Nine days alone

The sun was shining brightly, a piece of golden yellow, shining in the barracks, diluting the murderous atmosphere a lot.

Fang Zhong got up early in the morning, watched a hundred soldiers under him practice on the school field, and then found an excuse to take Daniu and Tongman to Zhaonan County.

Zhaonan County, Vientiane Building.

Fang Zhong was dressed in military uniform today, and no one dared to stop him from entering the Vientiane Building. Zhang Daniu and Tong Man followed behind, like two big mountains, majestic and majestic.

"I think I was the sister Lin I met in this Vientiane Building back then. I don't know how she is now?" Fang Zhong sighed in his heart, stepped into the lobby of Vientiane Building, threw a stack of silver tickets to the waiter, and said, "I want Ten catties of Xingwengang, the top grade, wrap it up for me."

"Yes, my lord, please wait a moment." The waiter backed away with a humble smile on his face.

The Vientiane Building is all-encompassing and full of beautiful things, and many strange things can be found. Zhang Daniu and Tong Man's eyes were shining, and they looked at the windows one by one, admiring them again and again.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Fang Zhong suddenly laughed: "You two are also the captains of the Red Tiger Army after all, can you pay attention to your image?"

The two smiled contemptuously, and Tong Man had a depressed expression on his face, and said, "My lord, you don't know that the things in the Vientiane Building are so expensive that I didn't dare to come in before."

"Well, it's really expensive. I haven't been here before. I just took a look at it. A dagger costs 300 taels. This is really... stealing people?" Zhang Daniu also had an upset face, humming said.

"These two guys, it's embarrassing to show up." Fang Zhong noticed that the eyes of those around him were not cutting, and he couldn't help lamenting in his heart, and said with a wry smile: "Today, you are lucky, pick it yourself, and if you see what you like, just pick it up." Let someone take it, and I'll pay for it for you."

"Then thank you, my lord." The two of them ran away with surprise on their faces.

In the end, Zhang Daniu and Tong Man each jumped out a weapon, Zhang Daniu was a heavy axe, Tong Man was a thick-backed broadsword, both of which were heavy weapons weighing hundreds of catties. He waved his hand for a while, startling the people around him to run away.

Both of them are extremely strong, so it is very suitable for one to use a giant axe and the other to use a big knife.

However, Fang Zhong took a look at these two weapons, and immediately frowned. Although the grade of these two weapons was not bad, they were still far worse than those he had tempered himself, but he didn't bother to spend his energy to give them The two guys tempered the magic weapon, so let's just make do with it.

Soon, the waiter handed over a small bag to Fang Zhong, and said respectfully, "My lord, this is the condensed steel you want, exactly ten catties, and a total of 200 taels of silver."

"That's right, it's exactly ten catties." Fang Zhong knew after a little weighing that ten catties was not too much, and he thought to himself, "Using these ten catties of condensed steel to cast a box should be able to isolate the heat from the fire source crystal, anyway The Fire Source Crystal is no bigger than a fist, so I will carry it with me from now on."

Leaving Vientiane Building, Fang Zhong went all the way west, bypassing half of Zhaonan County, and finally stopped at a remote iron shop.

This shop is extremely old, the door is deserted, and there is only an old man in his 80s and [-]s in it. Obviously, the business is very unsatisfactory.

Zhang Daniu stared at the shop and asked curiously: "My lord, do you want to build weapons? Then you have to choose a better shop."

Gazing at this guy, Fang Zhong didn't bother to explain, and ordered the two to guard at the door, and went in by himself.

In the shop, an old man was sitting by the stove, knocking on the red iron block over and over again, Fang Zhong couldn't help shaking his head when he saw that.

"No wonder the business is so bleak, this forging skill is really bad." Fang Zhong thought to himself, but he wanted to forge the box containing the fire source crystal by himself, the old man's forging skill almost didn't affect him, as long as the tools were complete That's fine.

"Snapped!"

Throwing a bag of silver in front of the old man, Fang Zhong said with a smile: "Old man, I want to use your forging shop to make something myself. The money should be enough, right?"

"Enough, enough..." The old man smiled happily and said with a grin: "With so much money, it is enough to buy my old man's shop."

"It's fine to buy this shop. I just want to borrow your tools to forge something. I have the materials myself." Fang Zhong walked towards the inner room with a smile, glanced at the things inside, and nodded slightly. The things here are fairly neat. Smelting and casting condensed steel is sufficient.

The furnace fire was ready-made, Fang Zhong took out the condensed steel and threw it into the furnace.

Seeing the pitch-black condensed steel in the stove, the old man's cloudy eyes lit up immediately, and he said in surprise, "This is...this is condensed steel."

The old man looked excited, and subconsciously shook his head, "The condensed steel is as cold as frost, which can insulate the heat. I'm afraid you can't use my furnace to smelt condensed steel. It is impossible to smelt condensed steel without special methods."

Fang Zhong smiled slightly, without explaining, took out a jade bottle from his bosom, a cold mist suddenly rose up, the temperature in the room dropped a lot at once, the water in the jade bottle was gurgling, with light blue The colored liquid was swaying and glowing.

"This is extremely cold water. You have extremely cold water. No wonder you are sure to smelt condensed steel." The old man was shocked, showing a dazed expression.

"This old man actually knows about extremely cold water." Fang Zhong glanced at the old man, a little surprised, and couldn't help asking: "Old man, how do you know that this extremely cold water can melt condensed steel?"

"Hehe, old man, although my forging skills are poor, I still dare not forget some things passed down from my ancestors. This extremely cold water can smelt condensed steel is one of them. Unfortunately, old man, I am very poor. Condensed steel and extremely cold water are not I can’t afford it.” The old man laughed at himself and said slowly.

"So that's how it is." Fang Zhong was relieved, thought for a while, and took out a stack of silver bills from his body again and put them on the table, which was worth a thousand taels. The silver is considered to be lent to you by me, I hope you can carry forward the skills of your ancestors."

Fang Zhong's move was purely on a whim. Anyway, his money came easily from the bandits in Heifengling, so he didn't feel bad at all.

Moreover, although this old man is old, he knows the method of smelting condensed steel, and he is considered to be walking with him. It is fate to meet him, so it is nothing to support him casually.

However, it was different for the old man, he was so excited, tears flowed freely, and he sighed: "My lord, I can't bear your kindness!"

This move was nothing more than a little effort, Fang Zhong smiled slightly, turned around and poured the blue liquid in the jade bottle onto the condensed steel.

Immediately, a puff of smoke suddenly rose from the condensed steel, and then softened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and melted into a puddle of viscous liquid in just a moment.

Condensed steel is icy cold, and extremely cold water is also icy cold. If it weren't for the records in "Forging Twelve Chapters", Fang Zhong couldn't believe that the fusion of these two extremely cold things can produce strange changes. The condensed steel that cannot be melted at high temperature softens.

"There are so many wonders in the world, this is just the tip of the iceberg." Fang Zhong sighed in his heart, and when he looked back, the old man had disappeared at some point.

He didn't care, anyway, he didn't need any help from the old man, so he simply picked up the tools himself, cast the softened condensed steel into a shape of a box, square, but a little bigger than a fist, just enough It can fit the fire source crystal.

Half an hour later, Fang Zhong completed the casting.

A pitch-black square box appeared in his hand, with dim light flickering and icy cold, it was precisely the box made of condensed steel.

With a satisfied smile, Fang Zhong turned around and walked out the door. He chose such a remote place for forging because he didn't want to be noticed by interested people.

After all, condensed steel has special properties, and anyone with some common sense who casts a box with condensed steel knows that it is definitely a treasure that must be filled with fire attributes.

"My lord, please wait a moment."

At this moment, the old man came out from the inside, covered in dust, holding a stone box in his hand, it is not difficult to imagine that it must have been a long time to find the stone box.

"No wonder the old man hasn't been here for half an hour." Fang Zhong suddenly smiled, and said, "Old man, what else do you need?"

"My lord, I can't repay your great kindness. This is a blacksmithing secret handed down from my ancestors. The old man has low talent, is old, and has no children under his knees. If he keeps it, he will just bury it and bring it into the coffin in the future. I'm sorry for the ancestors, but if I don't give it to you, I hope you can carry forward the skills of the ancestors." The old man held the stone box, rubbed it carefully, and burst into tears.

The stone box is simple and unsophisticated, with some simple patterns engraved on it, which look like weapons and soldiers. The whole stone box presents a dark purple color, which is very weird.

Fang Zhong sized up the stone box, then looked at the tearful face of the old man, and declined, "Old man, this is your ancestral property, and I will never accept it."

The old man sighed, put the stone box in Fang Zhong's hand, and said: "My lord, this stone box contains the life skills of our ancestors. If I go into the ground with the old man, it will really be buried. The old man will have no face when he goes underground. Ancestor, please be sure to complete it."

In this way, Fang Zhong had no choice but to accept it. To him, it might be just a stone box, but to the old man, it was a kind of inheritance, a continuation of ancestral skills.

After bidding farewell to the old man, Fang Zhong left the shop with Daniu and Tong Man, all the way out of Zhaonan County.

Instead of returning directly to the barracks, Fang Zhong and the others detoured into the continuous mountain range behind the Red Tiger Army, came to the stone forest, dug out the fire source crystal from the stone forest, and put the fire source crystal in a box made of condensed steel. He was relieved and rushed back to the barracks with the two of them.