Chapter 738: Redirection Force
“Who do you plan to challenge next?” In a banquet after the duel, Zhu Gan asked the dragonman youngster this question too.
The dragonman youngster smiled, “Everyone is a duelist, I must prioritize showing consideration ‘to our people’, I must first test them all once through.”
He didn’t conceal it, “I plan to challenge Yun Zhong.”
“For this reason, I have prepared some arrows as gifts.”
Yun Zhong’s main weapon was a bow, and the dragonman youngster adapted to his taste and prepared gold level alchemy arrows for him.
His negotiation strategy with Yun Zhong was more or less the same as with Zhu Gan.
Because the two were unorganized individuals who esteemed freedom.
Zhu Gan nodded, the dragonman youngster’s answer didn’t go against his expectations, and he also confirmed again that Long Fu wanted to integrate himself into the Dueling God’s holy warriors.
For most organizations, if a newcomer wanted to integrate themselves, they’d have to host banquets, find a mediator to build a bridge, and take a long time to make clear their true feelings and prove themselves. But this was the Ice Sculpture Kingdom, where duels were popular, especially among people like Zhu Gan, who were chosen by the Dueling Godhead to become the Dueling God’s holy warriors and acknowledged duels from the depths of their hearts.
Therefore, duels were the best stepping stone to fortune.
Even if they believed in something else, since a duel was agreed on, then nothing else had to be said, let’s fight first!
Zhu Gan had to admit that the dragonman youngster’s negotiation method was just right.
Hosting banquets for hospitality, giving presents, and more were not the most effective methods, and might even have a negative connotation.
Fight first, to confirm who was strong and who was weak, then the weaker side would yield of their own accord.
It could be said now that Zhu Gan’s arrogance was far less than it was before the duel.
Since I lost to you, obeying you is only right and proper.
He lifted his wine cup, looked at the dragonman youngster, and thanked him for the gold level magnetic cylinder fishing rod.
The dragonman youngster candidly laughed, and after clicking cups with Zhu Gan, drank his dry.
Then he said, “From start to finish, you never fought using the magnetic cylinder fishing rod, that surprised me somewhat.”
Zhu Gan chuckled, “I am an elf, and I would never do something as shameless as attacking you with the very gift you gave me!”
That kind of pride made the dragonman youngster very happy.
The banquet ended, the guest and host enjoyed themselves fully, and the conflict between them was put to a complete end.
In the end, Zhu Gan didn’t have a deep friendship with Lin, they only shared a common interest and fished together a few times.
If the dragonman youngster hadn’t become a duelist, then naturally, it was obvious at a glance who was close and who was distant.
But now, the dragonman youngster was not just a duelist, he was actively interacting and doing his best to assimilate with everyone, instantly causing Zhu Gan to carefully reflect over the situation.
Long Fu’s mysterious backer, he being looked after by Long Meng, his dealings with Mi Fang and Hei Gai Tou. Then on the other side, was the deceased Lin.
Lin’s military background was worth being worried about, but the royal family demanded that Mei Lin and the others stop what they were doing…
What would Zhu Gan choose?
Was this a difficult choice?
Of course, Zhu Gan knew what to choose, but he was in an embarrassing spot, after all, he had some friendship with Lin.
This time, the dragonman youngster had given him a ladder to calmly step down on.
First was the gift, then the dueling invitation.
The present expressed sincerity, the duel showed the truth.
Henceforth, Zhu Gan could declare to the outside: I was defeated by Long Fu, and recall his sincerity, so I accept his gift. I also did my best for my fishing friend Lin.
No one would gossip about it.
After the dragonman youngster publicly defeated Zhu Gan, public opinion of him distinctly changed.
It had to do with “who would the dragonman youngster challenge next”, and it became a heated topic of debate.
This indicated that after the dragonman youngster’s rematch with Mi Fang, as well as his duel with Zhu Gan, his quick and violent progress was established to the masses, and his cycle of soaring battle strength was robustly impressed into their memory.
Without a doubt, this massively benefited the dragonman youngster’s growing renown.
“If you want to tackle Yun Zhong, you best cultivate Redirection Force next.” Long Meng intentionally stated this during his tutoring.
“Redirection Force…” The dragonman youngster appeared vexed, “I’ve tried to do so before? I am not talented in that kind of force.”
Long Meng’s eyelids throbbed, “Your comprehension is the best I’ve ever seen in my life. Don’t say such words out loud, or you’re liable to get smacked.”
After pausing, Long Meng shook his head, “But your words aren’t completely meritless. You are inclined towards hard force and lack some understanding of soft force.”
Long Meng summed up the dragonman youngster’s learning achievements, “You now know Tempering Force and Gravity Force, they are 100% hard force. Tenacity Force and Vibration Force are majority hard force, tiny part soft force. You haven’t completely grasped Binding Force, which is mostly hard force, and minority soft force.”
“Redirection Force is almost entirely soft force; it is indeed more difficult to grasp than the other forces.”
“However, according to my calculations, if you focus your training on it for the next several days, it is possible for you to grasp it.”
The dragonman youngster frowned, “Isn’t that too slow?”
“I was hoping to learn Piercing Force and Cutting Force during this time, after all those are two of the three great classical attack forces.”
“Hahaha.” Long Meng heartily laughed, pointing a finger at the dragonman youngster, “I know you like offensive over defense. Believe me, Redirection Force will be more helpful to you than Piercing or Cutting Force.”
“Especially against an archer like Yun Zhong, even simple battle qi surges can deflect arrows.”
Long Meng continued, “Piercing and Cutting Force are indeed majority Hard Force, tiny part soft force, but they won’t help you that much in your next duel.”
“I know your nature; I am certain you don’t want to lose.”
The dragonman youngster exposed a touched expression, and slowly nodded, ‘Then I’ll listen to you.”
Long Meng grew happier when he saw the dragonman youngster heeding his advice.
Since he met Shuang Lian with the dragonman youngster, the latter had grown more pleasing to the eye.
As he tutored the dragonman youngster’s force cultivation, he noticed that the dragonman youngster was more gifted in hard force than soft force and grew to like the thick browed young man even more.
He felt: the dragonman youngster was an expert at hard force, which proved that this guy was just, honorable, direct, and bad at doing those twisted and tricky things.
Of course, he knew the dragonman youngster was a red dragonman, and now this impression had deepened greatly.
Little did he know that everything the dragonman youngster showed Long Meng was a deliberate exhibition.
The dragonman youngster’s earliest mastered force was Penetration Force. This force was majority soft force, tiny part hard force, sufficient to prove that the dragonman youngster was equally outstanding in comprehending soft force too.
“But I have to pretend a little.”
“If I had unsurpassed talent in both soft and hard force, that would be too much.”
“Even if Long Meng was personally teaching me, perhaps he would have suspicions about whether I learned forces at an earlier time and was merely putting on a show in front of him.”
The dragonman youngster didn’t want to provoke Long Meng too much.
The dragonman youngster stared at Long Meng, his expression solemn, “My plan is to do my best to challenge every duelist once.”
“Long Meng, you are my final challenge!”
Long Meng laughed again, “I wholeheartedly look forward to that day.”
“To make that day more wonderful, it seems I have to invest more effort into making you stronger.”
Long Meng’s reaction was within Cang Xu’s speculation, and when the dragonman youngster challenged him, it caused Long Meng to be motivated in teaching him.
And Long Meng’s training were not the only thing making the dragonman youngster stronger.
There was also the Bloodcore.
After this special training finished, the dragonman youngster returned to his encampment.
A large amount of wyvern materials and dragon parts were put together and laid out before the dragonman youngster.
The dragonman youngster absorbed bloodlines again.
His types of dragon bloodlines massively expanded, and the concentration of the bloodlines he had soared.
Since the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps opened the door with the Alchemy Guild, they could directly trade and buy alchemy materials from the Alchemy Guild and the royal family.
The Alchemy Guild was massive, the alchemy center of the entire kingdom, and have exceedingly rich stores. Come to think of it, the royal family’s stores were of superior quality.
Through this link, Zi Di bought a large amount of wyvern, sub-dragon, and even some dragon body parts.
Unlike last time, the dragonman youngster was mainly gathering red dragon bloodlines this time.
Quite a lot of them survived in the Alchemy Guild’s and royal family’s storerooms.
Although red dragons didn’t reproduce in Ice Sculpture Kingdom, the kingdom was a formidable trade country and had many steady trade relationships.
The kingdom relied mainly on alchemy, therefore, as they exported, they also imported bulk quantities of alchemy materials.
Through discreet inquiries, Zi Di found some wyvern materials close to red dragons, many that came from Eruption Island. There were a lot of dragon bones, claws, scales, and so on sourced from the Frost Continent.
Nowadays, the Frost Continent was ruled by the barbarian race, and the barbarian race were the greatest murderers of the dragons, and back during the barbarian and dragon war, the barbarians took the dragon’s headquarters, Dragon Island, thus, the dragons were scattered to the skies. When it came to who had the most dragon corpses, it naturally was the barbarians.
Dragon meat, blood, and so on had expiration dates, but dragon bones, claws, and other parts like that did not have that concern. Therefore, the dragon materials the Ice Sculpture Kingdom bought from the barbarian race included many dragon bones, claws, and scales.
Wyvern and sub-dragon materials were decent enough, and real dragon materials were expensive.
Zi Di purchased a large amount, yet the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps didn’t have any money shortages.
This was all through the Wisteria Cache’s gold coins!
Currently, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was in the painful phase of cutting ties with the Li Jian Clan, while their magic medicine refinement with the Alchemy Guild and the Jing Xiang Clan had just begun, they hadn’t even gotten their first profits yet.
The survivors were not just in the process of purchasing large amounts of dragon materials, but they were also spending money on buying alchemy components, assembling magic medicine production lines, and preparing a suitable location to build an alchemy factory.
Grab with both hands firmly.
The endless stream of cash stunned those who paid attention to the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Zi Di was investing much more money directly into the dragonman youngster.
Seizing the Dueling Godhead was consequential, thus, the mount potion manufacturing and other such matters were secondary.
As an outstanding merchant, Zi Di still pondered developing new cash flows. She prepared to take out some alchemy blueprints from War Merchant’s database.
The scope of this needed to be precisely controlled, otherwise, it would form a flaw that would provoke suspicion.
After all, arms merchants sold munitions as products, not their manufacturing method.