Thanks for the chapter!
MC seems to really be unlucky lately meeting a bunch of opponents who are not only much more powerful than him, but able to or at least know how to handle the special bullets he got. Meng sure full of herself, blaming him for damaging her roof when she's the one who smashed a hole in it. Anyone have any idea what that thing she summoned is? Seems like some kind of arm mounted powerful armor/gun that can shoot and counter those Wang Chuan bullets based on her actions and comments. Although putting stuff into hammerspace/item box/inventory seems an unknown skill, so was that thing stored on some kind of constantly flying vehicle like Shield's helicarrier or just floating in the air so can be instantly summoned by user whenever needed?
In any case, he's come to the attention of the top two martial artists of the city, the mayor who stands above them as a former duchess with former ties to the Empress, and has sworn to kill himself if he doesn't reach a certain level of power within six months.
@degenerateafro It's not that the gun or bullets don't work, it's that he keeps using it on OP (or monsters if prefer,) people who are not only familiar with the bullets, but have long since trained how to circumvent and/or nullify them. Those bullets are hard to make, and apparently only those working directly for the Empress, like MC's fiance, or ties to her, like mother in law to be, are able to get them and specifically built to take down cultivationists. Remember Chengxi was shocked that he somehow managed to survive being hit with a bullet of the lowest grade. After all, Zui Meng was only able to stop one bullet, but hesitated at the thought of facing 2-3 bullets. Assuming he was able to shoot an average cultivationist (as opposed to one of the city's top ten,) like that taoist he stabbed in the back, they'd be like Aunt Ye after that poisonous attack she received for similar reasons. Basically that the skin and defenses were penetrated allowing toxic chi/aura/energy to be inserted resulting in the victim only being able to delay the effects before eventually dying and even treatment provided by a strong family with large amounts of power and money rendered useless. Do agree needs to find another trump card that can defeat powerful opponents, preferably in a way that they haven't come up with a countermeasure for like the bullets.