Of them all, Sword Douluo, the one who had experienced it firsthand, understood best just how terrifying the bullets were.
If Sword Douluo hadn't promptly activated his Spirit Manifestation, he suspected the bullets might have been able to injure him.
"Terrifying!" Sword Douluo thought.
Nearby, Bone Douluo saw Sword Douluo cheating by activating his Spirit Manifestation and seized the chance to mock Chen Xin.
"Old Sword, I told you ages ago to hold back, but you wouldn't listen. Now you can't even take a few little Hidden Weapons?"
At that, Sword Douluo's face immediately darkened.
Being mocked by Bone Douluo in front of the younger generation—
Sword Douluo immediately shot back, "Hmph, you old bonehead. If you don't believe me, why don't you try it yourself?"
Sword Douluo taunted Bone Douluo.
Then he withdrew his Martial Soul and returned to Ning Fengzhi's side.
"Hmph, I'll try, then."
Bone Douluo was curious too.
His Martial Soul was a special Bone Dragon.
His body was far stronger than an ordinary Soul Master's, and he'd been looking for a chance to show off in front of the youngsters.
Maybe he could even trick one of them into becoming his disciple?
"Rongrong, go again," Bone Douluo urged Ning Rongrong.
Nearby, Ning Rongrong glanced at Qian Yu. Seeing him nod, she loaded the bullets once more.
This time, however, the bullets were a little different. They seemed heavier than the ones she'd used at first.
After loading seven bullets, Ning Rongrong said to Bone Douluo, "Bone Grandpa, here I come!"
"Good," Bone Douluo replied, sounding pleased.
"Swish, swish, swish..." The seven bullets shot out one after another.
This time, Ning Rongrong was clearly much more adept at controlling them.
The bullets flew at tremendous speed, quickly reaching Bone Douluo. They pierced through layer after layer of Soul Power barriers and struck the surface of Bone Douluo's Bone Dragon Martial Soul.
At first, Bone Douluo had been quite confident in his level-50 Bone Dragon.
But as the bullets entered the Bone Dragon's body,
Bone Douluo began to panic.
"Seventh Spirit Skill—Bone Dragon True Body!"
Bone Douluo hurriedly unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar.
The Bone Dragon's fearsome power strengthened his body once more.
The bullets were embedded firmly in the Bone Dragon's body.
Bone Douluo used a little Soul Power to extract the bullets.
When he saw the huge marks left on his Bone Dragon Martial Soul,
he couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.
Seeing that Bone Douluo had also been forced to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar,
Sword Douluo began to mock him too. "Tsk, didn't you say your body was tough? Why were you forced to use your Martial Soul Avatar too?"
Bone Douluo simply ignored Sword Douluo.
He went straight over to Ning Fengzhi.
"Rongrong, how much do the weapons from your Feather Gate cost? Could you arrange for us to get a thousand or so?"
Bone Douluo asked Ning Rongrong with a serious expression.
Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi also looked at Ning Rongrong expectantly.
"Sorry, Bone Grandpa, you'll have to ask Brother Qian Yu about that."
"He's the master of our Feather Gate, and he also designed and made this weapon himself."
Ning Rongrong explained the whole story to Ning Fengzhi and the others.
Only then did they turn their attention back to Qian Yu.
"Little friend Qian Yu, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect truly doesn't know how to thank you."
"But for the sake of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, I, Ning Fengzhi, still hope you'll provide us with these weapons."
Ning Fengzhi spoke earnestly and bowed to Qian Yu.
Qian Yu hurried forward. "You're too polite, Uncle Ning. Rongrong and I came here precisely to discuss the manufacture of the Desert Eagle."
"Oh?" Hearing that Qian Yu had come specifically to discuss making the weapon, Ning Fengzhi immediately became interested.
Since Qian Yu had come for that purpose, it meant that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's cooperation would be necessary.
That greatly increased the sect's chances of obtaining the weapons.
Besides, given Ning Rongrong's relationship with Qian Yu, the weapons would surely be made available to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect first.
"Qian Yu, tell us what kind of cooperation you have in mind."
Sword Douluo was impatient. He went straight past Ning Fengzhi and questioned Qian Yu. As one of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's protective elders, he knew exactly what this weapon could mean for the sect.
"To be honest, making this weapon is extremely complicated. With the production capacity of our Feather Gate, manufacturing it is very difficult. So I hope our Feather Gate can provide some of the blueprints, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect produces the parts. Then our Feather Gate will assemble them."
"As for the bullets, our Feather Gate will produce all of them."
Qian Yu laid out the terms he'd already worked out in one breath.
After hearing Qian Yu's proposal,
Ning Fengzhi didn't even stop to think before asking, "Little friend Qian Yu, how many of these guns can you make in a month?"
"Going by batches, one Soul Master can make one gun every three days," Qian Yu answered based on his own experience.
"They're that difficult to make?"
"What about the materials?"
"One gun probably requires one kilogram of refined iron."
Qian Yu continued to answer.
"That's not too bad."
"Then we have a deal. Little friend Qian Yu, I agree to our cooperation, but I only ask that the first batch of weapons made by the Feather Gate be supplied to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect first," Ning Fengzhi requested without further hesitation.
"Uncle Ning, you're too polite. Since we came to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to cooperate, of course the first batch will go to you."
"Here are the blueprints. Uncle Ning can have suitable blacksmiths make the parts."
"Good." Ning Fengzhi accepted the densely packed blueprints Qian Yu handed him.
He couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath. At the sight of the complicated diagrams, he knew that even if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wanted to copy the weapon, it would be nearly impossible. That was without even mentioning the crucial bullets, which were under the Feather Gate's exclusive control.
Thinking of all this, Ning Fengzhi put those unworthy thoughts aside.
He turned and started chatting with Qian Yu, Ning Rongrong, and the others.
"Rongrong, can you tell Dad about your Feather Gate now?" Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong.
With no way to avoid him, Ning Rongrong recounted everything from beginning to end.
When she mentioned the Immortal Herb, Ning Fengzhi's eyes lit up.
Ning Fengzhi probed Qian Yu once more. "Little friend Qian Yu, is there truly only one of this Immortal Herb in the world?"
Qian Yu nodded firmly.
Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo all looked disappointed.
"That's enough, that's enough. Having Rongrong and her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is enough for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
Ning Fengzhi tried to console himself.
Then Ning Fengzhi said to Qian Yu, "Qian Yu, you've helped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect so much. If you need anything, just ask Uncle Ning."
"If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can do it, we'll definitely help you."
Qian Yu wasn't surprised.
He merely smiled. "Uncle Ning, Rongrong, Xiaowu, Dugu Yan, and Zhuqing have all reached the bottleneck before obtaining their Spirit Rings. We'd like to ask one of the two seniors, Sword Douluo or Bone Douluo, to lead them on a Spirit Ring hunt."
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had to keep one of its two Titled Douluo behind to protect Ning Fengzhi, so Qian Yu only dared to ask for one of them to accompany the group.
As the saying went, great kindness needed no words of thanks. Qian Yu had made a modest request at just the right time.
That would only make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect remember its debt to him even more.
Sure enough, Sword Douluo immediately thumped his chest. "Qian Yu, don't worry. I'll take care of all your Spirit Rings."
"Hmph, Old Sword, why not let me do the honors this time?"
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