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

Chapter 448 The Sword Forged by History
In the makeshift blacksmith shop, Jiang Lin continued to hammer out the materials in his hands.

I have to say that using the best materials to create magic weapons is very labor-saving.

Although due to the reduction of the process, it is impossible to produce the chaotic characteristics of Bai Ze's Holy Arrow or the black hole characteristics of Xuanwu's Holy Arrow.

It can have special effects similar to the Guardian's Holy Soldier Arrow, but its biggest flaw is the lack of sufficient growth and potential.

However, Jiang Lin, who had already divided weapons into early and late stages, did not think this was a problem.

After some tempering, he used a large amount of high-quality materials to pile it up.

When the fifteenth branch of the magical treasure tree was lit up, it meant that this weapon shaped like a long sword had reached the level of a lower-grade divine weapon.

This is the first perfect and truly divine weapon made by Jiang Lin. It is better than the divine bow made for the ancestor of Xiyi.

The divine weapon was born, and the sky and the earth changed color.

Countless vital energies from heaven and earth gathered together and were injected into it, causing the spirituality nurtured within to begin to awaken.

Ma Ningyan was attracted here, and looked at the countless vital energies of heaven and earth falling into the blacksmith shop, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

The huge vibration attracted many people, but no one dared to approach easily.

Everyone knows that Jiang Lin is making magic weapons for the royal family, so it would be inappropriate to rush forward rashly.

Jiang Lin looked at the vital energy of heaven and earth that was continuously poured into the magic weapon, feeling the gradual revival of his spirituality, and he understood everything in his heart.

"The biggest difference between divine weapons and holy weapons lies in their spirituality. A large amount of heaven and earth energy condenses to create spiritual life almost out of nothing."

"That is to say, once I leave here, the biggest factor that will hinder me from creating a divine weapon is that I don't have enough heaven and earth energy."

Jiang Lin did not forget that when he broke through the peak of the Divine Martial Realm, the vitality of heaven and earth he needed even had to be drawn from thousands of miles away.

At this time, a few hundred miles would probably be enough.

"No wonder Dao Wu Realm was so rare later on. There was a reason for it. But the vitality of heaven and earth would not decrease without reason. What exactly changed heaven and earth?"

While Jiang Lin was thinking, the vital energy of heaven and earth was completely injected.

Ma Ningyan entered the blacksmith shop and asked, "Grandpa Hong, is the magic weapon ready?"

"Well, I made one. You can try it."

Jiang Lin said this and handed over the long knife in his hand.

Ma Ningyan took it in her hand and looked at it carefully.

The blade is pitch black, with a slightly white edge and a large number of hidden spikes.

It's called a knife, but it looks a bit like a saw.

Ma Ningyan's fingers lightly touched the edge of the blade and she felt an extremely obvious chill, with a slight tingling sensation on her fingertips.

You know, she is now already condensing her Dao bones, and just touching the blade's edge causes a tingling sensation. What will happen if she really chops with all her strength?

"What's the name of this knife?" Ma Ningyan asked excitedly.

Jiang Lin replied: "This knife uses black meteorite iron as the base, plus the wing bone of the eighth-grade monster Wind Howling Eagle as the blade, and is supplemented by hundreds of different materials."

"When you swing the sword, it will release a high-frequency oscillating wind blade that is indestructible within a hundred feet."

"If you combine the two wind blades into one, the power will be even greater, but that will require you to have extremely high control over this weapon."

"So that's how it is." Ma Ningyan couldn't help herself anymore, so she walked out of the blacksmith shop, asked the people in front of her to move aside, and then swung her knife casually.

However, this magical weapon did not release the wind blade as Jiang Lin said. Ma Ningyan couldn't help but look back in confusion.

Jiang Lin explained: "All divine weapons have spirits. If you are so casual, it will naturally not want to exert much power."

Ma Ningyan was surprised. It was her first time to come into contact with a magic weapon, and she didn't expect there to be such details.

Since Jiang Lin said so, Ma Ningyan gripped the long sword tightly, held her breath, and swung forward with all her strength.

A black wind blade shot out from the edge of the knife.

Hundreds of wind blades raged wildly at everything within range.

Even the hardest stone can be chopped into pieces.

With such power, even if a person at the peak of the Divine Martial Realm stood in front of it, there would be no chance of survival.

The onlookers were horrified. Is this the magic weapon?

Ma Ningyan turned back to look at Jiang Lin, and said in surprise and delight: "What a powerful magic weapon! Grandpa Hong, why doesn't the magic bow you made for Xiyi seem to have such power?"

Jiang Lin said: "Since it is made for the enemy, how can you be too dedicated? They can't compare with you."

Hearing this, Ma Ningyan laughed out loud with joy.

After so many years of fighting on the battlefield, she rarely encountered things that made her happy. Even if she captured the enemy city and made the leader of the dynasty surrender, she would not be moved.

Only Jiang Lin's praise and protection made her truly happy.

"With such a magical weapon, the whole world can be conquered!" Ma Ningyan paused and said, "Please ask Grandpa Hong to make a few more of these magical weapons. When I return to Kyoto, I will personally petition His Majesty to confer the title of First-Rank Duke on Grandpa Hong!"

Everyone looked towards Jiang Lin, without much envy in their eyes.

Given the relationship between Jiang Lin, Ma Ningyan and Gu An Ning, even if he cannot forge a magic weapon, it would not be an exaggeration to confer the title of Duke for his contributions over the years.

Now that the magic weapon has appeared, Ma Ningyan can even use her strength to compete with the Taoist sect.

Such an amazing achievement is unworthy of even a Duke.

But this is the highest rank in Daqian. No matter how great Jiang Lin’s contributions are, we can’t give up the throne of emperor to him.

Besides, even if I gave it to him, he wouldn’t want it.

No one knew better than Ma Ningyan that her Grandpa Hong had no desire for power at all.

She didn't even know what Jiang Lin wanted.

He doesn't want fame, fortune, women, or the world.

Ma Ningyan has only met this one person so far.

As she expected, Jiang Lin did not seem very excited, and his expression and tone remained calm.

"it is good."

Just this simple word was a response to Ma Ningyan's reward.

Even the civil servants had to submit to Jiang Lin at this moment.

Apart from anything else, if they were conferred the title of first-rank duke, none of them would be so calm.

Being so unhappy that you fainted on the spot was considered calm enough.

In the following years, Jiang Lin created a magic weapon for Ma Ningyan.

Ma Ningyan was also not idle. After the border troops had rested for two years, she began to attack various places in the northwest.

All places that were unwilling to surrender were trampled upon by Daqian's cavalry.

This battle lasted for many years.

Gu An Ning issued an imperial edict directly from Kyoto, conferring the title of Duke of Protector of the Country on Jiang Lin, a first-rank official.

There are countless rewards of various kinds.

As for Jiang Lin, he stayed in the blacksmith shop all the time, concentrating on forging the magic weapon.

After about eight years, he had created a total of twenty-four magic weapons.

Long swords, sharp swords, spears, giant axes, hammers, shields, armor, everything you can think of.

However, not all of these twenty-four magical weapons were given to Ma Ningyan.

When the powerful clans learned of the existence of the magic weapon, they also sent people to claim it.

Their reason was simple. Many of the materials needed to build the magic weapons over the years were found or delivered by them.

If there were no help from powerful clans, how could so many magical weapons come into being?

So, we have to give them some points no matter what.

The power of divine weapons can indeed influence the outcome of local battles.

But compared to a super-large war involving millions of people, there is no ability to decide the outcome with one strike. So although Ma Ningyan attaches great importance to the magic weapon, it is more for dealing with those beings with super individual combat power.

For example, several Dao Lord-level figures.

As for the powerful clans...

Their individual combat capabilities are not weak either, but Daqian is now fully grown, and the powerful clans will not easily rebel.

It is not excessive to exchange a few magical weapons for the harmonious coexistence of both sides.

Jiang Lin did not ask about these matters.

What he cares more about is the Lu family.

Over the years, Jiang Lin has been fully verified through various means.

Cultivation can be improved.

Whether by taking elixirs or absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth on your own, your cultivation can be improved.

Eight years later, Jiang Lin's cultivation had quietly surpassed the peak of the Divine Martial Realm and reached the Dao Martial Realm.

Having condensed his Dao Heart in advance, he did not encounter any so-called obstacles. Moreover, thanks to the fact that the vitality of heaven and earth was more abundant in this era, his cultivation level increased even faster.

The only problem is that although so many weapons have been made in the past eight years, the proficiency of the skills has not increased at all, as if it were frozen.

This made Jiang Lin wonder, is it because the proficiency comes from the real world and cannot be improved under the effect of [A Picturesque World]?
If this is the case, can I really bring the cultivation I have improved here back to the real world?

Jiang Lin currently has no answer to this conclusion.

He simply stopped thinking about it.

A lot has happened in eight years.

One of the items was the body of a giant that had fallen into Tiannan Prefecture and was split into pieces by the Taoist sect using some unknown method.

The giant's golden brain was taken away by Jue Yuandao.

The hair that was as tall as a towering ancient tree was taken away by Xuanhua Dao.

As for the giant's eyes, they were taken away by Xu Jiandao.

Other parts, such as nose, tongue, blood, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, intestines, ribs, limbs, etc., were also taken away by other sects.

Upon hearing the news, Ma Ningyan rushed back overnight and refused to let the Taoist people take anything else.

Although Tiannan Prefecture has become a ruin, it still belongs to the territory of Daqian.

The giant's body fell here and became Daqian's property.

Taoism is an ally, but that does not mean it can take anything from Daqian at will.

For the sake of past events, it’s ok for each family to take one portion, but no more than that.

It was only then that Jiang Lin realized that there were so many Taoist sects in Daqian hundreds of years ago.

However, within just a few hundred years, these more than twenty Taoist sects quickly shrank to only two.

The main gate of Xuanhua Dao was blown into pieces, and only a few young disciples escaped from Daqian. It is no exaggeration to say that the Taoist school has been destroyed.

"Could it be that so many Taoist sects were all destroyed by Daqian?" Jiang Lin couldn't help but wonder.

Unfortunately, he has not been exposed to more things yet, so he can only guess and cannot be sure.

The Taoist sect did not force Ma Ningyan to stop them.

However, afterwards, Xie Zimo and Xie Tianyou both sent verbal messages stating that the Taoist sect had no intention of stealing anything.

But it is because there are intricate connections between Taoism and this giant.

The purpose of cutting off the limbs and taking them away was to suppress the disaster, not to seek other purposes, so that Ma Ningyan would not think too much.

Ma Ningyan didn't think too much, nor too little.

She only knew that she had to take a part in whatever the Taoist sect was doing.

They took away so many things. If I had nothing left, wouldn't I be blind?
In the end, Daqian still retained the giant's spine, which was as big as a mountain, and very few other limbs.

A giant body that fell from the sky, destroyed two dynasties, seven or eight cities, and millions of innocent lives, was dismembered like this.

Jiang Lin did not participate in this matter, but when he heard Ma Ningyan talk about it, he naturally thought of Hengyu Furnace.

The Hengyu Furnace can grow almost infinitely by devouring other things.

Jiang Lin had thought before that if he stuffed the giant into the Hengyu furnace and swallowed it, he wondered if he could be directly promoted to a Taoist soldier.

It’s a pity that Hengyu Lu is not around, and the giant is divided into pieces.

"However, did the Daqian royal family get that huge spine? And some limbs? I wonder if there will be a chance to ask for some to test the waters after I go back." Jiang Lin thought.

For a bone that big, it shouldn't be too much to ask for a thousand or two thousand pounds, right?

The dismemberment of the giant did not cause much stir.

For Jiang Lin, another thing is more important.

That’s Lu’s!
Over the years, his cultivation had grown, and so had the people of the Lu family.

What surprised Jiang Lin was that Lu did not choose to leave completely, but went to Daqian.

There was no Lu family in this era. With their understanding of the powerful clan system and their own strong cultivation, they easily integrated into it.

A new powerful clan is being born.

In order to integrate more thoroughly, they also compiled a family tree, stating that they were just a branch of the Lu family and that their ancestors had deep connections with other powerful clans.

It's no wonder that there was a mixture of truth and falsehood in Lu's words, and they sounded very logical, which really fooled those powerful clans.

They thought he was an old friend who had migrated back from outside, and since the personal strength of Lu's Gaozu and Taizu was strong enough, they were also happy to accept such a new member.

Jiang Lin initially thought that Lu had a mental problem.

He knew that he was looking for an opportunity to kill them, and he had a close relationship with the Daqian royal family, but he didn't run away.

You think the most dangerous place is the safest, right?

But on second thought, although Daqian is not weak now, the powerful clans are also very strong.

Their unity was no less than that of hundreds of years later.

The Lu family's integration into this power system is equivalent to finding a huge umbrella of protection.

If I take action against them again, it would be tantamount to declaring war on the entire system of powerful clans.

This kind of war is definitely not what Ma Ningyan or Gu An Ning want to see.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lin couldn't help but admire the Lu family's foresight.

When they came out of Linyuan, they ran into the Xiyi clan head-on, and the Lu clan members were beaten badly.

Stay in Daqian and rely on the power of the familiar system to fight against yourself.

It is a good idea. It is much safer than for them to go to a strange place alone and encounter a force like the Xiyi clan.

Jiang Lin, who learned about this, did not give up the idea.

Lu's considerations do make sense, but unfortunately, they overlooked one thing.

That is, for Jiang Lin, this world is one that he can leave at any time.

Even if this place is turned upside down, don't worry.

No matter whether they are powerful or not, just kill them first.

As for what to do in the aftermath of the conflict between the powerful clans and the Daqian royal family, that is not a problem at all.

"I have witnessed history with my own eyes. Daqian will exist peacefully for hundreds of years no matter what."

Jiang Lin looked into the distance at the heart of Daqian, his eyes filled with depth.

"How can you hide from this knife forged by history?"

(End of this chapter)