Chapter 499: Chapter 166 Major Harvest, Another Divine Technique Acquired! (Please Subscribe)_4
Even the Inner Sect disciples could.
The Tang Sect was divided into Inner and Outer Sects, with the Inner Sect disciples usually being the children and nephews of Tang Sect elders and guardian families; they were the primary subjects for cultivation.
The Outer Sect was assigned miscellaneous tasks and given cultivation techniques that were not core to the sect.
And the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle was a symbol of Inner Sect disciples. When Inner Sect disciples roamed the Jianghu, the elders would give them a Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, both for self-defense and as a token of their direct lineage from the Tang Sect.
The one Chen Jie had in his hands was obviously a Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle left by a Tang Sect Inner Sect disciple.
Chen Jie turned it over and found a character engraved on the back of the hidden weapon: “Wind”! Content orıginally comes from ⓝovelFire.net
Seeing the inscription on the hidden weapon, Chen Jie was startled. Was this ‘Wind’ a name or something else?
However, Chen Jie did grow more cautious; he would have to be careful if he encountered anyone from the Tang Sect from now on.
He wondered if there would be significant repercussions involved and hoped he wouldn’t get caught up in them.
With this in mind, Chen Jie began to inspect the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle he held in his hands.
It was a mechanistic hidden weapon and could be considered the pinnacle of such devices, as these mechanisms didn’t get energy from Inner Strength but relied solely on the device’s internal mechanics to eject the flying needles, which was already a very sophisticated craft.
This meant that the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, even if it ended up in the hands of a three-year-old child who aimed it at an Energy Transformation Master, could potentially kill them instantly, even if they were at the Holding Core Realm.
Such was the nature of mechanistic hidden weapons, with limited upper and lower bounds.
But indeed, one could achieve success without undergoing arduous cultivation.
This made Chen Jie think of something from the future—firearms.
Indeed, they could be considered mechanistic hidden weapons as well, but their potential was much higher.
Especially when developed into missiles and nuclear bombs, they truly allowed mortals to rival gods.
And those kinds of monstrous things didn’t exist in this world yet.
But the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle was indeed a terrifying piece of machinery.
It was just that it was extremely expensive to manufacture, the craftsmanship involved was extremely difficult, and it was single-use only, not reloadable.
However, Chen Jie wondered if it could be replicated.
If it could, to replicate a few hundred, or a thousand, and equip a troop with them—come on, anyone under Holding Core Realm would be a simple target, but could they withstand a barrage from him?
Cough, cough… a whole barrage.
However, Chen Jie felt it was unlikely, because such weapons were not mass-equipped by the Tang Sect but only given to the few Inner Sect disciples as a life-saving tool.
It seemed that this treasure was not easy to replicate!
Thinking this, Chen Jie started examining the treasure. The whole thing was made of metal and looked a bit like a pepper shaker from a kitchen, the kind that spilled pepper when turned.
It felt heavy, and he could distinctly feel the mechanism inside.
There was a mechanism at the bottom with ‘Full’ written on the left and ‘Single’ written on the right.
At the bottom was also a fine wire, which could only activate the mechanism and shoot out the flying needles if twisted.
Seeing this, a question mark appeared over Chen Jie’s head—was it that high-tech?
Wasn’t this wire just a safety catch?
Moreover, it could shoot single needles or a volley—this was too smart.
Alright, it indeed deserved to be the peak of Tang Sect’s mechanistic hidden weapons. Impressive.
Chen Jie had no idea how the Tang Sect people came up with this. His face was full of admiration for this good treasure!
With this in mind, Chen Jie put the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle on himself, thinking it could save his life at a critical moment—it was a pity that there were only two needles left.
Yes, after checking, Chen Jie found that there were only two needles left.
If there had been all twenty-seven needles, Chen Jie would have even dared to attempt an assassination on Nan Batian.
To fire a volley at Nan Batian, he might avoid a few needles, but would he be able to dodge all twenty-seven?
Chen Jie could feel it—the poison was indeed potent. Even with all his strength to suppress it, he would have succumbed in half an hour, not to mention in the midst of intense combat where it would be impossible to hold back.
Thinking this, Chen Jie narrowed his eyes.
He became even more impressed with the hidden weapon. Once the poison needles inside were shot, he could let the craft workshop try replicating it.
While Chen Jie was thinking, the others had already packed up the bodies and the captives. Chen Jie waved his hand, leading the way back to the city.
After leaving the forest and traveling another dozen miles, scouts from all routes arrived. Chen Jie did not interfere with them, for they would find it very difficult to obtain any useful information, such as his knowledge of the Seventeen Dragon Capturing Palms.
As for the battle details, they didn’t need to investigate to know about them; it wouldn’t be a secret.
The scouts quickly gathered the news and then rapidly disseminated the information.
This was big news indeed.
Fishing Guild Headquarters.
At this moment, Nan Batian was playing chess with Liu Laoguai. These two chess masters had actually started arranging grid patterns on the chessboard.
Dividing the board with Tianyuan as the boundary, they began arranging the pieces in straight lines, one next to another, quickly filling the entire board.
Nan Batian was the first to fill his side. Looking at Liu Laoguai, he said, “I’ve won.”
Liu Laoguai glanced at Nan Batian and replied, “It seems I’ve won.”
Nan Batian frowned and insisted, “I finished first.”
Liu Laoguai shook his head. “No, it’s that you’ve run out of pieces to play, while I still have pieces left. You have nowhere to move.”
“And I still have one move!”
Liu Laoguai pointed to the remaining spot on the board, a smile started to form on his face. “Heh… what do you think?”
Nan Batian frowned and retorted, “Heh, so you’re confident you’ve won? Remember, if you lose, your son’s life is at stake. Your Liu Family line could be ended, right?”