Dai Mubai had long been waiting in the front hall. At those words, he greeted him with a smile:
"Senior Lou, please calm down. I invited you here because I truly have an important matter to entrust to you."
As he spoke, he stepped aside, revealing Tang San behind him.
Lou Gao swept his gaze over Tang San and suddenly paused.
"And this young friend is...?" Lou Gao narrowed his eyes.
Tang San stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting. "I am Tang San. My respects, Senior Lou."
Lou Gao stared at him for a moment. Suddenly, his nostrils twitched, as though he had caught a familiar scent, and his expression changed sharply:
"You... you're from the Clear Sky Sect?!"
Tang San was slightly startled. He had not released his martial soul's aura, yet Lou Gao had actually detected that his martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer!
Naturally, Lou Gao noticed Tang San's surprise as well. He spoke in a low voice:
"No need to be surprised! The Clear Sky Hammer is hailed as the strongest tool martial soul. Not only is it formidable in combat, but it also enjoys uniquely favorable advantages in forging!"
"But even if you're from the Clear Sky Sect, I won't let this go unless you produce blueprints that satisfy me!"
Tang San took a deep breath. Without another word, he took a roll of blueprints from inside his robes and offered it with both hands.
Lou Gao accepted the blueprints and casually unrolled them.
Yet after just one glance, his expression froze.
The hidden weapon depicted on the blueprints was exquisitely ingenious, its overall shape resembling a peacock spreading its tail.
The peacock's feathers overlapped in layer upon layer, each annotated with mechanical structures of staggering precision.
More astonishing still, the metal