Chapter 177 Listen to the Dragon’s Roar
This roar was like the roar of a dragon, but Master Xu shouted, "Not good!"

Then Master Xu rushed to the end of the sword-making workshop with an expression that said he was in a hurry to get in the car and had no time to explain.

Gongsun Ce thought for a moment and followed Master Xu.

The moment Gongsun Ce entered the sword-making workshop, an illusory blood-red dragon suddenly appeared before his eyes. The dragon was filled with a strong murderous aura, and its eyes were red, as if it could devour all life.

Gongsun Ce took a closer look and found that the blood dragon's tail was connected to a sword blank.

This sword embryo already had an appearance that was almost like Yuanhong, and Gongsun Ce felt his own aura from the blood dragon.

"Mother!"

Master Xu ran to Madam Xu and helped her up after she fell to the ground.

Madam Xu looked at the sword embryo in front of her with joy and obsession in her eyes, "My son, this sword will be completed soon."

As soon as Madam Xu finished speaking, the blood-red dragon opened its bloody mouth and roared madly, its voice filled with anger and murderous intent.

However, Gongsun Ce remained unmoved. He knew very well that this was just a mixture of evil spirit and dragon energy. Although it looked ferocious, it could not cause any substantial attack on people.

It can only rely on its evil spirit to subtly erode other people's bodies and achieve the purpose of hurting and killing people silently.

However, if this sword is forged at this moment, it is still unclear whether this blood dragon will have the ability to launch physical attacks.

Madam Xu noticed Gongsun Ce's arrival at this moment. She bowed to him and said, "I also ask General Gongsun to help me subdue this evil."

Gongsun Ce nodded, and poured his true energy and grandmaster-level sword intent into the Dragon Scale Sword. The Dragon Scale Sword in his hand emitted a faint four-color light.

He gently waved the dragon scale sword and displayed his unique swordsmanship - gentleman style.

"Gentleman style!"

Gongsun Ce let out a soft hum, which seemed to have traveled through time and space for thousands of years, echoing in the sword-making workshop.

As his sword energy was swung, the clear spring in the pond not far away was stirred up and instantly turned into a huge water dragon.

The countless sharp blades hanging above the pool of water suddenly broke free from their restraints and merged into the water dragon.

The water dragon's body is transparent, and it carries hundreds of sharp blades formed by countless water droplets and sharp blades. Its eyes sparkle with clear light, forming a sharp contrast with the blood-colored dragon.

The water dragon roared and rushed towards the blood dragon, and the two collided violently in the air.

Although they are both invisible and intangible, the momentum generated by the collision is enough to shock the minds of Master Xu and Madam Xu.

However, Gongsun Ce saw from their expressions that they were obviously used to it, so it was not difficult to understand why they wanted to move into the Machinery City and join the Mohist School.

The sword-making process is not so peaceful. Some swords are too unruly and are prone to unrest before they are completed. They need the will of the grandmaster to suppress them.

The roars of dragons echoed in the night sky, and the desire to slay the dragon surged.

Ying Zheng, who was far away in Xianyang, suddenly felt a chill on his back. He felt that a sharp blade that could restrain him was being born.

Gongsun Ce glanced at Madam Xu with a half-smile, "Madam Xu is really obsessed with a dragon-slaying sword."

Madam Xu shook her head and said, "The material used to forge this sword is the culprit that destroyed the Qi Kingdom, so it is naturally the dragon-slaying gold.

Furthermore, when calcining this gold, I also added some dragon scale residues that were destroyed by heavenly thunder.

If it became a sword at this time, it would naturally be a dragon-slaying sword.

However, after the extremely evil person was sacrificed to the sword, the sword's attributes immediately reversed to become the sword of chivalry and the sword of supporting the dragon. "

Gongsun Ce believed what Madam Xu said.

The collision between the water dragon and the blood dragon became more and more fierce. Gongsun Ce saw that several sharp blades in the water dragon had been damaged.

Although these blades are not as sharp as famous swords, they also possess some spirituality.

The reason for this destruction was due to the blood dragon's pollution of their spirituality.

At this time, the power of the blood dragon was also weakening with each collision.

Gongsun Ce lit up his golden eyes to carefully observe the essence of the blood dragon and experience the mystery of alchemy.

Creating life has a lofty literal meaning, but to put it simply it is nothing more than shaping the body and soul and then combining the two into one.

The swordsmith gives the sword a shape and gives it spirituality. This is the introductory discipline of creating life.

The creation of living spirits should also be an introductory subject, but it is more cruel.

Gongsun Ce saw that the blood dragon's power was gradually weakening and felt that the time had come to seal the blood dragon.

Gongsun Ce spread out the five fingers of his left hand, and the will of the master of the five virtues was concentrated. The power of the four wills of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom was concentrated on the fingertips of Gongsun Ce's left hand.

The last meaning of faith is concentrated on the thumb of Gongsun Ce’s left hand, but the meaning of faith is a little illusory.

Gongsun Ce condensed the energy of the five virtues in his palm and then injected it into the water dragon.

The water dragon's body instantly became more solid, as if it had a physical body.

It roared and rushed towards the blood dragon again, and this time its momentum was even more ferocious than before. It tied up and restrained the blood dragon.

The blood-colored dragon seemed to be shocked by this sudden change, but after all, it was a mixture of evil spirit and dragon spirit. Although it was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, it was not so easy to be sealed. It struggled hard, trying to break free from the water dragon's restraints.

However, Gongsun Ce did not give it this opportunity. He swung the Dragon Scale Sword again and displayed his gentlemanly demeanor once again.

"At dawn, heaven and earth are at peace, and the noble man, with his virtue, subdues the barbarians.

The sky is vast, the earth is boundless, a gentleman uses the Tao to control the unknown. "

The gentleman's demeanor was used again, but Gongsun Ce had a different feeling.

The winds of heaven and earth prevail, and the gentleman has the way.

Such thoughts flooded into Gongsun Ce's mind, and Gongsun Ce unconsciously recited a simple poem.

Rather than being a poem, it is more like a doggerel that only pursues rhyme.

"Gentleman style!"

Gongsun Ce swung the dragon scale sword in his hand, and the power of heaven and earth added to the power of the water dragon, further enhancing it.

Gradually, the blood dragon began to seem powerless, its body began to become illusory, and at this moment the blood dragon had completely lost the power to resist.

The blood-colored dragon was pressed back into the sword embryo by the water dragon. It turned into a faint red light and was tightly wrapped by the water dragon, sealed in the sword embryo, unable to move at all.

Gongsun Ce put away the Dragon Scale Sword and looked at the Blood Dragon in front of him that was suppressed back into the sword embryo by the Water Dragon. He stretched out his left hand again and controlled the fire element to imprint a rainbow word on the surface of the sword embryo.

The word "rainbow" first appeared in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty. Its oracle bone inscription looked like an arch-shaped snake, with a head with a huge mouth at each end.

The original meaning of rainbow is the arc-shaped ribbon formed by the small water droplets in the sky being exposed to and reflected by sunlight.

According to the four elements of earth, fire, water and wind, the word "rainbow" represents the combination of water and fire elements.

At this time, Gongsun Ce wrote the word "rainbow" with the fire element, representing the fire element suppressing the blood dragon, and also left the first character of Yuan Hong's real name.

Gongsun Ce then withdrew the water dragon, the water flowed back into the pool, and the sharp blades also returned to where they should have been.

Madam Xu looked at the blood dragon that was sealed back into the sword embryo by Gongsun Ce, and unconsciously walked closer to the sword embryo, raised her right hand and gently stroked the word "rainbow".

"hiss!"

The moment Mrs. Xu's right hand touched the word "Hong", she felt that the word was extremely hot, and the high temperature forced Mrs. Xu to withdraw her right hand.

"General Gongsun, I wonder when this heat will subside?"

Gongsun Ce thought for a moment and gave an uncertain answer, "Maybe today, maybe tomorrow... Anyway, I'm not sure, just wait.

However, the person who killed too many people has been found, and Luowang will deliver the goods to your door soon. Remember to sign for it when the time comes."

Madam Xu looked at the sword embryo in front of her, her eyes flashing with surprise. Gongsun Ce's move was far better than the Six-Fingered Black Knight.

Madam Xu was so engrossed in watching the show that she only came to her senses after Gongsun Ce left.

When Gongsun Ce left the sword-making workshop and came to the forging workshop outside, Gongshu Chou and Master Ban had already returned.

"Greetings to General Gongsun."*2
Gongsun Ce saw Gongshu Chou and Master Ban bowing to him together, so he bowed back and asked, "Do you two have any idea about the factory?"

Gongshu Chou and Master Ban looked at each other, then nodded to Gongsun Ce.

"Taiwei, please take a look. This is the blueprint that the two of us designed. It's just a matter of kinetic energy. The two of us are unable to solve it."

Gongshu Chou took out the drawing from his arms and handed it to Gongsun Ce. Gongsun Ce took the drawing and looked at it. It was the drawing of a model machine, with the iron sheet made into a can, and then the product would be added and finally packaged.

If we follow the blueprint, we can indeed build a somewhat simple production line, but power is indeed a problem.

The power of the mechanical beast is generated by the rotation of gears. To put it simply, you push the operating lever, and then the gears rotate to generate power. This is the case with both the Mohist mechanical Xuanwu and the Gongshu family's mechanical giant snake.

However, Gongshujia’s Potu Sanlang and Potu Qilang have the ability to act independently.

According to Gongshu Chou, it was he who wrote the specific actions in advance, which was a passive reaction, that allowed these mechanisms to move freely.

However, these model machines are not driven by gears alone.

Moreover, assembling cans requires active response, which stumped Gongshu Chou.

If he used his hands to push the operating lever, Gongshu Chou would find it a bit awkward, but if he pushed the gears without using the operating lever, this active reaction would leave Gongshu Chou at a loss for a moment.

Gongsun Ce thought for a moment and came up with the idea of ​​the waterwheel. After briefly explaining the principle of the waterwheel, Gongshu Chou and Master Ban fell into deep thought. After a moment, the two began to make a waterwheel model, completely ignoring the existence of Gongsun Ce.

Seeing that no one continued to pay attention to him, Gongsun Ce had no choice but to leave.

When we returned to the Taiwei Mansion, snowflakes began to fall from the sky. Counting the previous snow, this was the second snow this year. It is said that auspicious snow means a good harvest, but heavy snow can easily lead to disasters.

Gongsun Ce only hoped that the snow would not cause floods after melting, and if the snow melted too slowly it would make spring farming difficult.

Gongsun Ce shook his head, thinking that he was overthinking, and then stepped into the Taiwei Mansion.

"Ah ha ha ha ha..."

As soon as Gongsun Ce entered the mansion, he saw Gongsun Yan riding a tiger. Xiao Mimi was carrying Gongsun Yan and running in the front yard. Gongsun Yan had wind in her mouth, but it did not affect her laughter.

(End of this chapter)