Chapter 612: The Concept of Fengqi Dawn

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The third year that Zuo Tianxuan has been exposed to forging.

At dawn, Zuo Tianxuan came to the forging room.

He first walked to a wall on the east side of the forging room, and saw a miniature statue of Fengqi placed on the wall table.

Before the forging began, he habitually sat in front of the statue of Fengqi and began to meditate to establish faith.

This miniature hero statue is a treasure passed down by his ancestors.

Although forging is now in decline, it was one of the most valuable professions in Star City back then.

His ancestors contributed a lot of effort to the front line and were specially awarded this miniature hero statue.

This is also the most valuable and historically significant treasure in their family.

Half an hour later, the faith meditation ended, Zuo Tianxuan stood up, took off his shirt, and came to the forging furnace. He reached out and pressed the switch button on the forging furnace. Suddenly, a raging flame rose from the inside, and a rolling heat wave hit his face.

Facing the high temperature environment, Zuo Tianxuan has fully adapted to it in the past three years.

After three years of study, he has been able to forge weapons and equipment independently. In the words of his grandfather, his forging talent is very high, much better than when he was young, and he deserves to eat this meal.

Zuo Tianxuan has nothing to say about this.

Although he does not reject becoming a forger in his heart, he will really have no food if he does not have the support of Star City. There are

very few orders for weapon forging now.

Most of them are repair orders for weapons that were sold that year, and there are very few custom orders for new weapons.

Young people nowadays, as long as their families have some conditions, will choose custom weapons from Destiny City.

The next level will also choose psychic weapons.

If it is those excellent combat academies, such as the combat departments of Star City Academy and Dawn Academy, each graduating academy will let students fill in the customization requirements for weapons and equipment for free, and directly connect with the Destiny Messenger to customize a complete set of equipment for each student.

Grandpa has also thought about connecting with some combat academies, hoping to get some forging orders in this way.

But the academy will never agree to Grandpa's request.

After all, Grandpa's forging efficiency is too slow. The orders for weapons and equipment needed by the academy are generally decided a few months before graduation and customized according to the latest status of the graduates of the combat department.

Grandpa's forging efficiency obviously cannot meet the requirements of the academy.

But it is very simple to submit to the forging merchants in Destiny City, and the goods can basically arrive every few days.

So the future of their line of work is really difficult.

Zuo Tianxuan has no doubt that if Grandpa is in the era when Ji He controls Xingcheng, his welfare will be cut off and he will be forced to change his career and stop wasting Xingcheng's welfare resources. After all,

Ji He did a lot of such things back then.

Many outdated industries were eliminated by Ji He, including the front-line reforms that had the greatest impact on modern times, and the military took over after the dissolution of the battle group model, which was also planned and implemented by Ji He himself.

Glancing at the thermometer on the forging furnace, he found that the temperature had reached the standard.

Zuo Tianxuan stopped thinking about it.

He reached out and picked up a piece of metal iron with a silver glow from the tool table and threw it into the forging furnace for smelting.

This forging furnace is very old, and there were professional maintenance personnel who came to check and maintain it regularly.

Now it basically depends on his grandfather to maintain and repair it personally. Over time, his grandfather has become very familiar with the structure of this forging furnace. After

years of use, several forging furnaces in the forging room are close to the limit of their service life. Now the temperature control device of the rising flame inside has lost its function, and the forger needs to control the temperature personally.

Grandpa's method is to use his spirit beast, the Flame Dog, to spit out flames to control the heating, or absorb flames to cool down.

Just as Zuo Tianxuan was about to start a new day of forging, a voice came from the door. He turned around and

saw a figure wearing a raincoat coming from outside. The figure took off the raincoat on his body, and casually hung the wet raincoat on the hanger, revealing his figure.

The person who came was his grandfather, followed by his grandfather's old friend.

What surprised Zuo Tianxuan was that his grandfather was holding a palm-sized Flame Dog cub in his hand.

"For you. Since you have decided to pursue the path of a forger, the Flame Hound can help you go further."

Zuo Tianxuan was not surprised to hear this.

The first problem he thought of was that it would cost a lot to cultivate a spirit beast.

The evolution of a spirit beast requires a large amount of spiritual materials. If it is just ordinary food, it will not only fail to make the spirit beast evolve, but will make the spirit beast's bloodline shackles stronger or even degenerate because it cannot get sufficient energy replenishment.

This is also the reason why my grandfather's old friend, the Flame Hound, has never advanced to the fourth stage.

The problem lies in the consumption of resources. If the family adds another spirit beast that eats spiritual materials, their lives will only become more difficult.

Taking the flaming dog from his grandfather, Zuo Tianxuan asked with a little curiosity:

"Grandpa, where did this flaming dog come from?"

"My old friend was sent to breed, and he gave birth to three litters. They gave me one in return. I originally planned to send it to the spirit beast management department, but I brought it back thinking that you might be useful in the future."

"It seems that I have to ask my father for money, otherwise I can't afford to raise a third-level spirit beast."

"He is a jackal, and it is only natural to ask him for money."

Looking at the unhappy grandfather, Zuo Tianxuan felt helpless.

The relationship between grandfather and father can be described as enemies. In his early years, grandfather hoped that his father could inherit the ancestral forging craft and pass on this technology, but his father had no interest in forging, but was more interested in the practice system architecture, and chose to apply for the practice architecture.

Since then, the relationship between the two has deteriorated and they rarely contact each other.

He felt from the bottom of his heart that his father's original choice was not wrong, but he could also understand his grandfather's inner thoughts.

This forging craft has been passed down for hundreds of years. Grandpa didn't want this technology to be lost in his hands. He hoped that my father could become a forger and open up a new path for the future of forgers.

Inheritance is sometimes like a shackle.

My father's choice was to break the shackles and follow the trend of the times.

The difference in ideas made my father and grandfather have nothing in common. Occasionally, when my father and mother came home, the family sat together for dinner and they were silent. The atmosphere often made him feel embarrassed.

Now that I have taken over the inheritance of the blacksmith, the relationship between my grandfather and father has eased a little.

Grandpa has a successor, and my father no longer needs to be scolded by my grandfather for breaking the inheritance of the ancestors. They each have their own choices and no longer have ideological conflicts.

In the next month.

In addition to learning blacksmithing knowledge, Zuo Tianxuan also began to learn how to cultivate spirit beasts.

It is not difficult to cultivate spirit beasts. Now that Star City has an excellent competitive environment, it is easy for spirit beasts to break through the bloodline shackles.

The only problem is resource consumption.

At this stage, many people in Star City have cultivated spirit beasts that are stuck at a stage. It is not that the lack of emotional motivation causes the spirit beasts to be unable to advance, but that the investment of resources cannot meet the needs of advancement.

His idea is also very simple. He is ready to stick his adopted Xiaohuo in the third stage of bloodline, and there is no need to advance.

To break through the fourth stage of bloodline shackles, their family simply cannot afford the consumption of spiritual materials.

After a month of growth, Xiaohuo has now learned to spit fire.

Occasionally, he would open his mouth and spit a flame into the forging furnace like his father, but compared to the blazing flames his father spewed, he could only cough out a string of sparks.

In terms of forging technology, he only completed one piece of armor in this month.

It's not that he didn't work hard, but there were really no orders to take.

Improving training technology still depends on practice. If there are no orders, consuming spiritual materials to hone the technology is purely a loss-making business. His family conditions do not allow him to waste so much.

This is also the dead cycle of forging at this stage.

If you want to improve your technology, you have to practice forging equipment and weapons continuously. If there are no orders to practice your technology, the opportunity to practice your technology will decrease, which indirectly leads to a decrease in forging orders received for substandard technology.

Although his grandfather is very satisfied with his growth rate and thinks he is a more talented forging genius than himself.

But Zuo Tianxuan saw the future at a glance.

He felt that he was most likely the last forger of this era, and there would be no heirs.

Zuo Tianxuan was not pessimistic about this, and he accepted the choice of the times very calmly.

During these three years of contact, he has also gone from not caring about it at first to being interested in forging.

The process of forging weapons and equipment seems simple, but it is actually a delicate job.

Each forging process is like a long race, which requires professional breathing rhythm, otherwise the body will easily be exhausted under huge physical exertion.

Secondly, the landing point of each hammer in the forging process is particular. The spiritual metal after the God-casting Eye is opened is like a blank painting, each hammer is a stroke, and the final product is a painting.

The arrangement and combination of the internal structure of the weapon is an art, just using a seemingly rough process to carve the structure.

When you are concentrating on forging, it is easy for your consciousness to enter a state of selflessness.

In this state, the perception of time becomes blurred, and you can only see the spiritual metal that is gradually taking shape. Every time you complete a work, you can feel physically and mentally happy.

His performance was seen by his grandfather, who praised his forging talent from time to time.

He believed that his talent was far beyond his own. If it was placed in the era of huge demand for forgers hundreds of years ago, he must have been a master of forging.

Zuo Tianxuan just listened to his grandfather's praise and didn't take it seriously at all.

That night, Grandpa came back very late.

Grandpa returned to the forging room with a lost expression, as if he had something on his mind.

In response to his inquiry, Grandpa told the truth.

Grandpa said that an old friend of his who was a forger had passed away, and he went to his funeral today, saying that there was one less forger in the world.

Like him, this old friend had also felt sorry for the decline of the forging industry and tried to turn the tide, but it was obvious that an individual could not stop the tide of the times.

Zuo Tianxuan found that the departure of his old friend seemed to be a huge blow to Grandpa.

In the next few days, Grandpa was in a trance, sitting alone by the window of the forging room in a daze, and occasionally seemed to think of something and couldn't help sighing.

Seeing the loneliness on Grandpa's face, Zuo Tianxuan's heart was touched.

He suddenly had the urge to try to change the future of the forger, but he didn't know where to start.

At that time, under the persuasion of the executor of Xingcheng, he realized that the route of mass production would not work. Grandpa had also imagined a path that was most suitable for forgers, that is, to take the high-end customization route.

As long as they can create weapons and equipment with quality far higher than mass production, the value of the forger can be reflected.

In the future, those top magic weapons will be cast by the forger profession.

This is an elite training route. There is no need to train a large number of forger talents. Only a small group of people are needed to be responsible for the casting of top weapons.

This model can not only retain the efficiency of mass production, but also make up for the demand of Star City for top weapons and equipment.

But grandpa's idea is good, but the problem is that grandpa's technology can't break through the equipment produced by the equipment black hole in Destiny City.

If the quality limit of the equipment cannot be broken, the existence of the forger seems to be meaningless.

If he wants to revive the forger lineage, the most suitable thing is to follow the top weapon and equipment casting route planned by grandpa.

Zuo Tianxuan is confident that he will surpass his grandfather, and even confident that he will gradually master all the knowledge of forging through his own efforts.

But he has no confidence that the weapons and equipment he forges can surpass the output quality of the equipment black hole.

Although the equipment black hole is a miraculous item, its function is very powerful. The quality of the equipment forged far exceeds the weapons and equipment produced by their forgers, and even the quality is several levels higher.

Even if the casting quality of the equipment black hole has an upper limit, this upper limit cannot be touched by them, the casting masters, let alone surpassed.

In the face of the cruel reality, he chose to put down the idea that had just come up in his mind.

He thought it was an unrealistic idea.

Even if the human race learns all the forging knowledge, it is not enough for him to reach such a height. If he wants to open up his own path, it will take a long time to accumulate, or even several generations of accumulation. It is pure dreaming for him to reach such a height.

...

At this time, in the faith space.

"Boss, that's it. Do you understand what I said?"

Looking at the cute You in front of him, who was gesticulating and constantly describing with body language, Feng Qi laughed in his heart.

"Boss, do you understand?"

Finding that Feng Qi did not answer, Xiao You's consciousness put his hands on his waist, pretending to be fierce, and put on a posture that if you don't answer, I will be very angry.

"I understand."

"Well, that's good. So if you need to ask Xiao You to do anything, Xiao You's messenger will serve you throughout the process. The service fee is a barbecue meal, and you will pay me back in the next timeline... By the way, remember to bring my memory back, otherwise I'm afraid you will owe me and not pay it back."

Listening to Xiao You's endless nagging, Feng Qi was worried.

Just now, Xiaoyou reported the current situation of Star City, and mentioned that the low-level weapons of Star City are currently produced and sold by themselves, using the psychic weapon technology that Li Xingchen gave him.

However, high-end weapons are completely imported from Destiny City, and a high purchase fee is paid every year.

Psychic weapons are upgraded slowly, and it is difficult to surpass the quality of the equipment black hole output. During this period, a lot of resources and manpower need to be invested in research and development.

This problem is not a big problem. As long as the top leaders of Star City know that the technology must be mastered in their own hands and cannot rely entirely on imports from Destiny City, they will always find a suitable path for development in the future.

But his current idea is that there is actually no need to explore the future in such a complicated way.

In the previous timeline, he and the magic knife merged and read each other's memories, so he also obtained a lot of forging knowledge of the weapon family.

The forging attainments of the weapon family are by no means comparable to the weapons and equipment produced by the pseudo-miracle.

He feels that at this stage, Star City has abundant resources, and he can completely train a top forging master, teach him the forging inheritance technology of the weapon family, and train him to open up channels for the creation of top weapons and equipment for the human race.

"Boss, why are you so serious?"

Facing Xiaoyou's curious question, Feng Qi did not hide anything and answered immediately:

"It suddenly occurred to me that maybe I could personally train a forging master to solve the current shortcomings of Xingcheng's top weaponry forging."

"What do you think of me?"

Xiaoyou raised his slender right arm and flexed his biceps.

"Not very good, just continue to be your Xiaoyou messenger and stop daydreaming all day."

"Oh, got it."