Hearing Ye Li's words, Li Rushan was stunned and said, "What kind of organization is Tianxiameng? I have been in Tang Kingdom for so long, but I have never heard of it.
If we talk about the force with greater influence in the Tang Dynasty, it is the Mengshan Society, and they also have people in the imperial court.
This organization had close ties with our court in the past and had helped us a lot, so it has been preserved to this day, otherwise it would have been eradicated long ago.
Do they have any relationship with Tianxia League? If they do, I will send someone to investigate."
Ye Li nodded and said, "You'd better investigate and be careful. The forces hiding behind the scenes are not simple and must have great intentions."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Li Rushan nodded and said, "You are right. If the Tianxia Alliance really has the power to spread all over the continent, then it is definitely not simple. I must investigate them thoroughly.
I also felt that the atmosphere in the court was a bit strange before, and many people's reactions after I ascended the throne were not normal.
I have already replaced some officials in important positions. Some of Li Ruhai's former diehard followers have been dismissed and replaced by my people.
However, my loyal followers are limited in number, and it is impossible for them to occupy every position, so there are still many loopholes in the court that I can exploit.
I hope that this time we are worrying too much. If some people in the court are really planning some shameful activities, once I find out, I will definitely give them a thundering blow. "
At this time, the servants in the palace had brought a series of hot dishes to the two of them, and Xue Qing also came out of the kitchen and was called to the table by Li Rushan.
After that, Li Rushan and Ye Li did not talk about business anymore, but the three of them chatted about daily gossip.
The next morning, Ye Li left Tangjing City and hurried back to Dongfang County.
When he returned to Dongfang County, Fusheng had already purchased the first batch of materials for the Soul Gathering Cannon, a total of only one hundred pieces.
“Sir, after comprehensive consideration, I can only purchase 100 copies now. After all, many of the soldiers have not yet reached the Spiritual Pill Stage, so we have to limit the supply of pills to them.
Although the number of shops in the city is gradually increasing, we only collect taxes once a quarter, and we exempted businesses from taxes in the first two months of the city’s opening, so we don’t have sufficient funds at the moment.”
Fusheng reported to Ye Li.
Ye Li thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter. When you first start to forge the Soul Gathering Cannon, there will definitely be many people who can't master it in a short time. You can just use these 100 pieces of materials to practice. Forge as many as you can, and regard the ones that are scrapped as experience."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Fusheng nodded and said, "Lord, would you like to make the first cannon and let all of us see it?"
Ye Li said: "Of course I will make one for everyone to see, at least it can give you a reference standard.
We still have plenty of time, so let's go to the foundry. Gather everyone here, and I'll make the parts one by one, and you guys will assemble them according to the blueprint."
Afterwards, the two left Ye Li's residence and came to the foundry room.
Fusheng summoned all the weaponsmiths together, and Ye Li stood in front of a casting furnace specially used to demonstrate the casting process and began to cast the Soul Gathering Cannon.
He had no idea how many soul gathering cannons he had forged on the Continent of Miracles before. Although the soul gathering cannons had been modified by Ou Qianxie, it had basically no effect on Ye Li.
Ye Li skillfully cast the parts of the Soul Gathering Cannon quickly and easily. After most of the day, all the parts of the Soul Gathering Cannon appeared in front of everyone.
A group of weaponsmiths showed admiration on their faces when they saw Ye Li's smooth casting process.
The person who was most deeply touched was naturally Fusheng. He was already a mid-level heavenly-grade weaponsmith, but in his opinion, Ye Li's casting skills had already surpassed the heavenly level and reached the godly level.
This was the master level that he had been pursuing all his life. At this moment, the look in his eyes when he looked at Ye Li became filled with admiration.
Ye Li handed the cast materials to everyone, and a group of weaponsmiths began to assemble a spirit gathering cannon according to the blueprint, which was also a preliminary understanding of this magical artifact.
"Okay, now the Soul Gathering Cannon has been assembled. Take it out quietly and we'll find a secluded place with no one around to test its power."
Ye Li said to everyone with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Fusheng hurriedly put the Soul Gathering Cannon into his storage item, and then led everyone towards a forest on the outskirts of Dongfang City.
This piece of woods is not close to any village or shop, and it is not adjacent to the main road, so few people come here.
A group of about a hundred weaponsmiths, regardless of age, all looked very excited and followed Ye Li and Fu Sheng into the depths of the forest.
"Right here, Fusheng, take out the Soul Gathering Cannon and place it on the ground."
Fusheng nodded when he heard this, and hurriedly took out the spirit gathering cannon and placed it on the ground. Ye Li then took out a few high-quality spirit stones and put them into a groove behind the spirit gathering cannon.
"This Soul Gathering Cannon consumes a huge amount of Spirit Stones, because its activation relies on the Spirit Stones themselves, so it is a money-eating thing."
As Ye Li spoke, he adjusted the position and angle of the Soul Gathering Cannon and aimed it at a huge rock in the distance.
"Everyone, watch carefully!"
Ye Li placed one hand on the mechanism of the Soul Gathering Cannon and poured a ball of spiritual energy into it.
There was a loud "bang" and the giant cannon suddenly started to fire. It instantly condensed a sufficient amount of spiritual energy at the muzzle, and then pushed it out and hit the huge rock in the distance.
Originally, this rock was almost several meters high and looked very wide and thick. According to Ye Li's idea, this virtual god-level spirit gathering cannon could at most make a big hole on it.
However, what was beyond Ye Li's expectations was that this Spirit Gathering Cannon actually blasted the entire boulder apart with one shot, and its power even exceeded the level of the Virtual God Stage of the Spirit Gathering Cannon itself, and reached the realm of the Concentrated Spirit Stage.
“What…what’s going on!?”
Feeling the extremely powerful power of the Spirit Gathering Cannon, Ye Li showed a look of surprise on his face.
The weaponsmiths nearby who were unaware of the situation were all in shock. They stared at the Soul Gathering Cannon and the rubble in the distance, unable to recover for a long time.
After thinking for a while, Ye Li put a new spirit stone into the spirit gathering cannon. After a loud "bang", another spiritual energy shell was fired out, blasting a huge hole in the ground not far ahead.
"I understand. The spiritual energy of the Nine Souls Continent is too heavy and condensed. It can affect the process of general spells gathering spiritual energy, but it cannot affect the process of objects such as the Spirit Gathering Cannon gathering spiritual energy.
In fact, these heavy and condensed spiritual energy shells became even more condensed and heavy when gathered by the spiritual energy cannon, and their power was greatly enhanced!!!"
After thinking about it for a while, Ye Li finally reacted and muttered to himself.