Chapter 138 The Tragedy when out of luck! ！
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With a thud…, the two arrows above the groove seemed to be equipped with electric motors, and they flew with a whistle up to the sky.
“Oh my god! Where did they go?” Xia Yuqing stretched out her hand to block the sunlight shining down on her. She looked at the arrows that had become two shining stars in the sky in the distance. “It’s flown so far.”
“Right, right? I told you this thing is powerful. Look at how far it flies, how can one usually shoot the arrow so far without any effort?” Xu Lao flaunted.
“Qing Jiejie, why do I feel that something is flying back over here?” Li Yuan stood beside Xia Yuqing, looking up at the place where the two arrows just disappeared and said aloud. Then her eyes shrank suddenly, she pulled Xia Yuqing to the side to hide, “Qing Jiejie, be careful!”
Xia Yuqing only felt a hurricane that was stronger than before blowing past her face. Then, a familiar scream came from behind her.
To be safe, Su Wuduan had stood behind Xia Yuqing and was currently pulling on Cui Er to explain: “Wife, don’t listen to my dad’s nonsense. Since I have met you, I have never gone out to mess with more flowers. No….. that’s not right, I’ve never messed around with flowers outside. I used to just spend time with them. I’ve always been clean and self-conscious. I’ve never messed around outside. Wife, you have to believe me. To you, I’m sincere. Both my body and mind have always been reserved for you, and have never been given to others.”
Cui Er gave him a disgusting glance and sneered: “Your body and mind are mine? Then when you used to go to Qinlou Chu Pavilion, was it to only to chat to those singers and dancers or listen to their tunes?”
Su Wuduan raised his head and said righteously: “Yes, they were just my close confidantes before I met my wife. It was used to expel my loneliness. Both them and I are nothing more. Wife, everything I have, it has been kept for you.”
Before his voice finished echoing, Su Wuduan felt a strong wind blowing behind. An unusually bad premonition made him reflexively want to escape, but he paused when he saw Cui Er in front of him. Then he heard a familiar pop, and felt a familiar pain.
Su Wuduan turned his head. Numb and frozen, he saw two trembling arrow feathers…
“…” For a moment, the time in the courtyard seemed to have stagnated.
Kaka…After a long while, Su Wuduan let out a low roar and the paused time seemed to be flowing again.
“Junior Sister!!!”
“My bad, I’m guilty!!!” Xia Yuqing was frightened by Su Wuduan’s low growl. Holding her head to the side, she tried to keep away from him.
“…” It turns out that there are arrows that can go in reverse in this world! Now I know!
Cui Er glanced calmly at the two long arrows on Su Wuduan’s behind. She smiled: “It seems that even God can’t forgive your nonsense.”
“…” Su Wuduan suddenly felt that his heart that he had stuck back together with great difficulty broke again.
After taking a deep breath, he turned to look at Xia Yuqing and said: “You…”
“I didn’t mean it, you must forgive me for my miss.”
“…” A big blue vein popped out of Su Wuduan’s forehead. He sneered, “A miss?”
“…” Okay, this is the third time, but God knows why Senior brother would always accidentally be in direct line of the shot every time. In fact…cough cough…
“Come here, I promise not to beat you.” Su Wuduan took a breath of air and coaxed.
Xia Yuqing did not advance and retreated instead. She looked at him with a guarded expression: “You sound like a wolf saying it fell in love with a sheep and that you will never eat sheep again. It is not credible!”
“…” Su Wuduan started grinding his teeth, “What the h*ll! I was standing behind you, how can your broken arrow hit my… my…”
“Huh?” Su Wuduan’s words made Xu Lao recover from his initial surprise. He quickly walked to Xia Yuqing’s side and took the crossbow arrow from her hand. “Little apprentice, did you just press the button here?”
“Ah, yes, yes. Ah, can’t that button be pressed?” Xia Yuqing asked, turning her head in surprise.
“That is a semi-finished product that controls the groove to change shape. I didn’t expect it to be successful the first time I tried it. Wow, ha ha ha, I’m such a genius… a genius…”
“…” Master, calm down, you dare to show off a semi-finished product? You didn’t even tell me about it when I used it just now, so…this is definitely not my fault! ! !
“…” Xu Lao, why are you so happy? The person who was accidentally injured over there seems to be your own son, right?
“…” So, I was unlucky enough to be injured due to a small mechanism button. Moreover, that button usually wouldn’t even budge! ! !
With a pu, Su Wuduan couldn’t hold himself steady anymore and threw himself to the ground, vomiting a mouthful of blood. Before fainting, the last thing he thought was: was it true that he was too much of a b**tard before and now even the gods will not let him go? Uuuu…
“Oh no, no good. The eldest Gong Zi has lost too much blood and passed out.” The servants who were waiting on the side finally reacted. They hurriedly carried Su Wuduan away.
Cui Er glanced at Su Wuduan’s lifeless appearance. Finally, she pursed her lips, reached out and took out a small thing from her sleeve. She threw it on someone’s body, and then turned back to Xia Yuqing’s side as if nothing ever happened.
“Little apprentice, little apprentice, tell me quickly, how do you feel after trying it once?” Xu Lao immediately asked about Xia Yuqing’s feelings after Su Wuduan was lifted away.
Xia Yuqing was embarrassed and said in a low voice: “Xu Ge, Senior Brother, he…”
“That boy has a thick skin, he will be alive and kicking again in a few days. Don’t worry about him.”
“…” Master, now it’s not just Senior Brother who is suspecting it, but I also now doubt whether Senior Brother is your actual son. Is he… is he adopted by Master’s wife!
“Ahem, it’s okay on the whole, it’s just…”
“Yes?”
“I just feel that the ability to bear the force is not great. Although the wood is very strong, it still feels that something is missing. If possible, you might as well replace it with iron. Things like that… will make it more foolproof, so that no matter how strong the force is, there will be no problem.”
Xu Lao groaned: “Iron is indeed more sturdy, but it’s a bit too bulky.”
Xia Yuqing replied: “Anyways, since I clash with a bow and arrow, I will never play with this kind of game again. Archery is a waste of energy. It would be great if I had a pistol. It would be much more convenient. Then I can aim at what I would like. Isn’t it just hitting whatever it was pointed to?”
Wait, pistol? Yes, why can’t I create a pistol? Although gunpowder and the like may not have appeared in ancient times, there should be some sulphur materials. If there were drawings, somebody could create those things, like the shells. Those people were called alchemists in ancient times. Yes, alchemy! ! !
“Xu Ge, I thought about it! But do you know any alchemy masters who are particularly powerful and trustworthy?”
“Alchemy masters?” Xu Lao’s expression changed slightly. Why did his little apprentice want to look for an alchemist? Is it possible that she thinks mechanism techniques are too boring and wants to find another route?
How can this be? This little apprentice is the heir this man has been searching for for a long time. How can she follow others like this and benefit those chumps? ! !
“Little apprentice…” Xu Lao stared at Xia Yuqing with a sad look, his pitiful appearance seemed like the sky was about to fall.
Xia Yuqing was taken aback. Is it that Xu Lao didn’t know such a person and felt guilty? She quickly comforted: “Xu Ge, don’t be like this. This kind of thing can’t be forced, I…”
“!!!” Can’t be forced? ! The little apprentice really didn’t want to be with this old man anymore and she was ready to find another way out!? No, he can never let this capable disciple that he found with such great difficulty leave, he has to think of something.
“Little apprentice, Xu Ge has a lot of unique skills that I haven’t told you about here. The ones you learned before were nothing, very superficial. You’ve barely touched the tip of the iceberg. The truly exciting things are yet to come!”
“…I know, Xu Ge, you are so powerful and well-known in the world, how could it be just limited to these things. This apprentice compared to you, the difference is like night and day. The difference between the clouds and the mud is still not clear enough.” She has long known that her current ability was not worth mentioning compared to her Master, but she did not have big ambitions. She was just happy to be a simple parasite, and was happy enough learning so much.
“…” Is his little apprentice blaming himself for hiding his skills, so she… it must be like this, it must be like this.
“Little apprentice, Xu Ge knows that he has been busy cultivating mechanical skills and has ignored you, so you have only learned a little bit since you started. Xu Ge has buried your talent, but… but Xu Ge really likes you and treats you as a true successor and will cultivate you. You can’t abandon your teacher because Xu Ge teaches too slowly!!! Xu Ge promises that he will teach you well in the future and will make teaching you a priority. Xu Ge will cultivate you well. Don’t abandon Xu Ge, okay?”
“…” Master, are you acting like a baby? Don’t you know that an old man over half a hundred years old making such an expression is actually very scary? And what do you mean by abandoning you? When did I say that I would go to another sect? What is this? ! !
“Master, have you misunderstood something? When did I say that I was going to another sect?”
Xu Lao looked at Xia Yuqing bitterly, “You are ruthless, unjust, and unreasonable to cause trouble.”
“…”
“You just asked Xu Ge if he knew an alchemist.”
Xia Yuqing nodded, “That’s right, but does this have anything to do with finding another teacher?”
“You asking this, don’t you want to find an alchemy master to switch paths?”
“…” Xia Yuqing was speechless for a moment, then rolled her eyes silently, “Xu Ge, I asked this because I stated earlier that the body of your crossbow arrow should be replaced by some sturdier material. If you think iron is not good enough, you can use other things instead. You could figure this out by asking an alchemist. You can cooperate with them. Furthermore, I also have something that I want to ask them for help with. Seeing Master’s Crossbow, I also thought of something and wanted to see if it is feasible.”
“So, it’s like this. Hahaha, let me just say, how can those stinky old men steal someone from me? You should know, I, Xu Zhengfeng is famous in the entire world and is the most reputed mechanism master. Do you know how many people want to worship me or be my disciple and I don’t even bother. How could someone be willing to abandon me? Wa ha ha ha…”
“…” Xia Yuqing was completely embarrassed. Who was the one who was just worried that she would jump ships? Who was the one who was scared to death of her leaving? Master, you are so arrogant, no wonder you gave birth to a wicked animal like Senior Brother! ! !
“Master of alchemy, Xu Ge of course knows, but little apprentice, you just said… you thought of something else due to my crossbow?”
“En, I will draw it and show Xu Ge right away. However, I’m also not sure if it will work.” Anyways, let’s just give it a try.
Xia Yuqing pulled a charcoal pencil from the side and began to paint on the rice paper. She herself graduated in design, so it was not difficult for her. As for the magical thing, the pistol, her unreliable parents had once travelled to M country. When they returned, they didn’t know what to bring her, so they brought her a silver Browning pistol as a souvenir.
As we all know, besides being a fujoshi and a foodie, Xia Yuqing also has another characteristic. That is, having itchy hands. To put it nicely, she is hard working and likes to keep her hands busy. To put it in a not so nice way, she was Shou Jian*! So this valuable pistol ended up being a pile of dismantled materials, unknown which pieces were made of… bronze and iron.
* would fiddle with things and make mistakes
Relying on the super memory that has read countless small yellow books, Xia Yuqing reproduced the pile of broken copper and iron on paper and handed it to Xu Lao. At this moment, she didn’t know that because of her own whim, how big of a wave she was going to set off in the entire world. Of course…this is in the future!
After tossing around in Xu Mansion’s until sunset, Xia Yuqing declined Xu Lao’s invitation to have dinner. She returned to the palace happily with a group of people, but she also met another group halfway along the road. People who shouldn’t be there.
“It’s so lively over there. Eh, isn’t that Xiao Shangshu?” Xia Yuqing poke her head out of the carriage when she heard the noise outside. They weren’t in the imperial carriage when they came out, so they weren’t too obvious, thus Shao Zitong and the others did not pay attention to their side.
“Xiao Shangshu is over there, shall we go say hello?” Xia Yuqing was about to get up and walk outside, when Cui Er held her hand out first.
“Niang Niang, wait a minute. Shang Shu Da Ren seems to be welcoming someone. If we rush over that way, I’m afraid it will disturb him.”
“Oh.” Xia Yuqing then discovered that there were a few brightly dressed youths standing beside Shao Zitong. She nodded, and put her head back into the carriage silently, only to find that Li Yuan’s face was terribly pale for some reason.
“Xiao Yuan, what’s the matter with you? Your face is so ugly. Is your body uncomfortable?”
Li Yuan whispered with a pale face: “Royal Brother…”
“Huh…”
“The few people there are…my Royal Brothers!”
“What! !!
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