Chapter 529: Lingxiao Treasure Palace, Ji Lutian Sends Someone Over (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The fact that the forging formula appeared in the Legendary Armament Canon automatically satisfied Zhou Shu. This time, he didn't forge any weapon or complete any mission.
What surprised him even more was that what appeared in the Legendary Armament Canon was the Demon King Palace that he had designed! Moreover, the Legendary Armament Canon had directly given it a name!
"Lingxiao Treasure Palace!"
The words made Zhou Shu's heart skip a beat.
He only wanted to build a demon king palace, but the Legendary Armament Canon directly defined it as the Lingxiao Treasure Palace?
Zhou Shu asked the Legendary Armament Canon in his heart what it was up to.
As expected, there was no reaction from the Legendary Armament Canon.
This was the Lingxiao Treasure Palace!
Legend had it that when the monkey wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, they had broken into the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.
Of course, there was no such legend in this world, but Zhou Shu was shocked.
After all, the name Lingxiao Treasure Palace was too meaningful.
"Elder Shi, have you heard of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace?" Zhou Shu looked at Shi Changsheng.
Shi Changsheng couldn't see the Legendary Armament Canon, so he casually said, "You want to name it the Lingxiao Treasure Palace? Lingxiao is a good name. If you add a floating function to this place, this name will be?appropriate1."
Shi Changsheng said it very casually and had no reaction to the name Lingxiao Treasure Palace.
It seemed that the Lingxiao Treasure Palace didn't exist in this world.
In my previous life, the monkey was just the words of a novelist. The name Lingxiao Treasure Palace didn't mean anything,?Zhou Shu thought.?So what if it's called the Lingxiao Treasure Palace?
I wonder how the Lingxiao Treasure Palace divine weapon will give rewards?
Do I have to use the Lingxiao Treasure Palace to kill others?
Zhou Shu didn't think too much about it. No matter what, the matter of forging the palace into a divine weapon was settled.
After the Legendary Armament Canon recorded the thoughts in his mind, it optimized the forging method of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace and fed it back to Zhou Shu.
He now knew the forging method of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace by heart.
What he was worried about now was that even if he mastered the forging method of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, it wouldn't be easy to forge it.
Not to mention anything else, just the amount of forging materials required was massive.
Initially, he thought that he had already plundered a lot of forging materials from the various Great Demons. But now that he thought about it, these forging materials were really not enough!
He could only hope that the mining army sent by Yao Jun could dig more ores back.
The matter of forging materials was troublesome, but it could be resolved.
There was also the most important problem—even if Zhou Shu gave it his all, he couldn't complete it in a day or two.
He might not even finish it in a few years!
He didn't have so much time to waste here, and Demon King Hu Li couldn't wait that long.
Time. What he lacked most was time.
Zhou Shu rubbed his brows. Suddenly, he saw Shi Changsheng, and his heart skipped a beat. "Elder Shi, I remember you are the master of the Zhuling Grotto-Heaven, right?"
"Yes, that's right." Shi Changsheng said.
"A day outside is a year inside the Zhuling Grotto-Heaven. How does that work?"
If he could master this ability, then a day for others was equivalent to a year for him. Then it would be much more convenient for him to do whatever he wanted.
"Just changing the flow of time. It's nothing unusual," Shi Changsheng said lightly with a calm expression.
Zhou Shu had a feeling that he was bragging, but there was no evidence.
"Then, how can it be done?" Zhou Shu asked.
"You can ask when you have a grotto-heaven," Shi Changsheng said indifferently. "You can't do it without a grotto-heaven."
"When will I have a grotto-heaven?" Zhou Shu rolled his eyes. When he had a grotto-heaven, he would be at the peak of the Grotto-Heaven realm.
If he really reached the Grotto-Heaven realm, why would he bother so much about this now?
He would have long captured all twelve Demon Kings of the Demon Realm and beaten them up.
At that time, with his divine ability Total Annihilation, he would definitely be the number one person in the world.
"Must there be a grotto-heaven?" Zhou Shu refused to give up.
"Obviously," Shi Changsheng said. "Not only do you have to have a grotto-heaven, but ordinary grotto-heavens won't do it either.
"I told you long ago that back then, I was one of the few top experts in the world. Even among those at the peak of the Grotto-Heaven realm, there were not many stronger than me.
"Young fellow, stop dreaming. Even back then, there were only a handful of people who could do this," Shi Changsheng said proudly.
"If you can forge the thirty-three heavens, I might be able to find a way for it to work. But it's impossible now."
Shi Changsheng was still thinking about his thirty-three heavens concept.
The so-called thirty-three heavens was just a term Shi Changsheng had derived from the concept of the grotto-heaven.
Actually, it meant that a weapon had thirty-three separate spaces inside it, as if there were thirty-three grotto-heavens.
The Heavenly Hub Armory in the Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain had nine levels. Each level was a separate space, so there were nine heavens.
It was the Heavenly Hub Armory that made the master of the Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain become the number one Grotto-Heaven realm expert back then.
This was what Shi Changsheng hadn't told Zhou Shu.
Chapter 530: Lingxiao Treasure Palace, Ji Lutian Sends Someone Over (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Nine heavens was already so powerful. If Zhou Shu could really forge thirty-three heavens, it would definitely be unbelievably powerful.
Zhou Shu rolled his eyes. When he was discussing the forging method of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace with Shi Changsheng, Shi Changsheng had included a lot of his own opinions. He also knew what the so-called thirty-three heavens meant.
It meant that a divine weapon had its own space within, which was different from the Cosmic Bangle.
The Cosmic Bangle had a five-foot-square space inside. It could store items, but it was definitely not qualified to be called a heaven.
The space referring to a heaven was a real world, just like the world in the Zhuling Grotto-Heaven!
Not to mention the Cosmic Bangle, even if he managed to forge the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, it wouldn't even have one heaven.
It was impossible for Zhou Shu to forge a one-heaven divine weapon with his current strength.
He couldn't even reach one heaven, let alone thirty-three heavens. Therefore, what Shi Changsheng was saying now was simply nonsense.
Since it was impossible to accelerate time, he would have to find another way.
Zhou Shu thought of using the same trick again.
It would take him years or even decades to build the Lingxiao Treasure Palace alone, but what if many people came together?
The assembly-line forging method he had 'invented' had passed the test of real-world usage and worked very well.
The problem was that his current identity was Yao Qing, not Zhou Shu.
There were not many forgers under him that he could use at all. Even Zhang Chunlin's experienced Forging Masters could only be of some use.
Zhang Chunlin and the others weren't Zhou Shu's subordinates. Zhou Shu didn't trust them yet.
I have to think of a way to get more forgers to help.
Zhou Shu rubbed his chin in thought.?If I can get Shi Songtao and Li Chengliang here, the speed of forging the Lingxiao Treasure Palace will definitely increase greatly.
But my divine ability Myriad Transformations can only transform up to five people. Even if I risked bringing them here, it wouldn't solve the fundamental problem.
Zhou Shu sighed. He was already considering whether to secretly use the Ming Hong Saber to kill some demons and improve his divine ability Myriad Transformations.
Before he could take action, Demon King Hu Li gave him a surprise.
"Nephew Yao Qing, you've worked hard these days."
Hu Li looked at the blueprint that Zhou Shu had drawn according to the Lingxiao Treasure Palace in the Legendary Armament Canon and praised admiringly, "This will definitely leave Demon King Ao's lousy palace in the dust!"
"As long as you like it." Zhou Shu spoke casually, but he thought,?When the Lingxiao Treasure Palace is successfully forged, I'll just let you take a few looks. Do you really think that I'm working so hard to forge it for you?
Dream on!
"Aren't you going into seclusion to cultivate your divine powers? Why did you come here?" Zhou Shu asked curiously.
"Didn't you receive a message from your father?"
Demon King Hu Li's words made Zhou Shu's hair stand on end.
Yao Qing's father?
"Your father heard that you were helping me forge the Demon King Palace and specially sent some people to help you."
Demon King Hu Li didn't notice Zhou Shu's reaction. He continued speaking as he admired the blueprint.
"They're all disciples your father has taken in over the years. I didn't expect your father to be so generous this time and send them over to help me build the Demon King Palace. Both of you are too kind."
Demon King Hu Li looked touched, but Zhou Shu groaned inwardly.
Is my plan going to be ruined before I can execute it?
It's a pity that I've yet to take away many forging materials!
Yao Qing's father's disciples must be very familiar with Yao Qing.
Although Zhou Shu's current appearance and aura were flawless, and he even knew Yao Qing's personality very well due to the dream, he was still not Yao Qing.
If he encountered someone who knew Yao Qing very well, there was a high chance that he would be exposed!
And Yao Qing's father's disciples happened to be people who were familiar with Yao Qing!
And how could his father not know where the real Yao Qing was?
Zhou Shu's first reaction was that he had already been exposed. Demon King Hu Li already knew the truth. He was testing him!
Alarmed, Zhou Shu slowly circulated his spiritual essence.
He was not afraid. Although Demon King Hu Li was a Demon King, he had just broken through.
Zhou Shu had fought a Demon King before, and he had even cut off one of the famous Demon Queen Tushan's tails.
Although she was in a bad state at the time, she was still a Demon King.
Putting aside the fact whether he could defeat Demon King Hu Li or not, Zhou Shu was at least confident in escaping unscathed.
"Nephew, your fellow disciples are waiting outside. How do you plan to arrange them?" Demon King Hu Li continued.
Zhou Shu looked at Hu Li. There was no change in Hu Li's face. It was still full of enthusiasm.
Zhou Shu raised his eyebrows slightly and suppressed the urge to attack immediately. He still couldn't bear to part with the materials he had painstakingly plundered.
With Demon King Hu Li's character, it was impossible that his acting was so good.
If he really knew that he was a fake Yao Qing, he would have blown up long ago.
Zhou Shu decided to take a gamble!
Yao Qing's father was Great Qin's Grand Craftsman Ji Lutian! Ji Lutian had fallen into the Demon Realm for the sake of Great Qin's plan. He shouldn't have betrayed the human race.
Even if he knew that Yao Qing was fake, he might not expose him.
He had sent his disciples. Perhaps he had other plans!
"Where are they?" Zhou Shu asked. "They came at the right time. I was just worried that I wouldn't be able to build the Demon King Palace in time. If I delayed your advancement ceremony, I would have committed an unforgivable sin."
"Why would I blame you?" Demon King Hu Li laughed. He clapped his hands, and a group jumped in.
Demon King Hu Li had only said that Ji Lutian had sent people over, but Zhou Shu hadn't expected him to send so many people!
Zhou Shu counted carefully. There were 108 demonic beasts!
Among these 108 demonic beasts, 12 of them were humanoid demonic beasts, and the rest were of different races. But judging from their auras, the weakest among these demonic beasts was at least a third-rank martial artist.
Zhou Shu was really shocked.?What has Ji Lutian been doing in the Demon Realm for the past hundred years?
He has actually taken in so many disciples! And they're all powerful demonic beasts!
When Zhou Shu entered Yao Qing's dream, he had never seen Ji Lutian or his 108 fellow disciples…
Helpless, Zhou Shu could only cup his hands.
Fortunately, Yao Qing was cold to begin with, so no one would suspect anything if he didn't speak.
"Greetings, Young Master!" The 108 demonic beasts bowed to Zhou Shu.
Zhou Shu's heart skipped a beat as if he understood something. These demonic beasts might be subordinates of Yao Qing's mother and not forces that Ji Lutian had gathered himself. But he said they were his disciples?
"There's no need to be so polite," Zhou Shu said coldly with doubt.
The 108 demonic beasts straightened their bodies. One of the humanoid demonic beasts took a step forward and said, "Young Master, we have followed the lord to practice the art of human forging for many years. Although we don't dare to call ourselves forgers, we have more or less grasped some superficial knowledge."
The humanoid demonic beast spoke like a human. He was more well-learned than Hu Li and the others.
"Our Nine Heavens Nine Sections have mastered different forging methods. Young Master, please assign us tasks."
Only then did Zhou Shu notice that the 108 demonic beasts were clearly divided into nine teams by the clothes they wore. Each team had twelve demonic beasts led by a humanoid demonic beast.
Was this the Nine Heavens Nine Sections that this humanoid demon beast was talking about?
Zhou Shu pondered. "Tell me first what you've all mastered. I was focused on cultivating and didn't pay much attention to your matters."
Chapter 531: Nine Heavens Nine Sections, Tens of Millions of Kilograms of Forging Materials (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
𝒍𝓲𝒃𝙧𝓮𝙖𝒅.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"Our Yangtian Section is mainly responsible for True Fire. This is the Haotian Section. They are responsible for the formation of weapons…"
A humanoid demonic beast named Yao Yi introduced their group to Zhou Shu.
While Zhou Shu was impressed, he was also complaining in his heart. Did Ji Lutian think he was?'Hui-juk1'? He even created the Nine Heavens Nine Sections. This was not the Lingjiu Palace!
But his admiration for Ji Lutian was also real.
Ji Lutian's Nine Heavens Nine Sections was similar to his assembly line forging method.
He had also divided the forging process into several stages and handed over the tasks to the different demonic beasts of the Nine Heavens Nine Sections to execute each stage.
The difference between his method and Zhou Shu's was that the people Zhou Shu used were all forgers that were very familiar with the entire forging process.
In Ji Lutian's Nine Heavens Nine Sections, each demonic beast only knew the work that they were responsible for.
Strictly speaking, they were not forgers because they didn't have the ability to forge alone.
Instead, they were more like Forging Apprentices who had only mastered part of the art of forging. Only by piecing it together could they truly forge.
He wondered if Ji Lutian had thought of this method to prevent demonic beasts from truly mastering the art of forging.
"This is our situation. Young Master, we await your instructions," Yao Yi said respectfully.
"Very good."
Zhou Shu pondered. Although the Nine Heavens Nine Sections sent by Ji Lutian were nominally Ji Lutian's disciples, in reality, these demonic beasts should be Yao Qing's mother's vassals or even servants.
The hierarchy in the Demon Realm was strict, so it was not surprising that these people treated Yao Qing like this.
After all, Yao Qing's mother was the number one demon below the Demon Kings in the Demon Realm. It was not surprising that she had hundreds of loyal servants.
Zhou Shu was now considering whether Ji Lutian could be trusted!
From the clues so far, Ji Lutian should still be loyal to the human race.
Otherwise, as soon as he heard that Yao Qing had helped Hu Li break through to the Demon King realm, he should have known that he was fake.
However, not only did he not expose him, but he even sent these 108 demonic beasts.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, Zhou Shu could tell that Ji Lutian had most likely guessed his plan. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent these 108 demonic beasts with forging knowledge.
From this perspective, the 108 demonic beasts sent by Ji Lutian could be used.
He didn't expose himself now. So at least for the time being, he didn't have to worry about Yao Qing suddenly appearing and exposing him.
Zhou Shu analyzed the situation bit by bit and finally made a decision.
He could use these 108 demonic beasts, but he couldn't trust them. He had to be on guard. If these guys brought his achievement back to Ji Lutian in the end, wouldn't he be working hard for others?
"Demon King Hu Li, with the help of my fellow apprentices, the forging progress of the Demon King Palace will definitely increase greatly."
Zhou Shu pondered as he looked at Hu Li. "But Demon King, I have something to say first. This Demon King Palace will definitely consume more materials than you can imagine.
"If it can be built successfully, the entire palace can float above the clouds. This will be a true paradise."
Zhou Shu described the scene after the successful forging of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, causing Demon King Hu Li's eyes to glow.
"Build, just build it!" Demon King Hu Li said loudly. "Damn it, this is where I should live. I'm the thirteenth Demon King of the Demon Realm and also the youngest Demon King of the Demon Realm! I want to beat those old things!
"If there aren't enough materials, tell me what you need. I'll find them myself! As long as they're in the Demon Realm, I'll get them for you. If anyone dares to refuse, I'll kill them!"
"Demon King, don't you need to cultivate your divine power in seclusion?" Zhou Shu asked curiously.
"No more cultivation!" Hu Li. "No matter how powerful a divine power is, it can't compare to the Demon King Palace!
"As long as we can successfully build this Demon King Palace, it will be enough to shock those bastards who once looked down on me!"
"You have a point." Zhou Shu laughed. "But Demon King, I don't think the name Demon King Palace is domineering enough, so I gave it another name, Lingxiao Treasure Palace."
"Lingxiao Treasure Palace!" Hu Li was stunned for a moment before he was overjoyed. "Yao Qing, you're indeed talented. This name is good, very good!
"Lingxiao Treasure Palace! We'll call it the Lingxiao Treasure Palace! It sounds worthy of my temperament!"
Zhou Shu curled his lips inwardly.?Be happy while it lasts. The Lingxiao Treasure Palace has nothing to do with you.
But if you can submit to me someday, I can make you a Curtain-Rolling?General1?or something. It's still possible for you to be a divine beast guarding the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.
"To build the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, we still need…" Zhou Shu said a long list of forging materials and the amount needed.
Hu Li didn't care. He didn't understand these things. As long as Zhou Shu told him, he would get them.
He patted his chest and flew away. Yao Yi and the others were all shocked.
Although they were not true forgers, they still knew some forging techniques.
The forging materials that Zhou Shu had just named exceeded their imagination.
Chapter 532: Nine Heavens Nine Sections, Tens of Millions of Kilograms of Forging Materials (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The entire wealth of ordinary Great Demons was far inferior to the amount of forging materials required.
Did he need so many things to build a Demon King Palace?
This was probably enough to build a big city, wasn't it?
The demonic beasts were puzzled, but they didn't ask.
Their duty was to assist the young master fully. As for the rest, they didn't ask or care about what they shouldn't. This was what they had been trained to do since they were young.
"Everyone, let's get to work." Zhou Shu clapped his hands. "Yao Yi, Yao Er, you're in charge of refining the ore. There's a lot of raw ore here. It's your responsibility to refine the forging materials from it.
"Yao San, Yao Si, what you have to do is complete the initial composite of the forging materials according to my request…"
…
Zhou Shu distributed the work according to the areas that the Nine Heavens Nine Sections were good at.
With these 108 skilled workers and Zhang Chunlin and the others, Zhou Shu didn't have to worry about the tedious task of handling the forging materials.
Although this step was not very technical, it was the most time-consuming.
After all, it would probably take a few years for a single person to process these countless forging materials.
The 108 skilled demonic beasts sent by Ji Lutian were led by the 12 humanoid demonic beasts, Yao Yi to Yao Shi'Er. They carried the professionalism of soldiers.
After receiving Zhou Shu's orders, they threw themselves into their work.
Their ability to execute made Zhou Shu admire Ji Lutian again.
Zhou Shu had no qualms exploiting the demonic beasts. He threw all the tedious work to them while he focused on the core work.
He wouldn't let anyone come into contact with the core of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, not even Zhang Chunlin and the others. Even if Li Chengliang and the others were here, he wouldn't let them participate, let alone them.
The Lingxiao Treasure Palace was of great importance. He was already prepared to use it as his headquarters in the Demon Realm.
The cave where the Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch was located naturally had to continue operating. But the Lingxiao Treasure Palace would be Zhou Shu's palace in the future and the true core of the Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch.
Therefore, Zhou Shu cared a lot about it.
Seeing that Zhou Shu brought a bunch of demonic beasts and how they began to process the forging materials skillfully, Zhang Chunlin was stunned.
He was extremely curious about Zhou Shu's identity. Who was this person who called himself the King of the South of Great Xia?
Why was he able to transform into a demonic beast?
Why did a Demon King of the Demon Realm listen to him?
Why could he casually summon more than a hundred demonic beasts who were proficient in the art of forging? There were even more than ten first-rank demonic beasts among them!
Zhang Chunlin was really stunned. When he was the grand minister of the Great Xia Forging Division, even the Great Xia Forging Division couldn't find so many first-rank forgers.
Although Martial Dao cultivation had nothing to do with forging ability, he still couldn't accept seeing so many first-grade demonic beasts who were proficient in forging.
He had only been imprisoned by demonic beasts for twenty years, not two hundred years!
Had the Ten Nations changed so much in the past twenty years? Were all young people so perverse these days?
Not only could he not see through the King of the South's cultivation and methods, but even his forging skills far exceeded his imagination.
Zhang Chunlin felt his hair stand on end at the thought of Zhou Shu releasing flames with his bare hands and smelting forging materials.
Forging with his bare hands, what kind of technique was this?
Other than Zhang Chunlin himself, no one could understand the shock in his heart.
Back then, when Great Qin's Grand Craftsman Xu Shi and the others witnessed the Iron Smelting Hands Technique step by step, they were also extremely shocked.
But for Zhang Chunlin, shocking things happened one after another. The shock in his heart had long accumulated to an extreme.
He didn't realize that he was already in awe of Zhou Shu.
In his heart, Zhou Shu was becoming more mysterious and awe-inspiring as time went by.
It wasn't just him. After taking the Essence Cleansing Pills that Zhou Shu had secretly dissolved into the water, the other hundred or so human captives' bodies were recovering day by day. They had seen with their own eyes what he had done, and their admiration for him was endless.
These people had been captured by demonic beasts and lived lives worse than pigs and dogs for many years.
Who would have thought that a single person could actually toy with a Demon King of the Demon Realm and dozens of Great Demons?!
The Demon King and Great Demons were simply fawning over him!
This completely subverted their image of demonic beasts. They never imagined that demonic beasts could be tamed like this.
Zhou Shu didn't consider the psychological changes of these people at all.
After he finished breaking down the forging work of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, he began to teach the demonic beasts, Zhang Chunlin, and the others step by step. After they grasped their jobs, Zhou Shu busied himself gathering Great Demons.
Although Demon King Hu Li had already personally gone to help him gather forging materials, Zhou Shu didn't intend to let Yao Aotian and the other Great Demons stay idle.
"What orders do you have for us, Nephew Yao Qing?" Yao Aotian said to Yao Qing with a fawning expression. As a Great Demon, he didn't feel ashamed treating a junior whose cultivation was inferior to his in this manner.
Chapter 533: Nine Heavens Nine Sections, Tens of Millions of Kilograms of Forging Materials (3)
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The other Great Demons no longer despised Yao Aotian. Instead, they were a little envious.
If they had been as shameless as him, they would probably have been able to break through to the Demon King realm!
"I've already troubled all of you to provide some forging materials. I thought it would be enough, but it seems there isn't," Zhou Shu said while cupping his hands. "I invited everyone over this time because I hope to borrow some more."
The Great Demons glanced at him.
"Nephew Yao Qing, since you've asked, we definitely have to help you. But as you know, we usually don't care much about those forging materials, so we don't collect much," a Great Demon said.
He was telling the truth. Apart from some special treasures, why would demonic beasts hoard forging materials? They didn't forge weapons.
"I understand, so I'll have to trouble you to send your demonic beasts to mine." Zhou Shu smiled.
"Our Demon Realm is vast and rich in minerals. As long as you contribute some manpower, you can help me solve the problem.
"Of course. I won't let everyone work for nothing.
Other than the IOUs that Demon King Hu Li will be giving everyone, I will express my gratitude as well.
"To be honest with all of you, I have recently gained some insights and am about to break through to the Great Demon realm. Although this realm is not worth mentioning in your eyes, as the saying goes, 'By other's faults, wise men correct their own.' It might be of help to all of you."
The eyes of the Great Demons lit up. They were about to say something when they suddenly heard Zhou Shu continue.
"If one observes the Way of Heaven, and maintains Its doings (as his own), all that he has to do is accomplished.
"To Heaven there belong the five (mutual) foes, and he who sees them (and understands their operation) apprehends how they produce prosperity."
Boom!
As he spoke, Zhou Shu's aura surged. He was about to break through to the Great Demon realm.
The Great Demons felt their heads explode. They didn't quite understand Zhou Shu's words.
But a thought appeared in every Great Demon's mind. This was the principle of the Great Dao!
If they could comprehend it, breaking through to the Demon King realm would no longer be a dream!
"Go on, Nephew Yao Qing." The Great Demons yearned for more of his wise words.
"Everyone, I originally planned to explain this to you during Demon King Hu Li's advancement ceremony. But now, I have something to ask of you, so I'm saying it in advance."
Zhou Shu shook his head. "But as the saying goes, the Dao isn't passed down easily. If it's too easy to obtain, no one will cherish it.
"So, I'm sorry."
Zhou Shu swept his gaze across the Great Demons. "I have set a small threshold. If you want to hear what's next, you have to complete what I've asked of you.
"It doesn't have to be much. As long as each of you brings me five million kilograms of the forging materials I need, you are qualified to continue listening to what I have to say in advance.
"To be able to watch me break through to the Great Demon realm is definitely worth it."
Zhou Shu's voice echoed in the Great Demons' ears, and their eyes turned even redder.
They didn't care about five million kilograms of forging materials at all. If they could hear about the Great Dao, they would do anything!
Previously, Yao Aotian had beaten them to it. This time, they would definitely not miss this opportunity!
"Nephew Yao Qing, what forging materials do you need? Tell me, and I'll immediately send people to dig. Even if I have to dig through the entire Demon Realm, I'll definitely bring back five million kilograms of forging materials for you!"