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âWhat? Why donât you go rob someone?â Sun Gongping widened his eyes. âItâs not like we wonât pay for weapons from the Forging Division. Why should we take care of your meals?â
âGreat Divine Constable, do you understand what customized means?â Zhou Shu rolled his eyes.
âIf you want Huben Sabers or Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Sabers, or even Horse Slaying Sabers, itâs not a problem. You can just go to the Forging Division to buy them. Now, shouldnât you pay extra if you want a customized weapon?
âIâm only asking for food and drinks. This is already a friendship price, okay?â
The Divine Constable Bureau was the same as Great Xiaâs three armies. They could purchase weapons directly from the Forging Division. Naturally, there were certain procedures.
Under normal circumstances, they could choose whatever standard weapons they wanted from the Forging Division. However, the Forging Division would not specially develop standard weapons for them.
Customization services were available in the Forging Division as well, but they were only available to those qualified.
All ranked martial artists in Great Xia could ask the Forging Masters in the Forging Division to forge weapons, and the fees could be very different.
Thus, Zhou Shuâs words were completely reasonable. Even Sun Gongping could only roll his eyes at him.
âThen, when can you develop a weapon?â
âI canât guarantee you that,â Zhou Shu said. âPerhaps a day, perhaps a month, or perhaps a year.â
âDo you think Iâm a fool?â Sun Gongping said angrily. âGoodbye, I wonât see you again!â
Sun Gongping walked away in anger.
After walking away, he heard Zhou Shu shouting from behind, âDonât forget to pay!â
He stumbled and walked faster.
Zhou Shu smiled as he rubbed his stomach and left the Drunken Immortal Inn in satisfaction.
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âYou mean you seized a list from a traitor?â
In the Huben Troops camp, other than the Huben Troops, the Divine Constable Bureauâs Ma Fengzhang and a few other divine constables were also here.
Cheng Yong was reporting the situation to Cheng Wanli.
âIn other words, the enemy made such a big fuss just to regain the list?â Ma Fengzhangâs eyes shone as he pondered.
âAnd the list?â Cheng Wanli said.
âThe name list is with that senior.â Cheng Yong looked guilty. He had forgotten to ask for the name list back then. Even if he hadnât, he wouldnât have been able to ask for it under those circumstances.
âYou!â Cheng Wanli was furious.
Cheng Yong lowered his head in guilt.
âWhat kind of list is it?â Ma Fengzhang asked. âHave you seen the list?â
âItâs an assassination list,â Cheng Yong said. âAt the time, I only saw a portion of it. I donât remember everything. Itâs an assassination list targeting the young talents of Great Xia. The talented martial artists and talented forgers are among themâ¦â
Cheng Yong explained what he remembered.
Ma Fengzhang and Cheng Wanli looked at each other and saw the shock in each otherâs eyes.
If it was just a list of Great Xiaâs elites, they wouldnât be too surprised. However, Cheng Yong said that there were also specific assassination methods.
Just based on what Cheng Yong remembered, the list included preparations done in advance for assassinations, as well as the hidden traitors around those people.
âThe Huben Troops already killed so many traitors this time. I didnât expect there to be so many more hidden ones,â Cheng Wanli muttered.
âThis is unavoidable,â Ma Fengzhang said in a low voice. âDidnât Great Xia also plant many spies in various countries? We wonât be able to get rid of all of them. Even if we kill them all, there will be new spies before long.
âIf what Lieutenant Cheng said is true, many people are in danger. If we canât get the name list, the consequences will be dire.â
Ma Fengzhangâs expression was solemn. There were many talented people in Great Xia. If they had to protect each and every one of them, even if the Great Xia Imperial Court could do it, how much manpower and resources would it take?
But if they left this issue alone, how many elites of Great Xia would die in the hands of their enemies?
To Great Xia, this was absolutely an unbearable loss.
Of course, they could also gather all the famous young talents of Great Xia together to protect them. But if that happened, it would affect the affairs of many of them. Furthermore, for how long would they need to protect them?
The best way was to find the name list and get rid of the traitors on it!
âLieutenant Cheng, let me ask you. Did you see the person who saved you?â Ma Fengzhang asked in a low voice.
Originally, he only wanted to find the mysterious expert out of curiosity, but now, he had to find him.
This list would affect the fate of Great Xia in the next few decades!
âNo.â Cheng Yong shook his head. âThe seniorâs face was covered.â
Ma Fengzhang sighed.?The other party is indeed unwilling to reveal his identity.
It wonât be easy to find this person in the capital.
If such an expert wants to hide his identity, who can easily find him?
âGeneral Cheng, we will split into two groups. The Huben Troops will continue to kill traitors. The Divine Constable Bureau will take action and try our best to protect all the known talents of Great Xia. I will enter the palace now and ask His Majesty for helpââ
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The 0th Workshopâ¦
When Zhou Shu returned, the first batch of forged weapons had already been delivered.
Zhang Yibei, Sixth Brother Wu, and the rest did not disappoint. More than half of them had succeeded.
These Forging Apprentices could only forge once a day. If they succeeded, they would be able to forge a weapon. If they failed, they could only wait for tomorrow.
However, as there were 40 people forging together, if they succeeded once, they could produce 40 weapons.
This was also the benefit of unified forging.
There are two hundred Huben Sabers and one hundred Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Sabers, but not a single Horse Slaying Saber has been forged.
Zhou Shu wasnât too disappointed. The difficulty of forging the Horse Slaying Saber was higher than the first two, so it was normal that they didnât succeed on the first day.
This time, in order to complete the mission, he divided Zhang Yibei and the others into several groups.
Ten of them were in charge of forging Huben Sabers. If they succeeded once a day, they would be able to forge 400 Huben Sabers in a day. Three thousand was no problem.
There were fifteen teams each in charge of the Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Sabers and the Horse Slaying Sabers. The Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Sabers required 1,000, while the Horse Slaying Saber needed 500.
Considering the success rate of forging these two weapons, Zhou Shu had placed most of his manpower on them.
There was still more than half a month left. Based on the current situation, completing the mission wouldnât be difficult.
He put the weapons, as well as the Horse Slaying Sabers he had forged, into the storeroom.
More than half of the Huben Troopsâ sabers have been destroyed. Iâll have to forge another batch to ensure that there will be a hundred Huben Sabers that Iâve forged out there.
Iâm about to max out on the number of Horse Slaying Sabers. I wonder what the next weapon will be. Furthermore, the Horse Slaying Sabers havenât completed any kills yet. I wonder what benefits Iâll get? Will it be a cultivation technique, saber technique, or something else?
Zhou Shuâs heart was full of anticipation as he decided on the next dayâs forging task.
Replace the Huben Sabers and max out the Horse Slaying Sabers!
After returning to his room, Zhou Shu was about to go to bed when he suddenly saw the dirty clothes he had thrown in the corner.
The clothes he wore during the day had been stained with blood when he killed the men in black.
I almost forgot about this!?Zhou Shu smacked his head and pulled out a bloody scroll from the pile of clothes.
Those men in black attacked Cheng Yongâs group for this, right?
Previously, he had conveniently placed this item in his pocket. Afterward, he had forgotten to return it to Cheng Yong. When he changed his clothes, he had casually tossed it here and simply forgot about it.
Out of curiosity, Zhou Shu opened the bloody scroll.
The scroll was made of silk, and the blood on it belonged to Cheng Yong or someone else. It had already been soaked.
He opened it and saw that it was full of words.
âLu Wenshuang, the youngest daughter of the Lu family in Qingzhou of Great Xia. She broke through to the ninth rank at the age of nine, then she advanced one rank a year and became the youngest third-rank Grandmaster in the history of the land at the age of fifteen. There is hope for her to reach the first rank in the future. Ten years ago, Great Wei sent a girl into the Lu family, and she became Lu Wenshuangâs personal maidservantâ¦â
Zhou Shuâs eyelids twitched.?A fifteen-year-old third-rank Grandmaster?
Sun Gongping is only a ninth-rank martial artist at eighteen. How does he have the face to brag about being a genius?
Speaking of which, Lu Wenshuangâs personal servant is from Great Wei?
Zhou Shu had just heard the name of Great Wei not long ago. Great Wei was one of the ten nations on this land and was also an enemy of Great Xia.
They wouldnât be so kind as to send a maidservant to a genius of Great Xia, right?
Zhou Shu continued reading.
âShi Songtao, 28 years old, a genius Forging Master. At 25 years old, he forged a ranked weapon, the Songtao Sword. He became famous in one battleâ¦â
âMi Ziwen, 32 years old, a genius military strategist, suspected to be Meng Baiâs successor. His coachman is the son of the Minister of War of Great Weiâ¦â
ââ¦â
Zhou Shu was shocked as he continued reading.
On this list, it seemed that all the geniuses of Great Xia were recorded.
Whatâs the purpose of the details behind these geniusesâ names?
The son of the Minister of War of Great Wei came to Great Xia to be a coachman?
Why did Great Wei plant so many chess pieces around these geniuses?
Zhou Shu had seen spy movies in his previous life. No matter how dull his reaction was, even he could tell what was going on.
It was obvious that Great Wei had planted spies around these geniuses to deal with them.
The geniuses on this list werenât ordinary people. If they all died, the geniuses in Great Xiaâs would probably be all gone.
âSun Gongping, 18 years old, the son of Great Xiaâs Marquis Weiyuan. His talent in the Martial Dao is outstanding. In order to strengthen his foundation, his father suppressed his cultivation base for five years. Now, he has broken through to the ninth rank and is making rapid progress. Within ten years, he has a chance of reaching the third rankâ¦â
At the end of the list, Zhou Shu saw a familiar name.
Sun Gongping is indeed a genius!
The son of Marquis Weiyuan? The young marquis?
No wonder he knows Yin Wuyou.
Thereâs more?
The words behind were soaked in blood and a little blurry.
Zhou Shu raised it up and carefully examined it for a while before finally seeing what was written on it.
âZhou Shu, 16 years old, the superintendent of a Great Xia Forging Division workshop. From a humble background, he was once a Forging Apprentice in Great Xiaâs Forging Divisionâs 97th Workshop. He independently forged the Huben Saber and created the Hundred Refinements Forging Technique to forge the Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Saber and the Horse Slaying Saber. He was promoted to the superintendent of a workshop by the grand minister of the Forging Division. Suggestion: Kill without delay!â
A bright red cross mark appeared on Zhou Shuâs name. It was a shocking sight!