"What did you just say?"
Ye Feng frowned. "Are you talking about the strange scene I saw when I was promoted to Gold Fifth Rank?"
"Mhm!"
Shen Yun Yao nodded quickly, then shook her head. "But it wasn't when you were promoted to Gold Fifth Rank, it was about the embroidery... the scene I saw when that monster embroidery was completed!"
"What about that scene? Is it enough to make you so nervous?"
Ye Feng looked at Shen Yun Yao, puzzled.
"Ye Feng, you have no idea how serious this is!"
Shen Yun Yao stared at Ye Feng with wide eyes. "Twenty years ago, someone else saw the scene you just described when they completed that monster embroidery pattern!"
"At that time, because of this, the City of Arcane Arts sent out all its experts and fought fiercely with their greatest ally, the Sea Restaurant... the Explorer's Guild, the City of Innocence, and the Mech City also had a large number of experts participating..."
"That blood-soaked battle lasted for several years..."
Shen Yun Yao quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"What the hell?"
Ye Feng was puzzled. "Why would the City of Arcane Arts fight with the Sea Restaurant, and over that scene?"
"Twenty years ago, both the City of Arcane Arts and the Sea Restaurant had unique insights into arcane energy cultivation. The two major powers jointly formed an Arcane Research Association, and all the major and minor powers sent their outstanding talents to study in the City of Arcane Arts..."
"Later, someone from the Sea Restaurant..."
As she said this, Shen Yun Yao lowered her voice. "When they completed the embroidery of that monster pattern, they saw the situation you just described. At that time, that person went to discuss it with the people from the Arcane Research Association..."
"When the high-level officials of the City of Arcane Arts learned of this, they actually set off overnight and rushed to the Sea Restaurant's stronghold without stopping. Regardless of the fact that the Sea Restaurant was their greatest ally, they directly broke in and captured that person from the Sea Restaurant..."
Shen Yun Yao said this, and Ye Feng couldn't help but interrupt.
"Wait, Yun Yao, you're saying the City of Arcane Arts directly broke into the Sea Restaurant's base... aren't these two bases very far apart?"
Ye Feng was very puzzled. He had heard before that the City of Arcane Arts was located deep inland, while the Sea Restaurant was in the exceptionally distant sea.
Could it be that the land twenty years ago was an ocean?
"The Sea Restaurant is the name they got later... At first, the Sea Restaurant was indeed on land, and their stronghold was not far from the City of Arcane Arts."
"At that time, the climate was terrifyingly hot and dry. Because the other party controlled vast amounts of precious water resources, and even had existence like floating seas, coupled with a restaurant that was famous among explorers, the Sea Restaurant got its name..."
"Because of the City of Arcane Arts' surprise attack, the City of Arcane Arts and the Sea Restaurant, which were once as close as family, completely broke apart... The two sides erupted into a super war..."
"After the Sea Restaurant killed two vice-city lords of the City of Arcane Arts and a large number of experts, they directly took their core members and fled... The next time they heard news of the Sea Restaurant, it was when they had become the overlords of the sea..."
"After that war, the leader of the Five Heroes of the City of Arcane Arts, the Flame Ranger, mysteriously disappeared and defected... This plunged the City of Arcane Arts into chaos for a considerable period of time..."
"In that battle, the Mech City and the Explorer's Guild also had fierce battles with the City of Arcane Arts... It was from then on that my grandfather also became much estranged from the people of the City of Arcane Arts..."
Shen Yun Yao recalled for a moment and said to Ye Feng.
"What is all this mess?"
Ye Feng was speechless. "Why did the City of Arcane Arts make such a big fuss with so many major powers just because of the person who could see the strange staircase?"
"Ye Feng!"
Hearing this, Shen Yun Yao stared at Ye Feng with a serious expression. "That's not some strange staircase, it's the legendary 'Stairway to Heaven'!"
"Stairway to Heaven?"
Ye Feng frowned, even more confused.
"I don't know exactly what it is. My grandfather was also quite wary when he mentioned it... In any case, it's something that was enough to make a major power like the City of Arcane Arts turn its back on its closest ally and fight fiercely!"
Shen Yun Yao shook her head and replied.
"The Fire Seed Record, the Stone of Hope, that mysterious embroidery... Ye Feng, the secrets you possess are too dangerous. You must be careful on your journey ahead!"
After a pause, Shen Yun Yao added with some worry.
"Oh, okay!~"
Ye Feng nodded, secretly taking note.
...
The next day,
"Ye Feng, what are you doing?"
Shen Yun Yao saw Ye Feng take out an arcane energy gun after finishing breakfast. She thought Ye Feng was going to practice shooting skills, but that wasn't the case.
"Oh, I'm studying this arcane energy rifle!"
Ye Feng sat on a large rock, looking into the gun barrel from the muzzle, frowning from time to time.
Then, under Shen Yun Yao's gaze, his hand flashed, and his Tang knife instantly appeared.
"Clang!~!"
After a crisp metallic sound, the arcane energy rifle in Ye Feng's hand was directly cut in half.
"Ye Feng, what are you doing! This arcane energy gun is very precious!"
Shen Yun Yao's eyes widened in confusion. Ye Feng's research was to directly cut the arcane energy gun in half...
"The stock, the trigger... the structure of the body is similar to a regular rifle..."
Ye Feng muttered as he disassembled the remaining half of the arcane energy rifle.
"Huh~!"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's eyes lit up because he saw faint patterns inside the gun barrel.
Immediately, his hand flashed, and arcane energy quickly appeared, approaching the inside of the gun barrel. The patterns on the inside of the gun barrel instantly absorbed the arcane energy...
"Damn it, it really is an arcane rune array!"
Ye Feng was very happy to see the patterns on the gun barrel.
He had studied this arcane energy rifle before, but he hadn't made much progress. During his time in the ancient ruins, he was inspired by the arcane rune arrays inside the mechanical giant tiger and Horus Guardian No. 1...
Now it seemed that this arcane energy rifle was the same as his guess. The "bullets" of the arcane energy gun should be compressed arcane energy through some method...
"Ye Feng, you're not thinking of manufacturing arcane energy guns yourself, are you?"
Seeing Ye Feng studying the barrel, trigger, and other parts, Shen Yun Yao couldn't help but move closer and asked in surprise.
"Mhm!"
Ye Feng nodded. "I think this arcane energy gun is quite interesting. Unlike ordinary guns that need specific types of bullets, arcane energy guns only need arcane yuan coins with arcane energy, regardless of the type of rifle!"
...
In the evening,
"Ye Feng, although I trust your research on arcane rune arrays... and the key to arcane energy guns is likely the arcane rune array, as you said..."
"But are you sure that this thing you made... is a gun?"
Shen Yun Yao held a dull yellowish-gray iron lump, the size of a large pumpkin, that Ye Feng handed her, with a suspicious expression.
...