Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 340 - 135: Walking the Hero’s Path with the Overlord Blade, The Great Battle Begins (Super - )
"Master Li, I apologize, our Patriarch should have come personally, but due to the imminent expedition, the Patriarch is busy studying some Dharma Gates, so he sent this old man..."
"I’ve brought all fifteen hundred taels of Blood Gold, should I... put it in your room first? So you don’t have to move it yourself, haha."
The envoy from the Guo Family was not just anyone; he was a high-ranking member of the Guo Family.
Yet at this moment, he was cautious and smiling in front of Li Yuan, speaking carefully.
In his mind, Li Yuan would not refuse.
Although he was from Gu Xuejian’s side, he was also a Weapon Forger of the Divine Wood Hall.
To some extent, he was obligated to assist the Divine Wood Hall in forging Spiritual Artifacts of the Fifth Grade.
The Master Gong of the Divine Wood Hall was in pursuit of the "Great Dao," rarely crafting Spiritual Artifacts, and even when he did, it was for some great figures...
Among these great figures, even the Ancestor of the Guo Family could barely count as one of them...
Currently, in the entire Divine Wood Hall, the only one who could forge Spiritual Artifacts was this Master Li.
And Master Li needed orders for Spiritual Artifacts to continue proving himself and honing his craft.
As for the little dispute between Master Li and the Guo Family, neither this Guo Family envoy nor the entire Guo Family paid much attention to it.
It’s merely a matter of a knight’s move and an elephant’s step on the chessboard, each going its own way for mutual benefit.
Considering this past dispute, the Guo Family also significantly increased the crafting fee this time to express an attitude.
Otherwise, simply being a Weapon Forger crafting a Spiritual Artifact for the second time would not be worth this price...
Of course, like Master Gong and Master Zhu, the technique of weapon casting, when they perform it, far exceeds this price.
Li Yuan heard and nodded, saying, "Is it for Guo Fanghai to be forged?"
The envoy said, "Yes, yes, Master Li, it is for our Patriarch, our Patriarch needs a sword."
"I understand." Li Yuan pondered for a moment, then said, "Bring the materials as soon as possible, I will forge it on a selected day."
The envoy was overjoyed, stood up, bowed, and repeatedly said, "Thank you, Master Li, thank you, Master Li."
Then he withdrew...
...
Half a month later.
In the wind and snow of December, the fiery flames in the furnace soared to the sky, and a shimmering cold long sword was quenched, its body exuding a dark red color. Within the blade, a thread of green light danced and flowed, faintly carrying a subtle life force, bestowing this sword with a mysterious power...
Li Yuan continued to attach the hilt to the sword, made a sheath, and when it was all done, he grabbed it and tossed it backward, throwing it to the waiting Guo Fanghai, saying, "Patriarch Guo, don’t forget to place it in a place with a strong atmosphere for ten months, don’t be hasty, otherwise it will ruin this Spiritual Artifact."
Guo Fanghai caught the sword, unsheathed it to sense it, and upon feeling the Artifact Spirit that completely matched himself, he stroked his beard and laughed, "Thank you, Master Li! Now I can make it in time for the upcoming expedition."
Li Yuan nodded slightly.
Guo Fanghai made another bow and then left.
Li Yuan, bare-chested, had a long-legged maid run over to drape a dark cloak over him. She then looked up at Li Yuan’s side profile, her face blushing brightly.
"Thank you." Li Yuan said.
Yaojue showed a cute smile and tilted her head.
Further away, Tang Nian and the already grown-up Xiaozhao walked in, coincidentally witnessing this scene. Tang Nian whispered sideways, "She also wants to be a little mother."
Xiaozhao, who was nine years old by reckoning, cheered and ran to Li Yuan’s side. Despite being a big girl by her virtual age, she would seize every opportunity to cling to her father.
Li Yuan gently reached out, touching her forehead, and laughed, "Dad is covered in sweat, let me wash up, then I’ll play with you."
Tang Nian came over and said, "Xiaozhao, old dad has been in this room for over ten days, he’s exhausted, let him rest a bit."
Xiaozhao then obediently said "Oh," a little unhappily stepping aside.
In the wind and snow, a crow on a branch was eyeing Yaojue.
Yaojue had very long and beautiful legs.
A palace maid serving alongside Princess Consort Yin must at least be a delicate beauty.
Moreover, Yaojue carried an extremely rare cleverness.
Xiaozhao had long been accustomed to her father not accompanying her, and she ran to Yaojue, looking up and revealing a cute smile.
Yaojue crouched down and said, "Xiaozhao, you’re so adorable."
Xiaozhao said, "Aunt Yao, I drew a picture, come and see it with me."
The little girl seemed not to possess the talent for martial arts, and staying in this house, she always had to find something to do, thus learning to read and draw.
But Mei, Orchid, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum, including Xue Ning, did not know how to draw. It was Yaojue and Cui Huayin who were proficient in "qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting," so Xiaozhao naturally called out "Aunt Yao," then followed this long-legged maid to learn drawing.
Yaojue was pulled away by her.
In the snowy ground remained only the cloaked young man and a girl with a slightly raised mouth, slightly lifted chin, yet slightly vacant eyes.
"Foster Father, you said to find you after the weapon forging."
"Yes..."
Li Yuan clapped his hands, looked into the distance, and said, "The He Family has been found. They are an Independent Practitioner family, and there was originally a Sixth Grade in the sect, but he died due to certain events, now only the Seventh Grade remains, considered to have declined."
Tang Nian was momentarily dazed, a slight warmth rising within, not expecting her foster father to still remember her affairs.
Li Yuan asked again, "Does the Tang Family really have a Sixth Grade inheritance?"
Tang Nian replied, "There is.
But it should be hidden in the Tang Sect’s secret chamber, extremely difficult to find, with layers of mechanisms within. However, Old Tang has already told me about them."
She lightly clenched her fist, "As long as... as long as I can get there, I can obtain the Tang Family inheritance, and then be able to forge puppets more easily."
