Chapter 16 Epiphany
Master Bentham walked over to Abel, picked up a 30-pound hammer from the tool table, threw the rough piece into the furnace, looked at the furnace and said to Abel, "You are the most handsome man I have ever seen. Talented child, I will only do it once, and how much you can learn depends on you."
The red-hot billet was clipped from the furnace. Master Bentham put the billet on the anvil, raised the hammer high, carefully observed the billet, and then dropped it heavily, each blow very slowly, But each blow was very heavy, and the force of the blow made the huge table jump a little.
"The rough billet is already very hard after being hammered to 80. Forcible beating will not only fail to forge, but also damage the internal structure of the rough billet, so after 80 training, change the sledgehammer, and each blow must be You have to look carefully at the structural lines of the rough, you are very powerful, as long as you are careful enough to master this skill, there is no problem." Master Bentham instructed Abel while beating the rough.
Abel's purple eyes stared at the rough billet closely. On the landing point of the master's hammer, he could vaguely see some fine stripes. On the dark red rough billet, it was difficult to find, but the master was every A single stroke hits the texture, and each stroke changes the shape of the rough, and the texture has to be searched again for the next stroke.
Master Bentham threw the 81-year-old rough into the furnace, handed the 30-pound hammer in his hand to Abel, and said, "Try it."
Abel took the hammer and used iron tongs to take out the red-hot billet from the furnace, his eyes fixed on the rough billet, where are the stripes, where are they? Thinking in my heart, Abel's attention is getting more and more concentrated, everything around him seems to have disappeared, and the whole world is only left with the roughness in front of him, and the roughness is getting bigger and bigger in Abel's eyes. Every tiniest imprint was reflected in his brain, found, here you are.
A 30-pound hammer slammed heavily on the rough billet. The loud noise did not affect Abel. The rough billet in front of him was smashed into shape by this blow. Where are you? Haha, here you are, found you. Another hammer fell.
At this moment, Abel is like finding a novel toy, finding the stripes, then hitting it with a hammer, finding a new one, and hitting it again, the loud sound continues to ring, no better than Master Bentham's just now. slow.
Master Bentham was already stunned at this time, the child in front of him had already made him jealous, yes, a child who had just learned to forge for a month, made a master jealous.
"This is spiritual power." Master Bentham kept shouting in his heart. Of course he knew what this state was. His teacher, the dwarf forging master Robin, was a forging master with a talent for spiritual power. Master is not like Master Bentham. Master Bentham is respected as a master by people in nearby cities because he is proficient in forging various weapons and armor, while Master Robin is a forging master recognized by the whole continent.
Master Bentham studied with Master Robin for ten years, and returned to his hometown because he lacked spiritual power to learn more profound forging techniques. The reason why Master Bentham was able to successfully forge more than 80 liters of rough is because of the experience formed by the master's own continuous refining, and only relying on these experiences can the master forge 100 liters of rough.
At the beginning of Master Bentham's study, Master Robin used his mental power to find the method of structural lines, so Master Bentham could see Abel's state at a glance.
Master Bentham didn't disturb Abel's forging, but quietly turned and left. When he left, he had already made a decision. The wish that he could not fulfill could be fulfilled by his disciple.
Abel, who was in this peculiar state, did not notice the departure of Master Bentham, and the rough billets in his hands returned to the furnace more and more as time went by.
82, 83, 84... 98, 99, 100.
When the 100 practice was completed, Abel woke up from the state just now.
He felt exhausted all over his body, especially his lack of spirit, as if his head had been hollowed out. He felt a little dizzy and vomited.
The 30-pound hammer in his hand slipped from his hand and fell on the workbench with a loud noise. Looking at his right hand that kept shaking, Abel recalled what happened just now, and he seemed to have entered a strange state. In that state, I seem to be relying on instinct to operate, but this state is also too much burden on the body.
Feeling the body, what happened, Abel found that there was a lot of qi in his body accumulated around the qi channel, and the amount of these qi was terrifying.
Without thinking much, no matter how dirty the ground was, I sat on the ground with one butt and performed the knight's breathing technique. The accumulated qi next to the qi meridians quickly gathered and concentrated towards the fifth qi meridian.
"What's wrong?" Garden found Abel sitting on the ground, ran over quickly, and was about to step forward to help Abel.
"Don't touch him." Master Bentham appeared next to Abel, stopped Garden, glared at him and said, "Everything is rough."
The master looked at the other apprentices who were preparing to come after hearing the sound, and waved them all away.
"You go and notify Knight Marshall and tell him to come here." Master Bentham, who turned back, said to Garden.
"Yes, master." Garden strode out of the blacksmith's shop.
"Marshall, who has lost his luck, has upgraded his adopted son again." Master Bentham muttered to himself, and since he accepted this disciple, he has received more and more shocks. .
This time, Abel's promotion to the fifth-level apprentice knight went very smoothly. Almost all the energy was automatically gathered to the fifth meridian as if he heard an order, so it only took half an hour for him to successfully become a fifth-level apprentice knight.
Abel didn't quite understand this upgrade to become a fifth-level apprentice knight. He had just been upgraded two levels in a row to become a fourth-level apprentice knight. Why did he upgrade again after a month? He didn't take any medicine this time. , full of doubts in his heart, he stood up and saw Master Bentham standing on the side, and the others in the blacksmith shop were standing far away. It was obvious that Master Bentham was protecting him, and he couldn't help but feel in his heart. Full of gratitude to the master.
With a "bang", the door was kicked open, and a figure rushed in, running and shouting, "What's wrong with Abel?"
This is the Marshall Knight. At this moment, his long golden hair is half wet with sweat and sticking to his face, and part of it is draped behind his head due to the wind blowing.
Seeing Abel standing there as if nothing happened, no matter how he looked, the Marshall Knight shouted loudly, "That kid Gardon dares to lie to me, let's see if I don't teach him a good lesson later!"
"Who is going to teach my disciple?" Master Bentham looked unhappy, gritted his teeth and looked at the guy in front of him who was still scolding people after stepping on shit.
"Uncle Marshall, I accidentally upgraded again." Abel whispered.
"What has been upgraded, I'll talk about it when I have a clear theory with Bentham first." Marshall Knight turned his head to Master Bentham, who was about to have a good theory, when he suddenly stopped.
"Wait, you said you've leveled up again?" Knight Marshall looked up and down at Abel in disbelief, pushed Abel with one hand, and Abel's body instinctively flashed the momentum of a fifth-level apprentice knight.
"It doesn't make sense, how do you upgrade it? What were you doing at that time?" Marshall Knight asked Abel.
Abel also thought for a while hesitantly, and said with certainty, "I haven't done anything, I'm just tempering the rough."
"Didn't you eat anything?"
"I ate breakfast with you. I didn't eat the Chinese food because I was tempering the rough." Abel also wanted to know the reason, so now he is answering questions.
"How is it possible, if the level of knights can be upgraded by striking iron, I will also come to strike tomorrow." Knight Marshall pointed to Master Bentham and said, "If iron can be upgraded, this guy would already be a great warrior."
Master Bentham blew his beard and sarcastically said: "As long as you can enter the realm of epiphany by striking iron, of course you can level up, or try it."
"Abel, if you don't want to find another rough piece, then continue to strike iron, and then enter the epiphany, then you will be the youngest knight in the duchy." Marshall Knight just finished speaking, not only Master Bentham rolled his eyes , even Abel couldn't help covering his head.