Chapter 79: The Transcendental Stage

From the inner city of Jinling Prefecture, exiting the Jubao Gate, not far away is the Da Baoen Temple. After the Da Baoen Temple, you will reach the Yuhua Terrace, which is very close to Fengtai Gate, one of the 18 gates of the outer city of Jinling Prefecture.

Yuhua Terrace is a beautiful hill, a place for climbing and viewing the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that an immortal once ascended to heaven here, hence the name. Originally, Yuhua Terrace was located outside the city, but in the early years of the Wei Dynasty, the outer city was expanded and Yuhua Terrace came to the city. The scenery here is beautiful, and two of the so-called "Eighteen Scenes of Jinling" are located on Yuhua Terrace.

At this time, the top of Yuhua Terrace was empty and no one was seen.

Now with such a dark cloud over the city, who would dare to hang around in the heights?

At this moment, a figure slowly climbed the mountain along the stone steps, his clothes rustling, and he smoked while walking, and the tobacco pot flickered.

Soon, she reached the top of the mountain and went straight to the edge of the platform on the top of the mountain, looking towards the direction of Zhenwu Lake.

The cumulus clouds there were the thickest, as if shrouded in darkness, and under the dark clouds was a tall figure that stood tall and upright.

This person was Qi Niang, who said she was going to meet a friend. She had probably just returned to Jinling Prefecture after the meeting.

Qi Niang casually knocked the pipe on the stone, put it on her waist, and looked far away at the faintly visible Siming Zhenjun.

A mighty gloomy wind whistled in, blowing the clothes rustling, and the surrounding pines and cypresses shook violently, and the green leaves turned into yellow leaves and fell down. The yin energy contained in it was so strong that it even condensed water droplets, as if there were raindrops mixed in the wind.

Qi Niang stretched out her hand and pushed the frame of the glasses on her nose: "Si Ming, Siming, whose life is it?"

Except for the sound of the wind, no one answered Qi Niang's question.

Qi Niang reached into her waist bag and took out a very ordinary-looking hand gun and a bunch of parts. Looking closely, these parts were all engraved with talisman patterns.

Then Qi Niang continued to assemble these parts onto the hand gun. When the assembly was completed, the hand gun had become a long gun with an exaggerated caliber.

Qi Niang put the long gun aside casually, and took out a bunch of large parts from her waist bag, spreading them all over the floor, among which there was a very conspicuous gun barrel.

There is no doubt that this seemingly inconspicuous waist bag is actually a Xumi object, and these parts are made of steel, obviously from the Tianji Hall or the Shenji Camp.

Qi Niang continued to assemble the long gun with these parts. After a while, the long gun became a medium-sized cannon, and the original hand gun became the switch of the cannon. Obviously, this does not conform to the normal structure of the cannon. Qi Niang deliberately made it like this. She just wants to enjoy the feeling of pulling the trigger, even if it is a cannon.

What cannon, isn't it just a large fire gun, why can't the trigger be pulled?

However, Qi Niang still felt a little dissatisfied and continued to take parts out of the Xumi object. Some parts are even bigger than Qi Niang, but Qi Niang picked them up with one hand, which looks very funny. In addition, there are many spiritual stones that can be used to charge talismans, which are very valuable.

God knows how this Xumi object is so big, and it can hold so many things. It is at least ten times larger than Zhang Yuelu's Liuzhu.

Soon, the cannon turned into a giant cannon, comparable to the cannon on the ironclad ship, like a giant beast, sitting on the Yuhua platform.

Qi Niang put her hands on her waist, looked back and forth several times, and felt that it was almost done. Finally, she took out a half-man-high, cylindrical "Dragon Eye Armor Three".

Seriously speaking, Qi Xuansu was fond of firearms and good at using external objects. These habits were taught by Qi Niang. When encountering a strong enemy, of course, firearms must be used.

In the "Phoenix Eye" and "Dragon Eye" series, Jiayi and Jiaer are strictly controlled by the Taoist sect and are limited. Without the permission of Jinque, they cannot be used and there is no outflow, so Jiaer is already the limit. The size of "Phoenix Eye Jiaer" is too large and needs to be thrown by "Yinglong", so "Dragon Eye Jiaer" is the only heavy firearm that can be carried with you.

Qi Niang finished loading "Dragon Eye Jiaer" and began to calibrate, and she didn't forget to mutter in her mouth: "Da Si, this is a good thing worth 23,500 Taiping coins per round, and it's still the cost price. The selling price to the outside world will be doubled, you won't lose."

After the calibration, Qi Niang pulled the trigger and started this special cannon that combined the two top skills of the mechanism and the talisman.

In an instant, countless heaven and earth energy began to gather towards the cannon, like a whirlpool, constantly swallowing the surrounding heaven and earth energy.

A fiery red light emanated from the depths of the muzzle.

The next moment, there was a loud bang.

The whole mountain seemed to tremble, and a circle of air waves spread out in all directions, which was more violent than the cold wind. Several pine trees nearby could not bear it and broke on the spot.

Qi Niang was indifferent. Except for the rustling of her clothes, her body did not shake at all. She had already taken out the single-barrel telescope in advance and looked at the results of this shot.

"Phoenix Eye Jia San" is undoubtedly powerful. It once blew the entire Cowinbu workshop into ruins, but this is Jinling Mansion. Who dares to use such a firearm?

Phoenix eye is a side, and dragon eye is a point.

Therefore, "Dragon Eye Jia San" is the best choice. Compared with the huge range of "Phoenix Eye Jia San", its power is concentrated on one point, which is easier to break armor. Although for ordinary people, this so-called "one point" is enough to cover an entire three-entry mansion, it should be "one side", but for Siming Zhenjun, who is now huge, "Dragon Eye Jia San" is more like a sharp arrow, that is, "one point".

Holding fire without burning fingers, its merit lies in the speed. The sharp nails penetrated the metal and stone, and the force was concentrated at one point.

The speed of "Dragon Eye Armor III" was not too fast, far from the level of a flying sword - because this type of firearm rarely targets people, but more often targets fixed targets that cannot move.

Obviously, although Siming Zhenjun has boundless power, he is a living target because he cannot move for the time being because he is maintaining the dark clouds covering Jinling Mansion and the yin energy that permeates the entire city.

With Qi Niang's realm and cultivation, she can lock the trajectory of "Dragon Eye Armor III" with her eyes alone without using a telescope. Even a telescope is a complete burden, with a narrow field of view and the need to move the perspective, but Qi Niang likes this feeling, just like you have to pull the trigger to fire a gun. The telescope reminds her of the days when she was a captain on the sea.

In this world, how can a merchant not go to sea? Qi Niang has always regarded herself as a merchant. She has bought a ship, gone to sea, and traveled by sword.

Of course, "traveling by sword" is a more euphemistic term. To put it bluntly, it means doing some pirate activities while being a merchant. However, Qi Niang has no interest in robbing ordinary merchants. She prefers to rob the thieves.

This happened many years ago. In addition to going to sea, Qinniang also traveled the long trade route in the Western Regions. Because the majestic Kunlun Mountains are also located in the Western Regions, every time Qinniang returned to the Central Plains from the Western Regions, she would go to Yujing to visit friends and stay in Yujing for a while. For the powerful Qinniang, entering Yujing is not difficult. She even has her own house in Taishangfang, of course, it is under the name of someone else.

That is, on the way to Yujing, Qinniang rescued the pitiful, weak and helpless Qi Xuansu, pulled him back from the gates of hell, and brought him to her side.

For Qinniang, she didn't think too much at the time, just a thought of kindness, just like Qi Xuansu provoked Feng Bo because of the salt gang, and before running away, he didn't forget to give the inn couple a hundred Taiping money to let them avoid the limelight. There is no special intention, and it won't be like this every time, just occasionally. And a "secondary heart" is not a big amount for Qinniang, just as developing members of the Qingping Society.

In the following time, Qi Niang was more observing Qi Xuansu. Qi Xuansu knew nothing and just followed Qi Niang to live his life, listening to the teachings of his savior. He did what Qi Niang said.

Because of this, in the past few years, Qi Xuansu only rose from an eighth-rank Taoist priest to a seventh-rank Taoist priest, and his cultivation level was only at the Kunlun stage.

After a few years, Qi Niang felt that Qi Xuansu was very much in line with her wishes, and was a filial and trustworthy child. She decided to cultivate this godson, but she would not feed Qi Xuansu with food, just like a child who wanted pocket money and needed to do some housework.

So there was Qi Xuansu's trip to Fengtai County, and he was able to return to the Taoist sect. Then in just one year, Qi Xuansu rose from a seventh-rank Taoist priest to a fifth-rank Taoist priest, a substitute for the chief priest, with a promising future, and only one step away from the heavenly man.

Qi Xuansu was a pawn, and compared with other chess pieces, it was really not worth mentioning. But it also exceeded 90% of the people in the world, because most people did not even have the qualifications to be chess pieces on the chessboard.

Qi Niang put Qi Xuansu on the chessboard, but if Qi Xuansu didn't live up to his expectations, he would be eaten by others. Both are indispensable.

In a sense, it was because of Qi Niang's teachings over the past few years that Qi Xuansu was able to make great progress after he got on the chessboard.

Qi Niang looked at the tail of "Dragon Eyes Jia San" and muttered to herself: "I have done what I should do. Whether you can cross the river smoothly depends on you."