1423 Peak Strength, Xuan Ming Black Emperor (2)
“That’s not true.” Shi Songtao shook his head. “They’re not stupid. On the contrary, they’re very shrewd.

“You saw how much they left behind, but compared to a truly powerful grotto-heaven divine weapon, they still profited.

“To martial artists, a powerful grotto-heaven divine weapon can only be chanced upon by luck. If not for the current situation, it would be impossible for them to ask the pavilion master to forge a grotto-heaven divine weapon for them.

“Apart from the pavilion master, no one else in the world can help them upgrade their grotto-heaven divine weapons.

“Now, they only have to pay some forging materials to obtain a powerful grotto-heaven divine weapon. If it were me, I would do the same. Even if they know that we’ve asked for extra forging materials, they will still continue to supply them.”

In fact, although the Huaxia Pavilion had obtained a batch of forging materials, which was equivalent to Lin Kedi and Mu Letian losing all their gains from the ancestral land and taking more from the Gou Mang Heavenly Kingdom, the one who had really suffered a loss was still the Huaxia Pavilion.

However, the Huaxia Pavilion didn’t suffer a loss on the surface.

With Zhou Shu’s status and forging skills, under normal circumstances, if someone wanted to ask him to forge a grotto-heaven divine weapon, they would definitely have to pay more than this.

To put it bluntly, it was equivalent to Zhou Shu lowering his status to help them.

When Lin Kedi and Mu Letian tried to find someone to help them upgrade their grotto-heaven divine weapons in the Gou Mang Heavenly Kingdom, no forgers paid attention to them.

Of course, speaking of which, it was never certain who was the one who suffered a loss or who was the one who took advantage of others.

…

In the Eight Views Palace, Zhou Shu was sitting cross-legged.

His aura flickered.

During this period of time, he had been consuming the power accumulated in his body to forge grotto-heaven divine weapons.

Even so, he still felt overwhelmed.

The Legendary Armament Canon had rewarded him with too much power, so much so that Zhou Shu had a feeling of indigestion.

If not for the fact that he had been desperately forging grotto-heaven divine weapons and expending a portion of his strength, Zhou Shu might really have suffered from having too much power.

Being injured by the soaring power in his body was probably something that had only happened to Zhou Shu throughout the ages.

Whoosh!

Zhou Shu suddenly opened his eyes and exhaled. A ten-foot-long stream of white air shot out like an arrow and dissipated into the air.

Zhou Shu sighed. Finally, I don’t have to worry about exploding from the increase in strength.

Who would have thought that Zhou Shu would encounter such danger during the war between the two worlds?

Previously, if the war hadn’t ended, he didn’t know what would have happened to him. He might have really been stuffed to death by the soaring power.

Speaking of which, this was also a flaw of the Legendary Armament Canon.

It wouldn’t stop giving rewards just because his body couldn’t withstand it.

As long as the weapons that Zhou Shu personally forged were used to kill, the Legendary Armament Canon would reward him.

Moreover, almost all his cultivation techniques had reached perfection. The rewards for the success of the divine weapon kills had become spiritual essence cultivation.

It was precisely because of this that he had so much spiritual essence in his body that he had felt he was about to explode.

Peak Nomological realm. Zhou Shu’s eyes flickered.

He had attained greater mastery of the Heavenly Emperor Jade Book, greater mastery of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, greater mastery of the Visualization of the Five Mountains’ True Form, greater mastery of the God of War Catalog…

Zhou Shu’s current strength had already reached an unprecedented level.

At this moment, if he encountered Zhan Jingtao, the commander of the Golden Dragon Guards of the Xuan Ming Heavenly Kingdom, he was confident that he could kill him without much effort.

In other words, apart from the Xuan Ming Black Emperor, no one in the Xuan Ming Heavenly Kingdom was his match.

But compared to the Black Emperor, I’m still a little weak. Zhou Shu pondered. The cultivation of the Black Emperor has most likely surpassed the Nomological realm.

But the aura Wu Gang displayed previously should only be at the peak of the Nomological realm. It’s similar to my current strength. How can he block the Black Emperor?
Moreover, judging from Wu Gang’s confidence at the time, he should really be able to deter the Black Emperor. How did he do it?

Zhou Shu was a little puzzled, but he didn’t know much about Wu Gang. He could only guess that Wu Gang had some secret treasure that could threaten the Black Emperor.

If even the Black Emperor is afraid of Wu Gang, then my current strength is probably not enough to suppress Wu Gang. If Wu Gang discovers that I don’t have the Book of Life and Death…

Zhou Shu rubbed his glabella. This was also a troublesome matter.

But there was no need to worry about this for the time being. After all, he had told Wu Gang that the Book of Life and Death was damaged. It wasn’t easy to repair such a divine artifact.

It was normal to spend a few years or even decades.

He just needed to stall for time.

Zhou Shu rubbed his chin in thought. Back then, Wu Gang split mountains all over the world to search for the Book of Life and Death. It’s very likely that the Book of Life and Death is in the ancestral land. If there’s a chance, I can look for it. Perhaps I can really find it.

But he didn’t have time to look for it now.

The Huaxia Pavilion had accepted Lin Kedi’s and Mu Letian’s orders to upgrade their grotto-heaven divine weapons. Apart from him, no one else in the Huaxia Pavilion could do it.

Shi Songtao is quite ruthless. These two deals are enough to empty out Lin Kedi and Mu Letian. Zhou Shu looked at the two grotto-heaven divine weapons Shi Songtao had sent over speechlessly. Lin Kedi is here to be a mercenary. But from the looks of it, not only did he not earn money from our ancestral land, but he has even invested all his wealth.

Lin Kedi, oh, Lin Kedi, it’s not that we humans aren’t tasteful. I’ve given you everything you deserve. Since you’re willing to spend your money here, I can’t stop you, right?

But don’t worry. I’ll definitely help you upgrade your Sky-Breaking Spear by a few heavens.

Whoosh—

A flame rose in front of Zhou Shu, and he threw the Sky-Breaking Spear into it.

It was Shi Songtao’s problem to worry about how much he could get from Lin Kedi. To Zhou Shu, forging was a very serious matter. No matter what, he would treat it seriously.

In short, Lin Kedi and Mu Letian wouldn’t suffer any losses.