Black World, Blue Tyrant Academy.
Seeing the firearms that the White World's Lou Gao mentioned to Tang Chuan in the comparison video, and how he seemed completely unconcerned, Tang San couldn't help but feel quite satisfied.
"This Lou Gao actually has some vision!"
"Compared to my Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, the power of those firearms is merely average!"
"Furthermore, there is nothing exquisite about them at all; they are purely clever tricks and strange skills!"
"They cannot compare to even a ten-thousandth of my Tang Sect Hidden Weapons!"
Hearing Tang San's words, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and the others, as well as Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Zhuqing, couldn't help but look at Tang San with strange expressions.
Although they stood on Tang San's side, they found his words truly hard to swallow.
Because, in their view, this was already self-deception.
That's right!
Tang San's Hidden Weapons are indeed powerful.
Especially the Peacock Plume, Torrential Pear Blossom Needle, and Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus that Lou Gao forged after sacrificing himself in the previous comparison video.
However, the creation of Hidden Weapons is simply too complex and troublesome.
Moreover, the requirements for Materials are extremely harsh.
But Tang Chuan's firearms clearly lowered the difficulty of creation by more than one grade.
In terms of versatility and the benefit to a nation, they are obviously far superior to Tang San's Hidden Weapons.
Both rely on weapons.
If firearms are considered clever tricks and strange skills, aren't Hidden Weapons the same?
Regarding Tang San's self-deception, they also felt somewhat speechless.
White World, Gengxin City.
Blacksmith Association Headquarters.
"No! Don't!"
Seeing the future version of himself in the comparison video, with that disdainful look, completely disbelieving in the firearms.
And waving his hand to say that if Tang Chuan's purpose for coming was just this, then he could leave.
This made Lou Gao almost want to cry.
Because, being the same Lou Gao, he knew very well.
Once Tang Chuan demonstrated the power of the firearms in a moment, he, who was obsessed with forging and longed to find the future path for blacksmiths, would definitely change his tune immediately.
As long as he could learn the method of creating these firearms, even if it meant leading the Blacksmith Association to join the Qingdi Sect, he would be willing!
But in that case, wouldn't his act of being arrogant first and respectful later be just like Tang San?
Wouldn't his—Lou Gao's—towering image as the dignified President of the Blacksmith Association collapse!
Such a thing, no!
The comparison video continued to play.
[Seeing Lou Gao's disbelieving and disdainful look.]
[Tang Chuan smiled and did not explain much.]
[Instead, he took out a fist-sized iron ball covered with diamond-shaped engravings from his storage soul tool, as well as a device about one meter long, equipped with a wooden gun stock and a slender iron tube, and placed them gently on the coffee table.]
["President Lou Gao, as the saying goes: Hearing is false, seeing is believing."]
["How about we move to your association's martial arts arena and personally test the power of these two things?"]
["At that time, it will not be too late for President Lou Gao to give an answer."]
[Looking at the two strangely shaped objects on the coffee table, Lou Gao froze for a moment, a flash of doubt and curiosity in his eyes.]
[As the President of the Blacksmith Association, he had been engaged in forging for decades and considered himself knowledgeable about all kinds of weapons, but he could not understand the purpose of these two things in front of him.]
[He did not know how such things could be used as weapons.]
[In addition, considering Tang Chuan's status and powerful strength, Lou Gao finally decided to give him some Face.]
[After pondering for a moment, Lou Gao nodded.]
["Good! This old man would like to see what is so magical about the firearms Sect Master Tang Chuan speaks of."]
[Afterwards, the group moved to a testing ground on the fourth floor of the Blacksmith Association.]
[This was a spacious, windowless room with thick steel plates on the surrounding walls, and some iron-wood dummies and targets with steel plates embedded in the back were placed inside.]
[Obviously, it was a place where association members usually tested the effectiveness of forged weapons.]
[After entering the testing ground.]
[Standing in front of the iron-wood dummies, Tang Chuan smiled slightly, took out the shrapnel grenade, pulled out the fuse, swung his arm, and accurately threw it into the center of the iron-wood dummies.]
[With a loud bang, fire and smoke rose at the same time, and countless sharp shrapnel flew in all directions, hitting the surrounding iron-wood dummies with a crackling sound.]
[When the smoke cleared, the iron-wood dummies were covered in deep and shallow scars; some had shrapnel embedded directly into their torsos, and some even had their entire arms sliced off and fallen to the ground.]
["What!!"]
[Seeing this, Lou Gao's eyes widened instantly, his mouth opened slightly, unable to close for a long time.]
["What kind of weapon is this? Its power is comparable to a thousand-year Spirit Ability!"]
[Immediately after, Tang Chuan picked up the flintlock musket, skillfully loaded it with gunpowder and iron balls, and aimed at a three-centimeter-thick steel plate thirty steps away.]
[The trigger was pulled, and with a crisp bang, a puff of white smoke sprayed from the muzzle.]
[Almost at the same instant, there was a crisp sound from the steel plate, and a thumb-sized dent appeared in the center of the steel plate, completely piercing through!]
[Seeing this, Lou Gao could no longer hold back.]
[He rushed forward, squatted in front of the steel plate, stretched out his calloused hands, touched the pierced hole tremblingly, looked at it over and over again, and brought it to his nose to sniff the pungent smell of gunpowder.]
[Finally, he turned his head sharply, his small eyes full of fanaticism and excitement, his voice trembling slightly.]
["This... is this ordinary steel? It is not a spirit tool, and it did not use any spirit power?!"]
["How is this possible?! How did you do it!!"]
[Without waiting for Tang Chuan to answer.]
[Lou Gao seemed to have fallen into his own World, suddenly stood up, paced back and forth in the martial arts arena, muttering to himself, scratching his head from time to time, and clapping his hands from time to time.]
[The whole person seemed to be in a state of madness.]
[Suddenly, Lou Gao stopped and laughed up at the sky.]
["Hahahaha! I understand! I finally understand!"]
["According to the current forging technology, no matter how exquisite the swords and armor we forge, they cannot compare to a Spirit Master's Tool Spirit!"]
["Blacksmiths will always be inferior to Spirit Masters!"]
["But these firearms are different. They do not need spirit power, they do not need a Spirit, and any ordinary person can use them!"]
["This... this is the future path for blacksmiths!!"]
[After speaking, Lou Gao turned around, strode to Tang Chuan, his eyes full of heat, bowed deeply to Tang Chuan, and said excitedly.]
["Sect Master Tang Chuan, is this what you call a firearm?"]
["This old man is willing to lead the Blacksmith Association to join the Qingdi Sect!"]
["I only ask that Sect Master Tang Chuan teach me the essence of these firearms!"]
["Let me and the blacksmith brothers of the association be able to forge more firearms with our own hands, and let the World see that we blacksmiths can also change this World!"]
[Regarding this, Tang Chuan also laughed.]
["Did President Lou Gao not just say that firearms cannot determine the future destiny of blacksmiths?"]
["And that you could not disregard the association's thousand-year foundation and the safety of thousands of blacksmith brothers just because of a so-called new type of weapon?"]
[Hearing this, Lou Gao smiled awkwardly, scratched his head, and said.]
["It was just a joke!"]
["Sect Master Tang Chuan, please do not mind!"]
["Haha, I was also joking!"]
[Tang Chuan also chuckled and said seriously.]
["Since President Lou Gao is willing to lead the Blacksmith Association to join my Qingdi Sect, then naturally I will teach you the way of firearms in the future!"]
["I can only say that this way of firearms concerns the laws of heaven, earth, and nature, and is definitely a path to the heavens for blacksmiths!"]
["What I showed, the shrapnel grenade and the flintlock musket, are just an insignificant part of the way of firearms."]
["As for if President Lou Gao wants to learn the complete way of firearms, then bring the brothers of the Blacksmith Association to my Blue Silver City in the Blue Silver Count Territory."]
["There, naturally someone will teach President Lou Gao and you how to forge firearms, as well as the true mysteries of the way of firearms!"]
(End of Chapter)
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