Chapter 0505 Teaching by Example, the State of Enlightenment

Today’s sixth update: Chapter 505!

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Ou Yezi sighed and looked at Xu Kun with a resentful look: "You are so sincere!"

"Hehehe!" Seeing that his master didn't look harsh on him, Xu Kun smiled stupidly.

But soon, Xu Kun discovered the strangeness of this spring water.

He took away nearly 50,000 cubic meters of water, and in a very short period of time, the water level rose again!

The water-fetching tools leading to the entire Sword Pond Holy Land that had been shut down because of the inability to mobilize water began to operate again because of the rising water level!

This scene made Xu Kun amazed!

Seeing Xu Kun staring at the water again, Ou Yezi hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't stop it. Although you have the supplement of that SS-level water species, if you harvest too much in a short period of time, it won't be able to replenish it. What if?" I'm in a hurry, and there's no telling if this water species that already possesses spirituality can escape!"

Xu Kun smiled coquettishly: "Master, the water I collected should be enough for a long time. Come back next time!"

Ou Yezi silently prayed to his eldest disciple!

"Come on, the fire is already burning, and I will teach you the casting skills next!"

"Everyone's casting skills are greatly different due to their different experiences, which leads to different directions of objects that everyone is good at casting!"

"For example, when forging those large and ingenious equipment, you need brute force. It is difficult to complete the forging of those heavy metals without enough strength!"

"And some delicate equipment requires skill. Some materials with soft texture and strong plasticity can be easily damaged if excessive force is used!"

"Among all kinds of artifacts, sword casting is a combination of brute force and ingenuity. And your senior brother is only able to achieve what he is today because of his high talent in sword casting!"

"But for a top caster, a single casting skill has already limited his upper limit. Therefore, if your senior brother wants to cast an SSS-level supreme artifact in this life, it will be very difficult, so difficult that it is almost impossible!"

"And now, you are just a piece of jade!"

"The casting skills you showed when you competed with Chi'er earlier were completely unsightly and wild!"

Xu Kun's face was full of embarrassment.

"Don't think I'm laughing at you. On the contrary, people like you who have not systematically learned any casting skills are the most suitable ones to cultivate!"

Without fixed thinking, you will not fall into thinking limitations!

"Don't focus on the numerical success rate of casting skills. You must know that man can defeat nature. When your own casting skills are high enough, you can ignore the success rate of casting skills!"

"First of all, in the first step, I need to teach you the technique of exerting force. For the same ten points of force, with unscientific force exertion techniques, you can only exert eight points, or even lower!"

"But after systematic study, you can not only exert 100% of your power, but also 120% of your power, which is beyond your own limits!"

As he spoke, Ou Yezi took out two ordinary casting hammers.

"Your Star Luo Jiutian, as your casting skills have improved, you should be a little unable to use it now, right?"

"Master, do you even know this?"

"Haha, it's just based on experience!"

"With your current level of casting, using Xingluo Jiutian to assist in casting will not only be of no benefit, but it will also make you rely too much on external objects because of the power of Xingluo Jiutian. If this continues, one day you will be unable to cast it. The star fell in the sky and caused the casting technique to stagnate!"

"So, when you cast with me in the future, you should use this B-level casting hammer first. It is just suitable for your current casting skills!"

Xu Kun nodded and waved the casting hammer in his hand. Compared with the already extremely heavy Xingluo Jiutian, this casting hammer was as light as a feather to Xu Kun!

“Don’t think that because the casting hammer is light, it is of little use!”

As he said that, Ou Yezi threw a piece of metal into the furnace. After it was calcined, he used his exquisite fire control skills to extract it directly from the air!

"Come on, use the casting hammer in your hand and try your best to forge this piece of metal into shape before it cools down!"

Xu Kun nodded, picked up the casting hammer, and slammed the hammer down!

Under Xu Kun's power, the metal quickly deformed, and the impurities inside were constantly stripped away!

But this piece of metal was tougher than any metal Xu Kun had ever forged before. Xu Kun hammered for a long time, but he still hadn't completely forged it. Instead, the temperature on the metal had slowly dropped!

Xu Kun seemed a little anxious, and the strength of his original control was increased a bit!

Sparks were flying on the metal. Just when Xu Kun was proud of this moment, there was a click, and the B-level casting hammer in his hand... broke!

Xu Kun: (′???‵)

Ou Yezi's face was calm, as if he had foreseen such an outcome!

He reached out and grabbed the piece of metal that had cooled down, and said with a smile: "68% purity, you failed!"

"Master, I..."

"Don't feel disappointed. The moment you swung the forging hammer, I already knew that your forging this time would definitely fail!"

"Besides the wrong technique in exerting force, you are still lacking in one thing!"

"Which point?"

"Do you know the name of this piece of metal?"

Xu Kun shook his head.

"Then you don't even know the properties of this piece of metal!"

Xu Kun opened his mouth but was speechless.

"This is just like when you face someone in the Haotian Tower. You don't even know the opponent's level, attributes, and skills. How can you be confident that you can definitely beat the opponent?"

Xu Kun was speechless.

"The accumulation of basic knowledge is equally important. Here, take this book and remember to read it at any time!"

Xu Kun took the brown paper book handed over by Ou Yezi, and it was written "Encyclopedia of Ores and Metals"!

"In this book, except for a few ethnic specialties and extremely rare metal ores, all other ores and metals from F grade to SSS grade are recorded, including their characteristics and applicable directions. You need to remember them in your heart!"

Xu Kun took the book with great care. For a foundry master, its value is no less than an SSS-level skill book!

This is a treasure summarized by foundries of all generations after seeing countless metal ores!

"Next, I will show you the force-generating techniques for forging various metals. All you need to do is to find the corresponding metal in the book first, then combine my force-generating techniques and use them on yourself!"

"There are thousands of metals in the world, and this is not a one-day job. It is not easy to remember all the force-generating techniques, let alone apply them to yourself!"

"So this stage is the stage of dripping water through the stone. I will not forge high-grade metals for the time being, and will focus on B-grade and C-grade metals. You have to watch carefully!"

Xu Kun nodded repeatedly, his eyes wide open, unwilling to miss every moment!

If Xu Kun's other brothers saw their master teaching their little brothers like this, they would probably be jealous to the point of madness!

This is not teaching apprentices, this is training his own son!

As the first foundry master of the human race and the third foundry master of the myriad races, how could Ou Yezi teach his apprentices like today, one-on-one, hand-in-hand!

Others, including Gan Jiang, were able to watch from the sidelines when Ou Yezi was making equipment, and then go back to comprehend it themselves, which was already good.

Under normal circumstances, Ou Yezi would only let his apprentice figure it out on his own, and then point out the mistakes!

Xu Kun didn't understand Ou Yezi's preference for him, but it didn't affect him from watching his mentor carefully demonstrate how to forge these low-level metals one by one!

Ou Yezi's movements were very fast. Under his casting hammer, a piece of B-grade metal was forged in less than a minute, and the purity was naturally the highest 100%!

His movements when casting were not like those sweating blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop, but like a dancing nobleman!

When forging, every rhythm was like stepping on a dance step!

Xu Kun couldn't help but be fascinated by it!

An hour later, the metal forged by Ou Yezi was piled up like a mountain next to him.

Just when Ou Yezi insisted on biting off more than he could chew and asked Xu Kun to try forging metal again, he found that Xu Kun slowly closed his eyes and sat cross-legged!

"This..."

Ding-clang...

Ou Yezi's casting hammer fell to the ground.

Enlightenment?

Just the first time he was taught the forging methods of various metals from the shallow to the deep, he entered the state of enlightenment that countless people dream of!

After being shocked, Ou Yezi was very pleased. The more he looked at this little apprentice, the more he liked him!

Xu Kun sat cross-legged for more than an hour. During this time, scenes of Ou Yezi swinging the casting hammer kept flashing in his mind, until finally, Ou Yezi's figure became himself!

An enlightenment saves ordinary people years of work!

When Xu Kun opened his eyes, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes!

Not far away, Ou Yezi, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, felt that Xu Kun had exited the state of enlightenment, and immediately smiled and said: "Not bad, very good!"

Xu Kun was about to answer when he felt a vibration on the metal bracelet!