He was born as a blacksmith, but he dominated the world

Chapter 16 Jiang Lin's passing score
After getting the re-tempered prototype of the tool back, Jiang Lin began to forge it again.

With the help of the two skills of seeing the big picture from the small details and moving with great speed, he can almost hit the exact spot instinctively.

Zhao Yankui was a little stunned. Although he had been giving instructions, Jiang Lin's progress was beyond his expectations.

Both the accuracy of the hammer drop and the choice of landing point are almost perfect.

Judging from the posture, it seems that he has completely mastered the art of hammering?
Zhao Yankui couldn't help but feel envious. Such talent was simply unheard of.

Qi the blacksmith who was in charge of holding the blank was even more stunned. He was dumbfounded as he watched Jiang Lin quickly hammer out the edge of the knife.

Have you learned this?
Looking back on my time in the hammering area, it took me at least three years of training before I could start hammering. It took me five years to get the hang of it, and another two years to finally acquire the demeanor of a formal blacksmith.

But how long did Jiang Lin take?
After less than a month in the fire-making area, his skills had reached perfection, and he was truly an enchanter.

But compared with honing skills, fire-making is not worth mentioning.

When Jiang Lin stopped hammering, he turned around and asked, "Master, do you think this is okay?"

Neither Zhao Yankui nor Qi the blacksmith said anything. They both silently lowered their heads and looked at the knife on the anvil, not knowing what to say.

After a long while, Zhao Yankui said in a muffled voice: "Do you want to learn quenching?"

Jiang Lin was slightly stunned. Learning quenching now?
Zhao Yankui's expression became more and more strange. After asking this question, he was shocked by himself.

Aren’t we here tonight to help Jiang Lin familiarize himself with the hammering technique? Why are we talking about quenching?

Normal apprentices need to hone their skills in the hammering area for at least three to five years before they can get involved in the quenching field.

Jiang Lin's progress was so fast that Zhao Yankui even wondered if he was too stupid and was really qualified to be his master.
What surprised Zhao Yankui even more was that Jiang Lin chose to refuse.

"My hammering skills are not yet perfect, and I am still far from the masters. I am not in a hurry to learn quenching."

Blacksmith Qi felt like vomiting blood after hearing this. Your hammering skills are really not that good. They are just about the same as those of me, an experienced blacksmith with thirty years of experience.

Damn, you’re not even thirty years old!

Blacksmith Qi said in a gloomy voice, "Jiang boy, being too modest is equal to being conceited, you know that."

Of course Jiang Lin had heard this sentence, but he did not deliberately be humble.

Although with the assistance of two skills, he could indeed reach a hammering level close to that of a formal blacksmith, but that was all.

Jiang Lin looked at the item on the anvil, and the evaluation information was clear at a glance.

[Poor quality long sword, with 398 defects]

Much better than expected, but the number of defects is still scary.

You have to know that when I saw the knives made by other blacksmiths, the number of defects was only more than 200.

This shows that I have not achieved perfection in controlling the details.

It’s like a student who knows how to answer a question, but has shortcomings like ugly handwriting and taking too long.

If you want to achieve perfection, according to the current situation, the tempering skills must at least reach level 5 or even level 6.

Of course, the absence of defects will make the casting reach the level of high quality.

For Jiang Lin, this is the passing line.

Fortunately, his thoughts would not be known to others, otherwise if Blacksmith Qi heard it, he would probably vomit three liters of blood.

The lifelong goal of many blacksmiths is to forge high-quality weapons. You say this is the passing line?

A full score is considered a pass, right?

In short, Jiang Lin does not intend to proceed to the next step until his skills have been honed to perfection.

His principle of doing things is to take steady steps and make the foundation more solid.

Zhao Yankui was relieved when he heard Jiang Lin said he would not learn quenching for the time being. He was really afraid that Jiang Lin would learn quenching and sharpening at once, and then he, as a master, would have nothing to teach, which would be too embarrassing.

"It's great that you can be so steady. It really takes a lot of practice to hone your skills," Zhao Yangkui said.

Jiang Lin asked respectfully, "Please give me more guidance, Master."

Zhao Yankui glanced at the untempered tool, his eyelids drooped, and his voice suddenly became unclear: "It's a little late today, let's talk about it next time, okay..."

His dark face felt a little hot, and Zhao Yankui couldn't stand it any longer. He told Jiang Lin to clean up the things, and then told Qi the blacksmith to leave.

After leaving the blacksmith shop, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Blacksmith Qi looked back at the young man who was cleaning up the charcoal ash and couldn't help but laugh bitterly: "I thought you had a good apprentice before, but now it seems that you have a real monster! Compared to him, I have been living like a dog for the past thirty years."

Zhao Yankui's lips trembled and he said the same thing.

He should have jumped for joy that his disciple was so outstanding, but the shock Jiang Lin brought was so shocking that he felt mixed emotions of worry and joy for a moment.

The good news is that the apprentice has a promising future and he has confiscated the wrong person.

What worries me is, with the “little skills” I have mastered, how long will it take for Jiang Lin to learn?

At today's rate, two days? Or three days?

Zhao Yankui felt miserable...

"Speaking of which, during the apprenticeship test tomorrow, if Dong Songchang sees how sophisticated Jiang Lin's hammering skills are, I'm afraid he will be so angry that he will die." Blacksmith Qi suddenly said.

Zhao Yankui's eyes lit up. Yes, he was shocked like this, how would Dong Songchang react then?
That sinister villain who is determined to use despicable means to cheat people, will he be so angry that he vomits blood tomorrow?

Zhao Yankui was so excited that he couldn't help but look forward to the dawn.

On the other hand, Jiang Lin knew that he had given the two masters a little shock today, and he did it on purpose.

My hammering skills have reached level 4, so sooner or later I'll have to reveal my true colors. So, I might as well take this opportunity to expose a little bit of them first.

In the eyes of Zhao Yankui and Qi the Blacksmith, Jiang Lin was already a monstrous person, but they didn't know that he had not yet fully demonstrated his ability to see the big picture from the small details.

If those defects were eliminated during the hammering process and high-quality knives were made directly, those two would probably not be able to sleep well all night.

After cleaning up the charcoal ash, Jiang Lin returned to the anvil and picked up the sledgehammer again.

Deliberately hiding one's shortcomings in front of the master is to establish a character that is progressive, but flaws still need to be eliminated.

He forged the weapons not to show off, but to upgrade his furnace baking technique!

So far, this knife has contributed less than 2 points of gold essence to Jiang Lin, and the real big thing is the elimination of defects.

With a serious expression, Jiang Lin picked up a sledgehammer and smashed it hard at the long knife.

It is not easy to eliminate all the more than 300 defects.

jingle——

jingle——

His strikes were not as rhythmic as Zhao Yankui's, but each hammer landed where it was needed.

With the continuous knocking sounds, after a full hour, all the defects of the long sword were finally eliminated.

[General quality knife blank (unquenched)]

Jiang Lin raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that even if the details were not done well, the quality could still be reached by eliminating the defects.

However, in the description, it is defined as a knife blank rather than a long knife.

This result was much better than expected. Jiang Lin nodded slightly and glanced at the other information.

(End of this chapter)