Chapter 087 Unlocking the Hidden Formula
A banquet quickly brought Lu Sen and the Zhe family closer together, making them more intimate.
At the same time, Lu Sen also caused a sensation in Gyeongju City.
At that time, there were many chefs and servants who came to Lu Sen to help. The warm and humid air in the system home, the vegetables produced in the winter, and the extremely delicious fruits were all great topics of conversation.
After these people returned, they told everyone they met about it.
In addition, the chefs more or less stole some of the fruit pulp...but can it be called stealing when the chef tastes the dish?
The news that people suddenly felt euphoric after eating the fruit spread quickly and became something mysterious.
The next day, Lu Sen woke up and felt a headache. He drank some honey water and felt much better.
When he went downstairs, he saw Zhe Kexing, holding a red-tasseled spear, waiting at the door.
Before going to bed last night, Lu Sen reset the home system back to a safe state, so Zhe Kexing naturally couldn't get in.
"Zun Dao, come in!" Lu Sen shouted, waved his hand, then went into the house, sat down, and took out some fruits.
Zhe Kexing stretched out his hand outside the door and touched the door. After confirming that there was nothing blocking it, he slowly walked into the yard holding the red tasseled spear.
There was a red mark on his nose, probably because he had suffered a loss.
"Have you invited him?" Lu Sen asked.
Zhe Kexing smiled innocently and nodded.
"Then have another fruit." Lu Sen placed the largest pear in front of the child: "When you are growing, you will be hungry easily."
Zhe Kexing looked at the pear in front of him and was somewhat tempted, but he still shook his head and said, "Uncle, this is too expensive, I can't take it."
After returning home last night, the Zhe family discussed the matter of the immortal vegetables and fruits.
Zhe Jimin announced on the spot in the main hall that no one could mention the immortal vegetables and fruits in front of Lu Sen in the future, let alone ask him or ask him for them, otherwise they would be punished by the family rules.
Because after returning home, many women found that their skin color had become much whiter and the traces of wind and sand on their faces had also faded a little.
The men found that their scars had become much lighter, and those that were already light had disappeared.
The old illness even alleviated a little.
Combined with the rumors I had heard before, I realized that what they ate last night was a delicacy that even the dignitaries in the capital could hardly find.
If it is military law, the family members of the Zhe family are actually not too afraid. After all, the entire Yongxing Military Road is managed by the Zhe family. As long as they do not make mistakes in major issues, it will be difficult for military law to control them.
But family rules are different.
As long as you are a member of the Zhe family, no one can escape.
Most of the Zhe family members understand the situation, but Zhe Jimin is afraid that a small number of people will gossip in front of Lu Sen. After all, everyone wants such a good thing.
However, Zhe Jimin didn't want to create any conflict or rift between him and Lu Sen because of these few people.
Among relatives, there should be give and take. Now Lu Sen has done a big favor to the Zhe family, but the Zhe family has not given anything in return to Lu Sen.
If you ask for more, this is not the way relatives get along.
"You should eat what your uncle gave you." Lu Sen said with a smile, "Isn't it said that it is a gift from an elder, so I dare not refuse it."
After hesitating for a while, Zhe Kexing picked up the pear, thanked him, and ate it bite by bite.
He was the most talented martial artist in the Zhe family. At the age of twelve , his strength was almost as strong as Yang Wenguang, who was already twenty-two years old.
This is not to say that Yang Wenguang is not powerful, but that Zhe Kexing is too powerful.
Good talent means a high ceiling. Zhe Kexing ate a lot of fruit pulp yesterday and knew that these things would be of great benefit to his body and martial arts.
Seeing the pear at this moment, it is hard to resist the instinctive temptation of this thing to the body of a martial artist.
Zhe Kexing ate the pear in small bites, and Lu Sen looked at him slowly.
This young man... is very tall and strong, almost as old as Lu Sen, with a very mature face. He looks to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. If he hadn't been told, no one would have thought that he was only twelve years old.
"Uncle, are you going to the government office later?"
"What are you going to the government office for?" Lu Sen asked with a smile.
"Aren't you the military supervisor? You should at least listen to father's comments on the deployment of troops."
Lu Sen shook his head: "I don't understand war, nor do I know much about people's livelihood. If I go, I will just sit there and act like a clay Buddha."
Zhe Kexing shook his head vigorously: "That will never happen. Uncle, as the military supervisor, you can control all the generals and marshals of the Yongxing Army."
"Leave professional matters to professionals. I won't join in the fun." Lu Sen said with a smile, "By the way, does your Excellency know if there is an iron mine nearby?"
Lu Sen used to study in Xi'an. Qingzhou is not far from Xi'an, and he has a roommate living here, so he has come here to play.
He remembered that there was a small iron mine near Gyeongju, which was a relic of the Great Steelmaking Era. He had once participated in it under the leadership of his classmates.
The iron ore is of very low quality, and not much iron can be melted out even if all is mined.
But for Lu Sen, it is still useful.
However, the environment at this time was completely different from that in his later life. There were hills and gullies all around, forming a peculiar natural maze. Without the guidance of a local, it was very easy to get lost.
"There is indeed a mine." Zhe Kexing finished eating the fruit and said, "My father once tried to have people dig up the ore to make iron, but later found that it was not cost-effective. It took six loads of ore to burn out only half a load of iron."
This ratio is indeed bad...but Lu Sen still doesn't care.
"Don't worry about it, just take me there." Lu Sen clapped his hands and stood up.
"Okay then." Zhe Kexing immediately stood up as well.
His mission is to protect Lu Sen's safety. This is a military order.
Besides, he personally has a good impression of his uncle Lu Sen.
The two men went out and went to the camp outside Gyeongju City, borrowed two war horses, and galloped to the left side of Gyeongju City.
Walking in the loess mountains, Zhe Kexing was soon covered with loess and his face was covered with a layer of yellow dust, but Lu Sen, dressed in white, remained spotless.
The role of the 'skin' system once again shows its effectiveness.
Zhe Kexing was surprised, but also felt it was natural.
Soon Zhe Kexing led Lu Sen to the valley.
Unlike other places which are all yellow, the ground here is harder and more brown.
After climbing up the mound in front, you will see a large sunken pit with some wooden racks still left in it.
"Uncle, this is the iron mine we discovered."
Looking at the brown soil, Lu Sen knew that the iron content of this open-pit ore was not high, but it didn't matter.
He took out a large number of wooden blocks from the system backpack, and then combined them into long pickaxes, and then said to Zhe Kexing: "Excuse me, help me dig some ore."
"Yes, uncle."
Zhe Kexing picked up the wooden pickaxe and started to work... He was amazed that the wooden pickaxe could knock out squares on the ground. I won't say much about this matter. The two of them knocked here from morning to noon, and after eating a meal of raw vegetables and fruits, they continued to knock.
The pit was dug from five meters deep to nearly fifteen meters deep.
Of course, they also pre-carved out ramps and stairs on the side to prevent them from digging too deep and being unable to climb up.
By the evening, Lu Sen had harvested a large number of low-quality iron ore blocks, and then the two rode back to Gyeongju City.
The next day, Lu Sen built a furnace in the yard and melted the iron ore into iron ingots.
Lu Sen couldn't do this in Bianjing City... because there were no mines near Bianjing City.
With a large number of iron ingots, Lu Sen can make many things.
For example, weapons, but he didn't rush to make them, but stored them first.
The next day, Lu Sen took Zhe Kexing to dig soil again.
In theory, the imperial court did not allow private iron mines, but this kind of extremely low-quality ore was despised by everyone and no one was willing to bother with it.
What's more, the Zhe family would not go against Lu Sen on this matter.
After five days, Lu Sen harvested a lot of iron ingots.
The small mine had been dug out with a huge pit by Lu Sen and Zhe Kexing, and the mineral soil inside had been almost dug out.
After all, it’s just a small pile of impurities, and it can’t withstand digging!
All the ores were melted into iron ingots, and then Lu Sen extracted a part of the iron ingots and synthesized them into three hundred iron knives.
Thanks to Yang Jinhua's 'Ability Bonus', the consumption of cold weapon production is reduced and the basic attributes of cold weapons are increased.
Therefore, once this Wutie Dao was created, it had a damage value of 18 points, which was almost comparable to the original 'Emerald Longbow'.
When Lu Sen made the sword, he did not hide from Zhe Kexing.
The young man watched Lu Sen produce knives out of thin air, at least that was the view from his perspective.
He was swallowing his saliva the whole time.
As a young man with extraordinary talent and superb martial arts, Zhe Kexing may appear naive on the surface, but he is actually very clear-headed.
The superficial simplicity is more of a form of "protection".
He was very clear that he was actually very strong and had no rivals among his peers, so it was inevitable that he was a little proud.
You have a lot of skills. If you practice for a few more years, you can go anywhere in the world.
However, in the past few days, I was first blocked outside by Uncle Lu's "Cave Technique" and my nose was red from being bumped but I couldn't get in.
Then he saw the wooden pickaxe given by Lu Sen, and now he saw Uncle Lu transformed into an iron knife, and immediately the young man's pride was destroyed.
No matter how powerful your martial arts are, they are still at the level of mortals.
There's no comparison with Uncle Lu Sen.
Looking at the iron knives on the ground, Lu Sen said, "Zun Dao, go back and bring people to transport these iron knives away... Oh, and give thirty-three of them to our friends in the Imperial City Division."
After all, they were the people ordered to protect him, and they got along well with Lu Sen along the way. Giving each person in the Imperial City Bureau an iron knife was considered a token of his appreciation.
Soon, Zhe Kexing brought people over, pulling a wheelbarrow, and took away all the iron knives.
About half an hour later, two iron knives were placed on Zhe Jimin's desk.
There were several broken weapons around, including spears, swords, steel knives, maces, etc.
"It's hard to imagine that these black things, which look like the things that blacksmiths' apprentices use to practice, are actually so sharp." Zhe Jimin smiled with some helplessness: "It can cut ordinary swords, but it can even cut the thick mace hammer head in half, which is outrageous."
Zhe Jizu smiled and said, "The brilliance is restrained, and the divine object is hidden. This is what it means."
"It's a pity that thirty-three of them were given to those Imperial City officials." Zhe Jimin showed a regretful expression: "It hurts just thinking about it. Such magical weapons may only be encountered once every few hundred years."
"My brother-in-law's things can be given to whoever he wants. We can't take them away." Zhe Jizu agreed: "With these weapons, we can arm those personal soldiers and make them a surprise force."
"That's what I meant. I'll leave this matter to you. You should know how to select people and ensure their loyalty."
Zhe Jizu nodded, he must do this job well.
Both of them knew very well that if there was a strong army with indestructible weapons hiding in the dark, then they would have a lot of room for adjustment in tactics.
"By the way, according to the information secretly sent back by the spies, the Xixia side seemed to know that my brother-in-law came to Qingzhou, and then they seemed to have secretly sent people over to harm him." Zhe Jimin's expression seemed a little distressed.
"Then let my brother-in-law stay in his 'cave' and don't come out." Zhe Jizu said.
"Let him hide in the cave for a while, do we have to let him hide forever?" Zhe Jimin shook his head and said, "It is our duty to protect him and the military supervisor. It is not good to let him hide. We should increase the protection and send more experts to watch over him."
Generally speaking, military supervisors will not receive much attention from the enemy.
But if he is a very magical military supervisor, that’s another story.
"Let Lao Yang and the others stay with my brother-in-law. With them around, Xixia's spies won't dare to show up around him casually." Zhe Jizu thought for a while and said, "My brother-in-law first gave us green vegetables and fairy fruits, which reduced our hidden diseases. Now he has sent us more than 200 magic weapons. How can we thank him? Otherwise, I will feel guilty if I just take the things and don't return the favor."
"Do you think we have anything comparable to the magic weapon sent by my brother-in-law?" Zhe Jimin said gloomily, "Money will definitely be despised if we send it to him. My brother-in-law doesn't seem to be interested in medicinal herbs or rare stones either. It's hard for us to repay him."
They both thought for a while and sighed at the same time.
This was the first time that the two felt that repaying favors was an extremely troublesome thing.
After a while, Zhe Jizu clapped his hands heavily and said, "By the way, we can give the piece of meteorite we picked up last year to my brother-in-law. He is a cultivator and should be interested in this kind of thing."
"That's right!" Zhe Jimin clapped his hands heavily: "I almost forgot about this thing."
So the next day, Zhe Kexing came early in the morning and brought a black stone.
"Is this meteorite from outer space?" Lu Sen asked, pointing at the black stone on the table.
Zhe Kexing replied, "Indeed, on the night of August 13th last year in Qingzhou, a fire came from the north with a constant rumbling sound and crashed into the mountain. When we rushed over, we found a big pit with this stone lying at the bottom."
Meteorites... Lu Sen has no interest in them.
But he couldn't refuse other people's kindness.
So I picked it up with one hand, wanting to see its quality and guess what it was made of.
As a result, as soon as I got this black thing in my hand, a system prompt popped up.
'A special substance was found, which turned out to be a high-level synthetic material. Three related hidden recipes were unlocked!'
Lu Sen: ???
He had known about the hidden formula a long time ago. After all, if he could marry Mu Guiying, he would be able to unlock a lot of hidden formulas.
But he never imagined that getting a meteorite from outer space could also unlock the hidden formula.
Hidden recipe, what is it?
Technology or mysticism?
Lu Sen clicked on the system recipe bar and began looking for three new recipes to see what they were.
