Equipment of the Rebel Army, a Magic Treasure Assembly Line

【Year Eight, age thirty-four.】

【The Fourth Xuanlan has arrived.】

【From him, you learned that the Third Xuanlan did indeed enter the Path to Ascension last year. However, he never appeared on Fortune Star, proving that he had taken another branch of the Path to Ascension.】

【By now, the entire Fortune Star knows that the Winged God Cult’s headquarters has been seized by a group of humans.】

【The branch churches throughout the planet are either organizing frequent attacks on White Porridge City or trying to contact Lingwei Star.】

【Unfortunately, you dismantled the astral port, and they have no means of interplanetary communication. Thus, they still haven’t managed to contact Lingwei Star.】

【But you know that sooner or later, the Winged God Cult’s central church will discover that something is wrong with Fortune Star.】

【According to the imprisoned archbishop, the planet must submit its resources—source stones, spirit plants, materials, high-quality people, and the like—to the central church at least once every ten years.】

【If this is delayed, the central church will certainly send someone to investigate.】

【Fortunately, your own preparations are also proceeding at full speed.】

【The first batch of righteous army equipment, refined for you by Duobao Child Granny and her disciples, was finally ready.】

【Righteous Army Crossbow, high-grade magical artifact. Designed for individual use, it is a long-range weapon that requires immortal energy to operate. Mortals can use it as well, but they must consume source stones.】

【If it strikes a vital spot, its power is sufficient to kill a Qi Transformation realm cultivator!】

【It can also injure a Core Formation realm cultivator. However, since Core Formation cultivators have much faster reactions, the odds of hitting one are quite low.】

【Righteous Army Ten-Man Crossbow, ordinary spirit treasure. This massive crossbow can only be fired once when operated by ten people working together. Mortals cannot use it; it requires both a cultivator’s power and source stones.】

【Its bolts are enormous and travel at tremendous speed after being fired. Even a Core Formation cultivator may not be able to dodge in time. If struck, they will either die or suffer serious injuries.】

【The acquired martial artist and innate martial artist realms of the Real Realm do not require immortal energy for cultivation.】

【Quite a number of people in the righteous army have now reached the acquired martial artist realm and can barely operate this massive crossbow.】

【The Ten-Man Crossbow is expensive to produce. Each battalion can be equipped with only one or two.】

【Righteous Army Saber, high-grade magical artifact. Designed for individual use, it is a close-combat weapon.】

【This saber possesses no special abilities, but its body is sturdy enough to withstand attacks from Qi Transformation cultivators, while its sharp blade can pierce the fleshly defenses of ordinary Core Formation cultivators.】

【It should be understood that top-tier high-grade magical artifacts are equivalent to immortal artifacts in the Void Realm, so their power is naturally extraordinary.】

【The Righteous Army Saber cannot be considered top-tier, but it is still a high-grade magical artifact.】

【Righteous Army Officer Sword, ordinary spirit treasure. Its durability and destructive power are many levels above those of the Righteous Army Saber.】

【When drawn, it naturally emits sword qi and can be used for flying through the air. The wielder need not understand the Sword Dao, but must possess cultivation.】

【It is expensive to produce, and only officers may apply to carry one.】

【Righteous Army Warrior Armor, high-grade magical artifact. Everyone receives a full set. It can withstand a full-power strike from a Core Formation cultivator and also comes with numerous minor functions, such as temperature regulation, reduced exertion, and physical enhancement.】

【Righteous Army Command Armor, ordinary spirit treasure. This is a comprehensive upgrade of the Warrior Armor. It is expensive to produce and only officers are qualified to use it.】

【Looking at the magical artifacts and spirit treasures, neatly arranged in the warehouse—the first batch to roll off the production line—you were extremely satisfied.】

【After inspecting them as a second-grade artifact refiner, you confirmed that this batch was of excellent quality. There had been no cutting corners, and nothing had been tampered with.】

【“The Old Hag really put some effort into this.”】

【Duobao Child Granny floated nearby, with her disciples standing behind her.】

【“I want to know when my disciples and I will be freed.”】

【“Soon. Once I’ve taken down the entire Winged God Cult!”】

【The Righteous Army Crossbows, Righteous Army Ten-Man Crossbows, Righteous Army Sabers, Righteous Army Officer Swords, Righteous Army Warrior Armor, and Righteous Army Command Armor were gradually distributed among some of the righteous army stationed in White Porridge City.】

【Although you had not actively expanded or waged war against the outside world during these years, many humans from all over Fortune Star had voluntarily joined you.】

【As a result, the righteous army had grown to thirty thousand soldiers.】

【Naturally, the first batch of equipment was nowhere near enough to outfit all thirty thousand. Only those with the best training results and the fastest cultivation progress were eligible to receive it.】

【The instructors from other races watched their students wielding high-grade magical artifacts and even spirit treasures, and they were green with envy.】

【These instructors had previously belonged to the Winged God Cult’s eight great legions, and they had never used such excellent weapons or protective gear.】

【Good equipment always came at a price.】

【The stockpile of artifact-refining materials in White Porridge City’s resource warehouse was rapidly dwindling.】

【With this batch of equipment supporting them, the righteous army’s combat power had increased several times over. Once they became proficient in using their weapons, they would become even stronger.】

【You had Xuanlan Big Brother and the others act as training opponents for the righteous army’s elite—of course, they had to fight bare-handed.】

【“My lord, the magical artifacts crafted for them by Duobao Child Granny are remarkably effective. Even we would have to take them seriously when facing users who have mastered them. If there were thousands upon thousands of soldiers like this, and they were well-trained, then even without a single Qi Transformation cultivator among them, they could fearlessly face a group of Qi Transformation cultivators!”】

【After the training session, Xuanlan Big Brother gave this assessment.】

【You smiled.】

【“If there were thousands upon thousands of them, they could besiege a Core Formation cultivator!”】

【“My lord, aren’t you overestimating them?”】

【“They knew you weren’t enemies and that this was only training, so they didn’t fight to the death. But if they were facing an alien race that had oppressed, humiliated, enslaved, and exploited them, the outcome would be an entirely different matter.”】

【That was what you said, but given the current circumstances, sending them to attack a Core Formation cultivator would result in far too many casualties.】

【You wanted to temper the righteous army, not send them to die for nothing.】

【Therefore, the righteous army’s cultivation had to improve. Only then could their lack of combat power be solved at its root.】

【You had already distributed some low-level cultivation techniques that were easy to understand.】

【Those among the righteous army who possessed talent had already begun advancing toward the acquired martial artist realm, and even the innate martial artist realm.】

【In an environment like Fortune Star, where there was no immortal energy, they could cultivate to the innate martial artist realm at most. By the time some of them reached their limits, it would probably be about time for you to attack Lingwei Star.】

【Once you possessed a second-tier planet, continuing their cultivation would no longer be a problem.】

【Year Nine, age thirty-five.】

【Xuanlan Fifth arrived.】

【The four brothers who shared the same misfortune looked at one another in silence, let out a long sigh, and accepted the arrangement of fate.】

【Only one person remained. Once he arrived, your full-scale assault on the Winged God Cult would begin.】

【To expand your equipment production capacity, you had led the righteous army in capturing several cities over the past year, seizing numerous mines and resource-producing sites.】

【Spirit treasures could no longer be refined, because you had run out of the corresponding materials.】

【The previous batch of spirit treasures had all been made using the stockpiles embezzled by the archbishop and the others.】

【It was impossible to keep the spirit treasure production line running on the output of this planet alone.】

【However, the supply of high-grade magical artifacts for the soldiers remained abundant, and production continued around the clock. More and more soldiers were being armed.】

Everyone could sense that an all-out war was about to break out. The entire army was fully armed and ready, their fighting spirit running high. The whole city was on alert, prepared to enter a state of war at any moment.