Chapter 138.
A big shot?
Hearing these words, Zhou An stroked his chin.
He thought about what other big shots there were in this Tingyun Mansion that could make Zhou Qingyun greet them here.
Nowadays, the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce that Zhou Qingyun was a part of had gained a foothold in the Tingyun Mansion.
The big shots inside the Tingyun Mansion were nothing more than those few, and they were still on good terms with Zhou An.
It shouldn’t be right for Zhou Qingyun to make such a big scene to greet them.
“It should be from outside.” Zhou An thought to himself.
However, these things had nothing to do with him, and he did not want to find out.
Zhou Qingyun froze slightly, “What Lord Zhou means is that he wants some gong methods from people in the line, and doesn’t care if it’s good or bad, as long as it’s on the line?”
Zhou An nodded, “That’s right, just a little bit will do, I don’t care if it’s good or bad.”
Gongfu and techniques were two different schools of thought, and a request like Zhou An’s was normally a Gongfu stream.
And if this gongfu stream was a good gongfu, it was naturally clutched in the hands of the major powers.
But those general gongfa, in fact, were also circulated.
Like these techniques, as long as the use of money will be able to get.
The Hengtong Chamber of Commerce lacked everything but money.
Where Zhou An’s request was concerned, the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce naturally agreed to it, so Zhou Qingyun agreed without hesitation.
“Lord Zhou, tomorrow’s time, I’ll send the items over to you, don’t worry, I’ll do it properly.”
Seeing Zhou Qingyun’s promise, Zhou An didn’t say anything and turned around, ready to leave.
He still had to go back and figure out how he could develop a new scouting skill.
After leaving the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, Zhou An stopped by an outside store for a meal and chatted with the diners around him for a while before slowly pacing towards his home.
There was naturally nothing on the way back.
Zhou An had thought that after returning home, he would be able to allow himself to ponder over it, but he hadn’t expected that on a street not too far from his home, he would still encounter something.
This street was not close to a busy and lively area, so it was slightly desolate, but there were still quite a few people setting up stalls here to sell things.
After all, it was a prefectural level area, even if it was desolate, it was still better than a county level one.
As Zhou An followed this street and prepared to go home, he saw a carriage that was slowly approaching on the street.
The horse that was pulling the carriage looked quite divine, and just the oily and shiny fur alone could tell that this horse was not expensive.
And the carriage was equally eye-catching.
The wood was made of fine wood, and the curtains of the carriage were all excellent silk.
The one driving the carriage was also not an ordinary driver, but a middle-aged man dressed as a jianghu man.
This middle-aged man was carrying a long sword on his waist without a scabbard, and the cold light flashed.
Zhou An had been hanging out in this Tingyun Mansion for so long, and naturally, he knew all about the Tingyun Mansion.
With a carriage like this, even the driver was a good jianghu fighter with notable strength, Zhou An guessed that the identity of the person sitting inside the carriage was definitely not ordinary.
He associated it with the things that Hengtong Chamber of Commerce had encountered and thought that it should be the person that Zhou Qing had received.
Of course, Zhou An didn’t want to get involved in this matter, he just wanted to get down to liver proficiency, so he stood by the street and waited for the carriage to pass.
The carriage slowly drove by and soon went farther and farther away, Zhou An waited until the carriage left and then walked towards his home.
On his side, he went home first, while on the other side, the carriage had already traveled down the street and arrived at the entrance of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.
At this moment, Zhou Qingyun was still waiting, and when he saw the carriage arrive, he hurriedly waved his hand enthusiastically.
The carriage driver drove the horse and quickly arrived at the destination.
Afterward, this middle-aged coachman jumped down from the carriage and took a wooden stool in his hand, placing it underneath the carriage.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a young man around twenty-seven or eighty-eight years old, dressed in silk, dressed in a noble manner, walked down from the carriage, following the wooden stool.
After this young man walked down, Zhou Qingyun immediately greeted him with a smile, his tone extremely warm.
“Zhou Qingyun of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, see His Highness the Third Prince.”
The young man turned his head and lightly glanced at Zhou Qingyun, “Just call me Third Prince outside, this time I did not come here with much fanfare, it is not appropriate to reveal my identity.”
Zhou Qingyun sniffed and nodded knowingly, “Yes, Zhou Qingyun has met the Third Prince.”
Seeing that Zhou Qingyun was so knowledgeable, the Third Prince was satisfied, “I’m also just stopping by to take a look.”
Zhou Qingyun didn’t dare to be slow, and hurriedly welcomed the Third Prince inside.
After going in, naturally, there was no shortage of process routines to receive, eating and drinking.
During the banquet, Zhou Qingyun had also been talking and laughing, sitting beside and accompanying.
In the Great Chu Kingdom, there were a total of three princes, of which the first prince was on the frontier fighting in the sands, preventing the invasion of enemy countries.
The second prince, on the other hand, had been studying under the current Prime Minister, assisting him in his endeavors.
As for the third prince, he was in charge of the various chambers of commerce as well as various transactions in the Great Chu Kingdom.
The three emperors each had their own duties, and there was no one to compete for them.
After all, today’s Da Chu Emperor was in his prime.
The third prince can be said to be the managing figure of all the chambers of commerce, chambers of commerce that want to do business in Da Chu, are subject to the jurisdiction of the third prince.
So this time the Third Prince came over, Zhou Qingyun naturally did not dare to be slow.
At the banquet, the Third Prince put down his wine glass, glanced at Zhou Qingyun and said, seemingly unintentionally.
“This time, your Chamber of Commerce did well in mining, and I heard that you made a lot of money.”
Zhou Qingyun heard this, how could he not know what it meant, and hurriedly said in a low key, “Reporting back to the Third Prince, it is true that we made a lot of money, and we did it in a reasonable and lawful way, and we paid enough in terms of taxes.”
He was only the steward of the Chamber of Commerce of Tingyunfu, and now that he was receiving the Third Prince, he naturally didn’t dare to say a single word indiscriminately, and every word was said carefully.
After hearing Zhou Qingyun’s reply, the Third Prince nodded, “Relax, I came over this time, not to find you to settle any scores, you guys have done well and haven’t done anything bad, so there’s no need to worry about that.”
Zhou Qingyun nodded his head, indicating that he did not dare to think so.
Only then did the Third Prince put down his wine glass and leaned back in his chair, resting the back of his head with his hands as he lightly said, “Where does Zhou An live?”
As these words left his mouth, Zhou Qingyun was slightly stunned, clearly not expecting why Zhou An would be mentioned.
But he did not dare not say anything, so he explained, “Lord Zhou has been living in the house I arranged for him, the location is rather remote, but it was all at Lord Zhou’s own request.”
The Third Prince nodded: “Tell me the location, rest for the night after dinner, tomorrow I’m going to make a trip there and ask for some things along the way.”
Zhou Qingyun was slightly hesitant, “I don’t know what the Third Prince is going to do when he goes to Lord Zhou’s place?”
When he heard the Third Prince say that, he thought that it should be something important and subconsciously asked.
But after asking, Zhou Qingyun instantly sweated and turned pale.
These things, shouldn’t be asked.
He felt the calm gaze of the Third Prince and couldn’t help but bend down, “Little man spoke too much, please punish the Third Prince.”
The Third Prince coldly said, “It’s all been said, call the Third Prince.”
“Yes, Third Prince!” Zhou Qingyun hurriedly changed his words, and by the way, said Zhou An’s address.
The Third Prince gave a hmmm and drank the wine in his cup, “We’ll go back tomorrow, you take me there.”
Zhou Qingyun no longer dared to say more and hurriedly answered.
The Third Prince looked at the cup of fine wine and fell into deep thought.
The next day.
Last night, Zhou An did not have Liver Proficiency.
Now, he was waiting for Zhou Qingyun’s book, and while he had some free time, he was thinking about skills that had to do with detection.
After a night of pondering, not to mention, Zhou An really came up with something.
Detection skills, in fact, the most important thing is to have a good ear and eyesight.
As long as the eyes can see clearly and the ears can hear clearly, then all enemies will have nothing to hide.
Zhou An felt that he had to start working on this aspect.
But the key was that although he had thought of a specific direction, he still didn’t have a clue about the skills related to that direction.
“You can’t just rely on thinking, you still need to read more and ask more questions.” After Zhou An briefly washed up, he planned to put this matter aside for now.
After going out to eat later, he would make a trip to the Zhen Gui Si to see if the Zhen Gui Si could give him a hint.
When the time came, he could just make up an excuse.
Zhou An made his plans, went out for a meal, and then prepared to head to the Zhen Gui Si.
As for Zhou Qingyun’s comment about delivering the book, he would naturally go back when he didn’t see him.
When he went to Zhen Gui Si, he would just go there to pick it up by the way.
On the way to Zhen Gui Si, the journey was uneventful.
Yan Si Fu was still busy with the aftermath, and when he saw Zhou An come, he also temporarily put things down and listened to Zhou An.
“What, brother Zhou is asking how our Zhen Gui Division detects enemies?”
Hearing Zhou An’s statement, Yan Sifu was shocked.
“I thought that Brother Zhou you would be… ……”
The corner of Zhou An’s mouth twitched slightly.
He would be a hammer.
If he knew how, he would have long ago grabbed the Indulgence of Sex and hammered him with a blast.
“Lord Yan, I wonder if you have any methods in this regard?” Zhou An asked.
When Lord Yan saw Zhou An say this, he also knew that Zhou An really did not know, and after contemplating for a moment, he said, “In our Zhen Gui Si, we do have a unique method of detection, but it is a gong method, and it is never to be spread out.”
He was a bit embarrassed.
If the means of detection were to be spread out, when the enemy relied on this specifically for counter-surveillance, it would be the Zhen Gui Division that would suffer.
It wasn’t that Yan Si Fu didn’t trust Zhou An, it was just that this was a hard and fast rule that really couldn’t be passed around.
Otherwise, if the Emperor knew that he had passed it on, ten heads would not be enough.
Zhou An sniffed and already understood.
If this thing was a secret, it really couldn’t be easily told to himself.
After all, one must also consider for the safety of others.
Zhou An felt that one couldn’t make things difficult for others either, no?
“In that case, I will take my leave.”
Without asking for the news he wanted, Zhou An was ready to go back.
Yan Sifu, however, pulled Zhou An back and said, “Brother Zhou, don’t you want to know how His Majesty dealt with this matter after learning about it?”
Zhou An thought for a moment and asked, “How was it handled?”
He was indeed somewhat curious.
This time, the Emperor’s final plan had not changed, and the Compassion God Cult was indeed gone.
Just like what Zhou An had said in the beginning, the Emperor did not care about the process, he only cared about the result, as long as the process was within the tolerable range, the result would not deviate.
Even if you Miao Xiaoxiao scheme monumental, even if you fooled the emperor, for the emperor, it does not matter.
The result would not deviate, the Church of the Compassionate God was destroyed, and the Emperor got what he wanted.
Of course, if the process was learned later, it would be different.
Yan Sifu smiled mysteriously, “After His Majesty learned of it, the dragon’s face was furious, but of course, just like Brother Zhou said at the time, the results did not deviate, so His Majesty’s fire was not too great, but Miaojiang suffered.”
“Oh?” Zhou An became interested, “How?”
“Ten state-level Zhen Gui Si Si states traveled to the Miao Border, and the entire Miao Border was turned upside down, and really found out quite a lot. “Yan Sifu cheerfully said.
“Among them were conniving people, scouts from enemy states, and all sorts of evil forces that were uprooted.”
Zhou An raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.
To be honest, he had truly not expected this outcome.
Miaojiang was located in a remote area, a place where the Zhen Gui Si’s hand couldn’t even reach that far.
But on the contrary, the Emperor had sent more than a dozen Division States of the Zhen Gui Division to go there.
“Then won’t the rear be empty?” Zhou An asked.
More than a dozen state-level handlers, ah, all of them going to the remote Miao Border, wouldn’t that empty out their rear?
If someone took advantage of this opportunity, wouldn’t that make the Zhen Gui Si anxious?
Yan Sifu shook his head, “Of course not, what His Majesty chose, are all states close to the capital, these divisions and states left, and a person came out of the capital to subdue these states.”
“A person that subdued more than a dozen states?” Zhou An was surprised, “That strong?”
Truly, states could be much bigger than prefectures, and at this high level, it would have to be much too big.
But for one person to subdue more than ten states, it was too outrageous.
The most crucial thing was that only one person covered more than ten states, could it be difficult to split up?
Yan Sifu laughed, “The one who came out of the palace, but Eunuch Wei ah, one of the ruthless people who established the Great Chu Kingdom at that time, after Eunuch Wei came out, with the help of the power of the eunuchs in the world, the yin qi covers more than ten states, who dares to mess up?”
Zhou An froze.
He was familiar with this person, Eunuch Wei, and had a long chat at that time, and Eunuch Wei was quite appreciative of him.
He did not expect Eunuch Wei to be so strong!
“Wait!”
Zhou An thought of something and asked, “If Eunuch Wei is so strong, why has he been hiding in the palace?”
Having been so strong, why was he still in the palace, this was a point that Zhou An was puzzled about.
Yan Sifu shook his head and said, “This time, it’s with the power of the eunuchs of the entire Da Chu Kingdom, and it’s not long-lasting, and Eunuch Wei stays in the Imperial Palace to prevent certain curmudgeons of the enemy country from messing things up.”
Hearing this, Zhou An understood.
Although it was with the power of the eunuchs of the Great Chu Kingdom, it was still pretty fierce.
“By the way, brother Zhou, there is also something that has to do with you.” Yan Sifu cheerfully said.
Zhou An originally came to hear a joyful story, not expecting it to be related to himself, and asked suspiciously, “Related to me? What is it?”
Yan Si Fu laughed: “This thing is not reported on it, although some of the details I ignored for you, but your credit I can not dare to ignore, His Majesty is very happy, especially before you in the Yunlai House also do a good job, this time to send people to send you a reward.”
Reward?
When Zhou An heard this, he was happy.
There is such a good thing?
There was a reward, don’t want it for nothing, and it was also something he deserved.
“Alright then, I’ll leave if there’s nothing else.”
Since the matter had been settled, Zhou An did not dawdle and turned around to leave the Zhen Gui Division.
After leaving the Zhen Gui Division, Zhou An thought about it and went to the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.
If Zhou Qingyun had already gotten it done, he could take the book back on his way.
However, it had not occurred to Zhou An that after he arrived, a merchant told him that Zhou Qingyun had already traveled to his home.
Zhou An was also helpless and could only rush towards his home.
From the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce to his home, the journey was uneventful.
When Zhou An arrived at the street where his home was located, he found that the street was already occupied.
At the intersection of the street, a middle-aged man with a long sword at his waist was guarding it.
Zhou An recognized this man as the coachman who drove the carriage in the first place.
The middle-aged man also saw Zhou An and cast his vicissitude gaze over.
The two men glanced at each other.
Zhou An raised an eyebrow, “An expert.”
A person could be sensed from his aura.
On this middle-aged man, there was a layer of killing aura that was faintly lingering.
The middle-aged man spoke, his tone hoarse, “I am not as strong as Lord Zhou.”
Zhou An sniffed and said, “You recognize me?”
The middle-aged man nodded, “I am the Third Prince’s coachman, and the Third Prince is waiting for Lord Zhou inside.”
The Third Prince?
Zhou An’s brows furrowed.
He did not expect that the big shot Zhou Qingyun was talking about was the Third Prince.
If that was the case, it was indeed worthy of the words big shot.
Zhou An stroked his chin and walked towards the alley.
Since he had come, then he would go and take a look, he would like to know what the Third Prince had come to find him for.
Imperial son, the son of the emperor, coming over must not be simple.
The middle-aged man slightly sidestepped and made way.
Soon, Zhou An walked in.
Entering inside the street, Zhou An saw a bunch of people standing at the entrance.
Zhou Qingyun was staying at Zhou An’s door.
Other than that, there were a few guards dressed as ordinary people, as well as an imposing young man.
Seemingly hearing the footsteps, the young man turned his head just in time to see Zhou An, and a smile blossomed on his face.
Zhou An walked over and arched his hand, “Greetings, Third Prince.”
No need to guess, this was the Third Prince.
The Third Prince laughed, “Sir Zhou has kept me waiting.”
Beside him, the corner of Zhou Qingyun’s mouth twitched.
He was not allowed to call the Third Prince, but as a result, you even laughed when someone else, Zhou An, did so instead.
Of course, he did not show it.
“Lord Zhou, these are the books you asked for, I sent them over by the way.”
As a merchant, he knew that bringing the Third Prince over would offend Zhou An, so he brought the books along as a way to minimize the degree of offense.
Zhou An did not see any offense.
It was normal and reasonable.
After all, his relationship with Zhou Qingyun originated from the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.
“I wonder what His Highness, the Third Prince, is calling for this time?” Zhou An asked.
The Third Prince said, “Father has said that Lord Zhou has taken the credit for the battle at the Tingyun Mansion, so he asked me to come over and present Lord Zhou with a reward.”
“I see.” Zhou An understood.
Yan Si Fu’s words about delivering the reward turned out to be the Third Prince coming over to deliver it.
Zhou An looked left and right and did not see where the reward was.
There was nothing here except for a pile of books.
The Third Prince smiled and said, “Sir Zhou, since it is a valuable reward, naturally it cannot be taken out in the open.”
Zhou An understood and opened the door to the room, “Then come in and talk about it.”
Zhou Qingyun was also very perceptive, calling for the book to be placed in the room and leaving the room with his men.
It was obvious that these two were going to talk about something important.
They wouldn’t dare to listen at this time.
These two people, either one of them was not something he, Zhou Qingyun, could offend.
See less, listen less and do more, so that he could live longer.
When he went out, Zhou Qingyun closed the door in his hand.
Zhou An ran a cup of tea and poured it for the Third Prince: “There is no good tea in the humble abode, a little crude tea is all.”
The Third Prince did not care, and picked it up and took a sip, “Regardless of the good tea and coarse tea, it depends on the person who made the tea.”
Zhou An smiled, sat back in his seat, and asked, “Third Prince, I wonder what reward His Majesty has in store?”
After coming in, Zhou An did not stray from his reward in three sentences.
It was true that he did not lack money, but if there was something else, he did not mind putting it away.
The Third Prince also knew what Zhou An was thinking and took out a money bag from his sleeve.
Zhou An had a Level 5 Fusion Casting Method and saw it at a glance.
This money bag, and his own pink money bag, should come from the hand of a single person, that is, the hand of the Capital City’s smithing supervisor, Zhao Blacksmith’s senior uncle, and one of the most powerful of the original blacksmith branch of the Great Chu Kingdom.
As a prince, it was normal to have this, and Zhou An knew that the reward was inside.
As expected, just as Zhou An thought so, the Third Prince reached into his money bag and pulled out a wooden box.
The wooden box was as big as a table and was placed on the ground by the Third Prince.
“Open it and take a look, Lord Zhou.” The Third Prince said.
Zhou An was not polite and opened the wooden chest.
Soon, it revealed what was inside the wooden case.
Inside the wooden case, first was a stack of silver tickets, Zhou An roughly counted them, a lot, enough for a family of people to use for the rest of their lives.
He silently put it away and continued picking at it.
The second item, was a large chunk of ebony ore.
“This is a Cold Iron Crystal, I heard that Lord Zhou has something built from Cold Iron Ore, this Cold Iron Crystal given by Father is better than Cold Iron Ore.” The Third Prince explained.
Zhou An touched it and realized that the Cold Iron Crystal had more coldness.
With his casting skills, he was naturally able to tell if it was good or bad.
Zhou An silently put it away and continued to look down.
The third item was a porcelain bottle.
Zhou An opened the porcelain vase and immediately revealed a look of surprise.
Inside were three small thumb-sized pills.
With his current fifth level Healing Compassion Pulse, he was surprised that he could only discern some of the skin.
He could tell that this bottle of elixir had an extremely strong recovery ability.
The Third Prince laughed and said, “Decaying Wood Rebirth Pill, this pill can heal even a half-dead person in an instant, even in the Great Chu Kingdom, there are only ten of them a year.”
Zhou An nodded and silently collected it, saying, “His Majesty’s reward, it’s a bit heavy.”
The Silver Ticket was good, the Cold Iron Crystal was good, but only this Decaying Wood Rebirth Dan was too expensive.
Zhou An knew that there was no time for pies to fall from this sky, and for anything, there was a price to pay.
Since such a heavy reward was given, there were bound to be other requirements.
As soon as Zhou An finished this sentence, the Third Prince spoke.
“Father has said that you have gotten a lot of credit this time, and there are no other requirements for these rewards.”
This sentence exited, but it was out of Zhou An’s expectation.
No other requirements?
He was somewhat confused.
The Third Prince explained, “This Rebirth of Decaying Wood Pill was actually begged for by Eunuch Wei on behalf of Lord Zhou, and Eunuch Wei also asked me to convey a message to Lord Zhou.”
Eunuch Wei?
Zhou An stroked his chin.
If that was the case, then everything made sense.
When he was in Yunlai Mansion, Eunuch Wei was quite appreciative of him, so if it was Eunuch Wei who begged for it, then it would be normal.
“What does Eunuch Wei have to say?” Zhou An asked.
The Third Prince put away his smile, “Eunuch Wei said, Lord Zhou did a good job, to protect the people, treat no one with mercy, as long as you are right, despite the fight and kill is, everything has his pocket, of course, Eunuch Wei also said, if you can’t beat it, then it can’t be, he will not step in to help you.”
Zhou An: “……”
To be honest, he was truly surprised that Eunuch Wei was so rigid.
This meant that as long as it was right and didn’t conflict with Eunuch Wei’s three views, Eunuch Wei would take the bull by the horns?
The third prince saw Zhou An’s meaning and said, “Eunuch Wei in the past, was cynical and hateful, at that time, when the Great Chu State was established, a big official in the capital city was forcibly robbing the people’s women on the street, and when Eunuch Wei found out about it, he split this official into pieces on the street.”
“Alas …… Wei Gong Gong this character, but also and his encounter related to the early childhood will be bitter, was adopted by a farming family, seen the old dynasty of corruption, naturally so, there is a saying that, experienced suffering, the more they aspire to the light Well, Wei Gong Gong often said that he could not see the light of this life, let the people see. ”
The corner of Zhou An’s mouth twitched.
If this is the case, then there is really no problem.
Of course, Wei Gonggong followed up to add words, meaning that if we can’t fight, don’t want to let him help, at most, is to give him a bottom.
This is also enough.
“Go on, drink tea.” Zhou An poured the tea full for the Third Prince.
When the Third Prince saw this scene, he smiled bitterly and said, “Lord Zhou is preparing to give away his guest.”
There was a rule for drinking tea, if one filled it up for someone, it meant sending off the guest.
Zhou An did not say anything, but the meaning was obvious.
You’ve finished delivering things and I’m not inviting you to dinner, so you can go back.
Zhou An always felt that the Third Prince was by no means as simple as just delivering something.
Of course, with words having been said, Zhou An raised his hand.
“Third Prince, please take the trouble to make a trip, let’s get straight to the point.”
The Third Prince understood that Zhou An was not one to beat around the bush, and after organizing his words, he said, “Lord Zhou, I’m just here to mix things up.”
Zhou An frowned, this kind of statement was unexpected.
The Third Prince stood up, “Let’s go, Lord Zhou, there’s nothing more on my side.”
Zhou An thought about it and similarly stood up.
If you don’t want to talk about it, just forget about it and save yourself the trouble instead.
Sent all the way to the door, the Third Prince thanked Zhou An for continuing to see him off and excused himself.
Only after the Third Prince and the others had left did Zhou An return to his room and put all the items inside into the pink money bag.
The Decaying Wood Rebirth Pill and Silver Ticket were put away, as for the Cold Iron Crystals, Zhou An planned to change the equipment on his body again.
The book Zhou Qingyun sent over was put aside, Zhou An didn’t bother with it.
He intended to build things first.
Thinking about this, Zhou An turned around and entered the backyard, where there was a building place Zhou Qingyun had specially prepared for him.
Not long after, the clanking and clanking of the building sounds rang out.
Dark night, moonless.
The Third Prince walked down the street, followed by the middle-aged swordsman behind him.
Zhou Qingyun had already returned to the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, while the Third Prince intended to leave the Tingyun Mansion.
The middle-aged swordsman did not say a word.
“Who is stronger between you and Zhou An?” The Third Prince asked.
The middle-aged swordsman pondered for a moment and said, “My subordinate’s sword only kills people, and I don’t know the outcome when it comes to a life and death battle.”
The Third Prince was surprised and said, “You are already first class and you still don’t know the outcome, how is this possible?”
The middle-aged swordsman shook his head and said, “Zhou An has swords, pots and pans, bizarre and strange stances, and other means, Your Highness, in a battle of life and death, the realm is not the only thing, especially for technique masters, kung fu masters are good at improving, technique masters are difficult to improve, but top technique masters can cut up against the odds.”
The Third Prince fell into deep thought.
The middle-aged swordsman began to remain silent again.
The Third Prince turned around and said, “I know you want to know, want to understand why I didn’t talk to Zhou An.”
The middle-aged swordsman shook his head, “No, I don’t want to know, I only have this sword, and in my mind, I’ve already played thousands of moves with Zhou An.”
The corners of the Third Prince’s mouth twitched, “You want to know, you tell me, you want to know, I have to say it!”
The middle-aged swordsman’s gaze was calm, “Alright, I want to know.”
Looking at this perfunctory reply, the Third Prince didn’t care.
“This is the first time we’ve met, it wouldn’t be reasonable to mention anything else, this is to mix things up, in order to meet in the future, to lay a foundation first.” The Third Prince finally said it, getting comfortable.
The middle-aged swordsman calmly said, “Your Highness, you are wrong.”
The Third Prince froze, unsure.
The middle-aged swordsman continued, “I think it’s the same if you say it now, and later.”
The Third Prince shook his head, not wanting to dwell more on this issue.
The choice, he made, he would not turn back.
“By the way, besides Zhou An, what else is of interest to you?” The Third Prince asked again.
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and narrated, “The ninth disciple of the State Master, Ye Frost, suddenly had an epiphany a few days ago and reached first class, the future Dao Son of the Dao Sect, I want to cross paths.”
“Also, it is said that in a county, there is a young scholarly magistrate who had an epiphany in the process of governing and broke through to the second class, when he reaches the first class, I also want to try.”
“The one I want to try the most is Zhou An.”
The Third Prince listened and nodded, “None of them are allowed to try.”
The middle-aged swordsman was dumbfounded.
Seeing this scene, the Third Prince laughed and moved away.
Time gradually passed.
The following day.
When the first light of the morning shone down, Zhou An looked at the long swords, pots and soft armor on the iron furnace, his heart soothed.
These things, all of which he had built with Cold Iron Crystals, were stronger than Cold Iron Ore.
Each piece of equipment, bubbled with cold air visible to the naked eye.
“From now on, I’ll call you Cold Crystal Knives, Cold Crystal Pots, and Cold Crystal Soft Armor.”
A certain someone Zhou who was very bad at naming and unwilling to reveal his name thought.
After naming them, Zhou An put the soft armor on his body and put the knife and pot into the pink money bag before nodding in satisfaction.
He turned his gaze to the pile of books next to him again, picking up one of them and finding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
“Now, first liver read a hundred scrolls, then slowly think about the detection skill.”
After making up his mind, Zhou An took out a lineage book and began to excerpt from it.
Proficiency, went up.
“Indeed!”
Zhou An had a smile on his face.
He felt that Full Skill Level 5, was not far away.