Ge Changlong and the others looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
In the past, when Master Mo was here, it would take anywhere from ten to ten days to forge a magic weapon. On average, it would take twenty or thirty days to produce a magic weapon.
A handful in five days is already several times faster than Master Mo.
At this speed, we can equip a thousand-man team in just a few years.
Ge Changlong's face was filled with surprise. Wu Zongquan had once again surprised him.
How come you haven’t discovered such a talent so long ago?
"Okay!" Ge Changlong stood up and laughed, "Zongquan, if you can really forge a magic weapon every five days, then I promise that you will be the deputy city lord of this city, and I will be promoted in the future.
, you are the city lord!"
As soon as Ge Changlong said this, everyone's expression changed.
You know, Ge Changlong has never said this to anyone before.
But then I thought about it, if Wu Zongquan really has this kind of ability to forge soldiers, his future is limitless, and he may not necessarily fancy the position of city lord.
Where can those powerful armorers not be treated as guests?
The lord of a remote town may not necessarily be taken seriously by them.
Wu Zongquan has such ability, he may be recruited by Tiangong Pavilion in the future. If the city lord doesn't spend money, he may not be able to keep him.
Thinking of this, everyone felt relieved and no longer cared about being overtaken by a kid.
Wu Zongquan is a weapons master, and he is not on the same path as them, so naturally there is nothing to argue with.
"Too careless!"
Seeing Ge Changlong's excited look, Zhou Shu didn't know that he had shortened the time again.
Forging a magic weapon in five days was slow enough in his opinion, but obviously, in the eyes of Ge Changlong and others, it was very fast.
"The art of forging weapons should have been brought back from this world by the Emperor of Heaven in the beginning. Even if we develop rapidly there, the art of forging weapons here should not lag behind to this extent. Or is it just the knowledge of these people?
Too little?"
Zhou Shu has always had a doubt in his heart.
"Thank you City Lord for your cultivation!"
Zhou Shu hid his doubts in his heart, put on a look of joy on his face, bowed and said.
On the surface he was overjoyed, but in his heart he didn't care. It was just a city lord position, and he really didn't think much of it.
Think about it, in the ancestral land, he is the king of the human race, and there are countless cities under his rule.
Of course, the cities in this back world must be larger than those in the ancestral land.
"City Lord, what do you plan to do with this sword?"
Suddenly, a simple-looking general asked.
Ge Changlong was in a good mood. He laughed and said, "You want to take advantage of it again, so I will give you this sword first."
"Thank you City Lord!"
The honest-looking general laughed heartily.
Several other generals regretted it too much. Damn it, they let this bastard get the better of them again.
Zhou Shu raised his eyebrows slightly, "The magic weapon I forged, you gave it to others before I even said anything?
No need to ask my opinion?
Well, this is not the ancestral land, and I am not Zhou Shu.
Wu Zongquan is just a subordinate of Ge Changlong and does not have this power.
He can divide it however he wants. No matter who he gives it to, no matter whose hands the magic weapon falls into, the owner of the magic weapon will become his Zhou Shu's worker.
"Zongquan, from today on, you don't have to worry about anything. Just focus on building troops with all your strength. Everyone in the city will cooperate with you unconditionally!"
Ge Changlong looked at Zhou Shu and said.
"Get the order!"
Zhou Shu was overjoyed and said, "City Lord, I want to see the secret weapon-casting techniques you have collected first. If you can improve my weapon-casting skills, then maybe my weapon-casting speed can be improved. After all,
Sharpening the knife will not stop chopping wood."
Zhou Shu told the real purpose of his trip.
"It's my fault that I was negligent."
Ge Changlong patted his forehead and said, "I'll have someone take you to the library and browse through it as you wish."
While he was talking, Ge Changlong had already called people in and asked them to take Zhou Shu to the library.
Now he is trying his best to win over Zhou Shu, so he will naturally respond to Zhou Shu's requests.
Following the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion to a small building, the housekeeper said respectfully, "Sir, this is the library. The City Lord likes to collect books. There are now a total of one hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-two books in this library.
, martial arts secrets, the art of forging weapons, anecdotes, all kinds of things."
"The little one is just waiting outside. If the adults have any orders, just call me at any time."
The butler's posture was extremely low. This was the first time he saw the city lord letting someone enter his library.
This library is the private place of the city lord. Zhou Shu is an outsider entering this place for the first time. In the past, even if someone wanted to see some secret book, Ge Changlong would just ask someone to find it and give it to others.
It is unprecedented for people to come in and read it at will.
Zhou Shu didn't pay attention to this, but the steward ranked him at the top of the list of people who should not be offended.
Walking into the library, the interior is neatly organized and clean.
I didn’t realize it, but Ge Changlong is indeed a book lover.
For martial arts experts, in many cases, if they simply store information, they don't need paper books at all. A jade talisman can solve the problem.
This is just like the e-books and paper books in Zhou Shu's previous life. If it is just for recording, e-books are very convenient.
In fact, most high-level warriors use e-books.
Only those who truly love books would build such a library specifically to collect paper books.
Zhou Shu himself is also a book lover, but he has never had the leisure to build a library before.
"If I have a chance later, I can take advantage of this place."
Zhou Shu walked among the bookshelves and said to himself.
He easily pulled out a book from the bookshelf and started flipping through it quickly.
What he was looking for was not the secret book on the art of forging weapons, but the anecdotes about the world.
Zhou Shu's attainments in the art of weapon casting are already extremely profound. The secret manuals on the art of weapon casting collected by Ge Changlong must not be very popular, so Zhou Shu naturally doesn't bother to read more.
What he wants to understand is the basic situation of the world.
These things that Ge Changlong considers common sense are what Zhou Shu needs to understand most urgently.
Although I have dreamed of two people here, they were both soldiers at the lowest level and did not know much about this world.
Zhou Shu moved quickly, flipping through the books on the bookshelf one by one.
A warrior has no sun or moon. For Zhou Shu, there is no problem at all if he goes without food or drink for a few days.
He just stayed in the library and read various books, and the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion did not rush him.
As for Ge Changlong, he has never been here from beginning to end.
For warriors with their level of cultivation, a few days is no different from the blink of an eye, and even a few years are just a fleeting moment in their eyes.
As he read more and more books, Zhou Shu's impression of the world naturally became more and more clear.
"That's it."
Zhou Shu closed the last book and murmured to himself, "No wonder those generals like Ge Changlong feel so ignorant. It's not that they are ignorant, but that in this world, the art of forging weapons is classified as top secret!"
In the past, when I was in my ancestral land, although the art of forging weapons was not taught lightly, it was not so strict.
In this world, the art of forging weapons is controlled by an organization called Tiangong Pavilion, and outsiders have no way of knowing the truth about the art of forging weapons.
That Gong Pavilion, or perhaps there were others who added fuel to the flames, could cover up the truth about the art of forging weapons.
The most important thing is that Tiangong Pavilion strictly controls the number of divine weapons flowing out, which also leads to the fact that things are rare and valuable. The divine weapons in this world are far more precious than those in the ancestral land.
That's why Ge Changlong and others look like they have never seen the world.
It would only happen that such a big city only has three melons and two dates.
"People like Ge Changlong don't seem to know the existence of true power, but Tiangong Pavilion should know it."
Zhou Shu said to himself, "They should know that the magic weapons have flaws, and having magic weapons may not be a good thing, so they strictly control the number of magic weapons so that everyone will not become sacred."
Nutrient."
"But having said that, shouldn't everyone in this world be the subordinates of the Holy One? The Holy One won't even let them go, but they will be treated like leeks? This is really cruel."
Zhou Shu said in deep thought.
"Tiangong Pavilion intends to control the number of divine weapons. I don't know if it comes from the divine intention. It seems that I can't overdo it. If I attract the attention of Tiangong Pavilion, I'm afraid there will be some trouble."
Zhou Shu thought in his mind.
"If you have the chance, you can join the Tiangong Pavilion and see if they are the sacred lackeys or the strong men who resist the sacred."
Zhou Shu made up his mind and saw that there was no value in the library, so he got up and left.
Outside the door, the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion was guarding there conscientiously.
"Can the city lord be in the mansion?"
Zhou Shu asked casually.
"Reporting to your lord, there are spiritual insects appearing outside the city. The city lord took people to investigate, but they haven't come back yet."
The housekeeper spoke, and as he spoke, a look of fear flashed across his face.
"Spirit insect?"
Zhou Shu was also shocked.
He had known before that the world he was in now was located on the spiritual roots of heaven and earth, and above the spiritual roots of heaven and earth, bugs would be born. These bugs were spiritual bugs.
They will feed on the spiritual roots of heaven and earth and destroy the very foundation of the existence of this world. They are the mortal enemies of the spiritual roots of heaven and earth and the people who live on them.
One of the responsibilities of this city is to guard the spiritual insects and prevent them from rushing to the branches of the spiritual roots of heaven and earth.
However, according to the information Zhou Shu learned while dreaming, there have been no spiritual insects around this city for hundreds of years.
Now that traces of spiritual insects suddenly appear, could it be said that the insect plague is about to break out again?
Zhou Shu suddenly felt a little enlightened. No wonder if Ge Changlong paid attention to him, it turned out that an insect plague was about to break out.
Once an insect plague breaks out, it will be a life and death battle. If there are a large number of magic soldiers, the help to them will naturally be self-evident.
Especially for Ge Changlong, the city lord, if he can quell an insect plague, he will definitely receive a reward from above.
"Are you sure there are traces of spiritual insects?"
Zhou Shu asked in a deep voice.
"I should be sure, I'm not sure."
The steward said that after all, he was just a steward, and he was not sure about such a big matter.
"Okay, I'm going back first. The city lord is back later. Could you please send someone to inform me and I'll come to see the city lord."
Zhou Shu said in deep thought.
If the insect plague was really coming, he would have to make some preparations in advance.
He himself is not afraid, but there are Mu Zhixing and Zhan in the city.
We are all fellow villagers, and it is time to take care of each other. Zhou Shu cannot leave them alone.
……
The mansion that originally belonged to Master Mo is now Zhou Shu's territory.
The guards in the mansion were all replaced by people from Gutianting.
Zhou Shu, Zhan and Mu Zhixing gathered in a room in the backyard.
"Insect plague?"
Mu Zhixing said with some surprise, "Mr. Wu, you are really lucky. Wherever you go, something will happen."
Mu Zhixing gave a thumbs up, not sure whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm.
Zhou Shu rolled his eyes at him.
"There hasn't been an insect plague here for hundreds of years. Not long after we arrived, we encountered an insect plague. This is no one's luck."
Mu Zhixing said that he has not been idle these days and has been looking around for information.
Insect plagues are not secrets, and of course he has found out a lot of information.
However, there has not been an insect plague in this city for hundreds of years, and most of them have never experienced a real insect plague. Their knowledge of insect plagues is limited to word-of-mouth transmission between elders.
"I heard that it is normal for there to be tens or hundreds of years between the time when the spiritual insects appear and when the insect plague breaks out."
Mu Zhixing touched his chin and said, "In a few decades, it's not certain whether we will still be here, so there is nothing to worry about."
"This is wrong."
Zhan shook his head and said, "Insect plagues are not unique to this city. They also exist in other places in the world. As long as we are still here, we don't know when we will encounter insect plagues. It's just inevitable. Contact us
Insect plague is not necessarily a bad thing."
"We came to this world to become stronger. If we want to become stronger, we cannot escape. Facing the insect plague will happen sooner or later."
He was full of fighting spirit. After this period of recuperation, the energy and spirit belonging to the leader of the thirty-six generals of the ancient heaven returned to him.
"General Zhan is right."
Zhou Shu nodded and said, "This city is our base in this world. We cannot give up here easily."
"So, it is also beneficial to us to help Ge Changlong defend this place. If Ge Changlong is promoted, I can become the lord of this city. By then, this place will really be our territory."
Zhou Shu said.
He also has a greater ambition.
This is the connection between the ancestral land and the world behind the door. If you can control this city, it will not be a problem to attract people from the ancestral land here.
So he must take this city into his hands.
Spirit insects, let them go to hell!
"How is your cultivation going?"
Zhou Shu looked at Zhan and Mu Zhixing and asked, "General Zhan, when will you be able to break through to the realm of Heavenly Lord?"
"How can it be so easy to break through the realm of Heavenly Lord?"
Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "But I have already felt the bottleneck loosening. If I can practice hard for hundreds of years, I might have a 30% chance of breaking through to the realm of the Heavenly Lord."
Hundreds of years may sound like a long time, but for a breakthrough to the realm of Heavenly Lord, it is nothing.
The lifespan of a powerful Tianzun can be as long as 100,000 years. However, even those who are strong in the Tao realm may not be able to break through to the Tianzun realm after practicing for a lifetime.
If he could really break through to the Tianzun realm in a few hundred years, Zhan would already be laughing with joy.
"Hundreds of years——"
Zhou Shu shook his head and sighed, "It seems that before the insect plague comes, there is not much hope for you to break through to the Heavenly Realm."
Zhan nodded, although he didn't want to admit it, but it was true.
"But if the insect plague really breaks out, it may be an opportunity for me. My martial arts, first level battle, and battle with spiritual insects will also be of great help to my breakthrough."
Zhan said.
Zhou Shu nodded. The insect plague was a disaster, but it was also an opportunity. The battle was an opportunity, and it was also an opportunity for him.
If the magic weapon he forged kills the enemy, it will bring him the reward of the magic weapon map.
As long as he turns Ge Changlong and others into his workers, the insect plague will also become an opportunity for him to become stronger.
If all the soldiers in the city become his workers, then every time they kill a spiritual insect, Zhou Shu will become stronger.
"It seems that we have no choice but to risk offending Tiangong Pavilion and cast more magic weapons."
Zhou Shu said in a deep voice.
"What are you afraid of? Anyway, if something happens, Ge Changlong will be in front."
Mu Zhixing said, "Since we want to cede territory and become the king, isn't it only a matter of time before we confront Lao Shizi's Tiangong Pavilion?"
"Master Wu, I think you can join Tiangong Pavilion. Maybe Tiangong Pavilion will also change its surname."
Mu Zhixing has no doubts about this. With Zhou Shu's trouble-making ability, if he joins Tiangong Pavilion, Mu Zhixing will not believe it even if Tiangong Pavilion changes his surname to Zhou.
Look at this city, Zhou Shu has only been here for a long time, and he has become the deputy city lord!
Moreover, Ge Changlong also claimed that when he is promoted to the top, Zhou Shu will be the lord of this city!
This kind of promotion speed is like riding a rocket!
The Tiangong Pavilion organization is full of weapon-casting divisions. Casting weapons is what Zhou Shu is best at.
As far as Mu Zhixing knows, Zhou Shu has never lost to anyone in the art of weapon casting. If he really joins Tiangong Pavilion, it is conceivable that the weapon casters in Tiangong Pavilion will be tortured by him.
Can't find the north.
Master Mo is a living example.
Isn't he the weapon maker of Tiangong Pavilion? In the end, Zhou Shu was forced to run away with his tail between his legs?
"Master Wu, if you can really take over Tiangong Pavilion, it will be of great help to us in defending this city."
Zhan pondered and said that he considered the problem from a strategic perspective.
He doesn't know exactly how powerful the Spirit Insect is, but from a war perspective, the stronger it is, the better, and Tiangong Pavilion is the logistics department that every leader likes the most.
If we can get the full help of an organization like Tiangong Pavilion, it will be equivalent to an extra life for any army.
"You have such a wonderful idea. Is it so easy to take possession of Tiangong Pavilion?"
Zhou Shu said angrily, "The master of Tiangong Pavilion is not my son, how could he let me take over casually? It's okay to talk about this in private, but don't go out and say it, it's embarrassing!"