Chapter 14: Excited Du Yujiang (seeking for further reading)
Forging a sword is a long and boring process.
Therefore, the three invigilators would not stay at the scene all the time, staring at Wei Yi intently.
You only need to focus on observing and scoring a few important links.
For example, forging the sword embryo into the sword body, and heat treating the sword body.
After a long time, the iron was heated, and Wei Yi began to hammer the iron.
The sound of metal tapping echoed.
Du Yujiang, Su He and Hou Dong, who were sitting in the pavilion drinking tea, also looked at Wei Yi in unison.
"I didn't expect this kid to look weak and swing a hammer, but he is very powerful!" Du Yujiang stroked the beard on his chin and said with a smile.
As a seventh-level swordsmith, he could feel how powerful the hammer was by listening to the sound of forging iron.
"Yeah, I was just wondering if this scholar couldn't even pick up a hammer!" Hou Dong said with a smile.
Du Yujiang looked at Wei Yi forging iron materials, and he felt a glimmer of expectation for him in his heart.
Near noon, the chief minister Su He had already returned.
Hou Dong also leaned on the chair and fell asleep.
Only Du Yujiang stood near Wei Yi, observing the process of forging the sword embryo, and then scoring it in the book.
During the assessment period, Wei Yi could not leave the Sword Making Division, so the Sword Making Division provided three meals a day.
After Wei Yi finished his lunch, he took a short rest and then continued to cold-forge the sword embryo.
By the time of Shen, the sword body had been forged.
After smoothing and fine cold forging, the most important step comes - heat treatment.
This is also the process that Du Yujiang wants to focus on.
So he moved a chair and sat not far from Wei Yi, preparing to carefully observe his next operation.
Especially the way he used the Cang Stone.
Without any distractions, Wei Yi pulled the bellows and turned the fire on again.
Wait until the fire reaches the temperature you want.
He put the sword blade into the blacksmith's furnace, and at the same time he also put the clang stone into the blacksmith's furnace.
Seeing this scene, Du Yujiang frowned slightly, with a trace of surprise and doubt in his eyes.
"What is he doing? Why did he put the sword and the sword into the blacksmith's furnace?" Du Yujiang was confused.
The way he knew how to use Qiang Stone was not like this.
Instead, the zirconia is heated and melted, and then mixed with oil in a certain proportion.
It is then used as a coolant to quench the red-hot sword.
So when he saw Wei Yi's behavior, he couldn't understand it.
However, he did not dare to judge right from wrong.
After all, he also knew that there was not just one way to make a sword.
The methods he knew were just the tip of the iceberg.
He was just curious, would Wei Yi's actions really have any effect?
For a long time after that, Wei Yi almost stayed by the blacksmith's furnace.
It seems to have been controlling the temperature of the blacksmith's furnace.
This made Du Yujiang feel very fresh.
He kept the blacksmith furnace at a constant temperature. He had never seen anyone do this before.
Including himself.
About an hour later, Wei Yi left the blacksmith furnace.
He immediately walked up to Du Yujiang and bowed: "Jian Lin, this is the end for today. We need to wait for the fire to cool down and do the follow-up processing tomorrow!" "Well, okay, come over and have a cup of tea together!"
Du Yu Jiang said with a smile.
Seeing what Wei Yi had done just now, he began to have expectations for Wei Yi again.
"Okay!" Wei Yi followed Du Yujiang to the pavilion and drank a cup of tea.
"Did Wei Tieshan teach you this skill?" Du Yujiang asked.
"Well, that's right, but there are also some methods that I have researched myself!" Wei Yi said with a smile. Naturally, he would not tell the truth.
"Who did you learn the method of heating the Qiang stone with the sword blade?" Du Yujiang asked again, very curious in his heart.
"This... is a method I discovered accidentally!" Wei Yi said seriously.
Du Yujiang nodded and said nothing more.
Because he doesn't know the principle of this method.
Continuing the conversation will make you look unprofessional.
All we can do is wait for tomorrow to see the final result.
Du Yujiang talked to Wei Yi about Wei Tieshan's affairs again, and also lamented Wei Tieshan's misfortune.
After chatting for a while, Du Yujiang was ready to go back.
Wei Yi bid farewell to Du Yujiang and went back to his room to rest under the leadership of Secretary Liang Tian.
After returning to the room, Wei Yi was not idle either.
He asked the clerk for a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then continued to practice his writing skills.
Early the next morning, after Wei Yi had breakfast, he continued to take the assessment.
Today, only Du Yujiang and Na Houdong were on hand to invigilate the exam.
Secretary Su He was not present. In fact, he did not come back yesterday afternoon.
Throughout the morning, Wei Yi conducted a series of heat treatments on the sword body, which also confused Du Yujiang.
Some even don't understand what Wei Yi is doing by repeatedly heating and cooling the sword body, cooling and heating it.
He even felt that Wei Yi really didn't know how to temper and messed around.
In the end, Du Yujiang was too lazy to look at it and sat aside and drank tea.
"Okay!" Wei Yi polished the sword body, installed it on the hilt, and held it in his hand.
Immediately he walked to the pavilion, cupped his hands and said, "Jian Lin, my sword has been forged."
Du Yujiang's eyes immediately fell on the sword in Wei Yi's hand.
He immediately stood up and walked closer.
He took the sword from Wei Yi.
The moment he held the sword in his hand, Du Yujiang's eyes suddenly lit up.
The sparkle in his eyes flashed, and a hint of joy appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Just from the appearance of this sword, it gives people a sense of sharpness.
It's no ordinary sword.
He carefully observed the texture of the sword body and checked the appearance of the sword.
The spine of the sword is straight and the edge is smooth.
The appearance is almost impeccable.
The next step is to test performance.
Basic inspections such as hair breaking, paper cutting, and iron wire chopping were passed one by one.
Then the sword was bent to test its toughness, which was also excellent.
With each test, Du Yujiang became more and more surprised and even a little excited.
Because he has basically determined that this sword has definitely reached the level of a precious sword.
It even exceeds the performance of most one-jewel swords.
This Wei Yi actually has the strength of a ninth-grade swordsmith!
Hou Dong, the clerk on the side, looked at Wei Yi and his eyes had also changed.
He also didn't expect that this frail scholar could actually forge swords.
Finally, Du Yujiang brought another sword-checking stick.
Get ready to test this sword's ultimate capabilities.
This sword checking stick is almost the same as the one I cut off before.
Even thicker than that one.
The sword-checking stick of feelings turns out to be an official product.
Du Yujiang took the sword and slashed it down hard.
Clang——
With a sound of sword sound, the sword-testing stick broke in response.
Seeing this scene, Du Yujiang and Na Hou Dong both widened their eyes with surprise on their faces.
"It was actually cut off!" Hou Dong couldn't help but exclaimed.
Du Yujiang immediately picked up the broken sword inspection stick and looked at it, and then looked at the sword in his hand. It was intact.
"What a sword! What a great sword! This is truly the best product that combines strength and softness!" Du Yujiang couldn't help but praise him again and again.
He knew very well that this sword was definitely the best sword among the jeweled swords.
He really didn't expect that Wei Yi, who looked like a scholar, was actually a talented swordsmith.
And he is so young, his future is really unlimited.
He must be taken down, and he must be obtained at all costs.
Du Yujiang made up his mind.
The value of Wei Yi in his heart has even surpassed that of the three previous ninth-grade swordsmiths.
He was sure that this boy would definitely become a star swordsmith in Qingzhou City in the future.
The reputation will be higher than that of Liu Ming.
The sword he forged will surely be sought after.
Although according to the normal assessment requirements,
Wei Yi must build another sword that meets the requirements to truly pass the assessment.
But at this time, Du Yujiang was certain that Wei Yi was absolutely certain.
This sword was definitely not born by accident.
Wei Yi's calm and skillful technique from beginning to end definitely shows his true strength.
In particular, the method of heating the Qiang stone together with the sword body is worth studying.
He even wanted to ask Wei Yi what the principle was.
And then there was the method of repeated heating and cooling.
He had a vague feeling that if he could figure out this kid's technique, it might bring him new inspiration.
Let yourself break through the technical bottleneck that you have experienced for many years and step into the ranks of the fifth-level swordsmiths you dream of.
Thinking of this, Du Yujiang was extremely excited.
Looking at Wei Yi, his eyes were as bright as if he had found a treasure.
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(End of chapter)