Chapter 121: Earth Fire Valley in the Cold Pond

Chapter 121: Earth Fire Valley in the Cold Pond

Chapter 121: Earth Fire Valley in the Cold Pond

"Level 5 is like a watershed."

On the way to the Weapon Casting Valley, Li Yuan was still pondering the changes in the Weapon Control Scroll and the Weapon Combination Furnace.

Apart from the fact that incense is required, this stove has absolutely no flaws.

"After that, we have to find a way to get some incense."

While crossing the lake by boat, the afternoon sun shone brightly on the cold pond, and Li Yuan caught a glimpse of Liang A Shui.

He paddled a small boat, ferrying his disciples back and forth.

The treatment of inner disciples is better than that of outer disciples. They can receive five taels of silver per month.

Five taels of silver is not a small amount for ordinary people, but it is far from enough for inner disciples to practice, so naturally they have to make money.

The Hantan extradition is such a task.

However, Li Yuan guessed that Liang A Shui should still be thinking about how to catch fish, as there is no shortage of spirit fish in this cold pond.

"True disciple..."

Seeing Li Yuan greeting him from afar, Liang A Shui nodded in response with mixed feelings.

The gap between inner disciples and true disciples is greater than the gap between a young master and his study companion.

Putting aside other things, just the reward after the true transmission ceremony is something that inner disciples cannot earn in their entire lives.

Not to mention other hidden benefits.

For example, to ferry people across the cold pond, ordinary disciples had to pay one penny of silver for a round trip, but true disciples did not have to pay that.

"If I can't catch the spirit fish, I may not be able to become a strong man in ten years, let alone learn the true teachings."

Liang A Shui sighed inwardly, concentrated on ferrying the fish, and continued to collect money to prepare his own bait.

"Some other day, I'll try to catch a few spirit fish."

Looking at the sparkling waves on the lake, Li Yuan's heart was moved. There were many wealthy families in the capital city, and the price of spiritual fish could be much higher than that in Gaoliu County.

The most important thing is that it tastes really good and he likes it very much.

Huhu~
The lake breeze blows gently.

On the sampan, Li Yuan looked around at the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers. He seemed to be admiring the scenery, but in fact he was scanning everywhere, trying to find the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer.

"Is there a time limit for the appearance of this hammer? Do we have to wait until next year?"

Having gained nothing, Li Yuan sighed inwardly. After his Weapon Control Scroll was promoted to the fifth level, he could sense weapons within twenty meters if he concentrated.

But the Shenbing Mountains cover thousands of miles, and searching aimlessly would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Could it be in the Weapon Forge Valley?"

After getting off the ferry, Li Yuan walked towards the Weapon Casting Valley. Looking into the distance, he could see straight and thick chimneys.

The black smoke was billowing and could be seen clearly from ten miles away.

The island in the middle of the lake where the gate of the Divine Weapon Valley is located is about thirty or forty miles in radius. The Weapon Casting Valley is on the easternmost side, far away from the sect's grand ceremonies and the disciples' residences.

Controlling the second-order Liuhe Boots, Li Yuan's pace became even faster, and in a short while, he had already reached the outside of the Weapon Casting Valley.

This valley is surrounded by hills on three sides and only one side can be entered. It is guarded by armored guards and is under strict security.

With the true token, Li Yuan was able to enter the valley unhindered, carrying a first-level hammer soldier.

Before he even walked down the long corridor, he heard Ba Wanli's full-bodied voice:
"What? My hammer is only damaged by a small part, and you want 800 taels for it?!"

After walking through a long corridor, the view suddenly opened up, and Li Yuan saw a giant man with his hands on his hips.

Li Yuan looked around the deep valley. In the middle were six chimneys that were more than a hundred meters high. The surrounding areas seemed to be where disciples and craftsmen lived.

Ba Wanli stood at the entrance of a tunnel, his eyes wide open. A shirtless man was spitted in the face by him. He smiled bitterly and lowered his head:

"Eighth Senior Brother, this is the price in the valley. Even if you kill me, there is nothing you can do."

“No more repairs!”

Ba Wanli was furious. He raised his hammer and turned around, only to see Li Yuan:
"Junior Brother Li, is your hammer broken too?"

Glancing at the deformed long-handled melon hammer, Li Yuan shook his head and emphasized:
"No, I came to see it for myself. Senior Brother, you forgot that I am also a blacksmith."

"I almost forgot, you're a blacksmith too!"

Ba Wanli patted his forehead and then he remembered that his junior brother was originally known as a forging genius.

Thinking of this, his eyes lit up:
"Brother, can you repair the hammer soldier?"

"What's so difficult about this?"

Li Yuan was overjoyed, but pretended to be calm. He thought that being calm would make people trust him more easily.

"Before the end of last year, I forged two top-quality blades, one of which is the heavy hammer!"

"it is good!"

Ba Wanli was overjoyed. He glared at the surprised blacksmith behind him and threw the drum-beating golden hammer over:

"Fix this hammer and I'll give you 1,000 taels!"

As he said this, he glared at the blacksmith behind him. The blacksmith smiled bitterly and lowered his head, speechless.

Who in their right mind could do such a thing?

Call ~
Li Yuan took the giant hammer, his eyes brightening slightly.

This heavy hammer weighs at least 800 kilograms, and when swung with a force of 80,000 miles, it is truly a deadly weapon.

"What are you talking about, Senior Brother? You and I are brothers, how can I ask for money just to repair a hammer?"

Li Yuan waved his hand.

Seeing him take the heavy hammer without asking for money, Ba Wanli was even more satisfied: "I want to leave the valley in seven days. Is that enough time?"

Seven days is too short.

Li Yuan felt regretful, but nodded and agreed, "That's enough, but where are you going, brother?"

This is a fifth-order heavy hammer, and it is also supported by a perfect-level fighting and killing hammer. It will be of great use to him.

However, he could not meet the conditions for taking control at the moment and just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get the deal.

Money doesn't matter, the main thing is to build your reputation first.

It would be a waste if we don't use a voice as loud as Ba Wanli.

"There are some things in Yunjing County that require my visit."

Ba Wanli shook his head and said nothing more. He just snorted coldly at the blacksmith behind him and turned and left.

Cloudview County?
Li Yuan's heart moved slightly, and he wanted to ask, but he knew better than to open his mouth.

The Bai family where Shao Fangbai is from is in Yunjing County. In addition, Gaoliu County is also...

"Brother Li."

The blacksmith was not at all angry about having his business taken away from him. He bowed and saluted with some enthusiasm:

"Junior brother, I have heard that you are a rare forging genius, but I have been too busy these days and have not had the time to visit you."

"Senior brother?"

After taking a look at the old man's weathered face, Li Yuan responded with a smile and followed him into the tunnel.

The Weapon Forge Valley is not on the ground, but underground.

He had heard of the names of the Cold Pond and the Fiery Valley a long time ago.

The craftsman's name is Zhu Chen, an outer disciple. He looks mature, but he is actually only twenty-one. He started coming to the Weapon Casting Valley at the age of twenty-six.

Zhu Chen was quite enthusiastic and introduced him to the craftsmen he met on the way and the various facilities in the Weapon Casting Valley.

"There is a natural fire vein under the Fiery Valley. Because there is cold water all around, the fire only vents from here. It is quite hot, and it is a natural place for forging weapons."

As soon as he entered the tunnel, Li Yuan felt the rolling heat waves. The deeper he went, the hotter it became. When he reached the forging place, he felt that even his breath was hot.

However, compared to the temperature, he was more concerned about the flash of weapons that occasionally flashed in the corners of his eyes.

Along the way, he felt the presence of at least more than ten famous weapons. There might be some mystery in this hundred-meter-deep stratum.

"Good guy!"

A hundred meters below, in the empty forging area, Li Yuan saw the six chimneys at a glance.

The huge chimney that can be hugged by ten people is deeply inserted into the ground. Next to each chimney, there are dozens of forging platforms.

There was actually boiling magma flowing under every forging table, and all kinds of charcoal for ignition and combustion were stuffed in as if they were free.

"Brother Li, please go in by yourself."

Zhu Chen was already sweating profusely by this point.

He had just developed his inner strength, and on weekdays his responsibility was to transport iron materials and entertain visitors.

Even in another five or six years, you may not be qualified to take the hammer.

"Good work."

Li Yuan nodded, picked up the drum-beating golden hammer and walked towards one of the empty chimneys.

Zhu Chen had already reported this, and many craftsmen looked over. One of them, an old man in shorts, spoke up:
"Han Chuijun's disciple?"

"Replying to the elder, this disciple is right."

Li Yuan bowed.

The old man was tall, with a square face and a full beard, muscular arms and thick limbs, just like a turtle with a crane back.

It was the third elder of the Weapon Casting Valley, Lei Jingchuan, a master of weapon forging who had been famous for decades.

"Buzz!"

Before Li Yuan finished speaking, he heard a strong wind coming. Without thinking, he raised his hands, his muscles expanded, his internal strength surged, and he grasped the forging hammer that was coming towards him in his palms.

'The old man is so strong!'

Li Yuan took a step back and felt his arm go numb. However, when he glanced at the forging hammer, his heart skipped a beat.

[Special Weapon Forging Hammer (Level 4)]

[Millions of years of blazing iron, mixed with seventy-nine kinds of rare iron materials, refined by thousands of fires and tempered by hundreds of blood. A forging master used it to hammer thousands of weapons, and gradually it became magical...]

[Control conditions: Great perfection of forging, great perfection of inferior hammering, perfection of superior hammering]

[Control Effect: Weapon Forging Technique Mastery (Light Blue), Armor Hammering Mastery (Light Blue), Armor Spiritualization Technique (Dark Blue), Weaponry Fighting Hammer Perfection (Dark Blue)]

nice one!
Li Yuan was reluctant to let go of the hammer after he grasped it. This was the best forging hammer he had ever encountered after the Master Craftsman's Hammer.

Lei Jingchuan praised him and waved his hand: "Come here, people say you are a forging genius, come here, let me take a look!"

"Control the hammer of the master craftsman!"

Li Yuan decisively took off the Liuhe boots that he had worn for only three hours.

"The Jade Copper Hammer, the Fine Wind Tiger Pestle, the Hundred-Refined Wind-Breaking Hammer, the Top-Grade Pure Steel Hammer... The Master Craftsman's Hammer!"

Li Yuan was ready as he stepped in front of Lei Jingchuan.

The sounds of blacksmithing at the forge stopped for the most part, and many craftsmen turned their eyes to this "forging wizard".

Without waiting for the latter to speak, Li Yuan raised his hand and smashed the red-hot iron ingot on the forging table with a hammer.

This hammer is the culmination of forging techniques. It has the force of a thousand pounds, great power and is blessed with a talent for hammers.

"Ok?"

"what?"

All the hammer holders in the Weapon Casting Valley were experienced craftsmen with sharp eyes. When Li Yuan smashed with his hammer, many people could see what was going on.

Even Lei Jingchuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

boom!
The hammer fell like thunder, and then it continued endlessly, like a surging river and a strong wind.

Li Yuan's hammer skills are already excellent. He has perfected the Cloak Hammer and has also mastered the Fighting Hammer. Now he has the support of four heavy weapons and the Great Craftsman's Hammer.

He possesses strength, talent, and the ability to lift heavy objects with ease. After eighteen blows, some people's faces changed.

After thirty-six hammer strikes, the only sound left at the forge was his hammering. When all 108 fighting and killing hammer strikes were completed, the forge was completely silent.

Everyone present can make such dense and even hammer sounds, but how long have they been hammering?

The shortest is 20 to 30 years, the longest is 40 to 50 years. How old is this kid?

"Junior Brother Li, you have really only been a blacksmith for less than two years?"

A blacksmith put down his hammer, confused and puzzled.

"Listening to the sound of the hammer, this guy is no worse than me. How is this possible?"

"Is there really such a talented forging genius?"

"A blacksmithing genius with nine-shaped bones? What a ghost! In the past thousand years of Divine Weapon Valley, how could there be such a talented disciple to be a blacksmith?"

Someone spoke up, and the forging ground suddenly became restless, with everyone talking.

Before and after the True Transmission Ceremony, Li Yuan's name had already spread throughout the Divine Weapon Valley. Even though they never left their homes, they had heard of it.

Many people have heard of his reputation as a blacksmithing genius, but most of them sneered at him. After all, a genius with a dragon-shaped bone structure would not even be satisfied with practicing martial arts, so how could he become a blacksmith?
but now……

"call!"

After finishing a set of hammer techniques, Li Yuan was calm and composed. With his current physical strength, it was not enough to make him sweat.

"Um……"

Lei Jingchuan frowned and said nothing. He reached out to grab the scalding hot iron ingot and weighed it. His expression finally changed.

There was no shortage of hammer experts in the Divine Weapon Valley, and he had even seen Han Chuijun's hammer skills. He was somewhat surprised at Li Yuan's hammer skills, but not nearly as good as when he picked up the piece of iron.

"The force is so evenly distributed?"

Blazing Fire Iron is a rare iron material that can only be found in the cold iron fire. It is famous for its toughness and difficulty in refining.

Among the three hundred craftsmen in the Weapon Casting Valley, less than half can refine this iron.

This is not something that can be achieved simply by having a good hammering technique; it requires countless forging experiences and extremely high forging talent.

After glaring at the other blacksmiths, Lei Jingchuan asked, "How long have you been forging iron?"

"About a year."

Li Yuan replied.

When he entered the valley, his background had already been thoroughly investigated, so there was no need to hide something that could be known by just asking around.

He came to the Weapon Forging Valley, not only to look for the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer, but also to learn the art of weapon forging.

The Divine Weapon Valley is famous for its magical weapons. Even though it has declined in recent years, its thousand-year heritage cannot be faked.

The value of weapon forging techniques is not inferior to that of the military fighting hammer. In a sense, it may even exceed it.

"in less than a year."

Weighing the iron in his hand, Lei Jingchuan muttered to himself twice, then put the iron down:
"continue."

Li Yuan calmed down a little and picked up the hammer to hit it again. He found that the iron ingot contained a lot of impurities and was extremely difficult to remove.

However, he controlled his strength very steadily and continued to hammer away at the iron without getting impatient or anxious.

The other blacksmiths watched for a long time, and only returned to their work after being scolded by Lei Jingchuan.

"Is this the dragon-shaped root bone?"

Lei Jingchuan watched quietly, but his heart was far from as calm as he appeared to be.

This kid's one year of ironing is equivalent to ten years of my work?
This talent is...

Listening to the almost identical hammer sounds, Lei Jingchuan could hardly stand still. After a slight hesitation, he turned around and left.

“It should be about the same, right?”

Li Yuan murmured in his heart.

The art of weapon forging is not something that can be learned easily. There are many blacksmiths who have been working for ten or twenty years but have not yet learned it.

If he wants to learn it immediately, he naturally has to show his talent. Otherwise, why would others value you?

boom!
boom!
boom!
Li Yuan breathed steadily as he hammered away at the iron. He hadn't done any ironwork for half a year, but now he was actually somewhat immersed in it.

In particular, the forging hammer in his hand was too easy to use.

"I should get a new forging hammer..."

……

The Weapon Casting Valley has been almost hollowed out. There are many caves in the hundreds of meters thick strata, and the tunnels are even more complicated.

Lei Jingchuan was familiar with the route. He walked through complex tunnels and came to a cave.

There are stalactites hanging everywhere in the cave. Unlike the forging site, it is very cold here and there is even ice on the mountain walls.

Deep in the cave, in front of a huge pit, there was a white-haired old man sitting cross-legged, holding a fishing rod in his hand with the fishing line hanging down into the pit.

This deep pit, connected to the cold pond water, is one of the most secretive caves in the Weapon Casting Valley.

"Brother!"

Lei Jingchuan strode over.

The white-haired old man was none other than the great elder of the Weapon Casting Valley, Jing Shuhu. He had entered the sect more than seventy years ago and was a disciple of the same sect as Han Chuijun and Gong Yangyu.

"My fish!"

Jing Shuhu pulled the fishing rod, but saw an empty hook and no bait. He was immediately annoyed:
"I was finally about to catch something, but you scared it away!"

"...You can't catch any fish, so you blame me?"

After taking a look at the deep pit, Lei Jingchuan retorted bluntly: "I work as a blacksmith every day, but you have nothing to do!"

"If it weren't for you, I would have definitely caught it this time!"

Jing Shuhu snorted coldly, and then asked: "You rushed here in such a hurry, is there something wrong with the 'Jingkong Hook' you used for Feiputang?"

"If I take action, what does a mere top-grade famous weapon mean to me?"

Lei Jingchuan waved his hand and said:

"Today, Han Chuijun's new disciple arrived..."

"Han Chuijun!"

Jing Shuhu's face darkened: "I won't see that old man even if he comes, let alone his disciples?"

His status is special. Except for the Valley Master, the other five elders don't care about him, let alone a new true disciple?
"This is different."

Lei Jingchuan didn't bother to care about the grudge between him and Han Chuijun, and said in a deep voice: "Han Chuijun's new disciple is very talented!"

"talent?"

Jing Shuhu sneered:
"It's not like I haven't seen dragon-shaped bones before. I've even seen large dragon-shaped ones. How tall can he be?"

"Different."

Seeing that Lei Jingchuan didn't seem to be joking, Jing Shuhu became interested: "What's the difference?"

"He has an extremely high talent for hammering, and also forging!"

Lei Jingchuan said in a deep voice.

"Oh?"

Jing Shuhu frowned slightly:
"How tall is it?"

"My talent for hammering may not be as good as Han Chuijun's, but my talent for forging is probably better than you and me!"

"fart!"

Jing Shuhu flew into a rage, as if he had been hit in the back: "Can his disciple's forging talent surpass mine?"

Lei Jingchuan had a blank expression on his face. He watched his senior brother act up, and then watched him calm down before he said:
"Brother, you should know what this means..."

"What else could it mean?"

Jing Shuhu sneered:
"It has been 1,400 years since the founding master came to me and Han Chuijun. Do you really think there is a 'Black Whale Hammer'?"

Lei Jingchuan lowered his head silently, also feeling disappointed.

Ever since the founder Xuan Jing moved to the mountain gate to the Divine Weapon Mountain, for more than 1,400 years, every generation of Hammer Weapon Hall Master and Weapon Casting Valley Master has been searching for the legendary "Heavenly Profound Weapon".

but……

"You're right. Perhaps there is no such thing as..."

Lei Jingchuan shook his head, and suddenly his eyes blurred. When he looked up again, Jing Shuhu had disappeared from his sight:
"I want to see how tall he is!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)