130: Chapter 130 Gunpowder

“Whoosh—bang!”

Wang Bin, engrossed in thought, suddenly heard a very familiar sound.

Immediately after, a series of “bang! Bang!” sounds came from the Chu Family courtyard.

Everyone looked up in astonishment, only to see dense promotional flyers falling from the sky like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.

Wang Bin and all the Cultivators present instantly became alert, activating their shields without hesitation, their eyes filled with vigilance and wariness towards this sudden situation.

“Hmph! Ants, seeking death, Zhong Sheng Sect! Bring me all the troublemakers!”

Accompanied by a majestic and angry roar, several figures shot up into the sky from the inner courtyard like arrows leaving a bowstring.

They exuded extremely powerful auras; Wang Bin roughly sensed that at least two were Nascent Soul Cultivators, and the rest were all in the Golden Core Realm.

“This Master is Chu Yunfei! Everyone, do not panic. It’s just some rats hiding in the gutters causing trouble. They won’t stir up any big waves. The celebration continues!”

A moment later, Chu Yunfei’s calm and steady voice leisurely drifted from the inner courtyard. His voice seemed to contain a magical power, instantly spreading throughout the entire inner city of West Sea City, allowing many Cultivators to slightly relax their taut nerves.

Seeing this, Wang Bin slowly retracted his shield, instinctively sniffing the air again. That familiar scent—gunpowder!

He instantly realized that the “whoosh—bang” sound just now was definitely fireworks, but this time it seemed to be a signal for an action.

All of this happened too suddenly, and only then did Wang Bin shift his attention to the promotional flyer at his feet.

The content on the flyer was clear and striking: Zhong Sheng Sect, all living beings are equal!

It sharply criticized the major Cultivation Families and Schools, claiming they monopolized all Cultivation resources, occupied all Spiritual Veins and mineral mountains, and prohibited the widespread dissemination of Cultivation Techniques.

Because of this, many ordinary Cultivators could not obtain Cultivation resources and Cultivation Techniques, and could only die in resentment and helplessness.

What the Zhong Sheng Sect advocated was equality for all living beings; as long as one became a follower, there would be no class distinctions…

There were many more elaborations later, but the core meaning was to criticize the resource monopolization by Families and Schools and to declare their intention to overthrow this ruling structure.

Wang Bin looked at the content on the flyer, his eyelids twitching slightly.

He was a bit speechless. Was this Zhong Sheng Sect crazy? Wouldn’t it be better to develop and grow secretly?

Why provoke the Chu Family openly on such an occasion?

Or was there another hidden agenda behind this, someone meticulously planning and deliberately instigating conflict between the Chu Family and the Zhong Sheng Sect, attempting to make the two forces fight each other?

In fact, Wang Bin himself had similar thoughts before.

He had imagined doing the opposite, pushing the Zhong Sheng Sect into the open, especially emphasizing the matter of Zhong Sheng Academy, and then fanning the flames himself,

to stir up conflict between the Zhong Sheng Sect and the Four Seas Commerce League, using a scheme of borrowing a knife to kill, perhaps taking the opportunity to eliminate the Star Turtle in the Zhong Sheng Sect.

But the problem was, this really wasn’t his plan! He knew in his heart that he simply didn't have the ability or the courage to arrange such complex mechanisms at the Chu Family's celebration.

This whole matter was confusing and difficult to unravel. Of course, it also couldn't be ruled out that the Chu Family itself orchestrated it to divert everyone's attention.

The Cultivators in the courtyard naturally saw the flyers on the ground and understood their content.

However, not a single person bent down to pick up a flyer.

After all, most of those present were beneficiaries of the current resource distribution system and were the very targets the Zhong Sheng Sect was determined to overthrow.

Even Cultivators with relatively lower status like Wang Bin and Du Juan merely stood by quietly, not daring to make any unusual moves.

Fortunately, the Chu Family was extremely efficient. Before long, they had cleaned up everything related to the flyers in the courtyard.

It was as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusory dream that had never occurred.

Everyone tacitly continued to drink and enjoy themselves, and the celebration proceeded in an orderly fashion.

However, Wang Bin’s thoughts did not stop there. His mind was still pondering the matter of gunpowder, secretly wondering if gunpowder had existed in the Cultivation World for a long time?

Thinking about it carefully, it didn’t seem impossible.

The principle of gunpowder production is relatively simple, and Cultivators are all exceptionally intelligent. It’s not difficult to develop gunpowder; it’s just gunpowder, not something profound or mysterious.

It was just that he had never heard of it before, but fortunately, his doubts were quickly answered by someone.

“Master, what was that exploding thing just now? It startled me! I didn’t even feel any Spiritual Qi fluctuations!”

“Gunpowder! It’s been around for a long time. I used it when I first learned Alchemy.

Back then, I was only at Qi Refining Stage, my spiritual power was very weak, and I didn't have Spiritual Fire in my body, so I added some gunpowder when lighting the fire.

If the heat wasn’t enough, I’d also add some gunpowder to help. I never thought it could be used this way today. It’s truly nostalgic!

After I officially became an Alchemist, I used Earth Fire for Alchemy and had long forgotten about this gunpowder.

If I hadn’t suddenly smelled this familiar scent today, I wouldn’t have remembered it!”

An elder Cultivator explained with a smile.

“Ah! I thought it was some new novelty, but it turns out it’s just something Alchemy apprentices use to heat Pill Furnaces, sigh!”

“This gunpowder isn’t very useful; its power is too small. It can only be used for ignition,” the elder Cultivator added.

After hearing their conversation, Wang Bin’s hand, holding the wine cup, paused only for a moment before he continued to drink as if nothing had happened.

He now understood, no wonder he had never noticed it before; it turned out that gunpowder had already existed in the Cultivation World, but it was only used when Alchemists first began learning Alchemy.

Now that he knew of gunpowder’s existence, Wang Bin’s mind instantly felt as if a whole new door had opened.

Especially concerning the modification of the “Sea Urchin” Lei Sha Pearl, countless novel ideas instantly surged into his mind.

He pondered, if he just reduced the spikes on the Lei Sha Pearl and made a tube… Wait!

Why would he need gunpowder? Couldn’t he just use a spring to launch it?

But then he thought, he didn’t know if the speed of a spring launch would be sufficient. If the speed was too slow, Cultivators would certainly be able to easily dodge it.

This was indeed a thorny problem. For Qi Refining Cultivators, it might be fine, as their reaction speed and movement speed are limited after all.

But once they reach the Golden Core Realm, their reaction speed and movement speed far exceed ordinary people, and ordinary spring launch and gunpowder launch methods might not meet the demand.

He also thought of the astonishing speed of missiles, but he had no idea of their design principles.

After much thought, he felt that perhaps he needed to incorporate some Formations from the Cultivation World, combining the strengths of both and compensating for their weaknesses. Perhaps he could truly create a “gun” in the Cultivation World.

If he could achieve one shot per Golden Core cultivator, that would be truly impressive, especially with the sharpness of obsidian adding to the possibility of all this coming true.

At this moment, Wang Bin's thoughts were running wild, with various ingenious ideas pouring in.

His mind had already outlined the future development blueprint for his Family, such as purchasing a third-tier flying ship and then installing various guns and cannons on it.

In the Cultivation World, many things, after being refined, can be controlled and manipulated with Divine Sense.

If a cannonball is fired and dodged by the target, he could refine the cannonball beforehand and then use Divine Sense to control it to explode immediately, which would always injure the target.

The potential for modifying this flying ship was immense. As long as he had enough time and sufficient Materials, anything was possible.

Moreover, flying ships didn't necessarily have to be purchased; manufacturing them himself was also an option. Many ideas were worth trying.

Wang Bin was filled with urgency at this moment, wishing he could immediately return to White Cloud City, use the “Sea Urchin” Lei Sha Pearl as bullets, and personally modify some powerful guns.

Once successful, his life-saving ability would be greatly enhanced.