Qin Tiexin followed the map guidance and found his destination at the end of a relatively quiet alley on the west side of the inner city.
C Zone Number Seven.
This is one of a row of stone houses, with a number engraved on the wooden sign hanging at the door. The neighboring stone houses have a similar layout. You can vaguely see the light of fire through the cracks in the doors, and occasionally hear a few dull knocking sounds. This entire area is the concentration of the refinery workshop.
Qin Tiexin took out the key and inserted it into the door lock. There was a click and the door opened.
Pushing the door open, a smell of dust mixed with ground fire and sulfur hit your nostrils. The room was not big, but the internal structure was simple and clear: the outer room was a living room about two feet square, with a simple stone bed and a wooden table in the corner, and nothing else; the inner room was the main body, the forging stone room, and the layout was somewhat similar to the forging room in the small courtyard when he was in Ink City.
The stone chamber is about three to four feet square. The ground is made of thick bluestone slabs. There is a half-person-high forging platform in the center, and a black iron anvil is fixed next to it. The surface is covered with fine hammering marks.
There is a ground fire opening in the corner of the wall. Although it has been extinguished, if you reach out and test it, you can still feel the slightest warmth from the deep geothermal heat. Next to the fire opening is a stone quenching pool with clear water and a slight glow of Cold Qi. There is also a simple multi-layer material rack standing against the wall, with a few common refined iron ingots and red copper blocks placed here and there.
Tools - fire tongs, hammers, chisels, scrapers, etc. were placed on the wooden shelves next to the wall, and the number was quite complete. Qin Tiexin tried it on and frowned slightly. The materials of these tools can only be considered ordinary and the feel is rough. Compared with the tools he is used to, they are simply different. Forged in a cold environment, the quality of the tools themselves directly affects the feel and efficiency.
He did not take action immediately, but first took out a few handy tools that he carried with him from his storage ring: a handy medium-sized forging hammer, several quenching pliers and shaping pliers of various sizes and shapes... These are all handy tools that he used and refined day after day at the Flowing Cloud Sect Forging Room Sun.
He took out the tools one by one and hung and arranged them one by one next to the forging table according to the position and order he was most accustomed to. He also reclassified the scattered pieces of basic materials on the material rack and put them neatly.
After doing this, he filled a bucket of water, found an old cloth, and began to carefully wipe every corner of the room. Although he could use a cleaning charm, sometimes Qin Tiexin felt that only by completely handling it himself could he have the most intuitive feeling.
The dust and dirt on the forging table, anvil, edge of the ground fire, edge of the quenching pool, and the floor were wiped away bit by bit, revealing the original dark gray color of the stone. Although the whole room was still simple, it already gave off an aura that was clean, orderly, and ready for work.
After all this work, the sky outside the window was completely dark. Wind and Snow Pass's night was even colder than during the day, and a low whistling sound could be heard through the gaps in the stone wall.
Qin Tiexin sat down cross-legged on the stone bed, closed his eyes, adjusted his breath, and ran "Primordial Unity Instruction". The six Primordial Qi Vortexs in Dantian slowly rotated, absorbing the clear Spiritual Qi in the surrounding space, gradually calming down the day's rush and mood, and sinking into practice.
Early morning of the second day.
Qin Tiexin simply washed up, rekindled the underground fire in the refining room, and allowed the indoor temperature to rise slightly, when there was a knock on the door.
Open the door, and there is a young female cultivator wearing Ice and Snow Pavilion uniform, Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation, with a straight face and a capable expression. She is holding a stack of documents and a bulging bag in her hands. Storage Bag. She glanced at Qin Tiexin, and after confirming her identity, she introduced herself as a disciple of the Ice and Snow Pavilion, the deacon in charge of the regional management of the logistics workshop, whose surname was Lin.
"Junior Brother Qin, right? The weapon refiner reported by the Flowing Cloud Sect." Deacon Lin spoke slowly but clearly, "You came just in time. These are some damaged pieces Law Artifact that have been sent from the front line in the past few days. We need to Repair them as soon as possible."
She placed Storage Bag on the table and poured out several weapon remnants: a flying sword with a thumb-sized gap on the blade, an iron-spine spear that was broken from the middle, two thick-backed machetes with severely curled blades and cracked blades, and an animal-faced iron shield with a dent in the center and full of claw marks. They were all typical battle injuries, with the smell of blood that had not yet dissipated.
"This is the first batch." Deacon Lin pulled out another list, "Your basic monthly task is to complete at least fifty Law Artifact repairs every month, or an equal amount of forging tasks. Each repair Repairing one piece of Lower-Grade Law Artifact will count for ten points of service merit; Middle-Grade Law Artifact will count for twenty points. The highest level you can repair at present is Middle-Grade Law Artifact, right?" She raised her eyes to confirm.
Qin Tiexin nodded.
"Okay, I will pay attention when I assign tasks to you." Deacon Lin continued, "The materials required for repair have a fixed monthly quota, and they are free to use within the quota. If the quota is exceeded, or additional special materials are needed, you need to go to the material warehouse to purchase supplements with meritorious service or Devil Core. There are four days off every month, you can arrange it yourself, but you need to report it in advance to prevent emergency recruitment during wartime."
She paused and added, "The combatants went out to hunt demons, and a low-level Devil Soldier Devil Core's redemption merit is about thirty points. In comparison, although the income from logistics repair is not high, it is more stable and safe. Of course, if you have superb skills and can repair Upper-Grade Law Artifact, your merit will be even higher. Since Flowing Cloud Sect sent you here as a weapon refiner, you must have real skills."
Qin Tiexin didn't say much, just took the list and nodded. "I understand."
Deacon Lin saw that he didn't talk much and stopped talking. He explained a few things to pay attention to, such as the need to pay attention to the temperature when using the ground fire every day, and the need to register when receiving materials. He turned around and left, heading to the next refining room to inform.
Qin Tiexin Close the door and return to the forging bench.
His eyes fell on the first item to be repaired, Law Artifact - the flying sword with a cracked edge.
He did not start smelting it immediately, but first picked up the flying sword and held it in his hand. He concentrated on it, closed his eyes slightly, and his spiritual consciousness sank into the sword.
[Spirit Rune Weakness Insight] Silent operation.
In his perception, the flying sword is no longer a simple metal shape, but a network made up of countless tiny lines of spiritual light. At this moment, this network is full of fractures and distortions: at the edge of the blade, three key Spirit-Conducting Rune roads are broken at the root, like a severed blood vessel, causing the spiritual light to break. The force cannot penetrate smoothly; in addition, there is an extremely subtle dark crack that cannot be detected by the naked eye in the middle of the sword body, close to the spine, which almost penetrates the entire sword body horizontally, like a hidden wound hidden deep in the bone. If not treated, the entire sword may break from it the next time it is subjected to a strong impact.
"Horned Demon suffered severe frontal damage..." Qin Tiexin whispered to himself, already having a repair plan in his mind.
He first prepared the spiritual materials to be used, then lit the ground fire, and carefully placed the chipped edge of the sword blade on the edge of the outer flame of Flame to heat it.
When the metal reached the appropriate temperature, he covered his right hand with the spiritual power of "Vajra Hammer Fist", used his fist as a hammer, and struck steadily.
"Dang--Dang--Dang--"
The sound was dull and rhythmic, neither fast nor slow. He did not rush to completely flatten the crack, but first allowed it to be heated evenly, and then used precise force to gather the metal fibers on the edge of the crack little by little toward the gap and return it to its place.
This step requires an excellent touch. If the force is too strong, the blade will be deformed; if the force is too light, the metal cannot be fully filled. Qin Tiexin is focused and steady. This is not a difficult task for him, not to mention that this is a Lower-Grade Law Artifact.
After the collapse was initially closed, he withdrew the spiritual power of his right hand, took a deep breath, and condensed the pure Primordial Unity Spiritual Power on his fingertips to form a spiritual power carving knife. On the edge of the Repair that was just Repair but still warm, he re-engraved the three fractured Spirit Rune with extremely fine lines.
His wrist was steady, his breathing was long, and the carving knife moved smoothly, leaving smooth and precise grooves on the metal surface. Every detail of Spirit Rune's connection, angle, and depth came from countless practices and failures. He did not completely copy the original lines, but based on the direction of the metal structure after his Repair, he made slight adjustments to one of the turning angles to make the spiritual energy flow more smoothly.
In the last step, he took out a small piece of Cold Iron, mixed it with a trace amount of spiritual materials, and mixed it into a special filling paste. He used spiritual power to force it into the dark crack that was invisible to the naked eye, filled it, compacted it, smoothed it, and then slowly heated it with low-temperature Flame to fully fuse it with the sword body.
Quenching, tempering, grinding, cutting...
When Qin Tiexin put down the final polishing stone and raised Repair's completed flying sword in front of his eyes, the sword body was brand new. The blade was flat and glowing coldly, and Spirit Rune appeared. In terms of feel, it was almost the same as a new one.
He put down the first item and picked up the second item - the broken iron spine spear.