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

Chapter 462: Lord Jiang Doesn’t Lie
At the Gongsun family residence in Fengzhou, Jiang Lin's arrival attracted countless people's attention.

Tens of thousands of materials, all kinds of gold, silver and treasures, and two damaged magic weapons were too conspicuous.

Knowing that this was what Jiang Lin got from the Lu family, many Gongsun clan members looked at each other with something strange in their eyes.

It has always been the powerful clans that rob other people's things. When have they ever been robbed by others?
Moreover, they first slaughtered the entire family and then looted all their belongings. Even horse bandits might not be so ruthless.

As the saying goes, when a rabbit dies, the fox mourns; when the lips are gone, the teeth become cold.

Naturally, the people of the Gongsun clan would not have a good impression of Jiang Lin.

Many people cast hostile glances at them. After all, this was their territory and they were very confident.

Jiang Lin glanced at it, then suddenly turned and walked over.

The peak Shenwu realm master who was leading the way turned around and saw that Jiang Lin had already taken three or two steps to the front of a clan member who was at the eighth level of Yuanwu realm.

Jiang Lin was much taller than an ordinary person, and he was looking down from a high vantage point. Both his sight and his aura made the eighth-grade Yuanwu realm cultivator very uncomfortable.

The arrogance of the clan members made him grit his teeth and want to look up and look straight.

As a result, Jiang Lin slapped him directly. Before he could even raise his head, he was slapped and flew dozens of meters away.

Broken teeth mixed with blood sprayed all over the place.

After knocking over countless things, he fell heavily to the ground.

Jiang Lin's sudden attack caught everyone off guard.

The peak of the Divine Martial Realm's expression suddenly changed: "Master Jiang!"

Jiang Lin looked back at him and said coldly, "If someone curses your mother, would you pretend not to hear it, or would you beat him so hard that his mother wouldn't recognize him?"

The peak of the Divine Martial Realm frowned and glanced at the tribesmen who were blown away.

These people just muttered some dirty words, and anyone could hear them.

It's just that he felt that this was his own territory, so he deliberately favored his people and ignored it.

Who could have known that Jiang Lin would beat people up as he said he would, without giving any face at all.

Jiang Lin looked at the other Gongsun clan members and said in a cold voice, "I know that many of you are dissatisfied and think that I am taking advantage of the border troops and the favor of His Majesty the Emperor. You can say whatever you want in private, but forget it if I can't hear you."

"But if you curse my mother to her face, I'd be polite if I didn't kill you with my sword."

"That man just now was lucky to have his life saved. But from now on, if anyone keeps nagging me, I don't mind chopping off a few heads to save some food for the Gongsun family!"

The people of the Gongsun clan, looking at Jiang Lin with a cold face, knew that he was not boasting.

The next time you strike, it will definitely not be a slap in the face, but a beheading.

How dare a blacksmith act so presumptuously in the mansion of a powerful clan!

Many people's eyes were filled with anger, but no one dared to say a word.

These powerful clans are nothing more than bullies of the weak and fear of the strong.

The peak Divine Martial Realm master came over and said gloomily, "Youngsters don't know the rules. Lord Jiang, why bother with them? You should go see the ancestor first."

"The Gongsun family is a well-known and large family after all. Don't do stupid things that would cause the younger generation to bring disaster to the family."

"Several old men from the Lu family died stupidly like this."

The peak of the Divine Martial Realm had a gloomy face that looked like it was about to rain. He cupped his hands and said, "Master Jiang is right. I will strictly control myself from now on."

Jiang Lin was so angry that he had almost said everything he wanted to say, so he didn't say anything more.

After he left, the Gongsun clan members looked at each other with resentment on their faces.

"This is the residence of my Gongsun clan. How dare he be so arrogant!"

"Isn't he just a second-rank official in the Ministry of Works? We, the Gongsun clan, are not afraid of him!"

An eighth-rank Divine Martial Realm warrior came over, glared at them, and said, "Why are you talking so much!"

A brave clan member said indignantly: "But Jiang Lin is too arrogant. Does he really think that my Gongsun clan is as easy to bully as the Lu clan?"

"That's right. The Lu family has only been here for a few hundred years, but our Gongsun family has been here for much longer than them!"

The eighth-grade Divine Martial Realm cultivator suddenly struck out with a palm, knocking the people who were speaking back one after another with panicked looks on their faces.

He said with a sullen face, "We do have a much deeper foundation than the Lu family, but the three ancestors of the Lu family are not insignificant characters who can be easily dismissed."

"No matter how weak they are, they are still in the Daowu realm!"

"How many people in the world can slaughter the entire Lu family by themselves? Do you really want to bring such a difficult enemy to your family?"

After these words, everyone looked different.

Yes, Lu also had the Dao Wu realm, but he was still killed completely.

No matter how powerful the Gongsun family is, how much stronger can they be than the Lu family?
Even if he is three or five times stronger, so what? If Jiang Lin is pissed off, who knows how many Dao Wu realm masters he can kill.

No matter how much the ordinary Yuanwu realm or even the Shenwu realm loses, the powerful clans can build it up again with elixirs.

But in the Daowu Realm, one less person dies in this era.

Looking around the world, in recent decades, Jiang Lin is the only one who has concentrated his Dao heart and stepped into the threshold of Daowu realm.

Now, Jiang Lin has destroyed the Lu family by himself.

It was always said in the past that he was lucky enough to survive thanks to the protection of the border troops, but now, he can stand on his own.

No matter how resentful the Gongsun clan members were, they had to admit this.

Therefore, everyone bowed their heads when they heard the words of the eighth-level Divine Martial Realm.

No matter how much he disliked Jiang Lin, why would he bring disaster to the family when he knew that he had amazing fighting power?

"But Lu is still a member of the clan, are we really going to let it go like this?" someone asked.

"The ancestors have their own conclusion on this matter. You don't need to say anything more. Just go and do your own things!"

"Yes……"

At this time, Jiang Lin had already arrived deep into the Gongsun family's mansion.

Like Lu's, there are several old houses here.

The further in you go, the older the houses become, but in Jiang Lin's perception, the hidden aura in those old houses is astonishing.

He took a quick glance and saw five old houses in total.

According to the Lu family’s experience, there are at least five ancestors at the Daowu realm representing the Gongsun clan.

"No wonder the border troops are so powerful. Emperor Shun would rather attack the Taoist sect first than to trouble the powerful clans."

"This family alone has five Dao Wu Realm warriors. If all the powerful clans are added together, there are probably more than a hundred."

With such a force, it would be difficult to win even if all the border troops were gathered together to form a battle formation.

Likewise, the powerful clans do not want to suffer too much loss.

After all, there are fewer and fewer people in the Daowu realm. If too many die, it will be difficult to deal with in the future.

Among them there are many old clans that have stood for thousands of years. After experiencing so many ups and downs, they have long since recognized what is most important.

Changes of dynasties have nothing to do with them.

As long as the family can continue to be passed down, anyone can be the emperor.

"Daqian...what a weird dynasty." Jiang Lin shook his head secretly.

The imperial power is very strong and the battle formation is invincible.

But the system of the powerful clans is still a sword and shield that they cannot easily break.

It can even be said that if the powerful clans did not want to preserve their strength as much as possible, the ancestors would not be willing to take action easily. The commander of the border army may not have any face to speak of when he came here.

For some people, being arrogant is justified.

"That's why Emperor Shun wanted to use the giant's bones to create a stunning weapon. Only weapons of that level can defeat the powerful clans in one fell swoop."

"With only the border troops, I'm afraid there is no hope."

Jiang Lin couldn't help but think of Ma Ningyan. She had led troops to war for so many years, and the Daqian border army was feared by the world.

But now it seems that it is not that strong.

But the main reason is that the weapons are too weak.

In the world of [A Picturesque World], Jiang Lin created many good weapons for the border troops, which greatly enhanced the power of the battle formations.

But the weapons used by the border troops of this era were not even of good quality.

With more people, the power of the battle formation was weakened.

"The powerful clans monopolize resources and occupy blacksmiths. They are probably afraid that the border troops will get too many good weapons, which will make the battle more difficult."

"Master Jiang." A peak Divine Martial Realm came back from the old house in the front and said, "Old Patriarch, please come over."

Jiang Lin came back to his senses, put aside those messy thoughts, and walked forward.

He stopped when he arrived at the first old house.

The door opened automatically, and a white-haired old man sat in the room.

His eyes were as sharp as torches, his aura was powerful, and he had already concentrated on the Dao.

Although Jiang Lin was slightly inferior to him in realm, he did not show any fear.

When looking into each other's eyes, his aura is even more overwhelming.

The white-haired old man seemed to understand that it was impossible to take advantage of the momentum, so he restrained his breath.

Then he smiled faintly: "I have heard of Lord Jiang's name for a long time. It is true that young people are to be feared. At such a young age, you have already gathered your Dao Heart and become a Dao Martial Realm expert that is extremely rare in later generations. It is cause for celebration."

Jiang Lin looked at him and asked, "Have you prepared a gift?"

The white-haired old man was startled. Without waiting for an answer, Jiang Lin continued, "I have heard of the great name of the Gongsun clan for a long time. Such a big family, you wouldn't just give congratulations verbally, right?"

"Look at the Lu family. They sent me so many gifts. You can't be worse than the Lu family."

The corners of the white-haired old man's eyes were twitching. Jiang Lin's actions were too unconventional and totally unconventional.

I said you were worthy of congratulations and was just giving you a casual compliment. Why did you take the initiative to ask for a gift?

Also, those things behind you, are they gifts from the Lu family?

Didn't you kill the whole family and then rob them?
Strictly speaking, that's called stolen goods!
Seeing that he remained silent, Jiang Lin curled his lips and said, "It turns out that the Gongsun clan is just talking and not even willing to accept a decent gift. I've learned a lot."

The white-haired old man was so angry that his mouth was crooked. He had never seen such an unreasonable second-rank official.

But he was still rational and knew what was important. He immediately said to the peak Divine Martial Realm who was waiting beside him, "Since Lord Jiang said so, go pick out some gifts as a gift. Don't let people say that we, the Gongsun family, don't know etiquette."

He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "etiquette", implying that Jiang Lin was a person of status and position after all, and should not be too naive.

Jiang Lin said to the peak of the Divine Martial Realm without any hesitation: "Don't bring too many gifts. There is no reward without merit. For a gift like this, a few hundred thousand or eighty thousand kinds of good materials will be enough."

The peak of the Divine Martial Realm bowed his head and left without saying a word.

You can't pay attention to some people's words, otherwise you will easily get angry to death.

One hundred thousand or eighty thousand pieces?
I might as well give Gongsun to you.

But if he said this to others, he was really afraid that Jiang Lin would take it over directly, which would be even more embarrassing. It would be better to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

"Why do you become shy in front of your own ancestor?" Jiang Lin commented as he watched the back of the peak of the Divine Martial Realm leaving.

The white-haired old man coughed and said, "Master Jiang, the extermination of the Lu family this time is of great importance. I invited you here to ask what exactly happened."

"If it was really Lu who was rude first, then it would be easy to explain."

Jiang Lin said, "This is what happened. I went to the back hills of Xujian Road to hang out. As soon as I met the Lu family, they wanted to kill me."

"You know, we blacksmiths aren't good at fighting. I ran away and they chased me."

"They chased each other like this, and somehow they ran to the Lu family's house. They were like crazy, hacking around with knives, and ended up hacking their own people to death."

"The scene was extremely bloody and horrific. I tried to stop the fight, but they didn't listen and told me to get out of the way."

"I just watched quietly, and in the end they all died, that's about it."

The white-haired old man's forehead was a little smokey after hearing what he said, but in fact, what he said was very clear.

Anyway, there is no evidence to prove the crime. As long as you pick on the facts and give as many reasons as possible that can hold up their claims, I can let you go.

But after reading Jiang Lin’s description, unless one is a fool, who wouldn’t know that he is talking nonsense?

The white-haired old man took a deep breath, forced a smile, and said, "Master Jiang is really good at joking. Why don't we talk about something serious?"

"I never lie or cheat anyone." Jiang Lin said seriously.

The white-haired old man frowned, but he always felt that something was wrong with these words.

After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

I don’t lie or deceive others…Does that mean I, Gongsun, am not a human being?

The white-haired old man's face suddenly became a little gloomy, and his tone changed a little: "Master Jiang, do you really want to make a feud with my powerful clan and fight to the death?"

Jiang Lin walked to the door without saying a word, knife in hand.

Most of his body was squeezed in, and his expression looked a little ferocious under the effect of the backlight.

"You want to kill me too?"

His aura was so ferocious that the white-haired old man's hair stood on end and he stood up subconsciously.

At this moment, an old voice came from the old house in the back: "Lord Jiang is young and energetic, which is a good thing. Shichang, don't mess around."

The white-haired old man glanced at the long sword in Jiang Lin's hand, then sat down again.

The old voice said, "Since the Lu family has been destroyed, it is of no importance. We just want to know what Lord Jiang wants to do."

Jiang Lin knew that the white-haired old man in front of him no longer had a say.

He immediately left the house and walked towards the second old house.

When I reached the door, it opened automatically as well.

An even older face came into view.

The old man not only had a heart of Tao, but also had a right hand that had bones of Tao, as white as jade.

He looked at Jiang Lin and said calmly, "The clan never wants to make enemies easily, especially with a young talent like Lord Jiang."

"Since we are meeting today, let's just talk it out."

"Master Jiang has outstanding blacksmithing skills, and his cultivation is about to reach the Daowu realm, so he is qualified to forge divine weapons."

"What the emperor wants to do is a huge threat to our clan."

"I don't know what we need to do to make Lord Jiang choose to stand on our side instead of helping the emperor to deal with us."

These words were indeed spoken very frankly, almost equivalent to tearing the faces of the powerful clans and the Daqian royal family.

Jiang Lin knew that he had finally gotten to the point, so he said, "What His Majesty the Emperor wants to do may not necessarily be aimed at the powerful clans. You may just be thinking too much."

(End of this chapter)