Chapter 129

The Supreme Purple Devil Pupil activated, everything Tang San saw became even clearer and more penetrating, and he could even detect Gu Xuan's subtle movements.

Tang San did not use his martial soul, because what he displayed were only hidden weapons.

Only saw Tang San's left wrist give a casual flick, a thin steel needle shot out, locking onto Gu Xuan's throat—this was the silent sleeve arrow.

The private room was not small; Gu Xuan and Tang San were fully five meters apart, yet the silent sleeve arrow Tang San fired arrived instantly.

Gu Xuan's face expressionless, he lightly waved his right hand with index and middle fingers together like a sword: "Sword Qi!"

After fully digesting the eight paths of the Seven Slaughter Sword Intent from the Dust Heart and mastering the Eight Wings of the Sword Dragon, Gu Xuan could already drive sword qi with sword intent; although not as solid as a pure sword martial soul Soul Master, it was enough to deal with opponents of the same rank.

A streak of azure sword qi swept across, and the silent sleeve arrow Tang San fired was directly cut in half.

Tang San was not surprised; four or more months ago, when Gu Xuan easily killed that Human Face Demon Spider, he already knew how formidable Gu Xuan's strength was, and in his view, Gu Xuan was at least a Soul King, because the Soul Ancestors he had seen did not possess strength like Gu Xuan's.

Although surprised that Gu Xuan, so young, possessed such strength—after all, Gu Xuan, though older than him, appeared absolutely under twenty—but considering he was born into the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect and had a grandfather at the Titled Douluo level, such strength was not unexpected.

Therefore, seeing Gu Xuan casually strike and cut his silent sleeve arrow in half, his heart was not only not surprised, but filled with fighting spirit.

After flicking out the silent sleeve arrow, Tang San moved, actively closing in on Gu Xuan.

This scene left Ye Lingling somewhat astonished, after all, close combat would only be more disadvantageous for Tang San, but Tang San was not worried at all.

Gu Xuan was indeed strong, but he also possessed the Tang Sect's secret techniques; in close combat he could not defeat Gu Xuan, but he might not be unable to evade.

At this moment, Tang San's steps charging toward Gu Xuan carried mystery, with no soul power fluctuations, yet his figure was as elusive as a ghost.

"Ghost Shadow Maze!"

Stepping with Ghost Shadow Maze, Tang San instantly closed to within one meter of Gu Xuan; his right foot lightly stomped, and a ten-centimeter blade appeared at his toe, his right leg sweeping toward Gu Xuan's chest.

This is the boot-hidden flying dagger.

Gu Xuan watched Tang San's figure and couldn't help but marvel; he had to admit that for low-rank Soul Masters, Tang San's Tang Sect secret arts were indeed effective.

The Tang Sect secret arts were merely martial arts, but now, due to being on the Douluo Continent, they had undergone a benign mutation, effectively raising their standing.

Gu Xuan lightly raised his hand, a rich soul power fluctuation appeared, invisible sword qi condensed, and a sword formed of condensed sword qi—a dragon sword—instantly appeared in his hand.

"Gather Qi into Sword!"

Gripping the dragon sword formed of condensed sword qi, Gu Xuan directly swept it toward Tang San's incoming right leg; if he did not dodge, this strike of Gu Xuan's could sever his right leg.

Tang San was greatly startled, instantly retracting his right leg while his left foot tapped the ground to retreat; at the moment his left foot touched the ground, a crossbow bolt shot from the sole of his shoe, flying toward Gu Xuan's face.

"Stomp-foot crossbow!"

Gu Xuan waved the dragon sword in his hand, and this crossbow bolt was likewise cut in half.

But it wasn't over yet; as Tang San retreated, he somehow had a black "box" in his hand, and with a soft click of a spring being cocked, sixteen crossbow bolts shot neatly toward Gu Xuan.

Seeing this, Gu Xuan's eyes flickered; he waved the dragon sword in his hand, sending out streaks of sword qi, each targeting a bolt and precisely cutting them in half.

A clinking sound rang out, but it was the noise of the thirty-two neatly severed bolt halves hitting the ground.

Tang San witnessed this and let out a faint gasp of admiration; he already held Gu Xuan in high esteem, and this move instantly elevated Gu Xuan's image in his mind! "Such technique, such precise control..." Tang San silently sighed.

"Xiao San, this thing of yours is not bad, it's the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, right? It's indeed enough to threaten the life of an ordinary Soul Elder, and a slight mistake could endanger a Soul Ancestor." Having shot down Tang San's Zhuge Divine Crossbow, Gu Xuan couldn't help but praise him, his expression and words as genuine as could be. Tang San gave a slight smile; gaining approval was enough, but still not enough...

One could see him walking toward Gu Xuan while saying, "Big Brother Gu, it's fine if you approve, but demonstrating like this isn't very obvious, because hidden weapons only unleash their maximum effect when used in darkness..."

Tang San said as he had already come to within less than one meter in front of Gu Xuan, and while speaking he bent down to pick up the fallen crossbow bolts from the ground.

Just as Tang San's back faced Gu Xuan, another soft click of a spring being cocked sounded, and a thirty-centimeter crossbow bolt shot toward Gu Xuan's throat with the speed of thunder before one could cover their ears.

"Tight-back flower-mounted crossbow!"

Leaving aside that Gu Xuan had read the original work and knew this kid was two-faced, even just the few items Tang San had introduced to him earlier he hadn't forgotten; he had used the others, but had never used this tight-back flower-mounted crossbow, so Gu Xuan had always been on guard against it.

One saw Gu Xuan, at the moment the tight-back flower-mounted crossbow fired, already raise the dragon sword in his hand, holding it vertically before his chest, the sharp blade aimed directly at the outgoing bolt.

The crossbow bolt arrived instantly, striking the sharp, unstoppable sword blade and directly splitting in two; Gu Xuan at this moment also wore a smile as he watched Tang San, who had just confidently lifted his head.

"Xiao San, I now understand your saying that hidden weapons achieve their greatest effect only when used in darkness." Gu Xuan gave a slight smile and said, "Although the methods are somewhat underhanded, in battle, as long as they can defeat the enemy, there's nothing truly underhanded about them."

Seeing Gu Xuan's smile, Tang San embarrassedly reined in his confidence, because the sneak attack had not succeeded, and hearing Gu Xuan's following words, he also nodded in heartfelt agreement.

Underhanded? If it achieves merit, it's a secret art; haven't you seen that even Big Brother Gu agrees with this saying?

At the same time, Tang San was inwardly astonished by Gu Xuan's formidable strength, after all, Gu Xuan had just not even used his martial soul.

After experiencing these hidden weapons, Gu Xuan also had no hesitation whatsoever; after all, these things were indeed of little use to him, but they were genuinely useful for the auxiliary Soul Masters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, at least providing decent self-defense.

Therefore, Gu Xuan directly said, "Xiao San, these hidden weapons of yours are not bad; can they be mass-produced?"

Upon hearing this, Tang San's heart leapt with joy—didn't Gu Xuan's question already imply an intention to buy?

"Yes, but I need time," Tang San said.

Hearing this, Gu Xuan slightly nodded and replied, "Time is not a problem; I'll give you one thousand gold soul coins for this set of hidden weapons, and I need five hundred sets within a year—can you accept that timeframe?"

Hearing this, Tang San was slightly surprised—"One... one thousand gold soul coins?" The cost of this set of hidden weapons for him was less than a hundred gold soul coins, because blacksmiths are a lowly profession on the continent, and iron doesn't cost much unless it's special refined iron, so this one thousand gold soul coins per set still surprised Tang San a little. But he didn't show it; nobody dislikes having more money, and the more he acted as if it were natural, the more Gu Xuan would feel he got his money's worth, after all, in Gu Xuan's eyes Tang Sect hidden weapons were priceless, even if these were only the most basic hidden weapons.

"All right, I'll send the five hundred sets in batches, but how should I contact Big Brother Gu?" Tang San said with an expression that was quite "natural."

Watching Tang San's expression, Gu Xuan felt inwardly delighted; in the original work, when Ning Fengzhi sought to buy this set from Tang San, it was ten thousand gold soul coins per set, and five hundred sets would have cost a full five million gold soul coins.

And yet Gu Xuan had only spent one thousand gold soul coins and already felt bothered; the total price was no more than five hundred thousand gold soul coins, and Gu Xuan even felt he was losing out, because he knew the price of refined iron wasn't high either, so the material cost for these five hundred sets of hidden weapons was at most one hundred thousand gold soul coins per year.

However, Gu Xuan naturally could not reveal his own little thoughts; after hearing Tang San's words, he pondered briefly and then said, "Send it to the Seven Treasure Manor; this is a token."

Gu Xuan said while tossing Tang San a gold medal, its front bearing a splendid Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, its back a simple diagram of a large manor.

This is the vacation area of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect within Tian Dou City, available only to members of the sect, counted as a company benefit, so Gu Xuan basically never goes there—because everyone there are acquaintances.

Tang San received the gold medal, his eyes flickering, inwardly sighing that he truly deserved to be the son of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect; just this heavy gold medal alone was surely worth a considerable sum.

Subsequently, Gu Xuan produced a gold soul card and handed it to Tang San, saying, "This contains five hundred thousand gold soul coins."

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)