The Ye Family's craftsmanship was exquisite, and the items they made were unique and durable. They quickly became popular in the Mongolian Empire. As for these items, Ye Yun ordered that they would not be charged a single cent as long as they brought their own materials. The craftsmanship was free of charge. Furthermore, Ye Yun had ordered that everyone had to pay for their meals. The Mongol Empire was nomadic, and they weren't rich. The Ye Family members that Ye Yun had brought with him numbered in the hundreds. It was fine for them to have one or two meals, but if they had good wine and meat every day, no one would be able to handle it. As for the Ye Family members, what they did not lack the least was money. Since Ye Yun had ordered them to leave the Mongolian Empire in advance.
The Ye Clan had ordered their clansmen to withdraw all their belongings from the Great Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Ye Clan's clansmen were not affected by the confiscation of their possessions. Which one of these clansmen didn't have eight to ten thousand taels of pocket money on them?
Although Ye Yun ordered the Ye Family members to work, he made one thing clear. They could occasionally forge a few weapons for others, but they could not forge a large number of weapons for the Mongolian Empire. The Ye Family's craftsmanship was famous throughout the world. Many foreign countries had secretly sent people to rope in the Ye Family to work for them. However, Ye Yun had always rejected them. Although the Mongolian Empire treated the Ye Family well, they could not throw away their principles.
On this day, Ye Yun inadvertently saw the scroll in his bosom. Only then did he remember that he had promised Ming Yue of the Purple Sun Temple to forge a sword for him. When he opened the scroll that Ming Yue had given him, Ye Yun could not help but blurt out, "Good sword!"
He had personally forged no less than a dozen divine weapons and had seen countless high-grade swords. However, this was the first time he had seen a sword like the one in the scroll.
On the scroll, there were no less than a dozen detailed designs!
The design of the hilt, the thickness and length of the scabbard, the engravings, the angle of the sword tip, the handling of the blade, and even the design of the sword tassel were all on the scroll! All of the designs were broken down and enlarged. The degree of detail could be said to be accurate and clear at a glance.
The reason why Ye Yun was certain that this was a good sword even before it was forged was not only because of the detailed blueprint, but also because Ye Yun was impressed by the materials listed on the scroll. These forging materials were extremely precious and rare in the world. Black gold, meteoric iron, purple gold stone, any one of them was worth a thousand gold taels.
Not only that, but the combination of materials in the scroll was also very reasonable. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that this scroll came from a seven or eight-year-old child!
Fortunately, Ye Yun had these precious materials in his hands. Before the matter was exposed, these materials were all secretly transported from the ancestral home to Tubo. This time, when he came to the Mongol Empire, he brought these rare materials and the Coiling Dragon True Flame Furnace with him.
This time, he had brought a total of more than two thousand kilograms of high quality sword forging materials. However, when it came to top quality sword forging materials like the one in the scroll, there was less than a hundred kilograms. This nearly fifty kilograms of material was something that could only be discovered but not sought. It had been passed down from generation to generation in the Ye Clan, and had been accumulated over time. To be honest, even when forging a sword for the emperor, they had never used these materials.
If he wanted to forge this sword for the Little Taoist Boy, he would need at least five kilograms of top quality materials.
If it was someone else, Ye Yun would definitely not agree. However, this time, it was not someone else. This time, in order to save his granddaughter-in-law Fujiwara No Chiko, the Little Taoist Boy had put in a lot of effort. Moreover, he had personally promised him, so how could he go back on his word?
On this day, Ye Yun looked at the stars and saw the Big Dipper shining brightly. He knew that it was a good day to forge a sword. Thus, he secretly ordered Ye Kong and Ye Chen to move the Coiling Dragon True Flame Furnace, which weighed over a thousand kilograms, into the tent at night.
This Coiling Dragon True Flame Furnace was a treasure passed down from generation to generation in the Ye Clan. Ye Yun's Snow Thread Sword was forged from this furnace.
When Ye Kong and Ye Chen saw that Ye Yun was using the Coiling Dragon True Flame Furnace, they knew that Ye Yun wanted to forge a sword for the Little Taoist Boy. After putting away the True Flame Furnace, they tacitly went out of the tent to guard Ye Yun.
It must be known that forging a divine weapon was no small matter. When Ye Yun was forging a sword, no one was allowed to enter and disturb him. Otherwise, not only would the precious materials in the furnace be instantly turned to dust, there might even be a tragedy of the furnace being destroyed.
The reason for this was because the forging method in the Weapon Forging Manual was completely different from ordinary sword forging methods. Ordinary sword forging methods were not complicated. Selecting materials, calcining, forging, shaping, quenching, sharpening, and equipping were all done together.
However, forging a good weapon was far from simple. Not only did it require excellent materials, it also required an auspicious time, an auspicious place, good charcoal, good quality spring water, and skilled forging techniques. The right time, the right place, and the right people were all indispensable.
Even a top-notch weapon was so complicated, not to mention a godly weapon. Taking the Weapon Forging Manual as an example, it was different from other sword forging methods. The auspicious time for sword forging in the Weapon Forging Manual was not fixed. It depended on the brightness of the Big Dipper that night. The bright Big Dipper refines the divine weapon; the dark Big Dipper forges the sword. It meant that the Big Dipper was only suitable for forging divine weapons when the Big Dipper was extremely bright. It was not suitable when the Big Dipper was dark.
Furthermore, the geographical location of the forging of the Divine Weapon was also very important. They needed to find a pure land. The Pure Land referred to here was a clean land that had not been contaminated by evil energy and filth. Ye Yun's big tent was personally built by Barter. The land was flat and clean. It was the most suitable. Even so, Ye Yun still carefully scented the area with sandalwood, not daring to be careless.
Finally, there was harmony. This was the most important part. Normally, the best charcoal was used to forge swords. However, Ye Yun did not use charcoal to forge swords. Instead, he used his own sword energy!
First, he used sandalwood to ignite the fire. Then, he used his own True Qi to ignite the flames. Using his own essence, qi, and spirit as firewood, he formed the raging flames used to forge the sword!
This was also the reason why outsiders were not allowed to enter during the sword forging period. Once the sword forging started, the sword forger's essence, qi, and spirit would be completely focused on the flames. At the same time, he would have to use his mind to control the formless sword qi to shape the materials in the True Fire Furnace into the shape of a sword!
This was a dynamic balance. He could not be careless in the slightest. He could not be fast or slow. If he was fast, the various materials would not be able to completely fuse before they were shaped. The divine weapon would not be able to achieve the effect of combining hardness and gentleness. If he was slow, the materials that had already been completely fused would not be shaped by the sword qi in time. Very soon, the flames in the furnace would boil and splatter everywhere. At that time, it would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens to want to shape it with sword qi!
Therefore, he had to refine and fuse the materials while shaping them. This required the sword forger to have an extremely high level of sword qi cultivation and extremely strong willpower. Both were indispensable. If there was any external influence at this time, the balance of the sword forging would be broken. The consequences would be unimaginable.
Before Ye Yun forged the sword, he had already used his sword qi to set up a barrier in the entire tent. Then, he drew a talisman on the round hole in the roof of the tent.
The sword qi barrier was to prevent people from trespassing, and the secret talisman was to seal the sword qi that soared into the sky when the sword was forged! One had to know that the sword qi released when it was forged was the strongest moment. However, although the sword qi of the divine weapon was strong at this time, the sword body had just been formed and had not completely cooled down. Instead, it was the weakest moment.
Forging a divine weapon was a matter of seizing the fortune of heaven and earth. It was extremely easy to attract the jealousy of ghosts and gods. At this time, there would be many filthy evil spirits, mountain spirits, and wild monsters coming to cause trouble. They would either obstruct or steal the treasure.
The talisman that Ye Yun drew was recorded in the weapon forging manual. It was called the Army Suppressing Talisman. Its purpose was to seal the sword qi that soared into the sky when the sword was forged, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"Hu …" Within the Coiling Dragon True Flame Furnace, the flames were blazing and rolling.
Sitting cross-legged on the cloud bed, Ye Yun's forehead was already covered in dense beads of sweat.
At this time, he did not have the time to wipe his sweat. He was concentrating on activating the flames in the furnace while injecting his essence, qi, and spirit into the furnace.
Within the True Flame Furnace, more than ten types of sword forging materials gradually melted under the refinement of Ye Yun's essence, qi, and spirit, forming a multicolored metallic liquid that shone brightly!
Ye Yun had already sensed the changes in the furnace. He immediately activated the flames, so that the materials in the furnace could fuse as soon as possible!
"Hu …" Under Ye Yun's control, the originally red flames quickly turned blue, and the temperature increased by several times!
The molten liquids that had already melted began to flow together, slowly flowing to the bottom of the furnace and began to gather.
"Weng …" The molten liquids that had gathered together began to fuse together, emitting a dazzling green light!
Now was the time! Ye Yun frowned, using his essence, qi, and spirit to push the flames in the Coiling Dragon True Flame Furnace to the extreme!
"Swish swish swish …" Ye Yun pushed his essence, qi, and spirit to the extreme, so that his essence, qi, and spirit turned into three white lights, flowing out from the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head and quickly entering the True Flame Furnace!
"Hu …" Within the True Flame Furnace, the blue flames instantly turned into a faint translucent green color!
Perfection!
The flames in the furnace had already reached the highest temperature!
"Weng …" The fire dragon on the Coiling Dragon True Flame Furnace began to glow red, from the dragon's tail to the dragon's head, from the dragon's scales to the dragon's horns. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a ferocious red dragon with golden eyes!
"Weng …" Within the True Flame Furnace, the molten liquids that had already completely fused emitted a dazzling green light as they quickly rotated!
The time had come, begin the casting! Ye Yun thought.
"Swish …" Countless white lights burst out from Ye Yun's body in an instant, quickly converging into eight dazzling white lights, rushing into the Coiling Dragon True Flame Furnace through the eight small windows below!
Ye Yun's hair and beard stood up, his eyes tightly closed, releasing his sword energy to the extreme!
"Weng …" Under Ye Yun's control, the eight sword energy instantly merged with the liquid, dazzling green molten liquid!
"Gulp … Gulp …" After receiving Ye Yun's sword energy, the green molten liquid began to slowly gush upwards.
As Ye Yun used his mind power to steadily control the sword energy, a sword hilt carved with a green red-crowned crane gradually took shape in the gurgling liquid, slowly moving upwards!
Immediately after, a three feet long sword blade also appeared!
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