Tai Tan grinned, saying:
“That’s for sure, I already have some ideas, not only will the crossbow bolts be converted to alloy, moreover, I still plan to carve blood grooves on top, according to the designs of your Bone Piercing Needles. Like this, the penetrating power can be displayed to its greatest degree. I think that, let alone fortieth or fiftieth rank, when the time comes, even sixtieth ranked Spirit Masters will be threatened.”
Tang San laughed in spite of himself:
“Then if moving on, aren’t you next going to say that we’ll replace the material for the Peacock Plume with your alloy?”
Tai Tan scratched his head,
“That doesn’t seem like it’ll work, the weight of my alloy really can’t compare to black lined iron. The impact force will be lacking. After all, the Peacock Plume needs to simultaneously hold as many as three hundred sixty five hidden weapons, weight is still extremely important.”
Tang San laughed out loud, saying:
“Transforming the Godly Zhuge Crossbow isn’t impossible, but making it will be even more difficult. I believe the original Godly Zhuge Crossbow should still be kept, after all, for large scale production, the single unit cost can’t be too high. We can also give the alloy version Godly Zhuge Crossbow a try. But, after the fiftieth rank, with each level a Spirit Master advances, his strength will be fundamentally different. I’m afraid the killing power of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow won’t be as good as you imagine after remodelling. But Spirit Masters of the fiftieth rank or so shouldn’t be any major problem.”
Tai Tan somewhat unaccepting said:
“Putting into practice is the only standard for evaluation, once we’ve tried it we’ll talk about it again.”
Tang San smiled:
“Even though the room for improving the Godly Zhuge Crossbow is limited, after hearing what you just said, I have a new thought. Besides the internal mechanism, a large part of the difficulty of making the Peacock Plume lies in those twelve kinds of unusual needles. The needles are small, making them is also extremely meticulous work. I think, we can not only convert those Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts into the Bone Piercing Needles you mention, but equally convert into another few kinds of needles, just changing the needle to a bolt. After increasing the volume, making them will be a lot easier. Like this, we can have twelve different versions of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow. Further adding the firing strength increase from the alloy, it can catch people even more off guard.”
“Good kid, this plan is good. We’ll properly figure it out later. Like this, our Godly Zhuge Crossbow won’t be so singular. Oh, right, why didn’t I think that, through using different crossbow bolts, the power and properties will change. When manufactured, as long as the firing troughs are adjusted, if twelve different kinds of Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts shoot, wouldn’t that be a large version of the Peacock Plume? Perhaps the fire power wouldn’t be as great as the Peacock Plume over short distances, but the range would be longer, its effect would definitely be even better when dealing with large groups of enemies.”
Standing nearby, Tai Long as well as the dumbstruck listening Ma hongjun now couldn’t help a trace of helplessness. They again saw a burning light in Tang San and Tai Tan’s eyes. Ma Hongjun couldn’t help saying:
“It’s over. It seems we still can’t sit in the front carriage. One old and one young, why are they both so crazy when talking about hidden weapons?”
Tang San heard ma Hongjun’s words, and raised a fist at him,
“Fatty, you don’t understand this. There’s always been a fine line between genius and madman.”
At these words, everyone couldn’t help laughing. Those Strength Clan clansmen following Tai Tan to participate in the gathering this time couldn’t help clicking their tongues in wonder, they hadn’t seen the old clan chief so happy in a very long time. The affection with which he looked at Tang San was simply far stronger than for Tai long. That signature grandson was already forgotten at the back of his mind.
At this moment, the soldiers inspecting the carriage had already stepped out, gaze flashing across Tang San and the others, one of the soldiers said:
“You, you, and you all. Hand over your magic tools, we’ll inspect them for contraband.”
This somewhat abrupt voice blocked everyone’s relaxed and cheerful mood, and Tai Tan frowned:
”Since when did the frontier guard have a rule like that? I’ve never heard of inspecting spirit tools.”
Only nobles and Spirit Masters could possess something like spirit tools. Used to carry important items, how could they be casually revealed?
The speaking soldier snorted once, raising his hand and waving, immediately all the soldiers at the border station encircled them with shouts. The more than one hundred soldiers immediately assumed and appearance of bows bent and swords drawn. The two carriages with Tang San and the others were completely surrounded.
That speaking soldier seemed to be the captain, coldly snorting,
“I’m the one with the final say here. You didn’t hear about the rules before? You have now. Hand over your spirit tools at once, otherwise, don’t blame me for being blunt.”
Who was Tai Tan? The Strength Clan chief, the Strength Clan never had good tempers, least of all him. Laughing coldly,
“Fine! Got guts. Dare move on me. I want to have a look at how you’ll collect our spirit tools today. Let them see who we are.”
Including Tai Long, the five the five Strength Clan clansmen simultaneously gave their reply, rich spirit power abruptly releasing from their bodies, instantly expanding as if inflated, terrifying muscles tearing the clothes on their upper bodies, in the blink of an eye revealing a frightful aura of strength.
The Strength Clan were pure strength Spirit Masters, with terrifying strength. None could be their equal among equal level Spirit Masters. Five Spirit Masters, four Spirit Kings and one Spirit Ancestor. The powerful imposing manner immediately forced those soldiers crowding around them to retreat again and again.
Instantly, the expressions of all the soldiers changed greatly, the hands holding their weapons already starting to tremble somewhat.
Tang San looked somewhat pondering at these soldiers, thoughts linking up in his mind. Generally speaking, even though border inspections were strict, it absolutely wasn’t to the degree of inspecting spirit tools. Even though people with spirit tools could be nobles, they could also be Spirit Masters. Could it be these soldiers weren’t afraid of running into Spirit Masters? Wrong. There was some reason for this.
Before Tang San could inquire further, just at this moment, a strange cold voice echoed,
“Yo, so many Spirit Masters! Four Spirit Kings, one Spirit Ancestor, no wonder they dare refuse inspection. But don’t you know that refusing border inspections and forcefully charging the border is unpardonable?”
Altogether three people walked out from the barracks to the side with heads swaying. Seeing these three people, that captain from before seemed to loose a breath as if relieved of a burden, swiftly running over, saying something in a low voice to the three people.
Even though these three were also dressed as soldiers, their attire seemed somewhat crooked, and they were all over fifty. If one had to describe their appearance, it could only be said to be vulgar beyond vulgar.
The speaker was a slightly plump middle aged man, his skin appearing dark yellow, short hair, a face with a cheap appearance, seemingly a bit effeminate. With a soft voice, also making gesturing with his hands as he spoke, he seemed rather awkward.
The middle aged man in the middle had what was considered the best appearance of the three, and he was also the tallest, tangled hair hanging to his shoulders. A brandy nose, small eyes, swollen like a goldfish. One look gave the impression of an excessive love of wine.
The middle aged man on the right looked the most vulgar. Built slim, especially his wasted face, crooked mouth, swaying shoulders, holding a cucumber thin large cigar at the corner of his mouth, an appearance as i
f shaking a tail from side to side that made people want to whip him.
Seeing these three, everyone couldn’t help their brows creasing. Very clearly, these three fellows weren’t any good creatures, and they were still at ease in in front of the spirit power released by five Spirit Masters, this made clear they were also Spirit Masters.
Tang San and Ma Hongjun looked face to face. The expressions in both their eyes became a bit eccentric, especially Ma Hongjun whose facial expression grew extremely strange, the appearance of restraining laughter.
Even the red eyes of Xiao Wu in Tang San’s embrace fell on that leftmost person. Even though there was no expression in her eyes, she still blinked constantly.
Very quickly, the three vulgar middle aged men had walked over, that peculiar fellow on the left saying:
“Causing trouble. So what if you’re Spirit Masters? If you want to pass through here, leave behind the things in your spirit tools. Don’t haggle with me, otherwise, you won’t even keep your lives.”
As he spoke, three spirit power fluctuations simultaneously erupted from the trio.
This leftmost fellow surged with a vague pink luster, immediately afterwards, a pink thing appeared over his head. It seemed like two covers, both round. Resting on his head, they were strange beyond strange.
Only, attracting everyone’s attention was that he also had five spirit rings, one white, one yellow, three purple. Even though the spirit ring allocation wasn’t up to much, he seemed very proud.
The vulgar middle aged man in the middle also grew very strange. Under the effect of his spirit, his his neck suddenly grew, his mouth stretching forward, countless white feathers growing on his arms. Spreading his arms, his belly also grew very large, only those swollen eyes still kept their original appearance.
In terms of spirits, the right hand middle aged man was still the most normal, a blade appearing in his hand, but it was a broken blade.
The right hand and middle two middle aged men both had six spirit rings, also roughly the same configuration, but with one more black ten thousand year spirit ring than the one on the left. They were unexpectedly two Spirit Emperors.
No wonder they wouldn’t pay attention when confronting four Spirit Kings and a Spirit Ancestor, they had some strength.
Tai Tan snorted furiously. Even though it had really come to this, their side might not lose. But seeing the unbridled and vulgar appearance of the opponents he couldn’t hold back, about to release his spirit and let those vulgar fellows see who was stronger here.
But, he was stopped by Tang San. Tang San smiled:
“Leave this to me and Fatty. We also have some history with that guy on the left. Fatty, I’ll leave him to you.”
Disregarding the opponents being three, and moreover two with spirit power higher than Ma Hongjun’s, with Tang San backing him up, what would he still be afraid of?
Ma Hongjun already couldn’t wait, at once taking a sudden step forward,
“Bu Le, do you still recognize little gramps?”
The leftmost Spirit Master immediately looked distracted when Ma Hongjun called out, his unbridled burning energy also lowering somewhat. Originally, these three fellows were the three vulgar cheap customers from back then. The peculiar person on the left was Ma Hongjun’s one time love rival, whose vital area had finally been cooked by Ma Hongjun, Bu Le. That fellow in the middle was called E Kao. The rightmost person was called Tian Ya. The vulgar aura of these three gathered together was enough to alarm heaven and earth, and make ghosts cry.
However, it was also just because of their vulgarity and pettiness that no sect would shelter them. As a matter of fact, not long ago these three fellows had thought of a way to make money, relying on their Spirit Master identity to join the army, robbing at this border post.
No matter who, as long as they passed here, these people would rake off a layer of skin. The trio’s spirit power level wasn’t low, and could even be certain when meeting ordinary Spirit Masters. This then led to the current scene.
“Damn fatty, how do you know my name?”
Bu Le asked puzzled with his peculiar voice.
Ma Hongjun grinned,
“Did you forget the flavor of roast chicken from back then? Should I call you transvestite Bu Le?”
Hearing this, Bu Le’s expression immediately changed. His gaze at Ma Hongjun became completely different, his eyes seemingly about to shoot flame,
“Bastard, you’re that little fatty?”
Ma Hongjun, immensely proud with himself, said:
“That’s right. Last time I burned that broken stick of firewood of yours. What do you plan to have me burn this time?”
“I’ll fight you.”
Bu Le’s hot blood had already rushed to his head, charging at Ma Hongjun regardless of anything.
Bu Le’s lewdness counted as number one among the three vulgar cheap customers, and since having his treasure destroyed by Fatty, he had never gotten back up, his spirit power cultivation had also lagged further and further behind his two peers. In terms of talent, these three vulgar fellows were originally still pretty good. Back then when he suffered Xiao Wu’s sneak attack, he had already been close to the fiftieth rank.
Now hearing Ma Hongjun admit who he was, the flames of hatred combusted. He only had one thought in his heart, and that was to thoroughly cripple a certain part of this fatty, to let him also experience what he had once suffered.
However, it had been a long time since Ma Hongjun was that little fatty he had so easily bullied. Watching Bu Le throw himself at him, an intense phoenix flame immediately rushed out, the suddenly rising temperature immediately distorting the air.
Two yellow, two purple, one black, five spirit rings appeared out of nowhere. Even though both their spirit power wasn’t far apart, in terms of spirit rings and the quality of their spirit itself, Ma Hongjun was far too powerful.
Unfortunately, Bu Le was already blinded by anger, unable to pay attention to anything. With a shake of his right hand, those two pink covers on his head immediately flew up, going straight to envelop Ma Hongjun. The covers grew larger in midair, seemingly still having some true imposing manner. Bu Le’s five spirit rings glittered practically one after another, using his full strength.
When E Kao and Tian Ya heard Ma Hongjun’s words they immediately knew who this fatty was. Back then they had searched for Ma Hongjun for a very long time, but had to give up when they didn’t find him. Now seeing the colors of the spirit rings Ma Hongjun released, these two vulgar fellows didn’t care about any rules, immediately charging behind Bu Le.
Unfortunately, they ran into Tang San. With a flash before their eyes, there was already a person there. Overbearing and tyrannical imposing manner spread out. Extremely ice cold killing intent barred their way forward just like sharp knives. Tang San’s Deathgod Domain suddenly erupted. There was unexpectedly a faint white mist in the air. Right now, Tang San had already returned Xiao Wu to the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse.
A chill from the bottom of their hearts made E Kao and Tian Ya’s steps forward screech to a halt. Looking at the handsome youth in front of them, their eyes revealed an intense overwhelming shock.
They were both slick customers of the Spirit Master world, and they could naturally feel that the almost tangible killing intent Tang San released wasn’t something that could be obtained by just cultivation. That was something accumulated through vast amounts of blood! Even though they didn’t see any spirit rings appearing, this surging ice cold killing intent already made them think of retreating.
The dense white mist gradually spread, enveloping the three people within. The ice cold feeling continued to grow, and E Kao and Tian Ya both discovered their bodies were a bit more sluggish than usual.
With a flash of black light, the Clear Sky Hammer had already appeared in Tang San’s hand. He didn’t use his Blue Silver Emperor spirit in order to keep his hundred thousand year spirit ring from being seen by the opponents. Killing these three vul
gar fellows was nothing, but he couldn’t kill all the soldiers here. Therefore, he chose to use the Clear Sky Hammer.
Despite this, Tang San’s strength still didn’t weaken by much. First disregarding his Tang Sect secret skills, with the power of four spirit bones as well as the Clear Sky Hammer itself, that wasn’t far short of the Blue Silver Emperor.
Let alone when he still had the power of two great domains.
The lines of the Deathgod Domain carved onto the Clear Sky Hammer released white brilliance, and under Tang San urging it with his full strength, the domain’s effect constantly grew stronger.
“Go!”
E Kao shouted, forcefully beating his two arms transformed into wings, countless white feathers rushing out, turning into a hurricane of white feathers, shooting at Tang San. Each feather was like a sharp blade, flickering with a faint metallic luster. This was already his fourth spirit ability.
When Tang San released the Deathgod Domain, these two fellows had already begun to beat the drums of retreat. After all, there were still another five Spirit Masters behind Tang San and Ma Hongjun, not lacking cultivation. They knew that they had kicked an iron panel here today.
However, attack was the best way to cover a retreat, they’d still first beat back Tang San, then they could escape easier. Moreover, even though they were a bit vulgar, the feelings between the three brothers were still deep, they’d leave with Bu Le.
At the same time as E Kao launched his attack, Tian Ya scurried along fiercely, at high speed moving past next to the hurricane. In the same instant as he accelerated, his broken blade was already swinging, a faint green afterimage smeared directly towards Tang San’s neck.
The vulgar three cheap customers were pretty good as a group of Spirit Masters. Bu Le was a control type Spirit Master, E Kao was power attack type, and this Tian Ya was agility attack type.
However, could they really have their wishes fulfilled?
Despite Tang San not having entered the Spirit Emperor level for long, with his current spirit power and all sorts of skills, within the range of this level, he had no opponents.
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