Tianguanzhi

Chapter 94 The Useless Sword and Farewell

The enchanting black mist escaped wildly from the hilt of the sword. The masked warrior had carbon fiber skeletons hanging from his arms to control the hilt of the sword. His right knee was slightly bent, and he assumed a male-feet-female-foot stance for cutting the machine.

"start!"

The scarlet blade came slashing down on his head. The opponent used a traditional machine-cutting sword called Chunqiu, which was a martial art in which a small and light machine was used against a heavy machine, and was famous for its domineering destructive power.

The two warriors collided with each other, red and black colors swirled and danced, the dazzling footsteps and intense electrocardiograms showed that both sides had good martial arts skills. However, after only three rounds, the knife emitting black mist was knocked down like a crow hit by an arrow.

"Stop practicing!"

The masked warrior took off his exquisitely shaped protective gear, his brows were furrowed, his sweat-soaked hair stuck to his face, and his handsome face was full of impatience.

He threw the knife to the ground and spat at it.

"What kind of rubbish is this? You call this a knife?"

The red glow of the Spring and Autumn sword faded, and the victor looked at the field at a loss.

The high-strength glass cover smoothly separated to the left and right, and several researchers in white protective clothing looked at each other.

"Master Li, I think you've made a mistake. Is there something you haven't figured out? After all, if two core glaze tubes are welded to a generator, it will become a machine-chopping sword that can rival the famous ones. So we all have to quit working on it."

Li Jian took a look at the handsome young man on the field. Knowing that he couldn't continue the experiment, he reluctantly said, "It may be a problem with the welding accuracy. I will adjust it again."

Another person chimed in, "From the footage, it seems that the criminal also knew that the particle flow from the generator was difficult to shape, so he had been using acceleration and large-angle turns to overcome this problem. The local garrison's small warships had poor interception capabilities, so the exaggerated effect in the footage was achieved."

The man called Li Jiang asked bluntly: "Then how do you explain that the murderer was able to accurately hit the flying White Deer Soldier while dodging the tracking grenade?"

"Hmm...lucky?"

Li Jiang rolled his eyes and ignored the other person.

The man who started talking patted Li Jiang on the shoulder and said, "Zhao Muchang is a true disciple of the Spring and Autumn Period, and a disciple of Master Guan Shiqing. Don't doubt his sword skills."

As he spoke, he took two steps forward and said loudly:
"This weapon design has some bright spots. At least when paired with a high-performance aircraft, its destructive power is indeed amazing. However, it has no chance of becoming a giant weapon, and it is too dangerous to use. I don't think it's necessary to waste time. Let's stop here and report to the Cui family. Chief Zhao, you can leave now."

His position was obviously higher than that of everyone else present. He made the decision and everyone was visibly relieved.

The foreman was a position in the new army. The other party was obviously in awe of the man who spoke. He did not lose his temper again, but saluted and turned away. When he walked to Li Jiang, he muttered in dissatisfaction: "This thing can't control the direction at all. If it were someone else, they would have been injured long ago."

Everyone scattered like birds and beasts. Li Jian walked to the center of the field, picked up the knife on the ground, came to the person who was talking, and said softly: "Director, I want to study it further. At least, let him put it in the warehouse and see if others can figure it out."

"Li Jiang, I don't understand your persistence. If it were up to me, I would have submitted a report a week ago to deal with Cui Mulian. The Equipment Institute is now focusing all its energy on the construction of the heartbeat radar. This kind of guerrilla weapon is not very useful. The future development of military affairs must be beyond visual range combat. Even if it is sharp, it can't even touch the enemy's shadow. What's the point?

"I can't really tell, um..."

Li Jiang thought for a long time before speaking: "What if one day the intensity of the war reaches a point where our electric gunpowder production line can't keep up?"

He frowned, his thoughts drifting far away: "What if one day our soldiers have to fight the enemy's magic machine with bayonets..."

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"I've prepared some clothes for you to change into, and some canned food for you to take with you on your journey. Are you hungry? Can I make you a bowl of noodles?"

Gu Zhaoxue couldn't help but touch Gu Jianqiu's face.

"I'm not hungry, sister. You just got out of the hospital, take a rest. Where's Tianyu? Did he get the admission letter?"

"Why did it suddenly become like this?" Gu Zhaoxue finally couldn't help sobbing and sobbed: "Why did it suddenly become like this?"

Gu Jianqiu hugged his eldest sister's shoulders and was speechless for a moment.

Gu Zhaoxue took a deep breath and said reluctantly, "Take all the money from home. I heard that on the battlefield, servants and soldiers have to pay for their own equipment."

"Who did you listen to?"

Gu Jianqiu knew that there was such a rule, and it had existed since the founding of the empire. Initially, it was because when the first emperor was fighting, he arrested many children of noble families who had committed crimes and demoted them to servants according to the law. In order to preserve their own bloodlines, those noble families often armed their children to the teeth before going to war. In addition to their own treasured original magic machines, some of them also brought guards directly to the battlefield, and the first emperor let them go.

Therefore, the law that servants can bring their own equipment has been preserved, but no one from aristocratic family would be forced to become a servant anymore, and this outdated law has become a tool for corrupt officials to squeeze the blood out of people, which is the so-called self-funded equipment.

"No need, Senior Brother Shouqi has already taken care of it. I guess I'll just be looking after the warehouse or something like that, there's no need."

Gu Jianqiu comforted his elder sister.

"Sister, aunt is calling you..." Juliet walked out of Gu's mother's room and was speechless when she saw Gu Jianqiu.

Gu Jianqiu was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

Juliet was too embarrassed to speak. Gu Zhaoxue spoke first: "You were away for the past two days. Hua Ting helped me a lot. Mom still doesn't know about you. It's all thanks to Hua Ting who kept it a secret."

Her attitude towards Juliet improves noticeably.

"Thank you, Sister Hua Ting."

"It's my duty." Juliet looked at Gu Jianqiu, pursed her lips and said, "Think about how to tell your aunt."

"Tianyu is in his room. I'm going to go see mom."

Gu Zhaoxue sighed and left.

Juliet still didn't speak. Gu Jianqiu saw his sister enter the room and whispered, "Sister Hua Ting, come with me."

He took Juliet to his room, took out a key from his usual jacket, opened the bedside cabinet, took out seven neatly arranged gold bills and handed them to her.

Looking at the numbers above, Juliet's eyes lit up.

"This is 70,000 yuan. Ten thousand per note."

The money was of course Lu Bohong's, nominally for Yanwuhe's activity funds. The items on the list that Gu Jianqiu gave to Lu Bohong, including 100,000 yuan in cash, were worth about 6 million Begonia coins, or 600 Universe U.

The market price of four cans of Phantom Thillium is about 20 yuan, and the components of the flight backpack are no more than 100 yuan. In other words, most of the valuable things are now quietly lying in the space station of a certain satellite of Mars, which is the support and help of Gu Jianqiu's original package plan.

"I originally planned to buy a small shop on Hotel Street and give it to you after I've taken care of it, but I don't have time now. I said before that you should get half of what my eldest brother left behind. By that calculation, this amount of money is far from enough, but this is all I have now. If I can come back alive in the future..."

Juliet suddenly leaned over, Gu Jianqiu turned sideways, grabbed Juliet's arm, and looked at her in surprise.

"..."

Juliet widened her eyes and angrily snatched the gold note from Gu Jianqiu's hand. She was still angry and hit Gu Jianqiu's shoulder hard. This time Gu Jianqiu did not dodge.

"The addiction to laudanum can damage a person's nerves. It requires very meticulous electrocardiography to regulate them. Your nerves have not fully recovered yet. After I leave, go to Wuguan Street and find Master Fu Nanzhi of the Five Elements Fist. He's my friend and he will help you."

Gu Jianqiu kept reminding him tirelessly.

"Sister Hua Ting, are you listening?"

Gu Jianqiu asked.

"understood!"

Juliet replied angrily.

dong dong~
"Brother, are you back?"

Gu Tianyu's voice came from the door.

"I'm going to go see Tianyu."

Gu Jianqiu got up and went out, and saw his younger brother. Gu Tianyu's eyes reddened and he hugged Gu Jianqiu.

Gu Jianqiu touched his brother's head. Compared to a few months ago, Gu Tianyu seemed to have grown a little taller, and was no longer as thin as he was back then where his ribs could be seen.

"Okay, okay, I'm fine. I'll be back in a year at the least, three years at the most."

Gu Jianqiu suddenly seemed to think of something and asked, "Has your admission letter arrived yet?"

Gu Tianyu nodded with red eyes, took out the folded admission letter from his pocket, and opened it to show Gu Jianqiu.

Gu Jianqiu looked at the admission letter from Nanyang Military Academy and let out a long sigh.

Nanyang Military Academy, as the first of the new six schools, is one of the two top military academies in the Haitang Empire. Even if the old academies such as Imperial College and Yingtian Academy are included, Nanyang Military Academy must be among the top five in the empire.

Graduates of Nanyang Military Academy start as seventh-rank military officers. Even if they cannot enter the Shenji sequence, their future prospects in the local area are limitless. For Gu Jianqiu, the more important thing is that Gu Tianyu was admitted to Nanyang Military Academy. As family members, Gu's mother and Gu Zhaoxue will have local military officers visit them every quarter, so their safety is guaranteed.

"This family will depend on you from now on."

(End of this chapter)