I Turned My Daily Skills Into Divine Ability

Chapter 6: Advancement

Evening.

Name: Wei Yi

Root Bone Qualifications: Extremely Poor

Blacksmithing Skill: Not Advanced (Upgradeable)

Cooking Skill: Rank One (13.1415926% proficiency remaining until upgrade)

Writing Skill: Rank Two (Not started upgrading)

Painting Skill: Rank One (Not started upgrading)

"Phew... Finally advanced!" Looking at his Blacksmithing Skill finally reaching Rank One, Wei Yi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Feeling the tense nerves suddenly relax, his whole body became exhausted as if all his strength had been drained.

He leaned on the workbench and walked over to the bamboo chair, sitting down.

Then, with a thought, he promoted his Blacksmithing Skill to Rank One.

At the same time, a large amount of information flooded into his mind.

His brain rapidly processed the information, and countless images flashed before his eyes as if fast-forwarding through a video.

Every cell in his body seemed to vibrate at a high frequency, with muscles involuntarily twitching as if fatigued.

He leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes, and focused on integrating and digesting the information, as if entering a deep sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Wei Yi finally regained consciousness.

But he found himself wrapped in a blanket, with a brazier placed next to him.

It was already autumn, and although the sun was scorching at noon, the evening breeze was cool.

Perhaps his aunt and sister thought he was tired and fell asleep.

Unable to wake him up and afraid that he would catch a cold, they had to wrap him in a blanket and place a brazier nearby.

The fire in the blacksmith's forge was almost extinguished, and the stone sat on a chair, playing with a piece of iron in his hand.

Wei Yi didn't immediately get up, but sat there recalling the information that had merged into his mind.

In addition to many blacksmithing skills, this information also included a martial art called "Brute Force Hammer Technique."

After the information merged into his mind, his body also formed muscle memory.

It was already fully integrated, as if he had already mastered the skills and martial arts.

So Wei Yi was quite pleased at this moment.

Not to mention the Brute Force Hammer Technique martial art.

Just the blacksmithing techniques alone had finally transformed him from an outsider into a true blacksmith.

Although he felt that his skills were not yet on par with his uncle, he could still forge a qualified sword.

Especially with the assistance of the Brute Force Hammer Technique.

This martial art was not only a martial art but also a special skill that aided blacksmithing.

Through its unique methods, it could fully mobilize the internal strength of the body.

Instantly erupting, it could make an ordinary person unleash astonishing power, as if producing a critical hit effect.

If combined with the True Qi circulation of a Martial Artist, the power unleashed would be even more terrifying.

It should be noted that the greater the strength when forging steel, the more it could eliminate defects such as casting porosity that occurred during the smelting process.

It could optimize the microstructure of the metal, making the forged sword have superior mechanical properties.

In other words, it would become more solid, harder, and more durable.

"This system is really good!" Wei Yi said to himself.

In just one day, he had transformed from a novice blacksmith into a skilled one, which was already very astonishing.

Even an ordinary person, even under the guidance of a master, would not necessarily reach his level in a year or two.

Moreover, judging from the situation after this advancement.

If he could reach Rank Two, perhaps he could reach his uncle's level.

By then, he could fulfill the debt owed to Zhang Xingye and Wang Shouyin.

"Wait a minute, with this system, do I still need to forge swords for those two guys?" Wei Yi suddenly realized.

With this heaven-defying system, as long as he worked hard, he might be able to directly reach the level of a Ninth Grade Swordsmith in a short time.

By then, as long as he passed the examination of the Swordsmith Guild and became a registered Ninth Grade Swordsmith.

He could directly become a contracted swordsmith of the Myriad Sword Pavilion, with a status even higher than Zhang Xingye and Wang Shouyin.

When those two saw him, they would have to address him as "Swordsmith."

By then, he wouldn't have to worry about making money.

He could easily repay the silver owed to them.

Thinking of this, Wei Yi's motivation surged once again.

He immediately uncovered the blanket, stood up, and said to the stone next to him, "Stone, continue to light the fire for the fuel!"

"Huh?"

The stone had a bitter face. Although he had endless strength, in his opinion, Wei Yi's blacksmithing was just a waste of time and materials.

His own blacksmithing skills were even better than Wei Yi's.

It was just random hammering.

He felt that even if Wei Yi hammered for another month, he still wouldn't be able to forge a sword.

But seeing Wei Yi's serious expression, he didn't dare to disobey and could only comply.

Not long after...

The sound of hammering resounded again. Wei Xue and Wei Qing walked out of the room.

Looking at Wei Yi swinging the hammer in the night, they were both heartbroken and amazed.

"This child, where did he get so much strength today?" Wei Xue murmured softly.

Wei Yi has been hammering iron all afternoon, cooking for the whole family in the evening, and then continuing to hammer iron.

He was so tired that he fell asleep just now, but unexpectedly woke up and started again.

But it seems that Wei Yi's complexion is getting better and his spirit is abundant.

Moreover, hammering iron is not something that can be sustained by sheer willpower.

If his body hadn't fully recovered and gained energy, he probably wouldn't have been able to persist for so long.

The night breeze brushed against the phoenix trees by the wall, making a rustling sound, bringing a hint of coolness to Wei Yi, who was sweating profusely.

Rows of lanterns hung under the eaves of the second floor of Packed Fragrance Tower at the street corner to the east.

The candlelight illuminated the night and warmed the evening breeze.

There is no curfew in Qingzhou City, so the nights here are brightly lit.

Especially in the bustling streets and alleys, many shops are still open at night, and there is a constant flow of people on the streets.

And that place of revelry is even more lively.

In order to attract customers, fireworks and firecrackers are set off at night.

The sound of string music and the chirping of birds can be heard incessantly.

The whole city is bustling and prosperous.

Qingzhou City belongs to the fief of Prince Jing'an, and it is also the city where the prince's mansion is located.

Moreover, it is also a transportation hub connecting the Western Regions.

So although it cannot compare to the grandeur of the capital, it is equally lively.

This time, Wei Yi did not randomly beat the iron.

Based on his mastered techniques, he folded and forged the iron, refining it through countless hammer strikes.

Then he used the methods of hot forging and cold forging to slowly forge the sword blank.

This process took a lot of time, and by the time Wei Yi finished forging the sword blank, it was already late at night.

Shi Tou had already gone back to sleep, after all, his assistance was not needed for the subsequent processes for now.

Wei Yi let him go back and rest first.

After forging the sword blank, Wei Yi also planned to go back to his room and sleep.

After all, he was exhausted.

But sleeping with sticky sweat all over his body would probably not be comfortable.

So he decided to take a hot bath first, to relax his muscles.

"Brother, are you done? There is hot water boiling in the pot. If you want to take a bath, I can go and prepare it for you now," Wei Qing suddenly opened the window and said to Wei Yi.

She had also been waiting for Wei Yi to finish and hadn't slept.

And she knew that Wei Yi liked cleanliness and would definitely want to take a bath after hammering iron.

So she had already boiled hot water for Wei Yi early on.

"I can handle it myself. You should go to sleep, Qing'er," Wei Yi said with a smile. It feels really good to be cared for by someone.

But Wei Qing still came out to help Wei Yi prepare the bathwater before going back to sleep.

Wei Yi lay in the warm bathtub, feeling incredibly relaxed, and pondered about his future plans.

After taking a hot shower, Wei Yi returned to his room and quickly fell asleep on the soft bed.

The next day, after finishing breakfast, Wei Yi did some simple exercises in the yard.

Then he came to the anvil, put on an apron, wore gloves, picked up a hammer, and continued forging the sword blank.

He needed to gradually forge the sword blank into the structure of the blade, spine, and tang through cold forging.

After a long time, Wei Yi finally forged the sword blank into the shape of a sword.

The next step was the most important, which was heat treatment of the sword body.

The essential requirement for a good sword is to have both high hardness, capable of "cutting iron like mud," and high toughness.

It should be unbreakable, known as "combining hardness and flexibility."

But to achieve this, heat treatment processes such as quenching and tempering are necessary.

This is also the crucial step that truly tests the skill of a blacksmith.

"Shi Tou, help me light the furnace!" Wei Yi called for the stone sitting under the big tree, sharpening a knife.

"Oh!" Shi Tou reluctantly responded and walked over.

He thought that his big brother was really persistent.

Clearly, he couldn't forge iron, yet he insisted on doing so.

I wonder how long he can persist.

However, just as Shi Tou walked to the blacksmith's furnace, he glanced at Wei Yi.

He saw Wei Yi holding the already forged sword body and using a steel knife to scrape and smooth the sword body.

Seeing this scene, Shi Tou's eyes widened slightly, and he asked in surprise, "Big brother, did you forge that?"

Shi Tou quickly ran over and carefully examined the sword body in Wei Yi's hand. The surprise on his face turned into delight.

"Yeah, why not?" Wei Yi smiled faintly.

"So, you really can forge iron!" Shi Tou exclaimed with joy.

Yesterday, seeing Wei Yi randomly pounding the iron, he thought he had no idea about blacksmithing.

He thought it was a waste of time.

But after this night, he actually forged a sword.

Although he didn't know the quality of the sword, it had the appearance of a sword after all.

It also proved that he really could forge iron.

"Go and light the furnace fire. Once I scrape and smooth the sword body, we will proceed with the quenching process!" Wei Yi patted Shi Tou's shoulder and said.

"Oh, okay, okay!" Shi Tou was overjoyed and immediately turned to ignite the blacksmith's furnace.

Then he pulled the bellows, and the fire gradually grew stronger.

When the fire was at its peak, Wei Yi began to heat the sword body and then proceeded with the quenching process.

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(End of this chapter)