The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 244 Heavenly Works (Please subscribe, collect, and vote for monthly tickets and recommendations)
The rest of the month flew by.

The construction progress of Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture was unexpectedly fast. In just over a month, the outline could be seen.

The price of this speed is that money is spent like water.

If the many families in Songjiang Prefecture had not been involved, the Wu family alone might not have been able to hold on.

The main reason is that Su Mu’s plan is too big.

After the new prefect of Songjiang Prefecture took office, he almost quit his job and ran away overnight after seeing the scale of the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

However, after he understood everything, he became even more active than Su Mu and Wu Yiqi. He spent almost day and night at the construction site, supervising the construction of Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture.

The reason for this is simply because he is Lu Mingyang.

That’s right, after Li Dangsen was thrown into prison, the new prefect of Songjiang Prefecture was Zhu Jiuyuan’s disciple, Lu Mingyang.

Lu Mingyang, who was once a member of the Daxuan delegation, is familiar with Su Mu and is a disciple of Zhu Jiuyuan, the principal of Bailu Academy. It is appropriate for him to be the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture.

The consequence of Lu Mingyang taking office was that Su Mu became more relaxed than before.

He simply threw the trivial matters of building the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture to Lu Mingyang.

Anyway, he has already solved the most difficult funding problem, and Lu Mingyang will pay more attention to the rest of the things than he does.

Now Su Mu's daily life is to discuss the art of weapon forging with Huo Zhenting, and then give guidance to Luo Anning and Xiang Xiaoyuan in their practice.

Others, no more——

Songjiang Prefecture is so peaceful that not only monsters but even demons are rarely seen.

"I can see that you really don't have any talent in weapon forging."

Huo Zhenting took the iron block handed over by Su Mu, took a casual look at it, and then threw it aside with disgust.

"Even Ermei is better than you."

Huo Zhenting said, “When I first learned the art of weapon forging, it only took me half a month to successfully forge an ordinary weapon.

To be honest, you should just give up. Our outer disciples in the Divine Weapon Pavilion are stronger than you."

Su Mu's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "Really? I think it's okay.

Isn't it because you taught me wrong?"

“Am I teaching you wrong?”

Huo Zhenting jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end, "What I taught you is the most orthodox method of casting weapons in the world!

Except for the secrets of the Divine Weapon Pavilion, everything I teach you is definitely what I learned back then.

Even if you ask the weapon forger from the Taiping Division to teach you, he will never be able to teach you to the level I can!"

"Su Mu, you have to admit that you are not good at everything. You just don't have a talent for forging weapons."

Huo Zhenting patted his shoulder and said, "Just like Ermei, he is far better than me in terms of studying, but he just doesn't have the talent for martial arts. There's nothing we can do about it."

"When it comes to the talent of gossiping, you are definitely the best."

At this moment, suddenly, a voice was heard, and then Zhang Zhongmei walked in from outside the door.

Huo Zhenting felt a little embarrassed for being caught talking about people behind their backs.

He chuckled, "I'm complimenting you. Although you don't have a talent for martial arts, you are good at studying."

Zhang Zhongmei rolled his eyes and said coldly, “My talent for forging weapons is better than yours.

Even if I am an ordinary person, I can still forge a mysterious weapon!"

Huo Zhenting: “…”

I can forge mysterious weapons when I am in my early twenties. Am I proud?

"Ermei, why are you running to Songjiang Prefecture instead of serving as an official in the capital?"

Huo Zhenting was too lazy to argue with him and asked.

"I came to Songjiang Prefecture to serve as a Taoist priest."

Zhang Zhongmei said.

Xuedao was an official position, in charge of the education and culture of a place.

Strictly speaking, the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture was directly under his management.

Su Mu couldn't help laughing in his heart.

This was probably deliberately arranged by Zhu Jiuyuan.

Lu Mingyang is his disciple, and Zhang Zhongmei also has a close relationship with him.

He sent them all to Songjiang Prefecture.

However, Su Mu was happy to see this happen.

They are all old acquaintances, and he is comfortable in his job as the Taiping Division's pacification commissioner.

"You scholars don't need to tell us about those things. We don't understand them either."

Huo Zhenting said casually.

"You are unlearned and unskilled, but Su Zhenfushi is a world-famous talent."

Zhang Zhongmei said disdainfully.

"Him? I've never seen him reading a book!"

Huo Zhenting laughed out loud.

If Su Mu is said to be powerful, then Huo Zhenting would be convinced, but Su Mu probably can't even read a few words, so how can he be considered a talented person?

"It's hard to explain to someone like you who can't even read a few characters."

Zhang Zhongmei curled her lips and said, "Sparse shadows slant across the shallow water, and subtle fragrance floats in the moonlight at dusk. Can you understand what I mean?"

"What the hell?"

Huo Zhenting said.

Zhang Zhongmei rolled his eyes at him, looked at Su Mu, and said, "Su Zhenfushi, I have something to give you."

After that, he looked at Huo Zhenting again and said, "Some people, please stay away!"

"You heartless second eyebrow, I have protected you in vain!"

Huo Zhenting cursed, but still walked out.

He and Zhang Zhongmei were childhood friends, and cursing at each other did not affect their relationship.

He knew that Zhang Zhongmei asked him to stay away, which meant that the matter was very serious.

After going out, Huo Zhenting did not go away, but stood outside the door to prevent being disturbed.

Just then, he saw Shi Ziran passing by, so he grabbed Shi Ziran and asked, "Old Shi, can you read?"

“I also went to school for two years when I was young.”

Shi naturally didn't understand and said in surprise.

What does "Sparse shadows slant across the shallow water, and subtle fragrance floats in the moonlight at dusk" mean?

Huo Zhenting asked.

"Uh……"

Shi Ziran glanced at Huo Zhenting with a strange expression, "This is a poem. I don't understand the details, but I heard that this poem is famous enough to be passed down through the ages.

By the way, this poem was written by my master."

After saying that, Shi Ziran went about his own business.

Huo Zhenting stood there with his eyes wide open for a long time. He couldn't help but swear.

"Fuck you, we are all crude warriors, how can you write poetry?"

Huo Zhenting muttered, "Fortunately, you have no talent at all in weapon forging!"

…………

Inside the room, Zhang Zhongmei took out a piece of yellowed animal skin from his arms with a serious face.

Su Mu looked at him strangely. Zhang Zhongmei had a space ring in his hand, so why didn't he use it?

It’s okay to be afraid of others seeing it, but why are you afraid of him seeing it?

Noticing Su Mu's gaze, Zhang Zhongmei explained.

"I gave that space ring to the Divine Weapon Pavilion in exchange for this."

Zhang Zhongmei pointed at the animal skin in front of him and said seriously, "But don't worry, the Divine Weapon Pavilion believes that this is the only space ring in the world.

I told them that I had forged it myself, and if they wanted it, as long as they could gather the materials, I could tell them how to forge it. "Zhang Zhongmei was explaining that he was not leaking the information about the space ring.

Su Mu nodded, but didn't care.

The matter of the space ring could not be kept secret forever. After all, there were hundreds of people who saw Zhang Zhongmei forging the weapons that day.

Anyone who is interested will discover the existence of the space ring sooner or later.

However, Su Mu was a little curious about what Zhang Zhongmei would get in exchange for the space ring even though she would rather not have it.

"This is?"

Su Mu lowered his head and looked at the animal skin.

“This is a weapon refining method!”

Zhang Zhongmei said in a deep voice, "Back then, the founder of the Divine Weapon Pavilion accidentally obtained the weapon refining method. Since he could never master it, he had to settle for the next best thing and learned the weapon casting method from it, and then founded the Divine Weapon Pavilion."

"If you haven't mastered it yet, can you still create the Divine Weapon Pavilion?"

Su Mu was a little surprised.

The Divine Weapon Pavilion is one of the largest sects in Daxuan. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the number one sect in Daxuan.

Even the imperial court's smelting department did not dare to say that it was definitely better than the Divine Weapon Pavilion in terms of weapon-making technology.

Such a powerful sect, the weapon-making method it inherited is just a defective product?

“To be precise, the founder of the Divine Weapon Pavilion mastered a part of the weapon refining method, which is the weapon casting method that the Divine Weapon Pavilion is currently inheriting.

The weapon-casting method of the Divine Weapon Pavilion can only forge mysterious weapons at most. However, the complete weapon-refining method can forge divine weapons, or even immortal weapons!"

Zhang Zhongmei said with a little excitement.

"I know about divine weapons, but what are immortal weapons?"

Su Mu asked doubtfully.

These days, he learned some common sense about weapons from Huo Zhenting.

Ordinary soldiers, mysterious soldiers, and divine soldiers.

He himself has a mysterious weapon in his hand, and as for the magic weapon, Huo Zhenting has also boasted that the power of the magic weapon is enough to destroy the world.

If the divine weapons are so powerful, what kind of existence are the immortal weapons?
"I can't tell you exactly what power the immortal soldiers have."

Zhang Zhongmei said, “In short, it is the ultimate weapon.

That's not the point. Immortal weapons are not something we can refine.

If I could refine a magic weapon, it would be enough for my whole life."

Zhang Zhongmei said with longing.

"So, you exchanged your space ring for this weapon refining method just to be able to refine a magic weapon one day?"

Su Mu smiled.

"That's one of them."

Zhang Zhongmei said, "Secondly, I also want to give you this weapon refining method. After all, you gave me that space ring."

"What can I do? I don't know how to forge weapons."

Su Mu smiled.

He had been learning weapon forging techniques from Huo Zhenting these days, but the result was just like what happened just now. The iron blocks he forged were not even as good as those of an apprentice.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, he really had no talent for forging weapons.

The most important thing is that he has been studying for so many days, but there has been no content related to weapon forging on the system panel.

"You may not want to learn weapon forging now, but from what I understand, once a warrior's cultivation reaches a certain level, it is extremely difficult to improve further, so they usually learn another skill, on the one hand to avoid wasting time, and on the other hand to learn by analogy."

Zhang Zhongmei said, "For example, in your Taiping Division, Marquis Lin has practiced the art of diplomacy, and Marquis Mingyi is a skilled weapon caster.

If you encounter a bottleneck in the future, you may be able to practice this weapon refining method."

Su Mu felt helpless when he heard this. Wasn't this a curse for him to reach a bottleneck?

But he also understood that Zhang Zhongmei meant well.

After a warrior has cultivated to a certain level, his life span will be longer than that of an ordinary person. If he encounters a bottleneck in martial arts, he may not make any progress for decades. At that time, he really needs a skill to ease his mood.

Even for Su Mu, the higher his cultivation level, the more points he needed to upgrade.

For example, to deduce anomalies, one deduction requires 100,000 points, and it takes at least 50 to 60 days to accumulate 100,000 points.

The key is that deduction may not necessarily be successful even if it is done once.

The improvement of Qiankun Wuliang Zhenyuan Jue is also very exaggerated. From entry level to minor success, 100,000 points are needed. From minor success to major success, 300,000 points are needed. And from major success to perfection, an astonishing one million points are needed.

These huge numbers of points all take time to accumulate.

While accumulating points, learning something new is indeed a good choice.

Anyway, I don't expect to make a living by relying on the skill of weapon forging. There is no harm in learning it. What does it matter whether I learn well or not?

Thinking of this, Su Mu no longer refused Zhang Zhongmei.

He reached out and picked up the yellowed animal skin on the table.

The animal skin was covered with small words and many pictures.

Su Mu just took a look and couldn't help but look up at Zhang Zhongmei.

Although he didn't say anything, the meaning in his eyes was very clear.

Are you kidding me?
The words on it looked like ghost paintings, and Su Mu didn't recognize any of them!
Zhang Zhongmei reacted and said quickly, "This is an ancient secret code. My father was invited by the Divine Weapon Pavilion to translate the text because he knew the secret code, and then he met my mother."

Su Mu: "..."

Are you trying to say how important it is to learn a skill and still be able to find a partner?

"I have studied ciphers since I was young, and I have surpassed my teacher."

Zhang Zhongmei said proudly, "I'll translate it for you."

Su Mu felt a little helpless. If he didn't know who Zhang Zhongmei was, he would have thought that Zhang Zhongmei was showing off on purpose.

"This weapon refining method is called Tiangong Weapon Refining Method. The founder of the Divine Weapon Pavilion originally wanted to call it Tiangong Pavilion, but later felt that he was not worthy of it, so he called it Divine Weapon Pavilion."

Zhang Zhongmei said.

He pointed to the words on the animal skin and explained them one by one.

Su Mu memorized it carefully.

Although he has a poor talent for forging weapons, he has a very good memory.

After Zhang Zhongmei explained it once, Su Mu had memorized every word of the Tiangong weapon refining method.

"That's what the words mean, but I still can't figure out what they mean when put together."

Zhang Zhongmei said honestly.

To put it bluntly, even if you know every word, you still won't understand what they mean when you put them together.

This thing has been in the hands of the Divine Weapon Pavilion for who knows how many years, but no one has ever succeeded in practicing it.

Su Mu felt that he was crazy. He actually wanted to study this natural weapon refining method with Zhang Zhongmei. He couldn't even learn the basic weapon casting method.

Just when Su Mu was about to say something, he suddenly summoned the system panel for some unknown reason.

Then the next moment, he was stunned.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Silver-faced assassin (part-time), pacification envoy (fourth rank)]

[Points: 120000 points]

[Realm: True Yuan Realm]

[Magic Powers: Immortal Golden Body, Bloody Body, Giant Body]

[Kung Fu: Qiankun Infinite True Essence Technique (Entry Level/+)...]

[Martial Arts: Thunder Artistic Conception (Great Success/+), Kan Water Artistic Conception (Great Success/+), Gen Mountain Artistic Conception (Great Success/+), Xun Wind Artistic Conception (Perfect), Li Fire Artistic Conception (Perfect), Archery (Perfect)]

[Vision: None (Deduction +)]

[Skills: Heavenly Artifact Refining Method (Not yet started/+)]

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