Chapter 169 Tang San, let me ask you how would you win?

Ten days later, Lin Manshan, Dugu Bo, and Shui Bing'er entered the academy.

As the few people were coming out of the extreme north from the southeast, they happened to be passing by Skywater City on their way back to Heaven Dou City, so the Shui Chaozong couple directly rerouted back to their home. Having been out for nearly two months, the date was already mid-February, and the year was over. Both couples, one being the Skywater City's City Lord and Shui Clan's Head, and the other being the Skywater Academy's Dean, had been away for a long time, and there were quite a few things they needed to rush back to take care of.

After briefing the Breaking Clan disciple who was guarding the gate to go and call someone, and sending Shui Bing'er back home to rest first, Lin Manshan followed Dugu Bo straight to the meeting hall.

After being away for so many days, they also had to learn about the recent happenings and do a yearly overview in the meantime.

Not long after, Shui Zilu, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao and the others entered the hall one after another.

"Dean, there were quite a few people who sent invitations before the year, including Clan Leader Ning and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Shui Zilu recounted everything one by one, "In addition, the Martial Spirit Hall sent an invitation to compete in the continent-wide Spirit Master Tournament, which will be kicked off on the first day of March."

"The work of the Holy Healing Faculty has been carried out much smoother these days with the help of Clan Leader Yang, and it's currently expanding the scale of medicine sales." Ye Xintang followed the narration, her Ye family members were not many; before she was in charge of growing herbs, refining medicines, and selling medicines, which was indeed a bit overwhelming to manage. However, after Yang Wudi came, she had to admit that the other party was indeed much higher than her in terms of talent in pill refining.

Therefore, the two of them agreed that the matter of refining medicines would be given to the Breaking Clan to do in the future, and her Ye Family would be responsible for cultivating medicinal herbs and selling medicinal herbs, which they were more adept at.

After all, it was a plant-based martial soul with an innate affinity towards plants, which the Breaking Clan couldn't compare to.

As for the sale of medicines, the direct disciple of the Breaking clan's martial soul is focused on the offensive Soul Breaking Spear, the martial soul is straight, the nature is also straight, coupled with the refining of medicines has become obsessive, they are not very willing to spend time to study and deal with people in business, previously they relied on their family members to take care of the situation. On the other hand, the martial soul of the Ye family is a flower, the clan has many girls, people are beautiful and sweet-sounding and have good contacts, and the head of the family, Ye Xintang, is also a person who is good at the way of business.

Therefore, after discussion, the leading role in the sale of medicines has been given to Ye Xintang, and the family members of the Breaking Clan are assisting from the side.

Currently, Yang Wudi has a Deputy Dean position in the Holy Healing Faculty, and the main duty of the Breaking Clan is to guard the academy for the time being.

Because all the clansmen of the Defence Clan were participating in the construction of the two clans' residences and the improvement of the Academy's facilities, the task of guarding the Academy could only fall on the Breaking Clan.

However, Yang Wudi was either cultivating or delving into pill refining on weekdays and basically didn't go down himself.

Above him, there was the Dean, Ye Xintang, who was in charge of things, and below him, there were disciples guarding the gate, so he was a proper hands-off.

"The construction of the academy is estimated to be finished by the end of the year, the main reason is that the peripheral wall is a bit long."

Niu Gao took over the discussion.

The academy covered an area of 50 square kilometres, and it was all mountainous terrain, so the perimeter wall was indeed uncommonly long.

Even with the help of hired imperial troops, it was still a big project. Everyone expressed their understanding and nodded slightly.

When it was Lou Gao's turn to speak, he pulled a pistol from his spirit tool and slapped it on the table.

"This is the result of my work over the past year."

"Master, it has been researched?!" Lin Manshan was taken aback. Lowering his head to look at it, the gun was about 25 centimetres long, all black and metallic.

"Well, it has been researched for more than a year, if I don't get it done, where am I going to put my old face?" Lou Gao slapped his belly and laughed.

"This is?" Yang Wudi and Niu Gao immediately showed puzzlement, they only joined the academy not long ago, and only know that the academy has a Holy Casting Faculty, which is an important part of the academy. Normally, Lou Gao basically never showed his face, and there was not much communication between them, so they did not know what was being researched inside.

"How about trying it out?" Dugu Bo became interested and turned his head to look at Niu Gao, "Brother Niu, open a defensive spirit skill. Help us feel the strength of the attack, don't worry, this thing can't hurt you. Besides, there's still Xiaotang nearby."

"Good." Without hesitation, Niu Gao got up and left his seat, coming to an empty space to open a defensive spirit skill.

A faint white film of light instantly enveloped his body.

"Come on, Old Gao, demonstrate, just hit towards the thigh." Dugu Bo turned his head towards Lou Gao and continued.

"Hmm." Lou Gao nodded, picking up the pistol with his right hand as he stood up, holding the gun body with his left hand and pulling it, then opening the tail safety, "Now it is loaded with the strongest armour-breaking bullet with the strongest defence-breaking ability that I can develop at present, with a capacity of 10 rounds, which can be loaded automatically. After testing, the effective range is 200 metres. The optimal range is 50 metres, any further than that the bullet's trajectory will deviate."

After saying that, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at Niu Gao's thigh and he pulled the half-moon trigger. "Boom!" A loud bang was heard from the ground, and a small piece of the white light film in front of Niu Gao's thigh dimmed at once.

Immediately after that, the ground burst with sparks, a side table and chair tipped over on the ground, and the chair legs directly burst open.

Niu Gao withdrew his spirit skill, his face held shock, "This intensity, if a Spirit King doesn't have a top-tier defensive spirit skill, he will definitely be seriously injured and on the verge of death if he is struck head-on."

Artificially crafted weapons that could kill a Spirit King with a single pull of the trigger, if they could be manufactured on a large scale.

Its small size made it easy to hide. It was also easy to operate and could fire ten rounds in a row, which was too terrifying.

Lou Gao shook his head, "Surprise at close range is indeed possible, but if the distance is too far, it's hard to say."

"That's true, not to mention Spirit King, even Spirit Elder's reaction and speed are not low. Facing the enemy head-on, how to aim and hit is also a big problem." Dugu Bo, who stepped forward, nodded his head slightly, then raised his head slightly, "However, for sneak attacks and self-protection, this is definitely a divine weapon."

These days, apart from playing in the arena, who would waste their physical strength by going head-on in an outdoor fight?

Of course, they would quietly approach and finish the job with a shot to the head!

If the opponent gets close, then fire a few shots in a row, with such a fast rate of shooting, you can always hit it once, right?

"That's true." Lou Gao patted his belly, and proudly smiled, "In addition, to prevent counterfeiting, hehe, I also deliberately added a self-destruct mechanism, dismantling it indiscriminately could lead to accidents."

"Old Gao, can it be manufactured on a large scale?" Dugu Bo asked again.

"It can be, but the efficiency is very slow." Lou Gao shook his head slightly and said helplessly, "The internal structure of the pistol is not too complicated, and there are not many parts that need to be used, but it requires a high degree of precision. If there is a slight deviation, wear and tear will easily occur during use, and the gun body will even blow up because it can't withstand the impact of the bullets, injuring oneself and making it very dangerous. Therefore, each part needs to be carefully cast and polished by skilled craftsmen before it can be used, and the rate of finished products is still very low."

The industrial era of building things and relying on pure handmade craftsmanship was indeed difficult. Lin Manshan also felt helpless inwardly.

"It's fine, if we can build one, we can supply our own family for self-protection in the future." Dugu Bo said indifferently, "We are not going to sell it to the public anyway."

"Hmm." Lou Gao nodded, then pulled out another piece of paper from the spirit tool and handed it to Dugu Bo, "The reason why pistols are difficult to build is mainly because the size is too small, and the tolerance of the manufactured parts is too low. This is not the case with some of the larger-sized machine-type hidden weapons, Dean, take a look, this is the list and number of other machine-type hidden weapons built by our Holy Casting Faculty in the past year."

Dugu Bo reached out and took it, lowering his head and giving it a quick scan, his eyes instantly brightened. Raising his head, he spoke solemnly, "Old Gao, store them all first. Right now, the construction work of our academy is not finished, many places outside still need to use the imperial army to help, there are many people, and it is not appropriate to equip them for the time being, everything will wait until the academy is completed."

"Well, I also think so." Lou Gao nodded, then pulled out a wooden box from the spirit tool, and handed it to Lin Manshan together with the pistol, "Man Er, here, the inspiration for the pistol came from you, so take the first one that was manufactured, and it is also considered a New Year's gift from master to you."

"Thank you, master." Lin Manshan didn't push back, reaching out to take it.

The idea of giving Tang San a shot suddenly surged inside.

Not long after, the meeting finished, everyone left separately, and Lin Manshan returned to his residence.

As soon as he entered, the gazes of the women sitting in the living room looked over in unison. It was now the middle of February, and there was less than half a month before the commencement of the Spirit Master Tournament opening ceremony. Cultivating and adjusting the mindset before the tournament was very necessary, therefore, the special training for the battle team had already ended.

Smiling and taking small steps to the sofa to sit down, he began to chatter with all the girls happily.

Embracing warmth and softness, Lin Manshan smiled and his thoughts wandered.

He, Zhu Zhuyun, and Dugu Yan, the three of them were now all level 55 in terms of spirit power. Shui Bing'er is at level 53, Ye Lingling is at level 49, Zhu Zhuyu and Shui Yue'er are at level 48, and Zhu Zhuqing is at level 45. Moreover, Zhu Zhuyu and Zhu Zhuqing were both confident that they would break through a level at the beginning of March. Four Spirit Kings, four Spirit Ancestors, with this kind of combination, they can play comfortably.

Tang San, I'm just asking. How you're going to win?

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