The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 217: Forging Weapons (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote for the monthly ticket)
"What are they doing? Is this crazy?"

Niu Zhong looked at the busy Su Mu and others with a puzzled look on his face and couldn't help but speak.

The Daxuan delegation was divided into two groups.

One group consists of civil servants who do not practice martial arts and soldiers of low strength.

They retreated several dozen feet away.

The other group was led by Su Mu, the Taiping Commandant, as well as Zhang Zhongmei and Shi Ziran.

Zhang Zhongmei, accompanied by Shi Ziran, was marking a location on the lapis lazuli mountain.

The Taiping captains also followed Zhang Zhongmei's instructions and stood in their respective positions.

This scene left Niu Zhong, Tushan Hanyu and Lu Hu completely confused and puzzled.

"From what they said, it seems that they want to use this mountain of refined gold and stone to forge weapons..."

Lu Hu whispered.

"How is this possible?"

Tushan Hanyu Fox frowned, "Don't mention how difficult it is to smelt such a big mountain. I have never heard of forging weapons like this."

"Do you know how to forge weapons?"

The Eighteenth Prince Niu Zhong couldn't help but take a look at Tushan Hanyu.

"I don't understand, but I heard the teacher say it."

Tushan Hanyu said.

Just one sentence from the teacher left Niu Zhong speechless.

The Imperial Master truly knows everything.

"Tushan Hanyu, are you sure? What if they are really forging weapons? What if they can really melt this lapis lazuli mountain..."

Niu Zhong said in a deep voice.

"I am not sure."

Tushan Hanyu said decisively, "Eighteenth Prince, guarding the pass is your job. The two of us are only responsible for leading the Great Xuan Envoy to the Demon Court. I am only giving you advice. The specific decision has nothing to do with me."

It is so smart, how could it possibly take the blame for Niu Zhong?

It even hopes that Niu Zhong will be defeated.

Tushan Hanyu was defeated miserably by the Daxuan delegation this time. If Niu Zhong won, wouldn't it mean that Tushan Hanyu was really no match for the Eighteenth Prince?

If we lose, we all lose together, then it won't be obvious that I, Tushan Hanyu, am incompetent.

I, Tushan Hanyu, am no worse than the Eighteenth Prince. Why can't I become the Nineteenth Prince?
Even replace the Eighteenth Prince?

Niu Zhong's expression changed.

It was originally very confident that the Daxuan delegation could not move the lapis lazuli mountain.

But now, it's a little uncertain.

Looking at how busy the Daxuan delegation is, it seems that they are not joking.

What if they can really melt this lapis lazuli mountain? Then wouldn’t they have passed the second level?
If he passed two levels in a row, wouldn’t that prove that the Imperial Master’s judgment about Niu Zhong was correct?
It's Niu Zhong, can it really only defend one pass?
No, we absolutely cannot let this happen!

Niu Zhong's eyes flickered, and he was thinking about how to disrupt the actions of the Daxuan delegation.

Absolutely, absolutely, we cannot let them succeed.

At this moment, Niu Zhong suddenly felt as if he was being targeted, and a sense of crisis surged in his heart.

When it turned its head, it met a pair of eyes.

The owner of those eyes was a palm-sized lizard.

Niu Zhong felt obvious disdain in the lizard's eyes, and then he saw the lizard slowly crawling to a place not far behind Su Mu, and stopped right between Su Mu and Niu Zhong.

…………

Su Mu was not afraid of any tricks played by Niu Zhong at all.

Since the Demon Court has put forward the three-level requirement, he will counter it accordingly.

If the demon court wants to play any tricks, he will not be polite.

So far, he still has some cards that he hasn't used yet.

When crossing the Tianhe River, Su Mu did not let Ao Qing take action.

When it came to moving the mountain, he also didn't let Ao Qing get involved.

But not letting Ao Qing intervene doesn’t mean Ao Qing can’t intervene.

If Niu Zhong wants to cause any damage, Ao Qing will let it know what the wrath of a sixth-level monster is.

"Master Su, I have calculated that you must shoot thirty-six arrows within one stick of incense."

It was four full hours before Zhang Zhongmei was finally led down the Lapis Lazuli Mountain by Shi Ziran.

He had used a brush to draw dozens of circles of different sizes on the lapis lazuli mountain.

"Follow the order of the marks I marked on the mountain, and every arrow must be accurate."

Zhang Zhongmei continued, "This is a formation I designed myself. It can maximize the power of the Five Fires Sky-shaking Bow."

"One stick of incense, thirty-six arrows——"

Su Mu hesitated for a moment and nodded, "No problem."

With his current level of cultivation, he can fire the Five Fires Shocking Heaven Bow thirty-six times within one stick of incense.

But the consequence of doing so is that his physical strength will be completely exhausted.

Being in the demon court and running out of energy is not a good thing.

That would put Su Mu in a weak state.

If Ao Qing hadn't been there, Su Mu would never have taken such a risk.

"This is just the beginning."

Zhang Zhongmei continued, "After shooting thirty-six arrows, you can rest for an hour, and then continue..."

After Zhang Zhongmei finished instructing Su Mu, he began to instruct Xu Chongyuan and other Taiping commanders.

Generally, when a weapon forger forges weapons, he only has a few apprentices to help him. The weapon forger himself is a warrior who can control fire and forge materials.

However, Zhang Zhongmei was not born with any talent for martial arts and was unable to learn any martial arts.

Therefore, he could not follow the path of an ordinary weaponsmith and had no way to do it himself.

In order to become a weaponsmith, he has been thinking about it all these years.

He envisioned a method where he would take the command and let the warriors do the operation.

To put it simply, he remotely controls the warriors to complete the action of forging weapons.

Normally, this is of course impossible.

Weapon casting is a delicate job, especially the control of the temperature. A slight mistake can lead to a huge mistake.

Even if there are warriors who completely obey his command, there is still a time difference between the order being issued and the warriors reacting. This time difference, when applied to weapon casting, will lead to failure.

In order to solve this problem, Zhang Zhongmei modified the process of casting weapons.

He broke down all the movements, and then referred to the military formation methods, having multiple warriors perform the movements at the same time, eliminating the time difference between commands and actions as much as possible.

As long as the coordination is proper, Zhang Zhongmei can give orders to the next warrior before one warrior completes his action.

It sounds simple, and in fact, Zhang Zhongmei has designed a complete set of responsible methods.

This method of creating the world is actually just a theory.

When he was in Daxuanjing City, Zhang Zhongmei couldn't find so many warriors to cooperate with him.

Only in this special environment could so many Taiping captains cooperate with him fully.

Zhang Zhongmei was finally able to try out the method he had been researching for many years, and he became extremely excited.

Su Mu was a little surprised when he saw Zhang Zhongmei busy.

Zhang Zhongmei has embedded the assembly line method into the process of weapon casting.

He is really a genius.

If he had the talent for martial arts, he would have become an unprecedented weaponsmith.

No, even if he had no talent for martial arts, he was already an unrivaled weaponsmith throughout history.

In Su Mu's opinion, this method of forging weapons has a complete chance of success.

He is now also looking forward to the scene after the space ring is really cast.

Zhang Zhongmei repeated this and made sure that every Taiping lieutenant understood what he meant. Finally, he checked the positions of all the Taiping lieutenants again before returning to Su Mu.

Shi Ziran always followed closely beside him, otherwise, with Zhang Zhongmei's physique, he would not be able to go up and down the Lapis Lazuli Mountain.

"Mr. Shi, you are responsible for remediation. If there is any mistake in any position, you must listen to me and remedy it at any time."

Zhang Zhongmei said to Shi Ziran.

"clear."

Shi nodded naturally.

He has reached the True Yuan Realm. Except for Su Mu, his strength is stronger than the other Taiping Captains, so this task fell on him.

"Master Su, get ready, start!"

Zhang Zhongmei took a deep breath, a strange blush flashed across her face, and she said with some excitement in her eyes.

Su Mu nodded and slowly raised the Five Fires Heaven Shocking Bow.

Zheng!
Zheng!
Zheng!
One after another, blood-red arrows flew out from the bowstring of the Five Fires Shocking Sky Bow.

Su Mu's expression was serious, and his movement of drawing the bow and shooting the arrow did not waver at all.

The perfect level of archery was displayed to the fullest at this moment.

boom!
The blood-red arrow hit the lapis lazuli mountain and suddenly turned into a ball of five-colored flames.

The five-colored flames burned everything, and in the blink of an eye, the lapis lazuli was burned red.

Before one flame is extinguished, the next one has already arrived.

Thirty-six blood-red arrows were accurately shot in the direction circled by Zhang Zhongmei.

In an instant, the entire Lapis Lazuli Mountain was enveloped by five-colored flames.

The temperature of the surrounding air rose sharply, reaching dozens of degrees in an instant.

The Taiping captains were sweating profusely, but none of them moved. They stayed at their respective positions, waiting for the node that Zhang Zhongmei mentioned to appear.

Zhang Zhongmei is just an ordinary person and cannot withstand such high temperatures.

However, Shi was naturally prepared. He released his true energy at the first possible moment to protect Zhang Zhongmei.

Even so, Zhang Zhongmei was sweating profusely.

He thought of everything except that he was too weak.

If it weren't for Shi Ziran, a warrior in the True Yuan Realm, the weapon forging would have ended just as it began.

Without Zhang Zhongmei in command, Su Mu and his men didn't know how to forge weapons.

The five-colored flames illuminated the sky into five colors.

The hot breath hit his face.

There was no trace of blood on Niu Zhong's face.

The high temperature made it feel desperate.

What kind of power is this?
If Su Mu used this kind of power against it, it would definitely not be able to bear it.

Can this lapis lazuli mountain withstand it?
It clenched its fists, wanting to cause some damage, but it didn't surge at all.

It's not just the breathtaking five-colored flames, but also the lizard that has been staring at him.

Although the lizard was only the size of a palm, it looked like it could be crushed to pieces with one foot.

But for some reason, Niu Zhong didn't dare to move.

Tushan Hanyu was also shocked by Su Mu's actions.

Now it finally understood why Lu Hu had always told it not to provoke Su Mu.

Thirty-six consecutive arrows were fired using the Xuanbing Five Fires Shocking Heaven Bow!
Which third-level monster can withstand such an attack?

Not to mention the third-order monster, even if it is an ordinary fourth-order monster, it will at least be skinned alive if it doesn't die.

Are all the Taiping Captains of Daxuan so perverted?
No, it's not.

The other Taiping commanders were normal, except Su Mu.

They are all Taiping lieutenants. The other Taiping lieutenants are just warriors at the stage of rebirth, and are not much stronger than the monsters at the same level.

Only this Su Mu, if he didn't wear the clothes that symbolized the Taiping Captain, who would know that he was the Taiping Captain?
If someone says he is the pacification envoy of the Daxuan Taiping Division, everyone will believe it!
Tushan Hanyu stared at Su Mu intently. After Su Mu shot thirty-six arrows, he took a few steps back with a pale face, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to regulate his breathing.

"More, this is his limit."

Tushan Hanyu said to himself in his heart that he saw that Su Mu's retreating steps were a little weak, obviously because he had consumed too much physical strength.

This made it secretly feel relieved.

This Su Mu also has his limits.

If there is a limit, then it can be overcome.

Although it is terrifying to use a mysterious weapon to shoot thirty-six arrows in a row, these thirty-six arrows can only kill ordinary fourth-level monsters at most.

Even shooting and killing ordinary fourth-level monsters is a bit difficult.

But a third-level monster is definitely unstoppable.

"Even if you can be invincible against a third-level monster, that's all. After you shoot thirty-six arrows, you'll be like a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others."

Tushan Hanyu said secretly in her heart.

It glanced at Niu Zhong and saw his hesitation, so it cursed him in its heart.

What a waste!
Such a good opportunity, why don’t you take action?

Su Mu has exhausted all his strength, don't you know how to take the opportunity to kill him?

"Eighteenth Prince, they are really about to pass the second level."

Tushan Hanyu said faintly, provoking Niu Zhong.

Niu Zhong's eyes were red, his back was hunched high, and a low growl came from his mouth.

It raised its foot and wanted to walk towards the Lapis Lazuli Mountain.

But before it took a step, its feet stopped in the air and beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping from its head.

"The Eighteenth Prince?"

Tushan Hanyu was a little confused.

"that--"

Niu Zhong suddenly said, "If they can really pass the second level with their own ability, I will admit defeat!"

"You idiot!"

Tushan Hanyu frowned and cursed in her heart.

Why could Niu Zhong, who was so timid, become the Eighteenth Prince?

Why am I, Tushan Hanyu, better than it in every way, but cannot replace it?

Niu Zhong secretly wiped his sweat, it was a close call.

It had a feeling that if it took that step just now, it would die.

It has always trusted its intuition, and this intuition about danger has saved it many times!
…………

"Now!"

Zhang Zhongmei suddenly shouted, "Captain Xu, move! Captain Zhou, get ready!"

Xu Chongyuan did not hesitate and threw a piece of Kongming stone in his hand into the five-colored flames. Then he exerted his strength through the air to guide the lapis lazuli that had begun to melt over there.

After doing all this, he even felt exhausted.

Then the process turned to the next Captain Zhou. Captain Zhou did not hesitate and threw another kind of weapon-making material he had prepared into the flames. He clasped his hands together and tried his best to control the fiery red molten liquid to flow in the next direction.

A warrior at the Transcendence Realm can exert force through the air, but the energy consumption will be very high.

After every Taiping captain finished his tasks, he collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.

Zhang Zhongmei had a serious expression on his face and kept issuing orders.

He shouted loudly until Su Mu stood up again.

"Master Su, Gengchen position, three arrows! Jiashen position, six arrows!"

Su Mu was like an archery machine, calmly drawing his bow and shooting the arrow again.

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