Dispute

Gongshu Wang entered the Tianquan Envoy's study surrounded by a group of assistants. However, she did not speak first, merely tapping the floor with her cane.

Her assistants immediately set to work.

They pulled out numerous mechanism components from their bundles and began assembling them on the spot.

Gao Sheng did not ask any questions. He knew that the representatives of these mechanism-making families were mostly eccentric and accustomed to doing as they pleased. Rather than opening his mouth only to be ignored, he might as well wait and see.

Before long, two long, rod-like mechanical iron devices appeared before the Tianquan Envoy.

"These are... the Iron Pellet Crossbows used by the Jinxia Army?" Gao Sheng raised his brows.

He had conducted a thorough study of the Qi State army's defeat and naturally knew of this new weapon. Unfortunately, the Ten-State Allied Army had suffered such a crushing defeat that it had scarcely won a single battle. All intelligence came from the word of defeated soldiers, and they had not even managed to seize a single weapon.

It was not until three weeks ago that the situation improved.

One of Seven Stars' teams had bribed its way into the reserves at Baihe City, secretly obtaining an Iron Pellet Crossbow and transporting it overnight to the Capital Region. Only then had the Tianquan Envoy seen the real thing for the first time.

And now, one real weapon had become two.

Gao Sheng could sense that the two weapons differed slightly, but he could not immediately say where the difference lay.

Only then did the old woman speak. "The one on the right is my imitation."

The Tianquan Envoy could not help but rejoice. The Gongshu Clan's capabilities truly were extraordinary—to figure out the Mo Clan's masterpiece in such a short time.