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

Chapter 255 Caught That Moment of Inspiration (4K)

What happened in the South Blacksmith Camp might be a big deal for the Foundry Department.

Yan Tianrong even came in person to ask what had happened.

Upon learning that it was a gangster force like Leiying Fort who came with a lieutenant general to cause trouble, and that Jiang Lin shot dozens of people with a few arrows, the fear in Yan Tianrong's eyes became even stronger.

This Lord Jiang... He looks quite gentle on weekdays, but I didn't expect that at such a young age, he has such a murderous heart.

Because it involved a third-rank lieutenant general, Yan Tianrong reported the matter to Yang Junchi, a doctor in the Ministry of Works.

When Yang Junchi heard about this, he reported it to the Minister Si Hongwen.

Si Hongwen only asked one question: "Did Jiang Lin suffer any loss?"

Upon learning that he had not suffered any loss, Si Hongwen chuckled and said, "Since we have not suffered any loss, what else is there to say? If the Ministry of War does not care about this matter, then that's fine. But if they do, I really have to have a good talk with them. Do you really think that our Ministry of Industry is easy to bully?"

No one would think that the Ministry of Works is easy to bully. It is in charge of the entire Daqian's construction and equipment department, and its power is enormous.

If not for this, Yu Shuai would not have needed to use Jiang Lin as a bargaining chip to negotiate with them.

The fact that the border army commander, who is known for being unreasonable, could negotiate with the enemy has extraordinary significance in itself.

A few days later, Yang Junchi came to the South Blacksmith Camp again and brought Jiang Lin a new official seal.

"Congratulations, Lord Jiang. Congratulations, Lord Jiang. The Minister heard that some thieves broke into the Southern Blacksmith Camp and killed many people. Fortunately, Lord Jiang acted in time and saved this pillar of our dynasty."

"This is a great achievement. After reporting to the Minister, Lord Jiang was promoted twice to the seventh rank of the Ministry of Works. Considering that many matters of the Foundry Department have not been completed, Lord Jiang was ordered to be specially assigned to the Foundry Department. Once the matters here are completed, he can return to the Ministry of Works to report on his work."

As he spoke, Yang Junchi took out the official seal, letter of authorization, new official uniform, jade plaque, etc., and handed them over to Jiang Lin personally.

Yan Tianrong was watching with envy from the side. His biggest wish a few days ago was to be promoted to the seventh rank.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, Jiang Lin jumped from the ninth rank to the eighth rank, and then to the seventh rank. It was as fast as he could have been.

Even though there are six, five, four, three, two and one above the seventh rank, it is actually the ceiling among low-ranking officials.

Going further up, they are officials of the sixth rank who truly enter the circle of power.

How many people have worked hard all their lives, currying favor with this person and that person, but still have not been able to jump from the seventh rank to the sixth rank.

Judging from Jiang Lin's attitude, it won't be long before the Ministry of Industry finds a reason to promote him.

Why is he so fond of Jiang Lin? Is it really because of his superb skills?
Yan Tianrong was puzzled, but it did not stop him from trying to please Jiang Lin: "In the future, all matters concerning the Casting Department will be handled according to the instructions of Lord Jiang. If there is anything I have not done, please forgive me, Lord Jiang."

It is said that a higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. Now Jiang Lin is two ranks higher than him, so he has to bow his head.

After Jiang Lin took the things, he said politely, "Many matters still need to be handled by the steward. I will just guard this piece of land of South Blacksmith Camp."

"Well said! Don't be arrogant or impatient, and don't aim too high. Although Lord Jiang is young, he has the spirit of a great general. His future is limitless!" Yang Junchi praised at the right time.

It is somewhat absurd for a fifth-rank doctor to flatter a seventh-rank chief clerk.

But everyone present thought it was perfectly normal and there was nothing wrong with it.

"In addition, the Minister heard that Lord Jiang needed various materials, so he ordered people to take some from the warehouse of the Ministry of Works as a reward."

A large box was carried over and when it was opened, it was filled with various materials for blacksmithing.

Yang Junchi stood by and introduced them one by one.

Jade Mysterious Rock, Grey Ghost Stone, Green Spirit Coral, Black Mysterious Stone...

"These materials are at least of high quality, and at least five of them are of the grade of precious weapons. Is Lord Jiang satisfied?" Yang Junchi asked with a smile.

How could Jiang Lin not be satisfied? He just needed a large amount of materials, and the reward from the Ministry of Industry was just right.

However, when Jiang Lin heard Yang Junchi mention the grade of the precious weapons, he hesitated slightly but still asked.

"Master Yang, do you know what the secret recipe for the precious weapon is?"

The smile on Yang Junchi's face faded a little, and then he shook his head and said, "Please forgive me, Lord Jiang. This secret recipe is controlled by a powerful clan and is the most secret thing in the world. Lord Jiang can already forge precious weapons, even spiritual weapons, so how could he not know this?"

Jiang Lin sighed and said, "I was able to forge the precious weapon purely by chance and luck. Without the secret recipe of the precious weapon, it would not be able to function stably. Lord Yang, the Ministry of Industry is in charge of the craftsmen in the world, don't you know this secret recipe?"

"I don't know." Yang Junchi shook his head.

Jiang Lin looked carefully at his expression and eyes, and neither of them seemed fake.

I had expected that if the Ministry of Industry knew what the secret recipe of Baobing was, they would have told me long ago.

It now seems that the blockade of the secret recipe of precious weapons by the powerful clans is far more stringent than imagined.

Unless those powerful people tell me proactively, I can only research it myself.

At this time, Yang Junchi suddenly seemed to think of something, and whispered: "I have heard before that a powerful clan said that even if the Ministry of Industry is given the best materials and the blacksmiths are skilled, they cannot forge a precious weapon. I always feel that this statement seems to be hinting at something, I wonder if it will be useful to Lord Jiang."

When Jiang Lin heard this, he was already touched. This was an unprecedented feeling.

The flash of inspiration in my mind flickers, as if I can grasp it at any time, but it is also illusory.

No matter how good the materials or how advanced the skills are, they can’t create a precious weapon?
There does seem to be some hidden information in these words, but I can't figure it out.

Yang Junchi bowed and said, "I have already done what the Minister asked me to do. I will not disturb Lord Jiang from comprehending the secret recipe. Goodbye."

Jiang Lin had no choice but to put his thoughts aside and send the doctor out of the camp.

After returning, Qi the blacksmith and others naturally congratulated him again.

Upgrading from the eighth rank to the seventh rank is as easy as eating and drinking, and it has to be Lord Jiang!
Jiang Lin had no intention of joking with them, so he casually took out a few thousand taels and asked Qi the blacksmith to buy some wine and food to celebrate, and at the same time had someone move the materials to the shop.

In the past few days, Jiang Lin used the fragments collected from the Zuowang Tower to upgrade the thirty-one medium-grade spiritual weapon arrows he had to high-grade spiritual weapons.

But the lack of variety in the materials means we can only go so far.

Now the Ministry of Industry has sent new materials, which is like timely help!

While starting the furnace and lighting the fire, Jiang Lin was still thinking about what Yang Junchi had just said.

The quality of the precious weapons is definitely much higher than the previous grade.

And since pig iron cannot withstand extreme quality, the material itself also has a great influence on the grade.

Then why do the powerful clans say that no matter how good the materials are, they cannot create precious weapons?
Also, from what he said, it seems that crafting a precious weapon has nothing to do with skills?

Or in other words, it doesn't matter much.

"It's not a problem of skill, nor is it a problem of materials. What else could it be?" Jiang Lin stared at the flames slowly rising in the furnace. The flash of inspiration in his mind seemed to become a little clearer, and he was just one step away from catching it!
"Hammering? Quenching? Neither is correct. This is all related to the blacksmith's skills."

"The technique? The steps? They don't seem right either."

"Secret recipe, secret recipe... Since the basic ingredients are all wrong, they must have added something extra. What could it be? If it is another material, the Ministry of Industry has people all over the world and so many skilled craftsmen, there is no reason why they can't test it out. If it is something extra, the Ministry of Industry must not be able to find it."

"What is it that the Ministry of Industry can't find?"

Jiang Lin racked his brains to come up with an answer, but he still couldn't come up with one. He slapped his forehead in annoyance, feeling that he was just one step away from cracking the secret that had been sealed off by the powerful clans for hundreds of years!
After a while, he let out a long breath.

Forget it, since I can’t think of it, let’s just do the serious work first.

After calming himself down, Jiang Lin took out some of the new materials, melted them and began to fuse and forge them in the Hengyu furnace.

The fragments collected last time, plus the dozen or so materials sent by the Ministry of Industry, were fused and forged into the Hengyu furnace. The sixth branch has already lit up 30%!
In other words, if you do it two more times, you will have a chance to be promoted to a lower-grade Xuan soldier.

But in Jiang Lin's opinion, this progress was not enough to satisfy him.

The main reason is that the Hengyu furnace is too big. If it were only the size of an arrow, more than a dozen materials would have been promoted to lower-grade Xuan weapons long ago.

Now Jiang Lin finally understood why some people who practiced evil devouring skills could not help but kill and rob everywhere.

Only such evil means can bring about improvement faster.

Collecting data step by step like we do now is steady and will not be criticized, but it is not efficient enough.

This is just the stage of being promoted to Xuanbing. How long will it take to get Yuanbing, Shengbing, and Shenbing?
Whenever he thought of this problem, Jiang Lin couldn't help but want to take Hengyu Lu out, no matter what mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, plants, birds or beasts there were, he would eat whatever he saw.

But after calming down, I always break out in a cold sweat.

If this is true, I'm afraid the whole world will make me my enemy.

You may not have any bottom line towards your enemies, but you will eventually live in this world for a long time. If you become a rat crossing the street and everyone shouts and beats you, you will probably not live long.

After taking a deep breath, Jiang Lin shook off the unrealistic thoughts in his mind.

Even if you really have no concerns, the Hengyu furnace is so big that it is not easy to carry.

I heard that once one reaches the level of a Saint Soldier, one will be able to transform. Perhaps only then will he be able to go out and find some "food" for the Hengyu Furnace.

Afterwards, Jiang Lin divided the other materials equally and put them into the Hengyu furnace to melt.

[Material of average quality, material quality increased by 1%]

[Material of acceptable quality, material quality increased by 1%]

……

Amid the continuous prompt sounds, the materials melted quickly and were taken out of the furnace one by one by Jiang Lin to be fused and forged with the top-grade spiritual weapon arrows.

[Good quality arrows, improve quality by 1%]

[Hundred Refining Level +1]

After the fusion and forging of more than a dozen materials, each arrowhead was successfully upgraded to a lower-grade Xuanbing Chaos Arrow, and the seventh branch was also lit up by about 20%.

[An arrow with better quality, with the Tarsal Maggot effect, toughness +6, and cold poison...]

Looking at the thirty-one Chaos Arrows with different characteristics, Jiang Lin finally showed some satisfaction on his face.

Last time I gave Liao Mingxu nine Chaos Arrows, and only kept one for self-protection, and I have always been unsure.

Now that there are more than 30 of them in front of me, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

It's a pity that there are still too few materials on hand, otherwise it would not be a problem to reach the middle-grade or even high-grade Xuanbing in one go.

Jiang Lin subconsciously glanced at the large bow next to him, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.

There is no enemy strong enough to cause trouble, otherwise I could test my arrows openly.

The Blacksmith Battalion is good in every way except that it is a bit uncontested, which makes it inferior to the Border Troops.

Jiang Lin couldn't help but murmur, "No wonder those arms dealers in the previous life liked war. Only the battlefield is the best place to test weapons."

"Master Jiang, can we have dinner now?" Blacksmith Qi came over and asked.

"That's good." Jiang Lin said and started packing.

Even though he was already a seventh-rank official, he still retained his old habits and cleaned up the shop every time he finished work.

This fact made all the blacksmiths and apprentices admire him very much.

Under his influence, everyone in the South Blacksmith Camp is now accustomed to cleaning up afterwards, making the originally dirty and messy blacksmith shop many times cleaner and tidier than before.

A good environment will make you feel more comfortable when doing things.

Qi the blacksmith came in to help. At the same time, he looked at the dozens of Chaos Arrows on the table. Seeing the seventh branch that was a little lit, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Jiang's skills are really getting better and better. He can easily use low-grade Xuan weapons without any effort."

"It's just a coincidence." Jiang Lin shook his head. He didn't think this was his ability. It was just pure luck.

"I'm afraid all the blacksmiths in the world hope that they can also encounter such a coincidence." Blacksmith Qi laughed and said, "But this low-grade Xuanbing is very powerful, especially when paired with Lord Jiang's eighth-grade Yuanwu realm, attracting the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth, it can be terrifying."

"The vitality of heaven and earth is indeed a good thing. No wonder there is such a big difference between precious weapons and ordinary weapons." Jiang Lin responded.

After saying this, he was suddenly stunned.

The difference between precious weapons and ordinary weapons is that one can draw on the vital energy of heaven and earth, while the other cannot.

This is common sense and everyone knows it.

But Jiang Lin suddenly felt that this common sense seemed to have been overlooked.

Seeing that he was in a daze, Qi the blacksmith asked, "Master Jiang? What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Lin turned to look at him and subconsciously asked, "Master Qi, why do you think the precious weapons can draw the vitality of heaven and earth, but ordinary weapons cannot?"

Blacksmith Qi was stunned by the question and wanted to say what other reason there could be. Of course, it was because one was a precious soldier and the other was an ordinary soldier.

But thinking about it, it’s the same as not saying anything, and for a moment I didn’t know how to answer.

Jiang Lin's eyes lit up slightly, and he said, "The pig iron I made is of very high quality. Even though it is still an ordinary weapon, its true quality is no weaker than that of a treasure weapon, and even some spiritual weapons are inferior. Despite this, it still cannot attract the vitality of heaven and earth. Why?"

Blacksmith Qi was stumped by the question, yes, why?

The quality is already ridiculously high, but we just can’t do it.

Jiang Lin didn't need him to answer anything. The idea in his mind suddenly became clearer and clearer.

"The difference between the Yuanwu realm and the peak of martial arts is also the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth. After breaking through the peak of martial arts, the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth enters the body and transforms all the energy. From then on, you can attract the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth."

"Why? Because the two have the same origin!"

Jiang Lin's tone became more urgent and his eyes became brighter.

He got it!

Finally got it!
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