Chapter 237 New Clan Members (2/2)
”Alright. Next year is Gao Shun, right?”
”Yes. We'll get Lu Bu in after Gao Shun.”
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Ding Yuan: Oh hey, Wenyuan.
Ding Yuan: You're in here first, but not Fengxian?
Ding Yuan had received the notification about Zhang Liao, so he sent clan messages to ask them.
Li Feihong: My lord, please keep this a secret from Fengxian.
Li Feihong: Or he'll throw a fit!
Ding Yuan: Ah, sure.
Ding Yuan: You two, come meet me later.
Ding Yuan: It's hard to chat like this.
Li Feihong: Yes, my lord.
Zhang Liao and Li Feihong glanced at each other. It seemed they had a lot of explanation to do.
As they were about to leave and visit their lord, Tong sent messages.
Zhang Tong: Feihong, Wenyuan, senior Ding Yuan, good timing.
Zhang Tong: Yuan Shao will invade Julu in spring, I need reinforcement from Jinyang.
Zhang Tong: And I also need to import your warhorses, coal, and iron ores.
Zhang Tong: My City ran out of resources, can you help me?
Zhang Tong: You can bring back spices, salt, and other food in return.
Zhang Tong: I got my create-food skill back.
Ding Yuan: I have no problem with the ores.
Ding Yuan: I'll have Feihong handle it.
Zhang Tong: Thank you XD
Zhang Tong: BTW, steel ingot research has been succeeded.
Zhang Tong: I'll need more ores to factorize steel weapons and armors.
Ding Yuan: What's steel?
Zhang Tong: A metal that is stronger and lighter than iron.
The chat continued as Tong and Ding Yuan was exchanging information and setting up a trading routine between the two cities.
Zhang Liao was amazed by the chat, ”Feihong, have you always communicated like this last year?”
Li Feihong nodded, ”Yes, convenient, right?”
”Indeed. Now I know why you've picked me first. Fengxian will never understand the value of this.”
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The sun had set.
Tong closed the chat menu and deeply exhaled. It was tiring to organize people and arrange a trade deal with partners.
Ding Yuan had been cooperating in a friendly manner. As he had received his 1,000 years of lifespans, the old governor of Jinyang was very happy to assist Tong in many ways.
With this, the reinforcement from Jinyang was guaranteed. Lu Bu would not be able to object this deployment as it was the direct order of Ding Yuan. Besides, Li Feihong and Zhang Liao had joined Tong's side, so refusing the order was not an option.
”Lu Bu will throw a fit again. I hope I don't have to duel with that brute another time.”
”Are you done, Tong?”
While Tong was working, his two wives were practicing using their tentacle nearby.
Hua Shi could already summon Tong's tentacle from her back. Although the wiggling worm was still small, she could make it move around and absorb life essence now.
”Yeah, it's done.”
Friday waved her hands, gesturing Tong to walk to her.
”Come here. Let me recheck your mutation.”
Tong took off his shoes and showed them his feet. At this moment, his feet had green snake scales, which replaced his outer human skins.
Friday poked the snake scales with her fingers, and the skins sunk in as she pushed.
”It's still too soft. The scale layout is average, but the durability is still subpar. I'm going to need you to reinforce it again.”
”Eh? I thought it was passable,” Tong scratched his head.
”Considering this is your first couple months of training, it's passable. But if you want to use it on a battlefield, it's not ready yet. In the next fight, try not to use the Lamia Step unless you are running away from the battle.”
”But I can run around in a crowded area now.”
”That's still too early. Until your scales are hard enough to withstand sharp edge weapons, don't use it, or you will be too conscious of your feet and mess up something during the combat especially when you're up against elite historical figures like Guan Yu.”
The Lamia Step that they were practicing had three stages of preparation before Tong could start learning its true form, conversion, transformation, and metamorphosis, which Tong was at the second level of the conversion stage.
On the first level, Tong required a demonic awakening, AKA awaken the [Soul of Sins], which he already awakened two souls. With this, he was qualified to practice the next level.
Friday was an exception to this rule. Since she was once a four-winged demoness and she had the devil-pact, she could use it again.
The next step was to convert his blood, DNA, skin tissues, muscles, bones, liver, and all parts of the body, so they would be compatible with the sudden transformation of the next stage. In this process, Tong had to turn his entire body skins into lamia snakeskins, which could release toxic and murky fluid from the scales.
The third level of the conversion stage was to master maneuvering the blood cells within the body to the point that it was a natural process of daily life, such as breathing or walking, which Tong had not reached this level yet.
Lastly, to breakthrough to the transformation stage, Tong had to awaken two more [Sins] to get the qualification of the transformation first stage, which would take a long time to complete.
Friday tapped Tong's soft snake skins, ”Don't rush. This process of learning naturally takes years to complete. Turning your feet into these within a month is already good progress. It took me ten years to get breakthrough the conversion stage into the transformation stage, so you should take it easy.”
”What stage are you now, Friday?”
”Transformation stage second level.”
”Huh? Not metamorphosis? I thought you have mastered this already.”
Friday smiled wryly at Tong, ”To get to the metamorphosis stage, four wings aren't enough to break through. My mom said I needed six wings or higher to get there. Heck, I can't even transform my legs into a snake tail yet!”</ding></zhang></ding></zhang></ding></required></required>