Summoners: One Golden Term per Level

Chapter 419 - 15: Is the Human Race of the Common Lord, or the Common Lord of the Human Race?

Jiuli Tribe.

Two people walked on the road paved with asphalt not long ago.

It was very flat, with no pits or bumps at all.

Gonggong said with some curiosity, "What is this?"

"An asphalt road, made from a special proportion of herbs and stones."

Gonggong frowned, "Waste of time, what use is this?"

"It’s comfortable to walk on."

"Comfortable to walk on? While the Human Race is still fighting Exotic Beasts, your Jiuli Tribe is indulging in enjoyment." Gonggong sneered.

Shen Fei countered, "Has the minister Gonggong forgotten whose efforts have reduced the disaster of Exotic Beasts for the Human Race today?"

Gonggong was silenced, seemingly realizing it’s thanks to the Jiuli Tribe that the Human Race has reduced so much of the Exotic Beast disaster.

Soon, carts pulled by Exotic Beasts sped along the road, with a large amount of food on the wooden boards.

"You use Exotic Beasts to pull carts? Such waste!" Gonggong shook his head, Exotic Beasts are incredibly strong in battle due to their power and physique, even without special abilities.

"We have special taming abilities, and these Exotic Beasts have been carefully selected.

Thick-skinned and strong, they’re perfect for pulling carts."

"Besides, feeding the tribe members is far more important than fighting."

This statement again left Gonggong in silence; this thinking is different from many tribes nowadays.

The two continued to walk, still quite fast, and soon Gonggong saw a large metal building, shaking his head, "These houses don’t look comfortable, just boxy and without any viewing value."

"This is where we forge weapons."

"I suppose Gonggong has already witnessed the power of those weapons."

Gonggong thought he’d certainly seen it; if not for these weapons, who would have won this battle was still uncertain.

"Can I take a look inside?"

Gonggong suddenly asked, after the Jiuli Tribe shared metal forging technology, leading to the Common Lord restricting the Jiuli Tribe.

Later, even if the Common Lord wants the Jiuli Tribe to share the manufacturing methods of those special weapons again.

It’s definitely impossible.

If he could personally see the manufacturing method, although he doesn’t understand it.

But even if his ability is sealed now.

He can still remember it, and when he returns to the tribe, find a craftsman to replicate it.

Then the Jiuli Tribe won’t rely on these weapons.

"Sure."

Shen Fei, seemingly unaware of Gonggong’s intentions, nodded.

Soon.

The two walked into the metal house, and Gonggong was puzzled; he thought it was just individuals forging swords and blades.

Each person surrounding a furnace.

Yet surprisingly, they were fiddling with various tools, pouring molten metal into special objects.

Then someone used Witchcraft to solidify it.

A pile of identical-looking things fell out of those tools.

This was different than Gonggong imagined.

Shen Fei laughed, "Gonggong seems disappointed, didn’t see what you wanted to see?"

"Are these special weapons not completed by a single person?"

"Completed by one person? You’ve thought too much, the structure of the guns and cannons is quite complex, with many refined parts inside."

Shen Fei pointed at those tools, saying, "That’s just part of the guns and cannons; this place only produces that part."

"After all parts are cast, they’re assembled uniformly, tribe members don’t need to know the complete manufacturing process of guns and cannons."

"They only need to know how to do one step, be able to get started quickly."

"Each component is a link on a line, closely linked, the final product being guns and cannons."

Gonggong was stunned by Shen Fei’s explanation; weapons were made this way.

At least according to what the High Priest said.

In this manner, indeed, no one needs to fully understand how to manufacture the ’guns and cannons’ entirely.

"Impressive."

Seeing his idea of learning from them interrupted, Gonggong could only shake his head.

Later, he left the metal house directly, the anger from following Shen Fei out initially faded.

Their pace remained fast, as Shen Fei controlled mana, leading Gonggong to other places.

Next to the surging great river, Gonggong frowned, "What are they doing?"

There were a series of buildings by the river, even Gonggong found them curious, extremely large, impossible to build without Tier Nine strength.

"This thing is a shipyard, responsible for building large ships."

"This is the Yellow River, with its massive currents often flooding.

How can ordinary ships sail, and there are extremely powerful Exotic Beasts in the river."

Gonggong frowned, the many tributaries of the Yellow River sustained many tribal people.

Even for cultivators, there’s no exception because the Yellow River’s water also contains numerous Spiritual Qi.

Except the Yellow River often floods, a significant headache within the Lie Mountain Tribe.

Unexpectedly, the Jiuli Tribe has already planned to exploit the Yellow River?

"We have our ways, even the Lie Mountain Tribe’s hinterlands contain Yellow River tributaries, having the ability to act on the Yellow River.

In the vast Great Wilderness, where can hinder me?"

Shen Fei’s words left Gonggong shocked; if the Jiuli Tribe really has this ability to deploy, the Lie Mountain Tribe certainly couldn’t stop the invasion.

But Gonggong quickly questioned, "Yet so many buildings, how did you build them quickly?"

"Even Tier Nine and Ten shamans must contribute for the tribe’s construction when necessary."

"Shamans?"

Gonggong was puzzled; aren’t shamans equivalent to the cultivators within their tribe?

Let cultivators do the work?

Though Gonggong previously called upon the tribe’s soldiers to control water flow by building dams.

Cultivators, though soldiers, have different statuses, not everyone from the tribe can become a cultivator.

Regardless of physical strength, if they cannot become cultivators, it’s relatively hard to become mainstay.

To become a cultivator requires talent and cultivation methods.

The cultivation methods are usually withheld within the core lineage of the tribe.

Thus, cultivators are still precious, even if shamans from the Jiuli Tribe seem more prevalent.

It’s not done like this.

"Using shamans for construction, your treatment towards shamans is indeed poor."

Gonggong sneered.

Shen Fei shook his head, "Shamans, cultivators, come from the Human Race, can they ignore the feelings of ordinary tribe members upon becoming extraordinary?"

"I’ve heard there’s a special type of practitioner within the Lie Mountain Tribe, called Medicine Immortal."

Gonggong nodded, proudly saying, "It’s created by the Common Lord, a source of pride within the Lie Mountain Tribe!"

"Oh, these practitioners can heal injuries, relieve pain, even revive the dead, flesh re-knitting bones. But why isn’t it spreading widely among the Human Race?"

"Even adding one or two Medicine Immortals to each tribe would certainly reduce deaths."

Shen Fei seemed puzzled.

Gonggong frowned, "The Common Lord prevents these powers from falling into the hands of malicious minds..."

"Are the dangers of this power falling into malicious hands more important than the lives of tens of thousands dying to Exotic Beasts?"

"Since metal forging technology was asked under the pretext of quelling Exotic Beasts."

"Yet, as the Common Lord, the cultivation methods for Medicine Immortals are kept hidden."

"So, is the Common Lord caring for the Human Race or for his own tribe?" Shen Fei’s words left Gonggong speechless.

A moment later, Gonggong could only argue stubbornly, "The Common Lord has plans, metal forging technology can be mastered by all tribes.

The cultivation of Medicine Immortals requires talented individuals..."

"Heh, is it the Common Lord of the Human Race, or the Human Race of the Common Lord?"

"In the past, Fuxi Celestial Emperor used Acquired Eight Trigrams to forecast the weather, teaching all Human Race people.

Consequently, practitioners called Divination Masters roamed the Great Wilderness, measuring the heavens for many tribes, choosing suitable tribe settlements."

"I’ve never seen your Medicine Immortals come to the borderlands worst affected by Exotic Beasts to heal us of the Jiuli Tribe."

"Who’s public, who’s private?"

Shen Fei’s words again struck a chord within Gonggong.