The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 237 The Alloy Boss is coming? Should I buy a Geiger counter for self-defense? (Ten thousand rewards plus 7)

Is this okay?

Shen Le stared blankly at the scabbard that was growing in front of him like a living thing.

The power of thunder is extremely masculine and can destroy everything, but it also contains a bit of vitality.

The camphor tree took advantage of this vitality to allow the scabbard to temporarily grow, using its own branch and leaf powder as the base material to grow and perfect...

I understand the principle, but how is this done?

The distance between this principle and its application is like telling me Newton's three laws of motion and then asking me to rub a large gantry crane with my hands...

fall!
I can't rub it out at all, okay?!
[How is it? Are you satisfied? ]

The big camphor tree shook its branches. Shen Le woke up and quickly thanked him:

"Satisfied, satisfied! Thank you so much! Without your help, I really don't know what to do!"

Really, none of the books, materials and papers he had read, and all the research and practical operations he had seen had anything like this.

Reversing death and reincarnating, allowing the scabbard to temporarily resume growth and return to its normal, complete appearance, perhaps only a tree demon can do this...

In this extraordinary world, he is still a newcomer who can’t be any newer, and he still has a lot to learn...

[As long as you are satisfied. I want to be paid! ]

"What reward? Just tell me!"

Shen Le took on the responsibility. The leaves trembled slightly, like the laughter of the big camphor tree:

[The same kind of pearls that can gather water as last time. I need more. ]

Well, this reward is a bit high. If he gives another one, he will have no share left. Shen Le thought about how to find the old turtle to exchange some, and started bargaining:
"No problem. But you have to help me do one more thing - the scabbard has been repaired, come, repair the handle as well..."

The big camphor tree got a pearl that could condense water spirit energy. Shen Le even helped it adjust the spirit gathering array to make it feel more comfortable.
Shen Le got a completely restored, or at least a completely grown, hilt and scabbard. He returned to the studio, measured, put on the instrument, and looked at it carefully:
Measurements show that the weight of the handle and scabbard has increased significantly, almost doubled. The length remains the same, but the volume has increased, and the density has increased.

Shen Le carefully cut a small piece of each and observed it under a microscope. The wood cells were closely arranged and grew naturally, and the original invading bodies in the vessels had completely disappeared.

Judging from observation results alone, there is no difference between this wood and naturally grown wood.

The most amazing thing is that the wood cells of the handle and scabbard look clearly different under a microscope, which means they come from different tree species.

In other words, the camphor tree used the wood from the crushed camphor tree branches and leaves to fill the handle and scabbard, guiding them to grow, and grew two different kinds of wood...

Incredible skills.

Shen Le sighed sincerely. He hung the single sword back on the waist of the red wedding dress, and observed carefully, he could see the spiritual energy flowing naturally and being absorbed by the single sword naturally.

The iron sheet of the blade is not in good condition yet, but the scabbard has entered the entire cycle of the red wedding dress. It is expected that in another seven or eight days or ten days, it will be integrated with the whole.

...So, all that's left is the blade and the bowstring of the slingshot?

Shen Le first bought a few rubber bands and wrapped them around the two ends of the slingshot to make it into a bowstring shape. He placed it on the back of the red wedding dress, observed the flow of spiritual energy, and shook his head regretfully:

In theory, rubber bands are the product of the reaction between rubber and latex and are natural products. However, Reiki does not accept them.

I don’t know if it’s because rubber originated in South America or if some chemicals were added during the production process, but in any case, the flow of spiritual energy on it is quite sluggish and it is impossible to penetrate it.

…So do we still have to use animal tendons? Silk strings, ox tendon strings, or something like that?

Shen Le searched for a long time on Taobao and also on various other shopping websites, but to no avail.

Nowadays, there may still be people who use animal tendons to make bowstrings, but it is so niche that it is almost impossible to find sellers online.

Mainstream bowstrings are made of polymer materials, such as Kevlar strings, and there are also those made of steel wire.

Of course, there is indeed beef tendon thread, which is said to be specially provided by the film and television city. Shen Le looked left and right, and it didn't seem like it...

Even though it didn't look like it, he bought one as a life-saving straw. When it arrived, he installed it and tried it, and it really didn't work. He didn't know if it was fake beef tendon or the production method was wrong...

"Do I have to buy some beef tendon myself to make it?"

Shen Le wanted to cry but had no tears. Regardless of whether he could make this thing or not, he couldn't afford to waste time -

"When making a bow, in winter, the stems are separated and in spring, the horns are melted. In summer, the tendons are prepared. In autumn, the three materials are combined. In cold, the body is laid, and in ice, the bow is separated."

It takes a long time for a skilled craftsman to pound tough beef back tendons or hoof tendons into thin threads and weave or wind them according to a certain pattern to form the basic shape of a bowstring.

He has to do this. It will take about half a year for him to practice and get the hang of it. It will take until next year when the temperature is right and the bowstring can be made...

There was no other choice, so Shen Le had to call Lao You and ask him to buy a bowstring for a slingshot made of beef tendon or similar animal tendons.

Unexpectedly, Lao You answered the call immediately:
"Boss, do you still remember the tiger? The tiger's body is still being processed bit by bit, it won't be finished so soon.

I remember that the tiger tendons have not been sold out yet. I will go find the buyer and ask him to help make bow strings!"

Ah this...

Is this too extravagant?
Isn't it too much to use the tendons of a 1,500-year-old monster to make strings for an ordinary slingshot that's only a few hundred years old?
And to be honest, the tendons of a big demon must be full of demonic energy. If it is attached to a slingshot, will it take over the main function and suppress the spirituality of the slingshot?
"...Isn't this a waste? Tiger tendons, they should be very expensive, right?"

"Boss, you don't seem to be short of money, right?" Lao You couldn't help but complain:
"The materials from the tiger alone have sold for 30 million! 30 million! There's still half of it in the warehouse that hasn't been sold! It's just a few tiger tendons, there's no need to be stingy, right?"

Who said that!
I'm short of money!

Very lacking!

I can’t bear to use the latest mobile phones. I eat them one by one. No, I throw them away one by one…

After Shen Le's much persuasion, Lao You finally agreed to have both plans in mind.

On the one hand, I can go find those traditional bow makers, intangible cultural heritage inheritors, and see if I can buy some cow tendon strings and put them on the slingshot to try;
On the other hand, I took out the remaining tendons in the warehouse and asked the buyer to help me customize a bowstring for the slingshot...

The peregrine falcon carried the precious slingshot on its back, spread its wings, and flew north and south. After three days and three nights, it brought the latest news:

"Boss! I bought the traditional cow tendon strings! I watched him work, and he didn't use any modern chemical materials, all natural materials! You try it first, I'll watch the one who makes tiger tendon strings!"

Shen Le happily installed the cow tendon string on the slingshot, pulled the bow, released it, pulled the bow again, released it, and observed the flow of spiritual energy on it.

It's okay, but a little slow. This new string can be used, but it's not sensitive to spiritual energy.

If we expect it to be integrated into the entire Red Wedding Dress system and light up this slingshot, it will probably take a year or two?

Fortunately, the tiger tendon string arrived quickly. Almost the moment it was installed, the entire slingshot vibrated slightly, making a whistle that ordinary people could not hear but could only be felt by the spirit.

Shen Le frowned, looking at the evil spirit on the tiger tendon string, and couldn't wait to extend it to the slingshot, wanting to swallow it up in return:
"Wait a minute! I want a slingshot, not a tiger!"

He had no choice but to dismantle the tiger tendon string and use the heat from his body to repeatedly infect it to eliminate the evil spirit.

After wiping everything clean, I installed it and observed its condition. My eyes suddenly lit up:
Sure enough, this material, which came from a great demon and had been refined and purified, was the best material for repairing old objects.

The spirituality flowed in it almost like water, permeating it naturally, and soon it became the main part of the slingshot itself, becoming one with the whole thing.

Hey, if I need to repair fabrics in the future, can I ask the boss lady to ask that silkworm demon for some silk?
Bah, bah, bah, bah!

Never repair fabric again!
Dogs don't do that!!!

The problem with the slingshot has been solved, and the next step is to repair the blade of the single sword.

Shen Le walked around the single sword three times, but couldn't get the point, so he had to roll up his sleeves and start from the most basic direction:
He first bought a batch of magnetic powder online, sprinkled it evenly on the single sword, and let it naturally absorb the blade. Then, he drew on his spiritual energy and slowly refined the magnetic powder:
It is of no use. Magnetic powder has no strengthening effect on the single sword, nor does it have any absorbing effect on spiritual energy.

Then I tied the iron sheet to the single sword and attracted the spiritual energy, but it still didn't work. The effect was even worse...

Do you want me to forge iron?
Heat the iron sheet red, add molten iron, and forge it into one piece? !

Wouldn't this process of heating it red, adding molten iron, and forging it really burn away the thin spiritual energy on top? !
Shen Le was unsure and didn't dare to try it directly on the single sword. He looked through the sea-salvaged goods that Lao You bought for him, and after searching for a long time, he finally found two metal pieces with a faint smell:
One piece might be an iron pot, er, maybe a fragment of an iron pot;
The other thing, possibly, probably, maybe, was a sickle blade or something like that.

Forgive Shen Le's level, he can only identify to this extent. He asked the proprietress if there is any place in the town with a high-temperature furnace. The proprietress smiled slightly:
"Just bring the stuff over here! The stove here will do!"

You, you here?
Shen Le didn't quite believe it. He held the two pieces of debris and followed the proprietress to the back kitchen. He walked out the back door, through the alley, and into a small door he hadn't noticed before:

"right here?"

Shen Le stared at the small stove in front of him in amazement. It was two feet high and less than a foot in diameter. There was a small door at the bottom, and a few things that looked like firewood were stuffed inside.

This thing is even smaller than the coal briquette stove his grandfather used at home when he was young!

Madam boss, are you sure this thing can melt iron sheets?
To heat iron until it turns red and softens, the temperature must be at least 600 degrees. Can the temperature of your furnace reach degrees?
The proprietress chuckled. She placed a gas stove rack on top of the stove, fiddled with the firewood in the stove, and lit it.

Seeing the orange-red flames rising up and licking the stove rack, she raised her chin slightly and handed Shen Le a pair of fire tongs:
"What are you staring at? What piece of iron are you trying to burn? Put it up there!"

The boss lady was so imposing that Shen Le forgot to resist for a moment. With one command and one action, the iron sheet was placed on the stove and fell into the flames. Half a minute, one minute...

"Boss lady, you're not angry enough!"

"Why are you in such a hurry?" The lady boss smiled confidently. She half squatted down, took a deep breath, and blew hard into the stove.

call!
The orange-red flame instantly turned into golden red, then golden yellow, and finally pure white. Shen Le watched the iron sheet on the stove rack turn red, soften, and begin to bend downwards...

Madam boss, what are you talking about?
Even pure oxygen isn’t as strong as you!
Or did you spit out a breath of wood spirit energy into it and let the wood spirit energy burn directly?
He quickly pulled out the iron sheet. The iron sheet fell to the ground and slowly cooled down. Shen Le stared at it without blinking, observing the changes of the iron sheet with his spiritual eyes.

The heat rose up, distorting the scene in front of him and interfering with his vision. It was not until the color of the iron sheet turned black again that Shen Le sighed:
The experiment failed.

When the broken pieces of the iron pot were burned red and taken out, the spiritual energy had indeed disappeared without a trace.

The iron pot fragments are like this, and I think the blade of the single sword is not much better...

"what are you up to?"

The lady boss watched from the side for a long time, and finally asked him when she saw that he was still hesitating. Shen Le smiled bitterly and told her his plan, and the lady boss also frowned:

“If you just want it to maintain its spirituality, that’s easy. Find a master refiner and add some spiritual ore, and your requirements will definitely be met.

——But you have to maintain its original spirituality, which is still so weak... Let me think about it, who do I know who is a master of manipulating metal..."

Shen Le's eyes suddenly lit up.

I know the master who controls metal!

That alloy guy!

He can make silver sheets gilded by chewing with his mouth and digesting with his stomach. What if he can also guide the iron element to slowly seep into the blade!

I can at least ask...it never hurts to ask!

The boss was obviously very impressed with him. When Shen Le called, the call was connected. Hearing Shen Le's question, the Alloy Boss laughed:
"That's easy. I haven't tried it, but it's not hard to give it a try... Well, give me an address and I'll come right over!"

"Ah, no need for the address." Shen Le declined carefully:
"Would you like to try it first? If you can do it, I'll come back to you with the stuff. If you can't do it, then I won't bother you making the trip in vain?"

"Hey!" The Alloy Boss waved his hand proudly:

"Why are you being so polite to me? Thanks to your idea, I've been eating really well these past few days!"

He lifted up something and took a bite. Shen Le didn't see clearly what it was, but only saw snowflakes flashing on the screen of the phone.

Shen Le just hesitated for a moment, "Should I bring a Geiger counter for self-defense when I go to see him?", when he heard the boss calmly say:
"I told you I would give you a gift! You are still young, so don't be timid when doing things! The address!!!"

　Thanks to @过客19900912 for the 100 starting coins

　　Cat asked in the group, "How can Shen Le find a place where iron bars can be forged?" The group members told him:
　　In fact, there are blacksmithing enthusiasts in every city. As long as you get into a small circle, you can easily borrow a set of equipment.

　　Is it so magical?

　　Every city has one!

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