"Then wouldn't it be able to shoot a hundred meters or so?" Li Jingyuan was startled.
"Stop the ship. Test-fire the firearm," Tang Wen said. Ximen Taigao gave another demonstration, which nearly made Wan Hansong's and Li Jingyuan's jaws drop.
Back on Su Mei Island, Tang Wen invited Wan Hansong to his cave abode for tea.
"This must be your private cultivation retreat, Lord." Wan Hansong looked around the cave.
"Of course it is. The spiritual energy here is even denser than in the Cultivation Tower," Li Jingyuan said.
After rounding a bend, Li Jingyuan suddenly froze. He pointed into a corner. "My lord, look."
"These look like Little Vermilion Fruits." Wan Hansong strode over, his face instantly filling with shock.
"With a Spirit Gathering Array laid out using spirit stones, plus these little vermilion fruit kings, you could enter the first-rank realm tonight, Lord Wan, if you agree," Tang Wen said.
The corner of Wan Hansong's mouth twitched involuntarily. He stared blankly at the Little Vermilion Fruit trees, his popularity little figure swaying nonstop.
After a long while, the popularity little figure struggled painfully for a moment before finally stopping.
His popularity, however, leaned toward Tang Wen at an angle of eighty degrees.
"Rest assured, Lord Wan. Your joining the Tang family will be our greatest secret. I, Tang Wen, am not a loose-tongued man. Nor will I make any demands you would find difficult to accept," Tang Wen said, knowing the time was nearly ripe.
"My lord..." Li Jingyuan stared at Wan Hansong, his popularity little figure looking anxious.
"Tonight, I'll have the remaining criminals captured in the grain robbery case escorted to Sea Saint City by an eight-hundred-li express dispatch. You'll have a share of the credit, Lord Wan.
"As for my Tang Family Army, you can