Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 952 - 785: Yue Qianqian’s Dowry

Chapter 952: Chapter 785: Yue Qianqian’s Dowry

Shaofu Yu Jie drove quickly to Li Xuan’s side, his gaze grimly fixed on the vast "Ice Wall" that stretched for over seven hundred li ahead.

"Madness!"

Yu Jie’s pupils dilated, and in that moment, the seven-hundred-li ice wall shattered into ice dust, scattering into the air.

He then glanced at Li Xuan, noticing that the latter appeared to be deep in thought.

Yu Jie slightly raised his eyebrows, "Is Prince Fenyang worried about what will happen in three days? You can rest assured, I can’t guarantee others, but I will certainly stand with you in this matter. Most of the regent ministers in the court are well aware of the stakes and would never compromise with this beast."

Li Xuan came back to his senses and shook his head with a smile, "Thank you, Shaofu, but this so-called Kunpeng Emperor is actually not a concern. He shouldn’t have another chance to invade Jingdengzhou."

As he spoke these words, his body transformed into specks of starlight, "I have other important matters to attend to in these three days, I will need you, Sir Yu, to help me oversee the imperial court."

When Li Xuan’s body transformed from starlight back into human form, he had already returned to the ’Tianxingtai’ space.

It was no longer appropriate to call it ’Tianxingtai’; Li Xuan’s ’Heavenly Court of Xuanhuang’ had already begun to take form.

After all, Shennong, Yan Emperor’s ’south Heaven Palace’, was only a quarter the size of this void.

Li Xuan first went to the ’Engineering Institute’ he had established; Leng Yurou’s forging workshop was located here.

It occupied nearly seven hundred acres and had seven different functional laboratories.

When Li Xuan arrived, Leng Yurou was experimenting with blank cartridge bullets in a makeshift pool with Mo Changsheng from the Mo, the contemporary Lu Ban, and others.

"The range of these bullets seems pretty good. Can they be mass-produced within two days?"

Li Xuan quietly observed for a while from behind Leng Yurou, noting that the bullets fired by her ’runed musket rifle’ generally had a range of three hundred and twenty zhang.

This made his pupils brighten slightly; though not ideal, the range was basically sufficient.

His heavenly soldiers were not merely armed with muskets; when equipped with Black Gold Divine Armor, their melee capabilities were generally above the sixth house level.

"Each bullet costs ninety-two silver yuan," Leng Yurou said, glancing at Li Xuan’s expression and pursing her lips. "Moreover, even pulling together all the craftsmen from the Shenqi Union, we can only produce about fifty-three thousand bullets a day."

She knew it was unlikely to secure a big order from Li Xuan, as the cost of these blank cartridges was already five times higher than ordinary metal-cased bullets.

A new ’runed musket rifle’ could be produced for about two thousand two hundred yuan.

The key was the waste of manpower; the Shenqi Union had plenty of lucrative businesses, and there was no need to exhaust craftsmen on this laborious task.

As expected, Li Xuan shook his head, "Continue to research. If you can lower the cost to forty-two yuan and increase production speed, I can order five million rounds."

He didn’t actually find the cost too steep; if it could defeat the Deep Sea army, the East Sea Dragon Palace would certainly be willing to pay.

Their foundation was comparable to Jinque Palace, if not superior. They could come up with ten or even twenty billion.

But the production speed was truly frustrating.

Three days’ production wouldn’t even suffice for his heavenly soldiers to fire four rounds. Compared to the millions of Deep Sea Monsters, these bullets were like a drop in the bucket.

Although he couldn’t rely on them this time, they might still be useful in the future.

This was called preparing for a rainy day—

Li Xuan then transformed into starlight again and quickly moved to the interior of ’Solar Furnace No. 1’.

Mr. and Mrs. Yue were there, using the nuclear heat of the furnace to forge artifacts.

As Li Xuan arrived, Yue Huaiyuan frowned and looked over, "The sword is over there, take it yourself."

Li Xuan viewed these two as his future parents-in-law and smiled broadly as he bowed, "Thank you both. I’m truly sorry for this intrusion."

The Yue couple had once explained that they couldn’t tolerate disturbances while forging artifacts. So this time, he had broken their agreement.

Li Xuan then glanced sideways at a row of strangely shaped, Spiritually Energy-enwrapped Immortal Swords nearby.

These swords had no hilts; they were either narrow or hefty, and on the blade, the Spiritual Runes of the twelve celestial beasts were inscribed.

As for the Liuhe, Zi and Chou form earth, Yin and Hai form wood, Mao and Xu form fire, Chen and You form metal, Si and Shen form water, Wu and Wei form earth.

These twelve Immortal Swords, each correspond to the twelve celestial branches, also known as the duodecimal cycle.

After pillaging East Island last year, Li Xuan had originally only wanted to ask Mr. and Mrs. Yue to forge six Immortal Swords for him.

However, a few months ago, Li Xuan had forcibly taken the "Zhushen Order" from Dasiming’s hand, successfully gaining tier two access to the Zhoutian Stars Array, causing the speed of refining "Zhoutian Star Iron" to explosively increase by more than sixfold.

Thus, Li Xuan, all at once, increased the order for Immortal Swords to twelve, preparing to achieve, in one step, the level of directly condensing the "Rule of Extreme Heaven" with his "Liuhe Immortal Slaying Sword Diagram."

However, upon seeing those twelve Immortal Swords, Li Xuan still felt a bit surprised, "Have they all really been refined?"

He had thought that this time, he could at most get six finished Immortal Swords.

Li Xuan immediately gestured with his hand, and the twelve swords successively took flight, coiling around him.

In an instant, numerous "Zhengfan Liuhe Immortal Slaying Jianqi" emerged around Li Xuan’s body, intertwining and overlapping heavily.

A look of astonishment appeared in Li Xuan’s eyes.

First, he was amazed at the majestic power of these sword energies gathering together without the need for an array diagram, showing tendencies of condensing into the Rule of Extreme Heaven; second, he was shocked that these swords had indeed all been completed.

Li Xuan knew the temperature inside the "Solar Furnace" was extremely high, and a nuclear fusion furnace needed a high temperature of at least tens of millions of degrees to maintain itself.

This terrifying high temperature, enough to vaporize any ordinary iron, could also make any artifact forging easier.

Yet just half a month ago, eight of these twelve swords were still in the embryonic stage.

Not to mention that Mr. and Mrs. Yue, besides forging swords, were still responsible for creating several key components for the Solar Furnace.

A moment later, a hint of surprise flashed through Li Xuan’s eyes again, "This is, the Qi of Chaos and Five Elements?"

This product formed after "Innate Qi of Chaos" diversified into the five elements was used as the main material in the "Seven Orifices Exquisite Furnace" of his clone.

The Yue couple actually possessed this level of extraordinary natural treasure and had even applied it to these twelve Immortal Swords.

No wonder these Liuhe Immortal Swords were quickly completed—

It is said that "Innate Qi of Chaos" could transform into any substance, fill any defect in magical instruments and Immortal Artifacts, and also strengthen and elevate them.

Though "Qi of Chaos and Five Elements" was slightly less effective, it had a similar impact.

"You do recognize quality," Yue Huaiyuan stroked his beard, looking smugly contented, "Kid, your Aunt Yue and I have roamed the world for thirty-five years, been to countless places from Tiannan to the far north, and forged who knows how many magical instruments for people; we still have some essence stored up. Consider these ’Qi of Chaos and Five Elements’ as a dowry for Qianqian."

Mrs. Yue’s face darkened, "What are you talking about? What dowry? I have not agreed to betroth Qianqian to him. These ’Qi of Chaos and Five Elements’ cost money."

Yue Huaiyuan merely chuckled, but soon his gaze turned cold as he eyed Li Xuan, "I know that the twelve main swords of your Liuhe Immortal Slaying Sword Diagram are better the higher the quality and the stronger and mightier the blade, so I took the initiative to give the ’Qi of Chaos and Five Elements’ to you.

But if you ever let Qianqian suffer in the future, we, as a couple, will do everything we can to make you pay!"

Originally, Mr. and Mrs. Yue did not have a favorable opinion of Li Xuan.

However, recently observing Li Xuan’s intentions, he seemed to genuinely plan to officially take Yue Qianqian as his wife, rather than treating her as a mistress or concubine, which quite changed Yue Huaiyuan’s opinion.

Although he still felt incredible frustration and thought his daughter deserved better.

But Yue Qianqian’s heart was completely tied to Li Xuan, how could they change it despite their efforts?

Li Xuan was overjoyed by their words. Yue Qianqian was like a rabbit in the palm of his hand, unable to escape.

What followed was merely a question of how to proceed—

He then bowed deeply to them, "You exaggerate! Qianqian is pure-hearted and gentle, kind and sincere. To earn her affection is a great blessing for Li Xuan; how could I ever deceive or let her down?"

Following that, he swept his robe sleeve, causing the "Liuhe Immortal Slaying Sword Diagram" to materialize above his head.

The twelve Liuhe swords orbiting around him also ascended into the air, merging into the sword diagram.

In that moment, the over three thousand seven hundred Jianqi within the sword diagram all proliferated and transformed, collectively emitting a buzzing sound.

They converged, becoming tougher, sharper, and more dangerous.

Li Xuan could clearly sense that the "Rule of Extreme Heaven," named "Zhansha" and "Zhumie," was forming within the sword diagram.