Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 604 Long term plan
"It's so lively."

The Three Wonders' idea is that an ancient sword-forging furnace was opened in some deep mountain forest, and then various secret methods were used to strike the stone tablet to make the sword shape appear.

When a divine weapon is born, it will surely emit a beam of blue light that shoots straight into the sky, causing a great change in the celestial phenomena.

Before they even reached the foot of the mountain, they were blocked by a bustling market.

"Take a look at the finest iron ore. It was just dug out of Iron Mother Mountain; it still carries the chill of the earth."

"Seven Star Well water, from the legendary Seven Wells of the Big Dipper, the last three buckets!!"

The hawkers' cries rose and fell, assaulting Sanqi's eardrums with all sorts of sounds, making him feel as if he had returned to the time when he went to the market in Qiantang.

The air was filled with the smells of metal, minerals, and all sorts of strange and unusual herbs, as well as the stench of urine.

The last one is also a product, and it's selling quite well.

Xu Xuan explained the materials for forging swords and some precautions to his disciples. The confidence in his tone reassured the three disciples.

It seems the teacher really knows how to use a sword.

After rounding the last bend in the mountain, the scene before them made them stop in their tracks; the mountains were ten times more lively than they had imagined.

It wasn't just lively, but also filled with waves of heat.

Countless orange-red lights shimmered on the mountainside, and the clanging of blacksmithing echoed through the trees like a torrential downpour falling on divine weapons.

This divine weapon is the entire mountain peak, after all, the aura of the sword is too strong.

A dozen or so sword furnaces are scattered here, with plumes of thick smoke rising into the clouds.

Each one was surrounded by people, and the swordsmiths were intently hammering the materials in their hands. Sweat streamed down their faces and turned into white smoke the moment it touched the red-hot sword blank.

At the core, there was also a sword furnace that used earth fire, surrounded by even more people.

"No...is this place really this open?" Ji Rui asked, puzzled. He didn't remember blacksmiths being like this.

Not to mention the Three Wonders, even Xu Xuan hadn't expected it.

Although the market at the foot of the mountain had set the stage, it was only when I actually went up the mountain that I discovered there were quite a few swordsmiths.

It wasn't until I got here that I realized how terrifying the celebrity effect can be.

Zhanlu Mountain was originally nameless.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Ou Yezi was commissioned by the King of Yue to forge swords. He traveled extensively throughout Fujian and Zhejiang provinces to find suitable places for sword making, and after three years, he forged five swords: Zhanlu, Chun Jun, Sheng Xie, Yu Chang, and Ju Que. He was also commissioned by the King of Chu to forge three more swords: Long Yuan, Tai A, and Gong Bu.

The entire Minzhong Prefecture belonged to the Yue Kingdom back then. The Yue Kingdom had many swordsmen, and its swordsmiths were even more famous, so it was normal for it to gather many different schools of swordsmanship.

Even if we put Gan Jiang, Mo Xie, Madam Xu, Zhu Yongzi, and many other legendary figures together...
Ou Yezi was also the absolute number one master in the world.

It was because he forged the sacred sword Zhanlu here that the desolate mountain became a famous mountain.

It also became a sacred place in the hearts of sword-making masters.

After all, the locations chosen by our ancestors for forging swords were carefully selected.

Some say the water here is good, some say the iron here is good, some say the feng shui here is good, and of course, another reason is that the luck here is good.

The forging of divine weapons also requires the right timing, location, and people.

Swordsmiths are arguably the most fantastical of all ordinary professions, sometimes comparable to wizards.

The ancient methods were even more bizarre and varied, containing all sorts of legends.

In return, Emperor Xuanyuan used copper from Shou Mountain to forge a sword, inscribing it with ancient astronomical characters. The sword's fame arose from Xuanyuan's achievements.

Some accounts are outrageous: the Rain Master swept the ground, the Thunder God struck, a dragon held up the furnace, and the Heavenly Emperor added charcoal; it took three years for the sword to be forged. When the sword was completed, its brilliant light pierced the heavens, the sun and moon shone brightly, the stars avoided its wrath, ghosts and gods wailed, and the King of Yue revered it.

Some are malevolent, made from demonic ore, and exude evil aura when the sword is first forged. With each inch it is forged, it becomes more malevolent.

Many divine weapons are born with a symbol of will, such as the Way of the Saint, the Way of Benevolence, the Way of the Emperor, the Way of Majesty, and so on. Various decrees contribute to the reputation of divine weapons. Further subdivided, they come from the mission bestowed upon them by their sword masters, such as Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, and Yu Chang.

If all the weapons you forge are normal divine weapons, then it only means that you are a swordsmith who has not yet succeeded.

Therefore, it's normal for people to study fortune.

Besides blacksmithing, who among those with ambition doesn't have some special skills?

Of all the divine weapons Xu Xuan had handled, the Seven Star Sword left the deepest impression on him. Even Gan Jiang and Mo Xie couldn't compare to the feeling of having an old friend.

After all, it was the only divine weapon that suited him, and he carried out the principle of sacrificing himself for righteousness to the extreme.

Later, it was placed into Zao's heart, which can be considered a kind of inheritance of belief.

That being said, of all the places where Ou Yezi forged swords, the one with the most people was Zhanlu Mountain.

The Sword of the Holy Path is famous for one thing, but it's also hard to find in other places.

In the bustling mountain stream, there is also the largest earthen stove, which is occupied by an old master craftsman with white hair and beard.

Holding iron tongs, he took a piece of red-hot metal from the fire and placed it on an anvil. His assistant immediately swung a sledgehammer, working in perfect harmony with the old man's small hammer. With a series of clanging sounds, the metal block gradually took shape.

The craftsmanship was so exquisite that even laymen were impressed, and a longsword gradually took shape.

Then everyone sighed, seemingly regretting that no extraordinary phenomenon accompanied them.

Although the scene was quite interesting, the four disciples' original plan to use the furnace to knock on the stone tablet was immediately thwarted.

Surprisingly, there was only one earthen stove in this place, and it was still in use.

Furthermore, the extraordinary phenomenon of Zhanlu's emergence must also be considered, since this sword already carries the aura of sainthood.

Xu Xuan pondered for a moment and decided that they shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. At worst, the master and his disciples could just take the divine weapon and run away.

He told his apprentices to wait a moment while he went to negotiate.

The method of negotiation was to use his extraordinary sword-forging skills to make a name for himself, amaze the master craftsman, and then hand over the sword furnace.

This is the most basic main character dungeon, you can't go wrong.

"Senior," I said, "may I borrow the sword furnace for half a day?"

The old man didn't even look up: "Get in line. See that old pine tree over there?" He pointed with his hammer to a nearby old pine tree, under which sat seven or eight swordsmiths carrying materials. "They're all waiting to use the furnace; the earliest they'll have to wait is three days."

Earth fire is not necessarily better than furnace fire; it's just that people lined up to compete for the master craftsman Ou Yezi's services because he supposedly used earth fire.

The Holy Father then indicated that the next step was the moment to show off and be slapped in the face.

Xu Xuan, a man from Yue, is most proud of his past achievements, having possessed Gan Jiang to forge a pair of demonic weapons that have been passed down through the ages.

After exchanging a few words, Xu turned and left without saying another word.

"Without rules, nothing can be accomplished."

“Everyone is queuing, how can we cut in line just for our own selfish reasons?”

"Let's go down the mountain first and discuss this further."

He walked quickly with his apprentice, and Ji Rui wanted to ask something but was stopped by his friend.

It's obvious that everyone has their own area of ​​expertise.

The old master remarked that the young man was very knowledgeable and had a remarkable memory, still remembering such an ancient sword-training technique. If it were a thousand years ago, he would have been considered a master craftsman.

Well, the sword-making techniques from the Spring and Autumn Period are outdated.

(End of this chapter)