Chapter 286 — The Demolition Boy
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
" Ling Yuxiu praised him endlessly. "Oxherd, your craftsmanship is not bad—only a tiny bit inferior to the Vice Minister of Works. " Si Yunxiang was exceedingly envious.
She manifested the form of her own yuan weapon, a single silk thread undergoing a thousand transformations, and said, "What is the meaning of hundred-refined steel turned into softness that winds around the finger? To forge a yuan weapon to the degree of softness that winds around the finger is not merely a matter of simple blacksmithing. Sect Master, my yuan weapon is called Thousand Threads—it is both sword and dharma, modeled upon the scriptures of my Heavenly Holy Cult's Great Nurturing Nether Demon Sutra.
Can you forge metal to be as soft as a silk thread?
" Shen Mu studied the form of her yuan weapon and frowned. "To forge such a slender sword, fine as silkworm silk, and moreover to brand spell seals upon it—that is difficult.
I have learned how, but I have never actually forged one. Let me try! " Si Yunxiang's Thousand Threads yuan weapon was far more troublesome than Ling Yuxiu's Nine Dragons weapon, requiring greater delicacy. The metal had to be hammered to the utmost softness, then stretched out to forge a metal film many times thinner than silkworm silk. The thickness of silkworm silk was one si, and beyond si there were yet finer measures: hu, wei, xian, sha, chen, ai, miao, mo, and so on. Shen Mu could only roll the metal film out to the thickness of chen—the measure of dust—and could not achieve anything finer.
At this thickness, even more exquisite branding was required. Shen Mu and Si Yunxiang both cultivated the Great Nurturing Nether Demon Sutra, and the two of them joined forces to brand the runes. After untold hardships they finally branded the rune seals onto the metal film; during the process the film tore several times, and they had to reforge it.
Afterward, Shen Mu folded the metal film, hammered and refined it a thousand times, stretched it out again, and re-branded the rune seals. This was repeated again and again, and at last the Thousand Threads yuan weapon was forged. Si Yunxiang's mind stirred slightly, and the Thousand Threads yuan weapon transformed into a silk ribbon tied at her waist. The water in this undersea world was gradually deepening; they could not remain long. Shen Mu immediately transformed his yuan qi into yuan qi threads, gathering the two jade eyes and those jade stars into a yuan qi net, and said, "Let us go up.
" The three of them hurried toward the great cauldron.
Si Yunxiang came to the cauldron's side, her gaze flickering, and tried to lift the great cauldron and carry it away. But the cauldron was inconceivably heavy; no matter how she exerted her full strength, it did not budge in the slightest. "Your chest is small, so you have no strength," Ling Yuxiu said with a grin. "Then you with the big chest, you try!
" Si Yunxiang retorted angrily. Ling Yuxiu stepped forward, but unexpectedly the cauldron was truly too heavy—she could not lift it either, and could not help but blush slightly.
Shen Mu shook his head.
"This cauldron has spewed out so much spirit water, and the spirit water was lifted to a height of over one thousand six hundred zhang.
The weight of the water ejected from the cauldron likely rivals a mountain. And that is to say nothing of the cauldron's own weight.
This object is absolutely a divine artifact—you had best not entertain any ideas about it. " The two women inwardly sighed in regret and followed Shen Mu upward. After a long while, they finally surfaced.
Ling Yuxiu laughed, "This time we did get a few treasures—the journey was not in vain.
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" "How many treasures did the Princess get? What treasures are they? " A voice came from the edge of the pool. The three of them quickly looked, and saw Long Jiaonan sitting atop the head of a giant red serpent, whose immense body had coiled a full circle around the pool.