In Another World, Everyone Want to Kill Me!-Chapter 351: Hidden Battles

Now, all she wanted was to do what she could for Flying Opera Group, to do what she could for Yue Mingxuan, and to ease his burdens, even if only a little.

"If you keep training like this, your body won’t be able to take it," Tang Youyou finally said, unable to watch any longer.

"I can still hold on a bit longer." Yue Mingxuan lifted his head stubbornly. "Or are you unwilling to teach me?"

"Even if you exhaust yourself, what can be improved will improve, and what cannot will not change no matter how much you force it. Cultivation is something that comes naturally in time. If you focus only on the outcome, you’ll end up like Consort Wan."

Tang Youyou’s voice was cool, but her words struck Yue Mingxuan like a wake up call.

Wasn’t he pushing himself so desperately just to avenge Rong Qinglei?

"I understand." Yue Mingxuan sighed.

He had indeed been too impatient for quick results. But with the situation so tense lately, his mind had grown just as strainedand even the pace of his training had unconsciously quickened.

"Thank you for reminding me," he said as he rising to his feet.

These past few days, he had been entirely focused on training, though at least he hadn’t forgotten to eat.

Thanks to this body, no matter how much he ate, he never gained weight.

In fact, the intense training had made him somewhat thinner.

Shang Qinghua naturally felt distressed seeing this and had likely said something to Tang Youyou. But Tang Youyou could tell that Yue Mingxuan did not want her to lower her standards, so she did not follow those instructions, she merely allowed him a bit more time to rest.

"A coup could break out at any moment," Yue Mingxuan said with a bitter smile.

He was practically on edge about everything now.

"You really have been overworking yourself," Gongsun Xing said, he clearly displeased upon seeing Yue Mingxuan like this.

What angered him was that Yue Mingxuan, a doctor himself, still failed to properly take care of his own health.

"Ah, you came at the perfect time. Is Wang Jian here?" The moment Yue Mingxuan saw Gongsun Xing, it was as if he had found a savior.

He had made no progress at all these past few days regarding the Dumdum Gun.

However, with Wang Jian involved, things were entirely different.

No matter what, Wang Jian was from the Sword Forge Villa, the finest forging techniques in the world all originated there.

If anyone wanted to study craftsmanship and weapon construction, there was no place more suitable than Sword Forge Villa.

At that moment, Yue Mingxuan suddenly had a realization.

"Wang Jian?" Gongsun Xing had no idea what Yue Mingxuan was planning. But after Wang Jian was called over, the two of them disappeared together for two whole days.

Wang Jian had only taken one look at the Dumdum Gun before following Yue Mingxuan into a small room, where the two of them shut themselves in and worked for two days and two nights straight.

When they finally emerged, they brought out eight fully intact Dumdum Guns.

Although the weapons were single-use, they had given Wang Jian immense inspiration.

"I really have to thank you. If not for you, I don’t know how long it would have taken me to restore these," Yue Mingxuan said.

"I should be the one thanking you—for showing me that such exquisite craftsmanship exists in this world," Wang Jian replied.

Even now, he was still immersed in awe over the intricate design of the Dumdum Gun and almost at a loss for words.

That was only natural.

In this era, nothing of this level existed.

The first time he saw the Dumdum Gun, he couldn’t help but marvel at it. Yet his talent was indeed remarkable.

In just two days, he and Yue Mingxuan had managed to restore the weapon.

He had even drawn up a complete set of schematics for the Dumdum Gun and told Yue Mingxuan that if needed, he could come to him at any time to have more crafted.

Yue Mingxuan specifically warned him not to let the design leak out.

Wang Jian understood well that something so precise and dangerous must never fall into the hands of outsiders, so he did not object.

The only thing he insisted on was keeping a copy of the blueprint.

Since the Dumdum Gun had already been successfully restored and Yue Mingxuan trusted that Wang Jian would not do anything to make him regret it, he handed the blueprint over without hesitation.

Yue Mingxuan had been about to excitedly show the restored Dumdum guns to Shang Qinghua, but the moment he stepped into the palace, he sensed that something was off.

At this hour, Shang Qinghua should have been in his study reviewing memorials. Yet today, he was nowhere to be seen.

Yue Mingxuan glanced around, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings and the atmosphere struck him as unusually tense and it’s far too solemn to be normal.

Only then did it dawn on him that Rong Zishen might have already infiltrated the Beirong imperial palace.

And Shang Qinghua had not told him, perhaps because he had seen how absorbed Yue Mingxuan had been these past two days since he enthusiastically discussing the structure of the Dumdum gun with Wang Jian.

Or perhaps, more likely, he simply did not want Yue Mingxuan to be dragged into all of this.

At the thought, anger flared in Yue Mingxuan’s chest.

He had put in so much effort, trying to help Shang Qinghua, yet Shang Qinghua’s only concern was to keep him from getting hurt.

He understood Shang Qinghua’s intentions, but that did not make him feel any better.

It only left him unsettled and frustrated.

It wasn’t as if he were incapable, so why was Shang Qinghua so unwilling to trust him?

Although the anger burned within him, Yue Mingxuan did not outwardly show it.

After all, Shang Qinghua meant well.

And anger alone would not change anything.

What mattered now was that he had no idea how Shang Qinghua was faring or who had gained the upper hand.