Friends who have seen "The Legend of the Paladin Sword 3" must be quite familiar with the story of "Dragon Aoi Sacrifice Sword", at that time, in order to help his brother defeat the bad guys, Dragon Aoi twice sacrificed his sword for his brother, which made many people feel uneasy.
In fact, the living sacrifice sword is not only in the TV series, in ancient times, the "living sacrifice sword" is actually a very common thing, which is actually recorded in many historical books. For example, in the "Wuyue Spring and Autumn", there is a relevant description: "Mining the iron essence of the five mountains, the golden Ying of Liuhe, Hou Tian serving the earth, choosing a good day, opening the furnace and forging, and observing the hundred gods." "What is described here is the story of Wu Yue's general Mo Evil forging a sword.
The raw material used by Gan General and Mo Xie to cast the sword was Xuan Steel, which was collected from all over the place, and the hardness of the whole was quite high, and the sword casting was the first choice. Subsequently, it is forged at a time when the time is right, and when the time comes, it will also be sacrificed to the gods. However, when this Gan Mo Evil forged the sword, it was not so smooth, and after refining for a long time, he did not see the Xuan Iron melt, but the General Mo Xie at that time was casting the Bao Bao Sword at the behest of King Wu, and he saw that the prescribed day was approaching, but this sword had not yet been cast for a long time, and for a while, the two did not know how to be good, and finally had to adopt a very ancient method - the sacrificial sword.
"Cut off the hair and cut the claws, throw them into the furnace, so that the three hundred virgin boys and girls will be filled with charcoal, and the gold and iron will be used to form swords." In this way, Mo Xie chose to sacrifice the sword, and finally forged the famous "Gan General Mo Evil Sword". It is said that the craftsmen who later cast the hooks for King Wu were not so smooth at the time of casting, and the general Mo Xie encountered a similar situation, and in the end there was really no way, so he threw his two children into the furnace, and only then did he cast an extremely rare gold hook for King Wu.
In the long river of history, there are actually many such records, and when sword casters forge swords, most of them will use the "flesh and blood sacrifice sword" to help themselves, and finally cast into a sword. It is also strange to say that the sword sacrifice in this way does seem to have some feudal superstitious colors at first glance, and there is not a trace of rationality and science, but in the end, it also obtains a rare treasure. Does it really contain scientific principles?
In this regard, modern and contemporary scientists have uncovered the mystery through experiments.
In ancient times, the casting of swords began to use iron after the late bronze period, but because the iron casting process began to start at that time, everyone was not very clear in this regard, so many problems encountered in the actual operation process were difficult to solve. In the actual casting process, basically charcoal is used to smelt iron, but it cannot reach the high temperature of melting iron, and the "flesh and blood sacrifice sword" has the following functions:
One: In the beginning, when people cast bronzes, the temperature reached 1083 degrees Celsius, and when casting iron, it was 135 degrees Celsius, and at that time, the charcoal used by emus could not meet this requirement. The human body contains grease, which can form carbon in the furnace fire, thereby increasing the combustion of the substances in the entire furnace, so that the temperature in the furnace becomes higher and closer to the melting point of iron.
Two: in the furnace into the person, the nails and hair and other substances on the body, under the combustion of activated carbon atoms, and these carbon elements, very conducive to the original iron hardening into steel, so that the final cast of the sword will be harder, and there will be a more obvious effect on corrosion resistance.
In fact, the ancient "flesh and blood sacrifice sword" actually has a scientific basis in some cases, but in the eyes of the ancients, the "flesh and blood sacrifice sword" is only to let people's souls enter the weapon, so as to make the weapon more powerful. However, scientifically speaking, in fact, when casting swords, if you invest some cattle and sheep and other livestock, in fact, the final result is still the same, and you can't help but sigh for those who sacrificed for the sake of forging swords, in fact, they could not have sacrificed.
Therefore, there is a scientific basis for the sacrifice of the living sword, not just a simple superstition, but it is still a pity for those who sacrifice the sword.