Chapter 1 Frontier Fortress
Maple Country, the land of Frontier Fortress.
Yellow sand is flying all over the sky. This is a place where you will be filled with a mouthful of sand when you open your mouth.
In a camp of the border army, rhythmic metal collision sounds continued to be heard.
Ding! Ding dong! Ding dong!
Inside the camp, the scorching hot stove illuminated the young man's resolute and upright face, which turned red.
Bang!
As the last hammer fell, Chang Ge, who had been forged for nearly half an afternoon, was finally close to completion.
"Li Erniu, have you finished fighting my Chang Ge?!" Outside the camp, a rough roar resounded, and you could tell by the sound that he was a rough man.
Li Erniu, whose real name is Li Qing, because he has two cows at home and an eldest brother, people in the military camp like to call him Erniu.
Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief and responded: "It's just a matter of quenching. Wait a moment Centurion!" immersed in the water tank.
Chi!
A lot of steam rose up, and soon there were many bubbles popping out of the water.
After a while, Li Qing picked up Chang Ge from the water. The sharp end of it was reflecting the cold light at the moment.
[Successfully forging the mortal weapon: the fine iron war weapon will reward you with five months of life! 】
There are fewer and fewer. It seems that besides mortal weapons, there should be more powerful weapons.
Li Qing looked at the text message in front of him that only he could see and the number that was counting down, and sighed silently in his heart.
After a brief glance, Li Qing walked out of the camp with the forged war weapon.
Opening the curtain, I saw a tall and muscular man standing outside, with a thick black beard on his chin and lips.
"Centurion Chen, why don't you come in and wait? It's so windy and sandy outside!" Li Qing showed a simple smile and handed Chang Ge out.
Chen Meng said jokingly: "Your tent is as hot as a ball, only a ghost would want to go in."
As he said that, Chen Meng took the heavy Chang Ge and felt it Hearing the weight of the weapon and the slight residual warmth on it, he laughed.
"Hahahaha, not bad, it won't take long for you to master this skill! You are making great progress!"
Chen Meng waved Chang Ge twice in the air, full of momentum .
"Centurion Chen is good at martial arts!" Li Qing praised him sincerely, and his eyes couldn't help but shine with envy.
This Chang Ge, which he could barely pick up with both hands, could be danced vigorously with one hand. Such strength really made him envious.
“Stop flattering me, work hard and try to learn all the skills of the ancient master. The ancient master is old now, and you will take his place in the future.”
After speaking, Chen Meng carried Chang Ge and left Li Qing's tent, but he couldn't help but reveal an extremely sly smile on his face.
My mouth almost split with laughter!
Watching Chen Meng leave, Li Qing slowly retreated into the steamer-like tent, carefully closing the curtain to prevent the wind and sand from blowing in.
"Huh! It's been seventeen years."
Li Qing collapsed on the ground, leaning against the iron shelf where the weapons were placed, and casually picked up a rag that had long since become dark and wiped his forehead. sweat, and sighed.
It has been seventeen years since he came to this world in a daze. After traveling through time, he originally wanted to come up with some whimsical ideas to make some money, then marry a three- or five-bedroom wife, and live an ordinary life. This life is over.
But he didn't expect that when he was ten years old, he would suddenly be able to see a line of numbers.
It took him several years to finally confirm that this line of numbers represented his longevity.
In Li Qing's previous life, he never felt that dying of old age was a terrible thing, until he could clearly see his life beginning to count down, and it was as short as fifty-four. start with the number.
He panicked!
As a teenager, he could not accept the fact that he was a short-lived ghost.
As he grew older, the number became smaller and smaller, and he became more and more convinced that this line of numbers represented his longevity, which meant that if there were no other changes in his life trajectory, If there is a major change, he can only live to be in his sixties!
Fortunately, all this can still be changed. When he was forcibly recruited into the army and became a blacksmith last year, he suddenly discovered that he could increase his lifespan as long as he forged weapons.
From the beginning, just making an iron sword can increase your life span by one year, but now, successfully building a mortal weapon can only increase your life span by five months.
Now the line of numbers in front of Li Qing has turned into 142! Li Qing looked at the number 142 and couldn't help but giggle with satisfaction.
Yes, that means that as long as he is free from illness and disaster and does nothing in his life, he can live to be nearly 160 years old!
What an astonishing number!
You must know that in this era, the life span of a normal person is sixty or seventy years old, which is already very good, and an eighty-year-old is considered a longevity old man!
Just when Li Qing was complacent about his relatively long lifespan, there was a sudden commotion outside the camp.
"Quickly! Doctor, find the doctor! Call the doctor over here!"
The originally peaceful military camp was suddenly disturbed by this rapid exclamation.
When Li Qing heard the noise, he immediately stood up, quickly opened the curtain and walked out to see what was going on.
He squinted his eyes and saw only three or four people in front of him walking back in a hurry, each carrying a wounded person on his back.
Soon, more and more people came out of the camp.
"What happened?"
Chen Meng, who had just obtained the weapon, rushed out of the training ground quickly, his brows furrowed tightly.
"Centurion Chen, horse thief, we encountered a horse thief!" A soldier carrying a wounded man replied hastily.
“Horse thief?” Chen Meng’s complexion changed slightly when he heard this, and then a look of sullenness appeared in his eyes.
“Damn it, these horse thieves are so brave that they dare to attack our Wu Li army!”
Li Qing ignored their discussion and watched intently. Looking at the injuries on the soldiers.
A few sharp arrowheads almost pierced their bodies, and a large area of blood soaked into the clothes under the leather armor, which looked very dazzling.
It is basically impossible to save this injury.
“Gulu!”
Li Qing couldn’t help but swallow. His face looked a little pale, and his body was trembling involuntarily.
He has been at the frontier for nearly a year and a half, and this is the first time he has seen injured and dying soldiers.
For such a long time, the border area has actually been relatively peaceful. Although there were frictions with the Liang Kingdom next door in the past, war would not really break out. Both sides were very restrained.
However, the place he was in was still a border fortress.
Although war has not broken out for a long time, will peace really last forever?
If there is no war, why are there so many troops hoarding at the border fortress?
You must know that horse thieves usually stay on equal terms with the border troops. Today’s attack was a bit sudden, but I don’t know if it has any other unusual meaning. inside.
Li Qing no longer had the intention to continue reading. He silently returned to his blacksmithing shop and sat down next to the iron shelf where the weapons were placed. His body still began to tremble uncontrollably.
no!
Although working as a blacksmith in the army can earn a lot of longevity, if a war breaks out, this is the most dangerous place!
The longevity earned by blacksmithing and forging weapons refers to how long he can live, but if he is killed during this period, what is the use of having a longer life? !
He is just a blacksmith. Although he has little strength, in the face of war, his ability to protect himself is almost non-existent.
Gotta go!
We must leave the frontier as soon as possible!
This is the only thought in Li Qing's mind now.
“I am so naive.”
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(End of this chapter)