Da Feng: From copying golden entries to becoming an immortal in the mortal world

"Master Hengyuan, do you know the true identity of Daoist Jinlian?"

Seeing Heng Yuan's shock, Luo Chen gradually piqued his curiosity:

"This fragment of the Earth Book is a priceless treasure of the Earth Sect. Can you guess why Daoist Jinlian possesses the Earth Book?"

Heng Yuan clasped his hands together and recalled, "Master Jinlian called him just an ordinary elder of the Earth Sect, but this humble monk senses that he is not simple at all!"

Luo Chen nodded: "That's right, Daoist Jinlian's true identity is indeed the leader of the Earth Sect!"

"A second-grade Earth Sect expert?!"

Upon hearing this, Heng Yuan looked astonished. "I can clearly sense that Daoist Jinlian does not possess the second-grade transcendent realm!"

Luo Chen: "What if the leader of the Earth Sect uses the technique of One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones to separate his own good and evil?"

"The drawback of the Earth Sect's cultivation method is that the deeper the accumulated merits, the heavier the karmic consequences."

"When the leader of the Earth Sect failed to transcend the tribulation, he suffered a backlash and fell into the demonic path. Most of the Taoists in the Earth Sect were also corrupted and fell into the demonic path. Only a few remained benevolent under the protection of the Golden Lotus Taoist. From then on, the Earth Sect split into two factions."

"That's why he formed the Heaven and Earth Society!"

Heng Yuan was shocked by what he heard and gave Luo Chen a deep look.

Although he was a martial monk, he was by no means brainless. It was obvious that Daoist Jinlian would not tell Luo Chen the great secret concerning the Earth Sect.

It seems that Young Master Luo is highly regarded by the Supervisor, so we must try to befriend him!

"Young Master Luo, is that so?"

"The leader of the Earth Sect separated his own good and evil, and the good thoughts caused problems with his primordial spirit!"

Seeing that the other person was quite perceptive, Luo Chen praised, "Not bad!"

"Master Hengyuan, you are unaware of this. Daoist Jinlian possesses two states. One is that of an unparalleled master who uses the common people as his chess piece, knowing everything about the world's difficulties!"

"The other type is the 'know-it-all' type, who won't answer when asked, and acts mysterious—the kind of 'wise old fox' personality!"

"Moreover, this seasoned state makes one prone to confusion and embarrassment!"

"Furthermore, their opinions contradict each other. The peerless master dislikes outsiders mentioning him, especially if outsiders reveal his existence to the old Taoist!"

Luo Chen patted Heng Yuan on the shoulder, "As for the reason, I learned this lesson at a very heavy price!"

"If Master Hengyuan doesn't trust me, he can try it himself!"

Hengyuan nodded, seemingly understanding, then realizing the situation.

No wonder, when he met Master Jinlian in person, he found him to be rather witty and mysterious, unlike the stern and unapproachable master he was supposed to be!

"Young Master Luo's assistance to the Yangshengtang is a sign of his compassionate heart, and this humble monk naturally trusts him."

Luo Chen looked at Heng Yuan with satisfaction. He was a righteous and honest man who did not charge money and even helped out for free.

This is a real gem, a perfect partner!

"In that case, the expansion of the Health Preservation Hall will require Master Hengyuan's continued assistance, so I won't disturb you any longer!"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Luo Chen hurriedly left the health center.

……

The Imperial Observatory, the Star-Picking Tower.

"Junior brother, the top-tier magical artifacts, crossbows, produced by our Imperial Observatory can easily pierce even the impenetrable defenses of a sixth-rank martial artist!"

Luo Chen and Song Qing arrived together at the Weapons Research Department of the Imperial Observatory.

He glanced at the various expensive magical artifacts, bows and crossbows, and looked somewhat dissatisfied.

"Magic weapons like crossbows have a slow rate of fire and are expensive to manufacture. Most importantly, they cannot be as powerful as cannons, nor as dense as the 'Rain of Pear Blossom Needles' used by martial arts practitioners!"

"Why can't we combine the two and shrink the size of the artillery shells to the size of a little finger!"

Luo Chen knew that the Imperial Observatory had invented a batch of firearms in its earlier years.

Gunpowder is used to generate a large amount of high-temperature, high-pressure gas, which provides the launching power for the projectile.

It is far more effective than bows and crossbows against ordinary people, but if you only want to deal with ordinary people, a butcher's knife is enough.

Ultimately, the bullets from the muskets were not very good; they were mostly stone and iron pellets, so hitting a sixth-rank martial artist was like tickling him.

But armor-piercing rounds are no problem!

Its physical principle is also very simple. Since the energy of the shell explosion is dispersed in all directions, it is only necessary to design a conical groove inside the shell.

In this way, the energy dispersed by the explosion can be concentrated on the axis inside the groove, which can spray out high temperatures of thousands of degrees, achieving a significant effect!

Soon, Luo Chen drew a model of the armor-piercing projectile with charcoal pencil, and specifically marked that the front of the projectile needed to be hollow, as well as the composition of the primer.

There are also blurry images of rifles and Maxim machine guns. Both of these weapons required real money and constant experimentation to develop!

Fortunately, this is an extraordinary world; otherwise, Luo Chen would have to worry about the most important issues, such as a barrel explosion.

Metals that have been refined possess an inexplicable degree of hardness.

Looking at the blueprints drawn by Luo Chen, Song Qing, with a skeptical attitude, immediately demonstrated his alchemy skills.

Soon, an armor-piercing shell was produced.

Luo Chen took the bullet. "Senior brother, we need another one, a little more than a tenth the thickness of this bullet."

Having immersed himself in the art of alchemy for many years, Song Qing's eyes were like rulers, allowing him to directly manipulate long tubes by hand.

"Junior brother, these things are all very ordinary, are they really going to work?"

Luo Chen smiled meaningfully, "Senior brother, even a small person can have big dreams. Even an ordinary armor-piercing bullet has power surpassing that of a magical artifact!"

"I hope this alchemical weapon can empower even an ordinary person to defend against foreign invasion!"

(The weapon levels of the Great Feng Dynasty: mortal weapons, magical weapons, divine weapons, and magical treasures!)

"Everyone, watch closely!"

Luo Chen's aura surged, and his fingertips transformed into sword light, piercing the primer of the armor-piercing bullet!

The armor-piercing projectile inside the long tube instantly shot towards the seven-centimeter-thick iron wall like a flash of fire!

Before everyone's eyes, the terrifyingly high temperature and heat flow burned through it!

"This power is incredible! It's almost on par with magical bows and crossbows!"

"A top-tier magical weapon capable of piercing a sixth-rank martial artist—the crossbow—costs three hundred taels of silver for a single arrow!"

"The armor-piercing projectiles developed by Senior Brother Luo are actually quite formidable!"

Everyone stepped forward to see the iron wall that had been pierced by the high-temperature heat.

Song Qing was suddenly overjoyed and gripped Luo Chen's shoulders tightly with both hands:

"Junior brother! With this divine missile descending from the heavens! The Great Feng Kingdom is powerful enough to crush the northern barbarian kingdoms!"

Luo Chen, however, looked grave. "Senior brother, the new alchemical weapon still needs to be kept strictly confidential."

"For now, don't let outsiders know! Be careful the alchemists outside the Imperial Observatory find out!"

Song Qing also realized the seriousness of the problem, "Junior brother, don't worry, I will keep this strictly confidential!"

Luo Chen used his Qi Observation Technique and, seeing Song Qing's confident assurance, he finally felt relieved and left the Weapons Research Department.

He went up to the third floor of the Star-Picking Tower to check on Xu Lingyin's early education.

As it turned out, he saw Huaiqing covering his forehead, his once stunningly beautiful face now clearly numb.

Xu Lingyin sat earnestly on the small chair, holding the book in both hands, and recited aloud, "The beginning of man!"

"At the beginning of life!"

"At the beginning of life!"

"Huaiqing, how about we just forget about it?"

Chu Caiwei comforted her, saying, "Confucian enlightenment education is really useless for Xiaolingyin. Junior Brother's pastry education is more suitable for her!"

Xu Lingyin's little ears twitched slightly. She seemed to hear about pastries. "Where are the pastries? I want some pastries too!"

"I want to eat water chestnut cake, mung bean cake, sugar-coated glutinous rice cake, Ding Sheng cake, peach blossom pastry..."

After hearing what Chu Caiwei said, Huaiqing was already planning to give up.

When Xu Lingyin was mentioned, she could name more than 30 kinds of pastries at once, but when she was introduced to Confucianism and Taoism, she could only remember three words.

Xu Lingyin immediately activated Huaiqing's passive skill, Never Give Up!

"Caiwei, don't stop me! Tonight I'm going to make her learn the Three Character Classic!"