Father Wei came to the bazaar early in the morning. The bazaar is bustling in March and June. People from the whole town will gather here, some buying vegetables and meat, and some buying other tools. Many people in the town knew about Father Wei and started talking to him when they saw him.
“Old Wei, your feet are fine?”
“I advised you to stop with your Smithing. The Smithing industry is in a very bad shape now, and you can’t make any money in it. You are not young anymore. If you hurt yourself, you will lose out and it would be worthless. “
“Ironware made by other people’s machinery is getting better and better, and it doesn’t rust. It’s no longer so easy if you want to get better through Smithing. Often it takes time and effort to create one tool, which is not as good as produced from a machine.”
When Father Wei heard what everyone said, he just smiled faintly: “Although the machine can make a good tool, it would still be inferior to one made by Smithing, and there are some complicated ironwares that cannot be made by machinery.”
If Su Jing heard this, he would definitely give him a compliment. Su Jing gave him the Dwarf Hammer Technique, with a hidden purpose, which was to let him build some Iron Tools that could not be made by machinery.
For example, Su Jing’s own vegetable cutting knives are all in unique shapes from the “Desolate Era Universe”. In order to satisfy the Super Knife Skill, Su Jing needed to add a lot of exquisite designs in those knives, and it would be difficult for any machinery to manufacture them.
Su Jing used to use them and he had someone specially made them for him, although the quality was not bad, but strictly speaking, it does not fully meet the requirements of the “Desolate Era Universe” Knife, and it is impossible to use the Knife skills of Desolate Era Universe to the extreme without it.
They are either not sharp, tough, or not delicate enough. With Su Jing’s current strength, if he uses his full strength, he will break the tip of the knife on the wooden frame.
If Father Wei learns the Dwarf Hammer Technique and if he manages to learn the essence in it then he will definitely be able to create a more satisfactory knife so that Su Jing does not need to do it himself.
After all, besides Smithing forging, this Dwarf Hammer Technique has nothing else that could be used by Su Jing, there is no need for him to spend time and energy to learn it when he can have others do it for him.
“Hehe, Old Wei, you are just being stubborn by not admitting defeat. Look at the Bone Chopping Knife used by A’Diao. The brand seems to be called Shibazi. You don’t know how easy it is to cut bones with it and it will not rust even after being used for a long time. Can you make such a good knife?” A middle-aged man laughed as he spoke.
“The Wang Family’s Bone Chopping Knife seems to be forged by Smithing, but it was made by the Smithing Master Zhou during his lifetime. You should know it. Since the death of that Master Zhou, no blacksmith has such good craftsmanship.” Another tall and thin middle-aged said.
“That’s not necessarily true. I built a Bone Chopping Knife some time ago, and I think it’s not bad.” Father Wei laughed and took out the Bone Chopping Knife from the bag. This Bone Chopping Knife is quite heavy. The handle of the Knife is pitch black, and the blade exudes a cold light, which is somewhat permeating.
“Hey, this knife looks pretty good.”
“Old Wei, your skills seem to have advanced by a lot. Just looking at the smoothness of the blade, it’s not what it used to be.”
“Well, no one knows if it will be useful without using it.”
“Try it then.” Father Wei smiled confidently. Everyone came to the market. They were basically idle. They came towards A’Diao and Old Wang’s shop as they sell and buy pork in the market.
Most people at home will find it very difficult to chop bones and ribs. One is the problem of Knife Techniques, and the other is the problem of the knife. So watching A’Diao and Old Wang chop the bones in twos with clean and precise cuts. Envy began to take place in everyone’s heart.
“A’Diao, Old Wang, Old Wei said that he made a good knife, can you try it?.” The crowd gathered around Old Wang and A’Diao and asked.
“Let me see, I will give it a try.” A’Diao smiled. As a pork seller, he has high requirements for the Bone Chopping Knife. When he sees a good knife, he can’t help but pay attention to it.
Seeing the knife in Father Wei’s hand. It looks good and he just wanted to try it. Old Wang in the shop next to him didn’t pay much attention to it. He ignored it and focused on greeting customers to do business.
“Here.” Father Wei smiled and passed the Bone Chopping Knife to A’Diao.
A’Diao took the Bone Chopping Knife and quickly chopped the ribs. Every cut was crisp and neat. The ribs were cut in half without a bit of resistance. Originally, he was just curious to try but A’Diao’s eyes suddenly lit up. He could feel that this knife was much sharper than his usual knife, and it didn’t take much effort to cut the ribs.
He stopped and looked at the blade. It was still completely flat and shiny. He couldn’t see any traces of abrasion. When he looked at the cutting board, he was even more surprised, because there was a deep knife mark on the cutting board, which he had just used.
He had used the usual strength required to cut bones because he cut ribs almost every day, his cutting technique has become perfect by practicing, and he can control his strength to an extremely accurate value. The reason for such a deep knife mark is not that he used more force than usual, but because the knife was too sharp.
“Good knife.” A’Diao couldn’t help but praise.
“It looks really good.”
“Do it again, cut this pork leg bone, and see if it will curl up.”
A’Diao listened to everyone. He used this Bone Chopping Knife to chop the pork leg bones. The chopped pork leg bones are like dried tofu in front of this knife. They were easily chopped off. A lot of bones were chopped but let alone curl up, the blade didn’t even show any sign of wear and tear.
“Good knife.”
“It’s a good knife indeed.”
“Old Wei, you returned to Smithing after a few years, how can you make such a good knife, when did your level become so high?”
“Is it so good? Let me see.” Hearing everyone’s comments and admiration, Old Wang walked over feeling a little unconvinced, he took the knife from A’Diao’s hand, and then used it on various bones for a while.
His knife skill is naturally not bad, but compared to A’Diao, it is much wilder, and the damage to the knife is greater, and he also deliberately used some wrong chops to see the knife’s sturdiness. After cutting several bones, the blade is still perfect. At this time, even Old Wang was shocked and had to accept it.
Others also have itchy hands. They took the Bone Chopping Knife and chopped one or two bones. The feeling of breaking bone with a single cut and neatness made their hearts happy. They wanted to chop all the pig bones, but A’Diao and Old Wang just asked them to try and didn’t let them chop more.
“Old Wei, how much is this knife? I want to buy one.”
“I want one too. This knife is really easy to use, but is it too expensive?”
Listening to the crowd rushing to buy his items, Father Wei smiled. The ironware he built before was a dispensable thing for others. He begged others to buy it, but now it’s the reverse. This is the first time that he has received such treatment.
(To be continued ~^~)
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