Chapter 75: Shocking Cold

Clang... clang... clang... clang... clang...

In the quiet cave, the powerful hammering sounds lasted for a full night.

Not a single person in the camp showed any impatience. They all stared fixedly at Xia Hong, looking at the blade embryo he was hammering, their faces full of expectation.

It wasn't until the sky was about to turn white that Xia Chuan, who had come to his senses, hurriedly called people to seal the entrance again.

Coincidentally at this time, Xia Hong's hammering also approached the end.

Clang... clang... clang...

After the last three hammering sounds fell, Xia Hong let go of the Grinding Stone in his hand, looked up and let out a long breath, only to find that his whole body was soaked, his arms were swollen, and intense soreness came from his joints all over his body.

"Whoosh... this is several times more tiring than chopping wood!"

Xia Hong sighed in his heart, rubbed his arms, clamped the formed blade body with wood, and looked at the ten exquisite silver-white patterns on the side of the blade body. Although his face was full of fatigue, the surprise in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

"According to what Luo Ming said, ten-forged is only the most basic weapon, but it also takes at least three Earth-Digging Realms to take turns hammering for a whole night. But with this Grinding Stone, I can do it alone!"

Xia Hong's surprise wasn't without reason. Before trying last night, he hadn't thought he would succeed all at once, just wanting to see how many forging patterns he could hit.

But as one forging pattern after another appeared, he found that his limit was still far from being reached, so he gritted his teeth and continued to persist, wanting to see where his limit truly was.

Never imagined that he would hit a ten-forged weapon in one go.

And it was all relying on himself alone!

Not right.

Xia Hong turned his head to look at the Grinding Stone on the ground and immediately reacted. The greatest contributor should be it.

At the Luo Ge camp, Luo Ming took Xia Hong to try the tools they used for blacksmithing, which was an iron hammer weighing over two thousand jin. With such a heavy thing, even an Earth-Digging Realm couldn't possibly swing and strike continuously for a whole night.

But this Grinding Stone given by the system clearly had no weight in his hand, but it didn't deform at all when hitting the blade embryo, and judging from the speed of the blade embryo's formation, the efficiency was far higher than the Luo Ge camp's iron hammer.

"The only flaw is that the iron embryo melted from iron ore can only be hit if you reach the Earth-Digging Realm. The Woodcutting Realm simply cannot suppress the rebound force of the iron embryo. It seems that blacksmithing can only be done by me alone for now."

Xia Hong shook his head, a look of helplessness appearing on his face.

Luo Ming said earlier that one had to reach the Earth-Digging Realm to blacksmith. Xia Hong thought the problem was with the blacksmithing tools. A two-thousand-jin iron hammer was a problem for an Earth-Digging Realm to swing continuously, let alone a Woodcutting Realm.

But the Grinding Stone had no weight, so couldn't it also let people like Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng, who were in the Woodcutting Realm, use it to blacksmith!

But when he hit the first strike last night, Xia Hong understood. The problem Luo Ming said about reaching the Earth-Digging Realm to blacksmith wasn't because the blacksmithing tools were too heavy, but because of the iron embryo itself.

It should be due to the material reason. Once the iron embryo melted from iron ore received external force, it would produce an extremely strong rebound force. Without a force of over ten thousand jin, it was impossible to suppress this rebound force.

Yuan Cheng was excited to come and help last night. Xia Hong couldn't refuse and let him come up to try. As a result, he only swung the first strike, and he was sent flying, his shoulder almost dislocating.

While Xia Hong was pondering, the rest of the camp had already gathered around, looking at the blade embryo in his hand, all extremely excited.

"Leader, why is this blade still pitch-black?"

Hearing Yuan Cheng's confusion, Xia Hong smiled. Before he could speak, Yue Feng and Xia Chuan had already carried a large wooden bucket full of water over.

Xia Hong signaled everyone to step back and threw the pitch-black blade body directly into the water.

Sss sss...

The water in the wooden bucket boiled violently instantly, and thick white smoke rose. It took a full ten-plus breaths before the sound gradually became smaller and the smoke slowly dissipated.

After the smoke completely dissipated, the blade body in the wooden bucket had completely changed its appearance.

The originally pitch-black blade body had now turned silver-white.

Even in the water, everyone seemed to feel the cold light emitted by the blade body. The ten silver forging patterns on the side were clearly visible, adding a few more points of mystery.

Xia Hong was also somewhat excited, fished the blade out of the wooden bucket, then took the leather Xia Chuan handed over, carefully wiped the water stains on it, and finally installed the handle that had been prepared long ago.

Finally, a complete great blade, missing only the final step, appeared in Xia Hong's hand and before the eyes of everyone in the Does Does Da Xia camp.

"The blade is one point three meters long, one point five meters with the handle, the thickest part of the back is about two centimeters, and it weighs 620 jin."

Hearing the various values Xia Hong reported after careful inspection, everyone looked at the great blade with fiery eyes and excited expressions.

"Don't be anxious, there is one last step!"

Xia Hong naturally noticed everyone's eyes, signaled everyone not to be anxious, and unhurriedly took the Grinding Stone from the side.

The last step, grinding the edge and sharpening.

This step was much easier, and Xia Hong didn't have to do it himself.

Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others, who had been watching from the side and were itching to try, didn't need him to call. They all came over, let Xia Hong go to rest first, and Xia Chuan led the other nine people to take turns grinding the blade, busy and having a great time.

Probably because this long blade was the first weapon of Does Does Da Xia, Xia Chuan and the others ground it extremely seriously, and the water in the wooden bucket was changed again and again.

Xia Hong came over several times, thinking it was about enough, but the few insisted it wasn't enough and had to grind for a while longer. Xia Hong was helpless and could only let them be.

Just like when Xia Hong was blacksmithing last night, the grinding sounds made by the few lasted for a full four hours, not stopping until it was dark and night fell.

"Leader, it's ground, come over and try it!"

Once night fell, the entrance had already been opened. Xia Hong was practicing boxing outside the cave, and hearing the call from inside, he hurriedly walked back.

Xia Chuan and the ten people had ground the blade for four hours, and their bodies were almost soaked, but their expressions were still excited, and they couldn't see a bit of fatigue.

Xia Hong took the long blade, looked at the blade edge that had been ground extremely sharp, and a thread of excitement also flashed in his eyes. He walked to the place where the wood was piled.

Everyone knew this was to test the blade, and they all followed behind with great interest.

Xia Hong chose a Frost-Red Tree over three meters thick, raised the long blade, and used only about half his strength to slash fiercely at it.

Crack...

The sharp blade edge broke through the wood directly, cutting in half a meter deep.

Moreover, pulling out the blade body, there was no damage or curling on the blade edge at all.

Xia Hong immediately let out a long breath, looked back at everyone, raised the long blade, and his face was full of smiles.

"Does Does Da Xia's first iron weapon, it's done!"

Hearing Xia Hong's words, everyone in the camp cheered instantly.

"Hahahaha, it really is done. We can forge weapons in the future."

"As long as there are coal mines, we will all have weapons in the future."

"In the future, on Seeing Seeing Hong Mu Ridge, not just the Luo Ge camp, our Does Does Da Xia can also forge weapons."

"With weapons, we won't be afraid of those cold beasts anymore, hahaha!"

"Leader is mighty!"

"Leader, this is the first weapon forged by our camp ourselves. Give it a name!"

The crowd's cheers were interrupted by Xia Chuan's suggestion.

Everyone looked at Xia Hong, waiting for him to name the blade.

Hearing this suggestion, Xia Hong was stunned for a moment.

According to Luo Ming, ten-forged weapons could be forged by any Earth-Digging Realm. This blade, to put it bluntly, was a basic iron tool. Any camp with an Earth-Digging Realm could basically forge it, so the value of this blade absolutely couldn't be considered precious.

But as Xia Chuan said, this was the first weapon forged by the Does Does Da Xia camp itself, which had extraordinary significance for Does Does Da Xia. Even if it was used for commemoration in the future, it should have a name.

Xia Hong lowered his head and pondered for a while, looked up, and gently drew the blade, reflecting a cold light that shot straight toward the direction of Seeing Seeing Hong Mu Ridge outside the cave.

"Shocking Cold!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 76 =====