Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

Chapter 188 Listen to me and thank you
Hold the knife and press the sword.

Just when the situation was tense and ready to strike, a figure dropped from the sky and stood in front of the two men. It was none other than the Black Tiger Wang Yin who came riding the wind.

Seeing that Ye Qingzhou was safe and sound, he finally put down the worry in his heart: "Ye Qingzhou, I'm glad you're okay."

Afterwards, Wang Yin looked around. The remaining innate fire energy made him frown: "What happened here? Why did a master-level battle break out?"

"General Wang."

Chen Shiming recognized Wang Yin's identity, and after hesitating for a moment, he told the truth: "We in Wuxi Wushu Association are still investigating the case, but the clues we have obtained so far show that this matter is related to Ye Qianlong."

He had no grudge against Ye Qingzhou, so when facing Wang Yin, he was too lazy to stand up for the Fu family and chose to tell the truth without any exaggeration or slander. Anyway, this matter had nothing to do with him, and he didn't want to get involved now.

Wang Yin looked at Ye Qingzhou, then looked around, and said with a dark face: "If there is anything, let's talk about it when we get back."

The Fu family immediately protested: "You can't leave!"

"The murderer is right here. There are witnesses and evidence. He has even admitted it himself. What else is there to say?"

"The murderer must be severely punished!"

"General Wang, are you going to shield the murderer?"

A large group of people, who had not dared to face Ye Qingzhou just now, were now filled with righteous indignation, clamoring for severe punishment and wishing to execute Ye Qingzhou on the spot.

But how could Wang Yin's will be influenced by these small fry?

"Shut up, everyone!"

A tiger roar overwhelmed the whole place. The sound waves stirred up a strong wind and shocked the soul. In just a moment, the entire Fu family was suppressed and could not raise their heads, so that everyone was silent.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Wang Yin's skin was originally dark, and it looked even uglier at this moment. His gaze was like an axe, sweeping over the entire Fu family, making them all shrink their necks in fear, not daring to make any more noise.

The master's power really made the people of the Fu family learn to shut up.

Although the Wuxi Fu family is a martial arts family, they have not produced a martial arts master for two generations. Therefore, they are not confident enough when facing Wang Yin.

"Humph~"

Wang Yin stamped his foot, and the ground shook violently. A large number of people from the Fu family fell to the ground. "What a bunch of ignorant idiots! I will investigate the matter myself. How can you interfere? If anyone dares to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude."

Afterwards, Wang Yin took Ye Qingzhou away. On the way back, he asked, "What happened?"

"Sun Ninghui colluded with the Source Blood Society and set up a plan to kill me in order to seize the Flame Emperor Sword and the Flame Sun Treasure Seal."

Ye Qingzhou's words made Wang Yin furious: "This bastard, he still won't give up!"

"General, are you willing to believe my one-sided statement?"

Ye Qingzhou was a little surprised.

Wang Yin laughed loudly, "Why not? Not to mention that you are more valuable than Sun Ninghui, you have no reason to lie. In fact, when I was on my way to find you, I received a message from the rear. They found some clues that Sun Ninghui destroyed the sealing array. I have long suspected that this old man has bad intentions."

It is obvious that Wang Yin is a cheerful person who speaks directly and does not have many cunning schemes.

When we returned to the second peak, the battle was already over and even the battlefield had been almost cleaned up.

"Ye Qingzhou, where is the whereabouts of the King of the Snipers?"

"died."

"died?"

"Ah."

Wang Yin was also stunned to hear such an answer from Ye Qingzhou, and then laughed out loud: "Good thing he died, it saved me a lot of effort."

Originally, Wang Yin planned to bring Ye Qingzhou back to the second peak and then hunt down the King of the Leopard Snipers, but unexpectedly, he learned the news of the King of the Leopard Snipers' death from Ye Qingzhou.

Wang Yin did not ask much about how Ye Qingzhou killed a master-level monster. Every martial artist who can make a name for himself has a few secrets.

There are many ancient skills in the cave, and even many unique inheritances. Whoever can get them depends on your ability. As long as it does not harm the country, the authorities generally don't bother to care.

After all, it is an ancient civilization with thousands of years of history. If every martial arts inheritance is to be forcibly confiscated, who would be willing to risk their lives to explore the secret realm of the cave in the future?

What's more, many inheritances are actually not valued by the officials of Dongji Country, because they have already found better ones.

Wang Yin kindly reminded Ye Qingzhou: "You have to be careful of the people from Shengangdao and Xinshaliu. The authorities will not snatch the Yandi inheritance from you, but other martial arts forces may not be like that."

"I can understand being wary of the Heart Evil Clan. After all, the members of the Heart Evil Clan are a mixed bunch, and the management is loose. Who knows, someone might choose to take a risk and seek wealth and fame at the risk of their own lives."

Ye Qingzhou looked at Wang Yin in confusion: "But isn't Shengangdao a righteous organization?"

Wang Yin sneered, his tone seemed to be quite disdainful of Shengang Dao: "Maybe Qi Shengtian is a good person, but are all the people who follow him upright and honest? Two hundred years have passed, and the current Shengang Dao is no longer the original organization dedicated to martial arts."

The main members of Shengangdao today are basically people from martial arts families. What matters internally is relationships and connections, and what is compared is background and qualifications.

There is no doubt that the theory of bloodline is popular within Shengang Dao.

After all, their bloodlines can be traced back to the famous mythical creatures in ancient times, so they often regard themselves as the royal descendants, with noble blood and extraordinary talents.

One can imagine how such a group of people would view ordinary people who have no bloodline inheritance.

Even plundering by force, in their perception, is just taking back the inheritance of their ancestors, which is justified.

Ye Qingzhou understood what he said: "So, they think that the magic weapons of the ancient times should also be the inheritance that they should inherit?"

"Yes."

Wang Yin nodded: "Of course there are masters in Shengang Dao. After all, the power of blood inheritance is indeed strong. But the road of martial arts is the road of self-improvement. What kind of hero is better than your ancestors? There are too many rubbish in Shengang Dao now. They are not very capable but have bad tempers. You have to be more careful."

"Well, I will."

Ye Qingzhou deeply agreed with this. Although he had always had a good cooperation with the Linjiang Xu family, he had met many other martial arts families that produced even more useless people.

Such a force that sticks to the old ways and clings to its past glory is destined to go nowhere in the future.

When the two men returned to the camp, the battle had just ended and the soldiers from the Southwest Military Region were cleaning up the battlefield.

Ye Qingzhou's return caused everyone to be amazed.

"It's Ye Qianlong!"

"He's still alive!"

"The King of the Snipers is a master-level beast. It's amazing that he managed to escape unscathed!"

In the battle last night, Ye Qingzhou, who guarded the second peak alone and forcefully blocked the King of Snipers, has now become a hero in the eyes of the soldiers.

If it weren't for Ye Qingzhou, the second peak would probably have been breached. By then, if the dragon vein formation had problems, facing the beast tide's raging attack, the entire defense line would probably have collapsed, and the soldiers stationed here would have suffered heavy casualties.

By then, the entire Xiangxi area behind it will be covered in blood, and who knows how many innocent people from the Dongji country will be dragged into it and die tragically at the hands of the beast.

Wang Yin patted Ye Qingzhou on the shoulder and said, "You should be credited with the first merit in this battle. The Dongji Kingdom will not mistreat those who have made contributions. After I report it, the reward will come soon."

"Is there any reward?"

Ye Qingzhou's eyes lit up and he revealed a money-loving expression.

"Hahaha, meritorious service must be rewarded, and faults must be punished, isn't this a matter of course? Otherwise, who would be willing to risk their lives in the face of a crisis in the future?"

The more Wang Yin looked at Ye Qingzhou, the more he liked him. After all, given the situation last night, even if Ye Qingzhou slipped away, avoided a fight, and watched the fall of the Second Peak, it would be difficult for the Southwest Military Region to punish him severely.

After all, Ye Qingzhou was not even a martial arts master, but he held a magic weapon and possessed a master-level combat power. It was really difficult for him to fight against a master like the King of the Snipers. If it were any other martial arts master, he would not fight desperately, at most he would symbolically resist and then run away.

The martial artists in the Martial Arts Association are not soldiers, and obeying orders is not their duty. Most martial artists are accustomed to preserving themselves first.

But Ye Qingzhou managed to turn the tide with his own strength. He first fought to the death to protect the second peak, and then lured away the king of snipers, avoiding excessive casualties on the defense line.

No matter how you look at it, this is a great achievement and deserves to be rewarded.

"what do you want?"

"If possible, I would like some high-quality sharp gold."

After careful consideration, Ye Qingzhou seriously put forward his request.

"You want the top-grade rare gold?"

Wang Yin knew that Ye Qingzhou had mastered the inheritance of Emperor Yan and had also dabbled in casting techniques, so he immediately understood why Ye Qingzhou asked for sharp gold.

At present, Ruijin is one of the specialties of Dongji Country. It is a strategic material strictly controlled by the state. Its output is extremely low and its price is extremely high.

Especially the top-grade rare and precious sharp gold, which is extremely valuable. According to the official guide price, one gram can be sold at a high price of half a million.

As for the black market, the price starts at double the amount. If you don’t have a million, don’t ask. And even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. It depends on whether the seller has the stock.

The material properties of Ruijin are indeed worthy of the price.

In short, there is nothing special about Ruijin. It just maximizes its resistance to various factors - high temperature resistance, radiation resistance, fire resistance, acid resistance, earthquake resistance...

Anyway, Ruijin can basically resist anything that can be resisted, highlighting its sturdiness and durability.

As such, the price of such rare materials would naturally be sky-high, and the sharp gold materials used to refine top-grade rare materials were extremely precious, so the price would be even less likely to be cheap.

The key is that there is nowhere to buy it.

Because the sharp gold is of top-grade rare and precious grade, it can only be refined by the master refiner with the title of "Tiangong" in Tiangong Group. The process is still kept secret. The refining formula has been offered a reward of 100 billion by the Western Kingdom and Europe, but it has not been obtained so far.

If someone else asked for top-grade sharp gold, Wang Yin would definitely refuse without a second thought, as the military itself did not have enough of such strategic materials.

But Ye Qingzhou is different. He carries on the legacy of Emperor Yan and has a mythical creature like Kang Jinlong protecting him. He has a bright future and is worth the price to pay to win him over.

So Wang Yin nodded: "Okay, I will report your request, I think there should be no problem."

"Thank you."

"Haha, you helped me hold the position, I should be the one thanking you."

The more the two talked, the more they got along. At this moment, Wang Yin did not look down on Ye Qingzhou, nor did he treat him as a junior. Being able to withstand the attack of the King of Snipers and then killing such a master-level beast with unknown means, Ye Qingzhou was already worthy of Wang Yin treating him as an equal.

Seeing Wang Yin and Ye Qingzhou being so close, Lin Jianfeng and Zhou Ming felt very uncomfortable.

The two of them are regretting their actions now. They wanted to give Ye Qingzhou a warning because of Li Yaoping's death, but they hit a wall and created a big enemy for no reason.

With the fighting power that Ye Qingzhou demonstrated last night, it is almost certain that he will become a master or a grandmaster in the future.

Even the realm of Martial Saint is not without opportunities to break through.

When they thought of this, Lin Jianfeng and Zhou Ming felt more bitter. If their families knew that they had offended a future martial arts master with unlimited potential, they would not know how they would be punished.

It took a week to reinforce the seal of Jiuli Cave Heaven.

The second peak is Qifeng Cliff.

Wang Yin came to Ye Qingzhou with a password box in his hand: "The sharp gold you applied for before has finally been approved."

The password box is made of high-strength alloy and is difficult to blow open even with a bomb. The cost of this box alone is no less than 100,000 yuan. You can imagine how valuable the things inside are.

After entering the password, the box opened automatically, and then Ye Qingzhou saw two pieces of champagne gold metal lying quietly inside.

Each piece weighs exactly one kilogram. The two pieces together weigh one kilogram, which is worth five hundred million yuan!

This is still the official guide price. In the black market, Ye Qingzhou can sell it for a sky-high price of one billion just by reselling it!
Compared with those famous brand luxury goods pursued by the wealthy, martial artists are the truly heroic ones. Especially when they reach the master level, martial artists are often already powerful people, and the prices of any rare and precious items they handle are often breathtakingly high.

"Isn't sharp gold indestructible? There's no need to use such a high-end password box to store it, right?"

Ye Qingzhou laughed and teased.

Wang Yin shook his head: "This password box is used to prevent theft. It has a satellite locator and a real-time monitoring camera. As long as Rui Jin leaves the field of vision, an alarm will be sounded immediately."

There is no doubt that the Dongji Kingdom has always strictly guarded the strategic materials such as sharp gold, especially the top-grade rare gold, in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of hostile forces to the greatest extent.

After Ye Qingzhou confirmed his identity in front of the password box, he officially handed over the ownership of the two pieces of top-grade sharp gold.

"I put my reputation aside and applied for this for you with great difficulty. Please don't sell it on the black market."

Because they had a good relationship, Wang Yin also played a joke on Ye Qingzhou.

"Sell? I don't even have enough for my own use."

Ye Qingzhou shook his head and quickly put the two pieces of divine gold into the Xiayu Treasure Ring, cherishing them very much: "This is the best material for making swords."

After receiving the reward, the two talked about issues related to Jiuli Cave Heaven.

After the beast tide broke out, the seal was reinforced again and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. They could live in peace for a few more years.

Ye Qingzhou asked Wang Yin: "Have you never thought about charging into the cave to solve the problem once and for all? The Sun Rat should not have awakened yet. The purpose of the beast tide that occurs every ten years or so is probably to harvest enough spiritual energy to help the Sun Rat revive."

"Too risky."

Wang Yin sighed dejectedly: "Our military and the Martial Arts Association have sent martial arts masters to secretly sneak into Jiuli Cave Heaven many times to form exploration teams to collect intelligence and information. It is currently known that there are many intelligent races inside, but most of them are hostile to our human race. If a war breaks out, we can only send a small number of personnel in through the portal. Facing the enemy's siege, it will be difficult to open up the situation."

"What's more, all intelligent life must have spirituality. For Xu Ri Rat, the spirituality of our human race is spirituality, and the spirituality of the rare birds and beasts in the cave is also spirituality. The result of a large-scale war will make Xu Ri Rat wake up early."

Ye Qingzhou now understood the official's difficulties. It was not that they could not go to war, but once a war started, the human race would be doomed to suffer regardless of victory or defeat.

Essentially, it is because Dongji Country currently has no martial artists who have entered the god-level realm, and lacks the powerful military force to directly confront mythical life forms.

Therefore, it is wise to guard the periphery of the cave and continuously consolidate the defense line.

As for directly killing the weak Xu Ri Rat?
To do this, you have to find the other party's true body first!

If Xu Ri Shu is like Kang Jin Long and secretly takes over the bodies of several bloodline descendants through parasitism, it would be meaningless for you to kill one or two of them.

After all, as long as the remaining one hides, he can still successfully resurrect the Xu Ri Rat in the end.

The existence of mythical life that has entered the god-level realm has surpassed the imagination of ordinary people, and it is very difficult to completely eliminate its existence.

Therefore, the current core strategy of Dongji State is still to focus on development.

As the art of war says, a skilled warrior first makes himself invincible so that he can defeat the enemy. This is the wise thing to do.

The official decision-makers of Dongji Kingdom are obviously people of great wisdom. Therefore, the current Dongji Kingdom has been promoting the development of martial arts and continuously increasing the base of martial artists.

In addition, the Tianshu system and the Si Neng Armament are the core strategies of the Dongji Kingdom, combining martial arts with science to develop humanity's own power.

In the following days, Ye Qingzhou returned to his former leisurely life. Every day he either spent his time on the Qifeng Cliff to comprehend the nature of the world, or entered the Tianshu world to hone his martial arts. His days were quite fulfilling.

After a month, Ye Qingzhou's strength improved by leaps and bounds, and he even wanted to thank Zhao Zhiyi.

If Zhao Zhiyi hadn't assigned him this "hard job", how could his cultivation and realm have improved so quickly?

(End of this chapter)