Chapter 58 Hidden Weapon

Ten days later, the carriage arrived at Nuoding City.

After going home and washing up, Lin Manshan rushed straight to the blacksmith workshop and told Tie Shan about the fact that he had obtained Senior Blacksmith Certification and had become a student of Lou Gao. After hearing this, Tie Shan wasn't unhappy, instead, his words were full of pride, relief and encouragement. After some small talk, he gave part of the purchased metal ores to Tie Shan, and then said goodbye and left.

Returning to his residence, he continued his tight life of cultivation and blacksmithing.

Time rushed by and soon came to the end of January of the following year.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, Lin Manshan bought gifts and rushed back to Holy Spirit Village after visiting Tie Shan's family.

Seeing Lin Manshan return, Old Jack's family was naturally delighted, only the fourth Jamon couldn't help but complain.

How did Little Five grow so tall?

It had to be said that in terms of height, the 1.77-metre Lin Manshan was truly an outlier compared to his peers in the village. Perhaps it was because his bones had already grown to a certain stage, in the past six months his height increase had been cut down significantly compared to before, and was considered to have returned to a normal growth rate. But even so, he was still a head taller than the fourth grandson Jamon.

It belonged to the kind where one could only see his head when he lowered his head.

"Little Five is a Spirit Master, so naturally it's different." This was the response that his foster father, Jason, gave on the spot.

Lin Manshan agreed readily and then plugged Fourth's mouth with a gift.

Next, he revealed that he had been accepted by Lou Gao as his disciple, and Old Jack was so happy that he drank several cups of aged wine in a row with his son that night. Looking at his excited face, if he didn't know that Lou Gao was from the Star Luo Empire, he probably would have run out and bragged on the spot.

After a few days of comfortable life, it was New Year's Eve.

Tang San also brought Xiao Wu back to the village.

Perhaps in his heart, he still held thoughts of Tang Hao's return, so Tang San would always choose to go back to Holy Spirit Village every year to celebrate the New Year.

In this regard, Lin Manshan, who thought that his accumulation of soul power was still a little short of the mark, didn't think much of it, and anyway, with the 'Eyes' placed in the places Tang San frequent, he continued to do whatever he was supposed to do.

One day, in the afternoon, when the sun rays were perfectly warm and relaxing, in front of the small barren house, the rhythmic sound of metal clanking resounded in the air.

Tang San stood in front of the forging table with a serious face, hammering and pounding, while Xiao Wu leaned back in her chair to sunbathe in boredom.

"Boring... Ah. It's boring..." While spitting out melon seeds, she shouted about being bored.

At the sound, Tang San raised his head to look at Xiao Wu, with a trace of doting flashing in his eyes, then he shook his head and continued to lower his head to hammer.

Not long after, with an extremely low knocking sound, on the forging table, a strangely shaped metal weapon was shaped and completed.

"Finally the parts of the Tense Back Flower Adornment Crossbow have been built." A trace of excitement flashed across his face, Tang San hurriedly clamped up the parts and put them into the water tank to complete the quenching, then raised his head to look at Xiao Wu, "Xiao Wu, play outside by yourself, I'll go inside a bit first."

"Going to tinker with those strange hidden weapons of yours again, are you? Go go go," Xiao Wu waved her hand without looking back.

Shaking his head, Tang San picked up the parts and walked inside, coming to the bedroom table.

With a burst of pounding, a crossbow-type hidden weapon of a not-so-small size was finally assembled.

"The Tense Back Flower Adornment Crossbow and the Powder Shooting Shadow have both been crafted, the next step is to create the Godly Zhuge Crossbow." Tang San smiled as he placed the Powder Shooting Shadow in his palm and surveyed it, then fell into thought, "However, the Godly Zhuge Crossbow is much larger and has more complicated parts, whether it's about hammering the materials or building the parts, it's just too time-consuming to complete it by myself. Perhaps I can split up some of the simple parts and give them to other blacksmiths to build so that I can save time and also avoid exposing the manufacturing process."

"It just so happens that I can also briefly try out the hidden weapon manufacturing process that I employed in my previous life at the Tang Sect in this world." As he looked at the hidden weapons in his eyes, Tang San couldn't help but think of the work he did in his previous life at the Tang Sect. Before jumping off the cliff, he specialised in hidden weapon manufacturing and had already made it to the level of Outer Sect Supervisor, so it could be said that he was extremely familiar with the Tang Sect's hidden weapon manufacturing process.

'Almost all the Tang Sect's economic sources rely on selling hidden weapons and poisons made by the outer sect, if, in this world, I also open a factory for manufacturing hidden weapons, what kind of income would I make?' Thinking of this, Tang San couldn't help but have his eyes flicker up, "Perhaps, this will be the cornerstone for me to rebuild the Tang Sect in this world. Since that's the case, let's start with the simple ones and try them out first."

'It just so happens that I'm at home during this period of time, so I can first draw out the drawings of all the machine-contained hidden weapons.'

Putting the Hidden weapons into his spirit tool, Tang San couldn't help but shake his head, 'After coming to this world for so many years, limited by the materials to start crafting them, many of the machine expandable type hidden weapons manufacturing methods recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, due to every weapon having too many parts, my memories of making them somewhat fading away.'

'It's just the right time, let's use this period of time to draw down all the drawings of the hidden weapons. It is to prepare for the construction of a hidden weapon factory in the future, and it is also considered deepening my memory of them. Moreover, I can keep them safe in my storage spirit tool which I always carry with me.'

Thinking in this manner, he turned back to look at the door. The corners of his mouth could not help but curve, his eyes full of doting, "Xiao Wu is also idle and bored at home these days. Tomorrow, let's take her to Nuoding City for a stroll, buy some drawings paper and come back, and by the way, buy her some delicious food. Xiao Wu must be very happy if she knows about this." Smiling, he quickly got up and walked towards the door.

A day later, at night. Lin Manshan slowly opened his eyes and smiled uncontrollably.

"Now, I'll have something to do when I return to Nuoding City." Subconsciously he raised his left hand slightly, and touched the glove, "Black iron, fine iron, mithril, fine gold, crystal steel, plate crystal, cold iron ore, deep sea sunken silver and mother silver core, hehe, I don't lack any materials."

Lou Gao is one of the continent's three great divine craftsmen. The forging handbook that he gave away, its content can be said to be extremely rich in internal records, and the classification of ores is only the basis of the content. The various alloy formulas and hammering tips, as well as the subsequent manufacturing process of various precision tools, and even the original draft of the conceptual design of the Wishful Eight Treasure Soft Armour, were truly the good stuff.

Just like what Tai Tan had said, he was more adept at refining and casting various metals, while Lou Gao was more adept at some refined technologies. In terms of these technologies and experience, in Lin Manshan's opinion, even Tang San was far from being able to match him. Compared to Lou Gao, Tang San was more like a partially-taught student who had specialised in forging all sorts of hidden weapons, and as for other things, they were pretty average.

It wasn't that Tang San didn't have the corresponding talent, it was just that his obsession with hidden weapons was too deep, limiting his thinking.

"Regardless of all this, when I get to Nuoding City, I'll make what I can first." Shaking his head, Lin Manshan pondered in his mind, 'In addition, I don't have any kind of background at present, so it's better for me not to teach Lou Gao the hidden weapon manufacturing method for the time being. With his temperament, he probably would love to vigorously promote and sell it, but without strength, how can we keep it? It might even bring a crisis to himself and the association.'

'It's better to use it for self-protection for the time being.' Sighing, Lin Manshan no longer thought much, lying down on his back, raising the quilt to sleep.

Time passed little by little, after the New Year, Lin Manshan once again returned to Nuoding City.

Continuing to devote himself to a tight life of cultivation and forging.

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