Exploding Spear

Deep in the Great Marsh.

Undercurrents are surging.

After a dizzying spin, the Old Toad landed steadily, raising a light dust.

Fat Catfish carrying a large boat emerged from the tunnel along with Liang Qu.

Liang Qu looked at the Old Toad and the Fat Catfish with nonchalant expressions, and forced himself to stand up despite feeling dizzy.

I haven't had enough experience yet, and I'm not very used to channel transmission.

The Old Toad, having sunbathed, was very sleepy and left first, darting away on its two frog legs and disappearing from sight.

Liang Qu carried the large boat himself, followed the Fat Catfish, and saw the long-lost giant Toad.

The Toad did not immediately greet the man and the beast.

It poked its head out of the cave and looked around. Only after confirming that the Old Toad in the distance had disappeared did it happily accept the new boat and carefully wipe the hull with its webbed claws.

"You guys are really slow this time; it's been almost half a month since the last new ship arrived!"

The Toad muttered complaints and grumbles, which startled Liang Qu.

More than half a month? He sent one boat in late August when he went to Hua Zhu County to manage the floods. Liu Quanfu and the beaver built the boat. Then, two more boats were sent until the end of January today.

It's been almost five months since then, hasn't it?

The Fat Catfish was unfazed. It flicked its whiskers, indicating to Toad Big Brother that a day's sleep counted as one day, and it could sleep for almost ten days at a time.

Liang Qu suddenly realized, and clasped his hands in a gesture of respect, explaining, "Your Great King, please don't be angry. Slow and steady wins the race. Why don't you take a look at the new items on the ship?"

"A new item?"

Looking at the toad-shaped warship with its large red and black Spring Couplets Toad on the ship, one can immediately see the rotary crossbow on the deck.

The Fat Catfish took off the cloth bag on its body and poured out more than thirty "spears", the spearheads gleaming coldly.

Even Toad that has never eaten pork has seen a pig run.

Many of the warships it had collected previously had similar devices, but none of them were usable; they were all broken and in disarray. It had always wanted to have a complete and usable ship crossbow.

Could it be...?

The Toad was overjoyed.

It observed the structure of the crossbows it had seen and dismantled before, and without being taught, it started to use them on its own.

First, pick up the toothpick-like spear and insert it into the barrel of the ship's crossbow. Then, pull the turntable. After hearing a click to lock it in place, twist the long rope and gently pull it down.

"Puff!"

The long crossbow cleaved through the water, shooting more than a hundred feet into the ground before finally crashing into a hillside, raising a cloud of dust where it landed.

The Toad nearly jumped up.

It grabbed the "spears" next to the Fat Catfish as if it were iron skewers, picked out two, and stuffed them into the crossbows of the two ships.

Twist the turntable, pull the long rope, and it's all done in one smooth motion.

Spears flew out in unison, and two more plumes of smoke rose.

"Puff!"

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The Toad kept pulling the rope, having a great time.

Liang Qu knew that his decision was correct.

What's the point of constantly sending boats? Even if you like them, you'll get tired of them if you keep sending them. You need to come up with something new.

Moreover, the crossbows sent to the ships cannot be mere decorations; they must be truly usable and effective.

But if it's too useful, we'll lose money. The purpose of giving away ships is to make money, and to make money in the long run.

Therefore, Liang Qu put a lot of thought into it.

Ordinary arrows cannot travel very far underwater; if they don't travel far, it's not interesting, and there's no thrill of violence.

Therefore, all thirty-odd crossbow arrows were made of Profound Water Iron.

After Liang Qu became the River Earl, the standard weapon Profound Water Spear, sent by the River Conservancy Office was made of the same material, and was later given to Li LiBo and Chen Jiechang for their use.

This thing has average hardness and average toughness, but its biggest advantage is that it has little impact on water resistance and it's cheap!

"Fist" has been in a cave-dwelling state for several months since it left the pond. The patterns on its back have become more obvious, its defensive capabilities have become superhuman, and its perception range has also expanded considerably.

Liang Qu owns several acres of land with Profound Water Iron underneath. However, the price of Profound Water Iron is not much higher than that of ordinary Xuan iron. Rather than hiring someone to demolish the walls and dig pits, making it impossible to live in, it is better to ignore it.

Due to its low cost and minimal water resistance, almost all the arrows on the crossbows of the River Conservancy Office were forged from this material.

Of course, the crossbows of the regular army are of much better quality, and even the highest quality ones are at least ten times refined.

The Da Shun Refining Cult has a unique craft called Layered Forging, which can transform lower-grade materials into high-quality Treasure Artifact.

Ten parts added together make ten refined soldiers; one hundred parts added together make Hundred Refinements Weapon.

This is how Liang Qu's original Black Iron Great Bow came about; it was crafted by Liu Jie at great expense.

However, the pile given to the Toad was clearly the most basic first-level refining.

More than thirty pieces, packaged together for just over four hundred taels, with minimal labor costs, produced by Lu Gang's apprentice named Li Yuan.

It fired more than thirty times in a row.

The Toad shot all the spears from its webbed claws, yet it was still not satisfied.

It ran to the hillside, Ping Mountain, and pulled the spear out of the soil again.

Liang Qu watched as the Toad molded the terrain like clay, and remained silent.

Having retrieved the spear, the Toad was in high spirits and immediately asked Liang Qu what he wanted in exchange for.

As a result, they heard Liang Qu asking for the Treasure Fish.

The Toad was in a dilemma, and it scratched its head.

"Today is a holiday, all the delicious Treasure Fish were used for the New Year's Eve dinner, so there aren't many left..."

Good grief, Dragonfolk celebrate the Spring Festival, and Toad do too, huh!

Liang Qu was speechless for a moment.

But on second thought, it makes sense.

Aside from the border regions and deep forests, which place is not dominated by the human race and where martial arts flourish?

The worship of the strong exists everywhere.

Da Shun was powerful, the surrounding small countries took pride in celebrating Da Shun festivals and even sent gifts to celebrate.

Like a demon.

Human culture is a dominant culture.

For Demon Beast, to study, they must first learn human language.

What's the best way to start learning? Naturally, you should begin with primers on the solar terms and other similar topics.

It's perfectly normal for a group of Demon Race with no established roots to have their culture invade them, leading to imitation and its adoption Demon Race.

"It's alright, Your Great King. Why don't you let me take a look first? I'm choosing Treasure Fish; I don't care whether it tastes good or not."

In Toad's eyes, only the Treasure Fish.

But Liang Qu only needs to be functional.

Despite his confusion, the Toad still produced two large seashells from behind him, through which eight Treasure Fish swam.

After examining them carefully for a while, Liang Qu was unsure and chose the two largest Treasure Fish.

afterwards.

Liang Qu looked at the large seashell. "Your Great King, what is this seashell, and how can it imprison the Treasure Fish?"

"It's no use. The shell's ability to imprison the Treasure Fish isn't due to the shell's power; it's just a shell."

"All right."

Liang Qu looked up at the sky and saw that the water was yellowish, so he took his leave.

"Wait, the warship is good. Here's something else for you."

The Toad scurried out of its burrow, reached into the hull of a warship that had been broken in two, and pulled out three short spears, each about 1.5 meters long.

The "short spear" has a rather strange shape; it is entirely black and very thick.

"Your Great King, this is..."

"' Exploding Spear,' left over from an old warship. I don't know if it will work. Let's give it a try and show it to you."

The Toad held a stick in his hand, about a hundred meters away from Liang Qu, and gently pressed both ends.

The moment the short spear bent and deformed.

Boom! A violent torrent of water rushed towards us.

The entire underwater surface was filled with flying mud and sand, as if a strong wind had swept through, and Yellow Mist flowed along the ground.

Liang Qu and the Fat Catfish seemed to have been hit by a heavy hammer in the chest, and they rolled out one after another, falling to the ground and gnawing on several mouthfuls of mud and sand.

The Toad leaned closer. "It's been so long since I played with it. I only remembered it when I saw the ship's crossbow today. I've kind of forgotten how powerful it is. Are you alright?"

"It's alright, it's alright."

Liang Qu spat out the mud from his mouth, stood up from the ground, took the two remaining short spears from the Toad, and thanked him tremblingly.

"Thank you for the Great King, Your Majesty."