In a quiet room in the Shi family, Jinxuan was sitting at the table, holding her chin in her hands and pouting, seemingly a little angry. Next to her lay a three-tailed snow fox. She moved her eyes a few times, wondering what she was thinking.
"This stinky stone really didn't lie to me. Even at home, he doesn't have time to accompany me. However, this is better than marrying someone I don't love." The little princess sighed, although Shi Lei's family members were very fond of her.
Okay, but staying like this all the time is also very boring.
"This is your own choice. Brother Shitou told you before coming, but you still insisted on coming." The little fox wagged its tail a few times and looked at Jinxuan with some sympathy.
"I know this too. Now it seems that the Shi family is one of the top two in power in Yunzhou. I wonder why he is still practicing so hard?"
The little fox lowered his head and seemed to be thinking, then shook his little head. Human things are not something he can understand now. After all, the time he can transform into a human form is relatively short.
"Because there are more powerful beings in this world, and such beings are likely to threaten the safety of my family at any time. This is what motivates me to continue to practice and improve!" The door was gently opened, and a familiar face appeared at the door.
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"Brother Shitou!" A bright smile immediately appeared on Jinxuan's face, but then she pretended to be angry, "You still came to see me, took me home and left me alone."
"Well... you haven't been very busy recently." Shi Lei touched his nose. As soon as he returned home, he came across the incident of his family being attacked. Although he solved it, the Great Sage Dynasty still didn't take action because they didn't understand enough.
, and now I have to be busy with the Northern Weapon Refining Competition.
"So you won't be busy today?"
"Well, I took extra time today to come here to see you." Shi Lei responded.
"Really?" Jinxuan was a little doubtful.
"Really, of course it's true." Shi Lei nodded seriously.
"That's pretty much it. Seeing that your attitude is okay, I will forgive you temporarily." Jinxuan smiled again.
Shi Lei was speechless for a moment. It seemed that this woman's mood changed faster than the weather.
"You will go to a distant place to participate in a weapon refining competition in three months. Can I go?" Jinxuan looked at Shi Lei nervously, fearing that he would refuse.
"Well, well..." Shi Lei was thinking that if he brought Jinxuan with him, then Xi'er and Shuang'er should also be brought with him. In this way, there seemed to be a lot of people, but seeing the young master like this, he really couldn't bear it.
Refuse.
"What's wrong? Is it possible?" Jinxuan looked at Shi Lei thinking about it and asked quickly.
"Okay, you'll come together." Shi Lei made up his mind. This time the weapon refining competition organized by the Northern Four States Artifact Refining Alliance will be held in Qizhou, which is about three days away from Yunzhou, so he should take them on a trip.
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After getting their permission, Daijin and Centipede excitedly ran to the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts and came back in about a month. By then, there should be no problem in letting the two of them be responsible for the safety of the girls.
"Great!" After receiving the affirmative answer, Jinxuan jumped up happily. It was too depressing to stay in the house every day, and she could finally go out. "But I may spend less time with you in the past three months, because
I want to improve my weapon refining skills." Shi Lei looked at Jin Xuan who looked happy and said apologetically.
"It's okay, you are busy with your work, as long as you think about me in your heart."
"Thank you, Xiaoxuan." Shi Lei said softly.
"Huh? Are you calling me?" The little fox's voice suddenly sounded.
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The people sent to Liangzhou finally returned to report and had some basic understanding of the situation of the Great Sage Dynasty.
The Great Sage Dynasty was different from the Fengyun Empire. It held an absolute leadership position in Liangzhou, and various aristocratic families were also vassals of the royal family. However, the Fengyun Empire had almost no interference with the major aristocratic families.
This difference stems from the different founding times of the two empires. The Fengyun Empire was only founded a hundred years ago, while the Great Sage Dynasty has been established for a thousand years. A strict hierarchical system was formed in Liangzhou to ensure the absolute leadership of the royal family, that is,
He said that if Shi Lei attacks the Great Sage Dynasty, he will face the masters of the entire Liangzhou.
Moreover, the Great Sage Dynasty sent ten masters at once to attack the Shi family, which also demonstrated the great strength of the Great Sage Dynasty. What is even more surprising is that the former Fengyun Empire turned out to be a tributary country of the Great Sage Dynasty, and this, Feng Yuan
But it was hidden from the entire people of Yunzhou.
"Tributary country? No wonder Feng Yuan can invite people from the Great Sage Dynasty to take action. It turns out there is such a relationship." Shi Lei sneered, but he didn't expect Feng Yuan to do such a shameful thing.
Perhaps when Feng Yuan faced the Great Sage Dynasty, he realized the huge gap between himself and the Great Sage Dynasty, so he gave up resistance, surrendered and secretly paid tribute to the Great Sage Dynasty in order to keep his position. This is understandable.
Moreover, the reporter said that the current emperor of the Great Sage Dynasty is at the fifth heaven level. It is said that there are strong men from the eighth heaven sitting in the palace to ensure the safety of everyone in the royal family.
"This is really difficult to handle." Shi Lei patted his head in the family meeting room. He didn't expect the problem to be so difficult, far beyond his expectation.
"In my opinion, Lei'er, as long as the Great Sage Dynasty no longer causes trouble for us, we should not take the initiative to retaliate. We have already made back our money by killing ten of their masters." Shi Tian didn't want to go to war because Shi Tian didn't want to go to war.
My family has just settled down a few years ago, and I want to live a stable life.
"Dad, I understand your thoughts, but the problem is that our relationship has already been forged. Even if we don't take the initiative, I'm afraid the Great Sage Dynasty will attack us. After all, the secret of our family's rapid development is too attractive.
, how could they let it go so easily?" Shi Lei shook his head.
Shi Feng and others nodded, agreeing with Shi Lei's idea. The Great Sage Dynasty is now like a sharp sword hanging over the head of the Shi family. If this danger is not eliminated, everyone will not be able to live a stable life.
"How is Shi Yun's alchemy refining going now?" Shi Lei asked Shi Han. As a brother, he should know more.
"Under the guidance of Yao Heng, silver medicine elixirs can be refined. This medicine will be of great help to Commander Wu in breaking down King Wu's barriers. A few days ago, the number of medicines refined was limited due to material problems. However, the number of medicines refined was limited.
A few days ago, Feng Qiu, the new emperor of the Fengyun Empire, sent a large number of precious medicinal materials. It is said that these were originally intended to be tribute to the Great Sage Dynasty." Shi Han was talking a lot more now than before.
"Well, that's good. I didn't expect Fengyun's talent for refining medicine to be so outstanding. It seems that in another five years, the number of our Shi Family's Martial Kings will exceed thirty, or even more. By then, there will be one
A force that cannot be underestimated." Shi Lei was quite satisfied with this result.
Looking at it now, the newly established emperor Feng Qiu is quite good. He knows whose hands control his destiny. From this point of view, he has completely achieved Shi Lei's purpose.
"How is the recovery of the Nine Nether Beast now?" Shi Lei specifically asked to give some high-level pills to the Nine Nether Beast. If this ancient beast recovers from its injuries, its strength will be earth-shattering and it will become the great beast that protects the Shi family.
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"The Nine Nether Beast's injuries are too old and its recovery is a bit slow. However, because of our elixir, its complexion has improved a lot. Its current strength should be at the peak of the fourth heaven." Shi Ye said about this big beast.
, I like it very much. In this way, the Shi family has a strong force, and they admire Shi Lei's approach very much.
"Well, that's right. What we need to do now is to let Yao Heng, Shi Yun, make the medicine in the golden medicine bottle as soon as possible. We need to improve the strength of this high-level team as soon as possible. Only in this way can we ensure a safe environment for continued development."
Shi Lei continued, "Also, the five of you should have mastered Earth Escape by now. What about the results of the team members you led?"
"Our five teams suffered some casualties in the battle with the Yu Brai family, but we re-selected people to fill in. Each team is still twelve people, and now there are forty people who have achieved great success in earth escape." Shi Feng put away the iron fan,
Said to Shi Lei.
Now the Shi Family's fifth team, except Shi Xiaomeng, the other four are all at the level of King Wu, and Xiao Meng is also at the peak of the late Wu Shuai, and has a good chance of breaking through. The five teams have a total of 60 people, and the worst strength is also at the mid-stage Wu Shuai.
level.
Because these people have made amazing achievements in all aspects, they have become the main force of the Shi family. Now the scale of the Shi family has expanded, and many more people have been recruited. Now the family guards alone have reached more than 800 people, some of whom have
The King of Wu came to the Shi family as a guest, which consolidated the strength of the Shi family.
And because Shi Lei agreed to participate in the Northern Weapon Refining Alliance competition, the Weapon Refining Guild also unanimously agreed to provide weapons to the Shi family, which raised the overall combat effectiveness to another level.
"Not enough." Shi Lei shook his head. Even so, there is still a long way to go to face the Great Sage Dynasty in Liangzhou. There is still a big gap to fight against a country that spans nearly ten thousand miles.
Even though Shi Lei now has terrifying combat power, trying to deal with the entire Liangzhou is tantamount to wishful thinking. Shi Lei will not fight without preparation.
After arranging some things, Shi Lei planned to enter the weapon refining workshop and start concentrating on refining the weapon. The significance of this weapon refining competition in the four northern states was very important to the weapon refining guild in Yunzhou, so he couldn't let them down.
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It's just that Baigang didn't tell himself clearly what the highest level of weapon refining was in the last competition, but judging from the fact that Yunzhou's guild was laughed at every time, the level would definitely not be low.
"It's time to go to the mist forest again. Don't you have a lot of secrets? Go and unravel some of them yourself first." Mo Qilin suddenly moved on his left wrist and said slowly.
"Xiao Hei, I've been sleeping for a long time." Shi Lei knew that usually he would not wake up without special circumstances. "Why do you want to go to the mist forest now?"
"You will know when you go there. You haven't been to many places, and even if you have been to some places, you still have many questions. With your current strength, you may be able to find some answers." Mo Qilin
replied.
Shi Lei pondered for a moment. Indeed, he had too many confusions in the misty forest. The bamboo slips that could not be opened, the strangeness of Yunfeng, the empress at the bottom of Ruolan Lake, etc. had always been a mystery.