Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 211: Gunpowder
Cao Zhenzhen's heart suddenly sank, and she shouted, "Let me climb up to the city wall. I can help you identify the murderer."

Wu Zhi glanced at Sun Yanwan, who nodded and led everyone to the top of the city wall of Heijiao City.

On the sea, a small boat as fast as an arrow had already sailed several miles away. On the boat, a thin and small boy, like a nail, stood at the stern, looking towards the Black Dragon City. Seeing everyone climbing up the city, he pinched his lips to whistle, feeling very proud.

Cao Zhenzhen's face turned pale, and she wanted to kill him. She shouted, "Shi Yeye! Are you really going to kill me?"

The young man did not answer, his eyes full of coldness.

Sun Yanwan took a deep breath, and his voice resounded across the sea: "You came to my Black Dragon City and killed innocent people. Don't you want to live?"

The skinny boy still didn't answer, but just made many humiliating gestures and mocked her to the utmost.

Sun Yanwan uttered a harsh word, but did not let Wei Yingxiao or Shi Si take action. She lowered her voice and said, "This is a trick!"

"That Shadowless Marquis is most likely on board the ship!"

Cao Zhenzhen cried out in frustration, "Absolutely impossible! Shi Yeye and I have a grudge, so he must have come here to frame me. Wuying Hou will definitely not abandon me and use me as bait!"

Sun Yanwan didn't take this remark to heart. This woman was very stupid and it was not certain whether her brain could still be used. He thought over and over again, whether he should let Senior Sister Wei and Shi Si catch up with her?

Wei Ying smiled and whispered, "I'll go hunt this brat down."

Sun Yanwan shook his head. He was about 70% confident that if Wei Yingxiao and Shi Si came out together, even if Wuying Hou was lying in ambush on the boat, he would probably suffer a humiliating defeat. However, he always felt that something was wrong, so he suppressed this rather tempting idea.

He suddenly asked, "What's the origin of that little boat?"

Cao Zhenzhen had never expected that Sun Yanwan would ask about this. She stared at it intently for a moment, a hint of surprise on her face as she said, "This ship doesn't belong to our Shadowless Sword Sect, but it does have some... characteristics of those Boshi merchants."

Sun Yanwan read out a sentence: "Bo Shi Merchant?"

He suddenly noticed that the dark and thin boy's boat had actually slowed down slightly. He suddenly realized something and shouted, "Get a can of kerosene!"

A moment later, someone arrived with kerosene. Sun Yanwan had purchased countless items for his farm, including a significant amount of kerosene. He said to Wei Yingxiao and Shi Si, "Senior Sister Wei, hold the kerosene can and toss it onto the boat. Aunt Shi, hold the torch. Once Senior Sister Wei has tossed the kerosene can, you'll toss it onto the boat. Make sure you stay away from that boat!"

Wei Yingxiao and Shi Si immediately understood. The two women each held a kerosene can and a torch, performed lightness skills, and walked away on the waves.

Zhang Yuanqiao's martial arts skills are so advanced that he can even sit in mid-air and meditate like a god.

Wei Yingxiao and Shi Si were both at the Grandmaster level, so walking on the waves was nothing special.

In fact, the Xiantian realm can also do it, but on the sea, it will be more difficult for ordinary Xiantian realm to walk on the waves freely, and they cannot hold heavy objects.

The two girls caught up with the boat one after another. In the panic eyes of the thin boy Shi Yeye, they threw the kerosene can and torch on it one after another, and then used their lightness skills to run away.

The stone industry did not hesitate and turned around to invest in Bi Bo.

The kerosene on the boat was ignited and immediately caught fire.

In a moment, a ball of fire exploded from the boat, shattering it instantly and sending up waves three or four feet high. Wei Yingxiao and Shi Si, who had been hiding far away, blanched. If they had relied on their martial arts skills to catch up with the boat, they would surely have been blown to pieces. Even an invulnerable external martial arts master might not have been able to withstand the fierce gunpowder rumored to have come from the Western country of Boshi, not to mention that the two women were not proficient in external martial arts.

Sun Yanwan chuckled, and suddenly his heart was filled with anger beyond words.

He guessed that there might be a trap. Following this line of thought, he could easily guess that there were either experts lying in ambush on the ship or there were explosives.

If Sun Yanwan was not a time traveler, there was no way she could have guessed the truth.

If it were someone else, they would think that Wuying Hou would definitely not be able to defeat Wei Yingxiao and Shi Si together, and if they let the two women catch up to him on the boat, they would definitely suffer a heartbreaking loss.

Like gunpowder on Earth, Fiery Gunpowder originated in the East, but successive dynasties strictly prohibited its use. Instead, it spread to the far west, where it was regarded as a sacred object and used on the battlefield, achieving remarkable successes.

Cao Zhenzhen recognized that the boat used by the thin boy Shi Ye was from a merchant named Bo Shi, and the truth was about to be revealed.

He chuckled coldly and said, "I was hoping to end this amicably, but since this Shadowless Marquis is capable of such a vicious scheme, you are courting death. You can't blame me."

Wuying Hou even resorted to such tactics. Sun Yanwan immediately tore off all his masks. He was determined to make this pirate pay the price.

Cao Zhenzhen's pretty face turned pale as she cried out, "I know nothing about this. This matter has nothing to do with me. They treated me like this, so I'm willing to help you."

Sun Yanwan said calmly, "Wu Zhi, arrest him."

He would never believe this woman. Maybe she really knew nothing, but she could still be used as a part of Wuying Hou's chain of schemes. Maybe a single word from her could trap him.

Wu Zhi reached out and pressed, and Cao Zhenzhen didn't even have the chance to resist before he pressed the acupoints.

Wei Yingxiao and Shi Si returned on the waves. Wei Yingxiao couldn't help but praise him, "Junior brother is indeed smart. He actually saw through this official's vicious plan. If I were alone, I'm afraid I would have fallen into the trap."

Sun Yanwan was also a little scared and said, "Sister, if you come to help me, how will I explain to the sect if something goes wrong because of my reckless command?"

"I must find a way to destroy Wuying Hou."

Wuying Hou's foundation is on the sea, but to say that he is not afraid of the Songyang Sect at all and uses such a vicious plan without mercy, either Wuying Hou is crazy or he has a powerful backer.

Sun Yanwan guessed that it must be the latter.

He looked out at the fleet on the sea for a while, and in an instant, seven or eight strategies came to his mind. However, it would take some time to implement these strategies.

After Sun Yanwan arrived at Black Dragon City, he did not immediately start a war with Wuyinghou's fleet. Instead, he put his energy into repairing Black Dragon City.

There are mountains and trees near Heijiao City, so materials are easy to obtain. There is no shortage of people in Heijiao City. In just over ten days, hundreds of houses were built, alleviating the congestion in the city.

At the same time, he also divided Black Dragon City into five levels: gangs, communities, neighborhoods, villages, and teams, following the structure he had explored along the way. Twenty households formed a team, each living in a cluster under the overall leadership of a team leader who could mobilize five to ten men for battle. Five teams formed a village, governed by a village head. Five villages formed a neighborhood, each governed by a neighborhood committee. A neighborhood committee could manage 500 households. Black Dragon City had a population of just over 30,000, so there was no need for a community for the time being. However, the entire city had joined the Tianma Gang.

Sun Yanwan was not in a hurry, but Wuyinghou's fleet could not bear it any longer. This pirate fleet was really short of food. Although they had plundered some recently, the three plundered cities themselves had little food, and the replenishment was not much, so they tried to attack the city for several days in a row.

(End of this chapter)