He was born as a blacksmith, but he dominated the world

Chapter 244 Taboo Restrictions

I can already forge mid-grade spiritual weapons and hold an eighth-grade official position, but am I still just a piece of pig iron that can be hammered into any shape?

Jiang Lin sat on the chair, his eyes slightly dazed.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is indeed the case.

A mid-grade spiritual weapon is just a special product that is created by chance and probability, and cannot be produced in large quantities in a stable manner.

As for the eighth-rank official position, it was a reward from the masters of the Ministry of Works.

If I can give it to you, I can take it back.

To be honest, everything I have now is nothing but an illusion.

Jiang Lin couldn't help but smile bitterly. Everyone was complimenting him, saying that his future was limitless and that he could surpass his ancestors.

Only Master Wei can see things clearly. Regardless of what the future holds, at least he is not qualified to be complacent now.

Jiang Lin breathed slowly, very long and heavy.

When he was drinking, he was really complacent.

Originally, I just wanted to become a formal blacksmith, have a house of my own, and get a salary of more than ten or twenty taels of silver every month.

Being able to forge top-grade weapons makes him superior to all other blacksmiths.

Now it seems that I was blinded by the recent success.

This is Daqian!

A place where human life is not taken seriously!
A top-grade weapon?
Even a mid-grade spiritual weapon is considered an inferior weapon in this world, above which there are Xuan, Yuan, Sheng, Shen, and Dao.

Jiang Lin's eyes became more profound, and his mood did not become flustered because of trying to figure out these things. Instead, it became more calm.

Master Wei was right. He was indeed just pig iron in a furnace now.

Even the approval from those in the Nanling camp was nothing more than mutual support among the lower classes.

But what Mr. Wei didn't know was that Jiang Lin's foundation was definitely not made of cast iron!
As long as enough time is given, after careful tempering and peeling off of the outer impurities, the unparalleled and world-class material will be revealed step by step!
Jiang Lin finally let out a breath, leaned back in his chair, and gradually relaxed.

He narrowed his eyes, with an indescribable complexity on his face.

"Are you not qualified enough?"

"It seems we have to keep working hard."

Jiang Lin’s initial needs were houses and money, but now, his needs have changed.

What about controlling your own destiny? That sounds so sick.

What Jiang Lin wanted was very simple. If he was really treated as a transaction, he would be transferred between the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry.

Just this once!
He doesn't want to be a tool to be traded at will anymore!
Even the commander-in-chief of the Ministry of War cannot do that!

His fists clenched tighter and tighter, his eyes became more and more determined, as if he had just come into this world, and his heart was filled with energy again.

The next day.

Jiang Lin started to light the fire and hammer early in the morning.

This attracted many blacksmiths to watch in amazement, as they had never seen an eighth-rank official forging iron in a blacksmith camp.

But this was just a joke. Everyone knew that Jiang Lin's eighth-rank official position was given by the Ministry of Works in order to keep him.

At present, Jiang Lin still owes each battalion a total of nearly 500 weapons, plus thousands of arrows with the effect of Tarsal Maggots.

This is no small job. Even if you are more efficient, it will take more than two months to complete.

Fortunately, with the pig iron that Jiang Lin is now burning, as long as the blacksmith's skills are at a normal level, he can forge weapons of the fifth or even fourth grade.

After these people have completed the basic tempering, Jiang Lin will take it over to eliminate defects and quench it, and it will be able to reach the next level smoothly. In this way, a lot of time can be saved, and it can be done in about a month.

But when Jiang Lin was personally making the first weapon, he discovered something different.

Even without quenching, the quality of weapons that have been hammered has reached the highest level.

However, if the weapon continued to be quenched and sharpened, it would actually crack.

Jiang Lin doesn't think this is a coincidence, his skills have never been problematic.

They had to call Qi the blacksmith and others to study it together.

After careful inspection, many blacksmiths could not figure out what it was.

The quality of this pig iron is very high, so high that it can reach the grade of high-quality products even without being hammered.

After hammering and quenching, the quality is even more frighteningly high.

The broken edge was so sharp that even a fourth-grade anvil would be cut by it as easily as tofu.

Logically speaking, with such high quality, there shouldn't be any problems, but it cracked.

Finally, it was Blacksmith Qi who proposed a possibility: "Could it be that the quality is so high that it has far exceeded the limit of ordinary weapons, so that they can't bear it?"

This statement immediately attracted the agreement of other blacksmiths. One of them said, "That makes sense. Just like a body that is too weak, taking some tonic is a good thing. But if you take too much at once, the body will not be able to absorb the tonic and the condition will become worse."

"So it means that the foundation is too poor? Will it be better if it is replaced with black crystal iron?"

Amid the discussion among the crowd, Jiang Lin tried again using only the black crystal iron, and the result was indeed as expected.

Weapons made of black crystal iron also had some cracks, but they were much better than those made of pig iron.

This shows that the grade of the material itself has a great impact on the final result.

However, after finding the problem, Jiang Lin did not feel happy, but even more unhappy.

Doesn't this mean that he will have to use materials better than black crystal iron to forge weapons in the future?
For a blacksmith who came from a foundry, this almost meant he had no desire to become a blacksmith.

The best material that the entire foundry can find may be better than black crystal iron, but it is not universal and the quantity is extremely small.

Qi the blacksmith and the others also understood this. For a moment, they looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

If Jiang Lin could no longer use ordinary pig iron to forge weapons, his skills would be wasted to a certain extent, at least in terms of specific materials.

You know, pig iron is the most commonly used material by all blacksmiths, no doubt about it.

Unless you want to create some holy weapon or magical weapon, you will have to mix some pig iron into it. After all, high-quality materials are too rare and no one is willing to use only one kind.

Seeing Jiang Lin looking a little depressed, Qi the Blacksmith came over to comfort him, "It's not a big deal, at most you just light the fire and we'll do the rest, so you don't have to get tired."

These words seem a bit superficial when used to comfort people.

Jiang Lin stared at the cracked weapon and suddenly asked, "Do you think it could be related to the restrictions of the secret recipe of the treasure weapon?"

Blacksmith Qi was slightly startled, then said: "That makes sense. Perhaps you have touched upon the taboo of the treasure weapon. Only with the help of the secret recipe can you get through it successfully."

"The secret recipe of precious weapons..." Jiang Lin frowned. What on earth is this thing?

Theoretically, he is not completely restricted. While others are forging iron, he is responsible for eliminating defects, and then by re-smelting it, he can do the same thing as before.

But Jiang Lin was unwilling to not be able to forge the pig iron himself.

Even if it really touches the ultimate taboo of the treasure weapon, there must be a way to break it.

And I always have an inexplicable feeling in my heart that I have overlooked something, which led to this result.

But what exactly is it?

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