Peng Jiuyuan walked into the door of the blacksmith workshop.
He subconsciously rubbed his eyes and then looked forward again.
Then his mouth slowly opened wide.
"Sir-sir..."
Peng Jiuyuan stammered and said.
"Oh, you have too little iron here."
Zhou Shu said, "The most I can make is this many hunting knives. There are a total of sixty-eight hunting knives and forty hunting forks. I have them all modeled after the original ones."
Peng Jiuyuan's mouth was dry, so he just went out to talk to the village chief for a few words, which took less than a cup of tea...
Then you crafted sixty-eight hunting knives and forty hunting forks?
Although I know you are not an ordinary person, is this too exaggerated?
This kind of thing is beyond Peng Jiuyuan's knowledge.
"Sir, are you the legendary armorer?"
After a long while, Peng Jiuyuan came back to his senses, his eyes flashed, and he spoke.
When he was training outside, he had heard that there were weapon forgers in the world who specialized in forging magical weapons for powerful warriors.
When he encountered setbacks in martial arts, he once wanted to become a weapons master.
However, his strength was low and he had no access to a real weapon forger. In the end, he only learned some blacksmithing skills. He had never been exposed to the real art of weapon forging.
"I am a weapon maker."
Zhou Shu nodded and said, "So, Peng Jiuyuan, I'm actually not very interested in fighting and killing. What I like to do most is to build soldiers. You don't need to be so wary of me.
”
Peng Jiuyuan: "..."
Is this what I’m talking about now?
Well, I am indeed worried that your real purpose is to destroy Zhu Rongtian, which will definitely cause countless casualties.
"These weapons are enough for the villagers in Jieqiao Village, right? If it's not enough, go get some iron materials and I'll help you make them into weapons."
Zhou Shu continued, "Actually, if you weren't afraid of being guilty of carrying a jade, I could help you forge a real magic weapon..."
"The real magic weapon?"
Peng Jiuyuan's heart was moved. After hesitating for a long time, he still shook his head and said, "No need. Except for me, no one else in Jieqiao Village is a warrior. Even if there are real magic weapons, they can't use them. On the contrary, they may cause disaster." Peng Jiuyuan was also a person who had traveled around the world. Although he was not qualified to own a magic weapon, he had seen some and knew that without enough strength, even if he had a magic weapon, he would not be able to keep it.
"As you wish."
Zhou Shu shrugged his shoulders.
He has no feelings for the villagers of Jieqiao Village. If it weren't for Peng Jiuyuan and Cao Yue who saved him, he wouldn't want to help Jieqiao Village.
"In this case, we can set off."
Zhou Shu said.
"My lord, I'm afraid it's not enough."
Peng Jiuyuan shook his head and said with a solemn expression.
He recovered from the shock and stopped thinking too much about the Weaponsmith for the time being, and said, "We can't leave now."
"Huh?"
Zhou Shu frowned.
Peng Jiuyuan said quickly, "It's not that I regretted it, but the village chief just came over and said that the head of the Dong family was assassinated and was seriously injured and nearly died. Now the Dong family is conducting a large-scale search for the assassin. They have sealed off all nearby villages and no one is allowed to leave without permission.
."
"Zhurong has nine surnames, and each surname has its own territory. The area where our Jieqiao Village is located is under the management of the Dong family. The Dong family is the largest force within thousands of miles and is also the supreme existence."
Peng Jiuyuan explained.
Zhu Rongtian, everyone is a person with the nine surnames of Zhu Rong, but with the same surname, there are also levels.
Just like in Jieqiao Village, most people have the surname Dong, but they are just Dong. They are considered to be the branches of the Dong family that have been divided countless times, and they are real common people.
The core of the Dong family is equivalent to the royal family, and they are the real privileged people.
The Dong family that Peng Jiuyuan refers to refers to the core lineage of the Dong family with the surname Zhu Rongjiu.
"The head of the Dong family was assassinated?"
Zhou Shu frowned. He didn't care about the head of the Dong family, but his actions were greatly affected.
A large-scale search was conducted for assassins and all villages were sealed off. It is conceivable that they will soon search Jieqiao Village.
By then, I’m afraid I won’t be able to hide my identity.
The identity of Cao Yue's distant cousin can be hidden from the villagers of Jieqiao Village, but it certainly cannot be hidden from the real Dong family members.
"Yes, the village chief came to me just now because he wanted to confirm your true identity, sir."
Peng Jiuyuan said with some worry.
Although he knew that Zhou Shu might be very powerful, Zhou Shu was injured after all and might not be able to defeat the big shots of the Dong family.
"Oh? The village chief is doubting me?"
Zhou Shu looked at Peng Jiuyuan and asked.
Peng Jiuyuan nodded, "Sir, you suddenly appeared in Jieqiao Village and were seriously injured. It is reasonable for the village chief to think so."
Not to mention the village chief, even Peng Jiuyuan had some doubts in his heart, whether Zhou Shu was really the assassin who assassinated the head of the Dong family.
After all, it was such a coincidence that Zhou Shu appeared, and he was also injured, just like he was injured by the masters of the Dong family when he assassinated the head of the Dong family...
Zhou Shu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a mocking look on his face.
"Uncle Peng, I can solemnly tell you that I am not an assassin."
Zhou Shu said, "It's just the head of the Dong family. If I want to kill him, he won't survive."
"Of course I believe in adults."
Peng Jiuyuan said, as for whether he really believed it, Zhou Shu didn't know.
"I have already dealt with the village chief, but my lord, the village chief and others are easy to talk to. When the big shots from the Dong family arrive, I'm afraid they won't believe it easily. After all, my lord, you are not from Zhu Rongtian -"
Peng Jiuyuan said hesitantly.
"What do you mean?"
Zhou Shu looked at Peng Jiuyuan and said calmly.
"Now the masters of the Dong family have blocked nearby towns. If we leave Jieqiao Village now, we will probably run into them directly. But if we stay here, when they search for us, my lord, you will also be discovered by them...
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"So?"
"My lord, are you going to hide in the back mountain for a while? After the storm of this matter has passed, I will accompany you to do things, sir?"
Peng Jiuyuan said with a guilty conscience.
Zhou Shu looked at Peng Jiuyuan, half-smiling but not smiling.
Peng Jiuyuan lowered his head in shame. His Peng family's ancestral precepts told him to obey Zhou Shu's orders, but what he was doing now was to consider the safety of the villagers in Jieqiao Village and himself. Deep down in his heart, he actually did not care about the safety of the villagers in Jieqiao Village and himself.
Zhou Shu regards him as the master.
"Are you afraid that I will harm the people of Jieqiao Village?"
Zhou Shu said, "Or do you think I'm afraid of the Dong family?"
"Excuse me, my lord!"
Peng Jiuyuan knelt down on one knee, "The people in Jieqiao Village are innocent. They don't know what happened. I——"
"No need to explain."
Zhou Shu shook his head and said, "Your Peng family has been passed down for more than 20 generations. It's natural that you don't agree with the ancestral precepts."
"I'm not, I didn't—"
Peng Jiuyuan explained in a panic.
"Uncle Peng, you don't have to be nervous."
Zhou Shu smiled and said, "Every word I say is sincere. I have never regarded you as my subordinate, and I don't want you to sacrifice anything for me."
"If it weren't for special circumstances, I would even have any requirements for you."
"You have lived in Jieqiao Village for decades. If you have no feelings for the villagers here, I will feel a little disappointed."
"Sir, I——"
Peng Jiuyuan was ashamed.
"Okay, I know what happened to the Dong family. Don't worry, I will solve it myself."
Zhou Shu smiled calmly and said, "Please help me prepare a map of nearby towns. I will leave Jieqiao Village first and will not affect this place."
……
While Zhou Shu and Peng Jiuyuan were talking, a hundred miles away from Jieqiao Village, in a small city, a man dressed as a mountain man knelt on the ground with a worried look on his face.
In front of him, there was a group of knights riding strange beasts. They were covered in fiery red armor, holding spears in their hands, and they looked stern.
"You mean, there is an outsider in your village who is injured and has the ability to help others heal?"
The leading knight looked at the mountain people kneeling on the ground and said coldly.
"Yes."
The mountain man said with a trembling voice, "I have seen with my own eyes that a wound that was more than a foot long and several inches deep was healed in just a few breaths."
"Huh?"
The leading knight frowned slightly and said coldly, "Lead the way!"
He raised his hand and waved, and the mountain man was swept up by a ray of light and landed on the back of a strange beast.
Then, the dozens of knights left the town like a gust of wind and galloped out in the direction of Jieqiao Village.
……
On the mountain road, a figure is walking on the road step by step, holding a wooden crutch in his hand.
That person turned out to be Zhou Shu.
After he left Jieqiao Village, he did not leave directly, but went straight up the mountain road towards a mountain peak that he had long been optimistic about.
It was only dozens of miles away from Jieqiao Village. If it had been placed earlier, it would have been there in a blink of an eye for Zhou Shu.
But now, he can only rely on his legs to walk step by step. After walking for a long time, he has only walked half the distance.
Peng Jiuyuan did not follow him. According to the agreement between the two, Peng Jiuyuan would meet him after the Dong family searched Jieqiao Village.
As for whether Peng Jiuyuan would really come, Zhou Shu actually didn't care.
Peng Jiuyuan can do what he wants to do, and anyone else can do it as well.
At worst, Zhou Shu just needs to find someone else.
With supernatural powers, benevolence and righteousness unparalleled, Zhou Shu can train a master at any time.
"Jieqiao Village, Naihe Bridge, connects the two realms of life and death."
Zhou Shu stopped under a big tree, panting slightly, looking at the mountains in the distance, and said to himself.
"Could it be that the real purpose of bringing me to Zhu Rongtian is here because of the Divine Weapon Atlas?"
Zhou Shu said in deep thought.
Originally, he thought that the Divine Weapon Atlas brought him here because of Peng Jiuyuan.
But now it seems that this may not be the case.
"I want to take a look and see what secrets are hidden in Jieqiao Village."
Zhou Shu rested for a while, picked up his crutches, and continued walking towards the top of the mountain.
As for the people of the Dong family, Zhou Shu never paid attention to them from beginning to end.
……
At this time, a group of knights had arrived in Jieqiao Village like clouds and mist.
"This is it?"
The leading knight looked at a mountain man and asked in a deep voice.
A mountain man rolled off the back of the alien beast and fell to the ground. He hurriedly said, "This is it. The man is at Peng Jiuyuan's house."
"Dong Ergou!"
At this moment, a figure hurriedly came over and shouted loudly.
The mountain man who came with the knight was startled, but in an instant he saw the knight behind him, and he felt confident.
"Village chief, these are the adults of my family. They are catching the assassin. I brought them back, naturally, to catch the assassin!"
Dong Ergou said loudly.
"What assassin! How come there are assassins in our village!"
The village chief said loudly.
"Are you the village chief?"
The leading knight snorted coldly, "Whether there are assassins or not is not up to you."
"Dong Ergou, lead the way."
He didn't take the village chief seriously at all and said coldly.
"Sir, please."
Dong Ergou nodded and said, "Peng Jiuyuan's home is not far away..."
"My lord!"
The village chief took a step forward and said in a deep voice, "Although Peng Jiuyuan has a foreign surname, he has lived in our Jieqiao Village for decades and has a clean origin. He cannot be an assassin."
He looked at the knights and felt a little scared, but he still mustered up his courage.
The knight's face darkened, "You didn't understand what I said, did you? We can decide for ourselves whether he is an assassin or not, it's not you who has the final say!"
"Go away!"
He shouted loudly, and with a sound that was visible to the naked eye, he hit the village chief on the chest hard, knocking him several feet away.
"Pfft——"
The village chief opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood. A strong man collapsed on the ground and couldn't get up for a while.
"Village chief..."
Dong Ergou was also shocked.
"Still leading the way!"
The leader shouted vigorously.
Dong Ergou shuddered, glanced at the village chief apologetically, and then walked quickly towards Peng Jiuyuan's home.
"Dong Ergou!"
The village chief is anxious.
Jieqiao Village is not big to begin with, and it is only a few miles away from one end to the other.
The group of knights soon arrived at Peng Jiuyuan's home.
"Is this the person you are talking about?"
The leading knight raised the spear in his hand and pointed the tip of the spear at Cao Yue who was standing in the yard.
"No."
Dong Ergou shook his head and said, "He is the child that Peng Jiuyuan picked up more than ten years ago. I am talking about his cousin. His cousin's name is Cao Shu. He appeared in our place not long ago. He was seriously injured at the time.
..."
"Is your surname Cao?"
The leading knight said coldly, "Since he is an accomplice, let's take him down first."
Before he finished speaking, a knight rushed out from behind.
The alien beast jumped into the air, flattened the wooden fence, and grabbed Cao Yue.
Cao Yue was just a young man from a mountain village. He had never seen such a posture before, and he was completely frightened.
"Xiao Yue!"
With a cry of surprise, a black shadow suddenly rushed over, hugged Cao Yue, fell to the ground and rolled away for several feet, barely avoiding the knight's grasp.
The knight failed to catch it, and his face became a little ugly. He restrained the beast and turned around slowly.
"Are you also a party member?"
He said coldly.
"My lord, I don't know what you mean. We are all ordinary mountain people..."
Peng Jiuyuan said with a look of fear.
"Ordinary mountain people?"
The leading knight drove the beast forward, looked down at Peng Jiuyuan, and slowly said, "Where is Cao Shu, hand him over."
"I don't know who Cao Shu is."
Peng Jiuyuan was stunned and said.
Although he tried his best to hide it, he couldn't hide it from the knight's eyes.
Peng Jiuyuan did travel around the world when he was young, but to put it bluntly, he was the lowest level of warriors. The so-called travels were just looking around, and the people and things he experienced were very limited.
In addition, he has lived in this Jieqiao Village for decades, and there is no need to quarrel with others. There is no city.
It's okay if he didn't say so, but once he said so, the knight became even more suspicious.
"Dong Ergou, tell me."
The knight sneered.
"Peng Jiuyuan, please hand over that Cao Shu quickly, don't let him harm our entire village!"
Dong Ergou said loudly.
"Dong Ergou, you!"
Peng Jiuyuan was shocked and angry. He did not expect that someone in the village would snitch!
"What am I! What I tell is the truth!"
Dong Ergou glanced at the knights, puffed up his chest, and said loudly, "That Cao Shu has an unknown origin and is seriously injured. How can there be such a coincidence in the world!"
"He must be the assassin that the adults of this family are looking for! If you hand him over quickly, you can still be punished and make meritorious service. Otherwise, you will only bring about your own destruction!"
Then Dong Ergou is just a gangster from the mountains, and he doesn’t have much power to threaten people.
Peng Jiuyuan was so angry that he was shaking all over. Cao Yue behind him was so frightened that he couldn't say a word.
"Search for me."
The leading knight had a cold face and pointed his spear forward.
"Boom——"
The knight who wanted to capture Cao Yue at the beginning exploded with aura. The beast under his crotch moved and he shot out.
The gun was like a dragon, blasting Peng Jiuyuan's wooden house to pieces.
Peng Jiuyuan's lips trembled. He firmly protected Cao Yue behind him and stared at Dong Ergou with anger on his face.
"Nobody."
The knight who took action looked back at the leader and said.
"Tell me, where is Cao Shu."
The leading knight looked at Peng Jiuyuan and said coldly.
"Sir, I really don't know——"
Peng Jiuyuan said.
Before he finished speaking, the leading knight's face already showed murderous intent.
"Don't know? Kill the kid behind him and see if he knows."
The leading knight said with an indifferent expression.
"Yes!"
The knight who smashed Peng Jiuyuan's house showed a ferocious smile on his face, raised the spear in his hand, and stabbed Cao Yue.
"No!"
Peng Jiuyuan was shocked. He turned around and hugged Cao Yue, desperately trying to avoid the knight's shot.
But Peng Jiuyuan himself has no strength, how can he avoid that blow?
Seeing that the spear was about to string Peng Jiuyuan and Cao Yue together, the tip of the spear stopped steadily only an inch away from Peng Jiuyuan's heart.
"I will give you one last chance."
The leading knight said coldly, "Tell us the whereabouts of Cao Shu, otherwise, this Jieqiao Village will be wiped out because of your concealment!"
"Go get a few people and drive all the people in this village here."
While speaking, the leading knight gave instructions.
The knights behind him responded with smiles, as if they had encountered something funny, and then drove the strange beasts on their crotches to go in all directions.
"My lord——"
Dong Ergou was also frightened. This was not what he thought. He originally thought that if he led people to arrest Cao Shu, he would receive a reward, but he never thought that these people would do anything to the people in the village.
People take action.
The people in the village are all his uncles and brothers, and they are all his relatives.
The leading knight just looked at him coldly, as if he were looking at an ant.
"You guys, if you have one stick of incense, after one stick of incense, if I can't know the whereabouts of Cao Shu, then I will start killing people——"