Nine-tiered fairy lotus

Chapter 200

After quenching, the sword needs to be sharpened with steel. The elastic sword is sharpened with a steel block; or the sword body is tightened with a steel ruler and placed on a stone for grinding.

There is a mountain in Longquan Beixiang, which is a specialty of Cuoshi, commonly known as "Bright Stone".After the sword is ground by "bright stone", it does not need to be plated with nickel, and the body of the sword shines brightly.The skill of grinding a sword can be seen from the master's high level of craftsmanship. There are more than a dozen processes of rough grinding, fine grinding, fine grinding, glazing, etc., and the tools used are also different.

Little Master Zheng had already taught Hu Tu these things, and he also handed the sword to Hu Tu, saying: "Since it is your precious sword, you can sharpen it yourself, and treat it as an actual combat exercise."

Although Hu Tu felt that it was a little early for actual combat, he was not afraid. He took the sword and weighed it, and it felt quite good.Then he said: "Okay, actually I have a hunch that this might be a rare good sword."

Master Zheng Xiao shook his head and said: "In the swordsmithing industry, there is no good or bad premonition. Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. Okay, let's try it when you sharpen the sword. When the time comes, I will take a real sword." Compare your Longquan sword with you."

Sharpening a sword is the most time-consuming, and it is also very important. Since ancient times, there has been a saying of "sharpening a sword in ten years".But those who make swords understand that sharpening a sword in ten years is too exaggerated, just to highlight the importance of sharpening a sword.When Hu Tu was sharpening his sword, this sentence kept thinking in his mind, and he thought of another explanation: "Sharpening a sword in ten years may mean learning how to sharpen a sword in the first nine years and ten months, and then using the last two It will take a month to grind."

The point is that Hu Tu's sword sharpening skills are not very good, and he doesn't have enough time for him to learn. After all, he is not a professional swordsmith, so he has to learn while grinding.If it was not smooth, I went to ask the two Master Zheng, no matter they were busy or not, they would always find time to answer Hu Tu, which made Hu Tu improve rapidly in a short period of time.

After more than half a month of grinding, it finally took shape. Although it is not so good-looking when it is bare, it is already the best that Hu Tu can do so far.He bluffed and said: "Come on, try the sword, I want to see if the iron ball I brought is really that scumbag!"

Master Zheng Xiao shook his head, smiled honestly, and said: "I think you will never die until you reach the Yellow River. Wait, I'll go and get my Wave-Chopping Sword, so that you can experience the power of a real sword."

Zhanlangjian is Master Zheng Xiao's proud work, and it is his great honor to win the silver medal in the competition.He took out the sword, it seems that he did not want to compete, but to show off his sword.

When I came to the sword testing ground, many spectators had already gathered around. There was a black wooden shelf in the middle, and there was a row of soaked mats rolled up on it. There were 9 mats in total.

Master Zheng Xiao walked in front and greeted the people around him first, with an excited expression on his face, as if he was sure of winning.Then he turned around and asked Hu Tu: "Brother Hu, you go first?"

Hu Tu naturally wouldn't take the lead at this time, he said: "I don't know how to play yet, please Brother Zheng show me a demonstration."

Master Zheng Xiao was not too polite, and said: "Then try the straw mat first. By the way, do you know why we are all used to using straw mats to test swords, or soaked in water?"

Hu Tu has read a lot of information on sword casting, so he naturally knows this - in the evil old society, corpses were mostly chopped up, and corpses were rare. Later, people found that the density and toughness of bamboo mats soaked in water were very close to those of swords. The human body structure, so use the straw mat to test the sharpness of the sword.The straw mat does less damage to the sword and is not easy to scratch the blade.

And when multiple grass mats are juxtaposed, its strength is equivalent to the same number of human arms, so when you see swordsmiths chopping grass and sweeping in some sword performance test videos, don’t be disdainful, The sword in his hand can split your arm in two!
But thinking of this, Hu Tu was obviously uncomfortable, he said: "Let's not talk about this, otherwise we won't be able to cut it down."

Master Zheng Xiao laughed again, this time his smile added something special to the simple and honest before, a little sly, with a sense of mischief, he is not a completely simple and honest person.He said: "Haha, it seems that I know it. Everyone move aside, I am going to swing the sword."

Zha the horse, raised his breath, held the hilt of the sword with both hands, and made two gestures in the middle of the mat, Master Zheng Xiao suddenly swung his sword down.The broken mat flew out, leaving one and a half mats standing upright, that is to say, his sword cut off seven and a half mats.What a scary number.

When the spectators around saw this scene, they were no longer stingy with their applause and loud applause. It was really lively.These applause are the best compliments to that Wave Slashing Sword.

"It's nothing." Master Zheng put away his sword triumphantly, "The sharper sword my father made can cut off ten mats, I didn't play very well today, in fact, my wave-cutting sword The best record is eight and one-third straw mats." Proudly announcing his past achievements, he asked someone to replace the straw mats with a new one, and said to Hu Tu, "Brother Hu, come and try."

Hu Tu scratched his head and said, "Okay." Walking towards the mat, he took a deep breath, and imitated Master Zheng, pulling his horse and raising his breath. Standing in this posture, he is obviously more handsome than Master Zheng Xiao.

However, the audience in the sword test field does not judge whether he is handsome or not, but whether the sword is sharp or not. Being handsome is useless.

Earlier, many people knew that the sword in Hu Tu's hand was not very good, so they shook their heads when they saw Hu Tu posing.Before, Hu Tu asked Zheng Liangxi to cast three swords, which aroused the jealousy and hatred of some people. Among them, there was a guy named Li Qizhuang who didn't usually look at Hu Tu directly. Why are you still staying here, watching a monkey show, and withdrawing."

The crowd ignored him, but three or five like-minded people walked away angrily while shaking their heads.His expression was very disdainful, especially when he noticed that Hu Tu didn't change his expression, and he became even more disdainful when he didn't see them in his eyes.

But Hu Tu said he didn't care, not really he didn't care at all, he was quite unhappy.So he gritted his teeth and thought: "The product produced by the space must be a high-quality sword. I hope this sword is also a high-quality sword." He was not completely sure, but he held the sword tightly, "Anyway, I have great strength, and I will chop it hard in a while. Even if the sword is not sharp enough, it can cut off one or two more."

Amidst the suspicious and mocking expressions of the crowd, Hu Tu swung his sword with all his strength, only to hear a squeak, and the nine mats broke in response.And that judgment was amazing, the blade had already passed, and the straw mat fell down after a few seconds, and everyone couldn't believe their eyes.

(End of this chapter)