"What kind of hammer technique is this...?"
Elder Han He stared intently at the figure not far away, unable to come back to his senses for a long time, even doubting whether he had acted rashly.
That was the patriarch's anvil, the patriarch's hammer.
After slumbering for countless years, it has now been rekindled in the hands of a boy who has just turned seventeen.
Why is it that, even though he's only at the Divine Observation Realm, he can accomplish something that countless craftsmen from the Divine Weapon Peak haven't been able to do for thousands of years?
"The Divine Hammer Little Overlord Tyrant of the Divine Hammer' does not refer to that divine weapon."
Elder Zeng recalled the scene atop the Sword Tower and sighed.
"It's not that his hammer technique is divine."
"I... am confused."
Elder Han He murmured to himself, finally understanding Xue Jing's feelings.
Having mastered a divine-level hammer technique and being able to wield a divine weapon, regardless of how he did it, the Calamity Meteor Hammer was indeed effortlessly wielded in his hands at this moment.
Furthermore, it is unafraid of extreme heat and thrives in the fire veins.
Such a person cannot imagine any reason why he might not become a master craftsman.
Not far away.
"Hundred Refinements of Divine Treasures, it's actually showing signs of being able to enter the first stage?"
Li Mo looked puzzled and slowly stopped moving, as if a furnace had been extinguished.
It was quite sudden.
He himself never expected that his talent in forging was no less than his talent in hammering.
The Hundred Refinements of Divine Treasures is also a divine skill.
But he was merely trying to see if he could use the Hammer Treasure to forge after he had enhanced the power of the world. He was already almost at the beginning of this divine skill, even though he hadn't even had time to forge the iron yet.
He was just tapping on the anvil.
At that moment, he turned his head and found the two old men looking at him with complicated expressions.
"You two are awake? It seems the Seven-Pattern Cold Spring Pill is working quite well."
"??"
Elder Han He felt a chill run down his spine, and even deep within the fire vein, he was drenched in sweat. No wonder he didn't feel hot; it turned out he had just taken a seven-pattern pill.
Elder Zeng's lips twitched slightly. "Do you know how heavy a mountain of gold is? Even a physical body at the External Scene Realm would have difficulty moving it."
How did you know?
"Back then, Li Mo dumped the gold mine on an empty lot and made me move it. It was exhausting."
"..."
Elder Han He had never experienced such hardship before.
"Alright, while the Seven-Pattern Pill is still effective."
"I will now teach you the secret weapon-forging method of my Clear Abyss Sect."
Elder Han He straightened his back again as he spoke.
"Don't follow old man Han He's example."
Elder Zeng's eyes gleamed; he looked at Li Mo as if he were a rare treasure.
"The weapon-forging methods of Cloud-Crossing Sword City are more suitable for you. Moreover, while Old Man Han He can only forge sharp weapons, I can forge famous artifacts. I am a true master craftsman."
Elder Han He was furious. "Old dog Zeng, you've gone too far! He's a disciple of our Clear Abyss Sect! What do you mean by meddling in this?"
Elder Zeng remained unfazed. "I only couldn't bear to see you mislead other students. Besides, Li Mo is Shang Wu's disciple, not yours."
"Hmph, so what if you're a master craftsman? A master craftsman who only knows how to take shortcuts wouldn't even want scallions dipped in your kind of soybean paste!"
"You vindictive rooster, you think you are?! I challenge you to a duel!"
"Come on! I'm not afraid of you!"
The two old men were like two bulls, head to head, looking like they were about to fight.
Their approaches to forging have never quite aligned.
Elder Zeng was a reformer who advocated using all available technical means. He believed that forging did not necessarily require a hammer; a good forging method was one that could produce good weapons. The Goldstone Sword-Nourishing Grand Array was one of his achievements.
He felt that the other party was inflexible and resistant to change.
Elder Han He, on the other hand, revered ancient methods, believing that true weapons should be forged meticulously, hammered out one by one, with heart and soul poured into them, only then could they possibly become master craftsmen in the future.
He felt that the other party was all about technology and ruthless skills, and had no idea what it meant to infuse soul into something!
"So how are the main differences manifested?"
Li Mo didn't know much about this and was having trouble making a decision.
And from a personal perspective...
Elder Han He naturally didn't need to say much. He had taken away the most precious treasures of the Divine Weapon Peak Ancestor. He was an elder who was stubborn but soft-hearted.
Elder Zeng... he even put on a hood and risked his life to snatch a single hair from his own head.
"Let's take the simplest smelting step as an example, I'll demonstrate it for you!"
Elder Zeng took the initiative and took out a large cauldron covered with Array Pattern from the Sumeru Object. It was about the same size as a military cooking pot.
He took out some of the most common iron ore and put it into the cauldron.
Then the cauldron was placed on the fire vein, activating the Array Pattern on it.
Soon, under the influence of the Array Pattern, the iron ore inside was heated until it turned red.
Elder Zeng stood by the cauldron, occasionally pouring in a material that made Little Li dizzy just from the smell— Black Baleful Wood Oil.
That's not all.
"This is called Stone Fire Powder; it can purify impurities."
"And there's the Golden Wind Rock, which can make the iron block more solid."
Like an alchemist, he poured in many materials before finally forging it.
In no time at all, he had hammered the steel into shape.
"So fast!"
Li Mo blinked, surprised that forging was so convenient.
"How was it?" Elder Zeng asked with a smile.
"Not good at all. You're just a poorly made thing, devoid of any craftsman's spirit."
Elder Han He snorted coldly.
He took out the ore, heated it, then placed it on an anvil and began to hammer it with a special technique.
The hammer blows were like a sudden storm, continuous and pleasing to the eye.
While hammering, it is also heated, and then repeatedly folded, over and over again.
"The Green Steel Sword used by the disciples of my Clear Abyss Sect are all forged through a hundred refinements!"
"Every inch of space is a testament to painstaking effort!"
This time it will take longer.
However, the iron blocks that came out of the furnace had layered patterns on them, which were quite beautiful.
Then Elder Han He spent time forging the iron into a sword, and casually slashed it at the iron block forged by Elder Zeng, leaving a small hole the size of a grain of rice.
Elder Zeng, his beard bristling and eyes wide, roared, "You want to chop my iron, huh?!"
The two old men started arguing again, then simultaneously looked at Li Mo:
Which one do you think is better?
"Etc..."
Li Mo, who had been deep in thought, suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Little Li is a genius; he always has a lot of ideas.
The idea popped into his mind as he looked at the two forging methods.
"Both elders' methods have their merits, so why can't they be combined?"
"Hmm? How do I melt it?"
The two old men spoke in unison, exchanged a glance, both seeing the bewilderment in each other's eyes, then snorted and looked in different directions, quite arrogant.
"Just like cooking."
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"Controlling the heat is crucial for stir-frying, and it's also crucial for casting and smelting. So, if we just treat the ore like a dish and stir-fry it, wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"
That's right!
This is the method Chef Li came up with!
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