Chapter 72 Bow Soul
At dawn, Zhang Yang recruited 50 farmers, 5 woodcutters, 5 tailors, 5 butchers, 5 cooks, 5 village guards, and 25 craftsmen from the male villagers.
This will immediately solve the problem of labor shortage in the village and the need to draw soldiers to do hard labor.
In fact, ordinary women can also switch to these life professions, but that will reduce loyalty. In order to have three children, Zhang Yang wants to support them, so how can he recruit them to work? However, even if ordinary women are not recruited, the current working population in the village is close to 200 people.
With so many people, there is the problem of management. Many people will be lazy. They are not the 500 people initially recruited who would work like a small motor as long as the order is given.
Unfortunately, ordinary people cannot be recruited to become managers, including the owner of a tavern. They need people of outstanding level or above to be recruited for job transfer.
So there was no other choice but for Zhang Yang to send out two captain-level soldiers, one to serve as the temporary manager of the tavern, and the other to supervise the farmers in their farming.
As for the craftsmen, Zhao Tiezhu himself was the foreman. He was the last one to be recruited from the initial 500 people, so there was no need to worry about his work quality.
The hunting team set out early in the morning. Wu Yuan is the captain, Qin Yidao and Liu Dali are deputy captains. The team members include the Violent Bear quartet, ten captain-level archers, and ten captain-level infantrymen, with a total strength of 27 people. They are very powerful. They will head to the north today and explore at least 150 miles, trying to hunt monsters above level 15 as much as possible, because only the monster souls obtained in this way can upgrade the elite soldiers to the captain level.
On the other hand, in the village, the two-star hero Sun Goudan was going to lead ten captain-level archers to ambush in the arrow tower of the castle as usual to see if they could lure out a few flying monsters. However, based on past experience, this was almost impossible.
As for the remaining 45 captain-level soldiers, except for two who serve as supervisors, the rest will be divided into groups to patrol and guard the five kilometers around the village, and are responsible for protecting the logging workers.
In short, Zhang Yang's 4 heroes and 79 soldiers and captains seemed to be quite stretched at the moment.
Considering that they will have to fight a field battle with the orc tribe next, this military strength is even more worrying.
When the sun rose, Zhang Yang also set out quietly, taking no one with him except the ghost priest who could transform into human form during the day.
Of course, this so-called transformation is just turning into a ball of black mist.
That's enough.
After walking for six or seven kilometers, Zhang Yang stopped in the forest.
"Have we encountered any peeping ghosts along the way?"
"No, village chief. Ever since four powerful heroes appeared in the village, those little ghosts with low levels can't even get within five kilometers. But this information must have been known by the enemy. After all, in the eyes of the little ghosts, the powerful energy of the four heroes is as dazzling as the sun."
"Well, can those little ghosts sense you?" Zhang Yang asked again.
"No, Lord Village Chief, unless there is a ghost priest with a higher rank than me."
"Very good, just find a tree to hide under, and keep watch for me."
Zhang Yang was very satisfied. The reason why he brought the ghost priest out alone was to make more powerful bows and arrows for Qin Yidao and the other two in the forest, powerful enough to turn the balance of the war.
Therefore, this matter must not only be concealed from the temptation of the Orc Tribe, but also from the temptation of other possible forces.
If you want to play the trick of the snipe and the clam fighting, the fisherman will benefit, then let's see who is the real fisherman! After releasing the soul force field, Zhang Yang began to select suitable trees one by one. His soul force field is now quite powerful, and sometimes it can even conceal his breath very well, so he doesn't even need to use the cloaking talisman.
Soon, a towering tree that could be hugged by at least five or six people came into Zhang Yang's sight. He placed his hands on the tree, and his soul force field transformed into countless drizzle-like threads, which penetrated into the tree silently.
In just a few seconds, the internal structure of the tree was clearly reflected in Zhang Yang's mind.
He had the experience of forging a heroic spear for Wu Yuanwen before, so he was not worried that he would not be able to make it.
What's more, his soul strength has been upgraded to B+ level, and the biggest advantage is that the warming speed is accelerated.
In the past, it took most of the day to nurture an ironwood tree, and two hours to nurture a bound spear.
But now, as his soul force field can simulate photosynthesis, it only takes one hour to nurture an ironwood tree, and only 30 minutes to nurture a spear of confinement.
Like the big tree in front of him, as long as Zhang Yang is willing, he can nurture it before evening today.
However, he was not in a hurry to take action, because his nourishing ability had reached a perfect state at this stage. If he wanted to create more powerful weapons, he would need better materials.
From sunrise to sunset.
For the whole day, Zhang Yang seemed to have done nothing, and there was no change on the surface of the tree, but inside, all the holes bitten by insects, all the scars that grew accidentally, and all the irregular fibers that grew naturally were repaired and corrected one by one by the soul force field in places invisible to the naked eye.
Such a big tree is definitely the most perfect in the forest. In the words of the ghost priest, if nothing unexpected happens, this big tree will definitely become a spirit in three hundred years.
Zhang Yang smiled but said nothing.
At sunrise the next day, he quietly came here again and continued to use the sunlight to make corrections and improvements to the inside of the tree.
After sunset in the evening, there was still no change on the surface of the tree, except that the wood fibers inside had been combed and bound together tightly like silk threads.
At this moment, such wood fibers have broken away from the state of ordinary wood fibers and become tougher and more elastic.
But this is still not enough.
On the third day, Zhang Yang came here after sunrise as usual. This time he brought the hunting team to set up surveillance around the area, and then continued to use the soul force field to control the growth density and growth quality of the wood fiber lines, and make these large numbers of wood fiber lines twist and entangle with each other to form a whole.
This process requires a lot of energy, and the energy input through photosynthesis alone is not enough. However, when Zhang Yang went back at night these two days, he accumulated 1.5 units of mana by purifying demon blood, which was just the right time to inject it in.
Only at this point did the process of warming and compressing officially begin.
The leaves, crowns, roots and bark of the big trees withered rapidly, which was the result of the energy being extracted.
During this period, Zhang Yang had to rest for a while, because this time the warm-up and production was more complicated and laborious than the last time he made the hero's spear.
At night, he simply stayed in the forest. He was about to finish his task, and there could be no accidents.
It was not until the morning of the fourth day that he completely developed this secret weapon.
When the dry bark was peeled off layer by layer and the withered trunk was pushed away, what finally appeared in front of Zhang Yang was a seven-meter-long, fist-thick, jade-green pole.
Not a longbow, just the materials to make a longbow.
"Clear all traces here and burn all the bark and trunks."
Zhang Yang gave an order that this matter was of vital importance and no clues or traces could be left to the enemy.
Even at this moment, only Wu Yuan, Qin Yidao and Liu Dali were left here.
Wu Yuan was still relatively okay, but Qin Yidao and Liu Dali were so excited that their breathing almost stopped.
"Village chief, what should we do next? Cut it open? This is such a tough and extremely hard material that even if Duan Kuan's precious sword is used to cut it, it still won't be able to cut it open!"
After being shocked, Wu Yuan asked in a low voice.
"You guys continue to guard the sky and the surroundings, I will do it myself."
Zhang Yang was also very nervous, not because the jade pole he nurtured was too precious, but because the secret weapon had to be kept secret from the enemy. Then, when the enemy launched a large-scale attack, he would have to stun the enemy all at once. Otherwise, with the enemy's intelligence and strength, they might quickly think of a way to restrain him.
Next, Zhang Yang continued to use his soul force field and magic power. It took him most of the day to carefully and meticulously split the jade pole into two sections of two meters and thirty in length and one section of two meters and forty in length.
This is the bow arm of the longbow to be made. In fact, it is still a bit short. After all, Qin Yidao and his two companions are all two-meter-tall burly men with arm spans of nearly two meters and fifty, which is the most suitable body shape for drawing a longbow.
But time was urgent, so he had to make do with it. However, considering the terrifying elasticity of the bow arm, Zhang Yang was not worried about its power at all.
This jade wood pole, which looks only as thick as a fist, contains at least 100,000 complete jade wood fiber lines twisted together. Its toughness and hardness are extremely terrifying.
"Let's go back."
After getting the materials for the three bow arms, Zhang Yang immediately ordered to return to the village. In the past few days, Wu Yuan and his team had already prepared several types of bowstrings. Now it depends on whether they can be matched.
After a quick dinner and the strictest alert, everyone gathered together. The first to take action was Song Dachui, who claimed to be the strongest. He tried to bend a piece of wood directly, but even with all his strength, the wood didn't move at all.
In the end, it was Wu Yuan and Qin Yidao who took over. They each grabbed one end of the wooden pole and slowly exerted force to bend the pole slightly.
"Village chief, this thing won't break, right? Why do I feel a little scared? Why not just make a spear?"
Wu Yuan spoke, his voice full of surprise, because he knew very well how much strength he had used. If he broke such a precious wooden pole, he would probably be heartbroken.
"Don't talk nonsense, it won't break, it's just that your strength is not enough, bend it a little more."
Zhang Yang spoke calmly, he was observing with his soul force field at all times, no one knew the internal condition of the wooden pole better than him. Up to now, the wooden pole was bent to almost 140 degrees, but none of the wood fiber lines inside were broken, its bearing capacity was truly amazing.
"This longbow would be really barbaric if it were made. It's a pity that Zhao Tiezhu is not a master craftsman."
Liu Dali suddenly sighed at this time.
"First-rate materials and last-rate bow-making technology, it's a bit of a waste."
"Be content, you useless guy. If you don't want it, just give it to me. I can change my job to the King of Spears anytime." Song Dachui said from the side. There are many people who are eyeing these jade-like wooden poles.
"Hey, it can't be said to be the lowest-level bow-making technology. When it comes to bows and arrows, the key still depends on personal strength and skills. Liu Dali, your archery proficiency has reached 500 points, right? I don't believe you can't show your strength." Duan Kuan also spoke at this time, seemingly doing some research.
"Stop talking nonsense. Forget about the appearance and craftsmanship of this bow. The materials are different and there is no comparison. But I can guarantee that the elastic balance inside the bow arm is 100% perfect. Instead of worrying about the shooting accuracy of this bow, you might as well worry about whether you can pull it open!"
Zhang Yang stopped the argument and called Zhao Tiezhu to come up and wind the bowstring that had been prepared in advance.
This bowstring was taken from a captain-level bow, and there were five of them, tightly wound together. The reason for this was that they were afraid that the elastic force of the bow arm would be too strong and break the bowstring, which would be counterproductive.
As soon as Zhao Tiezhu finished winding the bowstring, he immediately hid far away. The same was true for others, including Zhang Yang, for fear that they would be caught in the crossfire if the bowstring broke.
Wu Yuan and Qin Yidao slowly let go, their expressions extremely focused. There was nothing they could do. Just as Liu Dali said, the crafting technology of this bow was at best passing, but the material was too good. How much strength would it take to pull it open? Anyway, Qin Yidao himself felt that it was a bit risky.
It took a full ten seconds for the bow arm to be completely released to an angle of 160 degrees. The bowstring was pulled straight and even made a slight sound. Everyone held their breath at this moment until Zhang Yang used the soul force field to take a closer look and found that the five bowstrings were well stressed and would not break. Then everyone cheered and everyone wanted to rush up to give it a try.
"Don't move, let me do it!"
At this moment, Qin Yidao was extremely domineering, and he was the most qualified to say this, not only because he was a three-star hero, but also because his archery proficiency had reached as much as 580 points.
Everyone tactfully made way, and Qin Yidao stepped forward, grabbed the crude longbow, and put on a golden eagle armor-piercing arrow. Duan Kuan on the opposite side had already brought a large tree stump with a diameter of two meters and placed it eighty meters away.
But Qin Yidao still shook his head, so Duan Kuan put Wang Mumu's heavy iron shield on it. This shield had been strengthened by Zhang Yang's magic power. It had the highest level of defense and was the most qualified to be used as a test target.
This time, Qin Yidao closed his eyes, as if he was savoring something. Among the crowd, only Wu Yuan, Liu Dali and Sun Goudan understood what he was doing.
Zhang Yang observed a more subtle scene through the soul force field. He found that the unique force field emitted by the simple longbow had begun to gradually merge with the force field emitted by Qin Yidao himself.
No, no, no, that's not right!
Soon Zhang Yang realized that it was Qin Yidao, the three-star longbow king, who was using his unique bow soul to give this simple and barbaric longbow a unique soul.
Yes, the way this longbow was made was too simple and crude, and there was not even any technology involved.
But at this moment, when Qin Yidao used his innate bow soul to nurture the longbow, the longbow seemed to have washed away the impurities and began to show its true colors.
Gradually, everyone present understood what Qin Yidao was doing, and they also felt a special pressure. This pressure became more and more obvious and more and more captivating.
Duan Kuan, who was initially waiting to see the result from eighty meters away, was clearly still twenty meters away from the target, but he was subconsciously frightened and retreated repeatedly, and finally avoided Qin Yidao's front completely.
Wang Mumu suddenly came to his senses and ran like crazy to grab his heavy iron shield back. It was such a short distance, but when he ran back with his heavy iron shield, his whole body was soaked with cold sweat. He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't utter a single syllable.
"That saber-tooth tiger king was like that."
Wu Yuan suddenly whispered to Zhang Yang.
As soon as he finished speaking, more than 200 meters away, the ghost priest in the Wood Demon Tower suddenly changed his shape and turned into a ball of black mist and disappeared. Ghosts like him are most sensitive to this kind of murderous aura.
But the ghost priest was just the beginning. Most of the soldiers and captains in the castle felt the terrible pressure at this moment, and each of them was facing a powerful enemy.
But Zhang Yang didn't let them avoid it.
He himself did not avoid it, because although it was a terrible torture, it was also a rare experience.
Everyone, including Wu Yuan himself, is trying to fight against it, an invisible fight.
It can be said that from this moment on, Qin Yidao, who has this longbow and has activated his bow soul talent, has truly reached the level of a three-star hero.
In a residential building one kilometer away, a sleeping child suddenly started crying without any warning and no matter how the child was comforted, it didn't work.
"Noisy!"
In the dark training ground, someone seemed to hum, and after a while, the children finally fell asleep again.
However, inside the castle, the murderous aura that Qin Yidao caused to resonate with the longbow through the bow soul was still there.
Half an hour later, Qin Yidao opened his eyes, as if nothing had happened. He did not try to pull the bowstring because there was no need.
Instead, Zhang Yang and his group staggered all over the place in an instant, as if they had finally survived a disaster.
"I'm sorry, everyone. I didn't expect that the material nurtured by the village chief was so perfect. Even though the craftsmanship was so crude, it was still able to amplify the power of my bow soul tenfold. I apologize, I must apologize!"
The smile on Qin Yidao's face was like 99 flowers blooming. He knew, and everyone knew, that he had gotten a great bargain.
"Cou, Qin Xianyu, stop talking nonsense. How powerful is your bow?"
Duan Kuan shouted, this is also the issue that everyone is most concerned about.
"How powerful is it? Haha, you don't understand how perfect this bow is when paired with my innate bow spirit. To be frank, if I can take two more steps, I won't even need a bowstring or arrows. Just this bow itself plus my murderous aura can blow up a city wall out of thin air."
"Of course. Now, I was able to kill the monster I encountered the day before yesterday in 500 meters!"
(End of this chapter)
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