"Dude, you can't just say things like that!"
When Tie Niu heard Jiang Yuan say that it was unqualified, his face changed and he quickly pulled Jiang Yuan to the side.
"Wait, what did you just say!" The slovenly middle-aged man looked serious, his dangerous aura constantly approaching Jiang Yuan.
“I’ll tell you!” Jiang Yuan gestured for Tie Niu to step back, then stepped forward calmly and said, “This artifact blank is indeed substandard!”
"Brother Shi, he's an amateur, please don't mind him!" Tie Niu realized that persuading Jiang Yuan was useless, so he started explaining to the slovenly uncle.
“Oh, even if he’s an amateur, there must be a reason why he’s so confident in saying this blank is substandard! Let’s hear what he has to say about its shortcomings!” The slovenly uncle’s eyes were sharp, showing none of the laziness he had shown before.
Jiang Yuan didn't mince words. He walked directly to the forging table, picked up the blank with iron tongs, and pointed out, "This ore is black meteorite gold brought from outer space after the cataclysm. Its hardness and toughness far exceed those of ordinary metals. However, during your forging process, the heat was only seven-tenths, and the blank was only three-tenths. How could you possibly remove the impurities from the black meteorite gold!"
"And judging from the shape of this blank, you are probably going to forge a sword. I heard from Tie Niu that you are from a family of blacksmiths, so you probably have your own understanding and opinions about swords. But there is one thing you have overlooked!"
"The biggest difference between swords of the past and swords of today is energy conduction. I can't see any structure in your weapon blanks that is conducive to energy conduction. On the contrary, the haphazard forging techniques have caused the weapon blanks to have layers in energy conduction. This is a completely avoidable error in forging!"
"Brother Jiang Yuan!" Tie Niu exclaimed in astonishment.
"Are you a blacksmith too?" the slovenly old man asked seriously.
"No!" Jiang Yuan shook his head decisively.
The slovenly middle-aged man was taken aback by the question, not expecting the other party to deny it so directly. But out of curiosity, he still asked, "Then how did you figure it out?"
"Besides the person who forged it, the person who uses it also understands a sword!" Jiang Yuan ran his fingers across the forging table, seemingly somewhat captivated by the temperature.
Hearing Jiang Yuan's words, the slovenly uncle seemed to gain some confidence and picked up the forging hammer again. "So, you don't know what this blank is, is that right?"
“Yes!” Jiang Yuan nodded noncommittally.
"Then let me tell you! The blueprint for this sword is an eighth-tier black gold sword that was dropped from the core. It is eighth-tier, while I am only seventh-tier. That's why you said that the force used to forge the blank was only three-tenths! As for the heat, the forging cave in Yanshan Village is naturally formed, and the flames are not controlled by humans. Sometimes it is fierce and sometimes it is calm. Even if a forging master comes, no one would dare to say that they can control the heat 100%!"
As the disheveled uncle regained his confidence, he continued, "There's one last point. You said my forging technique hinders energy conduction, which is a so-called incorrect forging method! Well then, brother, do you have a good, correct forging method?"
"Brother Jiang Yuan, that's true, but Brother Forging Stone is indeed at the top level in Yanshan Village!" Tie Niu's words were already very tactful.
"Young man, you're so confident, you must be quite skilled in forging. Why don't you show off a few moves here!" The slovenly uncle looked at Jiang Yuan provocatively.
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "I need a forging table!"
He wasn't just relying on fighting spirit; he had the confidence that the legacy left by the Sun and Moon Saint Lord included a weapon forger. Moreover, his legacy, like the data given by the core, went directly into his mind. Aside from practical experience, he still possessed profound weapon forging abilities.
"Really?" Tie Niu looked at Jiang Yuan in disbelief, as if asking, "Are you sure you want to forge weapons?"
Jiang Yuan touched his nose and finally nodded. He said with interest, "There is no order of learning, and those who are skilled are teachers. There is no end to learning in the art of forging. Exchanging forging techniques is just a matter of mutual learning. Brother Tie Niu, there is no need to find it strange!"
"What a fine example of endless learning!" The slovenly uncle's anger subsided somewhat at Jiang Yuan's arrogance.
Tie Niu seemed to understand but not quite, but finally agreed, "Okay, then you can use my forging platform. However, I just turned off the furnace, so I may need to heat it up again."
Forging tools cannot be accomplished with just a forging table; the furnace is also very important.
"Perfect, I can try out this flame!"
Tie Niu's words were exactly what Jiang Yuan wanted to hear. His previous statement that the fire was not up to standard was reasonable and well-founded. Although the Earth Core Fire is a natural flame, it can still be controlled, but the method of control is not something that can be obtained through ordinary inheritance.
"Since we're going to have a competition, let's add a prize!" The slovenly uncle took out a golden stone the size of a human head and proudly declared, "Ninth-grade red gold. This is the best metal produced in my Rock Mountain Village. If you can beat me in weapon forging, then this red gold is yours!"
"In that case, I'll add a prize!"
Jiang Yuan took out twenty ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones. "If you win, these are yours!"
He assessed the value of the item, noting that this piece of ninth-grade red gold was only worth this much on the market. However, if it were in the hands of a blacksmith, and if the red gold were used well, its price could potentially increase tenfold or even a hundredfold.
“Okay!” The slovenly uncle hadn’t expected Jiang Yuan to produce anything in the first place, so he was naturally delighted to see that Jiang Yuan could take out twenty ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones.
As Jiang Yuan lifted the iron plate covering the ground fire, he chatted casually: "I haven't yet asked your name, sir!"
"Shi Xuyao, the 63rd generation descendant of a family of blacksmiths!" The slovenly uncle uttered a name that seemed quite out of place with his appearance.
"Jiang Yuan!"
Jiang Yuan calmly stated his name.
"Brother, since we're going to have a competition, I won't take advantage of you. Tell me which blueprint you're forging!" Shi Xuyao had already started the furnace. Since his furnace was always burning, he didn't need to control the temperature.
"this!"
Jiang Yuan took out a crystal plate, which Leng Yue had given him some time ago. The blueprints on the crystal plate were for firearms. (This is not something I made up; the firearm blueprints appeared in chapter 112.)
Tier 5 firearm blueprint, grade: good, the crafted weapon is powered by spiritual energy.
The blueprints on the crystal plate weren't for a powerful gun, but rather a revolver-like pistol. However, unlike traditional pistols, this gun wasn't loaded with gunpowder bullets, but rather with Holy Spirit Stones.
Rather than forging firearms according to blueprints, it's more accurate to say that they are forging energy converters. The shape of the firearms is just a byproduct, just like the derivative kinetic energy cores of the past. The energy conversion device is the most difficult part of the forging process.
"Earth Technology!"
Shi Xuyao was stunned when he saw Jiang Yuan produce these blueprints. He asked in astonishment, "Are you sure you want to forge this kind of weapon?"
"Is that not allowed?" Jiang Yuan guessed why Shi Xuyao had that expression.
The forging of technological weapons is completely different from that of ordinary cold weapons. If the energy conduction path of a cold weapon is only a straight line, then the energy conduction path of a technological weapon is a tangled mess. It needs to go through complex conversion and layers of energy accumulation to release the energy of the Holy Spirit Stone or the user. The difficulty of the two can be described as epoch-making.
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