326, come to ask for help, Tiangong Pavilion’s method
Zhou Shu himself felt that he was a very low-key person, and the Tiangong Pavilion did not provoke him, so why did he want to join the master's house?
But if he doesn't provoke Tiangong Pavilion, Tiangong Pavilion may not come to provoke him.
Ever since Zhou Shu learned that the insect plague was likely to break out, he had been staying behind closed doors since he returned to his mansion.
He is now a popular figure in Ge Changlong's eyes, and is responsible for forging soldiers full-time, so naturally he does not need to do the work of guarding in the past.
He forges weapons behind closed doors, and not only does no one disturb him, but the whole city is constantly delivering all kinds of weapons-making materials to his house.
It is no exaggeration to say that with one word from Zhou Shu, even Ge Changlong would get busy himself.
Of course, the premise is that Ge Changlong is in the city.
In fact, in recent days, Ge Changlong went out to explore the spiritual insects and has not come back.
Zhou Shu kept his promise. Every five days, he would take out a magic weapon and ask Xue Liang to deliver it to the city lord's palace.
If it weren't for someone's arrival, days like this would probably continue.
On this day, Zhou Shu had just thrown aside the forged magic weapon, and Xue Liang's voice sounded outside.
Xue Liang used to be a housekeeper under Master Mo. Later, Master Mo left, but he was left behind.
There was no one available under Zhou Shu, and Xue Liang knew the situation better, so Zhou Shu let him continue to be the housekeeper.
After a period of time, he found that Xue Liang, apart from being a little greedy for money, did a pretty good job in other aspects. He handled chores in an orderly manner, and the more he used it, the easier it became.
"Your Excellency, General Ma Qianlima is seeking an audience outside. He said he has something to discuss with you, Your Excellency."
Xue Liang bowed his back and reported in a low voice.
"Ma Qianli? Who is it?"
Zhou Shu asked casually.
He doesn't know much about the interpersonal relationships in the city, nor is he in the mood to understand them.
As long as Ge Changlong is still there, he doesn't need to care about others at all. If Ge Changlong is gone, then he is the lord of this city, let alone those people.
"General Ma is one of the eight generals sitting under the city lord, and his strength ranks among the top ten in the city."
At this time, we can see the importance of a housekeeper who is familiar with the situation.
If it were Zhan, Mu Zhixing and the others, they might not know everything about the people in the city, but Xue Liang had been in the city for a long time and he knew the identity of everyone in the city very clearly.
The message came out.
"General Ma has a high position, but you don't have to worry about it, sir. You are the deputy city lord personally appointed by the city lord, and your status is still higher than that of General Ma. However, this General Ma may have bad intentions."
Xue Liang said cautiously, "I heard from the gossip that Ma Qianli has a younger brother named Ma Wanli, who was fortunate enough to be accepted as a disciple by Master Weapon Master of Tiangong Pavilion. He may have come here to ask you to separate him.
Part of the benefit."
"Oh?"
Zhou Shu raised his head and looked at Xue Liang, "Where did you get this information?"
His understanding of Tiangong Pavilion was limited to written words. Although he had come into contact with Master Mo before, he only competed with Master Mo once, and then Master Mo left.
Unexpectedly, there are people in the city who are related to Tiangong Pavilion.
"I heard it from the housekeeper of Ma Mansion."
Xue Liang scratched his head and said, "He told me more than once that their Ma Mansion will surpass our Wu Mansion sooner or later."
Zhou Shu was a little stunned when he heard this, could it still be compared like this?
But he also knew that he had received too many benefits from Ge Changlong.
Benefits touch people's hearts, and if he gets benefits, others will naturally be jealous.
Speaking of which, those generals were originally the pillars of Ge Changlong's men, but now Wu Zongquan suddenly jumped on top of them and became the deputy city lord. No one would be comfortable if they replaced him.
It’s okay if you don’t have any conditions, you can only endure Zhou Shu.
But if someone from the Ma family becomes a member of the Tiangong Pavilion and can become a weapon maker in the future, they will naturally become restless.
Perhaps they also feel that what Zhou Shu gets now should originally belong to their Ma family.
Zhou Shu has seen countless such things in his life.
It's a pity that the Ma family may not have imagined how big the gap between them and Zhou Shu is.
Let’s not talk about the strength of martial arts. In terms of the art of weapon casting, let alone the man from the Ma family who was only accepted as a disciple by the weapon casting master. Even if he was a weapon casting master, he was not worth mentioning in front of Zhou Shu. "Ask him to wait for me in front. I'll clean up and come back."
Zhou Shu pondered for a moment and then said, "I would like to see if he is here to grab territory."
If the other party is here for negotiation, then Zhou Shu wouldn't mind talking to him.
If the other party is here to grab territory, then don’t blame Zhou Shu for his deadly attack.
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After a while, Zhou Shu saw Ma Qianli in the front hall. When he saw Ma Qianli, Zhou Shu remembered that he had met him.
The last time I went to the city lord's mansion to deliver a sword, I bumped into someone before entering. That person wanted to cause trouble for me, wasn't it this Ma Qianli?
But he was considered fast that time, otherwise Zhou Shu might have caused him some trouble afterwards.
A trivial matter was in the past, and Zhou Shu was too lazy to settle the score with him.
"General Ma, I have admired your name for a long time, but I don't know why you came here?"
Zhou Shu arched his hands and said.
"Deputy City Lord Wu, Mr. Ma was rude before, and I have offended many people. Please forgive me."
Na Ma Qianli had a very good attitude, a smile appeared on his face, and he spoke politely.
"General Ma, you're welcome. If you have any questions, General Ma, please speak up. Wu still has many things to do, and he really doesn't have time to chat with General Ma."
Zhou Shu said straight to the point.
The expression on Ma Qianli's face froze, and he said unnaturally, "Since Vice City Master Wu is quick to talk to others, I, the general, will not go around in circles."
"To be honest, Deputy City Master Wu, Ma has a younger brother named Ma Wanli. He was naughty when he was young. Fortunately, the prodigal son turned around and was favored by Tiangong Pavilion and became a disciple of Tiangong Pavilion."
Zhou Shu didn't say anything and just looked at Ma Qianli.
Seeing Zhou Shu's reaction, Ma Qianli was disappointed and continued, "Originally, this was a good thing. Wan Li also cherished this opportunity and worked hard without complaint, just to one day become a weapon maker and shine on his family.
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"But I never thought that when Wan Li was serving his master, he accidentally knocked over the casting furnace, causing the failure of a magic weapon forged by his master."
Ma Qianli's face was full of bitterness. He had boasted in front of Ge Changlong before, vowing that he would definitely be able to invite the Tiangong Pavilion's weapon casters.
But who would have thought that if you don't become a weapon master, you will have no status at all in Tiangong Pavilion.
His younger brother is an apprentice in Tiangong Pavilion. Where can he get a chance to speak?
"General Ma, why did you come to me?"
Zhou Shu said impatiently, how did his brother struggle in Tiangong Pavilion, and what does Zhou Shu have to do with it?
Zhou Shu didn't want to hear the cliché story about a prodigal son who turned around and turned around.
"I'm here to ask Deputy City Lord Wu for help."
Ma Qianli bent down to Zhou Shu and said, "Wanli accidentally knocked over the master's casting furnace. His master was so angry that he wanted to drive him out of the school. Not only that, he also wanted to destroy his cultivation.
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"Although my younger brother is useless, I can't just watch him be destroyed. Master Wanli has said that he wants to take back his life unless the magic weapon he used to waste can be reforged."
"But Wan Li is not a weapon maker yet, how can he do it?"
"So you came to me because you want me to help you recast that useless magic weapon?"
Zhou Shu interrupted Ma Qianli and said.
He didn't expect that this was the reason why Ma Qianli came to him.
He thought that Ma Qianli had gotten involved with Tiangong Pavilion and came to him to steal benefits.
"Exactly."
Ma Qianli said bitterly, "Mou Ma doesn't know other weapon casters, so I can only shamelessly ask you, Deputy City Master Wu, to come here."
"If Deputy City Lord Wu can rescue his younger brother and allow him to stay in Tiangong Pavilion and continue to practice, Ma will definitely be richly rewarded!"
Zhou Shu looked at Ma Qianli and couldn't help but said, "Tiangong Pavilion doesn't treat your brother as a human being. He just knocked over the casting furnace and wants to destroy his cultivation and clean it out. It's okay not to stay in a place like this."
"After all, you are a strong man at the pinnacle of the Tao realm. Don't they give you any face?"
Zhou Shu didn't understand what Ma Qianli was thinking. The weapon-casting division of Tiangong Pavilion was a bit too domineering. He knocked over the casting furnace and destroyed a furnace of weapon-casting materials. How big a deal is this?
As for destroying other people’s cultivation?
In Zhou Shu's opinion, it would be better not to leave such a place.
He also did not expect that Ma Qianli, who was considered a high-ranking and powerful person in the city and was very powerful, would not give him any face at all when Tiangong Pavilion treated his younger brother like this.
This is equivalent to the ancestral land of Huaxia Pavilion's weapon masters, who do not give Yang Hong, Xiao Jianghe and the others the same face at all, which makes Zhou Shu find it quite incredible.
"The peak of the Tao realm is nothing in the eyes of Tiangong Pavilion. I don't even know how many Heavenly Protectors there are in Tiangong Pavilion."
Ma Qianli smiled bitterly and said, "My brother finally entered Tiangong Pavilion, and I really don't want him to lose the opportunity to become a weapon maker."
"Deputy City Lord Wu, I know that my request is too much, but if you can help me, my Ma family will definitely regard you as a benefactor for generations to come, and you will be the only one to follow your lead!"
Ma Qianli almost knelt on the ground and swore allegiance.
However, his words did not have much appeal to Zhou Shu.
Tiangong Pavilion doesn’t like the Ma family, but he, Zhou Shu, likes them?
Whether Ma Jiaxiao is loyal to him or not has no meaning at all.
"What kind of magic weapon is your brother and his master going to forge? Is there a recipe for it?"
Zhou Shu said thoughtfully.
He doesn't care whether the Ma family will be loyal to him, but taking this opportunity to find out the details of Tiangong Pavilion is a good opportunity.
"There is no weapon-making formula, and I don't know what kind of magic weapon he wants to forge."
Ma Qianli shook his head.
"General Ma, are you kidding me?"
Zhou Shu's face darkened and he said coldly, "I don't know anything. Please come and beg me. Even if I want to help you, I can't do anything. Please!"
He flicked his sleeves and asked Xue Liang to see him off.
"Deputy City Lord Wu, calm down."
Ma Qianli panicked and said quickly, "I don't mean to tease you. I don't know, but Wan Li knows. Wan Li is waiting outside. Deputy City Master Wu, you can call him over and ask."
Zhou Shu frowned slightly and said, "Xue Liang, go and call someone in."
Xue Liang went out in response. After a while, he walked in with a young man who looked to be in his twenties.
The young man bent over and looked respectful. His cultivation was not weak and he had already reached the cave-heaven realm.
If this kind of cultivation were placed in the ancestral land, it would be considered a powerful master.
But in this world, it is indeed not outstanding.
There are as many Taoist realms as dogs here, and the heavens are everywhere.
"I met Master Wu."
Ma Qianli's younger brother's name was Ma Wanli. He came ten feet away from Zhou Shu and spoke respectfully, bending his waist to ninety degrees.
"Tell me, what kind of magic weapon is your master going to forge?"
Zhou Shu said calmly, "I'm going to say something ugly up front, so I may not be able to help you."
"It doesn't matter. If Deputy City Master Wu really can't help us, then my Ma family's fate is like this. I can't blame anyone."
Ma Qianli is considered a good person and said quickly.
His younger brother Ma Wanli's voice trembled slightly and he said, "My master wants to cast a knife. The shape of that knife is..."
After all, Ma Wanli was accepted as an apprentice by the Weapon Master, and he was much more professional than Ma Qianli.
He described the shape of the sword in detail and reported all the weapons-making materials used by his master.
Although he did not master the specific secret recipe for forging weapons, he knew what materials were used for forging weapons and what the divine weapons looked like. This was enough for a skilled weapon caster to deduce the secret recipe for forging weapons. For Zhou Shu, it was a piece of cake.
However, he did not immediately agree to the Ma brothers.
Most people will not cherish things that are too easy to obtain.
If you tell them that they can do it easily, their gratitude to themselves will be greatly reduced.
"This matter is not easy."
Zhou Shu pondered and said, "I don't know the secret recipe for making weapons. It's not easy to make this magic weapon. I need to make many attempts, and I will definitely lose some weapon-making materials in the process."
"We'll take it on!"
Ma Qianli said without hesitation.
"It will take some time. During this time, I will not be able to complete the tasks assigned by the city lord..."
Zhou Shu continued.
"I'm going to beg the city lord!"
Ma Qianli said again.
Zhou Shu nodded and said thoughtfully, "Actually, I think you don't have to stay in Tiangong Pavilion."
"Ma Wanli, right? If you want to learn the art of forging weapons, Tiangong Pavilion is not the only place in the world."
Zhou Shu said casually.
Ma Qianli was much smarter than his younger brother, and his eyes lit up, "Deputy City Lord Wu is willing to accept his younger brother as his apprentice?"
"I didn't say that."
Zhou Shu said.
Na Ma Wanli was still a little confused and didn't realize what was going on.
Ma Qianli wanted to kick this younger brother a few times. This younger brother was obviously very clever when he was young, but why did he become more dull as he grew older?
"Your master, did you say when you want it?"
Zhou Shu looked at Ma Wanli and said.
"Master said that if I can bring out the magic weapon within three months, he will take back his life, stop blaming me, and take me into his sect again."
Ma Wanli said in a muffled voice.
Zhou Shu looked at his reaction and was amazed.
This Tiangong Pavilion's weapon forging master may not be very good at forging weapons, but he is good at torturing people.
This Ma Wanli has been bullied to this extent by others, and he still wants to go back.
Under normal circumstances, shouldn’t he stay as far away from his so-called master as possible?
Is he addicted to abuse?
"Three months——"
Zhou Shu pondered and said, "General Ma, in three months, I could have provided eighteen magic weapons to the city lord. You have to make this clear to the city lord."
Ma Qianli's expression was a little stiff, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Ma has made some achievements over the years, and the city lord will definitely give me this face!"
"This is your brother's private matter. I can't use the city lord's things to cast the magic weapon for you. Your brother knows the specific materials needed for the weapon. After you sent the weapon-casting materials, I started to try." p>
Zhou Shu continued.
"I know you must be worried. Since we are all colleagues, I allow your brother to watch."
Zhou Shu thought for a moment and continued.
"I will not cheat on your weapons-making materials, you can rest assured of this."
A flash of surprise flashed across Ma Qianli's face, and he said quickly, "Deputy City Lord Wu, you have overthought it. If I couldn't trust Deputy City Lord Wu, I wouldn't come to beg you. I believe in Deputy City Lord Wu, your character..."
"Okay, General Ma, everyone is here to fool around. Just think and know what you are doing."
Zhou Shu waved his hand, interrupted him, and said, "I have said something ugly at the front desk. If the supply of materials for casting weapons affects me and I am affected by the lack of materials for casting magic weapons, you will bear the consequences yourself."
"I understand."
Ma Qianli said repeatedly.
Seeing that his brother was still stunned, he kicked him hard and said, "Thank you very much, Deputy City Master Wu!"
Ma Wanli looked dull and quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Deputy City Master Wu!"
Zhou Shu looked more and more surprised, where is the promised return of the prodigal son?
No matter how you look at this Ma Wanli, he doesn't look like a former prodigal. He is simply an honest man.
Or is it that he was trained like this by Tiangong Pavilion?
If it is true that Tiangong Pavilion trained a former prodigal son to be like this, Tiangong Pavilion's methods are really extraordinary.
"Ma Wanli, let me ask you, what is the level of your master's weapon-making skills in Tiangong Pavilion?"
Zhou Shu asked casually.
Ma Wanli raised his head and looked at Zhou Shu with a blank expression, as if he didn't know how to answer.
Ma Qianli was so angry that he kicked him again, then smiled apologetically at Zhou Shu and said, "Deputy City Lord Wu, my younger brother, the Master, has the title of Deputy Pavilion Master in Tiangong Pavilion. I'm not too specific.
I understand, but I heard someone say that his weapon-making skills should be among the best in Tiangong Pavilion."
Zhou Shu glanced at Ma Qianli in surprise. No wonder Ma Qianli, with his identity, rushed to send his brother back. It turned out that he was the deputy master of Tiangong Pavilion, so his behavior was understandable.
If you can really become the deputy master of Tiangong Pavilion, the Ma family will really soar into the sky.
"That's it."
Zhou Shu said meaningfully, "If Wu is lucky enough to be able to cast the magic weapon, then I will ask General Ma to take care of you in the future."
"Don't dare, don't dare."
We are all smart people, and there are some things that don’t need to be said clearly. Ma Qianli kept a low profile and kept talking.
Both parties understood each other tacitly and smiled at each other.