Upon hearing Zhang Chen’s account, the Fox Spirit was utterly stunned: "Is it that simple?"
She truly couldn’t believe that something capable of such explosive power was so simple to make. There was no need for painstaking cultivation like a skill; even an ordinary mortal could make it with just a bit of extra time. Once a mortal mastered this, they could directly slay the mysterious with their mortal body!
At least, the Fox Spirit couldn’t think of how a human Martial Dao expert could defend against it!
Not to mention Martial Dao experts, even those who have explored the Spiritual World to the fourth-tier Exorcism level, would explode into pieces if they inexplicably blew themselves up like she did, wouldn’t they?
"Indeed, it is that simple! Haven’t you heard that the simpler something is, the more it holds great truths?" Zhang Chen said with a smiling face.
Upon hearing this, the Fox Spirit stood there, seemingly lost in thought.
"What’s wrong with you?" Zhang Chen looked at Fox Fairy Nannan with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"With gunpowder being so powerful, even the average person can refine it and then attack cultivators in reverse. So what is the point of our cultivation?" Fox Fairy Nannan’s voice carried a trace of bewilderment and sorrow.
"Cultivation cannot bring immortality; it’s merely about mastering more powerful forces. Now that gunpowder has appeared, the gap between the two sides is directly erased. What’s the point of cultivating? If cultivators can’t wield power above ordinary people, then why bother cultivating at all?" Fox Fairy Nannan seemed to be mumbling to herself, or perhaps questioning Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen looked at Fox Fairy Nannan, understanding her confusion. After all, in a certain special period in his past life, when foreign airplanes and cannons came crashing in, the country’s people must have been as bewildered as the Fox Spirit at this moment.
"Exploring the mysteries of heaven and earth, mastering the marvels of the human body," Zhang Chen stated.
"Nonsense! Cultivation is about mastering powerful forces. If you can’t master powerful forces, isn’t our constant meditation and cultivation a waste of effort? With that time, it would be better to enjoy life." Fox Fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen, her gaze full of disdain: "Hypocrite!"
"..." Zhang Chen was speechless.
"You must not leak this technology. Even if you die, say nothing. Otherwise, I’m afraid the order and rules of this world will truly change. The heavens and earth will be turned upside down," the Fox Spirit said. "Regardless if it’s the Alien Race or the Human Race, whichever race masters this technology will sweep the world invincible."
Saying this, Fox Fairy Nannan was still a bit uneasy, turning to threaten fiercely and cutely: "And within your Human Race, there are quite a few ’human traitors.’ If you spread the gunpowder technology, even if your Human Race might have an initial advantage, once the traitors leak the formula, with the methods of my Demon Beast race, we’ll use explosives more efficiently than your Human Race, and you will definitely suffer heavy losses and fall behind."
Zhang Chen glanced at the ferocious Fox Spirit: "I only hope that you won’t spread the gunpowder technology."
Zhang Chen merely said this casually, not really worried about the Fox Spirit leaking the technology. The opponent was now a skill of his own; as long as he set a restriction on her, she couldn’t speak of it.
Fox Fairy Nannan ignored Zhang Chen and instead eagerly turned into a wisp of green smoke and left, starting to search for materials to make gunpowder.
Zhang Chen then turned his focus to Zhang Shicheng’s grand tomb: "For me, the most effective approach is to interrupt Zhang Shicheng’s Dragon Transformation when it’s about to happen, and then absorb his blood. But he’s a Ninth Rank Yang God realm entity, and even if I lure his soul over, I might not be able to destroy it! Unless he suffers a severe blow..."
Zhang Chen thought over and finally found a clue: "He has gathered the world’s water veins. Once his Dragon Transformation and Walking Flood Dragon fails, without transforming into a True Dragon, he can’t control the world’s waters and will be countered by them. He could only settle for transforming into a Pseudo Dragon. Yet even as a Pseudo Dragon, he won’t be able to suppress the grand momentum of the world’s water fortune, leading to more severe injuries, which could be my opportunity. I can control all the river water within fifty meters, and combined with the characteristics of the Light of the True God, I might stand a chance against the Pseudo Dragon."
"However, the key now is to locate his grand tomb first, confirm the position of the tomb, and then figure out a way to proceed."
Zhang Chen carried a basket filled with earth to the embankment and dumped it out. A sudden insight flashed in his mind: "I can’t find the location of the grand tomb, but I can make Zhang Shicheng come to me!"
"Zhang Shicheng has gathered enough fortune and absorbed mysterious powers. He’s a step away from completing the transformation, only lacking the True Dragon Destiny. As long as the True Dragon Destiny doesn’t return, he cannot become a True Dragon. Now that he has gathered the world’s water veins, the momentum of Walking Flood Dragon is formed. As long as he doesn’t transform into a True Dragon, this momentum won’t be interrupted. The water vapor of the world will continually gather, rebounding until it crushes him."
"Once the grand momentum of Walking Flood Dragon and Dragon Transformation is formed, its outcome isn’t something Zhang Shicheng can control, even he can’t stop it."
Zhang Chen relished this thought: "Without me, that thread of True Dragon Destiny would have been summoned by Zhang Shicheng, directly taken by him, and he would transform into a True Dragon. But unfortunately for Zhang Shicheng, he ran into me!"
"A son’s debt repaid by the father, right? Who told your family to have no discipline, raising a son causing harm to others. We originally had no enmity; it’s all your grandson’s fault, which I have to count against you." Zhang Chen smiled proudly.
He thought of an idea at that moment: to use the True Dragon Destiny to lure him and see if he would take the bait, whether he would come out of the Feng Shui grand tomb on his own.
After all, underground is his territory. Prince Pingbian Zhang Shicheng needs Feng Shui arrangements and various traps set up for his Dragon Transformation and Walking Flood Dragon, and Zhang Chen wasn’t keen on stepping into that.
With a thought, the Dragon Qi in Zhang Chen’s soul emerged from his body, as thin as a chopstick, and appeared on Zhang Chen’s shoulder. As soon as it materialized, it fiercely bit into a wisp of Dragon Qi scattered in the world. After taking a bite of the heavenly Dragon Qi, the True Dragon Destiny on Zhang Chen’s shoulder solidified and grew stronger.
Dragon Qi is formless and invisible to the ordinary mortal eye, so Zhang Chen had no fear of the porters around seeing it.
Just as Zhang Chen’s True Dragon Qi bit the Dragon Qi of the world, suddenly the Dragon Qi in the heavens surged, and a tremor from the riverbed shook underfoot, causing people to lose footing. With the tremor, countless underground water streams were ’squeezed’ out by the earth, causing the Yellow River to flood instantly, submerging up to people’s knees in the blink of an eye.
"Run! The Yellow River is flooding!"
The porters working saw the sudden emergence of Yellow River waters and were so scared their souls flew away. Dropping their tools, they fled to the shore.
Zhang Chen also staggered from the ground’s trembling, and the True Dragon Destiny on his shoulder seemed to sense danger, quickly drilled back into Zhang Chen’s soul and hid away.
"The True Dragon Destiny is actually afraid of Zhang Shicheng?" Zhang Chen was somewhat surprised, not expecting his own Dragon Qi Destiny to be so cowardly, fleeing upon confronting Zhang Shicheng’s threat.
But putting things into perspective, Zhang Shicheng already holds true power akin to a Grand General with a hundred-thousand-strong army but without a legitimate title. Meanwhile, the True Dragon Destiny, although in name rightful, is like an emperor devoid of soldiers. How could it not fear Zhang Shicheng?
At this moment, the people were struggling to escape in the Yellow River, and Zhang Chen, unwilling to stand out, joined the fleeing crowd. However, he was certain of one thing in his heart: using the True Dragon Destiny to provoke had indeed alarmed Zhang Shicheng, even affecting his Dragon Transformation and Walking Flood Dragon.
His assumptions and hypotheses were entirely feasible!