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So what?" Zhou Shu said indifferently. "Tang Mao'er wants connate divine weapons to resist the demonic beasts. I only hate myself for not having the ability to help you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked for any forging materials."

Zhou Shu said righteously, "It doesn't matter if I lose a little if I can help with resisting the invasion of the demonic beasts."

Tang Mao'er was touched by his straightforwardness.

"I was wrong about you in the past. I apologize. You're indeed our fellow comrade," Tang Mao'er said seriously. "It's settled then. I'll provide the forging materials myself. Two times the forging materials for a connate divine weapon!"

"Wait!" Zheng Yongtai shouted. "Tang Mao'er, why can't you be more steady? The matter hasn't been settled yet!"

"Didn't we already agree on the price?" Tang Mao'er asked.

"That's only the general price. Can a custom-made connate divine weapon have the same price as any other connate divine weapon?" Zheng Yongtai said resentfully.

"Can connate divine weapons forged by different forgers have the same strength?

"Also, if the forging fails even with twice as many forging materials, who will bear the loss? Forging isn't as simple as you think!"

Zheng Yongtai didn't expect Zhou Shu to be willing to accept such a low price. It made him panic.

He was also very envious of a big order of a hundred connate divine weapons. If he could accept this order, how many benefits would he get?

Previously, he was just probing Tang Mao'er. In addition, he wasn't sure if he was joking about the one hundred connate divine weapons.

Now that he was sure that Tang Mao'er was serious, how could he not be anxious?

Tang Mao'er cupped his hands at Zhou Shu. "Brother Zhou, what do you say?"

"I just said that although I'm weak, I'm willing to contribute to resisting the demonic beasts," Zhou Shu said seriously. "Whether it's a customized connate divine weapon or something else, the price will be double the forging materials.

"If the forging still fails with double the forging materials, I'll bear all the losses, and I promise to hand over the connate divine weapon to you."

"This is against the rules!" Zheng Yongtai shouted. "Besides, if the forging fails, how are you going to forge the weapon? Do you have that many forging materials?"

Zhou Shu glanced at Zheng Yongtai. "Brother Zheng, since you've said that, I'll broaden your horizons."

It had to be said that these people from the grotto-heavens might have very high cultivations and might not be young, but maybe because they grew up in the grotto-heavens, their way of thinking was too simple.

Zhou Shu waved his hand, and a pile of forging materials appeared in front of them.

Zhou Shu clasped his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Do you think these forging materials are enough?"

Zheng Yongtai's and Tang Mao'er's eyes widened again.

Gulp—

Zheng Yongtai gulped. Damn it. You already have so many forging materials, yet you're still snatching business from me?

For the sake of the business of a mere hundred connate divine weapons, you can even accept twice the amount of forging materials as the price. Why are you doing this?

How shameless!

Zheng Yongtai cursed in his heart.

Zhou Shu smiled. "Brother Zheng, do you still suspect me?"

Wasn't it just a price war? Zhou Shu was familiar with it. If you want to snatch business from me, your Sima Grotto-Heaven won't have it easy.

"Tang Mao'er, if the forging materials you have are not suitable, I can lend them to you first. After all, war can't wait. The earlier the soldiers use connate divine weapons, the higher their chances of winning when fighting demonic beasts.

"Tang Mao'er, although our Ten Nations have meager strength, we are duty-bound to resist the demonic beasts. This is my sincerity

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Before Zhou Shu finished speaking, Zheng Yongtai was already cursing in his heart.

If you want to contribute to resisting demonic beasts, why don't you provide connate divine weapons for free?

How can someone like you be considered weak?

You can defeat Tang Mao'er with one move.

Zheng Yongtai was depressed that he had lost an opportunity, but Tang Mao'er looked at Zhou Shu with a touched expression. "Brother Zhou, from now on, you're my brother!"

Zhou Shu was speechless. It's just business. Don't talk about friendship with me. If you talk about friendship, won't I have to give you a discount?

Even if you want to be competitive, you can't do this. Zheng Yongtai's eyes were green.

"Tang Mao'er, let's get back to business. Do you have any requirements for the connate divine weapons you want?" Zhou Shu said. "Or rather, who are you planning to give the connate divine weapons to? You can ask them to come over and tell me."

"Brother Zhou, are you trying to say that you can forge any connate divine weapon?" Zheng Yongtai narrowed his eyes angrily.

"Of course," Zhou Shu said matter-of-factly.

Zheng Yongtai laughed loudly. "There are countless types of weapons. No matter how talented a forger is, it's already very rare for him to be proficient in one or two types in his life. How dare you say that you can forge any kind of connate divine weapon? Tang Mao'er, I think he might be a fraud!"

"What a joke. Just because you can't do it yourself, it doesn't mean others can't." Zhou Shu sneered. "I thought you people who came from grotto-heavens were all knowledgeable. I didn't expect you to be so superficial."

Zheng Yongtai shuddered and suddenly realized that Zhou Shu was a ruthless person who could fight. Wasn't he asking for a beating by talking about him like this in front of him? "Brother Zhou, I'm not targeting you. I'm just stating a fact."

"I know." Zhou Shu waved his hand. "Alright, Brother Zheng, this has nothing to do with you. This is between me and Tang Mao'er. Shouldn't you leave?"

"Tang Mao'er is my brother. I have to help him," Zheng Yongtai said.

Zhou Shu rolled his eyes, ignored him, and looked at Tang Mao'er instead.

Tang Mao'er pondered for a moment and said, "I want connate divine weapons to equip an elite army. The goal is to resist demonic beasts, so the lethality of the connate divine weapons must be high enough."

"Then, the saber is more suitable." Zhou Shu nodded. "But it's best to customize connate divine weapons according to people. You can bring your soldiers over. I'll forge a weapon for each of them."

"Well… I haven't recruited anyone yet," Tang Mao'er said embarrassedly.

Zhou Shu: "…"

"Alright. Come find me when you've recruited someone," Zhou Shu said. "At the price I just mentioned, I will forge a hundred connate divine weapons for you."

Buzz—

Before Zhou Shu could finish speaking, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and looked in a direction.

The air rippled like water, and then a bronze chariot slowly drove out of the air.

The bronze chariot was dozens of feet long and had dragons and phoenixes carved on its surface. It looked more like a palace than a chariot.

At this moment, Zheng Yongtai and Tang Mao'er also turned to look, their faces filled with surprise.

"It's my uncle," Tang Mao'er said.

"His uncle is the superintendent of the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven, Tang Qianluo," Zheng Yongtai added.

Just as the two of them finished speaking, they saw the bronze chariot, or rather, the door of the bronze palace open. A male voice came from inside. "I heard that Great Qin's Side-by-side King is here. Please come in."

Zhou Shu's heart skipped a beat. He's here to look for me?

The title Tang Qianluo used for Zhou Shu was quite interesting. This was Great Qin's territory, and he called Zhou Shu the Side-by-side King of Great Qin. Zhou Shu wondered what his intention was.

"Uncle, Zhou Shu is my brother. Don't make things difficult for him!" Tang Mao'er suddenly shouted.

"Impudent!" Tang Qianluo's berating voice came from the palace. "Tang Tang, you're really becoming more and more unruly! King Zhou's status is respected. How can you call him your brother?!"

Zhou Shu glanced at Tang Mao'er. Only now did he know that Tang Mao'er's name was Tang Tang.

With a smile, Zhou Shu patted Tang Mao'er, or rather, Tang Tang's shoulder and stepped forward.

With a step, Zhou Shu arrived at the entrance of the bronze palace. The next step was to enter.

With Zhou Shu's current cultivation, even if it was a tiger's den, he dared to take the risk.

Tang Qianluo's attitude didn't scare him.

After stepping through the door, Zhou Shu felt the door behind him close with a bang. He looked up.

The interior of this bronze palace was several times larger than the outside, and the decorations were extremely luxurious.

But there were only two people in the hall. One was a middle-aged man sitting in the middle, and Zhou Shu actually knew the other person!

It was Tang Shiliu, who had appeared on the battlefield and blocked several Demon Kings during the previous battle.

Now, Tang Shiliu stood behind the middle-aged man like a guard.

Obviously, this middle-aged man was the person in charge of the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven, Tang Mao'er's uncle, Tang Qianluo.

Although the name was a little feminine, Tang Qianluo didn't look feminine at all. As he sat there, the aura of a superior assaulted Zhou Shu. Just by looking at his appearance, he looked more authoritative than the emperors of the various nations.735 Transaction with the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven, Rejection (2)

Tang Qianluo patted the armrest of his chair and said loudly, "I've heard a lot about you, King Zhou. You're indeed a dragon among men, a young hero."

"Senior Tang, you flatter me." Zhou Shu didn't know how to address Tang Qianluo, so he could only address him as senior.

"What can I do for you, Senior Tang?"

Although Zhou Shu had thought of negotiating with the higher-ups of these grotto-heavens, he didn't expect Tang Qianluo to come so quickly and find him directly.

!!

Logically speaking, even if the higher-ups of these grotto-heavens wanted to talk to someone, they should go to the emperors of the Ten Nations.

"King Zhou, please sit," Tang Qianluo said unhurriedly. He raised his hand and beckoned, and a chair automatically flew behind Zhou Shu.

His every move was without any aura, like an immortal.

Zhou Shu's expression didn't change as he sat down.

This bronze palace was not bad, but it was just not bad. It was inferior to his Lingxiao Treasure Palace.

After Zhou Shu sat down, Tang Qianluo slowly said, "I came this time to discuss a transaction with you, King Zhou."

"A transaction?" Zhou Shu was a little surprised. He had just discussed one with Tang Mao'er, and then the head of the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven came to discuss another with him?

The problem was that this was the first time he had met Tang Qianluo. What kind of transaction could they have?

Although Zhou Shu wouldn't belittle himself, he wouldn't be arrogant.

These grotto-heavens had been passed down for ten thousand years and had a deep foundation. Zhou Shu didn't think that he could be on equal footing with them.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that Zhou Shu was probably only at the level worthy of interacting with Tang Mao'er, Zheng Yongtai, and the other juniors. Tang Qianluo, the head of a grotto-heaven, had a much higher cultivation and status than Zhou Shu.

To be honest, even the Great Qin emperor and Emperor Yuan Feng were inferior to existences like Tang Qianluo.

It had to be said that the greatest impact of the appearance of the grotto-heavens was the change in status.

A grotto-heaven was comparable to a powerful nation. They would choose how to interact with the various nations. The initiative was completely not with the various nations but with the grotto-heavens.

This was determined by strength. Even Zhou Shu couldn't do anything about it.

Tang Qianluo was not the master of the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven. But if the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven was a nation, he would be the emperor of the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven. The master of the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven should be the god of the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven.

No matter what, Tang Qianluo's status was definitely extraordinary.

"May I know what transaction Senior Tang wants to make with me?" Zhou Shu looked at Tang Qianluo.

Tang Qianluo smiled. "King Zhou, you made storms in the Demon Realm, and you have helped us humans vent our anger."

"I was just trying to survive. Senior Tang, just say what you have to say," Zhou Shu said.

In the Demon Realm, although he had made storms, the whole army had almost been completely wiped out in the end. To Zhou Shu, this was not a glorious thing.

Tang Qianluo was speechless and smiled. "King Zhou, you are a straightforward person. In that case, I won't beat around the bush.

"King Zhou, you should have a Divine Stone. I wonder if you can give it up? Also, I want to buy a batch of the forging materials you obtained in the Demon Realm.

"As for the price, I will definitely satisfy you. I have some gold, silver, and jewelry."

The smile on Tang Qianluo's face was perfect.

Zhou Shu frowned.

He indeed had a Divine Stone in his hand. Ji Lutian had handed it to Zhou Shu through Cao Chenyang and the others.

Not many people knew about this. How did Tang Qianluo know?

As for the forging materials he had obtained in the Demon Realm, it wasn't too much of a secret.

Zhou Shu pondered for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry, Senior Tang. I still have use for the Divine Stone. I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it to you."

Divine Stones were the key to the existence of inner worlds in connate divine weapons. Even now, Zhou Shu wasn't very sure how Divine Stones came about. Back at the Demon Realm Ancestral Court, Bai Qianqian had once said that they were refined from the heavens.

Although Zhou Shu didn't understand the specific process, it was obvious that Divine Stones were definitely extraordinary.

Now, Tang Qianluo's reaction proved this.

If it was an ordinary forging material, was it worth him, the head of a grotto-heaven, personally appearing?

Tang Qianluo wanted to use gold, silver, and jewelry to exchange for the Divine Stone. He was bullying him for his ignorance.

Displeasure flashed across Tang Qianluo's eyes. "Maybe I didn't express myself clearly.

"King Zhou, the Divine Stone is related to the plan to resist the demonic beasts. It's useless for you to keep it. Give it to me. My Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven won't mistreat you."

Zhou Shu sneered in his heart. Are you trying to take the moral high ground?

The Divine Stone is related to the plan to resist demonic beasts?

So what?

Then, should I give you the Divine Stone?

Do you really think I'm a three-year-old child?

"Senior Tang, I will not shrink from resisting the demonic beasts. But this Divine Stone is really useful to me," Zhou Shu said seriously. "To be honest with you, Senior Tang, I've already used the Divine Stone to forge—"

"Impossible!" Tang Qianluo interrupted Zhou Shu. "King Zhou, if you think that my grotto-heaven has been in seclusion for many years and knows nothing about the outside world, you're wrong.

"King Zhou, I know about you. With your current cultivation, you can't use the Divine Stone."

Zhou Shu looked at Tang Qianluo. This isn't going according to plan.

I was just looking for an excuse to reject you. Why did you take it seriously?

Don't you know that the truth hurts?

Zhou Shu looked at Tang Qianluo. "Senior Tang, I'm not selling the Divine Stone."

Tang Qianluo frowned slightly. "King Zhou, I've given you enough face by coming personally. Do you want to reconsider?"

If the soft approach doesn't work, is he going to use the hard approach? Zhou Shu had nothing to be afraid of. Although a grotto-heaven was strong, he wasn't a pushover.

"Senior Tang, since you've investigated me, you should know the origin of the Divine Stone I have," Zhou Shu asked solemnly.

"Of course." Tang Qianluo nodded.

Zhou Shu was stunned. Not many people knew about the Divine Stone. Where did Tang Qianluo find out?

"I obtained the Divine Stone from Ji Lutian. Senior Tang, if you need Divine Stones, why don't you look for him? He might have other Divine Stones," Zhou Shu continued. "As for the Divine Stone in my hand, I won't sell it."

"You want to use Ji Lutian to suppress me?" Tang Qianluo snorted coldly. An invisible aura spread out, and the temperature in the entire palace seemed to drop by a few degrees.

"Senior Tang, why do you say that?" Five towering mountains appeared in Zhou Shu's mind. He circulated the spiritual essence in his body and activated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art. His expression didn't change as he said, "I'm just telling you another way to obtain Divine Stones.

"Since it's a transaction, I can naturally choose not to sell it. Senior Tang, are you planning to use your power to suppress me?"

Zhou Shu looked at Tang Qianluo without any intention of backing down.

Tang Qianluo stared straight into Zhou Shu's eyes. After a long while, he laughed loudly. "As expected of the person chosen by Ji Lutian, you're really a young talent!

"Since you're unwilling to part with it, I won't make things difficult for you. Let's forget about this matter."

Zhou Shu rejected the translation with the Divine Stone, and Tang Qianluo no longer mentioned the other forging materials. It was as if he didn't care about the other forging materials at all.

After exchanging a few more words with Zhou Shu, Tang Qianluo directly opened the door and sent him off.

Just as Zhou Shu stepped out of the bronze palace, he heard a bang behind him. When he turned around, the bronze palace had already disappeared.

Tang Mao'er flew over and said nervously, "Brother Zhou, why did my uncle look for you?"

He had asked to purchase connate divine weapons from Zhou Shu privately. The military funds were not for him to do this.

"It's nothing." Zhou Shu had a thoughtful expression on his face as he shook his head. "Tang Mao'er, I still have something to do. When you need to forge connate divine weapons later, just bring people and materials to look for me. We'll meet again!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Shu had already turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the horizon. The direction he disappeared in was toward Great Qin's capital.736 Ji Lutian's Origin, Dealing with the Great Change (1)

Great Qin's capital…

The Qin emperor was sitting cross-legged, his pale face flushed.

He had already taken the Essence Cleansing Pill that Zhou Shu had given to Xu Shi, and Xu Shi had sent someone to deliver it as quickly as possible.

It had to be said that the Essence Cleansing Pill was indeed very effective for the Qin emperor.

Great Qin's imperial cauldron had shattered, and the Qin emperor had been implicated. Now, he had lost more than half of his cultivation, and the meridians in his body were almost torn apart.

If not for the Essence Cleansing Pill, even if he could wake up in this life, he would probably be useless in the future.

But the Essence Cleansing Pill had the effect of a complete transformation and could treat the Qin emperor's injuries.

Of course, it was impossible for him to recover his first-rank Martial Dao cultivation. He would have to cultivate it back himself in the future.

The Qin emperor was already satisfied with the current effect. After all, he had already been prepared to die.

Suddenly, the Qin emperor opened his eyes and shouted, "Who is it?!"

A breeze blew past, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

"You've lost most of your cultivation, yet you still have such sharp senses. Qin Emperor, with your aptitude, even if you cultivated step by step back then, you could have still become a first-rank martial artist. Why did you take a shortcut and use the imperial cauldron?" Zhou Shu looked at the Qin emperor.

"So, it's you." The Qin emperor heaved a sigh of relief. He and Zhou Shu had only met a few times, and the process of their previous meeting was not very pleasant.

But when he saw Zhou Shu, the Qin emperor felt an inexplicable sense of security. He didn't know where this feeling came from.

"I didn't expect you to really return from the Demon Realm," the Qin emperor said.

"I didn't expect it either," Zhou Shu said. "Qin Emperor, I didn't come to chat with you."

"I know. There's nothing to chat about between you and me," the Qin emperor said. "Tell me. Why are you looking for me? I owe you my life now. If there's anything you need, just tell me. If I can do it, I won't decline."

Without Zhou Shu's Essence Cleansing Pill, the Qin emperor would have been useless in the future. With his pride, it was impossible for him to accept such an outcome. In the end, he would have just killed himself.

Therefore, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that he owed Zhou Shu his life.

"You're exaggerating. I just came over to ask you something." Zhou Shu shook his head. "Do you still remember Ji Lutian?"

"You want to know about Ji Lutian?" The Qin emperor understood. How could he not remember Ji Lutian?

Speaking of which, the destruction of Great Qin's imperial cauldron was related to Ji Lutian.

If not for Ji Lutian's plan a hundred years ago, Great Qin's imperial cauldron wouldn't have been damaged in the first place. If Great Qin's imperial cauldron hadn't been damaged, it wouldn't have shattered under the attacks of the demonic beasts.

If Great Qin's imperial cauldron hadn't shattered, he wouldn't have been injured.

But then again, without Ji Lutian's plan back then, it wouldn't have been so easy for the Qin emperor to become the number one person in the Ten Nations.

"Yes." Zhou Shu nodded. "I think you should know what happened in front of the barrier between the two worlds. You know Ji Lutian better than me. I want to know his true origin!"

Now, anyone with a discerning eye wouldn't believe that Ji Lutian was just the Great Qin forger Ji Lutian. Or rather, Ji Lutian already wasn't an ordinary person back then.

"I know." The Qin emperor nodded. "Ji Lutian's cultivation back then had already surpassed the first rank of the Martial Dao. If not for this, why would Great Qin have bet on an opportunity with the destiny of a nation?

"Actually, when we chose to cooperate with Ji Lutian back then, Great Qin already thought of the possibility of failure.

"You are the Side-by-side King of Great Qin. You are qualified to know about Ji Lutian."

As the Qin emperor spoke, he slowly stood up. "Follow me."

The Qin emperor emphasized that Zhou Shu was Great Qin's Side-by-side King to convince himself.

After all, everything about Ji Lutian was a secret of the Great Qin imperial family. A hundred years later, only the Qin emperor knew the truth of this secret.

Even Xu Shi and the officials of Great Qin only knew the modified story.

The Qin emperor walked in front of a wall and swiped his hand across it. With a rustling sound, the wall parted, revealing a dark hole.

The Qin emperor gestured to Zhou Shu and walked in.

Zhou Shu didn't hesitate and followed the Qin emperor in.

After walking down hundreds of steps, Zhou Shu's eyes lit up. He found that they had arrived at an underground space.

The space was not big, only four or five steps long and wide. On the walls, there was a row of priceless night pearls. Other than these things, there was only a table and a chair in the middle of the space. On the table were a few thick books.

"This is all the information related to Ji Lutian that the Great Qin imperial family has." The Qin emperor pointed at the books on the table. "Ever since the late emperor met Ji Lutian, we've been secretly investigating his background. Although we've gained something, we haven't gained much.

"You can read it yourself. You might find what you need.

"But I advise you not to get your hopes up. Ji Lutian is not an ordinary person. He might have deliberately let me obtain this information."

The Qin emperor was a sensible person. He knew about Ji Lutian's mysteriousness from the beginning, but in order to become stronger, he chose to take the risk.

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Zhou Shu nodded. He had come to find the Qin emperor only to try his luck. After all, Ji Lutian was missing. Even if he could find him, Ji Lutian might not tell him anything.

Now, Zhou Shu realized that almost everything was related to Ji Lutian.

The Divine Stone had attracted the covetous eyes of the Xu Ling Grotto-Heaven. Zhou Shu didn't believe that Ji Lutian had been forced to hand over the information about the Divine Stone to them.

Ji Lutian was not an ordinary person. How could he not know the value of the Divine Stone?

In addition, Ji Lutian had asked Yao Yi to give him the forging legacy of the Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain. Not long ago, Tang Qianluo had said that he was chosen by Ji Lutian. These things made Zhou Shu extremely puzzled.

It was precisely because of this that he was in a hurry to leave the front line and come to Great Qin's capital to find the Qin emperor.

Since he couldn't find Ji Lutian now, he would investigate his background first!

Zhou Shu didn't mind the Qin emperor's presence. He sat on a chair and began to flip through the thick stack of information on the table.

Great Qin's intelligence bureau was very powerful. They had investigated Ji Lutian's eighteen generations of ancestors clearly.

From his birth to where he learned his forging techniques, when he became a forger, and when he revealed his talents in the Great Qin Imperial Court, almost everything was recorded in detail.

But the more Zhou Shu looked, the more he frowned.

He looked up at the Qin emperor.

The Qin emperor's expression was very calm as he said, "This is the result of two generations of Great Qin's investigation. I can guarantee that there's definitely nothing wrong with this investigation.

"On the surface, Ji Lutian's background is clean, and we are able to trace his every step."

"Then, why are you suspicious of him?" Zhou Shu frowned.

"It can't be considered suspicious," the Qin emperor said. "Ji Lutian didn't hide his extraordinariness from my father from the beginning. Otherwise, my father wouldn't have cooperated with his plan.

"He revealed his cultivation that surpassed the first rank of the Martial Dao in front of my father. At the time, he directly said that he didn't do this to help Great Qin but for another purpose.

"It's just that he didn't say what his motive was."

"So, you've investigated for so many years and found nothing?" Zhou Shu frowned. What was the point of hiding a pile of useless information in a secret chamber?

"Why don't you read these first?" The Qin emperor pointed at the remaining books that Zhou Shu had yet to read.

Zhou Shu was puzzled, but he still took the books and flipped through them.

Zhou Shu's expression changed slightly.

The next moment, he quickly flipped through the pages.

After more than two hours, Zhou Shu finally finished flipping through the last book. Then he raised his head and looked at the Qin emperor.

The Qin emperor's expression was solemn as he slowly said, "Great Qin has investigated for a hundred years, and we have finally found something.

"This isn't the first time Ji Lutian has appeared in the thousand years of Great Qin's history."

"Even the establishment of Great Qin is related to Ji Lutian," Zhou Shu said in a low voice. "This can only mean that Ji Lutian has lived long enough…"

"Of course he has lived long enough," the Qin emperor said with a serious expression. "That's not the most important problem. You should be able to tell that Ji Lutian is from the Heavenly Mountain Villa!

"Or rather, he's the master of the Heavenly Mountain Villa and the person in charge of the ranking of the Armament Manual."

The information that Great Qin had spent a hundred years collecting was extremely detailed after being screened and classified by professional intelligence personnel.

Zhou Shu didn't doubt the authenticity of this information, nor did he doubt the level of Great Qin's intelligence personnel.

But even if Ji Lutian was really the master of the Heavenly Mountain Villa, there was nothing strange about it. It still couldn't resolve the doubts in his heart.

Ji Lutian's background was definitely not ordinary. There was no doubt about it. Moreover, from the previous situation, Zheng Sanguang of the Sima Grotto-Heaven should know him.

Otherwise, even though Ji Lutian was seriously injured at the time, it would be impossible for Zheng Sanguang to bring him away.

Now that they knew that Ji Lutian was the master of the Heavenly Mountain Villa, it was just another identity. They still knew nothing about the origin of the Heavenly Mountain Villa.

"He's already mysterious enough. Even adding the identity of the master of the Heavenly Mountain Villa won't change anything," Zhou Shu said solemnly. "What I want to know is his true origin and his true goal."

"I'm afraid only he knows." The Qin emperor shook his head. "I even suspect that he deliberately let us find out about him.

"Otherwise, with how meticulous he is, it's impossible for him to leave any clues."

Zhou Shu nodded. He had personally experienced Ji Lutian's schemes.

He sighed. With Ji Lutian's style, it was unlikely that he would leave any flaws. He had thought too well. It seemed that it was impossible to obtain any useful information in Great Qin.

If he wanted to know the truth, he could only wait until he met Ji Lutian in the future or think of a way…

Zhou Shu suddenly thought of something. "Qin emperor, before Ji Lutian went to the Demon Realm, he was an official in Great Qin for many years. Didn't he have any wives, concubines, or children?"

The Qin emperor shook his head. "Back then, he was obsessed with forging and didn't get close to women. Everyone in Great Qin knows this."

"Did he leave anything behind? Blood or hair or something?" Zhou Shu continued asking.

The Qin emperor didn't say anything. He looked at Zhou Shu with a strange expression.

Zhou Shu was also a little embarrassed. It sounded a little strange to ask for a man's blood and hair. It sounded like a pervert.

But if he wanted to use the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique, he could only use these mediums.

Other than the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique, Zhou Shu couldn't think of a better way to understand Ji Lutian's secrets.

"How do you know that Great Qin kept these things? Could it be that you also know witchcraft?" the Qin emperor asked.

Zhou Shu was stunned. There's witchcraft in this world?

But after hearing the Qin emperor's explanation, Zhou Shu suddenly understood. The witchcraft he mentioned was different from the witchcraft on Earth in his previous life.

What the Qin emperor was talking about should be curse techniques that could curse others through a medium.

It seemed that Great Qin didn't trust Ji Lutian completely back then.

A smile appeared on Zhou Shu's face. "Qin emperor, if you've really preserved Ji Lutian's hair or blood essence back then, perhaps we will know Ji Lutian's true goal."

What Tang Qianluo had said about Zhou Shu being chosen by Ji Lutian made Zhou Shu feel uneasy. He didn't know what this so-called chosen meant. In order to figure this out, he would rather endure the pain of using the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique.

As for being chosen by Ji Lutian, Zhou Shu even thought of the Legendary Armament Canon!

Ji Lutian's background was mysterious, and Zhou Shu's was not much different.

He came from another world, which was the deepest secret in his heart. He had never told anyone about it. The Legendary Armament Canon was also his biggest secret.

At the thought that this might be related to Ji Lutian, Zhou Shu felt his hair stand on end.

Therefore, no matter the price, he had to figure this out!

"Back then, just in case, my father thought of a way to obtain a drop of Ji Lutian's blood essence and saved it with a secret technique," the Qin emperor said solemnly.

The Qin emperor hesitated. "But Ji Lutian is mysterious and unpredictable, and his cultivation is extremely high. Moreover, he hasn't shown any obvious hostility to us now, so there's no need for us to do anything to him."

"You've misunderstood." Zhou Shu shook his head. "I don't want to deal with Ji Lutian. I just want to figure out his goal. Qin Emperor, the world is probably going to change drastically. Our Ten Nations should be prepared in advance.

"Even if they're not our enemies, knowing ourselves and the other side will at least put us in an invincible position. Don't you think so?"