Chapter 284 (2/2)

Feng Yu Heng gently raised the corner of the lips and loudly said: “It’s called steel!”

Steel?

Everyone was confused. They had never heard of this thing. What was steel? Was it better than iron essence?

Feng Yu Heng turned back around and said to Li Kun: “Prince of Zong Sui, if I said that the method for making iron essence was outdated to my Persian master, you would definitely not be convinced, but I must tell you that it is indeed the truth.” She said this while holding the dagger in her hand, as she pulled the knife out of the sheath!

Everyone felt that the sound of this dagger being pulled from the sheath was very crisp. When they looked at the blade of the dagger, they saw that it was shiny and capable of reflecting images.

With this thing making a debut, even the prince of Zong Sui was shocked. Staring wide-eyed, he looked at the thing in Feng Yu Heng’s hand as though he had seen a ghost.

Feng Yu Heng continued: “Presently, most weapons used to kill the enemy are made of iron. A hundred years ago, Zong Sui managed to produce the iron essence that you are so proud of. But I will tell you today, the so-called iron essence is just the starting point of making steel. This is the border of beginning to craft this sort of thing. And the steel that is in my hands is something that you can not even possibly dream of making.”

Once she said this, she suddenly began moving and rushed towards the iron essence weapons. When she arrived in front of them, she reached out with the dagger and flicked it towards the bottom of the platter that the attendant carried, and all of the weapons were sent flying into the air.

Everyone was shocked and subconsciously dodged back. Even numerous hidden guards appeared at the Emperor’s side.

But the Emperor angrily snorted: “Everyone retreat! Do not block Our way!”

The hidden guards disappeared in a flash. At this time, he saw Feng Yu Heng raise her arm and begin to cut at the iron essence weapons that were in the air.

Her hand went up, and the dagger came down. Two iron essence swords, three iron essence sabers and two iron essence hooks were all cut into two parts in this instant.

After the wasted parts of iron essence weapons fell to the ground, the prince of Zong Sui was not able to endure such a shock, as he dropped to the ground.

His iron essence, the glory of his Zong Sui over the past hundred years was actually… wasted?

Not possible!

He sharply raised his head and looked straight at the thing in Feng Yu Heng’s hand. He could not accept this matter at all.

On the contrary, everyone seated in the hall from Da Shun, the Emperor included, let out a thunderous applause. Even Feng Jin Yuan was unable to hold back his feelings of excitement, as he stood up with everyone else. He repeatedly shouted to his second daughter: “Good! Good! Good!”

At this moment, Feng Yu Heng was a god of war in everyone’s hearts. Many years later, people would look back at her heroic appearance and feel a surge of emotion. They would sigh over how astonishing and strange a girl she was.

Xuan Tian Ming applauded along with everyone else. He had always known that his wife was a deity. Xuan Fei Yu calling her deity big sister was very clear. Feng Yu Heng was just a deity. She was the deity that had fallen in the mountains of the Northwest!

The applause continued for a long time. When it finally calmed down, they heard the Emperor loudly ask: “Prince of Zong Sui, do you admit defeat?”

What could Li Kun say? The broken pieces of iron essence weapons lay on the ground as a constant reminder to him that Zong Sui had lost. On this large piece of land in the middle of the continent, Zong Sui had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the large country, Da Shun.

He was still a man, and after the shock had subsided, he admitted defeat. Standing up from the ground, he saluted first to Feng Yu Heng and expressed his admiration. He then turned to face the Emperor and said: “This lowly prince has lost. This lowly prince will represent Zong Sui and retract the request for a marriage. We do not dare covet the divine Prince Chun. We also promise that Zong Sui will pledge its loyalty to Da Shun for another generation and will never betray it.”

“Good!” The Emperor rejoiced and immediately promised a number of benefits for Zong Sui.

The establishing of relations between the two countries was like that. Even if one side was the subordinate country, the other side still needed to give a sufficient amount of benefits. Only like this would one side be willing to follow the other.

As for Feng Yu Heng, she could only earnestly express herself to the Emperor and the officials: “A-Heng wishes to present the technique for producing steel to father Emperor and personally teach the craftsmen how to produce pure steel. After making it into weapons, it will be tested by the Northwest Army. After ensuring that it was a success, a large investment can be made into the military to improve our Da Shun’s military strength.”

The Emperor took a deep breath. Before the officials could even sit back down, Feng Yu Heng’s words made them stand on edge once more.

General Ping Nan was moved and went forward to bow deeply to Feng Yu Heng.

How could Feng Yu Heng receive such a thing, as she quickly went to stop him. The Emperor, however, said: “Just let him bow. As someone who has led soldiers for a lifetime, this has been the day he has been looking forward to. Previously, my Da Shun was not even able to produce iron essence, but now it will be receiving your techniques in producing steel. If he does not bow to you, I fear that he will not have any place to show this gratitude.”

General Ping Nan repeatedly nodded. At this time, all of the other generals also gathered around, as though they had planned it in advance, and they saluted Feng Yu Heng in unison: “County princess Ji An’s grand grace is something that we will never forget! County princess Ji An’s grand grace is something that we will never forget!”

TN: Steel is a combination of iron and carbon… What is pure steel?

Thank you to Heavenly on Patreon for letting me know that pure steel is steel that does not have any extra alloys added to it.