With a whooshing sound, the fragments of the magic weapon accelerated suddenly and hit the mountain in the distance.
Bai Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed. Everything was difficult at the beginning. He had devoted himself to research for such a long time, and finally the first rune was completed.
"Congratulations, master!"
Ma Lin was refining elixirs and happened to witness this scene.
He then raised his hands towards the stone platform on the edge of the cliff and said loudly.
"It's worth celebrating, Ma Lin. Go and prepare some food and a jug of wine, and have a drink with me."
Bai Qi jumped down from the stone platform and felt comfortable all over.
With this successful precedent, subsequent progress will be accelerated. It is estimated that it will not be far away to create a bronze crossbow with the same effect as Nanyan.
The next day.
Bai Qi began to modify this rune in order to weaken it.
The runes will eventually be engraved on the bronze crossbow arrows. Considering the factors of mass production, it is impossible to use some precious materials. At most, the bronze crossbows can be mixed with a little bit of other materials, but the quality improvement of the main material will be very limited.<
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In addition, we must consider that this is an ordnance for ordinary soldiers, and it cannot exceed the limit that ordinary people can bear.
After repeated experiments, Bai Qi finally determined this rune. New runes created in the future will refer to this standard, and there is no need to verify it repeatedly every time.
Three months later.
A smooth bronze crossbow is placed on the school grounds of Dongfu Yingzhai.
Bai Qi, Zhehua, Youying, Ma Lin, Ma Rulong and Bai Huangyang were present, and everyone was looking at this artifact curiously.
The reason why it is not called a magical weapon is because it does not meet the standards of a magical weapon, and its quality and power are between ordinary military weapons and magical weapons.
"Let's call it a 'talisman'."
Bai Qi thought for a while, he had to give similar objects a name, so he said casually.
"Fuji? That's quite appropriate. That's what we'll call it from now on."
Zhehua thought it was pretty good and immediately agreed.
Youying nodded frequently and said, "Wang, let's give it a try now?"
Ma Rulong and others had already become jealous. If it weren't for Bai Qi's presence, they might have taken action.
"Bai Huangyang, come here."
Bai Qi pointed at the target on the school field and motioned for Bai Huangyang to operate it.
The only person present is Bai Huangyang, an ordinary person, and he must be the operator.
"Yes! Your Majesty."
Bai Huangyang hurried forward, while Ma Rulong helped him from the side, mainly because he was worried that the other party would make mistakes.
Bai Qi explained the essentials of the operation, and then stepped aside with Zhehua, Youying and others.
Bai Huangyang turned the bronze crossbow and aimed at the target in the distance. Fine beads of sweat could not help but appear on his forehead. After all, he was still a little nervous. Not to mention Bai Qi, even Zhehua and Youying's auras were suppressed.
He couldn't breathe.
"Don't be nervous, just follow the operating procedures the master said."
Ma Rulong stood aside to encourage Bai Huangyang, and the other party calmed down.
Taking a long breath, Bai Huangyang aimed at the target and fired the first crossbow arrow.
The crossbow arrow made a sharp whistling sound, and a stream of light was seen across the school field, hitting the target instantly.
"Bang!"
The target suddenly fell into pieces, and the crossbow arrow was still not finished, and it suddenly penetrated into the rocks of the mountain behind.
The gravel flew randomly, and the crossbow arrow broke a big hole in the rock. The arrow body could not withstand the strong impact and collapsed.
"The effect is good!"
Bai Qi saw it so clearly that he couldn't help but laugh.
Zhehua and Youying looked at each other, both feeling proud of the birth of this new weapon.
Ma Rulong stretched out his hand to pull Bai Huangyang up, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered: "If you have this kind of crossbow in the future, you will definitely be even more powerful."
"Ma Lin, if you test-fire a few more times and there are no major problems, let's start mass production."
Everyone has already thought about the production issue. The Northern Qi Dynasty will be responsible for producing the bronze crossbows and crossbow arrows, and then transport them to the City of Ten Thousand Demons, where Ma Lin and Xiong Li will organize workers to carve the runes.
The core things are only in the hands of a very few big demons such as Ma Lin and Xiong Li. The production process is divided and coordinated, and the secrets will not be spread.
After receiving the news, Bai Huanghu sent his eldest son Bai Huangfeng to accompany Shui Mulian to the other courtyard.
"Lord Wolf God, you really brought us a big surprise. Last time we heard about Nan Yan's new bronze crossbow, the king and I couldn't think about food or drink for many days, and we were almost worried."<
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Shui Mulian has become a little older, from a young girl to a middle-aged woman who still retains her charm.
The path she took was different. She didn't cultivate herself, and completely tied her personal destiny to the Baihuang family.
"Great witch, when your elite soldiers are equipped with this kind of bronze crossbows, they can compete with the soldiers of Southern Yan. But Southern Yan does not have invincible cavalry, so Northern Qi still has a slight advantage."
Bai Qi smiled slightly and accepted Shui Mulian's bow with peace of mind.
After Shui Mulian returned to Canglang City, Bai Huanghu ordered Bai Huangyang to lead three thousand elite cavalry to raid a small border town in Nanyan.
The bronze crossbow made by Bai Qi made a great achievement in one fell swoop, easily breaking through the city defense, and three thousand troops invaded the city.
Bai Huangyang led his troops to rob the armory in the city without embarrassing the ordinary people, and then quickly withdrew to Tiemuguan.
When King Nan Yan and Yuan Yang received the urgent military information, they both felt unbelievable. Nan Yan's new bronze crossbows had only begun to be equipped in small batches in the army, and Northern Qi's side showed off a killer weapon of the same level. p>
"National Preceptor, is it leaked from our side?"
King Nan Yan still didn't believe that Northern Qi could create this thing independently. He suspected that someone had leaked the secret.
Yuan Yang shook his head helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, I have a captured crossbow arrow here, and the runes engraved on it are completely different from ours. What does this mean? It means that the wolf demon has another inheritance in the rune field.
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He definitely doesn't believe that the runes carved on the crossbow arrows were created by Bai Qi. The most likely reason is that the other party has inherited them.
But even so, the wolf demon Bai Qi made him feel deeply afraid. You know, before Yuan Yang, there was no such thing as a "talisman" in this world.
Especially those that can be used by ordinary people.
"Venerable Bai Qi is indeed not simple!"
After all, King Nan Yan is not Yuan Yang. Even if the relationship between the two parties is hostile, they still dare not offend in the slightest in their title.
Afterwards, he strictly ordered the border troops not to have major conflicts with Northern Qi for the time being. Small frictions did not matter, since the strategic situation was there anyway.
Bai Huanghu took advantage of this window period and began planning for the Eastern Expedition.
Xuanyou Cave in Beiluo Mountain.
After Bai Qi created the "talisman and bronze crossbow", he did not stop exploring.
He found that studying the Tao of Talisman could make his soul more condensed.
Although there are similarities between talismans and magic weapons, they are fundamentally different. The production of talismans is much simpler, and the most difficult part is just the carving of the runes. Magic weapons require the use of weapon refining techniques.
Refining requires a long period of refining by the user.
"Master, according to you, the talisman is not of much use to extraordinary people?"
Ma Lin has always been interested in these things, and sometimes he and Bai Qi will discuss them together.