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Chapter 119 The sword forms seven stars, capable of vanquishing evil!

It has been almost three weeks since Chen Miao obtained the crafting method for the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword. During this time, he also used ordinary peach wood to make four relatively perfect molds.

The first mold was the initial peach wood sword blank.

The design of the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword differed somewhat from what Chen Miao had found online.

The peach wood sword blank that Chen Miao made according to the method online was fifty centimeters long.

The overall length of the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword is two feet four inches (about eighty centimeters).

The sword is 1 foot 8 inches long (about 60 centimeters), 3 inches wide (about 10 centimeters), and 6 fen thick (about 2 centimeters).

These different lengths carry different meanings:
Two feet and four inches, symbolizing the feng shui formation of the twenty-four mountains.

One foot and eight inches, symbolizing the eighteen levels of hell.

Three inches symbolizes the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

The six divisions correspond to the six Ding and six Jia guardian deities.

While it's impossible to truly possess all these symbolic powers, this standard should not be violated if you want the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword to reach its optimal power.

In the crafting instructions he obtained through the exchange, Chen Miao noticed a special note.

One point less, and the power is reduced by ten percent!
A difference of even half an inch can reduce the power by half!
If it's even an inch off, it's no different from holding a peach wood sword blank!
In other words, if it is not made according to the standard, even if Chen Miao uses century-old peach wood, the finished product may only have the power of fifty-year-old peach wood.

Therefore, the peach wood sword blanks used to make the molds are all of the standard size of two feet four inches, or eighty centimeters, as specified in the production method.

It might be slightly different, but it won't have a significant impact.

However, the rough draft of the peach wood sword that Chen Miao made himself could not be transformed into a Seven-Star Peach Wood Sword due to its length.

To make one, you need to exchange for another one!
This made Chen Miao feel quite sorry for him.

The second mold, based on the first one, had seven holes carved out with a carving knife.

Fortunately, Chen Miao was already quite familiar with using carving knives when he made peach charms before, and he increased the intensity of his practice during this period in order to make the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword.

They even managed to create a "Sculpting - Beginner" skill!

The emergence of this technique is one of the reasons why Chen Miao is confident in making the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword.

There are also rules regarding the carving of the seven holes.

The seven holes on the sword must be evenly spaced and arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper. From top to bottom, the seven holes are: Greedy Wolf, Giant Gate, Prosperity, Literary Star, Honest Star, Martial Star, and Broken Army.

The seven holes are connected by fine grooves, forming star trails that connect the seven stars.

This requires not only a good grasp of distance, but also a good grasp of depth.

If the blade is pierced while carving the seven stars, it means the sword blank is ruined.

The seven stars are carved on only one side; the other side is blank.

The carving of the seven holes is not the end.

On the third peach wood sword blank, Chen Miao extended another fine groove on the Greedy Wolf sword.

The fine groove extends upwards to the guard, passing through the middle of the guard and connecting with the spiral pattern on the hilt.

There is only one purpose to do this, in order to coordinate with the Bloodlight Talisman!

The method of using the Bloodlight Talisman is to activate it and then curl it up and wrap it around the hilt of the sword.

The blood-red light from the Bloodlight Talisman travels through the cinnabar in the spiral groove of the sword hilt, all the way down the fine groove on the guard to the Seven Stars, increasing the power of the Seven Stars Peach Wood Sword!
Even without the Blood Talisman, the blood in one's palm can still flow down the grooves and light up the seven stars one by one, thus activating the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword to its fullest power.

Therefore, this step is also very important.

The groove connecting the sword hilt and the seven stars should be thicker than the star trails between the seven stars, otherwise the blood and light would be difficult to transmit.

Next up is the fourth model.

This model was created by Chen Miao using a dye made from a mixture of cinnabar, black dog blood, and rooster blood. He then used a talisman brush to trace the seven stars, star trails, and sword hilt red.

Chen Miao originally thought this step would be the simplest.

As a result, he ruined several sword blanks during the finishing process, which finally allowed him to grasp the proper measure.

This final step is just as important as drawing talismans.

Thus, the four sword blanks demonstrate all the steps involved in making the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword.

It may seem like there are only four molds, but in reality, it took Chen Miao three weeks to make no less than forty peach wood sword blanks!

I break about two guns every day!

After all, every wrong step you take means you have to throw it away and start all over again.

However, every step of this process was deeply etched into Chen Miao's mind.

Now, his time to reap the rewards has finally come.

He immediately began making purchases.

A century-old peach wood piece, worth two coins of good karma, exchangeable!
One coin of cinnabar, one coin of good deeds, exchange them!

A bowl of rooster blood, a coin of good karma, exchange! A bucket of black dog blood, a coin of good karma, exchange!

Chen Miao didn't use any of the materials that were actually available; instead, he used the best ones!

The reasons for this are twofold: firstly, for the sake of effectiveness, and secondly, to ensure it can be included in a book!

However, there was one thing that surprised Chen Miao: black dog blood.

That bucket of black dog blood contained a full five liters, or about ten kilograms!
Qi Hui's dog, Hei Zi, is a medium-sized dog, weighing around 40 to 50 pounds. Assuming a blood percentage of 10%, even if Hei Zi were drained, it would only have a maximum of five pounds of blood.

But they gave ten jin here!

How much peach wood can be used to make a Seven Star Peach Wood Sword?

One or two?
Why give so much?
After a moment of confusion, Chen Miao slapped his forehead.

He was completely wrong.

Nobody said that the items on the exchange list in the book were specifically for making the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword!
The only thing that can be exchanged in the book has a value: good deeds done in secret.

So, a single coin of good karma can be exchanged for this much black dog blood!

Chen Miao was naturally happy about this, after all, such a bucket of black dog blood could be a powerful weapon if he encountered a jumping zombie in the future!
With everything prepared, Chen Miao first processed the century-old peach wood into the shape of a sword blank.

Only after that did he turn around and go to bathe and change his clothes.

After preparing, Chen Miao activated Ice Heart and picked up the peach wood sword blank worth two coins.

After scanning the second mold with his eyes and reviewing the key points in his mind, Chen Miao picked up the carving knife.

Half an hour later.

Chen Miao put down the sword blank, which had been carved with the seven stars and star trails, casually grabbed a tissue to wipe the sweat from his face, took a sip of water, and then picked up the sword blank again to look at the third mold.

Twenty minutes passed.

Chen Miao blew away a wisp of dust from the hilt of the sword with a "whoosh," and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

The first two steps are completed perfectly. Next, we come to the most important step.

Dot the star, connecting the star trail to the sword hilt!

When we were making the mold before, we only did half of this step because we didn't have any yin energy!

Now that Chen Miao is making a real Seven Star Peach Wood Sword, he naturally has to maintain a constant flow of Yin energy in his hands, just like when drawing talismans.

There is one thing to note here.

That's time!
While drawing the mold, Chen Miao was also controlling the time, but if he wanted to draw the seven stars and the sword hilt without making any mistakes, it would take at least five minutes in one go.

Chen Miao's hand could only remain under the shroud of yin energy for a maximum of three minutes at a time.

Therefore, Chen Miao tried to divide this final step into three parts.

The first part is the seven stars and their orbits, the second part is the pattern on the hilt, and the third part is the connection between the hilt and the blade.

In this way, we have much more time.

Chen Miao tried a few times, and there were no major problems.

Putting down his sword, Chen Miao began mixing chicken blood, cinnabar, and black dog blood, and grinding them together!
After preparing, Chen Miao held a sword in his left hand and a pen in his right.

After taking a deep breath, Chen Miao's eyes became focused again.

Dot the ink, put down the brush, and let the brush follow the hand's movement.

Two minutes later, seven brightly colored Big Dipper constellations, connected together in a spoon shape, appeared on the sword.

After resting for five minutes, Chen Miao picked up his pen again.

This time, not only must the pen move, but the hand must also continuously rotate the sword, making the hilt rotate in coordination with the pen.

Although it was inconvenient, Chen Miao's hands were both very steady.

Two minutes later, the spiral pattern on the sword hilt was completed.

Chen Miao did not stop, but directly connected the hilt to the groove on the blade.

The yin energy dissipated.

Chen Miao put down the talisman brush and looked at the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword in his hand.

Overjoyed, he couldn't help but take out a Bloodlight Talisman and wrap it around the hilt of his sword to activate it.

In the blink of an eye, the seven stars, which had become somewhat dim due to solidification, lit up one after another.

As the seven stars lit up, a crimson afterimage remained in sight as the sword was swung.

The sword forms seven stars, capable of slaying evil!

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(End of this chapter)