Chapter 169: Angers, do you really understand time zero?
When Gongsun Ce returned to the Taiwei Mansion, it was completely dark, but Jingwei had already passed the news that he would return to Xianyang today.

So it was no surprise that Gongsun Ce saw the charming Yan Lingji and Madam Mingzhu waiting for him to have dinner together.

"Why are you two alone?"

Yan Lingji looked at Yingge who was standing beside her. Yingge took the sleeping Gongsun Yan from Gongsun Ce's arms.

The next moment, Yan Lingji's body wrapped around Gongsun Ce like a spirit snake, and she leaned gently into Gongsun Ce's ear and whispered softly.

"When they heard that they had to serve the young master for dinner, they were very shy." Yan Lingji's face suddenly changed before she finished her words, "You sneaked away again."

Madam Mingzhu took a sip of honey water and gently moved towards Gongsun Ce. Gongsun Ce naturally accepted it without any hesitation.

After a long time, their lips parted. Gongsun Ce looked at Madam Mingzhu, "Very sweet, want more?"

This time, it was Yan Lingji who took the lead. After feeding him the honey water, Yan Lingji giggled and her index finger brushed across Gongsun Ce's lips. "So sweet, want more?"

Soon, Gongsun Ce finished his dinner after being fed by Madam Mingzhu and Ji Yan Lingji.

As the saying goes, when you are full, you will think...

Just like at this moment, Gongsun Ce leaned close to Yan Lingji's ear and whispered, "Are you ready? My new job is about to begin."

Yan Lingji was helpless, "If it is dragon scales, I can't bear it."

Gongsun Ce shook his head, "It's definitely not this, but..."

Yan Ling·Time Zero
Question: If one second is used as one hundred seconds, then how long is fifteen seconds?
Of course it is one thousand five hundred seconds, one minute is sixty seconds, in other words, it is twenty-five minutes.

Madam Mingzhu, who was standing by, only heard a few noises, but within fifteen seconds, Ji Yan Lingji already had an abnormal expression.

Mrs. Mingzhu looked puzzled. What happened?
"Boom!"

Then Mrs. Pearl heard the cork coming out of the bottle.

Before she had time to think, she followed in Yan Lingji's footsteps.

She finally understood Yan Lingji, personal experience is the best teacher.

How outrageous that an act that takes twenty-five minutes is condensed into fifteen seconds.

This was somewhat similar to the feeling of time stopping and then suddenly resuming and exploding. Madam Mingzhu no longer had any mind to think about anything.

She could only look up at the pitch-black night sky with trembling eyes, murmuring, "How... is it possible?"

It wasn't just Madam Mingzhu who couldn't figure it out. Yan Lingji was also doubting her life. Their reaction abilities couldn't keep up with Gongsun Ce's speed.

Phantom pain is a very interesting term. It means that if a person's arm is amputated, he or she can still feel pain where the arm originally existed.

This is the feeling of phantom pain. Although Yan Lingji and Madam Mingzhu don’t know the specific meaning of this term, they share the same feeling.

Gongsun Ce touched his chin and felt that time had passed.

Ange's physique was not as strong as his, so it was naturally impossible for him to use one second as a hundred seconds. After using it for fifteen seconds, he was still as normal.

However, Gongsun Ce felt something strange.

In Gongsun Ce's eyes, the whole world seemed to have fallen into silence.

He could feel that the passage of time had become unusually slow at this moment, as if he was being tightly grasped by an invisible giant hand and was unable to break free.

He looked around and found that everything around him was slowing down at an incredible speed.

Even the dust floating in the air seemed to be solidified by the power of time and slowly fell.

Gongsun Ce's gaze fell on an old tree not far away.

This tree is lush and leafy, and it still stands tall despite wind, frost, rain and snow.

At this moment, he noticed that a withered yellow leaf suddenly fell from the branch.

This leaf may be just a fleeting existence in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of Gongsun Ce, it has become a visual feast.

The movement of leaves dancing in the air was slowed down infinitely, as if every subtle movement was magnified and prolonged.

It first shook gently a few times, then slowly broke free from the branches and began its journey in the air.

Under the influence of gravity, it began to float downwards.

But at the same time, the breeze was blowing it gently, causing its trajectory to change left and right, high and low.

Gongsun Ce quietly observed the falling trajectory of the leaf.

He could see the leaves swaying gently in the wind, as if they were performing a graceful dance.

As time went by, the leaf slowly fell to the ground, gently touching the surface of the soil, and then lay there quietly.

Until this moment, about a minute had passed, Gongsun Ce began to feel a tearing sensation in his body.

Gongsun Ce understood that this was the limit of his use of Time Zero.

Gongsun Ce unlocked time zero and everything returned to normal. Gongsun Ce carried Madam Mingzhu and Ji Yan Ling and sent them back to their respective rooms, but Gongsun Ce still felt a little empty.

It was very quiet. In total, he had been on the front line for nearly five months.

This was too different from his previous life with a bunch of girls following him around. Even at this moment, Gongsun Ce was still a little dazed looking at the layout of the Taiwei Mansion.

Gongsun Ce realized that the Qin army should be equipped with some psychologists, otherwise those veterans would not be able to get out of the battlefield in their hearts for the rest of their lives.

Gongsun Ce saw that the lights in other rooms were off, only Honglian's room was still brightly lit. He couldn't help but walk towards Honglian's room.

As soon as he approached Honglian's room, Gongsun Ce heard soft sobbing sounds. It should be Honglian sobbing.

Gongsun Ce pushed open the door and went straight into Honglian's room. Honglian was lying on the couch crying at this time. The moment she saw Gongsun Ce, she immediately stopped crying.

Gongsun Ce stepped forward and embraced Honglian, pressing her face against his chest, "Cry if you want, little red flower."

When Honglian heard Gongsun Ce's words, she immediately used Gongsun Ce's clothes to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "I didn't cry."

"Are you sad? Are you homesick?"

Honglian shook her head and took the opportunity to rub Gongsun Ce's chest, "No."

"As a wanderer in a foreign land, I miss my homeland, but my homeland is gone and I have no way to return. I understand."

Honglian's situation is probably similar to that of the diners entering the late-night diner.

It was the scene that brought back memories. What she missed was not her past life in the Han Palace, nor her identity as a princess.

She just suddenly thought of a certain fragment of her memory from the past, and burst into tears for no reason.

"Go ahead and cry. Don't hold it in. If you keep your emotions suppressed in your heart, you'll get sick."

Honglian's emotions, which had been suppressed for a long time, burst out completely, "Wuwuwu..."

Gongsun Ce did not ask Honglian why she was moved by the scene, just let her cry.

When Honglian gets tired of crying, she will naturally get better.

Time passed slowly, and soon Honglian was tired of crying. She rubbed her body in Gongsun Ce's arms and fell asleep.

Looking at Honglian's sleeping face, Gongsun Ce lowered his head and kissed away the tears from the corners of Honglian's eyes.

Afterwards, Gongsun Ce pushed the candle with his backhand and extinguished it. That night, Gongsun Ce just leaned on the bed with Honglian in his arms and fell asleep.

In the early morning, before it was fully light, Gongsun Ce had already woken up. When he noticed Honglian's slightly trembling eyelashes, he knew that Honglian had woken up.

"are you awake?"

"woke up."

Honglian nodded, rubbed against Gongsun Ce's arms, and unconsciously increased the strength of her arms around Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce rubbed Honglian's head helplessly, "You drooled all night last night."

After saying that, Gongsun Ce pointed to his wet collar, and Honglian's cheeks immediately turned red, "It's obviously my tears."

"Then let me check..."

"It's still morning..."

The ladies who were having breakfast found that Gongsun Ce did not come, so Yingge, with great awareness of being a maid, prepared to call Gongsun Ce.

Zi Nu stopped Ying Ge who was about to leave and said, "Didn't you notice that there's one person missing? No need to go, they will probably just go straight to lunch."

Yan Lingji chuckled, "It's hard to say, Sister Zi Nu."

As soon as Yan Lingji finished speaking, Madam Mingzhu paused in drinking porridge, which was noticed by Feiyan.

"Slurp." Feiyan took a sip of the porridge and guessed what happened last night. "It seems that Mr. Gongsun has come up with a new trick."

Madam Mingzhu smiled softly and held Madam Hu's right hand beside her. "It is indeed a new trick, but I don't know if Sister Hu can bear it."

Mrs. Hu's pretty face turned slightly red, and her tone was a little stammering, "What...has...it got to do...with me?"

Lady Hu looked at Mrs. Hu's blushing cheeks and thought her beauty was beyond compare. She also held Mrs. Hu's left hand.

"I remember that recently my sister slept with Nanyue under the pretext of preventing Nanyue from getting too deeply involved. Does my sister hope that we can be together?" Madam Hu, this little white flower, burst out with the strongest potential of her life, broke free from the hands of Madam Mingzhu and Lady Hu, and hurried away.

"I'm done eating."

Mrs. Hu returned to her room, closed the door, and leaned against the door panel. With the help of the cool touch of the door panel, she regained some of her senses.

Mrs. Hu shook her head violently, trying to shake off the teasing words from Mrs. Mingzhu and Lady Hu.

However, she was powerless and her memory was only deepened.

"Together."
These two words were circling around Mrs. Hu's mind like crazy. Mrs. Hu took a deep breath, changed into a small outfit that symbolized victory, opened the door and walked towards Honglian's room.

She has figured it out. It is better to be proactive than passive.

Therefore, when Nanyue returned to the room, she found that Mrs. Hu was not in the room, and the small clothes that Mrs. Hu had just changed were still placed on the couch.

The corners of Nanyue's eyes twitched unconsciously. This feeling was really subtle. Then Nanyue also walked towards Honglian's room.

Except for Madam Mingzhu and Ji Yanling, the other women walked towards Honglian's room one by one, just like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather.

In the afternoon, Gongsun Ce separated himself from the group of beautiful girls and began to take a bath.

The Eye of the King of Wind controls the clean water to flow into the wooden basin, and the Fire heats the cold water.

"Whoo~"

Gongsun Ce let out a long sigh and felt exhausted. His momentary weakness was rewarded with a group of people taking advantage of his situation.

However, he did not turn on the maximum power at time zero, otherwise he would have solved it long ago, why wait until the afternoon.

"You're so soft-hearted!"

The next day, Gongsun Ce came to Gongshu's forge.

At this moment, inside the forging room, Master Ban was glaring at Gongshu Chou.

Gongsun Ce was taller than the two of them, so naturally he saw the gecko-shaped Po Tu Qilang model machine in front of them at a glance.

"This is my creation, Gong Shujia. It must be made entirely of bronze. No one knows more about the art of domineering machinery than me!"

Gongshu Chou's words successfully angered Master Ban, "Wood must be used in some places to prevent the bronze from being corroded by water."

"I am right!"

"I am right!"

Seeing that the two were about to start pulling hair and beards, Gongsun Ce hurriedly called for a stop, "Stop!"

Only then did the two of them notice Gongsun Ce's arrival.

"I won't bother with you, this old thief with a gray beard." Gongshu Chou then straightened his collar and bowed to Gongsun Ce, "Greetings, General Gongsun."

"I also don't care about you, an old man." Master Ban dusted off his body and bowed to Gongsun Ce, "Greetings, General Gongsun."

Master Ban is an old-fashioned man who is purely engaged in scientific research. His position is almost to migrate with the leader of the Mohist school. The Six-Fingered Black Knight joined the Qin State, so he naturally has no opinion on the Qin State.

In addition, after arriving in Qin, he had all the materials he wanted.

For Master Ban, this place was simply paradise, except for the fact that seeing Gongshu Chou made him very uncomfortable.

Gongsun Ce twitched his lips, and then explained his purpose, "I came here to find you two to study the tools for sealing food."

Then Gongsun Ce began to explain the concept of canning, and he casually made a metal can model and a glass can model.

In ancient times, storing food was a problem, especially for meat. There was almost no good way to store it except drying and pickling it.

After listening to Gongsun Ce's story, Gongshu Chou and Master Ban each picked up the metal can model and the glass can model and began to ponder.

In particular, they were very interested in the concept of mechanical factory proposed by Gongsun Ce.

The two looked at each other and then snorted coldly, but judging from the gleam of fire in their eyes, this plan aroused their interest and even made them want to join forces.

The difficulty aroused Gongshu Chou's pride.

For the people's livelihood, it is in line with the essence of Mohism.

Gongshu Chou and Master Ban spoke almost at the same time the next moment, "General, please wait for a moment and give us two some time."*2
Gongsun Ce nodded and said, "Okay, you two can study slowly. It would be great if there is some progress within a few years. There is no need to rush."

Gongsun Ce continued to walk deeper into the forging room, which was the smelting area where materials were smelted. It was also the current residence of Madam Xu and Master Xu.

Of course, the Madam Xu here refers to Madam Xu’s wife, Master Xu’s mother, the forger of Shark Teeth, and a master swordsmith of her generation.

Gongsun Ce pushed open the door of a compartment, which was where Madam Xu and Master Xu lived.

This is a very simple room where the two of them live. There is an entrance to a secret room without a door not far away.

Gongsun Ce pushed open the door of the secret room and entered. He saw a pool of water not far away. Several sharp blades were hung above the pool. These were the blades made by Madam Xu and Master Xu.

But in the hearts of this mother and son, unless it is a famous sword of the time, it is not qualified to be circulated, so the quality of the sword here is only slightly inferior to the famous sword, and it can also be regarded as a sharp weapon of the time.

Madam Xu and Master Xu were currently gathered around the workbench, trying to verify the properties of the materials provided by Gongsun Ce.

Lying on the workbench was the dragon scale that Gongsun Ce had plucked out when he was in a bloody state.

"Mrs. Xu, Master Xu, do you have any idea about my request?"

The two of them had actually noticed Gongsun Ce's arrival a long time ago, but Gongsun Ce's dragon scales really stumped them.

Madam Xu sighed softly, "I'm sorry, General Gongsun, I really can't do anything about this scale."

The words of the Bronze and Fire King series will give Gongsun Ce's dragon scales the properties of fire resistance and durability.

The words of the King of Sky and Wind will bring sharpness and lightness to Gongsun Ce's dragon scales.

The words of the White King brought great activity to Gongsun Ce's scales.

Therefore, Madam Xu had no idea how to forge Gongsun Ce's dragon scales.

The premise of forging is that the material can be melted and forged.

Mrs. Xu has tried to throw dragon scales into a volcano recently, but the dragon scales floated on the surface of the magma and nothing happened.

Seeing that the earth fire was useless, Mrs. Xu thought of the heavenly thunder. After the heavenly thunder, the scales turned into charcoal.

It was not until this moment that Madam Xu dared to be sure that dragon scales were not made of metal, but came from some kind of creature.

So Mrs. Xu thought of splicing them together, with the metal frame inside and the dragon scales outside to form a sharp blade.

But she hasn't had time to implement it yet, and she's not sure whether this meets Gongsun Ce's requirements.

"General Gongsun, if we can piece together the dragon scales to make a sharp weapon, is that possible?"

Gongsun Ce shrugged. He actually knew that it was difficult for these swordsmiths to forge swords with dragon scales, so he just gave it a try.

"No need. This material seems unsuitable for sword making. Also, has the forging of the extremely evil meteorite iron begun?"

Mrs. Xu took out a wooden box from under the workbench and placed it on the workbench. The moment she opened the wooden box, a murderous aura rushed out.

Madam Xu quickly closed the wooden box, and the evil spirit immediately dissipated. "This thing has too much evil spirit to be used to forge a sword, but I have an idea.

It is to use the five metals that combine the five virtues as auxiliary materials, and then sacrifice a person with extremely strong evil spirit to eliminate the evil spirit, and then make a sword. "

This was the prerequisite for the casting of Yuanhong. Jing Ke was considered a sacrifice, eliminating most of the evil spirits, and then the five metals were used to eliminate the last bit of the evil spirits.

From then on, the remnant rainbow turned into a deep rainbow.

"If I'm not mistaken, this piece of meteorite should be one of the meteorites that caused the catastrophic disaster that destroyed the Qi people."

Madam Xu nodded. "Yes, it is this thing. Otherwise, it wouldn't have such a strong evil spirit."

The Qi Kingdom experienced several relocations, and the last relocation was due to a meteorite shower that caused a devastating disaster to the Qi Kingdom.

Gongsun Ce was ready to take back the remaining dragon scales from Madam Xu's hand, "Since I can't forge a sword with them, I'll take them back."

At this moment, Master Xu suddenly bowed to Gongsun Ce and said, "General Gongsun, please let me have a try."

"I wonder what Master Xu thinks?"

"Since this scale cannot be used as the main material, it is better to melt it into the sword body and inlay it on the hilt."

Gongsun Ce thought about it and thought this was a good idea. "How long will it take, Master Xu?"

Master Xu twirled his beard and thought for a moment, "Three months. After three months, please ask General Gongsun to come for inspection."

"Okay, then give Master Xu three months."

Gongsun Ce made the final decision, and Master Xu also had a slight smile on his face.

In fact, Master Xu's sword-making skills are close to those of Madam Xu, but he is still a little short.

What he lacked was a masterpiece that would be famous throughout the country, a sword that would be praised for centuries. This was a perfect opportunity for Master Xu.

It can be said that the guest and the host enjoy themselves.

(End of this chapter)