Whoosh.
Jiang He stepped out of the pool.
His body did not look strong, but in fact, every muscle contained the power to split mountains and split rocks.
"Master."
Sora handed Jiang He a towel, as well as the expensive silk pajamas that she had prepared beforehand.
After helping Jiang He put on the pajamas, Sora blushed and lowered her head towards Jiang He's bedroom, saying quietly, "I'll warm your bed, Master."
"Get lost!"
Jiang He scowled and barked, "Warm my foot. I'm a fire-type Awakened now. Would I be afraid of the cold? Moreover … what bed warming? Are you trying to be a pervert? "
Feeling wronged like a child, Sora lowered her head and ran back to her bedroom without a word.
Jiang He felt a headache as he watched Sora's curvaceous back.
He had planted a maid to cook, clean, and serve him daily. But now, she had to warm his bed from day to night. What was she up to?
Returning to his bedroom.
Taking out his new laptop and connecting to the internet, Jiang He quickly logged into the Warrior Home forums.
He first searched for the topic of "raw gemstones" in the forum section and found a few posts. They were posts that people had posted on the forum asking to buy them, but no one was interested in them.
After musing to himself for a while, Jiang He posted as well.
[Sincerely looking to buy Orirocks. Terms negotiable. Mobile: 13109535353. Same WeChat ID as above.]
Posting was free anyway. What if a blind cat stumbles into a dead mouse?
After posting the post, Jiang He searched for information about heritage sites on Warrior Home. There was quite a lot of information, but it was all vague and unreliable in Jiang He's opinion.
It was two in the morning before he knew it.
Even so, Jiang He was brimming with energy and did not feel tired at all. Turning off his computer, he thought for a while, and the more he thought, the clearer it became.
"What's going on …"
"Why is the quality of my sleep worse than before? It's already two in the morning, and I still can't sleep? "
Jiang He was a little speechless.
Could this be the legendary "aftereffects"?
Was it because the Sky Demon Cult had kept him on tenterhooks every day a while ago that led to this situation?
"What a shame …"
"The Sky Demon Cult has hidden themselves too deeply, and there's no way to deal with the root of the problem for now. Moreover, the Sky Demon Cult's main camp is definitely a dragon's lair and tiger's den, and I definitely wouldn't be able to handle them with my current ability."
Jiang He only fell asleep groggily at three in the morning.
However, he didn't sleep for long before he heard Sora's voice.
"Master, someone is looking for you."
Sora Aoi had already prepared clothes for Jiang He in her maid uniform.
"Who?"
Jiang He was a little grumpy from being woken up. Rolling over to grab his phone from the bedside table, he glanced at the time and could not help saying, "It's only twelve in the morning. Can't you let me sleep?"
He washed his face and rinsed his mouth.
Jiang He walked down the stairs.
In the living room, Zhou Yu and Cheng Dongfeng sat on the sofa, chatting happily.
Zhou Yu rose to greet Jiang He when he saw him coming downstairs, smiling. "I'm really sorry. I didn't know you had the habit of taking afternoon naps, Mister Jiang. Please forgive me if I've disturbed you."
He first cupped his fists and performed a warrior's salute before extending his hand.
The habit of taking afternoon naps?
Jiang He complained inwardly.
My sleep quality is so poor. Every night, I toss and turn, unable to fall asleep, not to mention taking a nap … I usually sleep until one or two in the afternoon. When I want to take a nap at four or five in the afternoon, I can't feel sleepy at all. No matter how hard I try, I can't fall asleep.
Jiang He was a little annoyed that his sweet dreams were interrupted, but as the saying goes, one should never slap a smiling face. Since the man was being so polite, he could not say anything, so he returned the salute and shook Zhou Yu's hand, asking in surprise, "You are …?"
"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Zhou Yu, Minister Wang's assistant."
Zhou Yu was all smiles. He himself was a top Level Nine expert and was very famous in the Hua nation's martial arts world. He ranked eighth on the Level Nine List of Hua nation and was also the assistant of Wang Hou, who was widely recognized as the First Man of Hua nation. Therefore, Zhou Yu had great power.
Minister Wang often secluded himself for cultivation, which was why it would not be an exaggeration to say that Zhou Yu's words carried the most weight in the Martial Arts Department (MAD).
In fact, Zhou Yu was a little … conceited.
Of course.
Any martial arts elite would be like that, and Zhou Yu's personality was more or less influenced after following Wang Hou around. That was why he requested to meet Jiang He when he arrived at Lingzhou City yesterday.
At the time, Duan Tianhe had said that no one was answering his call, but Zhou Yu knew very well that Jiang He was unwilling to meet him.
Even so, Zhou Yu was not angry at all. Instead, he was stunned as if waking up from a dream.
His ego had inflated!
Leaving aside the fact that Jiang He had performed many meritorious deeds, Zhou Yu should have visited Jiang He himself in the first place. Moreover, Minister Wang had the same intention — to visit Jiang He and probe his background.
There was no helping it.
Jiang He's accomplishments were simply too shocking. Turning the tables on a rank-seven as a rank-five, turning the tables on a rank-eight as a rank-six, even killing Kun of the Left, the Sixth Elder of the Sky Demon Cult and blowing up the Third Elder of the Sky Demon Cult. It was so breathtaking that it was unbelievable.
That accomplishment alone was enough for Zhou Yu to treat Jiang He as an equal.
After some small talk, the two men smiled and took their seats.
And yet, though Jiang He was all smiles, he was very puzzled inwardly …
Deputy Zhou?
Minister Wang?
Who the hell were they? He had never heard of them before, nor did he know them!
Still, Jiang He could not be blamed for being ignorant … after all, as Jiang He had said, he was a martial arts newbie who had only started cultivating for a month at most. There might be people who would complain that there was such a powerful martial arts newbie … but newbie could not be described with ability. Moreover, he had only started cultivating for a month, and there was still a long time before the three-month probation period was up if he counted according to working hours!
Moreover, he had been either immersed in cultivation or fighting to the death against Sky Demon Cultists over the last month. Where would he have the time to learn about such things?
Hence, Jiang He conversed with Cheng Dongfeng through Secret Acoustics, and only then did he understand.
The way he looked at Zhou Yu promptly changed.
Zhou Yu …
A top rank-nine elite, the assistant and spokesperson of Minister Wang of the Martial Arts Department (MAD) … would such a person even have Orirocks?
Moreover, his Ninefold Thunderblade had just reached second-fold mastery, and his cultivation had ascended up to rank-seven advanced, improving greatly in ability … and he wanted to test it out on someone.
They conversed for over half an hour.
Zhou Yu praised Jiang He many times on behalf of Wang Hou, but such praise was like chewing wax to Jiang He and was not nutritious at all.
What use was praise?
It would have been better to give him a more substantial reward.
"Hold on …"
Jiang He suddenly remembered something and said, "Here's the thing, Deputy Zhou. I remember Chief Duan telling me that the MAD is prepared to reward me, and I could ask for it myself?"
"That's right. That's what happened."
Zhou Yu smiled. "I've come with a list of treasures for you, Mister Jiang. The Minister has said that you can pick any three of the items on the list!"
Jiang He took the list and scanned through it. Most of the items overlapped with the list Mu Wanqiu gave him, although there were no Orirocks.
Jiang He had wanted to be thick-skinned and ask for a few Orirocks, but just as he put down the list, his eyes narrowed when he saw a picture on the last page of the list.
In the picture, there was a rusty old sword.
Of course, calling it a sword was an exaggeration since it was only half a sword tip.
There was a simple introduction beneath the picture.
[Broken Nameless Sword.]
[Grade uncertain. Excavated from the Sword Sect's heritage site at Mount Hua. Suspected to be a fragment of a mystic item.]
(PS: That's the third update. There's one more update to go, and it might be late. Readers are advised to read it tomorrow.)
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