Dragon's Origin

“Kid, didn’t you say that if we started working, you would help us make a set of tools?” Grandmaster Lu didn't respond to Grandmaster Yu's words, but directly turned to Wang Sheng: “Should we start now?”

“Okay!” Wang Sheng was also happy. Finding a grandmaster of crafting and musical performance meant there was hope of creating Earth's musical instruments. Wang Sheng certainly didn't mind making some handy tools for these masters. He glanced at Grandmaster Yu and cautiously asked, “Grandmaster, how about we find a place and work together?”

“Sure, I also want to see what kind of tools you have that can move them.” Grandmaster Yu was delighted. When you meet the right person, anything is possible.

To make things, the Tian Gong Workshop in the Linglong Pavilion was definitely the most convenient, but it was crowded and chaotic there. The Marquis's residence was quieter, undisturbed, safer, and had a better and more comfortable environment, more suitable for the grandmasters to recuperate. So, the group went together to the Changsheng Marquis's residence.

It was only at this time that Grandmaster Yu realized that this young man brought by the grandmasters was actually the famous Changsheng Marquis.

Although he had not had direct contact with the Changsheng Marquis before, Wang Sheng's vernier caliper still made Grandmaster Yu very happy. With this tool, he could make the parts of those musical instruments more precise and assemble them more accurately. Now he was actually dealing directly with the Changsheng Marquis, who was also very proficient in musical instruments. It was a case of meeting too late!

After entering the Marquis's residence, the group of grandmasters received the most grand reception, and then Wang Sheng selected the people he needed to work with according to the requirements.

Array Master Liu was definitely needed. Without him, it would be impossible to realize the power of modern machinery. In this Yuan Soul world, it could only be achieved with arrays. As for the power source, it was the spiritual Qi of each grandmaster.

Blacksmith Tie Lao was definitely needed. Grandmaster Wu was best at delicate forging and was even more necessary. Since most of the musical instruments were made of wood, Carpenter Wang was also needed. Anyway, none of those who were familiar with Wang Sheng were left out.

Most of the materials for musical instruments were wood, so the tools Wang Sheng made were mainly woodworking tools. Wang Sheng didn't know much, but he knew the basic types: saws, planes, drills, lathes, etc. If these categories were realized, the crafting speed of these masters would be greatly improved.

The power was very simple, as long as the array master could create an array that would rotate when spiritual Qi was input. This was the power source for all machines. The power source was also divided into two types: one for tabletop machines and one for small handheld machines.

For circular saw blades, Tie Lao and Grandmaster Wu made saw blades of different sizes according to the types of saws used by carpenters. The technology for fret saws was relatively high and could be ignored for now, and manufactured when suitable materials were available.

Tie Lao built a solid platform, leveled and polished it, and cut grooves on it. The vertical ones could hold saw blades, the horizontal ones could hold round rolling planes, and a detachable support arm could be added on top. With the addition of a drill bit, it could become a drill stand. Of course, grinding stones of various materials and mesh sizes could be placed in suitable positions to replace sandpaper during manual grinding.

Tabletop machines could be several-in-one, but handheld machines had separate functions. Handheld spiritual Qi circular saws, handheld spiritual Qi small planes, handheld spiritual Qi drills, handheld grinding tools, etc.

What everyone lacked was just an idea. Wang Sheng helped everyone come up with this idea and pointed out the direction, and then everyone knew what to do.

The array master designed the array, Tie Lao and Grandmaster Wu built the platform and small accessories, and Carpenter Wang considered the layout of the tabletop machine from a practical point of view. With everyone's joint efforts, the prototype of a tabletop woodworking machine was quickly built.

For safety reasons, Wang Sheng specifically asked the array master to design it so that the machine would stop immediately as soon as the input of spiritual Qi stopped, which would make it much safer to use.

To facilitate the user's use of this woodworking machine with both hands, the input of spiritual Qi was achieved by a special slender rope connected to the user's wrist. This way, even if the user's hands did not touch the machine, they could still input spiritual Qi to make the machine turn.

The circular saw rotated rapidly. A piece of wood was placed on it and pushed from one end to the other, easily turning into two pieces. Because the work surface was level, the material was sawn straight. There was no need for ordinary carpenters to pull the saw with force while controlling the direction. It was too simple.

The plane turned, a flat plate was placed on it, and pushed along the table surface, and a layer was evenly planed off below. Because it was a rotary planer, the planing was not particularly smooth and still needed to be finished manually with a smoothing plane. However, rough processing was already sufficient, especially since the speed was very fast, many times faster than manual planing.

Drilling was even simpler. The drill bit could be replaced according to different sizes, fixed on the top, and a circular hole was made with a light press. It couldn't be more convenient. In the past, to do it, one had to use an ancient manual drill to control the direction, but all of this was saved.

Grinding was even simpler. The rotating grindstone could easily grind the material to be ground smooth. Manual finishing was sufficient for fine details. Or use a small manual grinder to take care of even some edges and corners that were not easy to reach.

Relatively speaking, handheld machines were even simpler. Single-use functions were easier to make.

“Good stuff! Why didn't we think of it before? It's so simple!” Carpenter Wang definitely had the most say. After using it several times, he nodded frequently: “Although the final fine carving still needs to be done, this thing can increase the speed of the initial roughing by more than ten times. Good stuff! What a pity!”

“Can't good stuff shut your mouth?” Grandmaster Lu couldn't stand this kind of statement that praised the thing while regretting it, and immediately retorted: “What a pity about?”

“With this thing, who will study the basics in the future?” Master Wang said with some emotion: “In the past, I had to practice sawing in a straight line for several months. This thing, a few days is enough, what do you say?”

“Wait until they have a spiritual Qi cultivation that can be used continuously!” Grandmaster Lu dispelled Grandmaster Wang's concerns in one sentence: “Before that cultivation, honestly pull the saw by hand!”

“That's right!” Grandmaster Wang immediately became happy. After figuring out this problem, he immediately fell in love with this set of things.

At this point, the rest was for the masters to slowly refine and make this set of things more refined and practical. However, before that, everyone should help Grandmaster Yu and Wang Sheng make the musical instruments Wang Sheng mentioned.

With this set of tools, the initial speed will definitely increase greatly. To do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools. Sharpening the knife does not delay the work, it is true!