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

Chapter 342 Hong Shuai comes to help
In the northwestern border, there were continuous rumbling sounds, shaking the mountains and forests, and causing birds and beasts to flee in all directions.

A figure with unstoppable force crashed into the hill hundreds of meters ahead.

Rumbling--

With a loud bang, the hill was smashed into pieces like tofu.

Rocks were flying everywhere, mountains were collapsing, and all the surrounding vegetation was destroyed. It was like the end of the world.

In the dust, the tall figure in heavy armor snorted, "Ten Feather Archers? They are just cowards who hide their heads and tails and dare not show their faces!"

Another figure dropped from the sky and landed.

"Meng Shuai, what happened?" The one who came was Hong Shuai, who had a bandage wrapped around his head and had not yet fully recovered.

Meng Shuai, who was wearing heavy armor, put away the black iron stick in his hand and shook his head and said, "He got away again."

Marshal Hong couldn't help but frown. These past few days, he used himself as bait to lure the Ten-Feather Archer to show up, and then Marshal Meng would personally try to kill him.

However, the hook was made, but it happened three times in a row. By the time Meng Shuai found the opponent's position and rushed over, the Ten-Feather Archer had already left.

This time Meng Shuai's speed was fast enough, he arrived in almost the blink of an eye, but he still failed to stop the opponent.

Hong Shuai took a deep breath and said, "I'm afraid that person won't be caught so easily by us. It's more likely that he is playing tricks on us."

Knowing very well that if he shot Marshal Hong, he would be found by Marshal Meng, the Ten-Feather Archer still dared to show up, obviously not taking them seriously at all.

Or in other words, they treated the two of them as a form of entertainment.

The two marshals looked at the mess around them with gloomy expressions.

If the Ten Feather Archers insist on escaping, it will be very difficult to catch them, unless they can set up a military formation in advance and trap the opponent in a fixed range.

However, the enemy was shooting arrows from a distance of hundreds of miles, and their direction was difficult to determine, so it was not so easy to trap them.

Both commanders had gloomy faces, but they were helpless.

Two million border troops were held up by just a few hundred thousand enemy troops. This is extremely rare in the history of border troops.

At this time, a general came over and said, "Reporting to General Meng, General Hong, Zheng Qiran, the lieutenant general of the Zhenshuo camp, sent someone to send a surprise force, saying that it might be able to solve the dilemma."

"A surprise force? What surprise force?" asked Marshal Hong.

"It is said that this Chaos Arrow was made by Lord Jiang Linjiang." said the general.

If the weapons were made by others, no matter how powerful they were, the two marshals would not take them too seriously.

In a situation like the current one, unless extremely powerful holy weapons or even divine weapons are used, nothing else can influence the situation.

But the two had heard of the weapons made by Jiang Lin.

After looking at each other, the two generals immediately left the place.

After returning to the central army tent in the forest, the guards sent by Zheng Qiran had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the two commanders, they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Chang Taihong greets Commander Meng and Commander Hong."

Meng Shuai waved his hand and asked, "Where are the things?"

"Here." Chang Taihong quickly opened the large package on the ground, revealing hundreds of dark Chaos Arrows inside. He explained, "These arrows are called Chaos Arrows. They have the power of the ancestral monster of the Tarsal Maggot. They can chase the enemy autonomously and fight until they are dead."

"Pursue the enemy on your own?" Meng Shuai and Hong Shuai didn't know much about Jiang Lin. They just heard that Yu Shuai had made friends with a blacksmith who had some skills.

Meng Shuai picked up a Chaos Arrow and looked at it carefully. Although it was only of the upper grade, he gently bent it with his hand and found that it was extremely hard.

Without the cultivation level of the sixth or seventh level of Yuanwu Realm, it would be difficult to destroy this thing.

The arrow head gleamed with a chilling edge, which was startlingly sharp, and combined with the dark shaft, it gave it an unpredictable aura.

"This arrow is quite good." Meng Shuai nodded slightly: "Bring me the bow!"

The general standing by presented the longbow that he had prepared long ago.

Meng Shuai held the bow in one hand and put the top-grade Chaos Arrow on it. Then he raised his head and looked at a bird flying across the sky.

He immediately felt a gray thread extending from the arrow and quickly connecting with the bird.

Even if you turn your head away, the connection of the gray thread has never been broken, and you are closely connected to the bird in your perception.

Meng Shuai turned his head away, stopped looking, and then let go of his hand.

Zheng——

With the sound of a bowstring rebounding, the Chaos Arrow shot out like black lightning. The birds in the sky reacted extremely quickly and dodged it quickly.

Meng Shuai looked up and saw that the Chaos Arrow shot into the air, then turned in mid-air and shot towards the bird again.

The bird dodged three times in a row, but was finally unable to dodge and was shot through the chest by an arrow. It let out a mournful cry and fell from mid-air.

The general jumped up, caught the bird and brought it over.

Meng Shuai glanced at the birds that were being attacked by the evil power and whose vitality was dying, and nodded slightly: "It's a good thing. If there are more of them, we can bypass the barbarians and chase the Western Yi archers to death!"

There are many skilled archers among the border troops, but ordinary bows and arrows do not have this ability. With the barbarian soldiers blocking in front, it is difficult to get close to the Western Yi archers.

The distance is too far, so the possibility of shooting and killing the Western Yi archers is very slim.

Meng Shuai looked at the Zhenshuo Camp garrison commander Chang Taihong and asked, "This Chaos Arrow was made by the Left Secretary of the Ministry of Works? His name is Jiang Lin?"

"Exactly."

"Tell him to deliver 500,000 Chaos Arrows within ten days. After this battle, come under my command and I will give him the rank of Lieutenant General." said General Meng.

After hearing this, Chang Taihong was not very happy, but a little embarrassed, and said, "I'm afraid this won't work."

"What's wrong?" Meng Shuai asked.

"Nowhere..." Chang Taihong said, "Lord Jiang said that although this arrow is only of the highest quality, it needs to be forged with the eyes of the monster Rotten Ox, which is time-consuming and laborious. In the entire Daqian Blacksmith Camp, only he can forge it, and he can only produce 300 arrows a day at most."

"As for the position of lieutenant general..." Chang Taihong said with a wry smile, "When we attacked Dachen earlier, General Ling promised Lord Jiang that if he joined the border army, he would be given a general position. Lord Jiang has not agreed to this yet."

Both Meng Shuai and Hong Shuai were a little surprised. Although they were both marshals, each of them was responsible for a different area and understood different information.

Jiang Lin was valued, mainly by Marshal Yu and Marshal Ling, as well as the Ministry of Works and His Majesty the Emperor.

Although the Ministry of War knows about him, it will not take the initiative to publicize his rapid development to the world. After all, he is not one of them.

Therefore, General Meng and General Hong only heard a few words.

When they heard that General Ling had promised Jiang Lin the position of general, but Jiang Lin refused, the two generals were stunned.

"If he doesn't want to be a general, does he want to be a marshal?" asked Marshal Hong.

"Well... I don't know." Chang Taihong didn't dare to speak carelessly.

"Three hundred arrows a day are too few. They cannot pose a threat to the Western Yi archers in a short period of time." Meng Shuai frowned.

The things are good, but there are too few of them and they are not enough.

At this time, Marshal Hong suddenly said: "If the power of this arrow can reach that of a Yuan soldier, it may pose a threat to the ten archers. Even if we can't kill them on the spot, at least we can find their whereabouts."

Upon hearing this, Chang Taihong said, "Lord Jiang does have a Chaos Arrow of Yuan Bing grade, but it is not clear whether it can kill the Ten Feather Archers."

"Oh? He can actually create Yuan soldiers?" Meng Shuai was slightly surprised, and he and Hong Shuai looked at each other, as if they had thought of something.

"I will go find him in person, and leave this place to General Meng," said General Hong.

Meng Shuai nodded: "You can go ahead. The Yuan soldiers are still insufficient. If he can find a way to create a holy soldier, we will be fully confident."

"Okay." Seeing Hong Shuai leaving, Meng Shuai turned around and looked towards the outskirts of the forest.

Dozens of miles away, hundreds of thousands of northern barbarian soldiers were entrenched here, forming a shield to prevent them from attacking the Western Barbarians.

The roars and cries of various monsters came one after another.

The fighting power of the barbarians is extraordinary. On an individual basis, they are even far superior to the border troops.

The monster he was riding alone was equivalent to a martial arts master of at least the seventh or eighth rank.

Among the soldiers of the border troops, it was common to have a second-grade martial arts rank.

If it weren't for the Daqian army, these barbarians alone would be enough to give them a headache.

Once they come in, the barrier of mountains and forests will make the Western Yi archers no longer a threat.

It was a pity that the barbarians, who had always acted recklessly, had some methods this time and never went too deep.

Meng Shuai absolutely did not believe that there was no one behind this.

Combined with the secret reports from Kyoto City, it was clear that it was related to Xujian Dao.

But I have never heard of Xujiandao having any contact with the Western Yi and the barbarian soldiers, so how could he command them?
As the last survivor of the three major Taoist sects, Xujian Dao's ability is also the most mysterious one.

Even several great commanders were not very clear about its strength.

Otherwise, Marshal Yu would not have turned around to attack other places when the mountain gate was wide open.

As for breaking the deadlock, Meng Shuai didn't think it was too difficult.

He has ordered people to make large shields. As long as they can block the arrows of the Western archers and deal with the barbarians, everything will be easy.

Or, if he could get hundreds of thousands of Chaos Arrows from Jiang Lin, no, even 200,000 would be enough to solve this dilemma.

……

In the Daqian blacksmith camp, Jiang Lin did not forge weapons as he did in the past. Instead, he held an ordinary bow and arrow and shot arrows one after another.

[Skill 4: Archery Lv6 (Proficiency 5963/10000)]

[Skill 4: Archery Lv6 (Proficiency 5964/10000)]

[Skill 4: Archery Lv6 (Proficiency 5965/10000)]

The proficiency in archery is constantly increasing, and I only need four thousand arrows to reach level 7.

Jiang Lin planned to spend a day or two to improve his archery skills and see what kind of changes he could achieve before doing anything else.

His skill levels are now very high, and it is not easy to upgrade as easily as before.

Especially for alchemy, where the proficiency level is easily 10, and Jiang Lin can't do anything else for three to five months just by refining pills.

But his foundation lies in blacksmithing and furnace baking, so it is naturally impossible for him to focus all his energy on a supporting skill like alchemy.

To upgrade, the best way is naturally to find the other four alchemy inheritances.

He shot arrow after arrow, all of them were ordinary arrows with no power, just to improve his proficiency.

By evening, his archery proficiency was only about 2,300 points away from being upgraded.

After Jiang Lin glanced at the information, he stretched out his hand and wrapped the arrow from a distance back with his energy.

Just as he was about to put the longbow in his hand, a figure dropped from the sky.

Feeling the other party's terrifying aura and seeing the tragic scene of half of the head missing, Jiang Lin was shocked.

If he had not seen that the other party's armor was similar to that of the border troops, he might have taken direct action to subdue the man first.

The border troops in charge of guarding the blacksmith camp thought they had a chance to work, and they excitedly drew their weapons and ran over.

But when he got there and saw the other person's face clearly, he was stunned.

Xie Yunfan, the garrison commander of Zhenshuo Camp, quickly saluted and said, "Xie Yunfan, I pay my respects to Marshal Hong!"

The other soldiers also saluted, their voices shaking the sky: "Greetings, Marshal Hong!"

The outermost garrison camp was a little surprised when they heard the shout. Marshal Hong is here?

In the blacksmith shop, Xia Shanliu and others who were working with the blacksmith to build a furnace turned their heads and looked over here in surprise.

Marshal Hong?

The seven great generals of Daqian were all famous, and even a three-year-old child had heard of their legends.

How could Xia Shanliu and others not know?

As the supreme commander of the border troops, how could such a person come to the blacksmith camp?
"They should be here to see Lord Jiang." The blacksmith who was pouring molten iron into the furnace smiled proudly, "Lord Jiang has a very good relationship with the border troops. It's not surprising even if the Marshal comes in person."

Xia Shanliu, He Lingfeng and others were all shocked.

It was the first time they knew that Jiang Lin actually had such powerful connections in the border army. Several old alchemists were surprised and delighted.

Master Jiang’s alchemy skills are amazing, and his connections are also immense. It’s not a loss to be his disciple!
"Are you Jiang Lin?" Although Hong Shuai had never met Jiang Lin, he knew he had found the right person when he felt the other party's cultivation in the Divine Martial Realm.

In the entire Daqian Blacksmith Camp, there is only one person like him who is at the Divine Martial Realm.

"Yes, I didn't know Marshal Hong was coming, but what's wrong with the weapons we made before?" Jiang Lin asked.

"You mean Chaos Arrows? They're pretty good, but the quantity is too small. Let me ask you, if you are equipped with enough manpower, can you make more?" asked General Hong.

Jiang Lin shook his head without hesitation: "I am the only one who can stimulate the demon beast ancestral power of the Tarsal Maggot. Three hundred times a day is the limit."

After hearing the answer himself, Hong Shuai was a little disappointed.

But he quickly regained his spirits and asked, "I heard that you can forge Chaos Arrows of Yuanbing grade?"

"Yes." Jiang Lin did not hide it. This kind of thing could not be hidden, and there was no need to hide it.

"Can you be promoted to a holy soldier?" Marshal Hong asked again.

"Holy Soldier?"

"Western Yi have come with ten-feather archers and a number of nine-feather archers, who specialize in shooting arrows to kill the generals and lieutenant generals. If we don't get rid of them, there will be no peace in the northwest!"

Jiang Lin immediately understood that it seemed that the border troops had really encountered big problems in the northwestern frontier.

For Jiang Lin, forging holy soldiers is no longer a problem. The problem is whether to build them and help the border troops deal with the serious threat of the Ten-Feathered Archers.

After just a few seconds of thinking, Jiang Lin had the answer.

To do!

Even if he didn't do it, the border troops might not be unable to get out of the predicament. Not only would he lose favor, but his relationship might also deteriorate.

However, if you want to do it, you also have to pay attention to the methods and approaches.

Jiang Lin bowed and said, "It is possible to forge a Saint-level Chaos Arrow, but the conditions are harsh. I cannot do it alone, and I need Marshal Hong's help."

"Help? I don't know how to forge iron, how can I help you?" Marshal Hong asked puzzled.

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Marshal Hong, you don't need to forge iron. Just help me find one or two thousand different ironmaking materials. I have a list of materials. As long as they are in the list and there are no repetitions, the Holy Soldier Chaos Arrow will be ready soon!"

(End of this chapter)