Several months later, Zhou Shu looked at the connate divine weapon in his hand with a puzzled expression.?I should have forged this connate divine weapon successfully, but why is there no phenomenon from the sky?
This wasn't the first time he had forged a connate divine weapon. Previously, when he forged connate divine weapons, it would cause phenomena and heavenly tribulations to descend.
If a weapon could transcend the heavenly tribulation, just like how a martial artist faced the heavenly tribulation when breaking through to the Grotto-Heaven realm, it would become a true connate divine weapon.
This Yuheng Valley is a fragment of the Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain. Could it have the effect of isolating the heavenly tribulation?
Zhou Shu was pleasantly surprised.
Connate divine weapons might fail to transcend the tribulation. If anything went wrong, they would be destroyed by the lightning tribulation, and all efforts would be in vain.
If connate divine weapons didn't need to transcend the tribulation in Yuheng Valley, it would be interesting.
However, he didn't know if they would attract another heavenly tribulation after leaving Yuheng Valley.
Zhou Shu thought for a moment. Unless he left Yuheng Valley to verify it, he couldn't think of an answer.
No matter what happened in the future, it was a good thing that they didn't need to transcend the tribulation now.
He put the weapon aside and glanced at the little girl sleeping soundly beside him. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he continued to forge.
…
Time flowed like water. In the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
The little girl hadn't changed at all in the past two years. She showed no signs of growing up at all.
Previously, she looked like she was only one or two years old. But now, she still looked like she was only one or two years old.
Zhou Shu was used to this phenomenon.
She wasn't an ordinary child to begin with. There had never been a Grotto-Heaven cultivator who was a year or two old. There's nothing strange about her not growing up.
On this day, Zhou Shu stopped forging. It wasn't that he didn't want to continue. After all, although two years had passed in Yuheng Valley, it was only two days outside. He wasn't in a hurry to go out.
He stopped because…
The food he had brought with him was all gone…
The food he had carried with him was the military rations of the Ten Nations Alliance that he had plundered from Hu Li's territory.
These things were enough to last the 30,000-strong Ten Nations Alliance army for months.
But in Yuheng Valley, in just two years, the two of them had completely finished all the food.
To be precise, 90% of the food was eaten by the little girl.
Zhou Shu didn't know why this little person could eat so much!
But if he didn't give her food, she wouldn't cry or make a fuss. She would just sit there looking at him pitifully. He couldn't stand her gaze.
After this happened once or twice, he figured he might as well let her eat her fill every time.
This was the result…
Chapter 627: Naming, The Longevity Sword's Compensation (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Now that their food had been exhausted, the little girl sat there again, blinking her big watery eyes, looking pitifully at Zhou Shu.
Under such circumstances, how could he forge in peace?
I'll stop here temporarily for now. It's been almost two days. I wonder if Demon King Ao and Tiangou have left.
Zhou Shu got the little girl to put the few connate divine weapons he had forged into her grotto-heaven.
He was worried that after leaving Yuheng Valley, these connate divine weapons would attract a heavenly tribulation. If Yuheng Valley had the effect of isolating the heavenly tribulation, the little girl's grotto-heaven should also have it.
Even if Demon King Ao, Tiangou, and Liu'Er haven't left, there's no need to worry.
Zhou Shu looked at the little girl. "I'll bring you home later. If someone wants to hit me, what should you do?"
"Then I'll beat them to death!" The little girl waved her fists fiercely.
"Alright, I didn't dote on you in vain." Zhou Shu pinched the little girl's chubby face. "Shall I give you a name?"
"Okay." The little girl had no concept of names, but she would agree to whatever Zhou Shu said.
"This is Yuheng Valley. I'll name you Xiaoyu'er," Zhou Shu said casually.
"Okay, I'll be called Xiaoyu'er from now on." The little girl clapped her hands.
"Daddy, what's your name?" She looked up at Zhou Shu curiously.
"My name is Zhou Shu," he said.
"Daddy's surname is Zhou. Then, should my name be Zhou Xiaoyu?" Xiaoyu'er said seriously.
"Sure." Zhou Shu regretted teaching Xiaoyu'er some general knowledge in his free time over the past two years.
"Let's go home!" Zhou Shu threw Xiaoyu'er over his shoulder and walked toward the entrance of Yuheng Valley.
Xiaoyu'er sat on Zhou Shu's shoulder, her calves swinging as she giggled. "Let's go home!"
…
Outside Yuheng Valley, waves rippled at the entrance as Zhou Shu and Xiaoyu'er appeared out of thin air.
Demon King Ao, Tiangou, and the others had already disappeared. But outside the valley, there was a sword floating alone in the air, swaying back and forth like a somewhat anxious person pacing back and forth.
Just as Zhou Shu appeared, a light suddenly flashed on the sword, and an illusory figure appeared on the sword.
"Young fellow, you didn't die?" Shi Changsheng exclaimed in surprise.
The next moment, his gaze landed on Xiaoyu'er on Zhou Shu's shoulder.
"Not only are you not dead, but you even took the time to have a child? Are there women in Yuheng Valley? Why don't I see any?"
Zhou Shu was speechless.?What do you mean by taking the time to have a child?
He couldn't be bothered to explain to Shi Changsheng. "Her name is Xiaoyu'er. Elder Shi, you're a little indifferent. You ran away by yourself at the sight of danger."
"You can't blame me for that. I told you in advance." Shi Changsheng didn't feel guilty at all. "If I had stayed in Yuheng Valley, I would probably be a dead sword now. The Heaven and Earth Furnace is my nemesis.
"Speaking of which, how did you survive? The Heaven and Earth Furnace can refine anything. With your cultivation, you should be dead for sure."
Shi Changsheng sized up Zhou Shu curiously.
"I was lucky. The Heaven and Earth Furnace you mentioned suddenly collapsed on its own." Zhou Shu said.
"It collapsed on its own?" Shi Changsheng was stunned for a moment before saying in frustration, "That's right. Surnamed Diao is already dead. How can the Heaven and Earth Furnace be intact? What a loss!
"Little Zhou, you must have made a fortune, right?" Shi Changsheng stared at Zhou Shu. "If I had stayed, half of the things in Yuheng Valley would have been mine!"
Zhou Shu kept staring at Shi Changsheng. Although Shi Changsheng saw Xiaoyu'er, his reaction looked as if he didn't know Xiaoyu'er at all.
If Xiaoyu'er was really the master of the Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain, with Shi Changsheng's familiarity with the master of the Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain, he should have some reaction.
From the looks of it, Shi Changsheng didn't feel that Xiaoyu'er was familiar at all.
"I didn't make a fortune," Zhou Shu said casually, "Elder Shi, you're wrong. There are no burial objects in Yuheng Valley at all. Some of them have become useless over time."
"Become useless? That shouldn't be the case," Shi Changsheng said doubtfully.
Puu puu!
Shi Changsheng's figure suddenly disappeared into the air like a bubble being popped.
Zhou Shu was stunned. He turned to look at Xiaoyu'er, who was sitting on his shoulder.
One of Xiaoyu'er's fingers was still in the air. She looked like she had done something wrong. "Daddy, I didn't mean to…"
Just now, she had been curious and couldn't help poking Shi Changsheng with her finger. In the end…
"Elder Shi, are you alright?" Zhou Shu was somewhat speechless. He called out to the Longevity Sword in his consciousness.
"What do you think?! Try getting poked by someone!" Shi Changsheng's annoyed voice sounded in Zhou Shu's consciousness. This time, he didn't transform. "What kind of freak did you give birth to? Why can she touch me?"
Shi Changsheng's figure was formed from consciousness and was illusory. Under normal circumstances, ordinary people could only see him and not touch him.
But was Xiaoyu'er an ordinary person? She was a Grotto-Heaven martial artist, an existence whose soul could manifest.
The figure Shi Changsheng had transformed into was ultimately the power of his soul, so Xiaoyu'er could naturally touch him.
"Little fellow, let me tell you. I suffered a huge blow this time. If you don't compensate me, I won't let you off!" Shi Changsheng's voice shouted in Zhou Shu's consciousness.
Just from his energetic clamor, Zhou Shu knew that he was fine.
"Elder Shi, how do you want me to compensate you?" Zhou Shu replied with a smile.
"A few million kilograms worth of heaven and earth treasures, and I won't cut ties with you," Shi Changsheng said.
"Then you'd better cut ties with me. Our friendship isn't worth that much," Zhou Shu said bluntly.
"Don't. If a few million kilograms won't do, a few hundred thousand kilograms will do," Shi Changsheng said.
"Let's cut ties!"
"Tens of thousands of kilograms! No less! Your little girl really hurt me! Zhou Shu, we've been through thick and thin together. You can't be so heartless! You just made a fortune in Yuheng Valley. Is this how you treat your old friend?!" Shi Changsheng shouted. "My Longevity Sword has contributed to the human race and shed blood!"
"Stop!" Zhou Shu said in his consciousness. "If you want compensation, sure. But you have to help me do something."
"Compensate me first. I'll charge for the other things separately later!" Shi Changsheng bargained.
"Alright then. Return what I gave you in Yuheng Valley first. I asked you to guard me, yet you ran faster than anyone!"
"Didn't I stay here and prepare to help you collect your corpse in a few days? I, Shi Changsheng, am conscientious. I definitely won't take your things for free. You can't blame me if you didn't die," Shi Changsheng muttered.
Zhou Shu rolled his eyes.?So, you're saying you couldn't do your job because I didn't die?
"If you don't want to, then forget it," Zhou Shu said. "There's no compensation."
"Young man, why are you so irritable? Why can't we talk nicely?" Shi Changsheng said. "If the price I'm asking is too high, you can just counteroffer."
"Tell me first. How much are you compensating me? Let me see if it's worth it."
Zhou Shu's lips curled up slightly. He had long expected this outcome.
When dealing with these old foxes, he couldn't be led by the nose. He had to take the initiative.
If you want heaven and earth treasures, you have to listen to me obediently!
Chapter 628: The Miserable Liu'Er (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
"You want me to guard the door for you?"
Although Shi Changsheng didn't appear on the Longevity Sword, Zhou Shu could still imagine his angry expression from his voice.
"Kid, do you know who I am?" Shi Changsheng said angrily. "I am Shi Changsheng, the master of the Zhuling Grotto-Heaven! Back then, the master of the Red Water Heaven of Dan Mountain had to obediently call me Brother Shi.
"You want me to guard a small Yuheng Valley now? Forget it! I can't afford to lose face!"
Zhou Shu felt that Shi Changsheng was about to jump up.
He smiled and said in his consciousness, "Elder Shi, you're not human anymore. How can you be afraid of losing face?"
These words stumped Shi Changsheng.
After a long time, Shi Changsheng let out a long sigh.
"A shrimp dares to dupe the dragon when it is in the shallow water; a tiger may even be teased by a dog when it leaves the remote mountains and comes to the bright and flat area.
"Forget it. In any case, I'm already in this state. There's no need to talk more about losing face.
"The most important thing is benefits! Young fellow, you just want to take this Yuheng Valley for yourself, right? I'll help you with this.
"If those demonic beasts know that the Heaven and Earth Furnace is no longer around and that there's no danger in Yuheng Valley, they will definitely come and occupy this place. Do you just want me to help you play tricks to fool those demonic beasts? I'm good at this.
"But we still have to talk about the price!"
In their consciousness, Zhou Shu and Shi Changsheng bargained.
An hour later, they finally reached an agreement.
The Longevity Sword flew unsteadily into Yuheng Valley. In the following days, he would stay in Yuheng Valley. If any demonic beasts accidentally entered, Shi Changsheng would deal with them directly. If he couldn't defeat them, he would think of a way to scare them away.
For this, Zhou Shu had paid a considerable amount of forging materials.
"Daddy, the sword ran away!" Xiaoyu'er clenched her fists and shouted at the Longevity Sword. "Hurry up and catch it. It's going in."
Zhou Shu pressed her hand down and said casually, "It's okay. I sent him to work."
"Do swords have to work too?" Xiaoyu'er said hesitantly, "Does that mean I have to work too? If I don't work, will I have no food to eat?"
"Yes." Zhou Shu's lips curled up slightly. "Xiaoyu'er, that's why you have to help with the work."
"Alright then." Xiaoyu'er frowned. "But I don't know how to work."
"It's okay if you don't know. I'll teach you." A strange look flashed across Zhou Shu's eyes. "Remember, when I ask you to attack later, use your strength from drinking?milk1?and beat him up—"
Xiaoyu'er blinked and asked innocently, "Daddy, what is milk? I've never had milk before. Is it good?"
Zhou Shu: "…"
"That's not important," Zhou Shu said in annoyance. "Just use all your strength."
"Okay." Xiaoyu'er nodded and asked, "If I do well, Daddy, can you give me milk? I want to try it too."
Veins popped out on Zhou Shu's forehead. "Stop mentioning milk!"
"Oh…" Xiaoyu'er pouted aggrievedly.
Zhou Shu looked ahead and suddenly raised his voice coldly. "Liu'Er, how long are you planning to hide?
"You're a Demon King. Aren't you ashamed of being so sneaky?"
Zhou Shu's voice spread far and wide.
Hundreds of meters away, a figure slowly appeared. It was Demon King Liu'Er!
"Who the hell are you? How did you know I was still here?" Liu'Er stared at Zhou Shu coldly. "Are you the bastard who pretended to be me?"
"You've asked me so many questions. Which one should I answer?"
The corners of Zhou Shu's mouth curled up slightly. He really hadn't discovered Liu'Er. He had only probed, but he didn't expect him to jump out himself.
Demonic beasts were still not as scheming as humans.
With Liu'Er's irritable temper, he would definitely not leave this place so easily after suffering such a huge loss.
He didn't expect him to explode with just a casual probe.
Liu'Er was already very cautious. The place he was hiding was a distance away from the entrance of Yuheng Valley. If Zhou Shu didn't probe and left, he wouldn't be able to walk far before being ambushed by Liu'Er.
The sneak attack of a Demon King was not so easy to withstand.
"Bastard! Let's see if you can still talk so much when I capture you!"
Liu'Er was furious, his face red with anger. A powerful aura rose from his body, and brownish-yellow fur even grew on his entire body. He turned into an incomparably ferocious monkey.
"Daddy, monkey!" Xiaoyu'er shouted in surprise.
"Beat him up!" Zhou Shu raised his hand and pointed at Liu'Er.
"Okay!"
Not only did Liu'Er's ferocious appearance not scare Xiaoyu'er, but it even made her a little excited.
Before Zhou Shu finished speaking, Xiaoyu'er cheered and flew from Zhou Shu's shoulder with a whoosh.
Liu'Er was furious. He was a Demon King of the Demon Realm, but the other party had actually sent a child the size of a bean to deal with him?
First, he had pretended to be Liu'Er and ruined his reputation. Now, he looked down on him. It was intolerable.
I must kill him!?Liu'Er was furious, anger almost burning his rationality.
Chapter 629: The Miserable Liu'Er (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Liu'Er raised his head and roared, ready to pounce forward.
At this moment, a small fist appeared in front of him.
"Die!" Liu'Er had no mercy. He wouldn't show mercy just because the other party was a human child.
His hands instantly grabbed forward, and his sharp claws flashed with a cold light, ready to tear the small body into pieces.
Suddenly, Xiaoyu'er's body lit up with white light. As soon as the light appeared, she instantly sped up.
"Heya!" Xiaoyu'er let out a crisp cry.
Bang!
With the power of a grotto-heaven, her small fist collided with Liu'Er's fist.
Crack!
The sound of bones breaking rang out. Liu'Er was stunned. Then he felt a piercing pain in his five fingers, and a surging force came. His body was sent flying backward uncontrollably.
Boom!
Liu'Er body smashed into a mountain thousands of meters away like a cannonball, causing the mountain to tremble violently and rocks to fall.
Liu'Er was dumbfounded.?Who am I? Where am I? What happened?
He suspected that he was dreaming!
As a Demon King of the Demon Realm, how could he be defeated by a human child?
Xiaoyu'er flew in the air, turned to Zhou Shu with a smile, and said in her high-pitched voice, "Daddy, is this how I should do it?"
"Yes, that's right. Beat him up." Zhou Shu smiled happily. "Be careful. Don't kill him. Leave him alive."
"Okay!" Xiaoyu'er said excitedly and looked at Liu'Er as if she was looking at a toy. Her small body turned into a stream of light and rushed toward him.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Liu'Er heard Zhou Shu and Xiaoyu'er's conversation. He was furious. He roared angrily and flew out of the rubble. With a series of cracking sounds, his body expanded to ten feet tall.
This was his Demon King true form!
In front of him, Xiaoyu'er was as small as an ant.
Liu'Er smiled sinisterly and grabbed at Xiaoyu'er.
"Monkey, watch this!" Xiaoyu'er flew very fast, but she had no intention of dodging. Seeing Liu'Er's claw descend, she chuckled and smashed her small fist at his palm.
Boom!
With a loud bang, airwaves surged. Even Zhou Shu raised his hand to protect his eyes.
In the airwaves, a small figure was sent flying. It was Xiaoyu'er.
She somersaulted several times in the air before stabilizing herself.
She looked very angry and waved her fist. "Monkey, you deserve to be beaten!"
Her body lit up with white light again, and a space appeared behind her.
This space seemed to be another world.
Grotto-heaven??Liu'Er's eyes widened.
He was a Demon King, equivalent to the Grotto-Heaven realm of the human race. He naturally knew of the existence of grotto-heavens.
Speaking of which, although he was also at the Grotto-Heaven realm, the embryonic form of his grotto-heaven was only slightly stronger than Tushan's. Similarly, it had yet to form a true space and was still in chaos.
But this human child in front of me, her grotto-heaven has clearly opened up a space. Doesn't that mean that her cultivation level is higher than mine?
Just as this thought flashed through Liu'Er's mind, he felt a monstrous force assault him.
Xiaoyu'er didn't have any combat skills at all. She only knew how to wave her small fists and hammer forward.
But her small fist carried the power of her entire grotto-heaven. With Liu'Er's cultivation, it was too late to dodge.
He crossed his arms to block and flew out like a cannonball again.
"Haha…" Zhou Shu smiled happily. "Liu'Er, is that all you've got? You can't even defeat my daughter. What right do you have to shout at me?
"Let me tell you, the world of the Demon Realm is about to change!"
Zhou Shu clasped his hands behind his back.
Boom!
Liu'Er shattered a small mountain and rushed out of the rubble again. He looked at Zhou Shu and Xiaoyu'er in fear and disbelief.
"Do you dare to say your name?" Liu'Er said loudly. "So what if your cultivation is not weaker than mine? There are many Demon Kings stronger than me in the Demon Realm!"
"What? Do you want to call for help because you can't win?" Zhou Shu smiled faintly.
He could tell that although Xiaoyu'er's cultivation was stronger than Liu'Er's, Liu'Er had thick skin and flesh. He was actually not seriously injured after taking two blows.
And Xiaoyu'er didn't have any combat techniques. If they continued fighting, this would probably be exposed.
He waved his hand and called her back. He let her sit on his shoulder before looking at Liu'Er.
"So what if I tell you?" Zhou Shu laughed. "I, Shi Changsheng, will never change my name.
"If you want to call for help, go ahead."
Zhou Shu looked up at the sky, as if he was about to return with the wind.
"On the night of the full moon, I will wait for you at the highest place in the Demon Realm. Call as many Demon Kings as you want. I'll take them all.
"Now, you can get lost," Zhou Shu said indifferently.
Liu'Er's expression was incomparably ferocious, and his crimson eyes seemed to be spitting flames. He clenched his fists, then unclenched them, then clenched them again.
In the end, Liu'Er didn't continue to attack.
He was irritable and impulsive, but he was definitely not a fool.
Knowing that he was no match for them, being rash would be no different from courting death.
A little girl's cultivation was already above his. How powerful was this human who had never made a move?
"The highest place in the Demon Realm, right? I'll definitely go. When the time comes, you'll die!" Liu'Er shouted.
"Noisy. Beat him up!" Zhou Shu said calmly.
Before he finished speaking, Xiaoyu'er had already flown out excitedly.
The illusion of her grotto-heaven appeared. Her small fist hit Liu'Er again, and his body flew out with a whoosh.
Liu'Er took the opportunity to fly into the distance. Before escaping, he didn't forget to threaten, "Just you wait!"
Xiaoyu'er bared her teeth and waved her small fists, scaring Liu'Er into fleeing even faster.
She giggled happily.
Zhou Shu also smiled. The way the Demon King fled was really funny.
After Xiaoyu'er giggled, she turned to Zhou Shu and asked curiously, "Daddy, isn't your name Zhou Shu? Why did you tell that monkey that your name is Shi Changsheng?"
Zhou Shu's smile didn't change as he said calmly, "This is called strategy. You're still young. You don't have to understand."
"Oh," she said, not fully understanding.
"Daddy, did I do well just now? Is there a reward?" Xiaoyu'er blinked her big eyes expectantly.
"Yes. When we get home, you can eat whatever you want." Zhou Shu was in a good mood. She was a walking grotto-heaven and his strongest fighter. He had to treat her well.
He turned around and looked at Yuheng Valley. This place was still under the Demon Kings' watch, so it wasn't appropriate to stay for long. After a while, when the limelight passed, he could return and use this place as a base for forging. The flow of time in Yuheng Valley could greatly reduce the time he needed to forge. Outside, it would take him months to forge a connate divine weapon. How could he afford to waste time?
As for the night of the full moon, let Liu'Er and the other Demon Kings he invited enjoy the wind.
Zhou Shu would be crazy to turn up.
In any case, even if Liu'Er scolded him, he would be scolding Shi Changsheng. What did it have to do with him?
Now, he had to return to the Huaxia Pavilion's Demon Realm branch to take a look. At the same time, he had to start the trade between the Demon Realm and the Ten Nations Continent as planned. Xiaoyu'er alone was not enough to change the Demon Realm.