"Steam engine? What's that?" Shen Xuzi was completely confused, but the term seemed to be related to his research, so he didn't rush to send the person away and decided to listen first.
Jiang Luofu misheard, thinking it was steamed chicken. She wondered if it was a famous dish from somewhere. She quickly reminded her secretly, "Grandpa, my fourth senior brother doesn't like gourmet food. Don't waste your time on this."
Zuan was somewhat taken aback, not understanding why she was telling him this, but he didn't have time to ask at the moment, so he could only suppress his doubts and answer Shenxuzi: "It's a machine that uses the power of water vapor to make the machine move."
"Nonsense! How much power can steam have? It's barely enough to lift a pot lid off." Shen Xuzi snorted coldly, increasingly feeling that discussing these technical issues with this guy was a waste of time. He simply swished his sleeves, turned his wheelchair around, and walked into the house. "Goodbye!"
Anger from Shenxuzi +311 +311 +311...
Zuan sighed: "I heard that you are the most famous alchemist in the capital. I thought you were very capable, but it seems that you are just all talk and no action."
Hearing this, Jiang Luofu, who was standing to the side, almost got goosebumps all over. What was wrong with this brat? How dare he offend his fourth senior brother like this?
It should be noted that although the fourth senior brother is usually quite aloof, he is generally very generous, except for two things: one is his congenital disability. Someone once mocked him without knowing the truth, and he immediately used a puppet to smash his legs to pieces, letting the other person taste the feeling of having broken legs.
The second issue is questioning his professional competence, which is even more taboo than the first issue.
Once, a student questioned one of the alchemical techniques he taught, and the student was immediately refined using that same technique. The student was the son of a duke, and the duke was naturally outraged, causing quite a stir. Unfortunately, the matter was eventually dropped.
Even the Duke's son suffered such a fate for offending him in this matter; Zaun's current status is still far from that of a Duke!
Jiang Luofu didn't even have time to be angry. She hurriedly apologized to her fourth senior brother, saying, "Fourth senior brother, please don't mind. My friend just misspoke in his haste and didn't mean to offend me. I'll take him away right away."
Fourth Senior Brother's cultivation level was actually not as high as hers, but with the addition of those puppets and all sorts of alchemical artifacts, she couldn't compare.
Furthermore, this is Fourth Senior Brother's home turf, and if a real fight broke out, even she wasn't confident of escaping unscathed, let alone protecting Zu'an.
To everyone's surprise, Shen Xuzi completely ignored her and suddenly turned around. Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, his turn was even faster than that of a normal person. His small eyes were fixed on Zu An: "You brat, what did you say?"
The anger value from Jinxuzi +999 +999 +999...
As soon as he finished speaking, a deafening roar resounded, and the entire earth trembled. A huge puppet had arrived outside the door, and suddenly its shoulder opened, revealing sections of black cannon barrels.
Zuan felt a chill run down his spine; this puppet was practically a humanoid weapon.
He dared not keep them in suspense any longer, lest his ally be accidentally killed and given a proper burial: "You're saying the steam is blowing off the pot lid in an open space. What if it's in a small, sealed space?"
"Huh?" A glint flashed in Shenxuzi's eyes, and he hurriedly reached out and beckoned.
But the puppet's shoulder was ablaze with fire, clearly indicating that it was too late to stop the launch.
Seeing the continuous barrage of gunfire, Zu An's face turned green. He blamed himself for not being as quick-witted as Hua Shao.
He was about to teleport when he suddenly realized something and stopped in place.
The shells suddenly changed direction midway, leaving a strange trail, and all landed on a wall not far away.
Zuan originally thought those obviously powerful cannonballs would cause the earth to shake, but instead, a golden light flashed on the wall, and one by one, they popped out a cloud of black smoke, and then nothing happened.
"That's all?" Zuan looked down on the power of the cannonballs. Was the cannon on the puppet just for scaring people?
It seems that Shenxuzi's puppetry skills are still not perfect.
Sensing the disdain in his eyes, Jiang Luofu hurriedly said, "Don't underestimate him. Fourth Senior Brother's cannonballs are very powerful. When he used to conduct experiments, they would often shake the entire back mountain, causing the students to suffer terribly. Even we, his fellow students, couldn't stand it. However, his puppets were too difficult to deal with, and we also needed his elixirs, so we all endured it."
"Until one day, the fourth senior brother's cannonballs made too much noise and disturbed the teacher's lunch break, so he was severely beaten by the teacher, and only then did the fourth senior brother restrain himself."
Zuan was somewhat surprised: "So the High Priest is so... vengeful."
Jiang Luofu hurriedly explained, "Although the teacher gave him a severe beating at the time, he also understood that he had to conduct the experiment. So he asked the eldest brother to design this wall and set up a rune array on it to neutralize the enormous power of the cannonballs that hit it. That's why you just mistakenly thought that those cannonballs were all bark and no bite."
"I see." Zu An thought to himself that this senior brother was quite powerful; the array he casually drew could block the full-force attack of the fourth senior brother's puppet.
At this moment, Shenxuzi's somewhat urgent voice came: "What exactly is this steam engine you just mentioned?"
This time, Zuan didn't keep everyone in suspense: "The power of steam is usually overlooked, but what would happen if steam were continuously poured into a small, enclosed space?"
"Either we can't get in anymore, or the small, enclosed space will explode?" Shenxuzi was, after all, a famous alchemist, and he realized the answer after a little thought.
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