Chapter 2351 - 2324: Shocked Crowd

"What?!"

As the saying goes, a single stone can stir up a thousand waves.

After hearing Tang Fengxing’s words, the five people in the conference room all showed utter shock and disbelief on their faces, almost suspecting there was something wrong with their ears.

This time their move against Lu Tianxing in Beijing had been precisely to strike before Lu Tianxing finished growing, to strangle him in the cradle and prevent him from rising. Yet now Tang Fengxing was saying they should let Lu Tianxing step into the Late Stage of Mythical. That was no different from letting a tiger return to the mountain. Once Lu Tianxing grew up, it would be an extinction-level disaster for the Tang Family.

"Family Head, are you joking?"

Tang Liangcai looked at Tang Fengxing and said, "Family Head, even right now, when we move against Lu Tianxing, we don’t have one hundred percent certainty. If we let Lu Tianxing break through to the Late Stage of Mythical, then we really won’t be able to stop him."

"Family Head, please think this through. How terrifying that little bastard Lu Tianxing’s Cultivation Technique is—everyone is well aware of it. At Middle-stage Mythical he can already beat Late Stage of Mythical experts into a wretched retreat. If we let him step into the Late Stage of Mythical, there really won’t be anyone who can do anything to him. And he’s only in his early twenties—give him enough time, and which of us will be his match?"

At this moment, Tang Zhiwen also opened his mouth to persuade.

"Family Head, think twice."

The remaining three also spoke up at the first moment. In their hearts, they could voice a million objections to Tang Fengxing’s decision. If Tang Fengxing weren’t the Tang Family’s Family Head, they would probably have flipped the table by now.

Listening to Tang Liangcai and the others, Tang Fengxing sat there motionless, his face cold as he smoked, slowly exhaling a ring of smoke. Only after everyone finished speaking did he slowly open his mouth and say, "Are you done? If you’re done, then it’s my turn to speak."

As he spoke, Tang Fengxing directly took out a remote control from his pocket and switched on the screen on the wall behind him. "As for this, I think you should be very familiar with it."

With Tang Fengxing’s voice, the screen on the wall slowly lit up, and a blueprint appeared before everyone’s eyes.

Hearing Tang Fengxing’s words, everyone subconsciously turned their gaze to the screen. Looking at that blueprint, they couldn’t help but reveal a hint of confusion on their faces. They simply couldn’t tell what this blueprint was for.

Tang Liangcai adjusted his glasses, a trace of confusion flashing across his face as well. Then his expression drastically changed, his body trembling violently like he had the shakes, and he even stammered out, "Fa... Family Head, this... this is the manufacturing blueprint for the Peacock Feather, and it’s the complete version, not that incomplete blueprint our Tang Family has now. Am... am I right?"

"What?!"

"Tang Liangcai, you’re sure you didn’t misread it?"

"Impossible! Our Peacock Feather blueprint went missing over a hundred years ago. We’ve exhausted the Tang Family’s manpower and resources and never found it. Is this really the complete Peacock Feather blueprint? Liang Cai, you’re sure you didn’t misread it?"

Tang Liangcai’s words were like a raging storm, overturning everyone present. The Peacock Feather was the Tang Family’s ultimate killing weapon. With the Peacock Feather, even Late Stage of Mythical experts were like mangy dogs in the Tang Family’s eyes, easily crushed with a flip of the hand. If not for the Peacock Feather blueprint having gone missing over a hundred years ago, the Tang Family would have long since stepped out of Shu and become China’s number one family. There would never have been a chance for the Lu Family or Yang Family to play kings and tyrants.

"I didn’t misread it."

Tang Liangcai took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "You should know what I’m in charge of. I often study the Peacock Feather blueprint. You could say every single step of the blueprint is etched in my mind. This Peacock Feather blueprint, although it looks identical to our Tang Family’s Peacock Feather blueprint, has slight differences in certain places. And it’s precisely those tiny differences that fix all the defects on our preserved blueprint. I can swear to heaven: if we use this blueprint to manufacture the Peacock Feather, the failure rate can be reduced to the lowest possible. Out of ten semi-finished pieces, at least one true Peacock Feather will be produced. And even if it fails, the craftsman will not be in any life-threatening danger."

"One out of ten semi-finished pieces, and the craftsman won’t be in danger."

After hearing Tang Liangcai’s words, everyone couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath—not because the error rate was too high, but because the failure rate was too low, unbelievably low.

You have to know that ever since the Tang Family’s Peacock Feather blueprint went missing, even though those old craftsmen of the Tang Family relied on their memories to redraw a Peacock Feather blueprint, they still couldn’t truly develop the Peacock Feather. Errors would always occur at some step. And once an error occurred, any old craftsman involved in making the Peacock Feather could very well die without even a burial place.

You have to know that every old craftsman is forged through countless trials, an extremely rare talent. Lose one and you’ve truly lost one. To cultivate another old craftsman is simply far too difficult.

As time went on, coupled with the complicated manufacturing process and the huge expenditure of manpower and resources, the Peacock Feather disappeared from the Tang Family completely. Aside from mentions in the classics, you could say no one had ever seen a real Peacock Feather.

But now Tang Liangcai was saying that by using this Peacock Feather blueprint, they could manufacture a genuine Peacock Feather, and that even in case of failure, there would be no danger to life. How could that not shock people?

"Family Head, where did this Peacock Feather blueprint come from?"

Tang Liangcai ignored the shocked expressions around him and instead looked at Tang Fengxing, saying, "Family Head, I strongly recommend gathering the old craftsmen of our family and having them study this blueprint. As long as we can manufacture the Peacock Feather, even if that old bastard Lu Tiankuang dares break into Shu, we’ll make sure he never returns, make sure he dies without a burial place."

"There’s no rush for that. As long as this blueprint is in our hands, we can manufacture it anytime."

After signaling for Tang Liangcai to calm down for the moment, Tang Fengxing spoke again, "And this is exactly what I was about to bring up, the matter of letting Lu Tianxing break through to the Late Stage of Mythical. This blueprint was handed to Qingyun by someone. Of course, acquiring this blueprint comes with a price, and that is: tomorrow, the fifth day, we must let Lu Tianxing break through to the Late Stage of Mythical."

"Family Head, do we know who this person is?" Tang Liangcai immediately asked after hearing Tang Fengxing’s words.

"According to Qingyun, the other party is from one of the Four Great Families. Barring accident, it is very likely the Long Family, one of the Four Great Families." Tang Fengxing said slowly.