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Yin Wuyou sat on the couch with her legs crossed and a blanket wrapped around her body.
She rested her chin on her knees, unable to suppress her smile. âHaitang, did you hear that? He said heâs going to forge a ranked weapon specially for me.â
Haitang rolled her eyes. Your Highness, do you lack ranked weapons?
What youâre using now is an earth-grade weapon. His Majesty is already helping you customize a heaven-grade weapon!
Zhou⦠Marquis Zhou can only forge yellow-grade weapons now. Is this worthy of your status?
Seeing no reaction from Haitang, Yin Wuyou firmly shook her head. âYou donât understand!
âHaitang, help me freshen up! Iâm going to see my father! Heâs a Forging Master now. He must have what other Forging Masters have!â
In the imperial study, Emperor Yuan Feng suddenly sneezed and then shivered.
He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and his entire body felt cold.
Before Emperor Yuan Feng discovered him, Zhou Shu secretly left the imperial palace.
Thatâs not right. I didnât steal or rob. Why should I be afraid of him?
Just because heâs the emperor?
Iâm not afraid of the emperor!
I didnât steal this Heaven Refining Stone from the palace!
Zhou Shu straightened his back. For some reason, he felt a little guilty.
Although Yin Changhao took away the Heaven Refining Stone back then, he gave me money, and it wasnât a small sum
Now, itâs back.
Iâve done the country a great service. Itâs my duty to take this piece of Heaven Refining Stone.
He put away the Heaven Refining Stone. With this Heaven Refining Stone, he didnât need to worry about anything else.
After forging the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, he had already used up most of the Heaven Refining Stone that the Mi family had given him. He had also wasted a lot of it in between. After all, this was his first time forging his own weapon, and he had taken a wrong turn in the middle.
Although the Mi family had a Heaven Refining Stone mine, his surname wasnât Mi after all. So it wasnât appropriate for him to ask for more.
As for buying, Zhou Shu didnât have that much spare money.
After becoming a marquis, he didnât see any other benefits for the time being. But his expenditure was visibly increasing.
The increase in the number of servants in the mansion and the sudden increase in social interactions were all expensive.
Putting everything else aside, just for the sake of forging this Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, the cost of the various materials consumed already exceeded 1,000 taels of gold!
Forging a yellow-grade weapon didnât cost that much.
After all, the market price of a yellow-grade weapon was only so-so. Ordinary yellow-grade weapons could even be bought for a hundred taels of gold.
But it was Zhou Shuâs first time forging, so he had wasted a lot of materials. He could ignore the other materials, but even a little bit of Heaven Refining Stone was worth a lot!
That fellow Sun Gongping lives paycheck to paycheck. His pockets are cleaner than his face. But even if he didnât live from paycheck to paycheck, it would take him at least a hundred years to save one thousand taels of gold if he only relied on his salary, Zhou Shu thought.
After leaving the palace, he didnât return to his residence but instead went to the Marquis Weiyuan residence.
Yin Wuyou had woken up, and he didnât know if Sun Gongping was awake or not.
Regardless of whether he was awake or not, Zhou Shu planned to give him the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword first.
No matter what, Sun Gongping got injured in order to save him. The Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword was what he had promised Sun Gongping he would forge for him.
Marquis Weiyuan was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties. He had a warm smile on his face and didnât look like a fierce general who had once dominated the battlefield.
After seeing Zhou Shu, he was very friendly and didnât blame Zhou Shu for Sun Gongpingâs injury.
âThis little injury of my sonâs has worried you, Marquis.â
Marquis Weiyuan exchanged greetings, filled with emotions. This young man before him was a few years younger than his own child, but he was already on the same level as him.
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âMarquis Zhou, you and Ziwen are sworn brothers. He is my wifeâs brother, which makes you her brother too. You are not an outsiderâ¦â Marquis Weiyuan said.
Zhou Shu awkwardly cupped his hands at the beautiful lady who looked to be in her early thirties. âGreetings, Madam.â
He really couldnât call her sister.
The two of them were wearing divine constable uniforms, so Zhou Shu knew that they were divine constables secretly protecting him.
âDivine constables, donât be nervous. Iâm not an assassin!â The person who suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Shu raised his hands, indicating that he had no ill intentions.
The two divine constables didnât relax. They were still holding onto their Spring Embroidered Sabers tightly.
âWho are you!â they shouted.
âGreat General Meng sent me.â The man smiled bitterly.
âGreat General Meng? Do you have any evidence?â The two divine constables stared at the man with burning eyes.
âYes!â the man said. âI have a letter personally written by Great General Meng.â
Then he slowly reached into his clothes, as if he was afraid that if he moved too quickly, the divine constables would attack him.
Amoment later, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to the two divine constables.
âThis letter was written by the great general to the You Marquis. I was going to deliver the letter, but I saw the You Marquis here. I wanted to come over and greet him. Itâs a misunderstanding. Itâs really a misunderstanding.â The man smiled bitterly.
âBrothers, donât be nervous.â Zhou Shu smiled and patted the shoulders of the two divine constables. âSince he was sent by Great General Meng, itâs fine.â
âMarquis, thatâs not necessarily true. The death soldier that tried to assassinate you was from the great generalâs residence. This matter has yet to be investigated clearly.â A divine constable snorted.
Zhou Shu was slightly stunned. He really didnât know about this. No one would tell him about the case.
âThe messenger from the generalâs residence had a flash of shame and anger on his face, but he still said in a low voice, âThe great general already knows about that matter. The great general has already sent a petition asking for forgiveness!
âTm here to give the You Marquis an explanation!â the man said with a serious expression. âThe great general said that he brought such danger to the You Marquis because of his incompetence. The great general has already requested punishment from the Imperial Court. For compensation, as long as you
agree, Marquis, the great general wishes to take you as his last disciple.â
The two divine constables were stunned. Great General Meng wants to take the You Marquis as his disciple?
Although they had some doubts about the great general, the great general was still the great general, the undisputed God of War of Great Xia!
Although the You Marquis was a marquis, if he could become the last disciple of the great general, it would be infinitely beneficial to him.
The great general was Great Xiaâs God of War. If he became his disciple, he would become a true member of the military. Furthermore, the great generalâs connections were not something ordinary people could compare to.
âWhat can the great general teach me?â Zhou Shu asked curiously.
âIn the art of war and the Martial Dao, the great generalâs attainments can be said to be top-notch.â the man from the generalâs residence said proudly.
âThatâs it?â Zhou Shu shook his head. âThen forget about it. Itâs useless for me to learn the art of war. As for the Martial Dao, I already have an inheritance.â
The three of them were stunned.
Rejected?
He rejected it?
Could he not know how beneficial it was for him to become Great General Mengâs final disciple?
Great General Meng had no children. To put it bluntly, everything he had would be passed down to his disciples.
Although the You Marquis was a marquis, he didnât have any real power. If he could become a disciple of the great general, it would only be a matter of time before he entered the military.
âAre you sure, Marquis?â the man from the generalâs residence asked.
âOf course. The great general didnât say I had to agree, did he?â Zhou Shu said.
âThatâs true.â The man from the generalâs residence shook his head. âMarquis, since you have spoken thus, this humble servant will truthfully report this matter to the great general.â
He cupped his hands and left without leaving the letter behind.
The letter was for accepting him as a disciple. Since Zhou Shu had rejected it, there was no need to keep the letter.
Zhou Shu shrugged. He didnât care. He had no interest in becoming a disciple. So what if heâs a great general? Iâm not going to join the army to fight. âm just a Forging Master.
âItâs been hard on you two,â he said. âThis is just a little something. Please have some tea, my brothers.â
Zhou Shu took out a banknote from his clothes and stuffed it into the hands of the two divine constables. Then he continued walking forward.
The two divine constables subconsciously looked at the banknote in their hands. Their eyes lit up. Five hundred taels!
How generous!
Five hundred taels was almost as much as their yearly salary.
Originally, protecting the You Marquis was a difficult task. But now it seemed that it wasnât that difficult
Just as Zhou Shu was rejecting the person from the great generalâs residence, in the imperial study, Emperor Yuan Feng clutched his chest.
His chest was tight, and his breath was short.. Is this how you spend the familyâs fortune that I have worked so hard to save? Who did you learn this from? My daughter shouldnât be like this!