I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 13: Gunpowder (Part 1)

These days are becoming more and more promising, of course, Zhang Chen would be even happier if there wasn't that annoying fox spirit next door.

"Huh?"

Just as Zhang Chen was thinking about things, returning to his doorstep, suddenly his eyes turned, and when he saw the fox spirit looking forward to his arrival, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch. The dragon energy within him shook slightly, but it quickly subsided.

"What's going on? Why does the dragon energy in my body react to the fox spirit in front of me?" Zhang Chen was surprised. The fox spirit on the other side was also staring at Zhang Chen with a dazed expression, his eyes full of confusion.

Zhang Chen didn't say much. He simply hung the prey he had hunted on the wall. After thinking for a while, he touched the silver in his pocket and walked towards Cui the blacksmith's house. He felt that he should pay off Cui the blacksmith's debt first, so as not to cause any trouble that would implicate him in the future. That group of people was clearly not to be trifled with.

"But if that group of people comes to make trouble for me, if I run into the mountains and use the snake's nest to devour them, that might be a solution. However, I think the Beast Mastery skill can be used for more than just that. I should look for some gregarious animals in advance, and then use them as a trump card to give the enemy a fatal blow at a critical moment." Zhang Chen walked out of the gate, countless thoughts flashing in his mind, pondering the beasts that lived in groups in the nearby mountains. Apart from wolves, it seemed that no other beasts lived in groups.

Just then, a buzzing sound rang in his ears. Zhang Chen followed the buzzing sound and looked over, seeing the bees diligently collecting honey in the air, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink:

"No, there's another one!"

Not bees, but hornets!

Bees have limited lethality, but hornets have truly terrifying lethality, and can be called overlords of the wild. The most important thing is that hornets don't have barbs on their tails. Even if they sting people, they usually don't die, and hornets are small and extremely difficult to defend against. If you are not prepared in advance, humans can only run away when facing hornets.

"If I can raise a nest of hornets, then even if the other party doesn't come with hundreds of people, I will have a chance to escape." Zhang Chen's eyes were bright, he seemed to have found a life-saving skill. The most important thing is that this world doesn't have the various super insecticides of later generations. Once hornets attack, they are truly invincible.

"I should raise some hornets, but I need to be careful not to be stung by them. However, the lethality of hornets is slightly insufficient. Being stung by a small number of hornets will not cause death, but it is enough to make people scream and run away." Zhang Chen walked in the village, countless thoughts flowing in his mind. He felt that hornets might not be enough to kill enemies, but they were more than enough to defend himself.

"It's just that the number of wasps in a hive is uncertain, ranging from hundreds to hundreds. It is difficult to gather thousands or tens of thousands, because after a queen bee is born in each hive, it will automatically split the hive. If you want to gather two queen bees or several queen bees in one place, I'm afraid the queen bees will fight." Zhang Chen scratched his hair: "But if there are hundreds of hornets, that's enough! After all, bandits won't send dozens of people to capture me."

Of course, the possibility of him being silenced was just a precaution he took in advance. Maybe people simply had no interest in him and wouldn't bother with him.

"Gunpowder is king, and I must make gunpowder as soon as possible." Zhang Chen muttered, and then came to Cui the blacksmith's house. He heard the clanging sound from Cui the blacksmith's house, Cui the blacksmith was busy forging iron.

"Uncle Cui!" Zhang Chen stood outside the door and shouted.

Hearing Zhang Chen's shout, the sound of forging stopped, and Cui the blacksmith walked out with a happy face, but when he saw that Zhang Chen's hands were empty, the happiness on his face disappeared: "What's the matter with you calling me?"

"I'm here to pay the debt. This is ten taels of silver, please accept it." Zhang Chen handed the ten taels of silver to Cui the blacksmith.

Cui the blacksmith looked at the ten taels of silver, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then he raised his head and looked at Zhang Chen in surprise: "Where did you get the ten taels of silver? I'm telling you, we must not do anything illegal."

Facing Cui the blacksmith's concern, Zhang Chen said with a smile: "I was lucky today, I hunted a swan, and then it was seen by a rich man and sold for a good price."

"You're really something, you can even catch rare things like swans?" Cui the blacksmith heard this and stuffed the silver into his arms, his eyes full of envy.

"Uncle Cui, I saw that group of people yesterday, and I always felt that they were not good people. I'm afraid they will cause trouble in the future. You have to prepare early." Zhang Chen looked at Cui the blacksmith, who was in his thirties. His skin was dark because he had been forging iron for many years, and his body was covered with tendons, making him look very strong.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Cui the blacksmith quickly looked around, then pulled Zhang Chen into the house, and carefully lowered his voice and said: "I'm already on a pirate ship, and there is no chance to get off. Don't come to me in the future. It's best to go back to the village less, and build a shelter in the mountains, so as not to be implicated by me."

"Is it that troublesome? What is the origin of the other party? Mountain bandits? Or robbers?" A trace of concern appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Cui the blacksmith shook his head and didn't say much, but his face was ugly and said: "You just need to stay away from me in the future!"

Zhang Chen didn't know what to say when he heard this. He was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly saw the object on the forging table, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink. Although the object was not yet formed, he could see that it was a piece of armor!

Making armor! This is a matter of losing your head!

It can be said that armor in the age of cold weapons is equivalent to the existence of missiles. In the past, the Jurchens relied on thirteen sets of armor to start their business, which shows the importance of armor.

Cui the blacksmith seemed to have noticed Zhang Chen's gaze, and took a step forward without showing any signs, blocking Zhang Chen's gaze, with a forced smile on his face: "You go quickly, don't worry about me, I am a craftsman, as long as I don't mess around, I won't lose my life."

What could Zhang Chen say?

He didn't say anything, he could only smile helplessly, and then turned and walked out of the house.

Watching Zhang Chen's distant back, Cui the blacksmith stood in the house for a long time, and then walked back to the stove, looking at the armor that had not yet been forged, and mechanically raised the hammer in his hand.

Under the cover of night, Zhang Chen slowly lit the lights when he returned home, staring blankly at the lights for a long time without saying a word, and after a long time, he let out a sigh of relief:

"Is the world going to be in chaos? But with my current skills, even if the world is in chaos, I can still make a living and not starve to death, but the days of chaos in the world will be bitter."