Chapter 156.

“What words? If Eunuch Qian has something to say, just say it, there’s no need to hide it between us.” Zhou An naturally pulled the two together.

Although there was Eunuch Wei in front of him, and Eunuch Qian was treating himself very well, but as a human being, one could not engage in any condescending posturing.

The more times like this, the more you make yourself seem approachable, and it also improves your impression in other people’s minds.

As expected, Eunuch Qian revealed a comfortable smile after hearing Zhou An say this.

Even though he was old, it was kinda strange that there was kindness within this smile.

Eunuch Qian whispered, “Eunuch Wei said that the book Yuan Qingyi gave you, don’t ever try to learn it, just follow your own path.”

Which book was given, Eunuch Qian didn’t say it, in fact, he didn’t know that it was a psychic elixir.

After all, the Eight Extreme Techniques well, it is a very secret thing, Eunuch Wei gave him a book.

Zhou An was clear on what it was, and he nodded his head, indicating that he knew.

As for why he said that, he didn’t speculate, after all, he really wouldn’t be learning this book himself.

With proficiency in place, everything else was at his fingertips, so why bother learning other books?

There was no need for even the Eight Extreme Skills, one only needed a good liver.

After Eunuch Qian told Zhou An this, he said, “Since that’s the case, I’ll leave first, there are still a lot of things I need to do in the capital.”

If it wasn’t for Eunuch Wei’s intention, there was really no need for him to come for this holy decree.

Zhou An nodded, “I’ll see Eunuch Qian off.”

Eunuch Qian quickly waved his hand, “No, no, Lord Zhou, just busy yourself, when the time comes, we will be departing soon, we still need to take care of things over here, I will just go alone.”

The words have been said to this point, Zhou An also did not continue to send on, just watched Eunuch Qian leave before returning to the room, continuing to liver up the fusion casting method.

As for what was written on the imperial decree, he would just start within three days.

It was better to grab a little bit of this time and liver up his proficiency for a while.

After all, the Fusion Casting Method was something that was hard to liver down while on the road, and there were no materials or places for him to liver.

Time passed in the blink of an eye.

In these few days, Zhou An’s Fusion Casting Method had improved a bit, and in this recent period of time, he also had some social engagements.

The most intuitive ones were the various chambers of commerce.

These chambers of commerce knew that Zhou An was going to Maplewood State to serve as the Craftsmanship Supervisor of Maplewood State, so they all came to send gifts to Zhou An.

The things they sent were all expensive items.

After all, these chambers of commerce have stores not only in Tingyunfu, but other places as well, just the difference between big and small.

Zhou Qingyun was the head of the Tingyunfu Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, during which he invited Zhou An to several meals, and even wanted to invite Zhou An to go to a hookah place to listen to a little song, but Zhou An refused.

Of course, the acceptance was quite a lot.

In addition to the Chamber of Commerce, there were other people who came over to visit.

The Order of the House of Xu and the House of Yan were the ones who came the most frequently.

Between a few people, they had also experienced some battles, and had even experienced the bizarre battle at Moon River, so naturally, their relationship did not need to be described.

Now that they heard that Zhou An was leaving, the three of them naturally had a meal together.

Among them, Xu Fu Ling was the most turbulent.

From the very beginning when Zhou An arrived, he looked down on Zhou An, to finally being bowled over by Zhou An, he had gone through many things.

Now that Zhou An was about to leave Tingyun Mansion, there was naturally a sigh of relief.

In addition to these two, it was his group of subordinates in the Crafting Supervisor.

These subordinates looked very sad on the surface, but were actually quite happy inside.

After all, Zhou An was here, they were all very afraid, and everyone knew Zhou An’s temper.

As long as he was in the Crafting Supervisor for a day, these few people were living in fear.

Zhou An naturally received them one by one and did not have any stance.

Just like this, it was until the third day.

Zhou An packed all the things that should be packed, the important ones into the pink money bag.

The unimportant ones were wrapped in a bundle and carried behind his back before he pushed open the door.

On the street, a carriage was already parked there.

On the carriage sat a middle-aged driver.

This was arranged by the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, just like when they left from An Ding County, there were naturally people to help Zhou An with these things.

This was the benefit of having a background.

The coachman was a middle-aged man who looked honest, but Zhou An saw at a glance that the other party was a man of the trade.

Because this car driver did not have the slightest concealment.

When Zhou An walked to the front, the coachman got down from the carriage, took out a stool and put it down, and helped Zhou An up.

Zhou An didn’t need to be helped either, but the coachman didn’t dare to slack off in the slightest.

“You are also in the trade?” Zhou An asked after getting on the carriage.

At this time, the coachman just happened to sit up and prepare to drive his horse away.

After hearing Zhou An speak, the coachman smiled and responded, “That’s right, Lord Zhou, I am also a member of the trade, a branch within the trade of coachman, called a coachman.”

“The name Cart Driver is quite straightforward.” Zhou An said.

The coachman raised the horsewhip in his hand, “This branch of the coachman does not need to fight, and does not have much fighting ability, we are the ones who drive the carts, which is quite fast, and at that time, when our Da Chu Kingdom was founded, it also acted as a transportation role.”

“Lord Zhou, when you came from Anding County, there was no such trade there in Anding County at all, but it’s different now, with me driving the car, we’ll be able to reach Fenglin Prefecture in less than three days.”

Fenglin Prefecture was quite far from Quite Cloud Province.

In fact, Fenglin Prefecture also governed Tingyun Prefecture, but it was still quite a distance if you really wanted to get there.

However, it was different when there was a person in the line driving, and it was an exclusive person in the line, so this was naturally very fast.

“Thank you.”

Zhou An nodded without another word and sat back in the carriage, closing the door of the carriage behind him.

At this point, the coachman then drove the carriage and slowly left the Tingyun Mansion.

While inside the Tingyun Mansion, it was natural that one could not use the means of the traveling crowd.

Once out of the Tingyun Mansion, the coachman raised the horsewhip even higher.

Moreover, on the horsewhip, there was a layer of air wrapping around it.

After the horsewhip landed on the horses, the air wrapped the carriage all the way around.

The carriage became incomparably light.

And the horse in front of it, pulling it was also easier, and the speed started to get faster.

Zhou An sat in the carriage and felt it go from bumpy to smooth, lifting the curtain to take a look, naturally seeing the essence of each.

“Sure enough, every person in the line has his role to play.” Zhou An thought to himself.

The coachman watched from the front as Zhou An opened the curtain of the carriage and hurriedly smiled, “Sir Zhou, you can squint for a while, and when we arrive at the post, I will let Sir Zhou out to rest.”

Zhou An lowered the curtain and said a word of thanks before returning to the carriage, closing his eyes in contemplation.

The carriage drifted farther and farther away, speeding along the leveled official road.

Zhou An, on the other hand, was lying down inside the carriage and faking sleep.

A day and a half had passed like this, and half of the journey had passed.

In the middle, when they were at the two post stations, they also rested for a while and replenished water and food before setting off again.

Today’s sky was not so good, and there was a light drizzle outside.

Luckily, the driver was wearing rainproof clothes, and it didn’t affect his driving on the road.

The ground was muddy, but the carriage driver’s trade was unaffected.

The carriage was moving forward, but at this time, the speed of the traveling gradually became slower.

Zhou An had been resting inside the carriage and frowned when he felt the carriage’s speed slowing down.

“It’s only been a short while since I came out of the stagecoach, there’s no need to go back to the stagecoach to rest now.”

After thinking about it, he opened the curtain of the carriage just in time to see the driver bring the carriage to a stop.

“What’s wrong?” Zhou An asked.

The coachman looked at the official road in front of him, and a touch of gravity appeared in his eyes, “Lord Zhou, it’s the dart walkers who are here.”

“Dart walkers? People in the trade?” Zhou An asked.

The driver nodded and said, “Dart walkers are a type of people in the trade, they are actually the ones who run the dart board, but this dart board has many branches, some of them are yang dart walkers, and some of them are yin dart walkers.”

“It’s okay to talk about the ones who walk the Yang dart, if you meet the ones who walk the Yin dart, then there are rules.”

“What rules?” Zhou An pondered.

The driver organized his language and explained, “Those who walk Yin Dart, what they transport, are not ordinary items, but all sorts of dangerous things, and the road they walk is not the road that ordinary people walk on, but a very special kind of life and death road.”

“This road is between life and death, it is extremely difficult to be discovered, so it is also difficult to find, but the road of life and death will bump into all sorts of horrors, among which there is weirdness.”

“Strange, how could someone who walks the Yin Dart take the official road?”

The coachman was puzzled.

As the words fell, Zhou An saw something special ahead.

Not far ahead, a group of dart walkers were approaching.

It was just that the appearance of this group of dart walkers was different from the ordinary ones.

Each of them was holding a white streamer in their hands, while with the other hand, they were constantly sprinkling yellow paper money towards the sky.

This group of dart walkers had different looks, but one thing they had in common was that their faces were as pale as paper.

On their cheeks, there were also red marks, as if they were wearing blush.

And in the middle of this group of dart walkers, there were four people who were carrying a coffin.

The coffin was blood red, as if it had been poured with blood, while above the coffin, it was covered with yellow paper money.

When the coachman saw this scene, he immediately said in surprise, ”Weird! This group of dart walkers should have encountered the bizarre on the road of life and death, and then after they died, they became bizarre!”

As a carter, the carter had naturally encountered all sorts of strange and bizarre things on his way to the car, so he had some insight at this time.

Zhou An similarly felt it out.

This group of dart walkers had long since stopped being human.

Just at this time, the team of dart walkers who were constantly scattering paper money and holding white streamers, stopped.

They turned their heads and with gloomy eyes, looked at Zhou An.

The eerie coldness went straight to the heart, as if it was like ice.

Zhou An thought for a moment, reached into his pocket and fished out the Cold Crystal Blade, straight away.

“Since it’s bizarre, there’s no need to keep it.”

The auburn-colored blade light was like a dragon scroll, decapitating all of the dart walkers.

The bodies of the dart walkers turned into fragments, and then, into flying dust in the sky.

But next, when Zhou An’s knife landed on the coffin, the blood on the coffin suddenly swelled up, forming a barrier around it.

After the ebony-blue colored blade light entered it, it was like a clay ox entering the sea, without the slightest movement.

“Corrosive? Nothing more than that.”

Zhou An swung out his blade light, and naturally, he could feel that the blood was corroding his ebony-blue blade light.

But it had no effect on him.

With a movement of the air within Zhou An’s body, the flesh and blood barrier in front of him was immediately churned into rubble by the blade light.

Along with that coffin, it turned into ashes.

After being turned into ashes, the place where the coffin was placed was empty.

“Catch the road and depart.” Zhou An put away his sword and returned it to its sheath, not even bothering to look at what was in the coffin.

The coldness disappeared, and everything seemed as if nothing had happened.

The coachman swallowed and nodded stiffly.

He knew that it was the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce’s intention to send Lord Zhou over this time.

But he really didn’t expect that Lord Zhou was so strong.

“Don’t look, don’t listen, don’t think.” The coachman recited in his mind, then continued to drive the carriage.

Zhou An, on the other hand, lowered the curtains of the carriage and continued to sit in the carriage, closing his eyes and faking sleep.

The carriage began to move, speeding towards the Maple Forest State.

Zhou An, who was sitting inside the carriage, opened his eyes at this time and looked at the shadows in the carriage.

In the shadows, a human face emerged.

The woman in black looked at Zhou An with a numb gaze and opened her mouth.

In mid-air, a drop of blood suddenly coalesced.

This blood bead carried a bizarre aura and was sucked into the black-clothed woman’s mouth.

Zhou An raised an eyebrow, “This blood bead seems to be similar to the group of weirdness just now.”

When the blood bead was inhaled into the black-clothed woman’s mouth, the black-clothed woman furrowed her brows, her gaze was still dull, but it seemed to have such a glimmer of divine splendor.

However, this glimmer was only a flash, once again resuming its original numbness.

Zhou An’s pink money bag vibrated slightly, and the Clear Heart Grass came into play.

The woman in black once again disappeared.

“Was it that after I decapitated Creepy just now, this woman condensed some of Creepy’s essence?” Zhou An Xin thought in his mind.

Then, he made up his mind that this time, when he traveled to the Maple Forest State, he would hurry to check out that information to supplement his shortcomings of weak basic knowledge.

Then he would find out a way to solve this woman, otherwise it would be like a time bomb if he kept it by his side.

Even the weirdness could be cohesively absorbed, the woman in black must not come from a small source.

The carriage continued traveling.

This encounter with the dart walker was just an interlude, and then no other unusual things happened.

After the carriage had traveled for another day and a half, it finally arrived at the Maple Forest State.

“Lord Zhou, we have arrived, you can get off now.” The coachman spoke from outside the carriage.

When the carriage stopped, Zhou An lifted the curtain and looked at the bustling streets outside.

The street was more than twice as wide as the Tingyun Mansion, the ground was paved with good floor tiles, and the houses on both sides of the street were larger than the Tingyun Mansion, both in terms of shape and size.

There were still traders on both sides, but the clothes on these traders were also much better than the people of Tingyunfu.

The state was naturally bigger than the Mansion.

After Zhou An got down from the carriage, he stepped on a stool and stood on the stone brick paved ground, surveying the house in front of him.

The house was large, and at a glance, a feeling of grandeur came over the room.

Above the house, there was a plaque with the words Hengtong Chamber of Commerce written on it.

And at the entrance, there was already a chubby merchant standing there, anxiously waiting.

The merchant was dressed in a damask and silk suit, looking very rich, with a kind smile on his face, as if he had this expression on anyone.

Just from the merchant’s face, one could tell four words – Harmony breeds wealth.

When Zhou An got down from the carriage, this chubby merchant also spotted Zhou An and immediately greeted him with a smile.

“My name is Meng Jiang, I’ve met Lord Zhou, I’m the steward of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce in this Maple Forest State, in the future, if Lord Zhou has any matters, you can talk to me.”

Zhou An nodded and smiled, “I will have to rely on Brother Meng to take care of me in this Fenglin Prefecture in the future.”

Simple politeness was needed.

Hearing Zhou An speak like this, Meng Jiang hurriedly waved his hand and said, “It’s only right for the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce to entrust Lord Zhou with their care, Lord Zhou has had a hard journey, I’ve already hosted a banquet in the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce to welcome Lord Zhou.”

Zhou An really didn’t eat anything on this journey, so he also followed Meng Jiang’s arrangement and entered the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.

After going in, he realized that it was quite large inside as well, with extremely luxurious d茅cor everywhere.

And in one room, there was a round table set up at the moment, with dishes that Zhou An could not recognize.

Just from the surface alone, the word expensive stood out.

At this moment, when Zhou An was introduced to the seat by Meng Jiang, some merchants from the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce immediately walked in and sat on the round table.

Meng Jiang began to introduce Zhou An one by one, and Zhou An responded with a smile.

This meal was eaten for nearly half an hour before Zhou An declined Meng Jiang’s invitation to listen to music at the Hooked Fence on the grounds that he still had things to do.

“Little Liu, you take Lord Zhou to the mansion where he lives.” Meng Jiang was also a very understanding person, and knowing that Zhou An had something to do, he had one of the little boys, take Zhou An away from the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.

The boy then brought Zhou An to a secluded street.

This street was indeed quite secluded, but in the middle of this street, there was a particularly luxurious mansion with the word Zhou Mansion written on it.

“Sir Zhou, we understand that you like seclusion, so we have placed the mansion here for you, and there are things in it that you have used before, including the pool, and the place for smithing.” Xiao Liu was also a man of understanding, walking along while introducing.

Zhou An nodded, feeling that this Hengtong Chamber of Commerce was indeed doing things in an honorable enough manner.

When he was brought to the house, Xiao Liu also knew that he couldn’t say more at this time, or else he would spoil Lord Zhou’s mood, so he directly took his leave.

Zhou An wandered around the mansion and realized that it was incredibly large, but it was a bit of a shame to only live by himself.

Of course, the cleanliness was indeed clean enough, and there was everything, even the house where it was built, there was also a large amount of iron material, which made it convenient for one’s liver to fuse the casting method.

After strolling around, Zhou An put away some of the miscellaneous items, and then walked towards the Maple Forest State Crafting Supervisor.

He was new to the area, so of course he didn’t know the location, but it was fine to have a mouth on this matter.

After asking a few people, Zhou An arrived at the location of the Crafting Supervisor.

Since he was going to sit in this position, of course he had to come over.

This Crafting Supervisor was a lot bigger than the Tingyun Mansion.

When Zhou An pushed the door in, he happened to see busy people inside.

And there were also much more people here than in the Tingyun Mansion, about a dozen of them.

Zhou An came in and naturally drew attention.

A middle-aged man who was directing the others hesitated slightly when he saw Zhou An, then came forward and said with an arch of his hand, “Is it Lord Zhou?”

“You recognize me?” Zhou An said.

The middle-aged man hurriedly nodded his head, “According to His Majesty’s imperial decree, Lord Zhou should be the most recent arrival, and no one comes to our Crafting Supervisor on weekdays, so naturally, I was able to guess Lord Zhou’s identity.”

Zhou An nodded, “What is your name?”

The middle-aged man replied, “My name is Zhao Dehai, before Lord Zhou came, it was always my subordinate who put this place in charge.”

Zhou An hmmmed, “Take me around here to get a feel for the situation.”

Zhao Dehai didn’t dare to refuse and led Zhou An to stroll around inside.

Soon, Zhou An familiarized himself with all these people.

The subordinates of the Crafting Supervisor were all called with one mouthful of Lord Zhou.

After Zhou An sat on his exclusive seat, Zhao Dehai took out several books and placed them in front of Zhou An.

These books were all bound with thread, and what was recorded on them were the various matters regarding minerals as well as craftsmanship in Maple Forest State.

Each and every matter was specifically recorded.

Compared to the Tingyun Mansion, the crafting supervisors here were no longer the touchy-feely kind.

Zhou An nodded and casually flipped through it.

After reading through it, Zhou An spent nearly half an hour.

During this time, Zhao Dehai waited by the side until Zhou An finished reading before asking, “Is there anything that needs to be changed, Sir Zhou?”

Zhou An shook his head, “There’s nothing that needs to be changed, you’ve done a good job.”

Indeed there was no need, just follow the process and continue on.

The current Crafting Supervisor, the framework of operation was also very mature.

“In the future, if there are things that cannot be dealt with, go to the place where I live and look for me.” Zhou An said an address.

Zhao Dehai hurriedly agreed, indicating that he knew: “By the way, Lord Zhou, there’s one more thing, the Secretary State of our Maple Forest Prefecture’s Zhen Gui Division said that if Lord Zhou arrives, go over there, there’s something temporarily stored in the Zhen Gui Division at his place, and he needs Lord Zhou to go over there to pick it up.”

“Something, what is it?” Zhou An asked.

Zhao Dehai hurriedly said, “It seems to be some books, and it’s quite secret, so only Lord Zhou can go over there personally.”

Hearing this, Zhou An’s mind dawned, “I see, I’ll go over now.”

These books, naturally, were the books that the Emperor had promised, books that had knowledge about this world.

It was also a deal with the emperor in the beginning.

Now that he had a rough understanding of the Crafting Supervisor, Zhou An did not intend to stay for long, and after saying a few more words, he left the door and headed towards the Zhen Gui Si.

From the Crafting Supervisor to the Zhen Gui Si, the road was quite long, coupled with the fact that Maple Forest Prefecture was much larger than Tingyun Prefecture, so Zhou An traveled quite a bit of time before arriving at his destination.

In the Maple Forest Prefecture, the Zhen Gui Division was naturally larger than the Tingyun Prefecture as well, and the members of the Zhen Gui Division who came and went were similarly in a hurry, with a busy appearance.

When Zhou An stepped inside the Zhen Gui Division, a few members immediately walked up.

“Greetings, Lord Zhou.” The leading Zhen Gui Division member had a serious expression.

Zhou An raised an eyebrow, “It seems that my reputation is somewhat known in your area.”

Zhou An felt that it was normal for the members of the Zhen Gui Division to recognize him, as the Zhen Gui Divisions were all connected, and much of their intelligence was also connected.

Regarding the things he had gotten himself into in the Tingyun Mansion, perhaps many people in the Jianghu did not know about it, but the Zhen Gui Si should know about it.

Even if he had talked to Yan Si Fu in the beginning to simplify some of the processes, the final credit was not something that could be erased.

“It’s hard not to have our Zhen Gui Division members admire Lord Zhou’s various achievements in the Tingyun Mansion in the first place.” The members of the Zhen Gui Division were also very knowledgeable and spoke in a pleasing manner.

Zhou An exchanged pleasantries before getting straight to the point: “I would like to look for your lord.”

The Zhen Gui Si member hurriedly pointed to the location of the stairs, “My lord said that as long as Lord Zhou comes over, just go straight up to the second floor and find the southernmost room, he is waiting there.”

Zhou An clasped his fists, “Thanks a lot.”

After saying that, he headed to the stairway.

Following the stairs, he went straight up to the second floor.

The second floor was a bit smaller than the first floor, but it was much more spacious as there were quite a few less members of the Town Guile Division here.

Remembering what the members of the Town Guile Division on the first floor had said, Zhou An came to a room in the southernmost part of the room.

This room was much larger than the surrounding area, and at the moment, the door was open, and inside sat a thin middle-aged man.

Saying that it was lean was actually considered a compliment.

This middle-aged man didn’t have any meat on his body, and looked like a bamboo pole.

If the Tingyun Mansion’s Yan Sifu was fat like a ball, then this middle-aged man was the ultimate contrast.

Zhou An’s arrival naturally drew attention.

The middle-aged man who was as thin as a bamboo pole raised his head, a smile on his face as he pointed to the seat next to him.

“Lord Zhou is here, wait a little bit, I still have some official business to deal with on my side.”

Zhou An also knew that the people of the Zhen Gui Si were all very busy, so he did not disturb.

He sat aside and poured himself a cup of tea.

The middle-aged skinny man was not trying to make things difficult for Zhou An, but was really working.

When Zhou An sat down, he earnestly looked through various books as well as some secret envelopes.

Throughout the entire process, there was not a single word exchanged.

The middle-aged thin man was concentrating as if he was the only one left around.

About two columns of incense had passed before he placed a letter into the envelope, and immediately afterward, called in a member of the Zhen Gui Si.

“Distribute these letters one after another, remember, implement them into the hands of every Prefecture-level Town Guile Division, this is next month’s work, make sure they don’t get sloppy.”

The members of the Town Guile Division accepted the thick envelopes, nodded, and excused themselves and left.

It was at this time that the middle-aged thin man stood up from his position and waddled over to Zhou An.

Zhou An looked at this appearance, fearing that a gust of wind would blow him away.

“Please bear with me, Lord Zhou, I was indeed too busy just now, my name is Hou Yuan, I am the Secretary State of the Maple Forest State.” Hou Si Zhou arched his hand and said.

“Lord Hou is overthinking it, I am the one who came to disturb.” Zhou An said politely, Hou Si Zhou hurriedly waved his hand, at this time, he also poured himself a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp.

It couldn’t be helped, many things in Maplewood State needed to be done personally, if there were some places that were not done well, the resulting omissions would easily cause a chain of events that would cause a bad impact.

Si Zhou was already considered a high ranking official in the Great Chu Kingdom.

Don’t forget, when the Compulsion God Cult was first created, it was brought down by a dozen or so Si Zhous.

That’s why when it comes to their position, they must be careful with every single thing.

In case a big mistake was made, everything could not be undone at that time.

Zhou An put down his teacup, “I came over this time because I heard that Lord Hou has something for me.”

Hou Sizhou then slapped his head, “Sorry, Lord Zhou, I was too busy just now, I almost forgot about this, wait for me.”

With that, Hou Si Zhou got up and walked to a room inside.

Not long after, he was holding a huge box and walked out.

The box was more than a meter tall, and the whole thing was black in color, so if it wasn’t a person in the line of work, it would look like he couldn’t hold it.

Hou Sizhou placed the box in front of Zhou An, and then, Zhou An saw the lock on the box.

The lock was exquisite, and at a glance, it was not a mortal object.

Surprisingly, there were no holes on it.

Zhou An, however, could see clearly that what was inside, if not opened through this lock, would be directly destroyed.

As for the way to open it, it should be with one’s own blood.

Don’t ask him how he knew, this lock, along with the box, was made of pure iron, that is, it was built.

He had a level 5 Fusion Casting Method, reading this was simply effortless.

“Lord Zhou, no one can open these things, you’re the hand of the Crafting Supervisor, you should know it well, so I’m kind of handing it over to you in one piece now.” Hou Sizhou said.

Zhou An nodded and did not open this box in front of Hou Si Zhou, instead, he hugged the box up, “Lord Hou, I won’t stay long, after all, you still have things to do, in the future when I’m free, I’ll ask Lord Hou to come out for a meal.”

Hou Si Zhou nodded and agreed.

Zhou An was now eager to understand what was in here, and did not stay long, leaving there.

After leaving the Zhen Gui Si, holding such a large iron box, there were naturally quite a few people looking over, but Zhou An ignored them.

Without stopping along the way, he returned to his home.

Only after he closed the door to his room did he come to the side of the iron box.

Zhou An took out his Cold Crystal Knife, pricked his finger and dripped blood onto it.

Although this operation was vulgar, that was how it was done.

Zhou An couldn’t do anything about it.

When the blood dripped onto the lock, the lock immediately melted and disappeared without a trace.

Zhou An opened the box and inside was a box full of books.

Each book was folded for him and even had categories on it.

“Your Majesty does do things very meticulously indeed.” Zhou An looked at the books divided into categories and sighed.

Tonight, he had wanted to liver a while on the Fusion Casting Method, but looking at these books, his heart itched again.

Especially since there was a woman in black inside his shadow, this made him even more relieved.

“I’ll first look for any books on curses.” Thinking of this, Zhou An started rummaging around.

After a bit of rummaging, he really found information related to curses.

But it was very little information, just this one book.

But for the current Zhou An, even a few words were quite important.

Thinking of this, Zhou An patiently flipped through it.

The book was only half a finger thick, and with Zhou An’s speed, he naturally read it very quickly.

When he finished reading the entire book in its entirety, he already had a sketch inside.

This book didn’t have too much complicated content, it was mainly about what the curse actually was.

When Yuan Qingyi said earlier that curses were bizarre, he was actually only referring to the woman in black in his shadow alone as bizarre.

There were many curses that were not bizarre.

Curses were complicated and needed to go through many ways before they could be formed.

And the simple ones, that were really simple.

Especially seeing this simple method, Zhou An already had a guess.

“The next skill, it’s you, isn’t it.”