Volume One, Chapter 24: Making a Flintlock—Zhu Yuanzhang Names It the Hongwu Gun

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“A flintlock!? How much weaker is it compared with your pistol?”

Zhu Xiongying asked curiously.

“Although it is less powerful than my pistol, has a shorter range, and can only fire one shot at a time, it is much simpler to make. Its maximum range can reach a hundred meters—farther even than my pistol!”

Xia Jingtian explained.

“Something that can shoot farther than a pistol? What materials do we need?”

Zhu Xiongying asked hurriedly.

“Wood, iron, and gunpowder. The materials are much the same as those used to make your fire lances. Just bring them all over.”

Xia Jingtian said.

“We have all those materials. I’ll bring you the pistol I made as well.”

With that, Zhu Xiongying departed in high spirits...

Sure enough, after he rushed over, the treasure ship that had re-formed behind him paid him no further attention and instead began bombarding the mighty expert behind it.

After some time, the world broke free from Sephiroth’s restraints. Facing him head-on, it licked its lips before regarding him with a sinister, seductive smile.

Ye Fei issued a mission. He decided to complete the mission involving the two Demon Hands as well. So long as he killed that bone dragon, then once the seal was lifted, the Demon Hands’ mission might point toward the Thunder Tower too.

As he retreated, he could also feel that, from their brief contact—or rather, from the contact initiated by his opponent—he had come off worse. In their clash, he had been wounded and bled for the first time.

Ye Fei had no idea. Even if he had known, he would not have argued the point. Given the situation, any attempt to explain himself would only make matters worse.

Boundless silence filled his mind. Endless darkness brought Solor a faint sense of solitude, while a chill slowly crept over him.

As soon as we left the range of the white mist, we parted ways with the Taoists whom we had rescued at the Sanlian Laotiantai Cave. We then put away the ghost sedan, took Erhu with us, and hurried toward the capital, eventually sending him to the finest hospital.

The finest seats were the VIP seats nearest the host’s position. There were few of them, and each came with servants in attendance.

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“Why?” Chen Yu had finally found a place where he could be useful, so naturally he had no intention of giving up easily.

After exchanging farewells, Qin Mingyue gazed intently at Jinao, nearly reaching out to touch him, which made Jinao extremely uncomfortable.

Although White Wolf had already expected the goblin’s claim that the manufacturing process would take two days, he still could not resist asking again.

Watching Jiang Lin stagger away, Wang Shuang, still seated at the negotiating table, smiled. Then he rose from his seat with easy grace, mounted his horse, and returned to the southern wall of Xuzhou.

In the end, Perfected Guardian Silence exhausted every argument at his disposal and brought out his greatest talent: with a silver tongue, he exaggerated the matter of wearing mourning clothes until it became something that might trigger a war between the two alliances and reduce countless lives to ruin. Only then did Dongfang Qingyue reluctantly, and with great reluctance, change into a white dress.

For instance, the Turkic military aristocrats of northern India could continually import Turkic mercenaries or slave soldiers from Central Asia in order to maintain their grip on India.

In view of this, in later generations, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Philippines—countries that had copied almost every institution of the United States—still remained among the least developed nations on the planet.

The Central Kingdom, which placed greater emphasis on the character of its own continent, held its greatest advantage only in the Red River Plain in the northern part of the Annam Peninsula.

Bai Tianxing gave it little thought. At present, the most important matter was that the formation had been broken, leaving Mount Zhe completely exposed before the Flood Dragon clan.

“Do you have a fever?” Perhaps he had fallen into an underground river in the cave, and his wet, cold clothes had remained against his body for too long, causing him to catch a chill.

“I’ll stay here with him!”

As Yu Xixuan spoke, she turned to look at Long Xing, who was laboring to activate the Qilin Horn. There was even a hint of amusement in her beautiful eyes.

“Hmph! Li Huihan, Peak Master of Jilin Peak of the Heavenly Imperial Sect under the Unified Extremity Dynasty!”

Li Huihan snorted.

When Nacha Gujun was supported here by Situ Yan, he weakly sat down on the edge of the bed to rest. The latter brought him tea and water, his face filled with reverence. During this period, he had attended to Nacha Gujun’s daily needs, yet not the slightest trace of resentment could be seen on his face.

In the next instant, Qin Feng’s gaze turned icy. His body then shot upward from the ground. At the very moment his feet left the earth, the ground where he had been standing suddenly split apart. A streak of flowing light shaped like a white dragon burst from beneath it and shot fiercely into the air.

It was precisely the attack of the Jade Dragon Pestle unleashed by Ivan.

The two enormous wings seemed to have come alive, stretching all the way to Lin Mu’s proudly raised, pert figure.

Ye Qing stood calmly before Mo Changsheng. He had heard the discussions around him, and he believed that Mo Changsheng would show him some respect once he stepped forward.

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Li Jinglong said nothing. He drained the wine in his cup, then dropped it to the ground with a sharp crack. In the next moment, a squad of armored warriors wielding blades rushed in and surrounded Prince Zhou, Zhu Shu, and the others.

Looking into Nacha Gujun’s bright, penetrating eyes, Ivan felt his heart jolt. For some inexplicable reason, he had the feeling that the old man was hinting at something today. But what could have prompted the elder before him to speak privately with him about the past?

The next step was to drink the wedding wine, commonly known as the nuptial cup. That was usually done at night. Before Zhu Yang entered the bridal chamber, however, the various princes and imperial grandchildren naturally had to make a little trouble first.

The wound Zhou Li had suffered from burning his innate fire element began to heal rapidly. The blood stopped gushing outward, and a cool, soothing sensation spread through him.

Although Zhu Yang had also claimed land to build farms and had never abandoned the expansion of his imperial farm, he absolutely did not suppress private capital for that reason. Instead, he adopted a model in which public and private capital developed side by side: each stayed in its own sphere. You claimed your land, I ran my farm, and neither side interfered with the other.

“Stay alert! Take cover!”

The three of them instantly scattered and concealed themselves. After a full day of fleeing for their lives, their practical abilities had undeniably improved considerably. Their swift reactions were enough to impress anyone.

Once the Corpse Walker Gu was unsealed, it would erupt in fury and become exceptionally vicious. With all the villagers of White Village surrounding them, would that not be like a lamb walking into a tiger’s den?

Consort Yi was puzzled... The Empress, Consort Chen, and Consort Mei all outranked her in status and influence, yet none of them had ever taken her seriously. Nor had Consort Yi done anything to earn anyone’s hatred. Why, then, would someone want to harm her?

It would certainly take time for me to cast aside the shadows in my heart and stop caring about the wounds of the past. But since everything had already passed, accepting the Prince of Xiping’s goodwill would not be a bad thing for me.

Immediately afterward, a fire dragon even more violent than the previous one erupted forth. Thick smoke then poured from the two nostrils of the Red Boy.

Not far from An Yi, he was blissfully enjoying roasted rabbit, without the slightest awareness that the food in his mouth had been stolen.

However, just as Consort Mei dared to stand up, she suddenly clutched her head, feeling dizzy and seeing stars. Her body swayed precariously, and after stumbling once, she collapsed to the floor with a heavy thud.

The three Xing Fairies knew nothing of swimming, but the Dragon King of the Western Sea had issued his instructions. Naturally, aquatic creatures were there to guide them, leading them safely to the area beneath the Dragon Palace.

Since he had accepted Xia Chan’s money to deal with Xia Jiujang, hoping that Xia Jiujang would spare him was nothing but a fool’s dream.