Chapter 93.

When he said this, Yu Hang’s face became even more confused.

Zhou An didn’t answer, he knew that Yu Hang had a lot more to say behind him.

Yu Hang’s face changed in confusion and entanglement, finally turning into a look of candor.

He poured himself another bowl of wine and drained it in one gulp, wiping it off his mouth.

“He gave me the Water Burial Method and told me that if I wanted to take the merit test, I would have to learn this thing because the Great Chu Kingdom only values the scholars who have stepped through the threshold.”

“Old Zhou, you know, I was especially torn and confused at the time, and I almost went ahead and learned it because I thought that when I stepped through the threshold, I would definitely be reused.”

“But then I read this book over and over a lot, and when I saw the end, I suddenly felt that if I really went to learn it, then I would be ashamed of the Yu Family’s ancestors.”

“This thing hurts heaven and earth, but it’s a good shortcut, it’s very tempting, and I know what Magistrate Chen meant by giving me this thing, he meant that I should take his favor and fall into the same scenario as him, so that I can turn against you.”

Speaking of this, Yu Hang said all his heartfelt thoughts, and finally felt much better.

Zhou An picked up the wine and clinked a glass with Yu Hang, downing the drink, “Luckily you didn’t learn it in the end.”

If this friend of his had learned, he would have had to have a bitter bridge when the time came.

“I would have wanted to give it to you earlier, but then I thought, Chen magistrate is a cunning person, I’m afraid that he has some follow up ploys, now that Chen magistrate is dead, everything returns to dust and earth, and this thing can be taken out.”

Yu Hang laughed.

“When I made the decision not to learn this, my heart was actually still relaxed.”

Life in the world was a flurry of things.

In the red dust, there are too many temptations.

When one walks in this world, one is faced with many choices, not to mention temptations.

When there is a shortcut in front of them, few people will choose to give up.

But like Yu Hang, once he really gave up, his heart was instead incomparably open.

He knew that what he did was a bit stupid, but stupid in a way that made him feel at peace.

“Old Zhou, do you think that in this world, it’s really like what County Magistrate Chen said, that even if ordinary people get a merit, no one will bother to reuse them.” Yu Hang asked.

Zhou An fell into deep thought, this was not the first person to ask him this.

Before this, Ye Frost had also asked this.

Zhou An did not have a particularly precise answer.

Because the word fairness was actually quite heavy.

What exactly was true fairness?

This thing was not a piece of cloth that could be measured out with a ruler.

“Try it and you’ll know.” Zhou An did not give an answer.

Yu Hang took a sip of wine, “Then I will use this imperial examination to try.”

Zhou An nodded.

He felt like a comforter, specializing in enlightening others.

In fact, this thing, right, he himself didn’t want to think about it in detail, thinking about it too much was getting himself into trouble.

But he knew one thing.

Fair or unfair for the moment, but there is a thing in this world, far more important than fairness.

— Fist.

If your fist was hard enough, even if you encountered injustice in the world, you could still open it up with your fist.

“Still have to hurry.” Zhou An thought.

Since he had quit his job now, the time that followed would have to be utilized in every second.

Yu Hang spoke again, “Old Zhou, after I pass the exam, you’ll hang out with me, don’t go into those things anymore, it’s too dangerous, life is most important!”

Zhou An nodded, “Okay, I’ll mix with you when I pass the exam.”

The two of them drank wine and ate food again, until late at night, Yu Hang was already drunk, saying a whole lot of drunken words.

“When I pass the exam, I’ll make the place I’m in charge of prosperous, so that the people can live a good life!”

Yu Hang stood on the street, pointing at the bright moon in the sky, rather like swearing to the moon.

Zhou An was well aware of Yu Hang’s drinking capacity, and before long, Yu Hang fell asleep on the ground.

He dragged Yu Hang into the house and let him sleep in the guest room, and while the night was still young, he began to liver up the Butcher’s Sword Technique again.

The next day.

Yu Hang left, and although his drunkenness had not completely subsided, he was able to move normally and went home to study again.

Zhou An lived according to his previous routine, went out to eat something, chatted with the shopkeeper for a while, and headed to the blacksmith store again.

In the morning, hep fusion casting method, and in the afternoon and evening, he practiced the Butcher’s Sword technique.

The Fusion Casting Method came after the Butcher’s Knife, but since it was a level three skill, it already had a tendency to come later.

After the Fusion Casting Method was level four, Zhou An would be able to fully concentrate on the Butcher’s Knife Method.

As for the other few level four skills, he thought that he would wait until he got the Butchering Knife Method to level five.

After eating breakfast, he came to the entrance of the blacksmith store, and the familiar scene appeared once again.

Inside the blacksmith store, came the angry roar of Blacksmith Zhao.

Not long after, Fat Trader Qi Shuo’s other eye socket also turned black and breathlessly walked out from inside.

Apparently, he had been rewarded with another punch today.

The surrounding guards couldn’t take their eyes off the ground, not a single one of them looked here.

Because they were professionally trained.

Won’t laugh when they shouldn’t, unless they can’t help it.

If you don’t look, you can’t help it.

Although Qi Shuo was kicked out and punched, he still maintained his politeness and arched his hand, “Senior is in a bad mood today, so senior will come back to pay his respects another day.”

“Scram!”

Inside the room, Blacksmith Zhao said one word in a simple and appalling manner.

Qi Shuo became even more helpless and could only turn around and prepare to leave.

It was only just turning around that he happened to bump into Zhou An.

“Greetings brother Zhou An.” Qi Shuo continued to arch his hand.

“Brother Qi is too polite.” Zhou An waved his hand and said.

Qi Shuo was actually quite a smart person.

He knew that Zhou An was able to come twice in a row and still get into the blacksmith store, his status was definitely not ordinary.

Being in their line of work, nothing mattered, the most important thing was to have vision.

There were times when something subtle was what they discovered and then used to get rich.

Especially when it came to human affairs, Qi Shuo was an expert in this area.

Those who were able to enter the blacksmith store twice and came out unscathed, their identity and strength must not be underestimated.

You can’t judge a person by his appearance, and you can’t measure the sea water.

Qi Shuo knew that looking at people was to look within.

“Brother Zhou, are you free? I would like to invite Brother Zhou for a meal.” Qi Shuo asked.

Zhou An shook his head, “Not really free, I’ve been very busy lately.”

He was telling the truth, he really wasn’t free.

Everything that was useless was ruled out first, and livering up his proficiency was the right thing to do.

All those bad things he encountered before were because other people messed with him first, and he had no choice but to settle those people.

There was a saying – I’m afraid of trouble, so I slaughtered the people who brought it.

As for who said it – Wozzie Kishod.

Now that it was so hard to clear his mind, he didn’t want to get into any trouble.

Especially with this businessman in front of him, who wasn’t an oil light at first glance.

Qi Shuo revealed a regretful expression, “Then if you are free in the future, Brother Zhou can come and find me at the Chamber of Commerce in Anding County, which is on the first street east of the Yamen.”

“Next time for sure.” Zhou An said.

Qi Shuo did not say any more and left with his guards.

Zhou An thought about it and pushed the door in, and happened to see Blacksmith Zhao with a gloomy face.

“What’s the matter, you gave someone a slap on the wrist and in turn depressed yourself to the point of depression?”

“He deserves a beating, I’ll beat him again if he comes back!” Blacksmith Zhao said angrily.

“The first time I came here, I spoke nicely but had to make me leave to help him make iron, I couldn’t stand it, so I gave him a punch, and today I still came over, so I can only give him another punch.”

Zhou An stated that it was fine for Blacksmith Zhao to do so.

He didn’t think to say much and grabbed all the time he could to dry proficiency.

Walking over to the slightly smaller anvil, Zhou An began to skillfully tap on it.

Seeing this scene, Blacksmith Zhao asked, “Zhou An, aren’t you curious at all?”

Zhou An did not raise his head as he continued to strike the iron, “What’s there to be curious about, doesn’t he just want to ask you to come out?”

Blacksmith Zhao had a point: “That’s not just asking me to come out, I just realized today that this guy has other plans, not just to build so simple, you know? The imperial court has liberalized the mining.”

Zhou An put the beaten iron bar into the water to quench, and waited for a while before picking it up.

While surveying the lines on the iron bars, Zhou An said.

“External war to raise soldiers, internal prosperity, the imperial court has no problem doing this.”

Indeed there was no problem, liberalizing the mining rights of the mines, there were too many benefits.

“Organized by the Great Chu Kingdom, the Young Generation Casting Dao Competition will begin in half a month.” Blacksmith Zhao continued.

“If you win this competition, not only will you be able to obtain a large amount of wealth, but those with excellent results will also be able to directly enter the court’s smithing supervisor, and my senior brother is one of the hands there.”

The smithing supervisor was a place that the imperial court itself used to build all sorts of weapons.

Not only weapons, but also many other things that could be built were also flowing out from here, which were all used by the court itself.

“It’s true that the Miscellaneous Sect is populous and varied, but our lineage of building is considered to be among the best even in the Miscellaneous Sect.” When Blacksmith Zhao spoke about this, he was quite a bit proud.

Building this kind of thing, within a country, was a discipline that was extremely in demand, so indeed, as Blacksmith Zhao said, it was very much utilized by the imperial court.

Zhou An let out an oh-so-impressed sound and said, “That has nothing to do with me either.”

He was not interested at all, he was not specializing in casting, he was just a liver emperor.

Blacksmith Zhao was anxious, “You just really don’t want to participate?”

Zhou An was about to melt the iron, when he heard this, he put down the iron and solemnly said, “Old Zhao, I know what you’re thinking, but I clearly told you today, I’m really not interested in this.”

He knew what Blacksmith Zhao meant, but he had to make it clear today, otherwise it would be hard to explain later.

It was also the first time that Blacksmith Zhao had seen how solemn Zhou An was and knew that what Zhou An said was true, so he could only sigh.

“Say, what does this kind of big competition have to do with a merchant?” Zhou An said strangely.

A big competition is a big competition, this meaning of Blacksmith Zhao, Qi Shuo seemed to care a lot.

“Hey …… openly saying that I’m being asked to help build things, secretly, I’m actually being asked to go over and teach things.”

Blacksmith Zhao sneered, “The Hengtong Chamber of Commerce isn’t simple, Qi Shuo is even more uncomplicated, it looks like it’s for the mines, but in fact, there are a lot of chained sets in here.”

“Think about it, in a remote place that won’t draw attention, much less arouse the suspicion of other chambers of commerce, he silently trains a young man to participate.”

“Then this young man wins, and also joins the Crafting Supervisor, and the reputation of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce is made, especially since they now want to share in this cup of the mine, it’s a hundred percent beneficial.”

Hearing this, Zhou An sort of understood.

Qi Shuo ran over, not really looking at the mines in Anding County, but wanting to make a splash in this remote place.

With the help of the remoteness of Anding County, to cover up the eyes of others, so as to develop silently.

“The Hengtong Chamber of Commerce really is something.” Zhou An said.

“More than a little something, but in my opinion, as long as you go and participate, these people are not a thing.” Blacksmith Zhao said.

Zhou An laughed: “Old Zhao, don’t praise me, don’t excite me, I really won’t go, okay, let’s not talk about this, I’ll continue to be busy with mine, you also go and be busy with yours.”

Seeing that Zhou An’s mind was made up, Blacksmith Zhao could only sigh and recite several regrets.

Zhou An ignored this and continued to beat the iron.

When the afternoon came, he left and returned home to carve the dough.

“What kind of bullshit big competition, which is as exciting as liver proficiency?”

Zhou An thought prettily as he watched the rise in proficiency.

When it was almost evening, he went to have dinner again and returned home, but he didn’t liver proficiency first.

When Yu Hang gave him the Water Burial Method last night, he didn’t go to see it.

Because he drank a lot of wine and it was too late, he thought about grabbing some time and livering the progress bar for a while.

At this time today, he had just eaten a full meal and should not exercise yet.

Zhou An thought that there was no harm in taking a look at this Water Burial Method.

He was purely curious, but he wouldn’t go and practice this thing, he wouldn’t do this thing of sacrificing the fundamentals for the sake of the end.

He would not do this. If he had the proficiency, why would he still be practicing this?

Isn’t this making himself uncomfortable?

Taking advantage of the candlelight of the oil lamp, Zhou An carefully looked through it, looking very seriously.

He usually like to read something, but it is not suitable to read too long, sometimes it, read an hour, already almost.

After coming to this world, Zhou An didn’t have time to look at it, and had been livering his proficiency.

Today, he treated the Water Burial Method as a novel and read it.

The more he looked down, the more Zhou An felt emotional.

No wonder the Five Elements Burial Sect was exterminated, it was really necessary for a reason.

This thing really hurt heaven and harmony.

It was completely repaired by the lives of others!

It was indeed a shortcut, but it was full of blood and cruelty.

Zhou An planned, after reading it, to burn the book, so as not to plague the earth.

Time gradually passed.

It took about half an hour or so before Zhou An finally finished reading the book.

He was about to get up and burn the book completely when a puff of smoke appeared before his eyes.

The smoke gradually coalesced and became more and more solid in mid-air.

This scene in front of him was too familiar to Zhou An.

Wasn’t this the standard process when triggering proficiency?

Zhou An lowered his head and looked at the Water Burial Method in his hand, suddenly having a moment of clarity.

“I just fucking read a book, and you triggered proficiency for me?”

Before Zhou An could think about it in detail, the words in front of him had gradually become clearer.