Chapter 359 - 217: 6 Rings

Chapter 359: Chapter 217: 6 Rings

Niu Zhong: "..."

’What does that mean?’

’Ignore me?’

"Eighteenth Prince, you’ll get used to it."

Lv Lake said with his hands clasped, "This is just Su Mu’s style. Everything has to go at his pace. He won’t give you any face."

"This is the Demon Court!"

Niu Zhong’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot. This was bullying demons to an outrageous degree!

The members of the Da Xuan Envoy were completely ignoring his existence. They actually started setting up camp and lighting fires to cook.

The Demon Court was just a few miles away.

How could they be so relaxed right outside the Demon Court?!

"I know, and they know too,"

Lv Lake said. "But what can you do about it? Eighteenth Prince, can you beat him?

Even if you could, are you going to slaughter the entire Da Xuan Envoy?

When two nations are at war, they do not kill the envoy."

Niu Zhong was speechless.

’That saying about not killing envoys is bullshit,’ he thought. But the real problem was that he truly couldn’t beat Su Mu.

Su Mu had clearly exhausted a great deal of energy and was at his weakest.

But Niu Zhong felt that Su Mu, in his current state, was actually more dangerous than when he was at his peak.

Although he didn’t know where this sense of danger came from, Niu Zhong trusted his instincts.

’Besides, I’ve already lost two trials. So what if I manage to kill Su Mu now?’

’At best, I, Niu Zhong, could only win one trial.’

Sighing, Niu Zhong sulked off to one side.

He didn’t have the face to return to the Demon Court right now. He might as well wait until he won the third trial tomorrow, and then he would lead this damned Da Xuan Envoy into the city.

...

After eating the roasted meat prepared by the accompanying soldiers, the Taiping Captains all crawled into their tents and fell fast asleep.

They were utterly exhausted, and only sleep could help them recover.

Zhang Zhongmei was also carried into a tent. His constitution was weaker than the Taiping Captains’. Even after taking an Elixir, it would likely take him ten to fifteen days to recover.

Lu Mingyang and the others had already bandaged their burned hands. They volunteered to take on the duty of standing watch for the night.

Su Mu didn’t stop them. It was good to let these Civil Servants do something.

Although their watch would be of little use.

But with Ao Qing around, Su Mu wasn’t worried about a sneak attack from the Demon Court.

Besides, they had already arrived outside the Demon Court. As long as the Demon Court had any sense of honor, they wouldn’t let anything happen to the envoy here.

Inside his tent, he laid out several rings in a row.

He felt as if he had given Zhang Zhongmei a bowl of water, and Zhang Zhongmei had given him an ocean in return.

Back then, when he gave the Void Stone to Zhang Zhongmei, he hadn’t actually held much hope.

After all, Profound Weapons with an Inner Space had always been the stuff of legend.

Zhang Zhongmei wasn’t even a conventional Weapon Master. The probability of his success was minuscule.

Taking a huge step back, even if Zhang Zhongmei had succeeded, just forging a single Profound Weapon with an Inner Space would have been a history-making achievement.

Who would have thought that Zhang Zhongmei would not only succeed but also forge so many Space Rings in one go?

It was incredible to think about. Such a massive Lapis Lazuli Mountain had ultimately been transformed into these few small rings.

It could only be said that the Weapon Casting Technique of this world was far more miraculous than Su Mu had imagined.

"One, two, three..."

There were six Space Rings in total.

Calling them "rings" wasn’t entirely accurate. They looked more like simple bands.

They were a lustrous, jade-green color all over, perfectly round and smooth.

If one didn’t know they were Space Rings, they would look like priceless jade bands at first glance.

Using them was simple. After binding it with a drop of blood, one could see the space within.

Zhang Zhongmei was truly a genius.

He didn’t cultivate the Martial Dao himself, so the Space Rings didn’t require Cultivation to activate. As long as they were bound with blood, even an ordinary person could use them.

The six rings looked identical on the outside, but their true nature was vastly different.

One of them contained the largest Inner Space, with its length, width, and height each measuring almost a hundred meters.

That was why it was able to hold the remaining Lapis Lazuli.

Aside from this one, the other five had much smaller Inner Spaces, with dimensions of only ten meters each.

But even with dimensions of just ten meters, that was still a massive amount of space.

If he’d had these Space Rings earlier, the materials from the demon beasts they killed along the way wouldn’t have gone to waste.

Many of the bones and flesh from the demon beasts had to be discarded because they couldn’t carry or eat them all.

Now that he had these Space Rings, he could return from the Demon Court fully loaded.

It was a rare trip, after all. He couldn’t just go back empty-handed.

’Zhang Zhongmei deserves the highest credit for forging these. He must have one.’

Gazing at the six Space Rings before him, Su Mu’s expression became thoughtful.

He would definitely keep the one with the largest space for himself.

Zhang Zhongmei had put in so much effort; he had to be given at least one.

Although Xu Chongyuan and the other Taiping Captains had also contributed greatly, there were only a few Space Rings, so he definitely couldn’t give them any.

’I’ll just give them a larger share of the credit for rescuing the two Marquises as compensation.’

’There are still four left...’

He began to hesitate.

The value of a Space Ring went without saying. These six might be the only six Profound Weapons with an Inner Space in the entire world.

’Miss Luo and the Xiang Family are my women.

Needless to say, Miss Luo has helped me a great deal along the way.

The Xiang Family also gave me the Xuanhuang Blood Exchange Technique and the Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth."

Su Mu mused, ’Using Space Rings as betrothal gifts should be more than presentable.’

That left two more.

’I’ll keep the last two on hand for emergencies,’

Su Mu thought.

He slipped the ring with the largest space onto his finger and put the rest away.

Su Mu silently summoned his system panel.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Deputy Envoy (Temp), Silver-faced Killer (Part-time), Taiping Captain (5th Rank)]

[Points: 20,000]

[Realm: Rebirth Realm (11x Blood Exchange, Body Tempering Extreme Realm)]

[Divine Techniques: Indestructible Golden Body, Blood Body, Giant Body]

[Cultivation Technique: Four Symbols Rebirth Technique (Four Symbols Divine Body (Perfection))...]

[Martial Arts: Thunder Shock Realm (Minor Accomplishment/+), Li Fire Realm (Perfection), Kan Water Realm (Major Accomplishment), Xun Wind Realm (Major Accomplishment), Gen Mountain Realm (Major Accomplishment), Archery (Perfection)]

The night was deep, and the Points on the system panel quietly refreshed.

To Su Mu’s surprise, the number of Points on the system panel had shot up by five thousand.

After a moment of thought, he understood why.

He currently had a temporary identity: Deputy Envoy.

The Deputy Envoy identity didn’t provide base Points, only performance-based Points.

The better he performed as the Deputy Envoy, the more performance Points he would receive each day.

Throughout the journey, his status as Deputy Envoy had been bringing him one to two thousand Points daily.

This time, by breaking through the Demon Court’s second trial, he had performed exceptionally well.

So, it was normal for him to receive more Points.

’The greater the challenge from the Demon Court, the greater my rewards will be, as long as I can withstand it.’

Su Mu thought to himself. ’In that case, let the storm rage even more fiercely.’

His heart was filled with fighting spirit.

He needed Points, a great many Points.

To bring the Kan Water Realm, Xun Wind Realm, Gen Mountain Realm, and Thunder Shock Realm all to the Perfection stage, he would need hundreds of thousands of Points.

...

"For me?"

Zhang Zhongmei shook his head like a rattle drum.

He was extremely tempted but still refused, "I can’t accept this."

"Lord Su, you believed in me and gave me the chance to prove myself. That is more than enough for me. As for this ring, I cannot take it. I absolutely mustn’t."

"You’ve earned it,"

Su Mu said lightly. "Without you, they would never have existed in this world."

"I’ve already gotten what I wanted."

Zhang Zhongmei shook his head again. "By being able to forge the Space Ring, my name, Zhang Zhongmei, will surely be recorded in the history of weapon casting."

"You can refuse to take it, but I cannot refuse to give it."

Su Mu said, "What’s yours is yours. If you don’t care for it, then just throw it away."

With that, Su Mu put the ring down and strode away.

Zhang Zhongmei watched Su Mu’s departing figure, his face filled with emotion.

’I’ll accept this ring. I’ll use it to get something in return for you,’

Zhang Zhongmei thought to himself.

Although he, Zhang Zhongmei, was an ordinary person, his father was the leader of the civil servants, and his mother was a True Disciple of the Divine Weapon Pavilion. He had connections in both the civil and martial worlds.