Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 348 348: Become a Firearms Master!

"Senior Hu, can we talk for a moment?"

Hu Yan's words were interrupted by Lin Beixuan. He was stunned for a while, but he was not angry. Instead, he spoke directly.

"Master Lin, please lead the way."

Lin Beixuan smiled and nodded.

He asked Shen Tingmiao and Luo Bingzhong to deal with the armaments, while he took Hu Yan with him and walked on the streets of Bicheng.

Bicheng is not very big and has been cleared out by the Beiming Army. Although it still looks desolate and dilapidated, it is much cleaner and tidier than when everyone first arrived in Bicheng.

Mainly because the dilapidated houses have been demolished, so it looks more empty and spacious.

Neither of them spoke along the way. Seeing that Lin Beixuan didn't say anything, Hu Yan didn't know what to say either. He could only look at the person next to him secretly.

This was the first time he met Lin Beixuan today. The other party gave him a very strange feeling. Although he was very young, he gave people an indescribable sense of majesty.

It’s like everyone is a black fish in the fish pond, but suddenly there appears a fish covered in golden scales.

After a while, Lin Beixuan finally spoke.

"Senior Hu, I heard Hu Miao mention you. He said you are a great craftsman second only to the master craftsmen."

Hu Yan heard this and said modestly, "I am just an old blacksmith who works with furnaces all day long. How can I be called a great craftsman? Lord Lin is overpraising me."

"Among the hundreds of divine craftsmen in the secular world, only those who have reached the pinnacle of a specific skill can be called divine craftsmen. I am still far from being a divine craftsman in the art of forging."

At this point, Hu Yan sighed quietly, obviously having a clear understanding of his own abilities.

"I have the honor of meeting a master craftsman who is also a blacksmith." Lin Beixuan said as he walked.

As soon as these words came out, Hu Yan stopped and looked at Lin Beixuan in surprise.

Lin Beixuan smiled and said, "His name is Xiao Zizai, also known as Lianhuo Zangzhen Sanren. Has Senior Hu ever heard of this person?"

"Xiao Zizai..."

Hu Yan's pupils shrank slightly, and it was not difficult to tell from the expression on his face that he must have heard the rumors about the other party.

He said in a deep voice: "It is said that among the top 100 divine craftsmen, there are nine craftsmen who have reached the top by smelting iron forging, and each of them has his own unique forging technique."

"The flowing light chases the shadow of the white-browed old man, the dragon leaps and the cicada chirps to kill the void, the forbidden spell is added to the Mingwang formation, the fire is refined, the true blood is hidden, and the red is drunk."

"This seven-character poem is the legend that is widely circulated in our circle about nine craftsmen who have reached the pinnacle of iron smelting and forging skills. Each poem corresponds to a craftsman's unique forging technique."

Hu Yan's eyes were full of envy. Although he was very confident in his forging skills, he still felt inferior to these nine people.

At least, he has never forged a magical weapon that can be included in the legendary weapon atlas.

"I didn't expect that Lord Lin would have the honor of meeting such a great craftsman. Where did you meet him?"

"Hehe, that senior was living in seclusion somewhere, and I accidentally ran into him, so we got to know each other a little bit. As for where he was, I can't say more without his consent."

"understand!"

Hu Yan widened his eyes and nodded as if he understood.

It is normal for these famous craftsmen to live in seclusion or be enshrined in the imperial palace, except for some special reasons.

"Oh, what a pity!" Hu Yan shook his head and sighed. He had thought that he would have the opportunity to come into contact with the legendary master craftsman, but it turned out that he had thought too much.

But he was quite open-minded. Since he couldn't meet her, it meant that the fate had not yet arrived.

Seeing that Hu Yan looked somewhat lost, Lin Beixuan thought that the time had come, so he found an excuse to ask.

"Since Senior Hu is only one step away from becoming a Divine Craftsman, why don't you try to break through this realm?"

Hu Yan gave Lin Beixuan a helpless look.

"If this realm was so easy to break through, I wouldn't have been stuck for decades!"

The average lifespan of a Hu immortal is three hundred years, which is not as high as that of a secular god. Even Hu Yan cannot escape the limit of life and death. Therefore, several decades are already an extremely long time for Hu Yan.

He doesn't have many years left to live and can clearly feel that his body is gradually aging.

Lin Beixuan was waiting for Hu Yan to say this, but he pretended to be hesitant on his face.

"I do have a treasure here. It is extremely valuable in the secular world and no craftsman has ever forged it."

"Oh?" Hu Yan raised his gray eyebrows, and an expression of interest appeared on his fox face.

"If it was not forged by any craftsman, how did this treasure come into being? Is it a natural treasure?"

Lin Beixuan shook his head and then took out the RPG rocket launcher from his bag.

It lay quietly in Lin Beixuan's arms, with a thick body and tough lines, exuding a cold and deadly aura, like a beast ready to attack.

"Is this... a hidden weapon?"

Hu Yan walked forward in surprise, his eyes wandering over the cold metal of the rocket launcher, and at the end he couldn't help but touch it.

"But it doesn't look like it. Who has such a big hidden weapon?"

"From the forging craftsmanship, it looks extremely fine. Every detail is very rigorous, yet there is no trace of craftsmanship. It's really strange."

Hu Yan subconsciously ignored the possibility that he had previously thought it was a natural spiritual treasure.

Most of those natural spiritual treasures are in embryonic form and it is impossible for them to have such signs of being forged.

Afterwards, he turned his gaze to the strangely shaped rocket in the tube and subconsciously wanted to tap it twice with his thick fingers, but was immediately held down by Lin Beixuan.

"Senior Hu, this thing can't withstand your strength."

Lin Beixuan moved the rocket a little further away from Hu Yan. He was really afraid that the other party would crush the rocket out of curiosity.

Although he would not be killed in the explosion, Hu Yan's old bones might not be.

At such a close distance, given the power coverage of the rocket's explosion, the possibility that Hu Yan could dodge it was very low.

"What on earth is this thing? It doesn't look like a hidden weapon, and it doesn't look like it can be used against the enemy. It looks a bit like a cannon from the previous dynasty, but it is much smaller than a cannon." Seeing Lin Beixuan's cautious look, Hu Yan stopped his hand, raised his head and asked.

"This... can also be considered a kind of hidden weapon!" Lin Beixuan thought about it carefully.

Hu Yan sniffed his nose slightly and smelled the smell of gunpowder coming from the rocket launcher.

“This thing doesn’t have as many restrictions as treasures in the secular world. Even ordinary people can use it normally as long as they are taught how to operate it.

If this rocket is fired, even an ordinary person at the God Summoning Realm might lose his life if he is not careful.

The most important thing is that once it is launched, the destructive power it causes is astonishing. The effective killing radius is about five to ten meters, but the fragmentation range will be wider, reaching more than twenty meters..."

Lin Beixuan explained to Hu Yan the lethality of rockets. Hu Yan seemed to understand but not quite, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

"Is this the artillery that Lord Lin is talking about?!"

"You can say that, but this thing is a portable cannon, which is more convenient and more powerful than those cannons in the secular world." "But what does this have to do with my breakthrough in the forging realm?" Hu Yan asked doubtfully.

Lin Beixuan smiled and said, "Of course it is related. I wonder if Senior Hu has any idea of becoming the first firearms master in the secular world?"

"Firearms...Master?!"

"Yes, I guess there is no craftsman among the hundreds of craftsmen who specializes in firearms."

Upon hearing this, Hu Yan stroked his beard and shook his head.

From the information he knew, there was no one among the divine craftsmen of the time who was researching firearms.

The main reason is that this has never been popular in past dynasties!

Even many craftsmen thought that firearms were crude things, contaminated by muddy substances such as saltpeter and gunpowder, and therefore had no possibility of becoming spiritual.

Even Hu Yan felt a little resistant in his heart.

Lin Beixuan guessed what Hu Yan was thinking and asked, "Senior Hu, how difficult do you think it is to forge this thing?"

Hu Yan pondered for a moment, then stepped forward and took the rocket launcher from Lin Beixuan's hand.

This time Lin Beixuan did not stop him, but gently let go.

After a careful inspection, Hu Yan came to a conclusion.

"This thing is not too difficult for me. It's just some gunpowder technology and materials. This is what I have seen so far. As for the deeper things, I need to disassemble it to study it thoroughly."

"But generally speaking, it's not as long as the time it takes to forge a top-quality weapon."

Lin Beixuan nodded slightly and continued: "But what if I say that I can find something more complex and more powerful than this?"

"If you carve a talisman on it so that it can cause great damage to hungry ghosts and produce some special effects on the battlefield, would that be faster than forging a weapon that can only kill one person with one sword?"

"This..." Hu Yan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He always felt that Lin Beixuan's words were misleading his thoughts, but he couldn't find any reason to refute it.

"Senior Hu, would you like to come with me to witness the power of this bazooka?"

Lin Beixuan took Hu Yan and walked towards the outside of Bicheng. They walked very quickly and came to a small hill with the sun behind it.

“That’s it!”

Lin Beixuan loaded the rocket launcher somewhat awkwardly according to the operating instructions he saw on the military channel. He quickly positioned himself, adjusted his breathing, and then pulled the trigger.

"boom!!!"

The moment the trigger was pulled, the rocket ejected instantly, the tail flame cut through the air, making a deafening roar, and rushed straight towards the exposed boulders on the hillside not far away.

"Bang!!!"

Then there was another loud bang, as if thunder had hit the earth. The rocket hit the target accurately, and the boulder shattered into pieces in an instant. The flying debris and smoke filled the entire hillside.

Seeing this, Hu Yan's pupils suddenly shrank, his eyes were filled with deep horror, and at the same time, he confirmed in his heart what Lin Beixuan had said before.

With such power, let alone an ordinary summoning god, even if he was caught off guard, he would probably die on the spot.

Hu Yan took a deep breath and felt his mouth full of the smell of gunpowder.

He looked at Lin Beixuan, and his eyes were gradually replaced by eagerness.

"Master Lin, can you let me shoot one too?"

If a person who has been immersed in the world of cold weapons for many years suddenly witnesses the power of hot weapons one day, it would be absolutely false for him to say that he has never thought about studying it.

Even though there are various powers of ghosts, gods and channels in the secular world, they are far less direct and violent than hot weapons.

Hu Yan was a hot-tempered man, and the power of the falling rockets and the smoke rising from the rocket launcher were like discovering a new continent.

"Sorry, this rocket is gone after it was fired!" Lin Beixuan also shook his head with some regret.

He also wanted to fire another rocket, but he only had this one rocket in stock.

Just imagine, if the Bei Ming Army had a dedicated artillery unit, and if there was a situation like the starving ghosts attacking the city a few nights ago, they could just fire a dozen rockets at them, and there would be no chance that the starving ghosts would be able to attack the city.

The folk arts in the secular world are fascinating, but the technological weapons in the modern world are equally fascinating.

If you can combine the two, it would be even more fascinating.

Lin Beixuan's eyes fell on Hu Yan, and his tone was full of anticipation.

"Senior Hu, are you interested in this?"

Hu Yan couldn't help but lick his lips when he heard that, with the light in his eyes flickering.

"Let me study it for a while."

Hu Yan still chose a more conservative statement, but anyone could see the excitement in his eyes.

Lin Beixuan did not expose Hu Yan's thoughts, but handed the slightly warm rocket launcher to him.

"Senior Hu, please give me a few days. I will find a way to find a few more rockets for you to use in your research.

At the same time, I will also find some books on this subject so that you can grasp the details more quickly. "

Hu Yan took the rocket launcher from Lin Beixuan, his hands trembling slightly with excitement and curiosity.

"Then I'll trouble you, Master Lin!"

"No trouble. Everything is for the purpose of better taking back Luozhou from the Xuanhuang hungry ghost." Lin Beixuan replied with a smile.

Hu Yan nodded in agreement.

The sound of the two men testing the ammunition reached the ears of the Beiming Army in Bicheng. After entering the city, Lin Beixuan gave a brief explanation to everyone's questions, but did not mention the rocket launcher in detail.

Currently, the official development of firearms has not started yet. Everything depends on the progress of Hu Yan. Currently, we can only use swords, guns and shields to fight the hungry ghosts. If we talk too much, it will easily distract these newly grown recruits.

The armaments brought by Sheshan have been unloaded and distributed to every Beiming Army soldier.

Some women and children who came with Hu Xian from Sheshan, after spending some time with their relatives, got on the ox cart and said goodbye in tears.

Lin Beixuan looked at Hu Yan's back as he carefully left with the rocket launcher in his arms, and couldn't help but smile.

At this moment, a picture has emerged in his mind.

That's what the master craftsman will look like from now on, holding an AK in one hand, a bazooka on his shoulder, and a cigarette in his mouth.

As for what he said before about letting the other party become a master craftsman by studying firearms, it was actually just something he said to arouse Hu Yan's curiosity.

But who can say for sure about some things?
Who knows, maybe Hu Yan could really find a new path to the realm of a divine craftsman by studying firearms.

After all, people in the secular world even have flintlock rifles, so it seems there won’t be any problem if the technology here is more advanced.

(End of this chapter)