Chapter 348 - 150: Overturn This World

"We have a better Steel Refining Technique that we can offer the Prince."

Qing Lian said, "It will allow you to forge superior armaments faster and in greater quantities!

And then there’s Xionggu Pass, the most difficult fortress to conquer on the road to the Capital City.

That must be a thorn in your side, correct?

We can also offer you a strategy to break through it.

I won’t keep you in suspense.

I’ll tell you right now.

Breaking through the pass is simple: just don’t attack from the ground.

We will give you a method of gliding that will allow your elite soldiers...

...to leap from a higher mountain peak farther away, ride the wind, and glide a great distance right into Xionggu Pass under the cover of night!

As long as the wind is right, it will work!

The defenders will never imagine that someone could glide in from a mountain so far away!

When that time comes, the pass is sure to fall.

And your grand army can march straight into the Capital City!

Beyond that... Prince, perhaps you have, or perhaps you haven’t...

noticed?

Your little nephew, the Emperor, actually has Extraordinary beings by his side!

The Vassal Prince that the Little Emperor eliminated previously was dealt with by an Extraordinary power.

They took him down in one fell swoop only after rendering his forces leaderless.

In your case, however, even if you were to die, your various heirs and trusted subordinates would take over your power.

They might even become enraged and immediately march on the Capital City.

That is likely why the Emperor hasn’t made a move against you yet!

Of course, now that we are here, you no longer need to worry about being assassinated by an Extraordinary power!"

As she spoke, Qing Lian brought two fingers together. The teacup before her levitated on its own, flew to her lips, and she took a leisurely sip.

Across from her, King Yu was so shocked that he shot up from his seat!

Xu Lei hadn’t said a word from beginning to end, simply sitting silently beside Qing Lian.

Seeing King Yu’s reaction, Xu Lei knew they had him. A faint smile touched his lips.

「A few days later.」

On this day, Xu Lei demonstrated the blast furnace Steel Refining Technique to King Yu and taught it to his trusted men.

"Brilliant, truly brilliant."

King Yu was amazed. "With this, we can forge armaments at will!

The combat strength of my troops will indeed rise to a new level!

Thank you, both of you, for bestowing this method upon me!"

「More than ten days later.」

Xu Lei built a gliding device and personally leaped from a high place.

It was just like the gliding devices made by some hang-gliding enthusiasts on Earth.

This device was even easier to build than the furnace.

It’s just that ordinary people rarely explored the concept of flight.

This was mainly because such explorations could easily lead to death.

One careless mistake during an experiment, and you could fall to your death.

And if you didn’t die, you’d be crippled.

That’s why none of the ordinary natives of this world had ever invented such a thing.

As for Cultivators, they wouldn’t bother researching it either.

On this day, watching Xu Lei actually fly down in that gliding device, King Yu was astonished.

"But can ordinary people really use this thing?"

King Yu asked, "Can the men under my command truly use it?

You two are masters, not ordinary people. Of course you can use it to fly.

But my men are not Cultivators."

"You’ll know if you try it yourself, Prince," Xu Lei smiled. "Do you dare?"

"I trust you both."

After only a moment of thought, King Yu said, "I will try it myself!"

Although King Yu’s most trusted confidants tried to stop him, he ultimately decided to do it himself.

Afterward, on a relatively high mountain within his fiefdom, King Yu got into the gliding device, leaped off, and rode the wind.

Of course, this kind of gliding device was, in fact, dangerous.

If the wind direction changed suddenly, the wind grew too fierce, the operator made a mistake, or the device malfunctioned, death was a very real possibility.

However, Xu Lei had also equipped it with a parachute.

If something really went wrong, one could still pull the parachute cord. With proper operation, it wouldn’t be a fatal fall.

But if it were used in war and discovered by the enemy, they could just fire a volley of arrows.

Both the gliding device and the parachute would be destroyed.

There would certainly be sacrifices.

But war always has sacrifices; that’s unavoidable.

Of course, Xu Lei and Qing Lian were also watching.

They couldn’t let King Yu actually die.

If something went wrong, they would use their Magical Power to catch him.

However, King Yu was indeed quite capable and intelligent. He operated it without any issues and glided down smoothly.

"Incredible! Absolutely incredible! Such a brilliant idea, it’s like a work of the heavens!"

After landing, King Yu was ecstatic. "The throne will be mine!"

Xu Lei just smiled.

"Senior, you’re amazing!"

Even Qing Lian whispered at this moment, "To think you even had the mind to research something that allows people to soar without using Magical Power!"

’Of course,’ she thought, ’Xu Lei is an Ancient Spirit Immortal. Who knows how long he’s lived? It’s normal for him to know things that ordinary people don’t.’

Xu Lei knew that Qing Lian saw him as the reincarnation of an Ancient Spirit Immortal.

But he couldn’t be bothered to explain.

After presenting King Yu with the things they’d promised, Xu Lei and Qing Lian washed their hands of the matter.

They just lived their own lives there, focusing on their Cultivation.

Of course, because they had offered these things, Xu Lei and Qing Lian’s status had risen dramatically.

Throughout the entire Prince’s Mansion, and even the entire fiefdom, everyone had to bow respectfully when they saw Xu Lei and Qing Lian.

When King Yu himself saw them, he was also respectful from the bottom of his heart.

Many of the other Guest Ministers in the Prince’s Mansion couldn’t figure out what was going on.

They didn’t understand what kind of skills this Miss Wei possessed, seeing as she had seemingly only composed a poem.

Yet, not long after arriving at the Prince’s Mansion, she had already earned such deep respect from Wang Yi!

You have to understand, many Guest Ministers had been there for years without ever earning the Prince’s true trust.

How could they possibly know the weight of what Xu Lei had brought to the table?

Besides, Xu Lei and Qing Lian had, after all, only contributed inventions.

They hadn’t involved themselves in King Yu’s power structure.

It was as if they were only giving, posing no threat of trying to seize power from his hands.

Therefore, the issue of trust naturally didn’t exist.

「Another month later.」

Within King Yu’s fiefdom, Xu Lei and Qing Lian continued to live their peaceful and comfortable lives as usual.

They focused on waiting for King Yu to finish his preparations and lead his army to the Capital City.

Xu Lei’s Cultivation progress was still quite good.

But the time was too short; he still couldn’t break through to the next Realm.

The Demon Core he obtained in the Eastern Wilderness Marsh was, of course, not yet fully refined.

Even so, it would still take about two or three years to advance a single Small Realm.

Unexpectedly, on this day, Qing Lian suddenly told Xu Lei that she had discovered a piece of jade among the gifts sent by others that seemed to hold a great secret.

After all, Qing Lian was a fair-skinned, beautiful, and delicate young woman.

Her beauty and talent had attracted countless admirers.

Thus, she had won the affection of various young talents and sons of prestigious families.

But of course, Qing Lian didn’t give any of these mortals a second glance.

As a result, Qing Lian had truly become like a goddess.

One who countless men dreamed of, but could never touch.

Naturally, these admirers didn’t dare use any forceful methods.

After all, even King Yu was unfailingly respectful to Qing Lian.

Qing Lian didn’t really accept gifts from others, but sometimes many people still came, drawn by her reputation.

Some people even acted like fans on Earth giving gifts to their idols, frantically shoving presents at her and then running away.

So, much of the time, Qing Lian felt rather helpless about it.

She had just been piling those gifts up, but she never expected that while casually looking through them today, she would find a piece of jade that seemed to be something special.