Chapter 27 (1/2)
Shen Ruiling left the back mountain and walked towards his cave. On the way, he met Zhao Jie who had finished leading the cave.
As soon as Zhao Jie saw Shen Ruiling, he ran over and asked:
”Brother Shen, do I go back to Hushang square or stay in the family?”
”Of course, staying in the family, you have practiced Qi for six layers, and the aura in the store can't meet your normal cultivation.
”But where am I going to refine the ware here?” Zhao Jie is a little anxious.
”It's easy to handle. I'll take you to meet my sixth Grandpa. He is a second-class medium grade tool refiner in our family. He has all the tools and materials.” Shen Ruiling smiled.
Then he led Zhao Jie to the family tool refining workshop.
I saw three bungalows side by side, with a pile of spirit wood outside and refining tools inside. An old man and a young man went into battle shirtless. On the anvil, the old man swung a sledgehammer and knocked, while the young people held a small hammer and nodded. One big, one small, one knock, one turbid, one clear, the sound has a rhythm, ”Ding Ding... Dong... Ding Ding... Dong”
Another group of people squatted in front of the stove, pushed and pulled the bellows, snorted, and burned the fire very vigorously. The red charcoal flashed under the wind, as if it were going to turn into water.
Next to the anvil was a large wooden bucket, which contained the spirit spring water. Every time you beat iron several times, you should use pliers to put the tool embryo into water for cooling, which is called quenching. Quenching can increase its hardness and make it more durable in the future.
After quenching, put it into the furnace to continue burning, take it out and continue beating, back and forth, again and again.
Shen Ruiling and his wife walked into the refining workshop, and bursts of heat waves came to their faces.
”Grandpa Liu, ling'er came to see you.” Shen Ruiling shouted at the old man who swung the hammer.
The old man looked back and saw Shen Ruiling laughing and said to the people next to him:
”You come.”
Then he put down the forging hammer and came to Shen Ruiling.
The old man's shirtless upper body and gray hair stuck to him, like a mortal blacksmith.
”You haven't come to see me for a long time,” said the old man with a dissatisfied tone.
”Ling Er came to see you as soon as he came back.” Shen Ruiling answered with a smile.
”Your boy goes to the three treasures hall every day. I don't have a magic weapon suitable for you.”
”No, no, no, I brought Zhao Jie here this time.” Shen Ruiling pointed to Zhao Jie and said.
”This is the second-class top-grade weapon refiner newly recruited by the family.”
The old man was surprised at the young man who was several years younger than Shen Ruiling. Although he heard the patriarch say that the family recruited a second-class top-grade tool refiner in the store of Hushang square.
He also saw several second-class and top-grade magic tools from the magic tools brought back by Hushang square. Each one was made of just the right materials without losing any materials, and gave full play to its performance.
He thought that the second-class top-grade weapon refiner should be the same age as him. Now he was surprised to see that he was so young.
Shen Ruiling looked at the old man's reaction and saw it on the faces of Shen huanchi and Shen huanqun. But then Shen huanbin's action surprised Shen Ruiling.
Shen huanbin bowed down to Zhao Jie,
”Master Zhao.”
Zhao Jie was also startled by the sudden action and helped him up,
”Elder generation, what are you doing?”
”No, no, no, this is the rule of the weapon refining industry. Your skill is better than me. You are an elder.” Shen huanbin looked serious.
In fact, only Shen huanbin knew in his heart that he was also a person who liked to refine weapons when he was young. When he first came into contact with the profession of refining weapons in the family school, Shen huanbin was very excited.
Then he began to indulge in it. Compared with Zhao Jie now, he spent too much time on refining utensils, so that his cultivation fell down. Although he had the qualification of three Linggen, he was slower than the people of four Linggen.
When he found out that he was coming, although he took great efforts to catch up, he also missed building the foundation. Simply, Shen huanbin was also open-minded, so he devoted himself to refining utensils and was ready to become the first third-order craftsman in the family.
What people didn't want was that after Shen huanbin was promoted to a second-class middle-class tool refiner, his tool refining skills never improved. Although the second-class middle-class tools were refined more and more perfectly, once the second-class top-class tools were refined, they would fail and waste a lot of materials in vain.
Over the years, the idea of promotion has been slowly put down and began to train the next group of people, hoping to have people who can fulfill his wishes.