Chapter 277: Forging an Iron Sword!

"Of course, you have also seen the final shapes that need to be created, which are the ones I drew on the ground before."

Xu Wen pointed to the pictures on the ground not far away and said to the monkeys with a smile on his face.

After saying this, Xu Wen suddenly raised the hammer head made entirely of stone in his hand high.

In the next second, the whole hammer head hit the red iron block with the force of an army, which was constantly emitting scorching heat.

"when!"

As the hammer surface came into contact with the iron block, a sound that the monkeys had never heard before instantly came out.

At the same time, after sparks flew on the surface of the iron block, something like a black scar appeared in front of the monkeys.

In addition to these changes, the entire iron block deflated to a small extent visible to the naked eye.

"The black things you just saw are the impurities originally contained in the iron ore!"

"Moreover, as the number of times we tap continues to increase, the frequency and area of ​​these black substances will become less and less."

"In other words, this black impurity will determine the final quality of the weapon we finally make!"

Looking at the iron block in front of him that seemed to be a little smaller, Xu Wen continued to explain this again.

However, he did not clearly tell the monkey group that the reason why the shape of the iron block changed under the force of a hammer was definitely not because of how much strength Xu Wen used.

Rather, it is because the iron nuggets smelted by this primitive "lump smelting method" still belong to the category of pig iron.

In other words, this kind of pig iron can be said to be very soft when it is just taken out of the furnace.

Therefore, it is possible to change the shape while the temperature is still there and with the help of external force.

In fact, this is also very easy to understand.

For example, the iron produced by our current technology is in the shape of a magma-like liquid.

This is entirely due to the high temperature. If the firepower Xu Wen can now provide can reach such a temperature, the iron block that finally appears will naturally be in another state.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

Xu Wen was not willing to give up this opportunity and began to continuously hit the piece of iron in front of him with a real hammer.

It didn't take long, and the iron block that originally looked like a round shape now still has the shape of a somewhat thin iron sheet.

Moreover, the entire piece of "iron sheet" has a sharp top and continues to expand to all sides. After three or four centimeters, it suddenly expands and contracts into a vertical line.

These lines on both sides are much thinner than the slightly raised shape in the middle.

As Xu Wen finished his last tapping, the basic shape of the entire weapon came out.

Although this weapon has not been opened and polished, the thickness alone is a bit shocking.

"Boss, has this weapon been completed since then?"

Looking at the sharp sword on the ground, the monkeys were a little eager, but their eyes were full of shock.

If it weren't for Xu Wen, I'm afraid that for them, this kind of sharp weapon would be hard to come by, let alone one that they could forge themselves.

"Of course not, there is only one last step left before the final completion!"

However, what Houqun didn't expect was that Xu Wen shook his head slightly after hearing this.

"Hou Da, go find something and get some cold water!"

Immediately afterwards, without looking back, Xu Wen threw the iron sword he had completely forged just now into the blazing fire again.

At the same time, he also gave some instructions to Monkey King.

Just now, it was just to force out as many impurities as possible from the iron ore.

However, while removing impurities, simple plasticity was performed.

Next, the iron sword was thrown into the fire again, partly to continue firing and increase the weight of the iron block.

On the other hand, it is just preparation for the final polishing.

"Boss, the water is coming! The water is coming!"

Just a few minutes later, Hou Da ran over anxiously holding some buckets made of banana leaves.

In fact, the last step of making the iron sword still takes a certain amount of time.

The reason why Hou Da was running around in such a hurry was because he didn't want to miss the moment when the first iron sword among the monkeys came out of the furnace!

After waiting for another half an hour, Xu Wen, who was still concentrating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

At the same time, his two eyes stared motionlessly at the iron block that was constantly transforming in the furnace.

"alright!"

Just saying two words, Xu Wen was like a monkey who was very familiar with the blacksmith's work and instantly came to the stove.

Before the monkeys could react, they directly used the stone tools from before to pick out the iron sword from the fire.

The next second, before Xu Wen had time to explain to the monkeys, Xu Wen started his forging again.

However, this time, the monkeys could indeed see the changes in the iron block very clearly.

Among them, the most obvious thing is that the black impurities produced on the surface of the iron block have become very small.

Moreover, what surprised them was that the shape of the sharp sword had not changed much after being smelted by the fire.

"when!"

Just when the monkeys were stunned, the second forging officially began.

But this time, the sound made by the hammer surface and the iron block immediately became much clearer compared to the first forging.

As for the sound of the first forging, it sounded like a "dang-dang" sound just like this time.

But the monkeys could clearly feel that the first sound was obviously dull.

"After the second forging, we can usually complete the final creation of the weapon."

"It's just that in this forging process, all the small details such as the shape must be completed."

As his last swing of the hammer ended, Xu Wen began his role as a commentator again.

"And our last step is to throw this extremely hot iron sword into cold water."

"This is done to bridge the gap in temperature and completely fix the shape we created!"
Chapter completed!