SL—Chapter 154: Tang San's Recent Situation, Qin Ming Withdraws from Heaven Dou Royal Academy
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect
"Sorry, Tang San, a contract is a contract. Violators should be punished. I gave you the gold soul coins, but you did not deliver the required number of hidden weapons within the agreed period."
"You, Tang San, claim to be pure and innocent. I thought you had your ethics and were a person who honored your promises and kept your word. What—are you going to regret it now?"
Tang San gritted his teeth. God knows why he kept having so many problems when making hidden weapons. First, there was an issue with the supply of materials; defective metals or key parts often caused failures during assembly.
Later, thieves would sneak into his workshop at night to sabotage him when he was away.
Last time, Xue Beng was killed by a hidden weapon. For some reason, the news spread widely in Heaven Dou City, causing some raw material suppliers to gradually reduce support for Tang San and secretly raise prices.
In addition, there were also covert pressures from some business forces.
Many uncontrollable accidents followed one after another, leaving Tang San willing but helpless. He originally thought he could save some hidden weapons and gold soul coins, but now he had to give everything to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and he inexplicably carried a huge amount of debt.
Tang San took a deep breath. "Master Ning, I, Tang San, am not a treacherous person."
"These unexpected situations are truly beyond my expectations. But please rest assured, I will do my best to make up for it and give an explanation to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect," He cupped his fist and said.
"Okay," Ning Fengzhi nodded. "Then, hand over the method of making the Flying God Claw first. That is the penalty for your breach of contract."
Tang San's face changed slightly when he heard this.
Among this set of hidden weapons, the Flying God Claw is not the most complicated in terms of difficulty and precision.
But its practicality and usefulness in the wild, especially for auxiliary sects like the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, are likely to be the greatest.
It's okay to hand it over, but he still feels a little reluctant. After all, he initially wanted to hand over hidden weapons like the Soul-Breaking Nail.
So he decided to try bargaining again, with a stiff upper lip. "Master, the method of making the Flying God Claw is extremely important to our Tang Sect, and it's really difficult to hand it over easily."
"I am willing to compensate for this breach of contract with other, more sophisticated, and larger hidden weapons, such as an improved version of the Soul-Breaking Nail and the Silent Sleeve Arrow, which I can deliver within a month. I will ensure they satisfy the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect."
"In addition, I will craft a top-tier hidden weapon and give it to the sect for free. Its power will be at least ten times that of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow."
Ning Fengzhi narrowed his eyes. He didn't expect that the son of Clear Sky Douluo would be so hypocritical. When taking the gold soul coins, he couldn't help but smile, but now he was using these conditions to evade.
"Tang San," Ning Fengzhi raised a meaningful smile, "When you took the order from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and received the gold soul coins, you were full of joy and promised to deliver on time."
"Now, due to many unforeseen circumstances, you're trying to escape with these conditions. Do you think the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is a place where you can bargain at will?"
Tang San's face darkened. Suddenly, a deep voice rang beside him:
"Little ghost, don't think that because you have some friendship with Rongrong or with your classmates, I won't attack you."
A slightly thin but slender and powerful hand rested gently on Tang San's shoulder. "Boy, be careful with your words and actions."
Gu Rong narrowed his eyes. Tang San felt as if his shoulders were weighed down by a thousand pounds, and an incredibly strong force passed through the thin palm into his body, restricting his movements.
He clenched his teeth. The Mysterious Heaven Skill in his body was running wildly, trying to resist this force. Veins bulged on his forehead, and beads of sweat kept rolling down.
'Is this the Bone Douluo? Why do I feel like this guy wants to kill me!?'
Tang San forced a smile. "Senior, you're joking. It's just the Flying God Claw. I will hand it over."
"Humph."
Gu Rong snorted coldly. The power covering Tang San's shoulders suddenly dissipated. Tang San staggered, fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
"Tomorrow, I will send the blueprint," Ning Fengzhi said, satisfied. He hurried to Tang San's side and helped him up.
"Look, nephew, why didn't you say this earlier?"
"My uncle Bone has the worst temper, and I didn't interfere just now. If you had said earlier that you were willing to hand over the blueprint, you wouldn't have suffered this pain. Now that you've agreed, you must send the blueprint on time tomorrow—no more mistakes."
Fuck!
Tang San's face darkened as he cursed Ning Fengzhi silently in his heart.
'These two people, one playing good cop, the other bad cop, are coveting my Tang Sect's hidden weapons. Humph, if I didn't need to make friends with you, I'd be dead already.'
"It's just the funds and materials."
Ning Fengzhi patted Tang San's shoulder. "Since you're so sincere, I'll give you another chance. I can forgive the penalty for breach of contract and the hidden weapons that need replenishing."
"I can give you another 1.5 million gold soul coins—this is a loan. You can try again. The deadline is one month."
"If you can recover the losses this time, I won't make things difficult for you or ask for anything else."
"However, the contract remains the same. If you breach it again, I will demand even more hidden weapon production methods."
Tang San secretly calculated that Ning Fengzhi's generosity was a step-by-step pressure—asking for both money and production methods.
But at this moment, he needed funds and materials to keep his operations running. The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was too powerful to completely antagonize for now.
So, Tang San suppressed his dissatisfaction, forced a smile, and said, "Thank you, Senior Ning, for your understanding and care. I will deliver all the hidden weapons this time."
"Yes, go ahead."
After leaving the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Tang San was full of melancholy. These months had been wasted—he hadn't obtained the gold soul coins, didn't keep the hidden weapons, and his cultivation had suffered.
"Hmph, just some setbacks. When it comes to betting, I, Tang San, have never lost. This time, I will end it perfectly."
Inside the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect
Sword Douluo appeared, calmly saying, "Tang Hao's aura left with Tang San."
Bone Douluo snorted coldly. "This Tang Hao doesn't take us seriously. He's the one who leaked his aura. Is he afraid we'll attack that little kid?"
"He'd better pray the boy doesn't play tricks—otherwise, Tang Hao will be dealt with as well!"
"We have both offensive and defensive assistants," Ning Fengzhi waved his hand. "But this guy dared to show his head. Isn't he afraid we'll kill him in seconds?"
Blue Tyrant Academy
Flender welcomed Qin Ming with a smile. After being expelled from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender took the opportunity to bring the people of Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy.
This was to achieve his bootlicker behavior of wanting Yu Xiaogang to see Liu Erlong and fulfill Liu Erlong's wish.
After a simple feigned refusal and acceptance, Yu Xiaogang quickly accepted this fact. After all, he indeed needed a qualified academy to take Tang San to participate in the Soul Master Grand Competition and prove himself.
And Flender persistently persuaded Qin Ming, eventually pulling him here to be a Teacher at the academy.
(End of this chapter)