Excessive ferocity due to caution

After quickly settling things with the trip to the abandoned city, Zhao Yi received another letter from Barbara of the Liu Group.

It had a contact number written on it, and it told Zhao Yi that some families and companies had been blocked by her.

Since he is Liu Ruoqing's friend, he can contact her if he has any trouble, and she will consider helping him.

In the remaining days, Zhao Yi went to inspect the construction progress of Guxuan Town.

It felt like inspecting one's own fiefdom.

Zhao Yi then invested all the money he earned from the wealthy merchants into expanding the power of the Jie Sect.

He knew all too well that in this world, might makes right!

After finishing, Zhao Yi returned to the guild's apartment, where he had Su Qingyao continue playing music and dancing while he opened the golden Destiny Chest.

Perhaps Su Qingyao's good luck infected Zhao Yi, because he opened the golden treasure chest and got an item of the 'Other' category!

...

[Item: A very hard beak]

[Quality: Other]

[Description: The mouth of a rodent. Luckily, it has this mouth, so it never loses out. After the rodent died, its carcass was sent to an incinerator and burned for forty-nine days. The incinerator was destroyed, but the mouth remained intact, still repeating, "Hey, I didn't lose out!", "The little boss just doesn't understand!", "What can you do if you kill me?"...]

[Effect: A stable synthetic material that can visibly increase the strength of items you need to enhance!]

...

After shutting up his incessant chatter, Zhao Yi summoned the Warehouse Ghost and handed over all the Bloodline Stones he had obtained from the previous Great Secret Realm as rewards.

"If you encounter subordinates who are worth cultivating, you can reward them with Bloodline Stones to help them quickly improve their strength."

"You can use it yourself if necessary."

The warehouse ghost thanked Zhao Yi for the gift.

After it left, Zhao Yi took out the green umbrella and said to Su Qingyao:

"Next, we will go back to your father's time to witness the old stories related to your father."

"However, I need to make things clear to you first."

"After you go back, you can't acknowledge your father, and he won't recognize you at all."

"Also, our return might happen before your father gave birth to you, or many years after your death..."

"So this time, you may not be able to find out the truth about your death."

Su Qingyao nodded.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Yi directly used the Ghostly Scholar's folding fan to open the private secret realm.

[Do I need to use one of my monthly dungeon entry slots to open a private instance?]

"Yes."

【Please wait……】

[Private sanctuary successfully activated!]

...

[Secret Realm: Sword Demon and Human Demon, Are They Nameless?]

[Secret Realm Synopsis: Su Xingcan, a scholar known for his eccentricities and supernatural abilities, who had been serving as the Grand Tutor in the Qi Kingdom, suddenly defected to the Lu Kingdom. Upon learning this, the King of Qi dispatched Fan Qingxue, the top martial arts expert in the imperial palace, to hunt him down. Meanwhile, rumors spread throughout the martial arts world of Lu Kingdom, claiming that the legendary Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon treasure was about to reappear in the world. Whoever could obtain it would be able to sweep away the five powerful states of the Warring States period and become an emperor for all time...]

[Main Quest: Help the scholar Su Xingcan, a master of supernatural arts, find and unravel the secret of the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon!]

Side Quest: ???

[Main Quest Rewards: Rewards are distributed based on player ratings.]

[Side Quest Reward: ???]

[Difficulty: Desperate]

……

"A single point shatters the thousand-foot-high, cold river, cutting off the spring breeze from Baidi City."

"The dragon's roar and the tiger's howl reach the heavens; within the sleeve lies a universe of mortal dust."

Inside an inn, a drunken storyteller struck his gavel and began to recite his next tale with smug satisfaction.

He was surrounded by many guests.

Listening to storytelling is a tradition in the State of Lu.

During the Warring States period, many talented individuals emerged in the martial arts world. These ordinary people, after a busy day or a leisurely time, loved to listen to storytellers recount tales of swordsmen galloping across the land and beauties as lovely as flowers.

Everyone has a world of their own in their heart.

I once dreamed of traveling the world with a sword!

They abandoned the plan because they were too poor.

But this did not stop them from coming to listen to the stories, and from imagining themselves as invincible figures amidst the storyteller's eloquence and the spiciness of the drinks.

Not far from the inn, a pale-faced, handsome man sat staring blankly out the window.

Snowing.

P.S.: My head started hurting again today.

After crashing for ages, I managed to get 6000 words out.

I'm going to sleep now, I'll continue writing tomorrow.

This chapter has 1200 words.

good night!