The Zhuge Divine Crossbow was already a large crossbow, weighing around thirty pounds. For Ning Rongrong, a twelve-year-old girl, holding it up and keeping it level was a challenge. She had to circulate her Soul Power just to manage.
Even for adults, if they were auxiliary Soul Masters with weak physical strength, they'd need to use Soul Power to easily hold and fire the thirty-pound Zhuge Divine Crossbow.
Ning Rongrong, who had been anticipating using it, felt a little disappointed.
She triggered the mechanism, and sixteen powerful short arrows shot out, leaving only faint afterimages.
Pfft, pfft, pfft...
Soft sounds of impact rang out as wood chips flew. The short arrows pierced a large tree ten meters away, continuing a few more meters before embedding in another tree.
"Well? What do you think?" Tang San asked with a smile.
Ning Rongrong quickly returned the Zhuge Divine Crossbow to Tang San, wiping the sweat from her forehead. "The power is pretty good, but it's a bit heavy."
Tang San explained, "The Zhuge Divine Crossbow can attack three times. Actually, it doesn't consume much stamina. If you want one, I can sell you one."
Ning Rongrong subconsciously glanced at Ao Tian and then shook her head. "Never mind. I have a longsword for defense, which is enough. This thing is a bit cumbersome."
After comparing the two, her curiosity about the Zhuge Divine Crossbow faded. She felt that Ao Tian's longsword looked better and could better display her heroic spirit.
"I also have some smaller ones," Tang San said.
"Tang San, stop dawdling. Hurry up and eat some breakfast. We still need to find a Soul Ring for Zhu Qing," Zhao Wuji said impatiently.
Tang San was just about to take out his Sleeve Arrows to show Ning Rongrong when he heard Zhao Wuji's words and had to give up.
He thought that Ao Tian's sword could sell for a thousand Gold Soul Coins. His Zhuge Divine Crossbow had even greater power. It should be able to sell for more, right? Who would have thought that Ning Rongrong wouldn't be interested.
If it weren't for preparing funds to establish a Sect, Tang San wouldn't have sold the Hidden Weapons he made.
To establish a Sect required a significant amount of manpower and resources. In terms of funding, this was the only way he had to earn money.
Tang San silently collected the Sleeve Arrows that Ning Rongrong had fired and then sat down to eat his dry rations.
Oscar came over to Tang San and praised, "Tang San, you're amazing! You actually invented a weapon with such power."
"It's alright," Tang San replied, munching on his rations.
"Hehe, um, could you sell me a Zhuge Divine Crossbow? I'm a food-type Soul Master, you know, I don't have much attack power. With this thing, I won't be afraid of battles," Oscar asked with a thick skin.
Tang San glanced at him and asked, "How much can you pay?"
Oscar held up ten fingers and said, "Ten Gold Soul Coins, what do you think?"
"Ten Gold Soul Coins?" Tang San asked, doubting his ears.
"Is that not enough? Then I'll add a bit more. I don't have much in savings," Oscar said, a little embarrassed.
Tang San felt a bit disheartened. The Zhuge Divine Crossbow he had painstakingly created was only worth ten Gold Soul Coins? It was a hundred times less than Ao Tian's sword. A hundred times!
He waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Since you provided the materials, I'll make one for you for free."
It wasn't a big deal to make a Hidden Weapon for a classmate for free. If there was a real chance to cooperate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then he would charge a fee.
However, he'd have to talk to Ning Rongrong about this when they got back to the academy to see if there was any hope.
Zhao Wuji frowned and said, "Tang San, you have great talent. I advise you to spend more time on cultivation and stop messing with these flashy things all day."
"I will pay attention, Teacher Zhao," Tang San replied, but didn't pay much attention to Zhao Wuji's words.
Xiao Wu looked at Ning Rongrong beside her and asked, "Rongrong, isn't that thing called the Zhuge Divine Crossbow not very useful?"
Ning Rongrong shook her head. "It's a bit heavy. It's fine for adults, but not quite right for me. Still, it can shoot sixteen short arrows at once with such power. It's pretty good."
Xiao Wu's tone was dismissive. "How can Tang San's crude creations compare to the weapons Ao Tian makes?"
Ao Tian said, "Ning Rongrong, if you like arrows, I can make you a bow and arrow."
After saying this, Ao Tian smiled and glanced at Tang San.
He was a little interested. He wondered what Tang San's reaction would be if he defeated him in the thing he was most proud of and cared about the most.
"Will it be as powerful as the Zhuge Divine Crossbow?" Ning Rongrong asked.
Ao Tian nodded. "More powerful than that."
"I want it to be pretty," Ning Rongrong said.
"It will be very beautiful," Ao Tian replied.
Tang San's gaze was drawn over, and he couldn't help but ask, "Ao Tian, who did you learn your forging skills from?"
"I taught myself. This is a Soul Tool weapon," Ao Tian replied.
To Soul Masters, Soul Tools were a mystical and enigmatic thing. The methods of their creation had been lost to time. The existing Soul Tools were all excavated from ancient ruins. While many types had been unearthed, offensive Soul Tools had never appeared in the Soul Master world.
A sword that could fire energy attacks was already incredible. To avoid being constantly questioned in the future, Ao Tian simply claimed the sword was a Soul Tool.
For Soul Tools, Soul Masters could naturally accept any incredible effect.
Hearing Ao Tian say his sword was a Soul Tool, everyone looked over in shock, including Zhao Wuji.
Tang San was even more shocked. Because of his interest in Hidden Weapons, he had loved crafting things since childhood and diligently studied casting with his father.
After receiving the Soul Tool belt gifted by the Grandmaster, he researched it for a long time, wanting to understand how such a magical thing was made.
But unfortunately, no matter how much he studied, he couldn't figure out how that small piece of jade could possibly contain a cubic meter of space.
He believed that even the most outstanding casting masters in the world wouldn't be able to create something so amazing.
This wasn't a treasure that mortals could make; if there were gods in this world, then it must have been created by them.
But Tang San had always maintained a skeptical attitude towards the existence of gods.
So, even now, he couldn't understand, nor could he even guess the origin of Soul Tools.
Now, Ao Tian was actually saying that the golden sword was a Soul Tool, and that he had personally crafted it. How could Tang San not be shocked?
In his opinion, this was something that simply couldn't be done by human power.
Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up, and she said with surprise, "Then I don't want a longsword. Ao Tian, can you help me forge a bow and arrow, please?"
"Okay."
"Do you want to add more money then?"
"No need," Ao Tian said.
He looked at Tang San, wondering if Tang San would break down at that moment.
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