Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 503 - 402: The Capable Daughter-in-Law_1

Chapter 503: Chapter 402: The Capable Daughter-in-Law_1

About two hours later, the arrow shafts collected by Leng Yurou and Su Zhaojun from the Shenqi Union were gradually brought on board.

This was due to Li Chengji’s prudence, as he had specifically gone through a procedure at the Ministry of War in Nanjing. After learning that the Shenqi Union had stored 350,000 ’Rune Arrows’ in Jiangcheng for sale to Nanyang, he obtained the Ministry’s permission to ’commandeer’ these arrows.

After going through this process, it’s possible to eliminate any future troubles from the Court and compensate the Shenqi Union at a later date.

The Ministry of War in Nanjing, noticing the urgent situation and learning that they could requisition a batch of Rune Arrows on credit for battle, were naturally pleased.

So, the approval was incredibly quick, completed within two hours, with even the seal of the Minister of War, Yu Jie, included. With this official document, Leng Yurou can ask the court for silver coins.

"The quality is quite good!" When the last batch of arrows arrived on board, Li Chengji personally rushed to inspect them. And then his eyebrows rose slightly, showing his surprise, "The quality of these Rune Arrows is very good, with their shaft thickness exactly the same for all, and the runes are very standard, as if they were all made from the same mold.

"How many days has it been, and the Shenqi Union has been tidyed up to this point by you? Also, pulling out so many arrows, did the other members of the Shenqi Union have no objections?"

Upon hearing this, Su Zhaojun sneered, "Of course they did not want to, but most of this batch of arrows came from Peacock Manor’s own production, they have little to do with the others."

Seeing the skeptical look on Li Chengji’s face, she explained, "Previously, the Shenji Building was almost exterminated by Li Xuan, with all of its senior figures wiped out. To save trouble, Yurou did not rebuild the Peacock Manor separately, but swallowed all of the Shenji Building. Today, all the craftsmen from the Shenji Building are in Yurou’s hands.

"Of these 350,000 arrows, about 200,000 were made within these days since Yurou took over the Shenqi Union, the other 150,000 are from the Shenji Building’s stock."

Li Chengji still didn’t believe it. He wondered, how many craftsmen could the Shenji Building have? It’s only been about 20 days since Leng Yurou took over the Shenqi Union, could they really have made 200,000 Rune Arrows within such a short period of time? Three Shenji Buildings might be more like it.

Actually, Su Zhaojun was also surprised. She was taken aback when she heard yesterday that the Shenji Building had so many Rune Arrows.

In these days in the north, she mainly focused on sorting out the internal affairs of the Shenqi Union. As for Leng Yurou, the leader of the Union, she was not completely hands off, but most of her attention was devoted to restoring the Shenji Building’s production and fiddling with her mechanism hidden weapons.

Since Su Zhaojun didn’t pay much attention to her, she didn’t know how Leng Yurou managed to pull out so many Rune Arrows.

"It was the second young master’s idea." Leng Yurou twisted her long hair and explained in a cold voice, "He taught me a water-powered machine and encouraged me to try assembly line production, and testing the piecework wage system at Peacock Manor.

I tried it, and the effects were very good. In a maximum of three days, another batch of 200,000 Rune Arrows can be brought over from there."

Li Chengji looked confused, thinking water-powered machines? Assembly line manufacturing? Piecework wages? What are all these strange things?

He admitted defeat, thinking it didn’t matter, as long as they had arrows to use.

"Two hundred thousand arrows in three days? Yurou, are you serious?" Li Chengji was filled with unexpected joy, thinking with these Rune Arrows, he had enough to cleanse the Han River of the water demons.

"Actually, there’s no need to rush like this, it will tire people out. Yurou, when you first took charge of the Shenqi Union, the most important thing was to win over people’s hearts. Don’t let those craftsmen become disheartened."

Leng Yurou thought for a moment, then shook her head, "They are tired, but they seem happy. Every day, they all wish they could do more."

Li Chengji was puzzled, but just then, he heard the lookout at the top of the mast ahead shout loudly, "General! A large number of logs have appeared ahead at a distance of about 20 miles, nearly ten thousand in number!"

Li Chengji then concentrated his Zhenyuan energy into his eyes and looked upstream. Indeed, he saw that 20 miles upstream, a large number of logs, floating on the surface of the water, were being swept down the river by the fast current.

Those logs, clearly recently cut down, were pointed at the tip. At this moment, in addition to the propelling power of the water, there was also the boost of magical powers.

After entering the 20-mile range, they accelerated rapidly, and their speed towards the downstream became faster and faster, their momentum was astonishing.

Li Chengji’s eyes narrowed slightly, then he let out a cold laugh, "Order all the tower ships to pull up their seine nets, all ships to fully submerge! Command the flanks to proceed forward, and adopt the ’Heyi’ formation."

With Li Chengji’s orders being passed down, all the ships on the river began to get busy, shoutings echoed everywhere.

"The General has ordered, pull up the seine nets!"

"Add water to the side compartments, the whole ship is preparing to dive!"

The ’ka-chak’ sound sounded on Li Chengji’s own tower ship.

The masts and sails were all pulled down. On both sides, thick wooden walls rose, gradually covering the top of the deck, making this seven-story ship gradually turn into a walnut shape.

On the inside of those wooden walls, a series of golden runes shone.

— When half of the ship had sunk into the water, there was surprisingly no water that seeped in around it.

At this point, Li Chengji gave another token and a document to Su Zhaojun.

"Zhaojun, you hold my army order and go to the flagship of Yangzhou’s naval camp. The leaders of the Yangzhou naval camp are all straw bags who only know how to hoard money, and there are no capable masters who can stand out. The position is located on the front edge of the right wing, and I am not very confident."

Su Zhaojun didn’t hesitate at all. She immediately flew up into the air, speeding towards the south while the wooden wall was still open.

She knew the condition of Yangzhou’s naval camp. Indeed, it was shambles, but their ships and equipment were the best among all naval forces, surpassing the three naval camps in Jinling. Although Li Chengji looked down on Yangzhou’s naval camp, he had no choice but to use them.

Just when all the ships were submerged three meters under water, the logs had also reached above them. The logs swiftly flowed above them without causing any damage to the naval warships.

At the same time, a large number of water demons emerged from the water. Leng Yurou infused her eyes with Zhenyuan, and peered into the turbid water ahead. She saw a variety of bizarrely shaped water demons and interspersed demons, numbering in the thousands. There seemed to be no end in sight.

"Open the firing board, all ships listen to my command, prepare to fire together!"

At this moment, hundreds of shooting holes suddenly opened in the front and sides of the warship. Nearly 14,000 bows and crossbows, 5,000 muskets, and 270 cannons all fired at once at Li Chengji’s command.

If they were using ordinary crossbow arrows and ammunition at this time, their lethal power would be reduced by at least 90% underwater. However, the projectiles and bullets they used were engraved with ’Divide Water Runes’, which had the same kill power underwater as above the water.

For a moment, there were muffled thunderous noises everywhere in the depths of the river. Not long after, a large amount of blood and fish carcasses began to float on the river surface.

After Li Chengji ordered all the warships to fire together three times, he relaxed the controls, allowing the various naval camps to fire freely.

His attention was already drawn to a scene upstream.

About twenty-three miles upstream, a large amount of ice suddenly appeared. In an instant, the river that stretched for five miles was frozen, and the range was rapidly expanding.

This formed a huge ice dam, blocking a large amount of river water upstream, causing the Han River to have a tendency to dry up.

"Wu Zhiqi!" Li Chengji’s pupils contracted slightly as he stared up at the giant Water Ape standing on the river surface.

"Pass my command to Li Yan, let him command the battle on behalf of the whole army. Yurou, my flagship is now in your hands. This ship controls the entire formation and cannot fail!"

"Hm!" Leng Yurou responded lightly, pulling out the longsword from her waist. The silver armored puppet standing behind her stepped forward a dozen steps and stood at the front of the deck.

At this time, a cabin door on the right side of this ship opened, and Li Chengji rose into the air on his sword, rushing out to the water surface. As he slashed his sword forward, the snow-colored sword beam traversed more than twenty miles and slashed on the ice layer in front.

Strangely enough, the water surface touched by that sword beam froze into ice in an instant. However, the ice dam was smashed by his sword beam, and it collapsed with a bang, turning into countless ice particles.

If Li Xuan was here at this time, he would be amazed. He would find that this sword of Li Chengji’s directly changed the stable structure of all the ice layers, making them unable to bear the water pressure upstream.

At the same time, Li Chengji had already soared above the shattered ice surface.

With another sword falling, the Water Ape first froze all over, then turned into ice dust and scattered. But immediately after, a giant ice sword condensed in the sky and furiously slashed towards Li Chengji.

However, before the ice sword could get close to Li Chengji’s body, it suddenly shattered.

"Master Wu, why do you insist on playing with mystery?" Li Chengji’s eyes were like torches, staring intently beneath the water surface, searching for traces of Wu Zhiqi.

"Master Wu, you are the ancestor of playing with water. Your water technique is indeed superb, reaching the realm of God. But when it comes to Ice Style, even I, the incompetent descendant of the Li Family, am far superior to you!"

At this moment, dozens of gigantic water spears suddenly rushed up from the river, aiming at Li Chengji’s chest and abdomen.

Halfway there, these water spears began to freeze, and under the impact of Li Chengji’s Yi of the sword, they turned into ice dust. However, most of the water was not frozen, and it still formed the shape of a spear, fiercely stabbing at the critical parts of Li Chengji’s chest and abdomen.

"Taiyin Zhenshui!"

Li Chengji’s pupils contracted slightly, then he flickered, his sword light divided, desperately blocking and avoiding.

In the next instant, Li Chengji was blown away. His entire figure flew out like a cannonball and landed on the left bank of the Han River.

At this time, another giant Water Ape appeared on the river surface, its face filled with a hint of cold sneer, looking at Li Chengji, whose face was bleeding from every facial orifice.

"With the help of the force of ten thousand armies, this is your limit? You are far inferior to your ancestors."

At this point, there were countless water spears condensed around Wu Zhiqi.

He had lost interest in this descendant of Li Lexing and didn’t understand why the black-robed taoist was so concerned about this Earl Chengyi.

But at this moment, Wu Zhiqi suddenly felt something. He frowned and looked in the other direction, then saw a dazzling multicolored spiritual light shooting up from the water surface.

Wu Zhiqi’s pupils contracted slightly.

He recognized this as the Divine Skill of the peacock clan — the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnet Miejue Needle!