When he woke up, he would light up the fire and hammer the sword embryo. When he was hungry, he would eat the food sent by Wei Qing. When he was tired, he would go to the study to sleep. He had not even taken a step towards the door of the Weapon Refining Pavilion.
This was repeated for half a month.
At noon that day, the little fat man came in and stopped Li Xiuyuan's casting, and looked at the knife embryo on the casting table.
After looking at it carefully for a long time, the little fat man sighed softly and said: "What a blade. It has been imprinted with countless lines under your hard work day and night. This is the first time I have seen it."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and laughed twice.
He was indeed exhausted these days.
"Life is like running water, and the knife will leave no trace. From now on, let's call it the water-cutting knife. With the artistic conception of flowing water, there is no strong force and nothing can stop it!"
Li Xiuyuan said softly while stroking the embryo of the knife.
"It's just that, where are you going to find a decent scabbard for him? It seems that you have to find someone to order a knife case made of iron. I think this knife must weigh more than 40 kilograms when it comes out, right?"
Taking the knife embryo from Li Xiuyuan's hand, the little fat man roared.
"Water-breaking Knife? What a wonderful name!" The little fat man took the blade from Li Xiuyuan's hand and looked at the dark red flame mark on the blade, which was like a bolt of lightning or a burning flame.
"I think your junior brother and master will also like this name."
The startled little fat man roared again.
"Are you working hard day and night and not paying attention?"
The little fat man looked at Li Xiuyuan's confused face and joked.
Li Xiuyuan was startled, looked at him and murmured back: "I was beating day and night, and you didn't come over. How could I care to look closely at the pattern of the blade? I fell asleep in the study when I was tired."
The little fat man roared again: "Is this the monster in the legend? You just looked at the collection of books for seven days, and you forged the unique water-breaking knife in the academy."
After marveling, looking at Li Xiuyuan in front of him, the little fat man couldn't help laughing wildly.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, looked at the little fat man and said, "That Chu Feng, don't tell anyone about this yet. When I finish the knife, let my teacher argue with the dean."
The little fat man, who was in high spirits, turned to look at Li Xiuyuan who had a silly smile on his face, and couldn't help but laugh strangely.
He scolded: "You are trying to trick the dean and the fat elder. I thought I was already very bad, but I didn't expect you to be worse than me."
Li Xiuyuan glared at him.
He smiled and said, "Even if they know now, they can't determine a winner or lose. They don't care, but I will be harassed by them every day. You know I like peace and quiet."
"Hmm, I'll tell them the same thing when the time comes. I really can't tell it now. I want those two old men to know that you have learned the art of casting. I won't be surprised if I don't annoy you to death!" the little fat man said with a smile.
"After this knife is cast, I will go into the mountains to practice. When spring comes, I will write you a list. You go to the town to purchase materials for wine making, and we will go to the mountains to make wine!"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and said seriously. Now that he has learned how to make swords, the next step is to talk about his own cultivation.
The little fat man glanced at him and said with a smile: "Don't worry, that matter will be taken care of by me. The old man won't accept me anyway, so I will go to the mountains with you to practice, and we will fight monsters. If you say you can't, you can still get angry." It’s a small fortune.”
"When the time comes, throw the water-breaking knife to Master and let him quarrel with the dean. As long as we hide in the mountains, they will be unable to do anything to us. By the time I come out, maybe my uncle has already taken care of the old man in Jiange."
When the little fat man heard that Li Xiuyuan was willing to go into the mountains to make wine, he couldn't help but laugh stupidly, as if he had seen himself breaking through the situation along the way.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned, looked at the giggling little fat man and said, "It seems that when we go into the mountains this time, we not only have to practice but also make wine, and we also have to make the dean and the fat elders think about it. It is impossible to ignore this movement."
"Nonsense, I worked so hard to hide it for you, you have to remember to return this favor to me, you know?"
The little fat man rolled his eyes at him, then pointed to the knife in his hand and said, "My uncle has rarely used such a heavy knife. The heaviest one I have ever seen weighs less than forty pounds."
Li Xiuyuan looked at the little fat man, then turned to look at the gradually extinguishing stove, and said quietly: "I just wanted to try, but unexpectedly I saw hope of success."
The little fat man smiled, pointed at the sword embryo in his hand and said, "Go back and have a good sleep. I heard from my old uncle that this cooled sword embryo needs you to constantly hammer and temper it before it can be formed. !”
Li Xiuyuan was startled and murmured: "The New Year is coming soon. Your uncle will be back after the New Year. Is it appropriate for me to come here then?"
The little fat man stopped him and walked outside the weapon refining pavilion.
As he walked, he said: "As long as you send an urn to my uncle when the time comes, I guarantee that there will be no problem."
Li Xiuyuan was stunned, looked at him and said: "You can't give him medicinal wine. You can only give him a jar of the wine I brewed for drinking. I can only give you the medicinal wine, and I must not let anyone in the academy know about it."
"Nonsense, I use this medicinal wine to practice and break through the realm. What effect will my uncle use to drink it? Don't worry!"
The little fat man's weird laughter came from a distance: "Go back, I'll come see you tomorrow. I bought a lot of meat and I'll roast it then."
Looking at the little fat man walking away, Li Xiuyuan grinned: "I also want to leave more medicinal wine for the master. I can give you a few jars at most."
In his mind, even if he brewed a lot of medicinal wine, only the second vat was really effective. He estimated that he would give half to the master and keep half for himself. Give a few jars to the little fat man and save the rest for later.
"I wonder how the teacher will feel after looking at the knife embryo that is about to be formed and hearing the name of the knife that I gave him?"
Li Xiuyuan murmured to himself while stepping on the wind and snow.
"The water-cutting knife, when you draw the knife to cut off the water, the water will flow even more. As long as it can cut off the water with one cut, it is a great knife like no other! I don't know what kind of sword name I should give to this iron sword of mine?"
After returning to the place where I lived, I burned a bucket of hot water to wash away the sweat stains on my body, put on some clean clothes, and then walked towards the master's bamboo house.
After not seeing Master and Wei Qing for nearly half a month, Li Xiuyuan felt a little worried.
Thinking of the word "care", Li Xiuyuan suddenly thought of the old Taoist priest who left.
I don’t know if my master will have enough money to go to another world, or will he regain his youthful appearance and get a chance to be reborn?
Counting the two years since the old Taoist priest ascended and left, he is now eleven years old.
Although he was young, his state of mind was not simple. At this time, Li Xiuyuan suddenly felt a little uneasy.
I don’t know how far I will be able to practice in a few years, let alone how long the master in front of me can stay with me.
...
When Xiu Yuan took out the sword embryo with dark red lines and handed it to the master, he was really surprised. Even Wei Qing, who was sitting aside, was also very interested.
The master stroked his beard and smiled, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked: "It only took half a month of work, but the embryo of the sword is already a little chilly."
The master stroked the sword embryo and smiled broadly.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he said, "This time the dean and the fat old man in the kitchen will lose to me. Let me tell you, as long as you win this bet, I will never have to chop wood again."
In his opinion, there is no need to wait four months. Judging from the knife embryo in front of him, Li Xiuyuan has already won the bet. Anyone can see at a glance that the knife-face embryo only needs a few more months of polishing. Kaifeng takes shape.
Wei Qing's eyes widened and he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, why doesn't this sword have a scabbard?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at his expression and laughed twice. : "I don't know how to use the scabbard, so I have to let the teacher find a way for you."
The master was stunned and looked at Li Xiuyuan with an incredible look.
"How is this possible? You mean, me and I are going to fight the old man Huangfu in the Weapon Refining Pavilion? That old man is not an easy guy to talk to!"
The master looked at him and shouted loudly.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, took out a pair of small scissors and handed it to the master, saying softly. "I made this with extra materials. The teacher will try to see if he likes it."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, and if it didn't work, let the little fat man deal with it. It was just a scabbard and it was not a big deal.
The master was stunned, took the small scissors handed over by Li Xiuyuan, tried them, and then laughed: "This is the result of your hard work day and night, not bad! It is better to use than the scissors made by old man Huangfu."
The master tried it on the beard on his chin and smiled with satisfaction.
Looking at the master's smiling eyes, Li Xiuyuan continued: "I read in the booklet of the Weapon Refining Pavilion that forging a good knife requires thousands of times of hard work. I spent more time. The hard work should exceed ten thousand hammers and ten thousand hammers." Thousands of hammers..."
After hearing this, the master nodded and said thoughtfully: "I don't have much material for you, so just spend more time on the casting skills to make the impossible possible. It seems that you are already well versed in this casting method. So good."
Wei Qing nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't worry, I will chop wood carefully in the kitchen and practice well with the teacher."
"Don't be too eager to be happy. It will take a few months. You can go home to spend the New Year with your parents in a few days. Come back on the 15th." Li Xiuyuan glanced at his master and gave Wei Qing a holiday of his own accord.
Li Xiuyuan looked at Wei Qing and said quietly.
The master nodded and said, "What your senior brother said makes sense. Since the New Year is approaching, you can go home tomorrow. I'll tell the kitchen and let them arrange additional manpower."
Wei Qing nodded and thanked the Master and Li Xiuyuan, saying that he would go home tomorrow. He had long been thinking about his parents at home.
"I will work on it slowly in the next few days. If the teacher can't solve the problem with the knife box, I will think of another way."
Li Xiuyuan said calmly.
Wei Qing, who was sitting nearby, couldn't help but interjected: "Can't this knife be wrapped in cloth?"
The master looked at the embryonic knife in his hand, nodded thoughtfully and said, "Of course you can, but it will be very troublesome for you to use it in the future!"
After Li Xiuyuan thought for a moment, he looked at his master and said, "In a few days, I will ask the little fat man to talk to his uncle about making a wooden knife box."
Li Xiuyuan looked at the two people and thought for a while, then said after a while: "Teacher, I will take a day off today and continue tomorrow."
The master was startled, looked up at him and replied: "You have been tired for so many days, why don't you take a good rest for a few days?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and replied: "Go to bed early tonight. You should be almost recovered tomorrow."
Wei Qing glanced at his husband, then at Li Xiuyuan, and said, "I'll go back early tomorrow morning!"
Li Xiuyuan glanced at Wei Qing and sighed softly.
He said: "When Wei Qing goes back, someone will come to deliver some meat tea to the teacher. Lao Shan and I will stay on the mountain to celebrate the New Year. You will buy the new year's goods at the foot of the mountain and have someone deliver it!"
After saying that, he took out fifty gold coins and handed them to Wei Qing: "If you have more, buy some for your parents. It's my treat for you."
After hearing this, Wei Qing saluted Li Xiuyuan and knew that this was his senior brother's wish, so he said nothing more.
The master said: "Xiu Yuan has to work hard for a few more days and then rest. This knife-making thing is not something that happens overnight!"
Li Xiuyuan put away the water-breaking knife, looked at the master and said, "I think so too. When the time comes, I will invite the little fat boy to celebrate the New Year together. The boy will stay alone in the academy and won't want to go home."
The master looked at the wind and snow outside the hall, looked at Li Xiuyuan and said: "You have to ask his uncle to come in the future, so just invite him to come here to celebrate the New Year. It will be fun with many people."
Li Xiuyuan looked at Wei Qing and Fuzi, and the three of them laughed together.
Li Ye thought in his mind that the water cutoff would be completed before the end of spring, and he would have to leave the academy and go to the back mountain by then.
