Sizzle!
The black gold sword blank, after being forged through countless trials, was placed into the coolant, marking the completion of the first step in forging the black gold sword.
"Perfect!"
Shi Xuyao, who was completely absorbed in forging the embryo, exclaimed in awe that this was the most perfect embryo he had ever forged.
However, his praise was completely ignored by the others, because the other eleven blacksmiths from Yanshan Village had their attention entirely focused on Jiang Yuan's hands.
"The first strike!"
Jiang Yuan swung the iron hammer in his hand. Blue crystal is relatively brittle and will only turn into a gel-like state when the temperature is right, which is the most suitable state for forging. Therefore, each hammer blow requires extreme temperature control.
Clang! The blue crystal didn't shatter; instead, it began to expel impurities as it was struck.
With the second hammer blow, Jiang Yuan struck the blue crystal by feel, and the crystal began to change shape, moving closer to the gun blueprint.
Then came the third and fourth strikes, each of Jiang Yuan's strikes carrying a unique rhythm. This was a control even more precise than that of a master of timing, with each strike extinguishing impurities with the sparks.
"This frequency!" Tie Niu frowned as he listened to the hammering sound. He could feel that the degree to which this soul-piercing hammering refined the ore was far beyond what they could achieve.
"Just listening to it is enough to leave you wanting more!"
Another blacksmith, resting his chin on his hand, chimed in agreement.
"Tie Niu, where did you find this brother? He's really causing a ruckus!" The others seemed to realize Jiang Yuan's extraordinary nature and began to ask Tie Niu about Jiang Yuan's background.
"Well! I can't say, I can't say!" Tie Niu was smug, feeling that his choice to bring Jiang Yuan here to observe the forging process was very wise.
Jiang Yuan ignored the discussions; all he could see was the blue crystal taking shape. The current prototype was just a rough draft; the core components of the technological weapon were the most crucial part.
"Hmph, the outcome is not yet decided! Forging technological weapons is not as simple as just hammering out a blank. Without the inside, it's just a decoration!" Shi Xuyao saw that all the other eyes were focused on Jiang Yuan when the blank was completed, and he was extremely indignant.
"Judging from his skill in forging blanks, I think this person is not weak!" one person thought to himself.
"Tie Niu, give me a 50% coefficient material too!" Shi Xuyao said indignantly.
"Brother, this is no joke. Your success rate is what it is. Let's not waste materials, okay?" Tie Niu looked at Shi Xuyao with pleading eyes, afraid that he would waste a material because of his competitive nature.
"You're willing to give to a stranger, but you won't give to my brother!"
Shi Xuyao was practically ready to smash a hammer in his face.
“Brother, you’ve wasted at least eight hundred, if not a thousand. Although our Yanshan Village is rich in minerals, we can’t waste them like this!” Tie Niu said logically.
"Whether you give it to me or not, I cast the crucial vote for you when you became the chieftain, you..."
"Here, here, here, here!" Tie Niu reluctantly took out a ball of golden silk thread and muttered as he handed it over, "You always try to intimidate me with this!"
Clang! With a crisp knocking sound, Jiang Yuan put away his hammer. He had already forged two weapon prototypes: a revolver without a revolver and a revolver magazine loaded with Holy Spirit Stones.
"Jiang Yuan, what level of inheritance did you receive!"
After putting away the conductive material, Shi Xuyao finally looked Jiang Yuan in the eye and took the initiative to ask about his inheritance.
He never expected this person who suddenly appeared to be so amazing, creating a dreamlike weapon shape with just a hammer. This is cheating!
It's important to understand that while a hammer can indeed forge such a highly complex and precise artifact, it requires energy shaping, meaning that the hammer uses its own energy to shape the artifact while forging it.
And this energy shaping technique is so rare that only a handful of blacksmiths below the ninth rank can master it.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan stopped what he was doing and asked, "What, is there a hierarchy in the inheritance?"
He wasn't being sarcastic on purpose. He only knew about the Sun and Moon Saint Lord's lineage of blacksmiths, and he really didn't know about that level.
"I received the Spirit-level Blacksmith inheritance. With your blacksmithing skills, your inheritance must be quite strong!" Shi Xuyao's eyes revealed envy. Any job change book is extremely precious, and obtaining a Spirit-level one is already rare.
Jiang Yuan thought to himself, "Given the Sun and Moon Saint Lord's near-god-level strength, his inheritance, even if it's not the best, should still be considered a demigod-level! But how many levels are there between a demigod-level and a spirit-level?"
Currently, most people's understanding of strength is limited to the ninth rank or below. Few people know about the ranking system above the ninth rank, and Jiang Yuan is no exception.
"Since you're unwilling to tell me, I won't force you! But even if the inheritance you received is powerful, I will never lose!" Shi Xuyao was very confident.
"With so many blacksmiths in your Yanshan Village, I'm very curious about how you obtain the blacksmith job change book!" Jiang Yuan said bluntly. He had previously obtained a spirit alchemist job change book from the core, but the probability of that was extremely low. The fact that Yanshan Village could produce so many blacksmiths was itself an unbelievable thing.
"this!"
Shi Xuyao's expression tightened, and the others also remained silent, seemingly avoiding the question.
Jiang Yuan smiled nonchalantly and said, "Alright then, let's continue forging!"
He focused his attention on the weapon blanks again, but his curiosity about Yanshan Village only increased. There must be something fishy about this place, otherwise so many weapon forgers wouldn't have emerged here.
As for the blacksmith family that Tie Niu and the others mentioned, it's possible that Yanshan Village had blacksmithing skills before the cataclysm, but the fact that so many blacksmiths appeared in Yanshan Village is obviously not due to this superficial reason. After all, there is a difference between blacksmiths and blacksmiths, and there must be other unknown secrets to produce blacksmiths.
Seeing that Jiang Yuan didn't ask any more questions, Tie Niu and the others breathed a sigh of relief, while Shi Xuyao focused on his artifact embryo.
The prototype can only determine the potential of a weapon, but the quality of a weapon is not only determined by the prototype. Energy conduction efficiency and special effects of the weapon are also key factors.
Take Shi Xuyao for example. The black gold sword in his hand is made of black meteorite gold, which is of the highest quality in terms of hardness and toughness. Its energy conduction efficiency is also better than other weapons because the blade is straight. However, he still cannot avoid one problem.
That means the energy aggregation ability is not strong enough!
High energy conduction efficiency does not necessarily mean high output energy. The energy released by the same energy passing through a one-meter pressure belt is different from that passing through a ten-meter pressure belt. Once the burst energy weakens, the weapon's power will drop by a level.
Another is the special effects of the weapon.
Weapons have many special effects, the most common of which is elemental power.
If a fire-attribute strength-based character is choosing a weapon, they will inevitably choose a fire-attribute weapon, rather than a weapon with no attribute or other attributes.
Choosing what is suitable rather than what is good is the choice of the vast majority of people, and it is also the most correct choice.
The difference in skill between two blacksmiths can be seen in the way they add special effects to their weapons.
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