Time passed quickly.
Seven days later.
The temporary forging room.
Lou Gao forged the final component of the Peacock Plume with his hammer.
Once the forging was complete, Lou Gao closed his eyes, already confident in his mental blueprint for assembling the Peacock Plume.
His hands moved rapidly back and forth.
In just two or three seconds, a cylindrical object about a foot long, adorned with subtle peacock patterns, appeared in Lou Gao's hand.
"It's so beautiful, just like the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, exquisite and perfect."
"A pity, without Deep Sea Silver, I'll never get to witness the splendor of the Rain of Pear Blossom Needles in this lifetime."
Lou Gao felt a slight regret about this, but after his reflection, he left the forging room with the assembled Peacock Plume and went to deliver it to Lin Rong.
In the courtyard, under the bamboo pavilion.
Lin Rong was attempting to practice Exploding Rings. The surface of the first of his five Spirit Rings, a deep yellow one, was faintly covered in fine cracks.
"This Exploding Ring is talked about so mystically, but practicing it doesn't seem that difficult, at least not for me."
At this moment, Lin Rong's first Spirit Ring was at the verge of exploding.
With a single thought, he could trigger the explosion.
Through the fine cracks covering the Spirit Ring's surface, Lin Rong could easily sense that the power contained within the ring had become extremely violent due to the Exploding Ring technique.
Currently, the Spirit Ring's state was like a dam on the verge of breaking.
Once it crossed that threshold, the power within would surge out like floodwaters bursting through a breached dam.
"The first Spirit Ring has a lifespan of five hundred and twenty-five years. The power contained within this ring, if unleashed all at once, does not exceed my body's carrying capacity according to my perception."
"Let me try the other four Spirit Rings."
Thinking this, Lin Rong channeled pure life energy into the first Spirit Ring. In about five to six minutes, the fine cracks on the Spirit Ring's surface were fully repaired.
The power contained within the Spirit Ring also gradually ceased being violent, returning to normal shortly after.
After the first Spirit Ring was repaired, Lin Rong followed the method of the Exploding Ring secret technique and applied his Soul Power to the second Spirit Ring.
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He repeated this process, and after about an hour.
All five Spirit Rings had completed the first ninety percent of the Exploding Ring steps, and Lin Rong had reached his desired conclusion.
"When using the Exploding Ring on each Spirit Ring individually, only the power contained within the fifth Spirit Ring exceeds my current carrying capacity."
"If I detonate multiple Spirit Rings simultaneously, detonating the first three together is still far from reaching my body's carrying limit, but adding the fourth one exceeds it."
"However, once I obtain the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone and absorb it, these problems will be easily solved."
At this moment, Lin Rong sensed Lou Gao approaching and stopped his cultivation to wait for him.
Lou Gao's pace was quick, and he arrived before Lin Rong in no time.
"Sir, this is the Peacock Plume."
Saying this, Lou Gao presented the cylindrical object with the peacock patterns, holding it with both hands.
The Nine Bend Vine Dragon, which had been wandering in the courtyard, picked up the item from Lou Gao's hands and placed it on the table in front of Lin Rong.
"Mm, thank you for your hard work these past few days."
Knowing Lou Gao's temperament, Lin Rong didn't offer any polite words. With a wave of his hand, thousands of golden lights streaked through the air, hovering in front of Lou Gao.
"What are these? Dragon Whisker Needles!"
Lou Gao looked at the thousands of golden particles suspended before him, his expression showing some surprise.
"There are so many! Could it be that you have Crystal Clear Quartz, sir?"
Saying this, Lou Gao happily collected all the Dragon Whisker Needles, not leaving a single one behind. He then glanced at the string of jade beads on Lin Rong's wrist, wondering just how many treasures were inside that Spirit Tool.
Hearing Lou Gao's question, Lin Rong didn't hide anything from him and said directly:
"I have plenty of Dragon Whisker Needles here. Feel free to use them wherever you need them, and come back to me for more when you run out."
These words greatly excited Lou Gao.
Among the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons, there weren't many, but also not a few, that required Dragon Whisker Needles.
Dragon Whisker Needles were rare; finding seven or eight in ordinary quartz was already considered top-grade.
Only the Crystal Clear Quartz, which was encountered once in ten thousand years, could produce thousands of Dragon Whisker Needles.
Lou Gao had never obtained Crystal Clear Quartz, and the Dragon Whisker Needles he possessed were already few.
Half of his stock of Dragon Whisker Needles had been requested by Tang San, and the other half had been almost entirely consumed in the production of the Peacock Plume.
Now, with so many Dragon Whisker Needles, he could resume his research into those Hidden Weapons that required them.
After Lou Gao left, Lin Rong finally turned his gaze to the cylindrical object with the peacock patterns on the table.
"A truly exquisite design, the crystallization of human intellect is indeed a miracle."
The Tang Sect is the Tang Sect, and Tang San is Tang San; these two cannot be conflated.
Especially since what Lin Rong was referring to was the Tang Sect from Tang San's previous life, not the Tang Sect that Tang San founded in this world.
Third among the Tang Sect's mechanical hidden weapons: the Peacock Plume.
It concealed three hundred and sixty-five needle-type hidden weapons of twelve different categories, capable of firing simultaneously and covering a ten-square-meter area in an instant.
Its extremely rapid firing speed meant almost no one could dodge within the Peacock Plume's effective range, earning it the moniker "Ghost God's Escape."
The twelve types of hidden weapons concealed within the Peacock Plume were:
Bone Piercing Needles, Thunder Fire Needles, Armor Piercing Needles, Cracked Blade Needles, Demon Suppressing Needles, Overlord Needles, Nether Yin Needles, Dragon Severing Needles, Desire Extinguishing Needles, Dragon Whisker Needles, Annihilation Needles, and Seven Kill Needles.
Among them, the Dragon Whisker Needles, one of the twelve types of hidden weapons, ranked tenth among mechanical hidden weapons on its own.
The other eleven types of hidden weapons could be assembled with the Dragon Whisker Needles into the Peacock Plume, and their power was absolutely not to be underestimated.
"Practice is the sole touchstone of truth. No matter how miraculous the blueprints for hidden weapons boast, they are not as good as trying them out personally."
"Tang Hao is currently severely injured and unlikely to recover. His normal strength is only at the threshold of a Titled Douluo."
"If, under a surprise attack, the Peacock Plume could instantly kill Tang Hao, then it would truly live up to its reputation as the mechanical hidden weapon with the highest single-target burst damage."
Lin Rong put away the cylindrical object on the table, patiently awaiting that day.
However, Lin Rong did not expect this wait to last two months.
Tang Yuehua finally received definitive news of Tang Xiao's death a month after he returned to Heaven Dou City.
And it took nearly another month to send the message to Tang Hao.
The Sharp-tailed Swift's speed required three days to travel from Nuoding City to Heaven Dou City.
Therefore, by the time Lin Rong received news of Tang Hao leaving Holy Spirit Village, Tang Hao was already on his way to Heaven Dou City.
"After waiting for so long, it's finally here."
Lin Rong was unsure of Tang Hao's travel speed, so upon receiving the news, he immediately took the old butler and headed to the route Tang Hao would inevitably take to set up an ambush.
It was a canyon five hundred kilometers away from Heaven Dou City, an excellent location for an ambush.
Lin Rong and the old butler waited there for seven days before the intended target finally appeared.
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