I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

When Xie Yuan and Mu Chaoyun arrived at the Divine Weapon Hall together, Xie Tiexin, who had been notified in advance, was already waiting at the door with a group of managers from the Divine Weapon Hall to greet them.

Xie Yuan responded to the managers' greetings calmly, and then asked everyone else to go about their business.

He said to Xie Tiexin:

"Elder Tiexin, this is Miss Mu Chaoyun, the Grandmaster of Formation."

"Elder Tiexin, the number one craftsman of our Xie clan."

The second sentence was said by Xie Yuan to Mu Chaoyun.

Xie Tiexin repeatedly expressed his shame:
“I don’t deserve this reputation. It’s all thanks to the resources provided by my family and the hard work of everyone in the Divine Weapon Hall.”

He just glanced at Mu Chaoyun, then lowered his head, thinking that this girl was indeed as beautiful as the rumors said, like a fairy, and a perfect match for the master of the family.

However, this Miss Mu is younger than expected. Could she be a master of formation? This is even more difficult than becoming a master of martial arts.

Today, the master of the family is taking her to the Divine Weapon Hall for a look, hoping to forge a magic weapon. Just knowing the formation does not mean that one can understand how to make a magic weapon. Even he cannot say that he is very confident about this, let alone such a young woman?

Xie Tiexin is loyal to his family and respects Xie Yuan very much.

However, Xie Yuan's sudden visit to the Divine Weapon Hall still made Xie Tiexin feel a little wary.

The old craftsman who has been immersed in this craft for a lifetime has an instinctive distrust of Mu Chaoyun, whose temperament is cold and elegant and completely incompatible with the Shenbing Hall, which is essentially a blacksmith shop.

The Divine Weapon Hall is even better at forging weapons. Relying on some inherited standard engraved formations, it is no problem for them to forge top-notch mysterious weapons.

However, the efficiency and quality of the various treasures and talismans produced cannot be said to be very high. This is also a common problem of martial arts families in the martial arts world. Even if they are very old, they are not in this direction and only have some fragmentary things. The more mysterious inheritance has always been in the hands of the one religion, two sects, and the Zhikong Mountain in the four factions or the hidden sects and families.

After Mu Chaoyun and Xie Tiexin greeted each other, they first asked:
"Elder Tiexin, how is the progress of the Hundred Transformation Mysterious Soldiers?"

Xie Tiexin shook his head and said:

"Still trapped in the engraving formation..."

At this point, he suddenly paused and asked:
"Miss Mu, do you want to take a look?"

"Then I'll trouble Elder Tiexin."

Mu Chaoyun nodded.

Xie Tiexin glanced at her, then turned around to take the remaining blade of Xie Yuan's Hundred Transformations Mysterious Weapon.

Xie Yuan had told Mu Chaoyun about this before, and now he said with great anticipation:
"Miss Mu, can you solve that formation?"

"You won't know until you see it. I've long wanted to see the ancient mysterious weapon inscriptions. It's rare to see one that can change at will, but I can't disassemble the weapon. Now is the perfect time."

Mu Chaoyun replied.

There are special patterns, formations or structures in the mysterious weapons and magic weapons, which can mobilize the power of heaven and earth and exert their special effects.

In essence, it is also a type of formation, but it is more sophisticated and smaller than ordinary formations.

In ancient times, the formations carved on weapons and magic tools were called inscriptions. It was once a great subject, but now it has long been lost. Only a small number of craftsmen have mastered some fragments and the inherent inscription formations.

Xie Yuan had heard Mu Chaoyun talk about this and knew that although she was not an expert in studying inscriptions, she had considerable insights based on her attainments in formations.

Not long after, Xie Tiexin took out the saw-like weapon and handed it to Mu Chaoyun politely, but there was a scrutiny in his eyes.

Inscription arrays and formations are not the same thing. I wonder if this girl can really solve the problem that he has been unable to figure out?

Mu Chaoyun raised the broken blade, placed it in front of his eyes and slowly rotated it, looking at the somewhat damaged lines on the remaining core.

The hall of the Divine Weapon Hall became quiet. Xie Yuan, Xie Tiexin, and the people coming and going around slowed down their breathing, not daring to disturb them. Only the rhythmic sound of iron hammering from deep inside rang out, like an echo in the cave.

After a while.

Mu Chaoyun put down the Hundred Transformation Mysterious Weapon and nodded:

"I understand."

"you understood?"

Xie Tiexin asked subconsciously, a little dazed.

Got it? Got what? I just picked up the weapon and turned it around twice, and it felt like I couldn't see all the details. Could it be that I understood the formation?

Facing Xie Tiexin's half-believing and half-doubting eyes, Mu Chaoyun still nodded gently:
"I will draw an inscription later and ask Elder Tiexin to engrave it on my behalf. The talisman and magic weapon are okay, but forging a mysterious weapon is definitely not my forte. Only Elder Tiexin can do it."

Upon hearing this, Xie Tiexin nodded hesitantly, thinking that he would understand clearly once he saw the blueprint.

But it seems that this girl is quite polite in her words, and not as cold as she looks.

Mu Chaoyun and Xie Yuan continued to walk inside, talking as they walked:

"This inscription is indeed somewhat special. I have never seen anything like it before. However, no matter how it changes, the essence remains the same. When I go back and fill in the missing parts, I can ask Elder Tiexin to remake the Hundred Transformation Mysterious Weapon for you."

"I knew it wouldn't be difficult for you."

Xie Yuan smiled.

The corners of Mu Chaoyun's lips curled up slightly, and then they turned down. She would only smile from time to time when she was alone with Xie Yuan.

The two followed Xie Tiexin from the huge weapons area of ​​the Divine Weapon Hall to the workshop area, which was where protective gear, accessories, and magic weapons and talismans were made.

However, 90% of the workshop area is occupied by protective gear, and there are very few magic weapons and talismans.

Mu Chaoyun and Xie Yuan walked quietly in this area, visiting various places and trying not to disturb the craftsmen at work.

But of course, everyone knew Xie Yuan, and the woman next to him had also been the talk of the town in the clan recently.

She is likely to be the future mistress.

The craftsmen subconsciously straightened their heads and chests, wanting to show their good side, as if they were welcoming a leader to inspect the grassroots.

However, Xie Tiexin shook his head secretly. This patriarch was not so easy to fool. As a craftsman, he must have been concentrating on his work. It was even more meticulous if he was not noticed by the outside world. Those who were working with their eyes wandering around, didn't they see that the patriarch looked at them with disapproval?
Xie Tiexin hurriedly said in a low voice:

"Do your job well!"

After completing the circle, Xie Yuan and Mu Chaoyun walked to the outside of the Divine Weapon Hall.

Mu Chaoyun said to Xie Tiexin who had come over:

"Elder Tiexin, the construction of the workshop seems to be a little biased."

Xie Tiexin understood what she meant and just sighed:

"The family doesn't have much experience in this area, and we don't pay enough attention to it. There's really nothing we can do."

Mu Chaoyun thought about it and nodded slightly:
"Then I'll make a list and bring it together with the inscription diagram, and then ask Elder Tiexin to find all the materials and send them to me. I'll make most of it myself, and ask the craftsmen from the Divine Weapon Hall to do some of the work. First, I'll make a set for Miss Lingyun's toys.

"Then, during this process, if the workshop is interested in developing into the production of talismans and magic weapons, I can also provide assistance. Well, I will take out a few more production drawings of general talismans, and Elder Tiexin can refer to them."

Xie Tiexin suddenly stared, and his voice became a little louder:
"Miss Mu, are you serious?"

Mu Chaoyun and Xie Yuan looked at each other with a hint of smile in their eyes, then turned back and said:

"No empty words."

"Will it be too hard for you?"

After Xie Yuan and Mu Chaoyun left side by side, he asked quietly.

Mu Chaoyun said quietly:

"What do you mean? Give Lingyun a set of magic weapons? It's a bit troublesome, but she doesn't need a particularly high-level one, so it's okay. As for the Divine Weapon Hall, my family used to have a Lingbao Pavilion that specializes in making magic weapons. Just follow that and give me two drawings. I won't worry about the details. You, the head of the family, and the elders of the Divine Weapon Hall have to take care of it."

Xie Yuan squeezed Mu Chaoyun's hand, and warmth flowed through his heart.

Although Mu Chaoyun is not as cold as an iceberg, she is not passionate either. She has a calm temperament and will not cause trouble for herself.

All of this was actually for Xie Yuan, simply because they were his relatives, his home - or his family.

Xie Yuan naturally told Mu Chaoyun his true life story as soon as possible. Even Mu Chaoyun was a little surprised by his tortuous past. He thought that now there was a partial explanation for those hexagrams that he couldn't understand.

Time passed quickly.

Mu Chaoyun traveled between the courtyard and the Divine Weapon Hall, and through communication with Xie Tiexin, he helped him complete the repair and transformation of the Hundred Transformations Mysterious Weapon.

Her knowledge of formations, her understanding of inscriptions, and the structure of the magic weapon workshop all made Xie Tiexin look at her differently and was deeply impressed. He no longer had the initial distrust.

Now Xie Tiexin just felt that even if the future mistress really wanted to take over the Divine Weapon Hall, he would be willing.

However, others did not have this intention. After all, the mistress would not only focus on one thing, so Xie Tiexin would be even more willing.

Other family members who were observing quietly discovered that the Divine Weapon Hall seemed to be very supportive of this mysterious girl, and she actually quickly gained the trust of the Divine Weapon Hall.

In this place where craftsmen gather, if you don't have any skills, it's unlikely that people will respect you.

Could it be that this tall and slender fairy is also a master at swinging a hammer and forging iron?

In any case, Mu Chaoyun quickly found a place to gain a foothold in the Xie family and integrated faster than Xie Yuan had done in the past.

Xie Yuan continued to practice and handle clan affairs as usual.

The only difference from usual was the company of Mu Chaoyun. During the day, Mu Chaoyun would go to the Divine Weapon Hall to instruct on the production of Xuanbing and the transformation of the workshop, or he would make magic weapons and engrave runes in the courtyard. He would come back before dinner and cook for Xie Yuan himself!

The first day Xie Yuan saw Mu Chaoyun in the kitchen, he felt like he had seen a ghost.

Thinking back to when he was at Longteng Escort Agency, not to mention food, even pots and buckets were taken care of by Xie Yuan...

Cooking is not difficult for a martial arts master with quick thinking and precise control. Even if he cannot become a master chef overnight, after a few times, Mu Chaoyun's dishes are well cooked, with good color, aroma and taste. Especially for Xie Yuan, it is priceless, and he has never eaten such delicious food in his life.

Xie Lingyun, who was eating for free, looked at Xie Yuan who was eating voraciously with disdain and muttered:

"Is it so delicious?"

Looking at the delicious food in the bowl, Xie Lingyun moved her throat and picked up a piece of food slowly with her chopsticks.

It feels just average!
How about trying cooking yourself?
Although Xie Yuan was extremely happy to eat the food cooked by Mu Chaoyun, he always felt that Mu Chaoyun, who was dressed in white and looked as cold as a fairy, was not suitable for a place like the kitchen... Well, a girl who looked much more gentle in her home clothes seemed to be a beautiful sight in the kitchen.

But he seriously told Mu Chaoyun that there was no need to spend time on this and to ignore the silly girl Lingyun.

However, Mu Chaoyun just smiled softly and defeated Xie Yuan with just one sentence:

"I like watching you eat the food I cook."

Xie Yuan's life was extremely comfortable. Although he was in Yuzhou, he and Mu Chaoyun enjoyed the moonlight at night, and it seemed that the moon looked a bit like the mountains and clouds at that time.

Spending time with Mu Chaoyun not only did not affect Xie Yuan's practice, but he was in a good mood every day, and his efficiency increased to 120%, which was faster than before. The cultivation formation used by the head of the family was set up by a real formation master invited by Xie in his early years, and Mu Chaoyun had nothing to improve.

With such assistance, and the spiritual liquid smelted from the treasures of heaven and earth that seemed to be endless, Xie Yuan's progress in improving to the Grandmaster level reached a terrifying level.

When he didn't make any moves in the clan land, others were completely unaware of his progress. Even Xie Wen looked at the pharmacy account book and felt that the "head of the family consumption" column was pitifully small, and wondered if Xie Yuan had encountered a bottleneck.

In fact, Xie Yuan was so brave and diligent that his progress once surpassed that of himself who was in the Qi and Blood Transformation Stage. It was absolutely incomprehensible to others.

The Immortal Golden Bell Cover was advancing as fast as an ordinary Golden Bell Cover, and the Great Golden River Skill had already approached the thirteenth level.

The rapid growth of the fundamental law has driven the overall speed of progress. With the assistance of Ten Thousand Soldiers Candle Shadow, the proficiency of the Burning Heaven Destroying Spear and the Red Lotus Karma Fire has been continuously improved, and even the Floating Light and Shadow Sword has not been lost.

Even the progress of chopping wood was unknowingly approaching the 100,000 mark.

Xie Yuan's various unique skills improved rapidly, and his strength became more and more difficult to understand.

However, during the winter solstice, Mu Chaoyun prepared the dishes and brought them to the master's courtyard to celebrate the festival with Cui Pingjun and Xie Lingyun.

Mu Chaoyun invited the elders and sister to have dinner together, but Cui Pingjun usually would not leave her own courtyard, so Mu Chaoyun carried a food box and came to visit with Xie Yuan. Her gentle appearance made people feel that she was the daughter-in-law of the Xie family, which made Xie Lingyun pout quietly.

Cui Pingjun had lived a self-sufficient life, and Mu Chaoyun had been wandering outside all year round, so even though it was a dinner party for the Xie family, except for the ingredients, the process was similar to that of an ordinary family, and there were not many people serving.

Xie Yuan also liked this feeling. Seeing Mu Chaoyun and Cui Pingjun discussing their cooking experiences in a very ordinary and routine manner, while Xie Lingyun looked disgusted but kept cooking, eating mutton soup and dumplings, he felt a sense of peace and satisfaction.

After eating and cleaning up, Mu Chaoyun and Xie Yuan sipped the Dongshan Snow Tea brewed by Cui Pingjun. Then she waved and had someone bring in a box.

"Sister Lingyun, this is for you."

Cui Pingjun was just curious, Xie Lingyun's face turned pale, and she gritted her teeth and said:
"You...you haven't even entered the house yet, and you want to send the dowry and drive your sister-in-law away?"

Now, not to mention Xie Yuan and Cui Pingjun, even Mu Chaoyun showed a look of not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and laughed:

"This is the magic weapon I promised to give you. One set."

"what?"

Xie Lingyun was stunned for a moment.

Great sorrow turned into great joy, and she said in surprise:
"So fast?"

After rubbing her hands together, Xie Lingyun opened the box, and the room was instantly filled with light.

Breastplate, belt, skirt armor, combat boots; hairpins, earrings, pendants, bracelets, rings, jade pendants...

"sky!"

Xie Lingyun let out a cry of surprise.

There are so many of these things and they are so complete, and each one is of extraordinary quality.

More importantly, this is a complete set. Just by placing it in the box, the spiritual light is faintly connected together.

The inscription on each component is a part, and when combined together, the effect is doubled.

This craftsmanship is simply not at this level in the Divine Weapon Hall. Even when Xie Yi was here, he couldn't do it so well for Xie Lingyun.

The most important thing is that these babies are well-fitting in size, cute in style, and even painted pink, which makes them look extremely beautiful.

This is the set of magic weapons that Xie Lingyun has always dreamed of!
"Sister-in-law, you are so kind to me!"

Xie Lingyun cheered and started talking.

Mu Chaoyun was immediately pleased and smiled slightly:

"With your current strength, you shouldn't be afraid of a less powerful Grandmaster wearing this set. When you become a Grandmaster, I've left blanks on these magic weapons so you can strengthen the inscriptions and grow with you."

Xie Lingyun cheered again, calling her sister-in-law all the time, which made Mu Chaoyun blush slightly.

Xie Yuan and Cui Pingjun were also surprised.

During this period, although Xie Yuan asked Mu Chaoyun several times what to prepare for Xie Lingyun, he persuaded the little girl to fool around, and Mu Chaoyun just said to keep it a secret.

Unexpectedly, the first move was such a big one.

This set of tailor-made items is probably the pinnacle work of Mu Chaoyun, who has a comprehensive knowledge of formations and miscellaneous studies. No other young lady from a noble family in the world can enjoy such treatment.

Cui Pingjun was surprised at Mu Chaoyun's ability and very happy, but she was also conflicted:
"Hey, Yun'er, is this too much trouble and too hard for you?"

"It's not a big deal, aunt. Sister Lingyun is a hard-working girl, she deserves it."

Mu Chaoyun said calmly.

Neither Xie Yuan nor Xie Lingyun cared. They gathered in front of the box and played with the new magic weapon. Xie Lingyun kept hitting Xie Yuan's hand, and she was very disgusted with him touching her treasure.

Cui Pingjun heard it and frowned immediately. She looked at Mu Chaoyun, but saw that she seemed to be just speaking casually. She couldn't help feeling a little hesitant.

After completely winning over Xie Lingyun, Xie Yuan and Mu Chaoyun returned.

Walking in the snow-white moonlight of the winter solstice, Mu Chaoyun was as bright as a fairy under the moon. Her whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of hazy silver gauze, holy and ethereal.

A gust of night wind blew by, as if it could blow Mu Chaoyun back to Chanjuan.

She shrank her thin shoulders, causing Xie Yuan to frown.

Taking off his cloak, Xie Yuan held Mu Chaoyun's cold hands and said in a deep voice:

"I'll ask Xie Wen to prepare some tonic medicine for you."

Mu Chaoyun smiled faintly:
"Do you think I'm weak? It's just my physical condition."

She withdrew her hand calmly, then looked up at Xie Yuan, with only his shadow in her clear eyes.

"Guess what gift I prepared for you?"

Xie Yuan was distracted by her changing the subject:
"A gift? Oh... a hundred-changed Xuanbing?"

This is not difficult to guess. Xie Lingyun's treasures are all ready, and I'm afraid Mu Chaoyun and Xie Tiexin have already repaired the Hundred Transformation Mysterious Weapons earlier.

Sure enough, Mu Chaoyun smiled slightly and took out a small golden axe from his sleeve:
"Here."

Xie Yuan was refreshed, and took the small axe that was somewhat similar to the Ji family axe, but he knew it was different when he touched it:
This is more like his own ever-changing mysterious weapon.

"After the ritual, it will be the same as your previous weapon, but with slightly different power."

Mu Chaoyun said:

"It may not be as good as Jiao Soul and the previous Ji Family Axe. After all, it was remade after smelting. But its characteristics remain the same. While changing according to the mind, no matter what form it takes, it has the power of golden light amplification. It is more powerful than your previous Hundred Changes Mysterious Weapon."

Xie Yuan held it in his hand for a moment and smiled.

How could it be more powerful? This was clearly another top-level Xuanbing that was only slightly less powerful than a top-level Xuanbing, but had a myriad of variations!
With this axe, Xie Yuan can use extremely terrifying power whether he is using a sword, an axe, or even a knife.

"thank you."

Xie Yuan sighed.

Mu Chaoyun leaned on his shoulder, looked up at the moonlight, and said softly:

“It’s not hard at all.”

After the Divine Weapon Hall, the Xie family discovered that they had an additional high-level formation master, which affected all aspects.

The Kitchen God Cult has been restless for some time - in fact, it is the Ji Family that has been looking for trouble with the Xie Family and has indeed caused some losses.

But the Wang family stopped.

Because no matter how covetous they are, Wang Clan of Langya will never worry about being in cahoots with the evil cult.

But instead of putting effort into fighting everywhere, the Wang family focused on the Cui family, and did not forget to put pressure on the Xie family in other ways.

No matter how low-key Xie Yuan was, the news of his breakthrough to Grandmaster level could not be hidden eventually. Especially with the Ji family showing up to seek revenge, the big powers would know the truth with a little investigation.

Xie Yuan, the head of the Xie family, successfully broke through to the Grandmaster level and killed the most talented young disciple of the Ji family of the Demon Cult, a Grandmaster who had great hope of becoming the leader of the Cult.

Be it Prince Cui, the royal family, or other noble families and sects, they were all somewhat stunned.

It felt like something was missing. Xie Yuan seemed to have skipped a level. Not long ago, he was planning to break through to the Grandmaster level in seclusion. Not long after, he successfully broke through and was even able to kill a powerful Grandmaster?

Xie Yuan's progress was so fast that they could not keep up with his train of thought. They felt that the days in between were all taken away. They must have missed the news for a long time, otherwise they could not explain it.

The big powers were evaluating the impact and subsequent changes, but ordinary warriors didn't care and just cheered. After all, the evil cult had a bad reputation, and the young Xie family had just become a master and killed demons and powerful enemies, and his reputation soared. He was worthy of being the first on the Hidden Dragon List. Some people even shouted for him to be on the Flying Dragon List immediately - this was naturally a joke for laymen, because the lowest person on the Flying Dragon List had to be the master of the Bridge to Heaven.

But this also shows that Xie Yuan's reputation in the martial arts world has improved. After all, the master of the Kitchen Sect is not so easy to kill. The world's largest sect has a rich foundation and terrifying strength, and it is even stronger than the two sects. Especially those who know a little bit of the inside story know that this is not an ordinary master, but a reserve for the leader.

Wang and the royal family felt a sense of urgency, and issued an imperial decree to grant a marriage between Xie Yuan and Wang Qishi.

But the stronger Xie Yuan becomes, the more confident he becomes.

Xie Yuan didn't even bother to meet the palace maid who came to deliver his imperial edict, and just said that he was in seclusion to consolidate his cultivation. At that time, he and Mu Chaoyun were naturally living together.

The order can be received, but when to execute it requires that the family's internal and external troubles are resolved, the cultivation is solid, and there are no headaches or fevers, and no seclusion.

In order to take crazy revenge on the Ji family, Mu Chaoyun set up several formations and sent people to several important branch locations to set up defenses; and the renovated workshop also began to play a role. The talismans produced could contact nearby clansmen, call for reinforcements, and locate oneself in a short period of time, which was much more useful than the previous communication talismans.

After all, it is a demon cult, and only one of its branches. They cannot really do anything to the Xie family, and they dare not make too much of a fuss, otherwise everyone will condemn them.

In addition to the Divine Weapon Hall, Mu Chaoyun later made progress in several parts of the Xie family with his formation ability, and even joined the Xie family arsenal, adding several books on the secret arts of heaven and miscellaneous studies, which made Xie Fulao very happy and he said that he was more useful than Xie Yuan.

Before anyone knew it, Mu Chaoyun had become the default next mistress of the Xie family, and the entire family viewed her that way.

Except for one person.

In the ancestral hall.

A dignified figure stood in front of the altar, flipping through the family tree.

Wow.

The sound of flipping papers rang out in the silent ancestral hall, and then suddenly stopped.

In the silent and solemn atmosphere, the candlelight swayed restlessly, casting flickering shadows on the ground.

After a while, a figure let out a strange sigh, breaking the silence of the ancestral hall:
"Xie Yi, Xie Yi, you are so brave."

(End of this chapter)