Since ancient times, some people have said that the living sacrifice swords. There is a scene in the TV series "The Legend of Paladin III". When Long Yang, the prince of Jiang Guo, forged the Excalibur, he could not bear to sacrifice the sword with his sister Long Kui. In the end, Jiang Guo was defeated and Long Yang was killed. After learning of her brother's death, her younger sister Long Kui jumped into the sword furnace and forged a Divine Sword, making Long Kui a sword spirit.
Although this is the plot of a film and television drama, it is not the writer's imagination. As early as thousands of years ago, in order to forge a good sword, the ancients adopted this method of sacrificing themselves to sacrifice swords to forge a good sword. The representative figures are the sword casting master Mo Xie and his wife in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Gan would be a general of the State of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He studied the art of sword casting under the guidance of the sword casting master Ou Yezi. Later, the King of Chu sent his swordsman Hu Feng to ou Yezi and forge swords for him. Ou Yezi and his generals traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers in search of materials for casting swords. In the end, together they forged three world-famous swords: "Longyuan", "Tai'a", and "Gongbu". After King Wu knew about it, he sent someone to find them, and asked the master to cast some swords for them and pay them in advance.
In order to fulfill King Wu's request, Gan will find "Five Iron Mountain Essence and Six Alloy Ying", hoping to use these good materials to forge a world-famous sword. Who would have thought that after three months, the material would not be able to melt. If the material cannot be melted, there is no need to talk about casting swords. It's time to hand over the sword, and if you can't hand over the sword on time, I'm afraid you'll be worried about your life. Mo Xie, the wife of the general, knew her husband's worries, so she said to the general, "If there is anything that is an earth-shattering artifact, then there must be sacrifices before it can succeed." Teacher Ou Yezi once encountered this situation. Later, the couple made sacrifices for the success of the sword casting. Did you forget? ”
Gan will not forget, but he does not want to hurt the lives of others for no reason. If he died, the sword could not be forged, so he never thought of sacrificing the sword. However, in order to allow her husband to complete King Wu's task on time, Mo Xie planned to sacrifice himself for the sword and jump into the sword casting furnace. Gan will not want his wife to die for the sword, so he repeatedly reminds her not to do such stupid things. However, when he woke up one day, he could not find his wife. The disciple told him that Mo Xie had jumped into the sword casting furnace.
Later, the forged sword stone melted, and two swords were successfully forged, a man and a woman. The general named these two swords "Gan General Mo Evil". At dawn, King Wu sent someone to fetch the sword. The General Gan only handed over the "Sword of the General of The Gan", but the Sword of Mo Evil was hidden by him. After the news leaked, King Wu sent people to surround the generals. Gan will open the sword box and ask Mo Xie, "How can I be with you forever?" The Mo Evil Sword suddenly flew out of the box and disappeared, and the Gan general sword beside King Wu also disappeared without a trace.
Why did the ancients succeed in forging swords at the expense of the living? In fact, this is not entirely superstition, but there are certain scientific reasons. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the material of casting swords was mostly bronze, and the melting point of bronze was lower than that of iron. At that time, charcoal could be used to melt it. However, when the generals forged the Sword of the Martial King, the material used was iron, and you could not melt the 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 can effectively increase the furnace temperature and melt the iron. In fact, putting animals such as cattle and sheep into the sword furnace has the same effect. But the ancients believed that people were more spiritual, so they chose to use people for cruel sacrifices.