After Xing Zhenliang said this, everyone was surprised and happy. They didn't expect that he would personally forge weapons for the guests present. It's just that there are hundreds of guests in the venue now, but who is lucky enough to win the favor of the sword master?
Xing Zhenliang first toasted to the Geng brothers, and then whispered a few words to Xing Zhiying who was beside him. After she obeyed the order and walked back, he smiled again and said: "Good friends, please be patient, young and old will set the rules." , as long as anyone meets the conditions, I will forge weapons for him with my own hands."
Everyone nodded secretly when they heard this. Although there must be very few people who meet the conditions, how did they know that they would not be so lucky?
Xing Zhenliang was still smiling, holding up the wine glass and saying: "Miss Yu, please forgive me. Now I can't give you any extra preferential treatment. It depends on whether you meet the corresponding conditions."
Yu Bingru wanted to stand up and respond, but Mu Yun still leaned on her shoulders. In embarrassment, she could only slightly nodded and said: "I don't dare to accept Mr. Do it as a courtesy." After saying this, she filled the cup and drank it all in one mouthful.
Xing Zhenliang just took a shallow sip, and then toasted wine and water to Master Wu Se and other Zhongnan sects, and then ordered Uncle Feng to push the Wolong cart to the center of the courtyard.
In the center of the courtyard is a circular flower bed about ten feet in diameter. Although it is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, the flower bed is full of beautiful flowers. There are even a few bushes of Wei Zi and Yao Huang in bloom, which looks like a scene in mid-spring.
The guests in the venue originally thought that Xing Zhenliang was going to show off his unique blacksmithing skills in public. When they saw this, they couldn't help but feel surprised. They saw a strong and imposing man in a brocade robe in the crowd stood up, clasped his fists and said with a hearty smile: "Xing Please, please, I heard that the furnace of this sword master's hall is underground, so how about asking Mr. Xing to take me down there to open my eyes?"
Xing Zhenliang smiled and said, "Don't be impatient, Gang Leader Gong. It's not difficult to see the furnace. But for now, everyone is asked to gather in the middle of the flower bed."
The strong man's name was Gong Haitong, and he was the current leader of the Yellow River Five Python Gang. Hearing this, he laughed dryly and said, "I appreciate Mr. You didn’t say that the forge would grow out of the flowers, did you?”
His words immediately aroused a burst of laughter, but Xing Zhenliang did not feel dissatisfied. Instead, he laughed and said: "Although what Gang Leader Gong said is not true, it is not far off. Our foundry will be here soon. Please come and take a look. "
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone felt a slight vibration on the ground under their feet, and the sound of rolling machine pivots sounded underground. Then they saw that the flower bed split from the center, and then slowly moved to both sides. .
It turns out that the floor of the sword hall is paved with huge bluestone square tiles, and the flower bed is built on two adjacent square tiles, separated by two hidden low walls, so that it follows the The square bricks were pulled left and right by the mechanism, and the entire flower bed was naturally divided into two.
Everyone couldn't help but marvel, when suddenly a stream of hot air burst out from the hole under the flower bed. Several guests near the hole screamed strangely and stepped back one after another, which caused a burst of laughter in the audience.
Xing Zhenliang and Feng Bo didn't seem to notice, but they moved closer to the cave. The flower bed separated a few feet and stopped moving. However, the rolling sound did not stop. It was obvious that the underground mechanism was still operating. among.
Mu Yun also felt itchy after hearing this. He quietly opened his eyes and listened to the sound. At this moment, he heard Yu Bingru's cold voice saying in his ears: "Isn't Junior Brother 'drunk'? Why don't you continue to be good?" rest'?"
Mu Yun felt weak in his heart and could only say sarcastically: "Senior sister, don't blame me. I felt pain in my heart just now. In addition, I drank too much wine, and my mind was indeed a little confused, but I got better after resting for a while."
Yu Bingru didn't know whether what he said was true or not, and sighed helplessly: "In that case, get up quickly, don't you think we are not enough to show off?"
Mu Yun said weakly: "Sister, please forgive me. Although I am more awake now, I still don't have any strength in my body. Alas... I'm really ashamed."
Yu Bingru was very upset after hearing this. Fortunately, everyone's eyes were attracted to the cave, and no one paid special attention to them, so she reluctantly calmed down and just pretended that she had a living bag on her shoulders.
For a moment, the heat in the cave became even more intense, and then something slowly rose up from the entrance of the cave. It turned out to be the shape of a furnace.
However, I saw that the diameter of this casting furnace was also about ten feet long, with furnace openings on all sides, and the blazing fire inside reflected so brightly that people did not dare to look at it.
As the whole casting furnace was raised to the ground, the operation of the mechanism gradually stopped. Under the two-foot-high furnace body was a whole iron plate, which just covered the hole just now. There were anvils, fire tongs and other things on top of it. .
The fire was blazing in the casting furnace, and the surrounding temperature suddenly rose a lot. Everyone had no choice but to step back again. Only Uncle Feng pushed Xing Zhenliang to the furnace.
Xing Zhenliang looked around the audience with a pair of falcon eyes, then smiled and said: "Dear friends, please see, this furnace is the sky furnace in our 'Sancai' casting furnace. The true fire of your samadhi. And one of the rules set by the old man is that your weapons must withstand the fire. If you can survive without any damage, you will pass."
Everyone couldn't help but feel relieved when they heard this. They thought that although the fire in the furnace was hotter than usual, their weapons were also made of highly refined steel. How could they not be able to withstand even a mere heat?
Immediately, Geng Dacheng, who came from outside the pass, rushed forward, pulled out the nine-ring knife from his back, placed it on the anvil, and said happily: "Since I opened the mouth first, please ask Mr. Xing to take the lead." Let me test this sword."
Everyone saw that he had taken the opportunity, and everyone was a little jealous. At this time, Xing Zhenliang glanced at him, frowned and said: "I can understand Geng Erxia's earnest intention, but please forgive me for speaking bluntly. Your Excellency, this Nine Rings The iron of the sword is impure, so I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand the calcining of the true fire of Samadhi."
Geng Dacheng didn't believe it, so he waved his hand and said: "Mr.
Xing Zhenliang saw that he had made up his mind, so he could only sigh and said: "Since Geng Erxia is so confident, if I continue to refuse and it will appear guilty, then let's ask Geng Erxia to take a closer look."
After saying that, Xing Zhenliang picked up the tongs, clamped Geng Dacheng's nine-ring knife and put it into the furnace mouth. Immediately, he saw the fire in the furnace suddenly blazing, and then the tongs returned the same way.
Everyone looked at it clearly, and saw that the blade of the nine-ring knife was instantly pierced and smoking, and there were many large and small iron filings falling to the ground with sparks. The entire blade was crumbling, and it was obviously unusable!
