(There is a problem with the computer and I can't access the Internet outside. The two chapters are merged into one chapter...)

Zhou Jingyuan, Wu Meng, Qi Hanjiang, Shen Kun, Han Wendang, Han Jian and others had already rushed over after hearing the news.

Everyone knows that Zhao Ruhui openly left Taiwei Sect and joined the practice meeting, which is a great deal, and is likely to induce serious consequences. At this time, they could not have expected any reaction to Taiwei Sect.

Chen Hai, Su Yuan, Sun Gan, and Chen Zhang walked into the bamboo hall. Seeing everyone's faces calm, they smiled and said, "I am in Taiweizong, Zhou Jun, Jing Yuan, Senior Brother Chen, and Senior Brother Ge, thanks to Master Zhao's protection. In the future, I can study the learning of puppets with Master Zhao. It is a happy life. Why don't you have the heart to celebrate on your face, but you are frowning, what are you doing?"

Chen Hai said this and came forward to greet Zhao Ruhui. When he saw Zhao Ruhui, he looked worried. He was also stunned and his eyes swept over Ji Yuanren. Xue Cun. Although Ji Yuanren, Xue Cun knew that Chen Hai's ambition to start a business in Juquanling would induce a series of unpredictable consequences, when they climbed to the middle peak, they made the worst mental preparations, and were calm at this time.

"Mr. Zhao and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and I have a talk to Mr. Zhao..." Chen Hai said.

Others didn't know what Chen Hai had to talk to Zhao Ruhui in private, and they were confused, but they just watched Chen Hai ask Zhao Ruhui to walk into the side palace to talk about things.

The side hall is simply decorated with bookshelves two meters high on the walls, filled with book scrolls and thousands of large stacks of drawings, a short sandalwood table with four cushions symmetrically, and a small couch for meditation and resting behind it.

Su Ling was sorting out the picture scroll in the side hall. Chen Hai signaled her to go out first and asked Zhao Ruhui to sit down and talk to the two of them.

"Since Master Zhao stepped into Juquanling, why is he so worried and so embarrassed?" Chen Hai asked.

Zhao Ruhui was neither willing to betray his master nor wanted to deceive Chen Hai, Zhou Jun and others who valued the most, but he did not expect that Chen Hai would see something strange so soon.

Of course, Zhao Ruhui hoped that this was the case in his heart, but he could not reveal the truth and just sat there without saying a word.

Seeing Zhao Ruhui like this, Chen Hai knew it and felt relieved.

If Zhao Ruhui really wants to leave the sect, he must have considered all kinds of consequences. At the moment of making up his mind, he should be more determined and unyielding than worried and in a dilemma. Chen Hai knew that Zhao Ruhui had no intention of deceiving and had not made too much concealment.

"No matter how outsiders think of me, whether I am arrogant or overestimating my ability, I don't need to be a disgrace in front of Master Zhao," Chen Hai said, "How many times have I done in the past few years have harmed the interests of Hexi? When did Hexi not gain a huge benefit? Of course, I also know that there are many people in Hexi who are very dissatisfied with me, but they are not resentment but resentment does not gain all the benefits..."

"..." Zhao Ruhui sighed softly and said bitterly, "A lot of troubles arise from greed."

"Master Zhao may be puzzled. I have received a lot of favors from Hexi, so why can't I keep all the benefits in Hexi? I ​​believe that I really want to do this, and even the prince Dong Chou, even the old man Shenhou, he will not treat me badly, and will give me enough status and power in Hexi," Chen Hai stared at Zhao Ruhui's face. When he saw him mentioning Wuwei Shenhou Dong Liang, Zhao Ruhui's eyelids twitched slightly, and he smiled and continued to explain, "Maybe the old man Shenhou has already understood in his heart that I do not have the secret picture of the ready-made intermediate-level divine machine chariot or the advanced divine machine chariot in my hand. Even the initial low-level divine machine chariot was also an imperfect thing that I worked together with many craftsmen and craftsmen to study for many years. Speaking of this, this is also the key reason why I am unwilling to rely on Hexi completely. Master Zhao may understand it?"

"..." Zhao Ruhui had some speculations and heard that Master Chen Hai's personal confirmation was too late to be shocked. He didn't understand for a while, why did this become the key reason why Chen Hai was unwilling to be restrained by the sect?

Chen Hai continued: "Master Zhao, think about it. If only Hexi family got the secret map of the manufacturing of the Divine Machinery Crossbow, they would continue to concentrate hundreds, even thousands of craftsmen and craftsmen, and then develop more powerful Divine Machinery Crossbows. "

Zhao Ruhui sighed in his heart. Although the Divine Machine Crossbow and the Divine Machine Chariot still seem to have great flaws, if it were only earned by the Hexi family, it would be enough to become the decisive force that Hexi has crushed other clans. Naturally, there would be no need to concentrate hundreds of craftsmen to study the intermediate Divine Machine Chariot.

If you do so, it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and it will also greatly increase the risk of leakage.

There is another possibility, although Chen Hai did not say it, Zhao Ruhui could also think of it.

The Shenji Crossbow is too powerful and too easy to operate. If ordinary people hold the Shenji Crossbow, the Xuanxiu disciples cannot be above the top. If Hexi had obtained the Shenji Battle Chariot and the secret map of the Shenji Crossbow, another possibility would be to put it on the shelf, so as not to spread such a powerful weapon and break the balance between civil society and the clan family.

Zhao Ruhui had long seen that the reason why Chen Hai was able to create miracles repeatedly was mainly to use it on the "grassroots generals" whose children of poor families accounted for the vast majority. At this time, I would understand it completely after listening to Chen Hai's explanation.

In the history of Yanzhou, there is a natural gap between poor families and sects. Even though there are many amazing poor families in every era who can rise like a meteor, they are quickly assimilated by sects after their rise and become a new sect.

Even though Dong Liang, the Divine Marquis of Wuwei, had intended to use a large number of poor families in his early years, it was only a few decades before the poor families could make it difficult for them to make a breakthrough in Hexi.

The core reason why the gap between poor families and sects is difficult to cross is that sects almost monopolize all cultivation resources.

What Chen Hai did at this time was to make the cultivation resources monopolized by the clan clans less important, and the gap between the poor and clan clans was naturally much shallower than ever before, and it was much faster than ever before.

"The Lord of God brought me to the practice meeting, but one day I would like to present the secret picture of the intermediate god motorcycle, which would be considered a two-clear." Zhao Ruhui thought through this and did not hide it anymore, and told everything that happened in the Zangji Valley as expected.

"Since that's the case, the God-Master treats me not too harshly. I believe that these troubles will disappear in a few days. We just ignore them."

Chen Hai nodded with emotion. Although Dong Liang himself was still in Hexi's position in the end, he wanted others to have more patience, and said,

"If Hexi wants to get the secret map of the manufacturing of the intermediate god locomotive, it has to be patient. If you want to create a real intermediate god locomotive, you need to adjust it from the structure of the talisman array. I just had some ideas and was still very immature. This is the key reason why I want to invite Mr. Zhao, Yuan Ren, Brother Xue Cun and others to gather in the Meilin Bamboo Hall. In addition, even the primary god locomotive has many places to ponder..."

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Jie Quanting, Chen Jue, and Dong Pan reported Zhao Ruhui's escape from the throne to the Protector General's Mansion, just like a stone sinking into the sea. There was no way to see the prince Dong Chou reacting to this matter. For such a big thing, Dong Pan, Chen Jue, and Jie Quanting had no right to decide what to do without authorization, and could only delay the matter.

Zhao Ruhui publicly left Taiwei Sect and climbed to the middle peak of Juquanling to join the practice meeting. It did not seem to cause much sensation, but the potential impact was profound and long-term.

Taiweizong has not taken any action for a long time. In the eyes of the world, it is undoubtedly equivalent to Taiweizong tolerating Chen Hai's behavior of establishing a self-employed person in Liquan.

The other eight major clans were originally watching the reactions of Taiweizong and Dong, and were waiting for Taiweizong and Dong to be furious and crush Chen Hai's ambitions, but the time was delayed until the 78th year of Emperor Yitian. After realizing that Taiweizong might not take any direct measures, the other eight major clans turned around and suddenly saw the craftsmen gathered at the Zhongfeng Bamboo House of Juquanling, including Zhao Ruhui, Ji Yuanren, and Xue Sheng.

There are more than 200 craftsmen in the spirit-Bailing Realm who have achieved some success in refining weapons and mechanical puppet techniques.

There were as many as 2,000 young craftsmen who gathered at the Zhongfeng of Juquanling and were qualified to refine weapons and puppet techniques.

Those poor children who are full of desire and ambition on the path of cultivation have no way out. They may have been worried before, but they have no serious consequences when they see Zhao Ruhui openly leaving Taiwei Sect. Do they still need to consider what choices they should make?

Otherwise, you will need to pass the assessment of refining weapons and mechanical puppet techniques at this time. The Zhongfeng of Juquanling would have been squeezed out long ago.

Although the strength of the Practice Association and the Huwei Camp of the Zhaoyang Ting Hou Mansion is still far from comparable to that of the top clans like the Dong and Miao families, on the northern foot of Qintong Mountain, it is no longer easy for the nine major clans to send Liquan to put down their guards and join forces to suppress the Practice Association and the Zhaoyang Ting Hou Mansion.

Whether it is the Dong family in Hexi or the Miao family in Northern Liang, it is impossible to actually send a large army to exert pressure. If you don’t want to be frustrated, compromise will become the only choice.

At least the Dong family, Miao family and other tribes did not want the eight tribes of Jingjun who were close to him to reach into Liquan. They knew in their hearts that once the eight tribes of Jingjun were allowed to reach in, the eight tribes of Jingjun would be able to use the powerful combat power of the Xiyuan Army to sweep them all out of Qintong Mountain.

At this time, Chen Hai also formally proposed to the craftsman association that Juquanling should be taken back.

Compared to the spiritual land of Juquanling, Miao and other nine worldly valuations care more about the control of the gold quenching ore at the bottom of Juquan Lake. Before Chen Hai returned, the craftsman association controlled by the nine worldly valuations began to arrange the furnace to move into Liquan City. Chen Hai took back Juquanling from the craftsman association as a place for craftsmen to practice, which became a natural thing.

When I look back at this time, Zhaoyang Village, located on the southeast foot of Juquanling, is more like the gateway to Juquanling from Liquan.

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The intermediate Divine Machinery Warrior, with stronger armor, think that the thicker and higher density of gold quenching armor, and the stronger impact force requires faster speed, which all points to the core issue, is that the Divine Machinery Warrior needs stronger power.

Previously, in order to solve the problem of insufficient power, Chen Hai connected the two wind array boxes in parallel and drove the two pairs of load-bearing wheels forward at the same time. In theory, they could connect another wind array box in parallel and drive the third pair of load-bearing wheels, which is also a research direction for the practice meeting.

However, although the driving force of each Divine Machinery chariot can be increased by 50%, the complexity of manufacturing and control will be increased several times, while the driving force will be increased by 50%, which is still far from the need of an intermediate Divine Machinery chariot.

The body structure and armor of the intermediate magic combat vehicle are fully strengthened, and the weight must be increased by three or four times or less, while the speed increases by one third, which means that the driving force is required to be increased by at least seven or eight times, but seven or eight percent.

Chen Hai thought for a long time, and the only possibility was to completely improve the internal structure of the wind array box.

The ban on the world's talisman array is divided into two categories. One requires sacrifice and refining to drive the operation with true essence and magic power, which accounts for the vast majority of the existing talisman array ban; the other does not require sacrifice and refining, and can operate on its own once refining. This type of talisman array ban is very small, but it is the real basis for the existence of mechanical puppet technology.

Chen Hai called the latter type of talisman array ban, which is so rare. It is not difficult to imagine how difficult it is to innovate a new ban on the basis of the existing talisman ban.

On the way back from Lucheng east, Chen Hai was thinking about this issue for several months and participated in some ideas proposed by the craftsman association. Finally, he felt that combining the Wind Control Talisman array with the Flame Collection Talisman array or the Wind Control Talisman array with the Space Talisman array could create the new Heavenly Secret ban he needed.

The most basic talisman array is composed of multiple Taoist seal scripts, the wind-controlling talisman array, the flame-harvesting talisman array, and the space talisman array are all compound talisman arrays. The three talisman arrays need to be disassembled, recombined, and combined to form a new second-level composite talisman array. The calculation work is so complicated that it will cause a collapse.

Even those who are powerful in the Taoist womb are unlikely to create a new compound talisman array in their lifetime. How many people are patient and stay in seclusion for more than ten years or even ten years is just to deduce a brand new compound talisman array.

Chen Hai set up a practice meeting to disassemble the talisman array, list all the combination possibilities, and leave it to the craftsmen below to verify.

Moreover, on the way back to the east, Chen Hai had already thought of all possible organizations of the new composite talisman array. At this time, a large number of weapon refiners and puppet craftsmen who were good at Taoist seal and talisman array were needed to help verify them one by one.

Otherwise, Chen Hai would have to verify all five or six hundred possibilities, so he would not want to do other things in his life.

The Piling Realm craftsmen have the ability to deduce simple talisman formations. Hundreds of Piling Realm craftsmen have devoted all their energy and enthusiasm to study the Tianji prohibitions. Each person has to give three or five craftsmen apprentices as assistants. The efficiency may not be hundreds of times faster than Chen Hai alone in doing this, but it can still be done thirty or forty times faster.

But if Chen Hai wants to do this, he needs to gather in the practice meeting for weapon refiners and puppet craftsmen to completely break the portal restrictions.

However, the resources consumed to accomplish this are extremely terrifying.

Hundreds of puppet craftsmen and more than 400 craftsmen apprentices have to provide monthly silver every month; in addition, five or six hundred kinds of them may need to be verified. If it goes well, it will also require consumption of up to one or two thousand pieces of materials of Xuanhuang medium and lower-level magic weapons, which must be provided by the Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis Mansion.

According to the initial agreement, the foundry and smelting workshops belonging to the Craftsman Club have always accounted for 20% of the share. Even though the price of gold quenching iron is quite low by the nine major worlds, the share of 20% brings unimaginable wealth to the Zhaoyang Ting Hou Mansion every year.

However, in the past two years, the Zhaoyangting Marquis' Mansion had a little accumulation, and they mainly used it to support Chen Hai to lead the Jingjue Army in the Eastern Region of Jinzhou. In the future, one Divine Machinery Warrior and two Divine Machinery Crossbow components will be sent to Lucheng. The war beasts exchanged from the Demon God Temple will also be given priority to equip the Jingjue Army.

When Chen Hai returned to Juquanling, the resources that Zhaoyangting Hou Mansion could use did not increase, but instead decreased in a short period of time.

The Juquanling Mountain was taken back to establish a practice meeting. On the one hand, it was necessary to maintain the normal operation of the practice meeting, and on the other hand, it was necessary to build a large-scale construction and build palaces. In addition to the life, practice and testing sites of various weapon refiners and puppet craftsmen, they must be built one by one. After Juquanling, it will be the foundation of Zhaoyang Pavilion Marquis' Mansion, and the defense system of a sect has also gradually been improved.

These will consume terrifying resources.

In the spring of the 1978th ​​year of Emperor Yitian, Chen Hai restarted two workshops in Juquanling outside the craftsmanship association system, specializing in the manufacturing of simplified versions of the Divine Machinery Warriors and Divine Machinery Crossbows.

On the way back to Qintong Mountain in the east, Chen Hai dismantled the internal structure of the arrow array box, simplifying the talisman structure of the arrow array box.

Although the simplified version of the arrow box is much less powerful, it is also more practical.

The previous arrow box was equivalent to a yellow-level middle and low-grade magic weapon, and it was extremely difficult to refine it. This is also the biggest bottleneck that cannot increase the scale of the manufacturing scale of the Divine Machine Crossbow.

The simplified version of the arrow array box can be refined by a craftsman apprentice. Its power is far from comparable to the Divine Machine Crossbow. It can also achieve five-arrow continuous firing. The five-inch short crossbow loaded with gold-tempered arrows is still extremely powerful in drilling within 300 steps.

The Shenji Crossbow cannot be manufactured on a large scale. In the future, it will be used as a heavy weapon in the army. The simplified version of the Tianji Crossbow will be much stronger than the existing iron-arm bow and arm crossbow in the world.

The only problem is that the Tianji Crossbow is cast with level 9 gold quenching iron, each weighing 120 to thirty kilograms. As a single soldier equipment, it is still too heavy. Only by casting with level 8 gold quenching iron with higher strength, the weight is reduced to 40 kilograms, but it can barely bear it.

But in this way, Juquanling needs to secretly transport 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms of gold quenching iron from Lucheng every month, which is also extremely troublesome.

Fortunately, Zhao Ruhui left Taiwei Sect and joined the practice meeting, all old friends in Hexi were cut off, otherwise the passage in Hexi would be cut off, and I would not know how many times the connection with Lucheng would be troublesome.

The simplified version of the Divine Machine Warrior is a replacement for the mechanical puppet beast. The main function is to carry it quickly, but to charge into the formation.

After removing the heavy armor, the complex double wind array casing drive structure has also been modified to be a simple and simple version of the wind array casing with much lower cost. The load capacity of the puppet car in the wild can be maintained at more than 3,000 kilograms, and the load capacity passing through the road is as high as 7,000 kilograms, and the speed is comparable to that of a never-tiring fast horse, far from being able to compare with an ordinary strong horse.

This makes it truly possible for an elite combat force to fight through a thousand miles of roads.

In the past, even if a good horse like Qingjing Horse could travel thousands of miles a day within one or two days, it would consume too much for horses and generals.

Whether it is a simplified version of Tianji Crossbow or a loading puppet car, it is not difficult for all the companies to imitate it, but the ultimate problem is the manufacturing cost. Chen Hai set up a new factory in Juquanling and built Tianji Crossbow and loading puppet carts. After measuring the quotations given by Juquanling, although within their respective sects and fiefs, the craftsman factory they belong to have the ability to manufacture Tianji Crossbow and load puppet carts, it is much more cost-effective to really own it in batches, or to buy it directly from Juquanling.

Loading the puppet cart appeared on the road leading to the seal of the nine major clans at the end of February.

Of course, this is the first batch of loading puppet vehicles built. Even if it is a flat road, it will continue to advance tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of miles, and various possible serious conditions will occur - the effective driving distance of the Divine Machinery Warrior is even more limited, and before entering the battlefield, it is almost dragged by a large number of mules and horses. Chen Hai arranged a craftsman for each puppet vehicle and three craftsman apprentices so that if there is any problem on the way, he could repair it at any time.

Of course, no one dared to be careless, and they prepared to drag the puppet car back to their destination when there was a problem with it.

Chen Hai’s most fundamental purpose is to use the first batch of users for experiments. After the craftsman returns, the data on improvements in various aspects will be summarized.
To be continued...