It was honestly ridiculous.
Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu kept looking around the field, and no matter whether it was the Shui Bing'er sisters or the newly arrived Meng Yiran—every single one of them was bigger.
Not absurdly big, but definitely bigger than the two of them.
That hit right where it hurt.
They had truly suffered the disadvantage of being young.
Zhu Zhuqing and Liu Erlong also lowered their heads to check themselves. Zhu Zhuqing looked a little awkward and embarrassed, while Liu Erlong, on the other hand, boldly straightened up her chest.
The difference between a young girl and a mature woman was fully revealed at this moment.
Even though Liu Erlong was still an unopened… well—
Uh.
If she's unopened, can she even be called a mature woman?
That would make her an old maiden.
But she already possessed the charm and bearing of a mature woman.
Ning Rongrong curled her lips, hiding the embarrassment caused by being small, and spoke up:
"This is actually fine!"
"Anyway, Aunt Erlong didn't want to participate, and Zhuqing doesn't need to either. Let's just have the five of us!"
Huo Wu and the others nodded in agreement.
At that moment, Liu Erlong watched Ning Rongrong and the others follow Shui Bing'er's group to pick clothes and practice dancing. A trace of complicated emotion flashed through her eyes, and she felt an inexplicable sense of loss.
Even the young girls were working so hard…
Reaching Rank 30 soul power at her age was really no easy task.
The sun set, geese returned to their nests, and the remaining glow painted the evening clouds.
By dusk, Su Chen returned after shopping, bringing Hu Liena, Bibi Dong, and Lingyuan back with him. The women at home were already gathered together, chatting animatedly in small groups.
"Su Chen."
Ning Rongrong called out when she saw him, her eyes filled with expectation.
Ye Lingling and the others also stood up to greet Hu Liena's group. When they addressed Bibi Dong, they no longer called her Your Holiness like before, but warmly referred to her as—
"Big Sister."
Bibi Dong nodded calmly in response, her expression as steady and composed as ever.
In truth, her heart was overflowing with embarrassment.
She—堂堂教皇 of the Spirit Hall—after being roasted in Su Chen's diary for so long, had actually ended up devouring this tender young grass in one bite.
The level of social death was no less than Liu Erlong's drunken episode last time.
Sure enough.
Liu Erlong looked at Bibi Dong with thinly veiled disdain.
You shameless little fox.
We're all blind sisters here—who would've thought you were hiding such a trump card?
Bibi Dong, Bibi Dong!
On my first day here, you were complaining with me about Lingyuan being an old cow eating young grass.
Turns out you weren't sincerely criticizing her at all—you were just angry that you weren't the one eating it!
Su Chen glanced around the lively room, his gaze pausing briefly on Meng Yiran. This house was really getting more and more crowded.
"Meng Yiran, why are you here?" he asked knowingly.
Meng Yiran stiffened slightly and replied nervously,
"I… I'm going to study at Spirit Master Academy. I happened to run into Ning Rongrong and the others, and they invited me to come play, so I came along…"
She was genuinely nervous, her heart full of uncertainty.
Would Su Chen like her?
Would he allow her to stay?
What if he just told her to leave?
"Um… I…"
She wanted to say more but didn't know how to continue.
Su Chen smiled gently.
"No need to be nervous. Everyone here is a friend. Treat it like your own home and just relax."
"Oh—okay, thank you!"
Seeing his warm attitude, Meng Yiran instantly let out a sigh of relief.
Huo Wu spoke up at that moment:
"Su Chen, can Yiran stay in the same room with me?"
Su Chen glanced at Hu Liena and the others. They quietly nodded, clearly having no objections.
After all, the number of women in this house who had designs on Su Chen wasn't small to begin with. One more Meng Yiran wouldn't make much difference.
"Sure," Su Chen replied.
Then he looked at everyone and announced,
"Tonight, I'm treating everyone—dinner, drinks, and fireworks."
"You might not know what fireworks are yet. Once it gets dark, you'll understand."
"Now let's divide the work. Big Sister Pope, Aunt Lingyuan, and Nana—come with me to make the fireworks. Lingling, take everyone else to prepare the ingredients."
Everyone nodded enthusiastically.
Especially Ning Rongrong and Shui Bing'er's group—
We're letting you watch fireworks… not watch us dance… cough.
Su Chen led Lingyuan and Bibi Dong to an open area and took out the materials and tools he had prepared earlier for making gunpowder.
As he worked, he explained:
"Gunpowder is made by mixing potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal powder. This mixture is extremely flammable and burns very intensely."
"When gunpowder burns, it produces a large amount of gas—nitrogen and carbon dioxide—and enormous heat. Solid gunpowder that originally occupies a small volume suddenly expands thousands of times. When confined, this causes an explosion."
After speaking, Su Chen took a small pinch of the mixed gunpowder and ignited it.
Boom—!
A flash of fire burst out, followed by rising smoke.
He looked at the three of them and asked,
"Can you understand what I mean?"
They nodded, half-understanding at best. Hu Liena asked,
"Why not just tell us the exact proportions, Teacher?"
Su Chen shook his head slightly.
"The proportions I told you are only the most basic form of gunpowder."
"If you want to create more powerful explosives, you must study."
"What I can make right now is very weak. But if someone continues researching and developing it—then with just a fingertip-sized amount, an ordinary person could easily kill a Titled Douluo."
"What?!"
Bibi Dong and the others were completely stunned.
They had read about this in the diary before, but seeing it with their own eyes—seeing that tiny pinch of powder—
Their worldview simply couldn't handle it.
Su Chen sighed inwardly. Honestly, it wasn't that firearms were overpowered—Titled Douluo were just underwhelming.
Tang San's mechanical hidden weapons could already threaten Titled Douluo. A Barrett rifle would absolutely enforce equality among all beings.
"Don't get too excited," Su Chen said with a smile.
"With the current level of technology on Douluo Continent, we're still very far from creating the weapons I'm talking about."
"Next, listen carefully and watch closely. Ask if you don't understand. Gunpowder research can't be done by just one or two people."
"In the future, we'll need to cultivate a group of children in Spirit Hall to learn the knowledge in my mind."
For now—
Su Chen himself could only manage to make a crude big black tube.
After a long while, Su Chen led everyone to the training field. In the distance, a row of freshly made fireworks had been placed—roughly crafted and extremely dangerous.
He stepped forward, turned to face everyone, and said:
"The first fireworks of Douluo Continent—dedicated to the most beautiful of you."
With that, Su Chen casually tossed the torch in his hand.
It landed on a pile of gunpowder residue, igniting a fuse.
Sizzle—!
The flame raced forward, instantly lighting the fireworks ahead.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
After a series of thunderous explosions, the entire sky lit up—brilliant, dazzling, and bursting with color.
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