Under One Person: I am alone, reviving the Tang Sect

Chapter 524: Developing the Tang Sect, Starting with Refining Weapons

"Brother Wang, Feng Qin is here to see you."

"My apprentice is here?"

"..."

As Feng Qin entered the door, he felt uncomfortable for the first time that day.

I didn't even know whether to call him Master or not. I felt like I was being taken advantage of in front of Ma Xianhong.

"Why aren't you talking, apprentice? I remember you became a teacher. Don't you have any classes today?"

Zhang Wang thought, he used to be so sweet-talker, he would call the master first when someone came in, Tang Miaoxing did the same, he would call him the headmaster only after calling him.

"Well, I am a teacher now, so I have to call you Director."

"Get lost, what kind of bullshit are you talking about? Now that you're the director, do you call me by my name?"

"I should be able to be promoted directly to the head of the sect, right?"

Zhang Wang's eyes widened, he really couldn't refute, with Feng Qin's level, it was a foregone conclusion that he would be the next leader, as long as his strength and experience improved, the position would be his.

Or even if Tang Miaoxing just stays on the bed, Feng Qin can directly ascend to the throne of Tang Clan.

If we promote him to the position of the head sect master, I'm afraid we'll have to call him Xiaowang.

Feng Qin interrupted again and again, "Let's talk about business. I plan to select a weapon refiner from the outer sect first."

"You want to recruit a weapon master from the outer sect? How old are you, and you're thinking of taking in a disciple?"

"It's not about recruiting disciples, it's about opening a class, just like taking a class, looking for a group of people."

"Nonsense!"

Zhang Wang didn't even think about it, and immediately waved his hand and turned around, "Do you think that everyone is at your level? Weapon refining has never been about hard work, but about physique and talent."

"Why do you think there are so few weapon refiners?"

Taking this opportunity, he solemnly said:
"Because if you don't have the talent like you and me, the achievement of learning to refine weapons is far less real than practicing martial arts. If you wantonly drag those with some talent into the ranks of weapon refiners, it is very likely that they will never be able to make it in their lifetime."

Compared with Ma Xianhong or Feng Qin, Zhang Wang's talent is mediocre, but in the circle of extraordinary people, he is also one of the best. There are not many people in the circle of extraordinary people who can understand Guanyuan and create it.

"Times have changed."

Feng Qin understood what he meant. "Now that we have the new weapon refining technique you created, not only has the difficulty dropped dramatically, but we can no longer look at the word talent with the old perspective."

Reforms in refining techniques are not uncommon, and it has not remained unchanged over the years. In the past, one had to use a furnace to polish the raw materials themselves, so the talent required included steps such as blacksmithing.

By the time of Zhang Wang's generation, this requirement had long disappeared, so more emphasis was placed on disassembly and carving skills.

Having experienced reform, he is no longer so rigid. He listened to Feng Qin's words and hesitated for a moment.

"Brother Wang, I think what your apprentice said is right."

"You can just call me by my name."

"Don't interrupt, listen to what Brother Hong has to say."

"His mother……"

Ma Xianhong signaled the two to be quiet, "We only need to add one more condition, such as selecting those disciples who have mediocre aptitude in cultivation but have talent in refining weapons. This way, we won't be misleading the students."

Coupled with their mediocre qualifications, there are fewer people to choose from.

It is a fact that must be acknowledged that most weapon refiners have good talent in cultivation.

If Zhang Wang didn't refine the weapon, his level of cultivation would be no worse than Tang Qiushan's.

As a first attempt, it is normal to be restricted by such conditions.

Zhang Wang added, "You are allowed to display all of our Tang Sect's magical instruments except the locusts. If anyone is willing to join, that's fine."

At this point, Brother Hong and Brother Wang had already formulated the enrollment conditions, which were to be implemented by the former's brothers and the latter's apprentices.

As for the tutorials on weapon refining, Ma Xianhong did not participate.

Even though no one in the Tang Sect recognized him, it was a dangerous period after all. He was not safe until the Yaoxing Society was targeted by the Lu Family and Zhang Chulan.

Therefore, the top floor with a height of eight meters is Ma Xianhong’s exclusive weapon refining room, and only Zhang Wang and Feng Qin can enter at will.

Feng Qin also improved his skills there.

Zhang Wangze would occasionally go there to train his mind. Just by looking at Ma Xian Hong Lian, he would not be able to help but take a look at him. As long as his heart was still beating, it meant that his mind was not in place and he needed to come more. As for Shen Ji Bai Lian, he would not even take a look at him until his heart treated Shen Ji Bai Lian equally.

The remaining floors are divided to study magical instruments in different directions.

It’s just the right time to prepare for Feng Qin’s enrollment this time.

At the back of the mountain, Feng Qin spread out his hands.

"Students."

After a long while, someone belatedly said, "Hello, teacher?"

"Hey! You'll be the class monitor from now on."

“We only have small groups…”

"That's the team leader!"

"..."

There are no fixed groups or classes in the Tang Sect. Who you will take classes with depends entirely on the progress of your practice.

Some, like Feng Qin, are very capable and have become teachers.

Of course, there is no change in seniority. There are many disciples at the top, and they all call the people in the back mountain their senior brothers.

But now, the Tang Sect’s first fixed group is about to appear.

Feng Qin had two more Ling Shields in his hand. "Have you ever heard of a weapon refiner?"

Everyone looked at each other, "Who doesn't know?"

"Junior brother, teacher, are you planning to select a weapon refiner?"

"I can't. I don't have the ability."

"Weapon refiners are so lame. They practice hard for ten years, but after one fight they have to go back to repair their equipment."

Feng Qin pointed at the one who talked the most and said, "You kid, you were the one who criticized the hidden line in the beginning, how come the hidden line has become the mainstream now?"

"..."

With the hidden line paving the way, no one has to complain.

Now the Tang Sect has entered a golden age where everyone is learning the Hidden Line. The more people learn it, the more they gradually understand the power of the Hidden Line and its difficulty.

Even disciples who are not talented enough will take a few days to comprehend the hidden line after practicing the steel needle.

Especially as more and more people gradually mastered You Ke's unique skills, Lin Caixin's advantage of being the early bird was greatly weakened.

There are already many people at the top, and they can be defeated with hidden lines. Talent is the ticket to the top, and talent determines how high you can climb.

“But Junior Brother and Teacher, a weapon refiner may be very strong, even stronger than his peers, but it requires a very high talent, right?”

"This isn't even considered trivia. I can't even learn the hidden thread, so how can I learn to refine weapons?"

"I still don't know the formula for pressure, let alone this?"

Everyone began to recognize the ability to refine equipment, but not themselves.

From ancient times to the present, weapon refiners have always been a high-end profession, just like the alchemists in the Douqi Continent.

"Well said, the talent of a weapon refiner does need to be very high, and hard work cannot make up for the innate gap, but -"

Feng Qin stretched out his hand and pressed his palm downwards, anticipating the hustle and bustle of the crowd and quieting the entire place down in advance.

"There is Shen Ji in the Wu Hou sect. Their weapon refining methods are completely different from the weapon sect methods that are common in the alien circle. Not only do they advocate using [skill] as the core and skills as the supplement, but they also require knowledge of the five elements and eight trigrams. The talent they want is completely different from that of the weapon sect."

"And our Tang Sect——"

Ling shields were placed in front of him, not just two, but twenty of them!

"Possessing the same weapon refining technique as the Wuhou Sect, which is unique to the Tang Sect!"

"Would you rather be a mediocre practitioner for the rest of your life, or..."

"Become the first generation weapon refining master of the Tang Sect."

(End of this chapter)