Chapter 42: Dragon Gun King

  "Who are you going to take me to see?" Long Ge looked up at the teacher in the arena.

  "You'll know when you get there, hehe," said the arena teacher, still being mysterious. "By the way, my name is Jingji, it's a homophone with 'competitive', easy to remember, right!"

  "Golden Rooster?" Long Song laughed and said, "Hmm! A very memorable name!"

  Jingji was speechless.

  "When will you take me there?" Long Ge asked.

  "Tomorrow's fine, you've fought enough for today, take a rest day first, tomorrow come to the arena, I'll bring you there!" Jingji said.

  "Alright!" Long Ge said.

  "Remember to come early!" Jingji emphasized.

  "Hmm!" Long Ge said, and was then pulled away by Long Di and the others.

  "Where are we going?" Long Ge asked.

  "Let's go have a big meal, I'm treating!" Long Di said.

  "What for?" Long Song asked.

  "To celebrate you being number one on the new chart!" Jin Zi laughed and said.

  "Hehe, we three must also work hard, otherwise we won't be able to get on the new list and you'll laugh at us," said Rose.

  "Hehe, with our brilliant leader, I believe our team can make it to the new rankings." Long Ge said with a smile.

  "Haha!" The whole Desert Eagle squad burst out laughing.

  Majestic great hall.

  Golden decorations shining brightly.

  With the highest symbol of imperial throne.

  There is a person sitting upright above, this person's powerful aura seems to burst out with earth-shattering power at any time.

  This man is Long Wudi, a level seven Qi Wang, and he was listening to his subordinate's report.

  "You said there's a newcomer who directly challenged the new chart's first place and succeeded?" Long Wudi asked in an arrogant tone.

  "Yes, Your Majesty!" a subordinate of the Air King said respectfully.

  "And this newborn defeated all those who challenged him within a day?" Long Wudi continued to ask back.

  "Yes, Your Majesty! It was he himself who requested it." The officer replied.

  "What's his surname?" Long Wudi continued to ask.

  "His surname is Long!" his subordinates said.

  "Is your surname Long?" Long Wudi's voice was a little anxious.

  "Yes!" his subordinate replied firmly.

  "What's your name?" Long Wudi asked.

  "Longge Song!" his subordinates said.

  "Dragon Song? Will it be a Gold Attribute Dou Qi or a Wood Attribute Dou Qi?" Long Wudi asked.

  "It won't be, in the entrance exam it was tested that his aura is of two attributes: earth and fire!" The subordinate replied.

  "Alright..." Long Wudi let out a sigh, but then tensed up again. "You go and seriously verify it for me. If that Dragon Song can indeed wield both Metal and Wood elemental Qi, kill him on the spot. Don't need to ask for my permission."

  "Yes, Your Majesty!" The subordinate said and quickly left.

  In the grand hall, only Long Wudi was left.

  "Hmph! I can't let a genius like that become a potential enemy of mine!" Long Wudi muttered to himself.

  Long Ge ate delicious and sweet fish, then laughed and chatted with friends.

  "Long Ge, where is Jing Ji taking you tomorrow?" Jin Zi asked.

  "Hehe, I suppose he's going to take me to meet someone with even better marksmanship. He said that once I meet this person, my shooting skills will improve greatly." Long Ge ate a piece of fish meat.

  "Hmm?" Long Di thought for a moment, "The most famous gunman in our Jinling Imperial Capital is indeed Long Wu. His marksmanship has already reached the true transmission of his master, attaining the realm of a grandmaster."

  "Oh? How fierce is it?" Long Ge asked curiously.

  "He's incredibly powerful. I've heard he once traveled to other empires, and the gunmen from those empires weren't even a match for him." Rose added.

  "Then who is his master?" Long Ge asked.

  "We don't know about this," Long Di said. "It's said that forty years ago there was an accident and then it was never used again."

  "An accident forty years ago?" Long Ge thought, was it that battle for the throne forty years ago?

  "I think that Jingji teacher will take you to meet Long Wu, at that time your marksmanship will have improved greatly again, congratulations in advance." Jin Zi said.

  "Haha, I'll learn it and then teach you guys again, haha! Should say congratulations to us!" Long Ge said with a smile.

  "Haha!" The Desert Eagle squad laughed happily and ate happily.

  The next morning at six o'clock, Long Ge was already standing in the center of the arena. He didn't come here to accept a challenge, but to wait for Master Jingji.

  "Haha! You're here!" Teacher Jingji suddenly appeared in front of Longge, a master of the Air King level is indeed fast!

  "Hmm, I'm looking forward to it!" Long Ge said.

  "Then you and I will go!" After finishing speaking, Jingji teacher flew close to the ground. Since Longge was still unable to fly, he could only walk on the ground.

  "Hmm!" Long Ge followed closely behind and flew over.

  The two came to the back mountain of the college and then entered the dense forest.

  At about two thousand meters in, Long Ge suddenly saw a wooden house in the forest.

  This wooden house is simple and elegant, able to integrate two styles into one, which shows that the person's realm has already reached a level above that of a master.

  "Ah Qiang, are you there?" Jingji shouted towards the wooden house.

  Long Song's heart was filled with doubts, what "gun"? Didn't you bring me here to find Long Wu?

  By spiritual power, Long Ge completely sensed that there was no one in the wooden house, even Jing Ji at the level of Qi Wang couldn't sense it, but a voice came from inside the wooden house.

  "Ah, Ji! So early with a young friend, what's the matter?" A man walked out of the wooden house, wearing simple hemp clothing, with a pair of sword-like eyebrows in his loose hair. Despite his plain attire, he couldn't conceal his temperament, which was like a sharp spear, an unstoppable one. Even when standing still without exerting any aura, people around him could feel his astonishing explosive power.

  "Oh, I brought this little friend for you to take a look at. Maybe you'll want to take him on as an apprentice!" Jingji said.

  "You know! I haven't taken an apprentice in forty years, and no one has known of my existence for forty years. Now what's the point of bringing this kid here?" said the man who looked like a gun.

  "You're not busy refusing first, you see how this new list's number one performs!" Jing Ji said with a smile.

  "New list first? Even a Qi Ling seventh level can become the new list first?" The gun-like man was slightly surprised, then smiled and said, "Alright, let me see what he's got!"

  "Little Dragon Song, show your Pear Blossom Gun technique to this friend of mine! Remember, don't hold back!" Jing Ji said to Long Ge.

  "Hmm!" Long Ge said, pulling out a gun from his ring and standing at attention.

  The gun was held in Long Ge's hands, as if it were an extension of his body, as if he and the gun had merged into one entity. This state made the man who resembled a gun look at him with shining eyes.

  Years of experience had taught Long Ge that no matter what weapon was used, the most important thing was to achieve a state where the weapon and person were as one. So when Long Ge picked up his gun, he began to cultivate this feeling.

  The first move of the Pear Blossom Spear Technique - Petals Falling Like Snowflakes!

  The second move of the Pear Blossom Spear Technique - Blooming Flowers Everywhere!

  The third move of the Pear Blossom Spear Technique - Chui Long Hui Tou!

  The fourth move of the Pear Blossom Spear Technique - Flying Dragon Furious Charge!

  The Fifth Form of the Pear Blossom Spear Technique - Scorching Plains Hundred Strikes!

  The Sixth Style of the Pear Blossom Spear Technique - One Battle to Settle It All!

  Six Styles! Dragon Song is a unified whole, like one body!

  "Good!" the man with a gun-like tone said, "You've already passed the initial threshold. When I was your age, I didn't have such strength! No wonder you're the first on the new list! A talent like yours is hard to come by in a thousand years."

  "Then you took him as an apprentice?" Jingji asked.

  "Not busy, I'll ask him a few questions first!" said the gun-like man.

  "Ask away!" Long Ge said generously.

  "What's your surname?" the gun-like man asked.

  "My surname is Long, and my name is Ge." said Long Ge.

  "Are you from the Jinling Shi family?" the man with a gun-like demeanor asked.

  "No!" Long Ge said.

  "Alright! I'll take you as my apprentice." The man with a gun-like demeanor said, why did he not accept the children of the Jinling Shi family as his apprentices?

  "Haha, thank you!" Long Ge said excitedly, sensing the man's strength. "May I ask if your name is Long Wu?"

  "Haha~~~" The man with a gun-like appearance and Kageyoshi burst out laughing.

  "What's wrong?" Long Ge asked in puzzlement.

  "Long Wu is his disciple!" Jing Ji explained, "His name is Long Qiang, the Gun King Long Qiang!"

  "Hehe! My past deeds are probably unknown to these younger generations, and now I'm just a rustic village husband. I'm no longer the Gun King." Long Qiang said with an endless sorrow on his face. (The story of Gun King Long Qiang can be found in the related work "The True Biography of the Gun King")

  "How much more formidable are you than Long Wu?" Long Ge couldn't imagine, his disciple Long Wu was invincible among the imperial gunners, so what kind of prestige did his master have!

  "Me?" Long Qiang smiled self-deprecatingly. "I'm nothing special, I just hope I can teach you to be even more formidable!"

  "Aqiang, let Xiaolong see your real ability, or he won't take you seriously!" Jingji said from the side.

  Long Ge was on one side, shining with big bright eyes, looking at Long Qiang expectantly.

  "Haha!" Long Qiang looked at Long Ge's eyes and said, "Alright! Otherwise you wouldn't acknowledge me as your master, a rustic husband like me!"

  After hearing Long Qiang's words, Long Ge and Jing Ji quickly retreated to a distance of ten zhangs around Long Qiang. The moves of the Air King level were not something to be taken lightly.

  Long Qiang stood in the center of a ten-zhang-square forest, wearing simple hemp clothes.

  Nor did he see Long Qiang holding a gun, nor did he see how he made his move, the whole person merged into the heaven and earth in an instant, this realm was obviously much higher than Long Ge's.

  Long Qiang slowly stretched out his hand, with his fingers forming a gun, and saw that the indestructible gun energy surrounded his hand like lightning.

  "Cheers!" A loud shout, a golden gun aura flew out in an instant!

  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" The gunshot kept rushing forward, piercing through leaves, branches, and tree trunks in a straight line, disappearing into the distance.

  Such a shocking penetrating power of the dragon song, even at the peak of one's previous life, it is difficult to achieve, but if we talk about fighting, it is still possible to defeat the current Long Qiang.

  "Great!" Jingji applauded beside him, "I didn't expect Ah Qiong to have another breakthrough. It seems you've already reached the sixth level of Qi Wang!"

  Long Qiang smiled but didn't speak, then turned his head to look at Long Ge.

  "Master is above, please accept a bow from Long Ge!" Long Ge was also very polite and directly kowtowed to Long Qiang.

  "Haha! That won't do!" Jingji said suddenly.

  What's wrong? Didn't Jingji just ask Longge to pay homage to Longqiang as his master? Why is he saying it won't do now?

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