After completing two books with a total of 3 million words on the transformation of the institutional system and scientific and technological context of the West Sea Continent, the test of Xia Yumeng and the Liang family by the instrument spirits in the shield is also nearing the end. Seeing the second daughter walking out safely, Zhang Fan's heart also fell slightly: It seems that he is a little too rational and cautious?

"Yumeng, I hope you don't mind what happened before... At this time, Zhang Fan said apologetically. Xia Yumeng was a little flattered at this time and said solemnly: "All this is as it should be, how can the slave and maid mind... Xia Yumeng did not forget that his identity at this time was not Zhang Fan's spouse, and the difference between the two in cultivation was huge. In the rivers and lakes in this world, in fact, to a certain extent, it is also similar to the legendary world of cultivating immortals, and the habit of respecting the strong seems to be completely no less than the hierarchical concept of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

At this time, Zhang Fan was only faintly concerned and concerned about Xia Yumeng, and he couldn't talk about any feelings and love, recalling some family marriage tragedies in modern society, and even Zhang Ruzhen's lessons back then, which also made Zhang Fan reflect a little: Perhaps, just like the relationship between countries, only two countries are strong and weak, one is the master and the other is the servant, similar to the United States and Canada, this relationship is solid. Equal couples are just slightly stronger than one party, just like the relationship between China and Russia when the other party is similar in national strength is better than the Sino-Soviet relations in the past, and there will be no hidden dangers buried by the involuntary willfulness of the strong party, but it is far less reliable than the reliable consolidation of the "master-servant relationship" in the real sense.

Therefore, for Xia Yumeng's temporary respect, there is no intention of refusing. However, he still solemnly promised: "I don't want to see you grow old in front of me one day." ”

"I don't want to see my mother die in front of me one day," Zhang Fan said solemnly at the same time. In any case, Liang is at least the biological mother of his body.

At this time, Liang said with a smile: "Yumeng is very talented, and she may have the opportunity to enter the realm, how her mother's qualifications are in her heart, even if she has any adventures, she can be stronger than ordinary mortals, and it is quite satisfying to live a hundred and twenty or thirty years old... ”

At this time, Zhang Fan also noticed that after more than 20 years in the shield, the Liang family still did not become a master of the inner door, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart. I also changed some of my minds at this time.

In this world, in fact, even if it is an outer martial artist, the talent in life span is similar to that of an extremely outstanding mortal. If you don't encounter a catastrophe, you can live to be about 130 years old, and your body is still very healthy when you are 100 years old, and even martial arts are only a slight slippage like Zhou Botong in "The Condor" because of qi failure. If you can become a master of the inner door, most of you can live to the age of 130 or 40 in good health without disasters, and live to be 150 or 60 years old. Slightly better than the lowest-ranking monk in most fantasy novels.

If there are some special adventures, it is still possible for an outer master to become an ordinary inner master. In this way, Zhang Fan will have at least eighty years to explore the Boundless Continent. Zhang Fan believed that with his own rationality and wisdom, and even with the help of Qiankun Dun, he would definitely be able to have a fairly high realm and cultivation in a few decades, at least not the same as today. In that case, there may be more means to bring the Liang clan to a higher realm. And if he can't enter the Transformation Realm, at least at the top level of the Inner Gate, then it is quite dangerous for the Liang Clan to go to the Boundless Continent with him. will become the target of his various enemies anytime and anywhere, because of the difference in the speed of time, he can't let the Liang family hide in the Qiankun shield all the time.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Fan also had the idea of letting the Liang family stay in Lintian City first. And: To maintain the authority of the True Martial Arts Sect at all times, we also need such a figure with "legal unity". Otherwise, many people may think that Li Ru and others cannot represent themselves, and they may set off all kinds of storms.

"Mother, I'm thinking about it. I still plan to leave you in Lintian City, although this is not safe, but it is much safer than being by my child's side, hopefully... ”

"Don't worry! these mothers understand... Liang was very calm at this time, but seemed to remember something: "Now Fan'er should also visit the Zhang family, right? Your father just misunderstood at the beginning." Even Mrs. Lin and others... ”

Hearing these words, Zhang Fan couldn't help frowning. There is no doubt that if Zhang Tian, the Lin family, and even Zhang Wenyuan and others are also left in Lintian and Zhenwumen, it will inevitably bury a lot of hidden dangers for the new dynasty in the future, and it is even possible to endanger the lives of the Liang family because of some contradictions.

"When I'm done dealing with the last hidden danger on the West Sea Continent, which is the remote Phantom Island in the east, it's not too late to go and see them. I will let my father come back as soon as possible, but Lin and the others, I think it would be better to follow me to the Boundless Continent. Their qualifications should not be bad, otherwise I am afraid that this will not be good for the new dynasty in the future... Zhang Fan could only say this at this time.

In this way, Zhang Fan spent ten hours at the fastest speed, about ten months or so in Dunzhong Qiankun, and first brought the Liang family and Xia Yumeng back to Lintian City. The friend Li Ru settled in a safe and secure place, and then began preparations to rush to Phantom Island.

From the mouth of the "Yunyao Sect under the Bing Sixteen" in Lintian before, Zhang Fan learned that Phantom Island may not be a very simple place, and it is likely that there is a "first-order high-grade mysterious beast" with a high level and quality. The so-called "first-order high-grade mysterious beasts" represent very powerful lowest-level mysterious beasts, and their strength can theoretically be at least comparable to the masters in the early stage of foundation building. If this unknown mysterious beast is controlled by the forces on the island and is used as a sacred beast to protect the island, then with his current strength, it cannot be said that it is too risky to die for a lifetime. Therefore, Zhang Fan also planned to rush to the "trump card" he had conceived at this time.

"I've already told you the location of the Holy Treasury of Lintian City, and even some of the key points in it. There should still be some top craftsmen in this city who have not escaped for the time being. The top-grade first-class steel, as well as all kinds of hidden weapons and charcoal, shouldn't have been lost in the initial chaos?" I also plan to see how good Li is in governing and whether he is worthy of a big responsibility.

"Half of the craftsmen in Lintian City fled at the beginning, and there were many people who resold high-quality steel, but now most of them have been arrested, and they have not escaped outside Lintian... Li Ru replied.

Hearing this, Zhang Fan's heart relaxed slightly: "Let the best Lintian City masters start work again, and I will go and see for myself... ”

In this way, Zhang Fan is also secretly testing Li Ru's insight and even his ability to govern.

Before coming to the top steelmaking blast furnace in Lintian City, which seemed to be on a large scale, seeing that the expressions and even complexions of those middle-aged craftsmen were quite normal, and even a little excited, not like they had been treated harshly and forced to come temporarily, Zhang Fan's heart finally let go: "It seems that Li Ru is not a mediocre person who lacks brains as he thinks, and his qualifications to be a historical protagonist under his own guidance are still okay... ”

After learning Zhang Fan's identity, the craftsmen didn't dare to take it seriously, and solemnly knelt down to bow down.

"There is no need for this, Great Xia has changed hands, and it is not me to be a family. Now I have some things to do with smelting and forging, and I would like to ask you a thing or two... ”

Hearing such words, all the craftsmen were moved, and the estrangement was gradually unraveled under Zhang Fan's guidance. Zhang Fan also learned a lot of unique knowledge about "refining weapons" in this low-level martial arts world.

For example, in order to make a high-grade first-class steel that is eight times stronger than ordinary steel, it is possible to use a unique ore, but this is only the beginning, and it is more important to crush the steel into pieces the size of a grain of rice, and in this case re-smelt and forge it. It is not only required that the craftsman observe the fire in the eyes of enough, the ore is of high quality. It is also very time-consuming to make the grains the size of a grain of rice and re-forge them.

There is no doubt that the steelmaking technology of this era is not very sophisticated, and it is only by relying on some unique ores that the earth does not have that that it may have achieved the superior steel level of super steel.

At this time, Zhang Fan began to try to use some methods that were not available in the nineteenth century to assist smelting by forcibly manufacturing such as "blowing oxygen" and "powder metallurgy", and in only about five days, he refined a level of "super steel" that was stronger than the top-grade first-class steel in the low-martial world, according to Zhang Fan's tests and estimates, and even guesses, the tensile strength and even compressive strength estimation should be at the level of four gigapascals, about sixteen or seventeen times that of ordinary steel. Even with Zhang Fan's thousand-fold strength at this time, he could not be pinched at will with his fingers, and it seemed to have a certain hardness in his hands like a lead block.

Although there is still a considerable distance from the strength of his ideal fantasy-level material, at least in terms of tensile strength, there is a gap between the top carbon fiber he knows, but roughly speaking, if he prepares more and uses it at the same time, it can be regarded as barely usable. Should be able to be slightly stronger than your existing attack methods?

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan began to use some of the knowledge of refining and forging that he learned from the top craftsmen in Lintian to manipulate the uniquely designed hydraulic forging hammer to unfold the refining in the real sense, creating the "trump card" of his own concept.