Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 607 - 550: Iron Official Criminals, Butterfly Immortal Affiliates_2

Chapter 607: Chapter 550: Iron Official Criminals, Butterfly Immortal Affiliates_2

Wang Yuan’s "Small Book of Life and Death" within his Sea of Consciousness flipped open by itself, displaying all the information about the person before his eyes.

Biography: Shentu Liang, 24 years old, the second son of Shentu Sheng, the Sect Master Marshal of the Iron City Temple, and Supply Officer of the "Iron Official Criminal Army"...

"Oh? Shentu from Jizhou?"

Speaking of the devil, and the devil appears. Is this really the Young Master of the ’Iron Official Criminal Army’?"

Wang Yuan’s eyes lit up.

The disparity in size between the nine states of Red County is immense; the smallest, Yu State, has only eight prefectures, while the northern Yan State has thirty-one, and this Dai State has fifteen.

The capital city of Jizhou I’m standing in now has both iron and coal mines, and before the fully activated knowledge of the Hundred Schools of Thought, it was already a renowned iron-smelting capital.

In this era, it can almost be considered the center of the entire world’s heavy industry and a representative of advanced productivity.

As for "Iron Officials and Criminals," they are a special social class.

They all are either criminals or their descendants, deprived of personal freedom by the Court and thrown into the Prisoner Camp.

Under the supervision of Iron Officials, they are forced into labor-intensive work like mining, smelting, and forging military armaments, among others.

Since the casting of some Daoist Soldier equipment cannot be done by ordinary mortals, among these Iron Officials, there are many from different backgrounds, including "Daoist Soldiers" and "Dao Generals".

The Shentu Family was appointed by the Great Yan Court as Iron Officials, holding the most core technologies, relying on an iron-clad rice bowl, with the father passing down to the son, passing on through generations.

Referencing the officialdom atmosphere in the middle and later periods of Great Yan.

Benefiting from the Court’s monopoly rights over salt and iron, they relied on this lucrative monopoly business, growing fat and oily from it.

They gradually became local warlords with several hundred years of heritage.

And rose sharply in times of chaos.

Moreover, according to intelligence gathered by the stealth agents of King Jing Mansion, Iron City Temple had some connections with the Mountain Temple in Dai State of the "Taiyin Xuanbing Dao".

They were originally just one of the numerous small branches under the command of the "Taiyin Xuanbing Dao".

Just as the "Taiyin Xuanbing Dao" established the Imperial Dragon Guard, the Great Yan Dynasty has been cultivating their own people all along, diluting the share of "Taiyin Xuanbing Dao".

Any emperor with normal intelligence would never allow the Mystical Weapon Temple, already controlling the manufacturing of high-end military weapons, to further dabble in the even broader demand of the middle and low-end iron industry.

At that time.

The ancestor of Iron City Temple, Shentu Lie, realizing that he had no hope of longevity, took advantage of the situation, leading his disciples under his command to completely align with the Emperor’s family.

Later, this Palace Temple developed its own unique Department Taoism, gradually evolving into a "Descendants Temple" that was passed down only within the Shentu surname, completely independent from the Mystical Weapon Temple.

Every Magician who received the Receiving Talisman here was one hundred percent a descendant of the Shentu family or their wives and relatives.

The various techniques held by the Iron City Temple certainly could not compare with the "Taiyin Xuanbing Dao" that boasted the Immortal Ancestor called Cloud Lord.

But they practiced a Mystical Department Taoist Skill that could reach the peak level of Yellow Seal, the "Cannon Divine Weapon Technique."

Effect: Before the stage of Receiving Talisman, they could use their own Essence Blood and high-quality iron materials to forge a personal Iron Cannon – the "Golden Fire General Cannon."

Then continue to collect Gold and Iron Qi, and the Slaughter of Transcendent Death from those sentient beings dying under the cannon’s mouth, to enhance the power of the cannon to the extreme.

Next, they relentlessly created new "Cannon Spirits," one, two, three... The more Cannon Spirits they could create in the Tao Foundation Stage, the stronger the power would be after ascending to Red Seal.

They could take the place of many magicians, instead of orthodox Daoist Skill Cannons of Heaven and Earth spirit like "Divine Might General," and "Demon Suppression General," holding Command Flags and forming a cannon formation.

To achieve an effect similar to the Daoist Skill Cannon.

Finally, to achieve unity with the cannon, where a wave of the hand could unleash a hundred cannons simultaneously, with extreme power.

Of course, the training process was also very expensive.

Precept Taboo:

[One, Peculiar Eating Habits. After beginning practice, one must eat a block of high-quality ore and an ounce of gunpowder every day; the higher the quality and the greater the amount, the faster the progress.

The side effects are also very apparent.

Men will become as unyielding as iron, gradually indifferent, only feeling true joy in times of slaughter.

Women will become as volatile as fire, ready to explode at the slightest provocation.

It’s better to commit suicide before provoking them; at least, you’ll die a bit more intact.]

[Two, Moving Arsenal.

Whether accidentally perishing or dying of old age, one must absolutely not be cremated! Not be cremated! Not be cremated!]

So quickly did Green Seal Sage’s thoughts race.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Yuan had sorted out the situation regarding the "Iron Official Criminal Army" and the state of Dai State.

"With the ’Taiyin Xuanbing Dao’ closing its gates, the ’Iron Official Criminal Army’ now represents the paramount Major Force of Dai State, invincible in seizing cities and territories.

They have already taken over half of the prefecture cities in Dai State.

They are the vassal most likely to unify Dai State and most likely to become Big Cousin’s ultimate competitor in the conquest of Dai State!"

"According to the intelligence, although Shentu Sheng is the Sect Master Marshal of Iron City Temple, since he also holds an official position as an Iron Official, he has not practiced the family’s inherited Taoism.

Instead, his wife intensely practices the ’Cannon Divine Weapon Technique’ and has reached the Earth Essence Realm of Yellow Seal Mage, with a volatile temper, akin to a dreaded lioness from the east of the river.

Shentu Sheng, on the other hand, practices the ’Divine Machine Gun and Cannon Technique’ from the ’Thirty-Six Martial Arts Books of Great Yan’, taking the path of Military Skill.

He has successfully broken through to the fifth realm, ’Martial Saint,’ just last month.

Before achieving ’Martial Saint’, his diverse Iron Official Criminal Army was the weak link, but with the support of the ’Kill Command · All Rivers Return to the Sea’, these are no longer problems.

This force’s pace in unifying Dai State should speed up even more, perhaps there might be some angle to play on them."

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