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

Chapter 261 Nine Lights Pill

The next day.

Jiang Lin burned nearly thirty pieces of pig iron at one time, one of which was more than one meter long and wide.

Fortunately, the Hengyu stove is now big enough, otherwise an ordinary stove would not be able to fit it.

After it was cooked, Jiang Lin only kept the largest piece and let the rest be snatched away by the master chefs.

These skilled masters are all holding back their enthusiasm and want to be the first to forge precious weapon-grade ironware.

There are now more than 20 master blacksmiths in the South Blacksmith Camp. Most of the first batch of pig iron was snatched away by them, and the remaining few pieces were taken away by several elite blacksmiths with quick eyes and hands.

Those who failed to grab the blacksmith's shop could only stand outside the blacksmith's shop with regret on their faces, staring inside eagerly.

They were waiting for the second batch of pig iron, but Jiang Lin was not so fast.

He would use the millstone-sized pig iron to forge a new anvil, otherwise an ordinary anvil would be broken after just a few blows from a low-grade Xuanbing-grade hammer.

From burning, to hammering, to quenching.

Jiang Lin was very meticulous in every step.

Although his proficiency in skills can ensure that he will not make any mistakes in every step, his attitude often determines the final result.

If Jiang Lin wasn't so serious, how could he have cracked the secret recipe of Baobing so quickly?

[Quality of pig iron of normal quality increased by 3%]

[Hundred Refining Level +1]

[The quality of pig iron of average quality is improved by 10%]

[Hundred Refining Level +1]

……

For a qualified blacksmith, life is destined to be boring, but it will not lack fun.

Especially when watching a piece of pig iron as big as a table shrink rapidly in your hands and its quality improve rapidly, that sense of accomplishment is irreplaceable by any other thing.

Thanks to the low-grade Xuanbing-grade hammer, the entire hammering process was very easy and took much less time than expected.

After quenching, Jiang Lin fused and forged the materials he had prepared one by one. After about two and a half hours, the new anvil was born.

[Good quality anvil, hardness +15, self-repair +1]

The anvil was placed in the Hengyu furnace and returned to the furnace for calcination, but the result was somewhat disappointing.

It did not trigger the 3% chance of upgrading the grade, and it was still only a top-grade spiritual weapon.

The entire anvil is now only two feet square, which is not too big, nor too small, and is basically enough.

Jiang Lin picked up the hammer and tried to hit it a few times. If he used all his strength, it would leave some marks.

But these insignificant traces soon disappeared, apparently the self-repairing property was taking effect.

Jiang Lin nodded slightly. Although the grade was slightly lower than that of the iron hammer, it was large enough.

Hardness +15 is enough to cope with it.

Seeing Jiang Lin put down the hammer, a group of elite blacksmiths who had been waiting at the door for a long time immediately rushed in: "Master Jiang, do you want to light a fire? Let me help you get it. Is this piece okay? If it's okay, I'll put it in."

Jiang Lin couldn't help laughing as he watched the elite blacksmiths scramble to stuff pieces of pig iron into the Hengyu furnace.

These people have marked the pig iron and said whoever puts it in will own it.

Jiang Lin did not stop this. It was a good thing to motivate the blacksmiths.

Standing next to the Hengyu furnace, Jiang Lin placed his palm on it, drawing the essence of heaven and earth into the furnace, causing the quality of the pig iron to quickly move beyond the realm of ordinary weapons and reach the level of precious weapons.

After it was fired, Jiang Lin still kept one piece and let them divide the rest.

At this point, the elite blacksmiths basically each had one, so there was no need to fight over anything.

However, in the big blacksmith shop, there were still many people looking at this side with longing eyes.

Even a blacksmith who wants to live a life of idleness and wait for death would be interested in the opportunity to forge a precious weapon.

Jiang Lin didn't care about anything else. He just put the freshly-burned pig iron on the anvil and picked up the hammer to start a new round of hammering.

What we are going to build this time is a small hammer.

After that, there are fire tongs, iron shears, drill, iron axis, iron ruler, and only when all eight pieces of iron tools are complete can it be considered a complete set.

For Jiang Lin, this was not too troublesome. With his current skill level and the lower-grade iron hammer, he could complete it in just one day.

[Good quality iron scissors, sharpness +13]

[Good quality fire tongs, hardness +9]

[Good quality drill bit, penetration +14]

……

A complete set of iron tools, except for the iron hammer which is a lower-grade mysterious weapon, the rest are all upper-grade spiritual weapons.

In addition, according to the different functions of iron tools, Jiang Lin also used material fusion and forging to give them different property improvements.

Apart from anything else, even if this set of iron weapons were taken to the battlefield, there would be plenty of people fighting for it.

The top-grade weapons could not withstand the iron scissors at all and would break into two pieces with just a slight snip.

A drill bit with a penetration of +14 can drill iron blocks as easily as tofu.

With this set of iron tools, Jiang Lin’s efficiency in forging weapons will be more than doubled!
At this time, the voice of Qi the blacksmith came from the side: "Master Jiang, are you done with this?"

Jiang Lin turned his head and said, "I'm done."

Qi the blacksmith then walked in, holding a piece of paper in one hand and a wooden box in the other, and explained, "This is the list of names and materials for forging weapons today. In addition, there is a Nine Lights Pill in this box, which is said to be able to quickly improve the cultivation of Yuanwu Realm masters."

"But the lieutenant general wants to use this elixir to exchange for a lower-grade Xuanbing weapon. I dare not make a decision at will, so I can only come to you."

"Nine-Star Pill?" Jiang Lin didn't know much about elixirs. Just as he took it and was about to ask, a line of information suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

[Good quality pills that can improve your cultivation]

Jiang Lin's eyes lit up. For a long time, he had only seen information about things related to blacksmithing. This was the first time he had seen a description of other items.

Why are the previous Tiger Soul Pill and Qi and Blood Pill missing?
Jiang Lin pondered over it for a moment and guessed that either the Tiger Soul Pill and the Qi and Blood Pill were of too low a grade, or his vision had changed after his furnace baking method was upgraded to the Silver Body.

However, after his furnace baking method was advanced, he had not obtained any elixirs, so he did not notice the change until now.

This was an unexpected surprise.

Judging by the evaluation of the materials, this pill should be equivalent to the spiritual weapon grade.

Although I don’t know whether the quality of the elixir is the same as that of the weapon, since it can be evaluated as of good quality, it must be a good thing.

As for improving his cultivation, I guess I won't know the effect until I eat it. Jiang Lin pondered for a moment, put the Nine Lights Pill back into the wooden box, and handed it to Qi the blacksmith, saying, "Master Qi, tell him that low-grade Xuanbing currently depends on luck, and I can't guarantee that he can forge it. If he really wants low-grade Xuanbing, bring thirteen more materials that are higher than Xuanjing Iron."

Some benefits can be received, and some benefits cannot be received.

Jiang Lin will not lose the big picture for the sake of small gains if he cannot fulfill his promise.

"Thirteen kinds of materials that are higher in grade than black crystal iron? That must be difficult." Qi the blacksmith said, "If he could come up with so many materials, he wouldn't have to exchange this pill."

Jiang Lin also thought of this. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then tell him that we don't know when the lower-grade Xuanbing will be forged. If he is willing to wait, then wait. I can guarantee that the first lower-grade Xuanbing will be his."

This was not a very difficult matter, and Blacksmith Qi immediately turned around and left.

Not long after, he came back and said happily, "The lieutenant general agreed. He also asked Lord Jiang if only thirteen kinds of materials are needed to forge a low-grade Xuanbing? If so, we can put them together and ask for another one."

"Thirteen kinds are because he brought this elixir. If we only exchange it for materials, we need at least thirty-five kinds. If the grade is not high enough, we need more than forty kinds."

Blacksmith Qi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It was a low-grade black weapon. Although the types of materials used by Jiang Lin were frighteningly many, if Lord Jiang said it could be used, then it could definitely be used!

"Then I'll give you this Nine-Star Pill first. I'll go report back to the Commander-in-Chief." said Qi the Blacksmith.

Jiang Lin nodded and took the wooden box again.

After opening it, he took out the pill and put it into his mouth without much hesitation.

After the pill entered his mouth, it turned into a huge stream of vital energy that flowed into his entire body. Jiang Lin could clearly feel that his cultivation was improving rapidly.

But it didn't take long for the medicinal properties to be completely consumed.

After careful feeling, Jiang Lin roughly estimated that his cultivation had increased by about 10%.

It may sound like a small amount, but don't forget, this is only one tenth of the ninth level of the Yuanwu Realm!
If it were a first or second level Yuanwu realm cultivator, he might be stretched to the point of bleeding from all seven orifices or even explode to death.

Jiang Lin felt somewhat delighted. His cultivation would greatly enhance his own ability. If he had a few more, even if his skills were not upgraded, he would be able to reach the peak of the Yuanwu realm.

"I guess that lieutenant general either has difficulty in entering the Yuanwu realm, or even if he is promoted, he is not capable of reaching a higher realm. I sent this pill because I know he is not worthy of it."

Jiang Lin pondered secretly, should he exchange weapons for elixirs to improve his cultivation?
As soon as this thought popped into his mind, he rejected it.

Cultivation is important, but not the most important. The foundation of life is still the blacksmithing skills.

The higher the grade of the object being crafted, the faster the Fire Essence and Gold Essence can be collected, and this is closely related to high-grade materials.

If you give up improving your own skills for the sake of cultivation, you will be picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

The Jiuyao Pill is a very good pill, but it can only be a helpful aid at best.

It’s best to have it, but it’s okay if you don’t.

After realizing this, Jiang Lin suddenly felt that his mood had improved a lot.

Although there is no such thing as a so-called inner demon in the practice of cultivation in this world, an improved state of mind can still bring about some changes in a person's spirit.

Higher and more awake.

Jiang Lin looked at himself silently.

[Skill 1: Firemaking Lv9 (Proficiency 95443/200000)]

[Skill 2: Tempering Lv9 (Proficiency 56315/500000)]

The fire-making proficiency can now increase by about a thousand points every day. At this rate, the fire-making skill can be upgraded to level 10 in about three months.

The amount of proficiency gained from tempering is much higher every day, at least seven or eight thousand, but the amount of proficiency required for upgrading is also frighteningly high.

All in all, even if it increases by 8,000 every day, it will take about two months, which is faster than the improvement of fire-making skills.

As for quenching and sharpening, the proficiency of these two items is exactly the same. Based on the current progress, they should be in the middle period of upgrading the hammering and fire-making skills.

[Gold Essence 851/50000, Fire Essence 707.3/10000]

The speed of collecting gold essence and fire essence by the furnace baking method is actually faster than that of hammering. It can only be said that the grade of the weapons currently made by Jiang Lin is too high, which has exceeded the upgrade speed of the current skills.

"I don't know whether this is good or bad..." Jiang Lin muttered to himself.

Upgrading the fire-making skill can greatly increase the progress of collecting fire essence, and upgrading the hammering skill can also greatly increase the progress of collecting gold essence.

On the other hand, if the furnace baking method is upgraded, it can almost comprehensively improve all skills, including proficiency.

Jiang Lin had never carefully calculated which one would bring greater benefits if he upgraded first.

After thinking about it for a long time, I finally gave up.

Never mind. I have always gone with the flow and never deliberately targeted any one item.

For now, there are no shortcomings for the time being. I just need to wait for the quenching and sharpening to be upgraded to level 8 or 9 to see if I can unlock some special skills.

After all, fire-making and hammering have their own magical skills, so there is no reason why the other two skills do not exist.

After carefully checking his length, depth, inside and out, Blacksmith Qi also came back.

The lieutenant general said that he was afraid he could not find more than forty kinds of materials, but if Lord Jiang was willing to use elixirs to offset the cost, he could find a lot of them.

There are many playboys from wealthy and aristocratic families in the Forty-Eight Camps of Kyoto. First, the Jueyuan Sect was destroyed decades ago, and now the Xuanhua Sect has followed suit. By sweeping the two major sects, the nobles like Daqian have gained a lot of benefits.

They collected a lot of top-quality elixirs that were rarely seen by ordinary people. It was even rumored that they privately hired some Taoist alchemists to make elixirs for their own family.

However, most of the alchemists were focused on refining pills, their own skills were not particularly high, and they had no ambition to fight for power, so the imperial court turned a blind eye and did not ask too many questions.

Just like the "tacit understanding" between the Ministry of Works and the powerful clans, there are some things you can do, but don't make it known to the whole world, and don't let me see it, otherwise I will turn against you.

Based on these reasons, the playboys have no shortage of elixirs, but they lack ambition and their cultivation is not very high.

There are almost no people in the Forty-eight Battalions in Kyoto who can use things like the Jiuyao Pill, so it is a very precious waste.

If they could use it to exchange for lower-grade Xuanbing, it would be a good thing for them.

Jiang Lin thought for a moment and said, "Then let them bring it in exchange, but let me make it clear first, don't bring anything lower than the Nine Lights Pill, I don't like it."

Blacksmith Qi was amazed when he heard this. Lord Jiang must be so rich and powerful now that he dared to say such things.

I still remember that Lord Jiang was so happy for a long time just because of a mere Qi and Blood Pill.

However, considering Jiang Lin's cultivation level of the ninth level of the Yuanwu Realm, ordinary elixirs would indeed have no effect, so Blacksmith Qi did not say much.

Jiang Lin then asked, "What did you harvest today? Has anyone forged a precious weapon-grade iron weapon?"

Blacksmith Qi laughed bitterly and said, "It's not that easy. I did make one piece of top-grade ironware, but it was just an iron ruler. The rest are all top-second-grade."

Jiang Lin nodded, this was expected.

Although the iron they make themselves is good, it also has its limits. For these blacksmiths, being able to produce the second-highest grade is already very good.

If it were an ordinary blacksmith, it would be difficult for him to even reach the third grade.

Jiang Lin couldn't help but sigh that the road ahead is long and arduous, and he still needs to continue to hone his skills!
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