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

Chapter 482: The Gift is Not Light

This young seedling of the ancient purple gold tree will be carried into the long river of history.

But for Jiang Lin, it is a future that has not yet happened.

"But we can't go to that world for now. We have to figure out the matter of the Great Snow Mountain first."

"I just don't know who to ask."

Just as I was thinking about it, a figure fell from the sky.

It was none other than Yu Shuai who I hadn’t seen for a long time.

As soon as Yu Shuai landed, he was stunned when he saw many objects arguing with each other.

The Hengyu furnace vibrated slightly, and a fire snake stretched out, sucking in many objects.

Jiang Lin went forward and asked, "Master Yu, why are you here?"

"It's been a while since we last met, so I came to see you." Yu Shuai said, pulling out a small bag from his arms and throwing it over: "This is for you."

Jiang Lin opened the bag and took a look, only to see six pills inside.

[Excellent quality pill, can greatly improve cultivation]

Jiang Lin was a little surprised and looked up: "What does Yu Shuai mean?"

Yu Shuai looked at the much larger Hengyu furnace curiously and said casually, "It's nothing. It's useless at home, so I just freed up some space."

This was said lightly, but Jiang Lin understood it very well.

Pills of extremely high quality have probably reached the so-called top level. Anything higher than that is not something that ordinary people can get.

Even top-level elixirs are rare.

With such a good thing, who wouldn't hide it away and treat it as a family heirloom?
There are only a handful of alchemists who can refine top-level elixirs, and they are all protected by major forces.

Even for a second-rank general, it is difficult to meet such a person.

Jiang Lin immediately returned the bag and said, "No merit, no reward. How can I accept such a valuable gift?"

Yu Shuai didn't even look at him, let alone reach out to take the bag.

"You are now working for His Majesty, and you are truly one of His Majesty's own. There are countless difficulties and obstacles ahead, so you should practice diligently. This may not be of any use to me, but it will be useful to you."

"Marshal Meng, Marshal Hong and the others should also help you find some things to improve your cultivation. This will help you achieve the true Daowu realm as soon as possible. This will be a good thing for you, the border troops, and His Majesty."

Jiang Lin immediately understood that Marshal Yu must have known that he was summoned by Emperor Shun.

I'm sure the border army commanders are aware of how dangerous it is to piece together the giant's skeleton.

His skill in making weapons is extraordinary. If he can live longer, the combat effectiveness of the border troops will be greatly enhanced.

Therefore, several marshals naturally hoped to find more elixirs that could improve their cultivation and help him enter the Daowu realm as soon as possible.

Although there is some selfish motive in this, to be fair, it is not easy to achieve this.

Jiang Lin said, "Marshal Yu should know that no matter how fast His Majesty wants to do it, it will take more than three to five days. There is no need to be too anxious."

"That's easy for you to say." Yu Shuai snorted and said, "After so many years, I finally found a boy who is worthy of my attention. If he really died like this, wouldn't it be a pity?"

"I didn't ask you to keep that thing for your eyes, you ate it right in front of me. I know you are good at alchemy, but this Moonlight Pill is a top-notch item even in the Taoist sect, much better than what you made yourself."

This is not to say that Marshal Yu deliberately belittled Jiang Lin. Those Moonlight Pills all had more than three dan patterns.

A top-grade elixir with three elixir patterns on it is indeed a good thing.

The high-level elixir refined by Jiang Lin, when it reaches nine elixir patterns, may have an effect that exceeds this grade.

But the foundation is different, and the results will be different.

Jiang Lin felt helpless when he saw Yu Shuai acting like he would stay here and not leave if he didn't eat and was even going to get angry.

His cultivation does not really need external objects such as elixirs to speed up. As long as his various skills are upgraded step by step, they will improve naturally.

Moreover, in this process, the body will be tempered thousands of times to create an indestructible golden body, and the effect is far better than elixirs.

But how can I say these things when someone gives me a gift with good intentions?

Jiang Lin asked, "Do we have to eat today?"

"You have to eat it! No one dares to refuse the gift from me!"

"Your Majesty doesn't dare?" Jiang Lin asked.

Yu Shuai couldn't help but glared at him: "Take your medicine, why are you talking so much!"

Even though Jiang Lin's official position is getting higher and higher, he is now favored by the Emperor and has become a true pillar of the country.

But in Yu Shuai's eyes, this is still a junior who needs a lot of care.

It can even be said that Yu Shuai treats Jiang Lin as his own nephew.

Many people can see this point, and Jiang Lin is no exception.

Not only Marshal Yu, but also Marshal Hong, Marshal Meng, and even the former General Qi, were all like this.

Jiang Lin said nothing more. He opened the bag and took out six round pills.

The six pills, like the brightest stars in the night sky, were gently held in Jiang Lin's palm.

They are surrounded by a faint glow, as if they contain endless mysteries.

Each dan pattern is like the most exquisite rune in the world, containing unfathomable power.

The refreshing aroma of pills wafted into Jiang Lin's nose, and he put several pills into his mouth at the same time.

The pill melted in the mouth, turning into a warm current that flowed down the throat into the stomach.

Then, the warm current suddenly burst out like a ignited flame, rushing along the meridians.

His pupils suddenly shrank, and fine ice crystals oozed out of the pores all over his body. The ends of his hair automatically emitted a red-gold glow without any wind, and the phantom of a full moon appeared behind him.

Jiang Lin felt his whole body tremble, as if he was being washed from the inside out by a powerful force.

"The moonlight hardens the bones, and the moon cleanses the marrow."

Yu Shuai added, "The Taoist sect uses the cold marrow of the Moon Palace as the guide, supplemented by the thousand-year-old snow lotus core and the polar black ice spirit, and starts refining the furnace at midnight on the winter solstice. With each additional pattern on the elixir, the cold becomes 30% more severe, and ordinary people will freeze their meridians if they touch it. But you have the furnace-heating method to protect your body, which can increase the efficacy of the medicine."

A large amount of extremely yin energy is like a surging river, or like being in a violent storm, undergoing the baptism of heaven and earth.

Every acupuncture point seemed to be forged by the stars, the bones made a crisp sound like jade hitting each other, and the cyclone expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The medicinal power condensed into mysterious energy, which pushed Jiang Lin's cultivation to continue to rise.

But his cyclone is too big, and the amount required is frighteningly large.

Even six top-level Taoist Moonlight Pills could not allow him to enter the Daowu realm in one step.

As time went by, the power gradually became calmer and integrated into every cell of Jiang Lin.

The meridians were widened, the qi and blood became more vigorous, and even the soul seemed to be sublimated.

Jiang Lin let out a long breath, his eyes gleaming with brilliance. He could clearly feel that his cultivation had made a qualitative leap at this moment.

Not only that, even his understanding of alchemy has become more profound.

After the medicine was completely digested, Jiang Lin let out a light breath, and the temperature around him suddenly dropped a lot.

He raised his hand to salute Yu Shuai and said, "Thank you, Yu Shuai, for the medicine."

Yu Shuai had been observing Jiang Lin's reaction from the side. Seeing this, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"How do you feel? How far do you have to go to enter the Daowu realm?"

Jiang Lin thought about it seriously, and then said, "Maybe a few hundred more will do."

The smile on Yu Shuai's face suddenly froze.

A few hundred more?
These six were given to him by His Majesty when he was promoted to Marshal. He was reluctant to eat them even when he broke through to the peak of the Divine Martial Realm.

Even if you search all over the world, you won't find more than a hundred.

Jiang Lin said that it would take several hundred to break through the Daowu realm. Yu Shuai immediately said unhappily: "You think these are weeds on the roadside and you can just pull out a lot of them?"

Jiang Lin explained: "Don't blame me, Marshal Yu. It's because I have a special physique and it's much more difficult for me to break through the realm than others. Six Moonlight Pills can almost create an eighth-grade master of the Divine Martial Realm. But for me, it's just a drop in the bucket."

This is really not a lie. After six Moonlight Pills entered his stomach, the mysterious energy in the cyclone only increased by a few thousand drops.

Now Jiang Lin’s cyclone is really like a big river.

Just a few thousand drops, what does that count for?

Yu Shuai couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "Although I have never practiced your furnace-baking method, I have seen it a little bit. Why do I feel that your furnace-baking method seems to be different from others?"

"Perhaps it's not surprising that everyone has their own unique faces," Jiang Lin said.

It was difficult for him to explain that the so-called furnace baking method was not created by the ancestor of blacksmiths, but was brought back by him four hundred years ago.

Sometimes Jiang Lin was also confused. If he was the ancestor of blacksmiths, but he had never created the furnace baking method, then where did this blacksmith's special practice method come from?
Could it be that it is really as the painter said, that what I think is reality is just a painting.

Only a painting can add things that were not originally there, no matter how inharmonious they may appear.

Having said that, Ma Ningyan and others are not fictional characters, but actually existed in history.

What I experienced in [The World is Like a Picture] is history.

Strictly speaking, it is not a pure painting.

But if he insisted on adding and subtracting things, such as killing Ma Ningyan and Gu An Ning, the Daqian Dynasty would no longer be possible.

It is not impossible to do this.

After thinking about it, Jiang Lin felt that he might have some misunderstanding about the word "scroll".

The so-called "the world is like a painting" may not be as simple as the literal meaning.

But at the moment, this matter is not something I can figure out.

Thinking too much will only add to your troubles.

Yu Shuai nodded slightly and said, "That's true. Even the cultivation methods in the army are not the same for everyone. But you need so many elixirs to break through the Daowu realm. If you don't have elixirs, won't you have no chance to break through in this life?"

"Not necessarily. As long as the quality of the weapon is high enough, the furnace baking method can also provide great help." Jiang Lin said.

Yu Shuai nodded, after all he didn't know much about the oven baking method.

Considering how fast Jiang Lin's cultivation level had improved, it was probably due to the furnace baking method. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain how a junior apprentice with no background could have grown to his current level in just a few years.

Even if you are a genius, this doesn't make sense.

"As expected, good talent is useful no matter where you are." Yu Shuai said with emotion.

After chatting for a while, Yu Shuai left.

But not long after, Meng Shuai arrived.

The most senior commander handed over a box and said, "Inside are the pills I have saved over the years. They can help you improve your cultivation."

Jiang Lin had already expected this to happen, but he didn't expect that before Meng Shuai finished speaking, Hong Shuai would also arrive.

They also gave away pills and precious medicinal materials.

"The border troops only have a little silver, and there's really nothing else that we can offer. Later, General Meng and I, along with General Qi and General Feng, will go to the clan to ask for more good things for you!"

Hong Shuai looked very happy, but in fact he had almost emptied out his family's assets.

Just as he said, the whole world knows that the border troops have the highest salaries, the best food, and are given priority in the supply of all equipment.

But in fact, for the border troops, except for weapons and armor, these things are dispensable.

They can't get any of the real good stuff.

"I'm afraid the powerful clans are not willing to give it." Jiang Lin said.

"If they don't give it to us, we'll rob them!" said Hong Shuai.

According to the current situation, it is hard to say when the border troops will come into conflict with the powerful clans, and it will be the same whether they rob them early or late.

The border troops don't care what outsiders think.

If you can't get what you deserve, it's useless to have a good reputation.

This is the consistent purpose of the border troops. Jiang Lin has long been accustomed to it and does not find it strange.

At this time, Meng Shuai said, "There is one more thing, which is the Qingzhou Li family's marriage. I heard that you want to cancel the engagement, right?"

“Well, if the imperial court and the clan go to war one day, it will be somewhat troublesome. It is better to cut it off at the source.” Jiang Lin said.

Meng Shuai nodded and said, "It's a good thing that you can follow the righteousness and not be entangled in personal feelings. When you go to Qingzhou Li's, there will be border troops accompanying you. Although you are going to cancel the engagement, you must take the things you should take. Go ahead and don't be restrained!"

Jiang Lin was confused. What should he take?
Could it be that the imperial court sent the betrothal gifts in advance?
"That's not the case." Meng Shuai shook his head and said, "But the Qingzhou Li family didn't send a dowry either. So they are in the wrong, and they should at least compensate you."

Jiang Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Although he had a grudge with the Qingzhou Li family, to be honest, he really didn't know where they were in the wrong.

But it doesn’t matter. Since Coach Meng said so, let’s do it!
"Ask for more when the time comes. There are so many border troops following you to join in the fun. You can't leave empty-handed." Marshal Hong patted Jiang Lin on the shoulder and reminded him.

Jiang Lin burst out laughing, it seems that he is the only bad guy.

Hong Shuai seemed to think that this was a bit too much, and said: "Didn't the brothers go to help you hold the scene? Even if they didn't make any contributions, they still worked hard."

Jiang Lin naturally wouldn't argue with Hong Shuai about this matter.

It is a fact that others help you to save face, but as for the interests involved behind it, that is another matter.

"Don't worry, Marshal Hong. If the Qingzhou Li family is unwilling to reward you brothers, I will take care of it and make sure you brothers don't suffer any loss."

"But I believe that the Qingzhou Li family should still be sensible."

Jiang Lin smiled faintly and said, "Unless they want to follow the old path of the Lu family."

(End of this chapter)