Mu Qianyu knew nothing about the fact that someone was investigating him. In fact, even if he knew about it, it wouldn't matter much.
She hid before because her strength was too weak, and she was afraid that if she was exposed, she would be captured by someone who wanted to make elixirs, weapons, etc.
But now she is the head of the first dynasty in Dongzhou, and her own strength has grown to protect herself, so naturally she is not too afraid.
After the sacrifice to heaven was over, she felt much more relaxed, because the expansion of the territory was over, and Ji Lin was in charge of everything when she returned to the imperial city.
In the beginning, she went to the Royal Study Room once every three days in a decent manner, and finally told Ji Lin directly that she wanted to retreat.
This is not a lie, she is planning to build a palace above the earth line, let the weapon spirit refine the piano there, and also process the knife given by Beichen Ye.
The material of this knife was extremely good, but at that time, in order to prevent others from recognizing it, Beichen Ye deliberately used a very rough refining technique, resulting in a low-grade knife, but it was very sharp.
She was going to process it thoroughly to make it more powerful.
Good things can't be wasted.
Just when she was about to order the construction of the palace, Mo Feng came with a message.
At that time, Mu Qianyu and her daughter Xiaoruo were enjoying the cool under the grape trellis.
The grapes were planted before the war started. It was still early spring at that time. Now it is midsummer. The grapes have produced small fruits and the grape trellis can already enjoy the cool weather.
It was rare that Mu Qianyu was not neglecting his duties and was instead brushing up on the knowledge of weapon refining.
In the words of Qi Ling, her current level of weapon refining is considered pretty good. All she needs is constant practice and some external means.
Her weapon-refining cauldron is top-notch, and it would be perfect if she had a more advanced flame.
"What's the matter?" Mu Qianyu put down the book.
"Your Majesty, big news, do you still remember the earthquake half a month ago?" Mo Feng looked a little excited.
It seems to be a good thing.
"I remember, I always felt like something had fallen."
"Your Majesty is wise, that is the strange fire from heaven. In the past half month, it has attracted countless alchemists. The people who refine the weapons have brought their own forces to fight for it. There have been countless casualties."
Mu Qianyu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "You mean, fire?"
"Exactly, this fire has never appeared in our continent. It is said to be an extremely rare and powerful flame." Mo Feng replied.
"Master, I want that fire." The weapon spirit showed great excitement in the space: "If it is really a high-grade flame, maybe I can refine a divine weapon."
"Sacred weapon?" Mu Qianyu just wanted to laugh at the fact that the weapon spirit has never seen the world. At this moment, his eyes were also widened.
If you can refine a magical weapon, then why not do it.
"Come on, let's go grab it too. I just have nothing to do." Mu Qianyu began to roll up his sleeves, and his eagerness to try didn't look like an emperor who had conquered a thousand miles.
Mo Feng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, please listen to what I have to say. We can't rob it now."
"What do you mean? Are you speaking too slowly?" Mu Qianyu asked eagerly.
"White Deer Academy intervened in this matter, because the location where the strange fire fell is not far from White Deer Academy, so White Deer Academy has now controlled the strange fire."
"White Deer Academy said that such fighting is no different from cannibalism. In order to prevent anyone from sacrificing for this, they decided to hold an alchemy and weapon refining conference. Only ability will compete, and the final winner will get the flame."
Mo Feng’s complete narrative.
Mu Qianyu nodded clearly: "One of the three major forces, White Deer Academy?"
"Exactly. Although it's a bit nosy, it does save a lot of killings, which is a good thing."
"You're a bandit who knows merit." Mu Qianyu joked and said:
"But do you think there is a possibility that White Deer Academy also wants to get this strange fire, but as one of the three major forces, it is not easy to use its power to overwhelm others, so it plans to take it away in a fair and just way through a competition."
"Uh..." Mo Feng thought for a moment and said, "This is a method that scholars would use. It's not unreasonable, but it's not entirely true."
"You'll know if you go and take a look. But if there is a competition between alchemy and weapon refining, shouldn't there be two prizes? Can the flame be half for one person?" Mu Qianyu questioned again.
Mo Feng shook his head: "I don't know."
"When will the competition be held and where will it be located?" Mu Qianyu asked.
"To the west of Dashang, near the western border of Wei. The time is three months later."
"The time given is quite sufficient. People from any distance can come." Mu Qianyu acknowledged this. One of the three major forces, he is really thorough in his work.
"Will Your Majesty also go?" Mo Feng asked, but he had never seen Mu Qianyu display his talents in alchemy and weapon refining.
"Of course, but you have to keep it a secret. I don't intend to make it public."
"Yes, I will definitely keep my mouth shut."
"That's good, let's go." Mu Qianyu waved the man away and began to count the time.
It takes more than twenty days to get from the imperial city to Dashang, and then to the west through the Wei Dynasty, it takes a month just to travel.
And she always has to go early to check the situation, so she will leave soon.
It just so happened that she had nothing to do recently, and she could go and test the level of alchemy and weapon refining skills she had learned in the past two years, considering that they were all professionals.
"Mom, are we going out to play again?" Nannan put down the book with a look of anticipation.
When she was in Hanzhou, she almost never studied seriously. Now she was afraid that her father would come back for random inspections, so she improvised and started reading seriously.
Mu Qianyu smiled fondly, reached out and poked her forehead: "Youngster, you just know how to play."
"Mom is the best. Mom will definitely take Xiaobao there, right?" Nannan hugged her thigh and acted coquettishly.
"Then give me a kiss, mother." Mu Qianyu knelt down and pointed at his face.
Nannan immediately gave her mother a big kiss and said happily: "Namnan still wants to transform this time and pretend to be a boy."
"Be a good girl for me." Mu Qianyu pinched her nose and said, "What's good about boys."
"What about mother?"
"Of course mother can't go in her real body, it's more convenient to dress up as a man."
"Then my daughter also wants to..."
"Okay, my daughter is cute no matter what." Mu Qianyu kissed her fleshy little face.
Mu Qianyu still didn't plan to bring more people with him this time. Only his daughter, Xiaoruo, Mo Feng, and Di Yin had gone back to the Mysterious Beast Forest for retreat when they came back last time. They could only see each other again after leaving the retreat.
As for Mo Feng, he is in charge of the intelligence of Dazhou, so with him by his side, he can keep abreast of the latest news.
"Young Master with virtue." Mo Feng shouted as he boarded the ordinary spaceship.
Because Mu Qianyu has always used this name, he has become accustomed to it.
Hearing this, Mu Qianyu shook his head repeatedly and said, "Stop yelling, I have a new name, Zhang Youcai."
After all, Zhang Youde has become synonymous with scammers after the Tiandi Bank incident. People even called that scam Zhang’s scam.
So that name can no longer be used and is easily beaten.