Blue Silver Grass Guide

Time passed quickly when Ling Yi began to study with fifth senior brother Wang Meng.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

During this month, no unexpected incidents occurred in "Muzhi City", which made Ling Yi quite satisfied with this remote small country far away from the accident-prone place in the center of Douluo Continent.

In the familiar dormitory 304 of Building 3, Ling Yi opened his eyes again and looked around the bed next to him. He saw the "Blue Silver Grass" wall that had been placed at half a person's height. He felt even more happy.

A month ago, Ling Yi asked someone to bring three letters and send them back to Jiang's Blacksmith Shop in Beikouhe Town.

One letter is to Master Jiang, thanking him for the introduction. Now he has joined Mr. Jin and is learning forging from his fifth brother Wang Meng.

The other two letters were handed over to Ling Bai and Yan Bin, the deacon of the Wuhun branch in the town.

Yan Bin's letter was very different from Master Jiang's. It was also a word of thanks. In addition, he visited Lu Yi, the senior deacon in the Wuhun main hall in "Muzhi City". The two parties reminisced about old times and became familiar with each other. It can be regarded as a preliminary establishment of some friendship.

On Ling Bai's side, the letter mainly reported to Ling Bai, as well as his parents, grandparents, uncles and cousins ​​in Shanhai Village, that he was safe, and stated that everything was fine with him now, so don't worry about it. At the same time, there are thoughtful words specially marked for each person at the back.

At the end of the letter, Ling Yi specifically asked Zhang Lei to help dig out the 204 "Blue Silver Grass" plants planted in the corner fence of his yard, and transplant them into a wooden box. , and handed it to Ling Bai to take to the town.

On the third day after receiving the letter, these 204 "Blue Silver Grass" plants were brought to the [Yinxin Blacksmith Shop] in the east of the city by a caravan heading to 'Muzhi City'.

After more than twenty days, these "Blue Silver Grass", which were still withered and drooping leaves when they first entered the city, have already returned to their former glory, especially because the soul power accumulated in the previous year is much better than the one cultivated by Ling Yi before the start of school. One hundred plants, as well as the subsequently cultivated "Blue Silver Grass", have more leaves and roots, and their activity is greatly exceeded.

In addition to the nearly five hundred "Blue Silver Grass" plants around me, under the corner of the bed, there are also bamboo tubes, each of which is planted with the excellent "Blue Silver Grass" seeds we brought together last time. As he grew older, he started to put them next to Ling Yi's bed.

Come to think of it, before the end of the year, Ling Yi may turn the bed where she is into a single room!

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[Yinxin Blacksmith Shop].

After having breakfast as usual with Fifth Senior Brother Wang Meng's family of nine, Ling Yi came to the forging platform to prepare for today's practice.

However, before Ling Yi could raise the forging hammer in his hand, Wang Meng did not go to his exclusive forging station, but went straight to Ling Yi's side.

"Fifth Senior Brother~" Ling Yi put down his half-raised arm and said hello.

"Xiao Yi~" Wang Meng nodded and looked at the iron ingot in front of Ling Yi.

This is not the piece from a month ago, but the eighth piece. This piece was originally as big as three adult heads, but now it is only the size of two adult fists.

"Forging raw materials such as pig iron is the path that every blacksmith apprentice must go through~"

"Generally speaking, when pig iron is tempered to one-third of its original size, it is already a qualified iron embryo and can be used to forge various iron tools..."

Wang Meng looked at the iron ingot that was still standing still in the fierce flames and repeated what he said a month ago.

Master Jiang also said this to Ling Yi more than a year ago.

"Of course, the iron tools made directly in this way can only be used as kitchen knives, sickles, hoes, shovels and other daily utensils and agricultural tools at most..."

Wang Meng's words continued, while Ling Yi listened quietly, even though he had already memorized these contents.

"Junior blacksmiths can easily complete the tempering of pig iron, and then use the corresponding iron embryos to create shaped tools. Generally speaking, the strength of these tools is not bad, which is equivalent to the strength of ordinary weapons without soul power. …

That is, the most basic iron tools! "

“Going further up, we need to use larger iron embryos to forge the desired iron tools. This requires forging to further refine the iron embryos to improve the quality of the material!

Within ten forgings, there is no subdivision. It is basically included in the forging process of basic iron tools.

Twenty forgings, thirty forgings, forty forgings... These represent the progress of a junior blacksmith's skills, step by step, towards the intermediate blacksmith! "

"When the material can be forged for fifty times, it means that it has entered the threshold of an intermediate blacksmith, which is the same as the advanced blacksmith's hundred forgings.

What prevents many junior blacksmiths from being promoted to intermediate blacksmiths and intermediate blacksmiths from being promoted to senior blacksmiths is, on the one hand, the strength of the blacksmiths themselves.

Without enough strength, it is naturally impossible to further temper materials that have been tempered to a certain level.

On the other hand, it is skill. How to use only the minimum force and maximize the effect when each hammer falls is an unavoidable problem for all weak and weak blacksmiths. "

Having said this, Wang Meng inevitably had a look of regret on his face, because he was nearly forty years old and still stuck at level 19 soul power, unable to make further progress, and had little hope for the future. It was also because of his four sons that he could not inherit his talent as a soul master. Although under his careful guidance, it was not a big problem to become an intermediate blacksmith, but if he wanted to become a high-level blacksmith, it would require more skills from ordinary people. It’s so harsh!

Shaking his head to dispel the negative emotions in his mind, Wang Meng looked at Ling Yi with a serious look on his face and continued:

"And all of this, during the period of practicing material tempering as an apprentice, is very, very critical!"

"Master said that in the metal capital of 'Gengxin City', whether you are a junior blacksmith, an intermediate or a senior blacksmith, they are actually just beginning blacksmiths~"

"Because, below the blacksmith level, many soul masters can rely on their own powerful strength to forcibly complete the hundred-forging level forging process. At most, the utilization rate of materials will be much lower, and the service life of the tools created will also be shortened. Some……"

Having said this, Wang Meng smiled bitterly: "Of course, this point is actually not a problem no matter which city or main city it is in the two empires.

Because more soul masters actually use their own martial souls, many of the tools made by blacksmiths are discarded..."

"They trust their own martial arts even more!"

Faced with Wang Meng's words, Ling Yi was noncommittal.

Who said this is a world dominated by martial arts? Even if the martial soul is a wooden stick, as long as one has innate soul power and can cultivate it, with the blessing of soul rings, it will soon have a hardness beyond steel. Coupled with the blessing of soul skills, the close relationship with oneself, self-repair and other factors, the demand for tools made by blacksmiths has naturally been greatly reduced.

"call"

Wang Meng let out a long breath, stopped dwelling on these pessimistic messages, and asked Ling Yi:

"Xiao Yi, in this month, more than twelve hours on four weekends, four hours on twenty evenings, more than one hundred and twenty hours of material training, what do you think?"

Facing Wang Meng's inquiry, Ling Yi looked at the slightly red iron ingot at the bottom, then moved to Wang Meng, looked at each other, and softly uttered two words:

"Rhythm? Groove?"

Hearing these two words, Wang Meng's eyes couldn't help but widen a little, and he looked at Ling Yi with surprise.

After opening and closing his mouth a few times, Wang Meng said expectantly: "Tell me about it~"

"Hmm~" Ling Yi nodded, thought for a while, organized some words, and said:

"When I studied with Master Jiang last year, I also started with the tempering of materials. It took about a month to temper the pig iron to the iron embryo state. After that, Master Jiang began to teach me, and then through forging, the iron embryo was Make it into the desired shape of the appliance..."

"At that time, when I forged materials, I just wanted to remove the impurities in pig iron and other materials through hammering, and refine and shrink the materials~

But this month, I feel that after I find my most comfortable forging position, I can feel the feedback of the iron ingot under the hammer with every hammer blow, as if... it is breathing! "

"And every time I swing the hammer, the more in sync the rhythm of my movements with the breathing rhythm of the iron ingot is, the better the efficiency and effect of refining will be!"

"Not bad!" Wang Meng listened to Ling Yi's narration. The more he listened, the more obvious the smile on his face became. In the end, he couldn't help but clapped his hands:

"Xiao Yi, although I have always known that you are smart, I really didn't expect that your understanding is so strong!"

"You are simply a natural blacksmith!"

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