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Chapter 40 - Chapter 40: Qingyang Palace

"Oh? Master Zhao has seen this item?"

"Indeed."

Zhao Suling said, "This item bears some resemblance to our Daoist alchemical materials. It's rumored that hundreds of years ago, a Daoist elder added too many raw materials while refining elixirs, resulting in a sudden explosion."

"The blast was so powerful, it destroyed the entire alchemy room."

"Many of these materials were gold, mercury, lead, sulfur, magnetite, saltpeter, and the like, later gradually developed into fireworks, used to illuminate festivals and holidays, especially during New Year's Day..."

That's it.

Mercury, sulfur, saltpeter, aren't these the ingredients of gunpowder?

"It seems this person is not an Immortal Cultivator at all, nor does he possess any cultivation secrets, but rather uses something like gunpowder to deceive people."

Zheng Yi said, "Just a swindler of the Martial World."

"Indeed, Your Majesty."

Zheng Yi laughed, "But, this person is quite a character to have developed such an item."

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