Chapter 5: Peerless Killing Weapon

Just as they were about to reach the forest exit, Si Si suddenly stopped and said to Zhou Yu, "The one you wanted to shoot just now... was that little boy, right?"

After spending a few days together, Zhou Yu had come to regard this female Spirit Master as a friend. He did not wish to deceive her, so he nodded and replied, "That's right!"

"The murderer you spoke of, could it be him?"

Si Si had already roughly guessed, yet she still found it hard to believe; how could a six-year-old boy be a murderer?

However, she also believed that Zhou Yu would not deceive her.

"Although I am not certain whether he is the one who killed your father."

"But, he was able to block your First Spirit Skill with his bare hands. That brat is anything but simple."

The scene just now was clear in Si Si's eyes, so she instructed, "From now on, you must never act rashly. Otherwise, the only one who will die is you."

After hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded and replied in a low voice, "Yes, understood, Teacher!"

At that moment, he was like an obedient child.

Hearing the word "Teacher," a faint blush of embarrassment unconsciously rose on Si Si's face; her earlier words had merely been a casual response to Yu Xiaogang.

She smiled and said, "My aptitude is mediocre, and my martial soul is not powerful. How could I be qualified to be the teacher of a little genius like you?"

Zhou Yu knew that for Spirit Masters, the period before the age of twenty was an extremely crucial time.

Achievements before the age of twenty determined future accomplishments.

Soul Power level thirty was a threshold of ice and fire.

If one could cross this threshold before the age of twenty, then the future prospects would be limitless.

If one failed to cross it before the age of twenty, then one would never be able to cross it again.

Si Si was already past twenty, yet her Soul Power was only level twenty-five; in this life, she would likely never break through to the Soul Elder realm.

As someone who had received higher education, Zhou Yu deeply understood the principle that a drop of milk's kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring.

He immediately asked, "Teacher, how do you usually cultivate your Soul Power?"

Hearing this question, Si Si was slightly stunned, then a hint of bitter smile appeared at the corner of her lips as she answered, "Besides the well-known 【Meditation】 and 【Inheritance】, there are actually two more extreme methods."

"What methods?"

Zhou Yu's interest was deeply aroused by her answer.

Seeing this, Si Si smiled beautifully and continued patiently, "The other two methods are 【Absorption】 and 【Plunder】."

"【Absorption】, 【Plunder】..."

As a transmigrator, Zhou Yu immediately understood.

In the original plot, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well gave birth to various Immortal Grade Herbs and powerful plant-type Spirit Beasts.

Tang San obtained the "Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Qiluo Tulip, Love Acacia Heartbroken Red, Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma" there, and gave them respectively to the other Shrek Seven Devils and Yu Xiaogang. Through 【Absorbing】 the powerful energy contained within the herbs, he helped them increase their Soul Power and break through bottlenecks.

And the final 【Plunder】 was extremely domineering; it could directly absorb the Soul Power of Spirit Beasts or even Spirit Masters, then convert it for one's own use.

After absorbing the Man-Faced Demon Spider, Tang San unexpectedly obtained an External Spirit Bone.

His Eight Spider Lances possessed exactly this ability to devour and plunder.

Tang San possessed two cultivation methods, the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Eight Spider Lances, which could be described as heaven-sent advantages.

Although Zhou Yu had not yet mastered the 【Plunder】 method to increase his Soul Power, he had been fond of reading web literature in his previous life.

During the innocent days of his youth, he had also studied and researched the Daoist Breathing and Exhalation Technique, harboring a longing for Immortals, and dreaming that one day he could, as described in books, rely on the Qi Refining Technique to reach a realm beyond the mundane, attain the Dao, and ascend.

After he was born into this world, he inadvertently discovered that the Daoist 【Qi Refining Technique】 could actually help him increase his Soul Power.

And the Qi Refining Technique was precisely the reason he possessed innate full Soul Power.

To repay Si Si for her help, Zhou Yu decided to teach the other party the method of Qi Refining.

Upon returning to the city, Si Si, having injuries on her body, had to return to the Spirit Hall branch first for treatment and recuperation.

Before leaving, she told Zhou Yu to rest at home for a few days, then go to the Spirit Hall for a Spirit Master appraisal to test his Soul Power situation. After officially registering at the Spirit Hall, he could receive a subsidy every month.

For Zhou Yu, who had lost both parents, this subsidy was undoubtedly warmth in the midst of snow.

At night, Zhou Yu lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

After this confrontation, he deeply realized that there was a considerable gap between himself and Tang San.

In his previous life, Tang San was born into the Tang Sect of another world; besides his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Sect Hidden Weapons were also a major reliance for him.

"Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Sect Hidden Weapons..."

Zhou Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration, immediately associating it with his own second martial soul, the peerless killing weapon of the real world.

He slowly raised his left hand; a black mist rose in his palm, and what appeared within was his hidden second martial soul—the King of Snipers, Barrett M82.

The M82A1 sniper rifle could fire 12.7x99mm NATO machine gun cartridges and M33 military standard rifle cartridges.

The effective ranges of the two types of ammunition reached approximately 1500 meters and 6800 meters.

Even more miraculous was that it could fire without needing to load bullets, meaning it possessed infinite ammunition.

As a firearms enthusiast, and having usually enjoyed watching short videos by "foreign firearms bloggers," it was unlikely for him to assemble a Barrett.

However, assembling a pistol was something he could try.

Thinking of this, he could hardly conceal his excitement in his heart. Unable to wait for sleep, he stayed up all night and drew up the blueprint for a very classic pistol: the Desert Eagle.

A pistol is mainly composed of parts such as the barrel, grip frame, firing mechanism, firing mechanism, and slide.

Throughout the long and silent night, he sat alone at the table, the pencil in his hand dancing continuously on the paper.

After a whole night of unremitting effort, he finally completed the detailed blueprints for each complex component.

Next, to turn these blueprints into real objects, he needed to find a Tiejiangpu with exquisite craftsmanship to forge them.

The next morning, Zhou Yu could not wait and arrived at the Tiejiangpu in Nuoding City.

Clang, clang, clang...

Zhou Yu looked at the hammer emblem, the tall yet somewhat rough building, from which rhythmic hammering sounds constantly emanated.

Walking through the main gate, he entered a spacious hall; on the right hung various finished Iron items, and besides some farming tools, there were more of various armors and weapons.

After all, in this world, Spirit Masters are only a minority, and weapons are still needed.

"If I were to open a factory for manufacturing firearms in this world in the future..."

Zhou Yu suddenly conceived a bold idea; in terms of attack power, firearms far surpass cold weapons.

After conversing with the owner of the Tiejiangpu, the other party agreed to forge the components on the blueprint according to his requirements.

However, the money on his person was only enough to pay the deposit.

At this moment, Zhou Yu remembered the matter Si Si had asked him to go to the Spirit Hall for Spirit Master appraisal and registration.

The Spirit Hall in Nuoding City is a majestic domed building.

Just the width of the front exceeds one hundred meters, it stands twenty meters high, and is divided into three floors in total.

The entire building is brown; the Spirit Hall emblem on the main gate features only a long sword, representing that the Spirit Hall in Nuoding City is the lowest-level Spirit Hall.

There were not many people inside the Spirit Hall; around them were only some servants cleaning.

After Zhou Yu walked in, he happened to see Si Si; he quickly walked forward and called out, "Grandmaster!"

Seeing Zhou Yu arrive, Si Si immediately showed a smile on her face, stepped forward to welcome him, and said, "You're here! Come, I'll take you to find Grandmaster Mashuonuo!"

At this moment, a young man standing beside Si Si asked with some surprise, "Si Si, is he your student?"

"Of course! Besides, he also possesses innate full soul power!"

After saying this somewhat proudly, Si Si pulled Zhou Yu and walked toward the direction of the reception hall.

(End of this chapter)