He Became the Genius Blacksmith of the Namgung Family - Chapter 98

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Chapter 98

Episode 98

Just because I’m treating them doesn’t mean I should do it the same way I did with Baekseol.

From the beginning, Baekseol was different by nature.

During her house-sized giant chrysalis(?) period.

That outer shell was truly like iron armor….

“Really, it feels like the chrysalis period wasn’t that long ago, but so much time has already passed. Right, Baekseol?”

(·0·):Beep?

A week is quite a long time.

Anyway, if I tried to treat them with a hammer, the Namman Gwadaemun and Mun Milbong would obviously burst apart.

Then, how should I fix them?

‘I should spray them with water.’

I’m not saying this as a joke.

Put healing water in a spray bottle and spray it with a hiss.

‘When you think of mosquitoes, you think of Baygon. It’s common sense that comes to mind immediately, isn’t it?’

The only difference is that instead of killing insects, it’s about reviving insects.

In the Martial Arts World, there are insecticides like this Baygon.

They’re called insect spray guns.

Their appearance is similar to the household insect spray guns used in the modern world during Namgung Cheon-gang’s previous life.

That thing with a long cylinder and a water container at the mouth.

From what Namgung Cheon-gang heard, Mak Noya made and distributed them.

‘This too is Master’s grace.’

Ah, Master, Master.

Master’s grace is truly like the heavens.

Namman also had insect spray guns used in the Martial Arts World.

Upon checking, the quality was top-grade.

“Master Mak Noya made it for us.”

As expected, a Mak Noya product.

‘It would be fine to use it as is, but….’

Since Master made it, the quality is naturally top-grade.

It naturally has abilities too.

‘It’s a mystical item.’

What, he granted abilities to an insect spray gun?

But if I was going to use it as is, I wouldn’t have come to the blacksmith’s forge to check.

I would have made healing water, put it straight into the insect spray gun, and sprayed it.

‘In other words, I’m going to make an even more amazing insect spray gun!’

What kind of insect spray gun, you ask?

‘Not an ordinary household insect spray gun, but a professional agricultural insect spray gun.’

That thing where you fill an iron backpack with insecticide and spray it through a connected hose to the spray head.

‘The enemy I’m facing is thousands of creatures. So it must be a professional agricultural insect spray gun, not a household one.’

Let’s see, shall I just make it?

I’ll craft it as a masterpiece and even imbue it with breath.

‘What I’ll imbue with breath ability is the purification of Gaebang’s Honyuan Gangryong Ilgi Gong and the regenerative power of Namman Beast Palace’s divine technique, Yaseong Jingyeong Susin Gong!’

The same thing I applied to the Namman Brothers’ energy circulation!

‘If I put healing water into an insect spray gun imbued with purification and regenerative power?’

The healing power would be maximized.

‘Hehehe. Can that blood energy really withstand the double-enhanced purification power?’

Not just blood energy, even blood energy’s grandfather wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

I’d like to grant the lightning power of Cheonloe Jaewang Singong as well, but….

‘What I did to the Baeknyeon Jamsagi Jeoso before was really lucky.’

Wasn’t it something I achieved with a 1% probability by pouring all my energy and entering a state of selflessness?

I could do it if I tried, but it’s not just one or two insect spray guns I need to make.

If I did that all day, I’d collapse from exhaustion first.

Or I might use my innate true energy and wake up in the underworld.

‘Oh no, that won’t do. There’s no need to use lightning energy.’

Regeneration and purification alone are sufficient.

‘And since it’s an insect spray gun imbued with regeneration and purification power, it’s awkward to call it an insecticide.’

Well then, I should change the name too.

How?

“A sprayer that you carry on your back to spray healing water. It’s quite a decent item. With this, I think we can catch more pests than existing insect spray guns. Can you tell me what this is called?”

“The original name is Extreme Insect Spray Gun, but now we need to save them, right? So the name I gave it is Extreme Life Spray Gun. You can change it back to Extreme Insect Spray Gun later.”

* * *

“First, let me tell you about the size of the storage tank you’ll carry on your back. The height should be just under two ja (about 60cm), but sized to fill from the lower back to the nape of the neck.”

“The width should be about one ja and three or four chi (about 40cm), similar to shoulder width or slightly narrower.”

“The thickness should be about five or six chi (about 18cm).”

“Is there a reason it must be this way?”

“When empty, it should weigh about five to eight geun (about 3-5kg), and when filled with medicine, about thirty-three to forty-two geun (about 20-25kg). That way it can withstand being filled with healing water or insecticide. Roughly, the size and thickness I mentioned should be sufficient for that.”

“I understand. Then, what material should be used?”

Originally, for extreme life spray guns, that is, insecticide sprayers, the material is often stainless steel.

Of course, it’s not a metal that can be made immediately with martial arts knowledge, but fortunately there’s a similar material.

“Baekryeonjeonggang should work. After that, if you finish it with Muktan School techniques, there shouldn’t be any leaks.”

Steel born from a hundred refinements.

Since it’s steel with impurities removed, it should be excellent for preventing corrosion.

‘Well, right now I’m planning to put in healing water and spray it, so it’s unrelated to corrosion, but I need to prepare for when I put in insecticide later.’

Tools should be designed with the future in mind, shouldn’t they?

“The shape should be rectangular, but make the part that touches the back fit the waist. What I mean is….”

This way and that way.

“Hmm, hmm. This would certainly reduce the burden on the back.”

“Right?”

“But what is this? Hosu? Hose? I think you said one of those.”

“It’s called a hose, a Western Region term. What this is, you can think of it as a tool that moves the liquid filling the storage tank on your back to the spray head. In martial arts terminology, it’s called a soft pipe.”

It’s a term I made up on the spot.

“Ho, soft pipe. That’s quite a fitting name.”

A world with water channels but no hoses.

That’s the Martial Arts World.

Really, it’s a world with strange industrial development.

“This can be made in the same way as making a soft sword. Of course, it needs to be made much smaller. At minimum, about half the size should work. Plus, it’s not blade-shaped but circular, so it’ll require more work.”

“So it should feel like a snake.”

“Exactly. As expected, you have great insight!”

“Hehe.”

Here’s a blueprint for making something unheard of called an Extreme Life Spray Gun.

Moreover, he explained in detail how to make each part.

After hearing it, it’s as if the finished product is already before my eyes.

And such a person calls me amazing?

I don’t know what to say about this….

I wonder if he’s teasing me, but no.

Looking at his eyes, he really thinks I’m amazing.

‘To Master Mak Noya’s disciple, such blueprints must be nothing special.’

Isn’t he handling it as if it’s something already in use throughout the entire Martial Arts World?

But it’s not like such things exist throughout the Martial Arts World either.

Wouldn’t the people of the Nanman Beast Palace know about the news from the Martial Arts World?

If it had been widely used, Mak Noya would have already made it and left.

So, this must be a blueprint that came out of that young man’s head today.

To readily offer such a thing for Namman without hesitation.

Truly, no words come to mind other than saying it’s amazing.

If it were himself, would it be possible…?

It would be impossible.

‘Perhaps, the story about fixing Sinchung with blacksmith skills might actually be true.’

The unbelievable words now seem somewhat credible.

Moreover, just looking at that creature accompanying Mak Noya’s disciple.

“If you don’t understand the blueprint, please let me know. I’ll explain it once more.”

“I understand. Thanks to your kind explanation, I think I know exactly what to do.”

“Good! Then shall we start work right away? First, the total number to make is 12. I’d like to make more, but treatment is better the faster it is, so I set it as a two-day standard.”

“Understood.”

⎩(‵□′)و:Squeak!

“Hahaha! That’s right, Baekseol, let’s work together.”

Doesn’t it seem like an existence beyond a spirit insect?

What kind of spirit insect makes such expressions and acts like that?

It’s the first time I’ve seen this.

Unless it’s a divine insect.

So, it’s inevitable that belief would arise.

‘But, is that really a divine insect?’

No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like an insect?

Yamu’s thoughts while looking at Baekseol with uncertainty.

They couldn’t continue for long.

“Now then, let’s pick up our hammers!”

When the work supervisor picks up a hammer and says to work, what choice is there but to follow?

Must pick up the hammer.

* * *

Clang, clang!

‘Huh.’

His concentration is extraordinary.

Even if something exploded next to him, he’d probably only pay attention to the hammer.

He only looks at the anvil in front of him.

The falling hammer has not an inch of error.

His skill in melting and handling the refined metal is ghostly.

‘To show such an appearance immediately upon starting work…’

Is it only his concentration that’s like that?

What would take him half a day, he finishes in just half a shichen (1 hour).

It was too hard to keep up, so he eventually decided to only handle the related production and refining of Baekryeonjeonggang.

Even so, it’s burdensome.

When one finished product was made, he barely managed to create the next one.

‘I thought it would be different since he’s Mak Noya’s disciple, but…’

Isn’t this simply a monster?

How can he do that?

How can blacksmith work be so sublime?

Even seeing it, it’s hard to believe.

It’s not something one can do by imitating, but work that only that person can do.

The story about recovering a divine insect through blacksmith work?

Now I believe it.

The uncertainty disappears.

‘If that blacksmith can do it, it’s certainly something he can accomplish.’

When such a person swings his hammer without rest, how can I just stand still?

In contrast, isn’t his disciple Ung also helping in a state of selfless absorption?

‘Hehehe. Youth is good.’

The Martial Arts World and Namman can still continue their history.

Who would have thought I’d think this while watching a blacksmith?

Perhaps because it was something I never knew.

The feeling is refreshing.

Emotion surges.

I was trying to catch my breath for a moment.

‘How can I catch my breath seeing this?’

Yamu picked up his hammer again.

Strength overflows.

As if he had returned to his youth.

Laughter comes naturally.

Claaang!

The sound of his hammer striking iron became even clearer.

Clang, claaang.

In Namman’s blacksmith forge, the hammer sounds of blacksmiths lost in their own selfless absorption echoed endlessly.

* * *

The night after two days had passed.

Muyaa and Ung fell asleep as if collapsing.

Only Namgung Cheon-gang and Baekseol remain alone in the forge.

Before their eyes are 12 completed Extreme Bio-insect Sprayers.

The Extreme Bio-insect Sprayers placed outside to cool down sparkle under the moonlight.

“Huhuhuh.”

Looking at the 50 shining works, Namgung Cheon-gang smiled broadly.

“Baekseol, it’s spectacular, isn’t it? Like stars that have descended to earth?”

“Squeak!”

“Yes, yes. You think so too. It’s a sight only a blacksmith can see.”

The sparkle of freshly made refined products.

Keu.

What blacksmith wouldn’t let out a refreshing exclamation seeing this?

If there is one, they’re not a blacksmith.

Namgung Cheon-gang’s hammer would break their skull and make them into a proper blacksmith!

“Now, there’s one remaining task.”

Breath infusion.

“It’s extremely fortunate that Elder Yamu and apprentice Ung worked without rest for two days and collapsed from exhaustion.”

Otherwise, he would have had to secretly perform breath infusion intermittently.

Of course, to perform breath infusion, products made or repaired by Namgung Cheon-gang’s hands had to be at least ‘masterpiece’ quality.

“Since they’ve been touched by my hands, the first condition for breath infusion is achieved.”

Then, what about the quality, which is the second achievement condition?

“Huhuhuh. Naturally, they’re masterpieces.”

Who made them, ahem!

“Well, the name isn’t Bio-insect Sprayer, but Pest-killer Sprayer, but…”

It can’t be helped.

Originally, wasn’t the purpose of this device a pesticide sprayer?

Bio-insect Sprayer is just a name Namgung Cheon-gang arbitrarily attached.

“Well, whether I attach it this way or that way, as long as the words fit, what does it matter.”

Besides, only I can confirm it, right?

Who would say anything if this name isn’t that name.

“Just in case, keep an eye on the surroundings.”

After all 12 were completed, I made a request to Gyarong.

To make sure no one approaches at night.

So aside from the two people who had fallen fast asleep, there was no one around the blacksmith’s forge.

‘Accidents always happen when you let your guard down!’

So I need to check thoroughly.

Rustle rustle!

I even raised my divine arts to confirm.

“Good. No one’s here.”

Then, let’s start the breathing technique right away!

Whoosh!

In the night when stars and moon shone brilliantly bright.

A radiant light of two colors spread throughout the Namman Blacksmith Shop.

As if stars had truly descended and settled there.

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