength and hardness of his Imperial Armaments and treasures through forging.
Chu Xingyun's problem was that his refinement skills were too poor. He did not have much research into forging. Instead, he focused more on increasing the strength and hardness of his Imperial Armaments and treasures through smelting.
Of course, it was not that Chu Xingyun and Raijin Tiandi did not know about this problem. However, a person's energy was limited. Their talent and aptitude were also limited.
Generally speaking, if one wanted to be proficient in forging, one must possess a robust body with strength akin to that of an ox. Furthermore, one must possess a very sensitive sense of touch.
If one wanted to be proficient in refining, one had to be smart and energetic. Furthermore, one needed to have an extremely sharp mind and consciousness.
However, in this world, there was no such thing as a strong body, strong as an ox, intelligent, and vigorous existence.
If you want to develop your limbs, your brain must be relatively simple.
If one wanted to develop their brains, then their limbs must be relatively weak.
It was unrealistic to have perfect limbs and a perfect mind at the same time.
Of course, this didn't mean that all big guys were stupid. It was a relative term …
Take Big Bear and Bramble, as well as Yuan Hong and Niu Huai, for example. Their muscles had practically grown into their brains.
It would be too much to ask them to be like Chu Xingyun and Bai Bing, strategizing and winning from a thousand miles away.
In comparison, Chu Xingyun had super high intelligence, but it was impossible for him to be like Big Bear and Bear Two, whose muscles had grown into their brains.
No matter how strong a human was, it was difficult for him to be as strong as a bull or a violent bear. The direction of evolution determined that it was difficult to reconcile them.
Raijin Tiandi, this fellow … Was tall and strong, and his body was extremely sturdy.
His biggest feature was that his arms and thighs were almost equally thick and strong.
In Raijin Tiandi's hands, the extremely heavy hammer looked like it was made of straw. It danced as if it was flying, and a loud boom was heard as it was smashed.
Of course, Chu Xingyun could also wield the same hammer, but … It was impossible for him to wield it purely with his physical strength.
Raijin Tiandi wielded the same hammer for an entire day. He only completed a round of smithing after 108,000 consecutive strikes.
He only achieved Raijin Tiandi's current smithing standard after 108,000 strikes a day and persisted for 20,000 to 30,000 years.
This was the only way to become a Blacksmith Master. There were no shortcuts.
Therefore, from a certain perspective, Chu Xingyun would never be proficient in smithing.
This was not only a matter of strength, but also time. Chu Xingyun really did not have the time to spare every day to hammer more than 100,000 times.
However, if he wanted to improve his smithing skills, he had no choice but to do so.
In the following period of time, under Chu Xingyun's pleading, Raijin Tiandi stopped what he was doing and focused on helping Chu Xingyun forge his Seven Star Ancient Sword!
Under Raijin Tiandi's smithing technique, the three-meter-long, door-wide Seven Star Ancient Sword became smaller and smaller.
After nine consecutive days of smithing, Chu Xingyun's Seven Star Ancient Sword finally returned to its original form. It became a true three-foot long sword!
Of course, the three feet here was actually a general term. It did not really mean that it was only three feet long.
According to a person's body shape, the three feet would also change.
As a cultivator, what they cared about was the same size! They would not refer to any actual measurements.
For a cultivator, the width of the thumb was one inch.
The width of the index finger and middle finger together was one and a half inches.
The width of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger together was two inches.
As for the three inches below the navel mentioned in the ancient books, it was actually the width of the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger together.
Therefore, if one wanted to know the position of one's dantian, one only needed to put all four fingers together, excluding the thumb, under one's navel. Then, the position where the little finger pressed would be the dantian.
The same size was used by cultivators to find acupoints. Only in this way could one find the acupoints.
If one used a real ruler to measure, one would only get the wrong result.
As for the same size, as the name implied, it was based on the different body shapes of different people. This was something that only the best blacksmiths could master.
For example, a two-meter-tall man would also use a three-foot long sword. A one-and-a-half-meter-tall man would also use a three-foot long sword.
However, the same three-foot long sword with the same shape and size was too small for a two-meter tall man. It was simply a short sword.
And for a one-meter tall cultivator, the three-foot long sword was too long. Whether it was strapped to his waist or carried on his back, it was very difficult to pull it out.
At this time, it involved the knowledge of the same size.
Ordinary people liked to talk about the three-foot long sword, but how long was the three-foot long sword?
When the user held the sword in a reverse grip, the index finger would be on the end of the sword hilt, and the tip of the sword would be parallel to the earlobe. This was the most suitable length for the user.
Too long or too short would not be suitable. It would be easy to hurt oneself, and it would not be easy to hit the enemy.
And when the user held the sword in a reverse grip, the distance from the hand to the earlobe would be the same size as the body!
Therefore, for people with different body shapes and different arm spans, the same size would be different. Especially for those cultivators with astonishing arm spans, their three-foot long sword could be the five feet of an ordinary person!
However, Chu Xingyun was not a long-armed monster. His height and arm span were almost the same.
In a sense, Chu Xingyun was not a monster with long arms, nor was he a so-called genius in the way of the sword.
Chu Xingyun had already passed the stage where he could only attack with a sword.
Chu Xingyun who had already reached the Soul Sword Realm, the length of his arm was already meaningless.
Therefore, Chu Xingyun's three-foot long sword was the closest to the standard three-foot long sword of an ordinary person.
Looking at the Seven Star Ancient Sword that was shining with cold light after Raijin Tiandi forged it, Chu Xingyun could not suppress the joy in his heart.
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