Master Lin watched as Lu Qing's heavy hamr struck down.
Under the enormous force, the glowing red iron bar, in an instant, sparked as it was compressed and collapsed, turning into an iron disk.
Then Lu Qing folded it and struck down with another heavy blow, hamring it back into an iron disk once again.
In this manner, Lu Qing swung his hamr, one strike following another.
The iron bar, like dough, was easily flattened by his blows.
But Master Lin and his disciples understood that it wasn't that the iron bar was as soft as dough, but rather that Lu Qing's strength was truly astonishing.
Each swing could easily flatten the iron bar.
What was most crucial, Master Lin and his followers noticed, was that Lu Qing was not just blindly pounding with brute force.
Instead, each hamr strike contained various changes and was just enough to reach the limit of the iron bar, squeezing out the impurities within, yet not so powerful as to break the tal.
"One strike, one refinent, how is this possible?"
Watching Lu Qing swing the heavy hamr as if it were light as a feather, strike after strike, Master Lin had already begun to stare blankly, muttering to himself in a trance.
His heart was filled with an indescribable shock.
He had never thought that forging an iron billet could be done in such a manner.
Each hamr strike was a refinent, a technique of forging that seed magical, sothing that even the true Casting Great Masters he had seen could not achieve.
Yet it was happening, vividly, right before his eyes.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
In the backyard of Zhu Xin Workshop, Lu Qing continued swinging his heavy hamr, each blow releasing a colossal force that shook the entire backyard.
Everyone, captivated by the display of power and beauty, lost themselves in the mont.
Housekeeper Wei was no exception.
Possibly because of his higher cultivation, he was even more capable of appreciating just how terrifying Lu Qing's Hamr Skill was.
He estimated that even with his realm at the Great Success of the Internal Organ Realm, he feared he might not be able to withstand a few blows from Lu Qing.
In this way, Lu Qing continued to hamr tirelessly for more than an hour.
Suddenly, he felt sothing, stopped folding and hamring, and began shaping the iron bar in his hands.
Gradually, the iron bar he held began to change shape, forming the outline of a sword.
Clang!
With another strike, amidst a shower of sparks, Lu Qing finally stopped hamring, and put the sword embryo that had taken shape into cool water.
Sss!
Under the mist of steam, Lu Qing took out the sword embryo, gazing at it intently.
A rich red light erged from the surface of the sword embryo.
[Thousand-refined Sword Mold: A sword embryo ford through repeated folding and hamring, having reached the level of Thousand Refinent.]
[Only through a thousand hamrings and a hundred refinents can one create a finished piece, a sword embryo of Thousand Refinent level has the potential to beco a Magic Artifact.]
[Limited by the material, this sword embryo has reached its limit; continuing to hamr and fold it will not improve its quality.]
Indeed.
After seeing the information on the sword embryo, Lu Qing ca to a realization.
While hamring before, he had already sensed it.
He felt that the iron bar had reached its limit, and continuing to fold and hamr would be aningless.
It seems that Mortal Iron, after all, is just Mortal Iron and cannot be endlessly folded and hamred to improve its quality.
Thousand Refinent level was already the utmost quality for these iron bars.
"Lu, Young Master Lu, may this old man have a look at this sword embryo?"
At this mont, Master Lin asked with a trembling voice.
His eyes were filled with hope.
"Of course you may."
Lu Qing casually passed the sword embryo to the older master craftsman.
Master Lin reverently took the sword embryo in both hands and scrutinized it closely.
This ti, his apprentices could no longer bother with the proprieties of master and disciple; they all crowded around to inspect the sword embryo.
The sword embryo that Lu Qing had forged this ti was slightly smaller than the last one because he had hamred out all the impurities within it.
Of course, that was not what Master Lin and his apprentices were paying attention to.
Their first order of business was to examine the patterns on the sword embryo.
Then, when they saw the incredibly detailed patterns,
Master Lin's body trembled violently, "This pattern, it's indeed a Thousand Refinent treasure embryo, this sword embryo has reached the Thousand Refinent Level!"
"Master, has it truly reached the Thousand Refinent Level?"
The apprentices had never seen Refined Iron of the Thousand Refinent Level and their bodies were equally shaken upon hearing the news.
"It's unmistakable; the fine pattern is like fish scales, this is the mark of a Thousand Refinent Treasure!"
Upon hearing their master's utterly certain tone, all the disciples were stirred.
They all jostled together, passionately studying the sword embryo, wishing their eyes could stick to it.
For an iron smith, the opportunity to see ironware of the Thousand Refinent Level was an imnse honor indeed!
Cradling the sword embryo, Master Lin looked at Lu Qing with sowhat trembling lips.
In fact, he had so expectations for the quality of this sword embryo.
After all, he had watched Lu Qing forge the sword embryo from beginning to end, and although he had not counted the number of folds and hamrs, he had a rough impression.
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But precisely because of this, when he actually saw the pattern indicating the Thousand Refinent Level on the sword embryo, his heart was even more agitated.
Because during the forging, the skills Lu Qing displayed were truly heart-stopping.
Hamring and refining stroke by stroke, such miraculous techniques really existed!
Master Lin had never seen a Casting Master, so he did not know the extent of the forging skills of those Grandmaster Level existences.
But he was certain that Lu Qing's forging skills, not to ntion anything else, were at least on par with any Casting Master in the art of hamring alone!
"Thousand Refinent treasure embryo?"
Housekeeper Wei couldn't help but gape slightly.
He hadn't expected Lu Qing to actually forge a sword embryo of the Thousand Refinent Level.
It was worth noting that such treasure swords, even in Wei Mansion, were not nurous.
"Young Master Lu, thank you for bestowing this treasure for our observation."
Holding the sword embryo, Master Lin approached Lu Qing and returned it with a respectful deanor.
He acted just like an apprentice faced with a Great Master.
"It's just a sword embryo, Master Lin, you don't have to be so formal," Lu Qing said with a smile, choosing not to take it back, "I actually have a matter in which I'd like to ask for Master Lin's assistance."
"Young Master Lu, please speak. If this old man can help, I will certainly do my utmost!" Master Lin eagerly answered.
"It's nothing serious, it's just regarding this sword embryo. I'd like to ask Master Lin to help forge it into a longsword.
I have a good friend who will be celebrating a happy occasion in a few days, and I would like to give him this sword as a congratulatory gift, if possible?"
"Of course, there is no problem with that, but why is Young Master Lu not forging it himself?" Master Lin asked with a hint of confusion.
"If I may speak frankly, Master Lin, I have so insight only in the aspect of forging. The other casting skills are quite unfamiliar to , not as experienced as you," Lu Qing explained.
To forge a perfect treasure sword, it was not enough to simply hamr the sword embryo.
There were still processes like inlaying, polishing, and sharpening, all of which were not Lu Qing's expertise.
"I see; rest assured, Young Master Lu, I will certainly not disappoint and will forge this treasure sword well!"
Master Lin's heart was sowhat excited, for crafting a Thousand Refinent treasure sword by hand was an unprecedented experience for him.
However, after the excitent subsided, he suddenly rembered sothing.
"But Young Master Lu, didn't you say you ca to use the forge because you wanted to make a weapon for yourself? Is this sword embryo not for your own use?"
"I'm in no hurry for my own weapon," Lu Qing shook his head.
"This ti, I ca to sharpen my own forging skills. In a few days, once I've gathered the materials, I'm afraid I will have to trouble Master Lin once more."
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