The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror-Chapter 394 - 173: The Times Have Changed (Please Subscribe) _3

He retreated almost without a second thought, swiftly and invisibly.

In the blink of an eye, he had vanished without a trace.

It took two full rounds of shooting before the archers ran out of Purple Thunder Rockets.

They watched the spectacle with excitement.

In reality, the physical destructive power of the Purple Thunder Rockets wasn’t that terrifying, but the momentum just now, if on the battlefield, would certainly cause the warhorses to panic and lose control, and average soldiers could fall into psychological collapse after several rounds of shooting.

Because the sound was just like the roar of Heavenly Thunder exploding by one’s ear.

Ren Tianyou’s mouth twitched; he hadn’t expected Xu Qing to get his hands on Fang Immortal Dao’s Purple Thunder Rockets.

This kid was too eerie.

He distinctly remembered that Xu Qing had a significant feud with the East Sea Gang, and naturally, with Fang Immortal Dao too; how then did he manage to get hold of Fang Immortal Dao’s Purple Thunder Rockets?

This item, even the Giant Whale Gang had a scarce stock of, and they were reluctant to use it.

Moreover, with the pervasive smell of gunpowder, the poisonous creatures gathered around the altar scattered in all directions.

As for the cult followers around the altar, they scattered like monkeys in the woods, each fleeing for their lives.

Li Gongpu fought with the wind at his back, as if possessed by Physician Li, displaying a commanding presence reminiscent of a god of war, commanding his troops to ruthlessly finish off the enemy.

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On Qishan Island, when Xu Qing’s troops swept through and annihilated the altar,

The Luo Sect Master had already boarded a ship.

It was Wenxiang Sect’s ship, with both Yun Yuzhen and Elder Li present. They were quite opposed to opening the Ghost Gate, but capitulated reluctantly under the pressure from the Luo Sect Master and the Heart Moon Fox.

However, upon seeing the Purple Thunder Rockets, like the Luo Sect Master, they too made a swift exit.

The three of them tacitly agreed not to bring up the incident.

Especially the Luo Sect Master, by terms of combat prowess, he had no equal on Qishan Island, and yet he fled, which was quite a loss of face when said aloud.

But the more skilled in Kung Fu, the more one fears death.

He had only cultivated the Asura Evil Skill to the Seventh Layer, still far from reaching the Ninth Level Realm, so it was natural to avoid risks whenever possible.

With five hundred elite troops, Purple Thunder Rockets, and two Refining Internal Masters by Xu Qing’s side, he feared that in the heat of battle, he might end up in the precarious position of covering the rear, and by then, it would be too late for regrets.

Besides, what if there were other formidable individuals or Firearms with Xu Qing?

He was here to cause trouble, not to seek death.

If Xu Gongming were willing to fight him one-on-one, the Luo Sect Master would naturally not fear.

But there was no such opportunity.

He realized the Heart Moon Fox was unreliable; as if it still thought it was two hundred years ago.

Probably being locked up too long, its brain wasn’t working properly.

With the Wenxiang Sect’s ship catching a favorable wind and flowing downstream, it seemed to travel a thousand miles a day.

The Luo Sect Master, Yun Yuzhen, and Elder Li remained silent for a while before finally speaking: "There’s no need to spread the word about today’s events."

Yun Yuzhen nodded: "I was also against opening any Ghost Gate. If the creatures from the netherworld were truly powerful, they would have dominated the living world long ago."

Elder Li: "I understand the Grand Master’s intent; this was a thorough assessment of Xu Gongming’s strength. We need to consider future developments."

The Luo Sect Master thought to himself, Elder Li does have a way with words. If Xu Gongming couldn’t become the Sect Hierarch of the Wenxiang Sect, promoting Elder Li to the position wouldn’t be inappropriate.

Yun Yuzhen, this woman, is preoccupied with eternal youth and obviously not material for handling great matters.

He couldn’t help but sigh deeply; accomplishing tasks was truly difficult.

No wonder previous Sect Hierarchs, upon identifying talented individuals within the Luo Sect, would graciously send them away to establish their own branches and develop independently.

If these two hadn’t fled just now, with their strength combined with the Heart Moon Fox, and united in purpose, wouldn’t they have stood a chance against Xu Qing and the rest?

The Luo Sect Master understood better why the Luo Sect, despite its history of talented individuals, never produced anyone who succeeded in grand endeavors.

What could be achieved in the company of mere worms?

He thought of King Lin; if Xu Gongming were in trouble, King Lin would surely risk life and limb for him.

Not just King Lin; even his archenemies Gu Wuji and Ren Tianyou would come to join forces with Xu Gongming. What sort of monster was he?

This point, the Luo Sect Master, couldn’t comprehend at all.

"Could this man be the incarnation of the Ziwei Star, with heaven and earth responding to his call?"

He felt that he and Xu Gongming were simply not in the same world.

Truly incomprehensible.

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Atop the altar, the Divine Soul of a white fox withered, looking bewildered.

Who was it and where was it?

Was it betrayed?

The Heart Moon Fox could not comprehend what had just happened.

Those Rockets, were they Fang Immortal Dao’s creations?

Two hundred years earlier, it too had clashed with Fang Immortal Dao who made Firearms that never possessed such power, nor were they so refined.

It still did not understand humans well enough.

In the previous Court, Fang Immortal Dao’s Firearms were crafted by artisans, part of a Court-assigned task, with little reward for good work, yet punishment awaited if quotas weren’t met, forcing them to rush the job.

Furthermore, the raw materials were also inferior.

These Purple Thunder Rockets by Xu Qing were Fang Immortal Dao’s goods sold for profit.

Merchants put great stock in reputation; if goods sold were bad, customers stopped coming. To secure an ongoing business, quality had to be high, even better than what they used themselves.

In the end, the profit from Purple Thunder Rockets was very high.

But the real lethality, except against Dao Skill masters, wasn’t that great.

Of course, they were fine for intimidation.

Fang Immortal Dao was pragmatic, with profit as its guiding principle. Not to mention selling Purple Thunder Rockets, other formidable Firearms could be negotiable as well.

Fang Immortal Dao was not a monolith internally, divided into factions; one faction may not sell, but that doesn’t ensure that another won’t.