Ning Bei, after understanding the cultivation details of the group, waved his hand, telling them to prepare and he would lead them to the Sunset Forest for Soul Hunting tomorrow.
The little ones excitedly nodded and dispersed in two groups.
Ning Bei, who was planning to rest, was called to the Council Hall by the steward; Ning Fengzhi had something to discuss with him.
Arriving at the Council Hall, he found Sword and Bone were also present. Ning Bei wondered inwardly what important matter required such fanfare.
Seeing everyone had arrived, Ning Fengzhi instructed the servants to bring up a tray, on which several mechanical devices were placed.
Ning Bei suddenly understood, realizing that some simple mechanical hidden weapons had been created.
"Not bad efficiency, it hasn't even been ten days, has it?"
Ning Fengzhi smiled and nodded.
"After getting the crafting methods from you, I hired a group of skilled craftsmen from Gengjin City to rush out a batch of hidden weapons."
"Other hidden weapons require specific techniques to use, which are not suitable for the direct disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but these two do not have such high requirements."
Ning Bei looked at the Silent Sleeve Arrow and Zhuge Repeating Crossbow on the tray and nodded; these were indeed suitable for his disciples.
Sword and Bone looked at the exchanging father and son with some confusion, wondering what they were up to.
"Fengzhi, Bei Er, can these two iron lumps really give auxiliary Soul Masters combat power?"
Gu Rong looked at the hidden weapons in front of him with disbelief. How could ordinary iron compare to the Soul Power gained through hard cultivation?
After exchanging a glance with Ning Fengzhi, he noticed the smile in the other's eyes, suggesting that he had already had someone test the power of the hidden weapons.
"Bone Grandfather might as well try the power of these hidden weapons."
Gu Rong did not object and went directly to the hall to stand still.
"Come, let this old man see what's so special about these two lumps of iron that you father and son value so much."
Ning Bei didn't waste any words, picked up the Silent Sleeve Arrow, aimed it at Gu Rong, and pulled the trigger.
A slender iron arrow shot towards Gu Rong with the force of breaking wind.
Gu Rong's eyes narrowed slightly as he caught the arrow with one hand, the force on it surprising him slightly.
"Good fellow, this arrow has the power of a Soul Grandmaster-level Battle Soul Master; ordinary people would really have to somersault if they weren't careful."
Chen Xin was also secretly amazed, never expecting that this father and son had actually created such a strange object.
"Where did you get these things? If the disciples of the sect all study these insidious methods, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?"
"Uh, Bone Grandfather, I obtained the crafting methods for these things by chance. Aren't our direct disciples lacking in combat power? When the time comes, equipping them with these things will give them more self-preservation ability. After all, it's always good to be cautious!"
Chen Xin nodded in understanding upon hearing this. As long as it wasn't a large-scale learning of such methods by the sect's disciples, enriching their combat methods was not a bad thing.
After testing the Silent Sleeve Arrow, Ning Bei picked up the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and fired several arrows at Gu Rong in quick succession.
Seeing the number of arrows was too many, Gu Rong didn't try to catch them with his hand anymore, but instead released a shield formed of Soul Power to block them.
The arrows made ripples upon contacting the Soul Power shield, then fell to the ground.
Gu Rong thought for a moment, then gave his evaluation.
"Each arrow has the effect of a full-force strike from a high-level Soul Grandmaster. With continuous firing, even a defense-type Soul Elder couldn't withstand it."
Ning Bei and the others nodded in satisfaction upon hearing Gu Rong's evaluation. Achieving this effect was already quite good. After all, the cost of crafting these hidden weapons was insignificant to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, yet it could provide direct disciples with considerable combat power.
"Father is planning to manufacture them in large quantities?"
"That's right. I intend to equip all direct disciples with these two types of hidden weapons. As for the other hidden weapons that require techniques, we'll select disciples with poor cultivation talent to study them."
Ning Bei nodded, agreeing that this idea was indeed feasible, and offered no further suggestions.
"By the way, I plan to take Rongrong and the others to the Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Beasts tomorrow, which will probably take a few days."
Upon hearing this, Gu Rong subconsciously wanted to say it was too dangerous, but the words caught in his throat.
Ning Bei was no longer the little support-type Soul Master who needed to rely on them old guys.
"Be careful, the Sunset Forest is still very dangerous."
The words of rebuttal turned into a reminder. Ning Bei nodded, indicating that he would pay attention. At worst, there were still so many combat-support Soul Beasts and elixirs!
The next morning, Ning Bei arrived at the sect's entrance, where the group of youngsters had been waiting for a long time, their faces filled with excited smiles.
"You're quite punctual. Let's set off then!"
Ning Bei summoned the Hurricane Hunting Falcon, which had grown into a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast. Its wingspan had now reached an astonishing six meters.
Ning Rongrong happily approached the Hunting Falcon.
"Brother, are we going to the Sunset Forest on Little Falcon?"
Ning Bei shook his head, amused as he looked at his sister.
"You're wrong. It's I'm going on Little Falcon, and you're running."
"Ah! You stinky brother, you're too shameless! No way, I want to ride Little Falcon too."
Xiao Wu didn't say anything, but her expression revealed that she was also too lazy to run. However, Ning Bei didn't give them a chance to get on, directly ordering the Hurricane Hunting Falcon to ascend into the sky.
"Appropriate exercise is good for physical and mental health. That's settled then."
Watching the person and beast circling above their heads, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu stomped their feet in anger.
"Hmph, stinky brother, fine, don't take us then. There's no way this young lady is running to the Sunset Forest."
"Xiao Wu, let's rent a carriage!"
Xiao Wu nodded, fully agreeing with her bestie's decision.
Just as the two were about to set off, Ning Bei's voice rang out again.
"The last one to arrive at Sunset Town gets rewarded with a serving of Sugar-coated Chestnuts!"
The two who were planning to slack off suddenly stiffened. Are you a devil?!
"Also, there's a reward for the first one to arrive. Let's see who gets there first!"
After saying that, Ning Bei glanced at A'Dai and the other two, nodded at them, and then ignored everyone else, beckoning the Hunting Falcon to fly towards the Sunset Forest.
"What should we do, Rongrong? Should we run?"
Rongrong, hearing her little sister's question, smiled cleverly.
"Why run? Brother only said the last one gets a beating. We just need to arrive together!"
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
"When it comes to slacking off, you're the one, Rongrong!"
Ning Rongrong smiled smugly, then planned to discuss with the others to all go by carriage.
But when she turned around, where could she see the figures of the others? A'Dai and the other two, including Zhu Zhuqing, after Ning Bei said there was a reward for first place, all quickly took off running towards Sunset Town.
Leaving only a cloud of dust in place.
"Ah! These hateful guys are so disloyal, they didn't even wait for this young lady! Xiao Wu, wait for us... Eh!"
Ning Rongrong was still planning to discuss with her little sister how to deal with A'Dai and the others after going to Sunset Forest, but when she turned around, Xiao Wu was also gone.
My sister and I are of one mind, my sister and I use our brains!
Only she was left alone in the wind, a mess, at the huge sect gate.
On the road leading to the gate of Seven Treasure City, the sprinting Little Rabbit thought to herself, Sorry, Rongrong, because she felt that with Ning Bei's nature, he would definitely consider them both as the last place, and then reward them both with a serving of Sugar-coated Chestnuts.
Xiao Wu very sincerely abandoned her own little sister, better a dead friend than a dead me.
Ning Rongrong, realizing this, immediately became furious. Helpless, she had to summon her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to add speed and Soul Power buffs to herself, using all her strength to chase after the main group.
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