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

Chapter 386 A Place You Have Never Been To

Yu Shuai drank the whole bowl of wine very quickly, and waited for Jiang Lin to refill it for him before he smiled and said, "When I first heard about you, you were just an unknown little person who had to rely on an old man to kneel down and beg for his life."

"It is precisely because I don't want to see anyone bowing down to me that I am trying my best." Jiang Lin said.

His words seemed to have a hidden meaning, but Yu Shuai did not respond and just drank the second bowl of wine.

Then the third bowl came, and then military attachés from the border troops and people from the garrison camp came to toast.

No matter where they are, these border army commanders are the most watched ones, and even Jiang Lin cannot hide it in the slightest.

After a long time, when the group was drunk, Yu Shuai stood up and said, "I have to go back too. Jiang Lin, come and see me off."

Jiang Lin knew in his heart that he must have something to say to him, so he sent him out as he said.

The two men were walking half a body length behind each other, but Yu Shuai did not fly away, but just walked step by step.

Standing in the open space near the blacksmith's shop, Yu Shuai looked at the pieces of raw iron that were about to be split and asked, "Did your apprentice cut this?"

"Yes."

"Looking at the traces, there has been some improvement, very good." Yu Shuai said.

"Thank you for the compliment, Marshal."

Yu Shuai smiled, casually touched the marks on the pig iron, and asked, "You have been here for almost three years, right?"

"Soon, just a few months away."

"Where is the farthest place? Dachen?"

"Ah."

"It's quite far." Marshal Yu's eyes showed a look of reminiscence, and he said, "Many years ago, when I was still a lieutenant general, I accompanied His Majesty to travel around the world. We traveled very far, to places that many border troops had never been to."

As Yu Shuai spoke, he suddenly turned to look at Jiang Lin and asked, "Do you know that every emperor of the Daqian Dynasty must leave the Daqian territory and travel around the world before the age of 20?"

"I don't know." Jiang Lin shook his head. No one had ever told him about these royal rules.

"Now you know, guess why there is this rule." Yu Shuai said.

Jiang Lin said without hesitation: "Only by going out can you see more and see farther."

Yu Shuai was startled, then burst out laughing: "I forgot that you are much smarter than others, so this question is not difficult for you. Yes, only by going out can you see more and see farther."

As he spoke, Marshal Yu's expression became much more serious: "Jiang Lin, I know you don't agree with what your majesty has done. Why invade other countries just to protect yourself? In the final analysis, it's just for the benefit of your own dynasty. What kind of righteousness is this, right?"

Jiang Lin remained silent, as he didn't know how to answer this question.

But silence is often the answer itself.

Emperor Shun said so much, Jiang Lin could understand it, but he did not agree with it.

From the emperor's perspective, perhaps everything is correct. If he doesn't expand the territory, what's the point of being an emperor?
But from Jiang Lin's personal perspective, the people of the world suffered terribly, and the border troops suffered heavy casualties, which could have been avoided.

Marshal Yu sighed and said, "You don't agree with Your Majesty because you haven't gone very far. If one day, you see what Your Majesty and I saw back then, you will understand why Daqian has been fighting endlessly since Emperor Taizu."

Jiang Lin raised his head, he was very confused.

Because in the eyes of this border army commander who was so rampant that he would not give face to almost anyone except the emperor, there was actually a trace of fear.

Jiang Lin couldn't help but ask, "Yu Shuai, what did you see back then?"

Marshal Yu looked at him and said after a while: "One day when you can walk to the place we went that year, you will understand. I came here today just to tell you that what Your Majesty did was not wrong."

After a pause, Marshal Yu continued, "Whether you are willing to help Your Majesty in the future or not, you must remember the kindness Daqian has shown you. You can choose not to help, but don't cause trouble."

In Yu Shuai's eyes, Jiang Lin saw danger.

He immediately understood that Yu Shuai was giving him a warning.

You can choose not to help, just stay away from them, but if you take advantage of the opportunity to mess up and disrupt things, then you will be an enemy of the border troops.

This is the bottom line that is not controversial and does not require negotiation.

"Now that we've come to this, there's no point in saying any more. Let's go." Yu Shuai patted Jiang Lin's shoulder, said no more, tapped his toes, and flew away.

Looking at the great commander's departing back, Jiang Lin was filled with confusion, unable to figure it out.

He could see that Marshal Yu was very clear about the ideas that he understood but did not agree with, but he still insisted that the Emperor had done nothing wrong.

The key point is that he and the emperor had been to very far places, which Jiang Lin had not been to.

Jiang Lin turned around and looked towards southern Xinjiang.

By far away, does it mean an area that is even farther away than Dachen?
What...is there?
The trace of fear in Marshal Yu's eyes made it easy for Jiang Lin to think that the reason why Daqian kept on conquering was because of fear.

Starting from Emperor Taizu, it was realized that the current national strength was no way to resist and must become stronger.

Even if it is ten times stronger, it is not enough, it has to be twenty times, fifty times, or even a hundred times stronger!
Today, Daqian is unrivaled by the surrounding dynasties. What else could make such a powerful dynasty feel afraid?
Jiang Lin looked up into the sky. Was it the legendary god?

But he had never heard of any news of a god appearing in the world. The only legend about it was that the ancestor of blacksmiths forged three magic weapons, and when his physical body ascended into the sky, the gods came to watch.

Jiang Lin lowered his head and looked at the apprentices who were cleaning up the mess on the floor.

Those apprentices are very happy. Life in the blacksmith camp is getting more and more comfortable now, and the apprentices can get their salaries.

They are the bottom of the bottom and don't need to think about too many things.

But I can't help but consider it. Jiang Lin had an impulse to immediately go to the extremely remote place that Yu Shuai mentioned to take a look and find out what is there.

But he knew very well that this impulse meant extreme danger.

In a place full of unknowns that can make even the border army commander feel fear, the most sensible thing to do is to stay away from it as much as possible instead of running in to join in the fun.

But if you don't go, you won't be able to understand why Daqian continued to wage wars for more than 400 years.

For a moment, Jiang Lin was a little confused.

……

The virtual supervisory path, the rune world.

Taoist master Guo Jiuxing stood behind the clouds, staring at the black and white chessboard in front of him.

What were originally just a few twisted lines became more complicated, and a large number of farther lines also seemed to be affected, beginning to twist and even break.

He raised his eyes and looked at a tall rune in front of him, only to see the rune flickering and seemingly unable to hold on.

His gaze returned to the black and white chessboard patterns, and he pointed his finger, and several white spots of light rose from the chessboard.

Those eyes, without any emotion, stared at the white light for a long time, like a god looking down at the world.

Then, he stretched out his right index finger and drew a black line, connecting these light spots together.

In an instant, the entire black and white chessboard was shaking violently, as if it was about to collapse at any time.

Black and white light kept flashing in Guo Jiuxing's eyes. Although there were only two colors, they seemed to contain myriad colors in the world.

After a long time, the shaking of the black and white chessboard stopped, and the distortion of the patterns became less intense.

Guo Jiuxing withdrew his hand and watched the white spots of light connected by black lines fall back onto the chessboard, his eyes blinking.

He exhaled lightly, blowing away the mist in front of him.

"Why can't you see through your predecessor?"

"It seems like I overlooked something... This variable is hard to predict."

In the mist in front of us, an old man in green came walking over, bowed and saluted, saying, "Master, after the ten feathered archers of the Western Yi were seriously injured, the Northwest Border Army made rapid progress. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for much longer."

Guo Jiuxing did not speak immediately, as if he was thinking about something.

After a long while, he said, "Maybe the pressure isn't great enough."

The old man in green raised his head, seemingly confused.

Guo Jiuxing had no intention of explaining. He raised his hand and pointed at the flickering rune.

With the infusion of divine light, the runes flickered continuously, but they were much brighter than before.

The green-clothed old man's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Master, is this too fast? What if we can't control it..."

When Guo Jiuxing glanced over, the old man in green immediately realized something and quickly lowered his head without saying anything.

"There are too many variables. It will be difficult to sort out without a lot of confusion. Go down."

Upon hearing this, the old man in green bowed and said, "Yes."

He bowed, stepped back, and then turned and left.

After leaving the Rune World, the old man in green stood in front of the gate, looking at the border troops outside who had not yet dispersed, with a solemn expression.

"The backup plan left by the Taoist ancestors has been used to this extent. What exactly is the variable that the Taoist master mentioned?"

The old man in green suddenly sighed and thought to himself: "I just hope that the Taoist master can suppress this chaos, otherwise, something terrible will happen!"

At this time in the northwestern frontier, the border troops were brave. Under the leadership of General Hong and General Meng who was holding the Chaos Arrow, they killed more than 100,000 barbarian soldiers and forced the Western Yi archers to retreat.

But if they retreated further, they would be back at the huge cliff.

The Ten Feather Archers were severely wounded by the Holy Chaos Arrows. Although they were not in danger of death, they did not dare to show up easily.

Otherwise, if he were hit by a few more arrows, he would really die.

As for the Nine-Feather, Eight-Feather, and even lower-level archers, although there are still a lot of them, they are still no match for the Daqian army.

Above the million-strong army, Marshal Hong stood in the air and laughed heartily: "This time, we must catch all these Western Yi archers in one fell swoop to avoid any more trouble in the future!"

Meng Shuai also had a smile on his face. He held the bow in one hand and the Chaos Arrow in the other, suppressing the Nine-Feather and Eight-Feather Archers so much that they could not raise their heads.

"What Emperor Taizu failed to do, you and I have accomplished, and it can be considered a perfect deed."

“After we go back, I’ll ask Jiang to make more of these holy arrows. They’re really good stuff!” Hong Shuai said happily.

As the two generals were talking, their faces suddenly changed.

They all looked up at the same time in the direction where the Western Yi archers were retreating, and saw in the distance an astonishing aura rising into the sky like a sharp arrow, sweeping across hundreds of miles in an instant.

The breath blew towards them, so sharp that it frightened the two fearless border army commanders.

"This is……"

"Surpassing the aura of Shi Yu!"

(End of this chapter)