In the TV series "The Legend of the Paladin Iii", there was such a scene, after the protagonist Jingtian's previous life Prince Longyang died on the battlefield, his sister LongKui threw himself into the sword furnace because he had no love in life, and refined into a worldly magic sword, and Longkui became the sword spirit of the magic sword. And this kind of plot is not the screenwriter's brain, because as early as thousands of years ago, some people chose to sacrifice their swords in order to forge swords. The representative figure of the martyred sword is the sword casting master Gan General Mo Xie and his wife.
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The legend of the dry general Mo Evil
Gan will be a Wu guo in the Spring and Autumn Period, who once learned the art of sword casting with the sword casting master Ou Yezi. Later, the King of Chu ordered the swordsman Feng Huzi to go to Yuedi to find Ou Yezi and ask him to make a sword. Ou Yezi traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers with his cadres, and finally joined forces to create three world-famous swords for the King of Chu: "Longyuan", "Tai'a" and "Gongbu". When King Wu heard about this, he ordered the general to find him, and the general also built several world-class swords for him, and paid a deposit in advance.
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In order to complete the task of King Wu, Gan will mint the "Iron Essence of the Five Mountains, the Golden Ying of Liuhe" to cast iron swords. Three months had passed, but the golden and iron essence of the five mountains and six combinations in the sword casting furnace could not melt. Iron Ying can't be transformed, and naturally it can't be forged into a sword. Seeing that the time for handing over the sword was getting closer and closer, the general was at a loss, and he let out a sigh one after another. Mo Xie, the wife of the general, knew what her husband was worried about, so she reminded him: "All the gods that shock the world and cry ghosts and gods must be sacrificed by someone to succeed." At that time, the teacher also encountered this kind of situation where gold and iron did not melt, and the couple used their bodies to martyr the sword to successfully forge, have you forgotten?"
The general naturally did not forget, but he did not want to innocently hurt the lives of others, if he died, the sword could not be forged, so he never thought about this aspect. However, mo xie planned to martyr his sword and jump into the sword casting furnace in order for his husband to be able to make a difference. Mo Xie kept looking at her husband and smiling, and the general understood what she meant. But he didn't want his wife to be martyred, so he repeatedly reminded his wife not to do such a stupid thing. However, after waking up one day, he could not find his wife everywhere, and when he asked his apprentice, he learned that Mo Xie had jumped into the sword casting furnace.
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Later, the molten iron melted, and the sword was successfully cast, one female and one male, and Gan named the two swords "Gan General Mo Evil". When the day came, King Wu sent someone to fetch the sword, and the General Gan only handed over the "Sword of the Gan General", while the Sword of Mo Evil was secretly hidden by him. After the news leaked, King Wu sent people to surround the generals. General Gan opened the sword box and asked Mo Xie sword, "Mo Xie, how can I be with you for a long time?" After speaking, the Mo Evil Sword suddenly flew out of the sword box and disappeared. And the Sword of the Gan general beside King Wu also disappeared.
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The reason for the use of human "sacrifice"
Why did the ancients use the "human sacrifice" method to forge swords successfully? In fact, this is not superstition, it has a certain scientific reason.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the material used to cast swords was usually bronze, and the melting point of bronze was lower than that of iron.
With the charcoal of the time, it is possible to smelt successfully. However, the material that Gan chose when casting the sword for King Wu was iron, and it was naturally impossible to melt iron with ordinary charcoal.
After the human body enters the sword-casting furnace, the fat and carbohydrates in the human body will produce carbon elements, which effectively increase the furnace temperature and thus melt the iron.
In fact, the effect of putting cattle, sheep and other animals into the same way. It's just that the ancients thought that people were more spiritual, so they chose to sacrifice cruelly.