Chapter 70

"Eh?"

Su Xuan was also taken aback and asked in confusion: "Uncle, is it not the Taiping Dao you were referring to?"

"It is actually not!"

Huang Ping shook his head and immediately told Su Xuan everything Old Master Huang had said to them: "These are the conclusions reached by the heads of the several great families in Jingxiang, such as the Huang, Cai, Kuai, and Pang families."

"They are in unanimous agreement that this world is about to fall into great chaos."

"So that's how it is!"

Su Xuan nodded in realization and said with an expression of admiration: "Indeed, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure! The Old Masters see things very clearly!"

If he did not have the memories of his past life and the "God's eye view" cheat, he might not have seen things as clearly as they did.

Su Xuan continued: "The Old Masters' judgment is correct! This world is indeed about to fall into great chaos!"

"The Taiping Dao is merely a prelude!"

"Therefore, we need to make preparations early and strive to be fully prepared before the chaotic era arrives."

"And seize this opportunity to rise with the tide and establish a career."

Huang Ping and Huang Chengyan both nodded in agreement and then asked: "Since you are preparing for a chaotic era, why did you not mention the matter of armor?"

Su Xuan smiled slightly upon hearing this: "I was just about to mention that!"

"I have improved the iron-smelting method and created a more efficient and high-quality one; furthermore, I have also improved the technology for forging armor."

"Currently, through my mother's hands, a workshop has already been set up in a secret base in Dengxian."

"However, the new iron-smelting method is of great importance, and it should not be leaked until we have sufficient strength."

"The Huang family has many people and many eyes, and among them are inevitably spies from other factions."

"Therefore, I want a batch of trustworthy craftsmen to accompany me to the secret base in Dengxian to help me forge armor."

"I fear this matter still requires Cousin Chengyan to take charge. Uncle, Cousin, what do you think?"

His mother could manage it, too.

But he had already given her too many things to handle.

Su Xuan did not want his mother to be overworked, so he had no choice but to grab Huang Chengyan as a ready-made laborer.

"A new iron-smelting method?"

Huang Ping and Huang Chengyan were both surprised and asked: "What kind of iron-smelting method? How is the efficiency? What about the cost?"

Su Xuan replied: "While it is called an iron-smelting method, I prefer to call it a steel-smelting method. Steel is almost equivalent to refined iron; the quality is guaranteed, and the efficiency is dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times that of ordinary iron-smelting methods."

"The cost is also far lower than ordinary iron-smelting methods."

It was just that the technical conditions were not yet mature.

There was no sufficiently suitable supporting environment.

Otherwise, with Su Xuan's comprehension and the knowledge from his past life, he could completely create a steel-smelting method even more brilliant and efficient than this blast furnace method.

"Oh?"

Huang Ping and Huang Chengyan were shocked upon hearing this: "Dozens of times the efficiency? And it produces refined iron directly? It is simply unbelievable."

"But if it is you, Boyuan, then it is not impossible!"

"No wonder you are so careful!"

"With such powerful technology, being cautious is only right."

"I agree to this matter. In these few days, I will screen and select 500 loyal and reliable craftsmen, and I will send them to you along with their families when the time comes."

Huang Chengyan also nodded in agreement: "I have no problem on my end either!"

"Done!"

Su Xuan said with joy: "Then this matter is settled."

Early the next morning, Su Xuan and his party set off for Dengxian.

Huang Chengyan and his wife and daughter also accompanied them.

A few days later,

Huang Ping personally escorted the 500 craftsmen and their families to Dengxian and handed them over to Su Xuan.

Su Xuan arranged for them all to be sent directly to the secret base.

At the same time, several blast furnaces were erected in the base.

Large quantities of iron ore and coal were continuously sent into the base through secret passages.

Once the steel ingots were refined, a portion was sent out to the hydraulic forging workshop for processing and hammering.

Under the massive forging hammers, they rapidly took shape, becoming mountain-pattern armor plates, infantry armor plates, refined steel weapons, horseshoes, and so on.

With such efficiency and technology, the 3,000 sets of mountain-pattern armor were completed in just two months.

They also manufactured quite a few sets of infantry armor and matching refined steel weapons.

Over a month later,

"Cousin, the Old Master heard that you were collecting secret techniques related to the spirit, so he specifically sent a death-sworn guard to bring you a fragmented scroll! I heard it is one of the secret techniques of the Yin-Yang School from back in the day. Take a look and see if it is of any help to you?"

Huang Chengyan suddenly found Su Xuan, handed over a fragmented scroll, and spoke.

It was because he had heard that Su Xuan had recently been secretly inquiring about and collecting secret techniques in this area; as an internal member of the Su family, he could naturally learn some inside information.

He immediately sent word back to the Huang family.

Old Master Huang naturally took this to heart and immediately found this fragmented scroll from the family collection.

"Oh? The Yin-Yang School?"

Su Xuan was very surprised to take the real fragmented scroll and asked: "Does the Yin-Yang School really exist? And does this Yin-Yang School really have secret techniques related to the spirit?"

"Otherwise?"

Huang Chengyan found it somewhat amusing upon hearing this: "The Yin-Yang School naturally existed in the past, but it has basically disappeared into the tides of history!"

"I heard that during the Pre-Qin Period, martial arts were not like they are now."

"Back then, there was internal energy, there were swordsmen and knights who could leap high and far, and there were sorcery techniques."

"But at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world seemed to undergo an unknown mutation; the spiritual energy of heaven and earth fell into silence, and the path of internal energy and spiritual power was locked by heaven and earth! It could no longer be cultivated."

"Later, after research by our predecessors, the current martial arts were created based on the strength of the Military School and the path of Qi and blood."