Shen Qiu smiled silently, put away Long Zheng casually, bowed deeply to Master Hydra and expressed his gratitude.
"Master Hydra, this time it's all thanks to you. If you hadn't helped, we don't know how long it would take us to figure it out."
"No need to thank me. This weapon was already forged. I didn't put in much effort."
Hydra replied very arrogantly.
"Yes, I still want it. Now that the weapons are ready, how much do I need to pay you in total?"
Shen Qiu replied very politely.
Seeing Shen Qiu being so polite, Hydra had a much better impression of him, and his tense face relaxed a lot.
At this time, Chen Ye saw Shen Qiu was about to pay the bill, his eyes rolled, and he thought that the old man didn't put too much effort in forging, and it was done in one day, so the fee must not be too high, so he volunteered.
"Boss, I'll pay!"
Shen Qiu looked at Chen Ye in surprise and asked.
"Are you sure you want to pay?"
"Boss, look at what you said. You always take care of me. Let me show my ability this time."
"OK!"
"How much is the total."
Chen Ye looked at Hydra with confidence.
Hydra stroked his beard and pondered for a while before speaking.
"This weapon is an eye-opener for me, so the forging fee is waived!"
“That’s great.”
When Chen Ye heard that Hydra was going to waive the forging fee, he smiled from ear to ear and said, "This time I have face and I don't have to pay for it."
But before Chen Ye could be happy for long, Hydra continued.
"Just pay for the maintenance of the Lava Core."
"Ah? How much?"
Chen Ye's heart immediately tightened, and he asked with a bad feeling.
"10 billion Blue Alliance coins!"
Master Hydra then gave a specific value.
After Chen Ye heard this, his head felt like it was hit by a hammer and it started buzzing. He turned around with a bitter face and said to Shen Qiu.
"Boss, why don't you come?"
Shen Qiu did not make things difficult for Chen Ye. It was indeed too much for him to handle with his limited assets. However, such a large sum of money would be difficult even for him.
Of course Shen Qiu had no doubt that Hydra was making a blind offer. That was the old man's temper.
To be honest, Shen Qiu is very optimistic about Hydra. His forging skills and knowledge are indeed worthy of the first ranking.
Therefore, Shen Qiu is not considering the issue of paying the repair fee now, he said after thinking for a while.
"Master Hydra, the repair fee is no problem. But before that, I would like to invite you to join my team. Your skills should not be buried and you should only forge ordinary weapons."
Hydra refused without even thinking about it.
"No, to put it nicely, I'm a master blacksmith, to put it bluntly, I'm just a lousy blacksmith. I'm not interested in joining anyone's team."
Seeing Hydra's firm attitude, Shen Qiu knew that he could not convince him at all.
But Shen Qiu was not angry, nor did he continue to struggle. If he didn't want to join, then forget it, but he still wanted to establish a relationship to facilitate forging in the future. As for the strategy, it was Hydra's granddaughter Haiyue.
So Shen Qiu coughed and said.
"That's a shame. Let's talk about the repair costs."
"There's nothing to negotiate about the repair fee. It's just that price. I didn't ask for a cent more. Of course, if you don't want to pay, there's nothing I can do about it."
Master Hydra said with his hands behind his back.
"Master Hydra, you misunderstood. When you were forging Longzheng, your granddaughter, Miss Haiyue, ate and chatted with us. I saw that she was still young, but she stayed at home and didn't go to school. Are you planning to let her inherit your legacy?"
Shen Qiu asked deliberately.
In fact, Shen Qiu knew very well that Haiyue had such a weak character and did not seem to have good talent, so it was impossible for her to inherit Hydra's mantle.
After listening to Shen Qiu's words, Hydra said in a deep voice.
"Does Haiyue look like she can inherit my legacy? Do you think I don't want to send her to school? The problem is that there is only one school in the City of Stars, and it is jointly run by the Red Alliance and the Blue Alliance. This school has very strict requirements for recruiting students. Not only are the requirements for status strict, but the requirements for talent are also extremely high. Haiyue can't go there at all, okay?"
"Oh! So that's how it is. Master, how about this? I think Haiyue is a very well behaved child. Leave her school affairs to me. After graduation, I will arrange for her to work in the Sun Umbrella Group, the top company in the 2nd Ring Road. It is the easiest and safest job. In addition, I will give her a villa in the 1st Ring Road. You know that the security of the 1st Ring Road is not a little bit worse than that of the 10th Ring Road, and you can't buy it even if you have money."
Shen Qiu quickly said to Master Hydra.
After hearing what Shen Qiu said, Hydra was also very moved, and his expression became a little unnatural. In fact, Shen Qiu's approach was indeed correct. Apart from forging, Hydra only cared about Haiyue, but he still asked vigilantly.
"Why are you helping me?"
"I'm not helping you. I mean these will serve as maintenance fees."
Shen Qiu said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you very much."
Although Hydra knew very well that Shen Qiu was deliberately trying to win him over, he really couldn't refuse.
"Of course, this is the property certificate for the 1st Ring Villa."
Shen Qiu then took out the property certificate and handed it to Hydra.
Hydra said in a deep voice as he took the title deed.
"If you need anything related to forging in the future, you can come to me directly."
"No problem, let's go first."
Shen Qiu replied in a very good mood. This was exactly what he was waiting for.
"Um."
Hydra nodded in response.
So Shen Qiu took Yun Xiaoxi and a few others into his off-road vehicle.
"Boss, where are we going next?"
Chen Ye asked while sitting in the driver's seat.
"I need to get a matching scabbard for this weapon."
Shen Qiu hesitated for a moment and replied.
"Boss, if you want to get the scabbard, why don't you ask that Hydra to help you? He should be able to get it."
Chen Ye asked in confusion.
"Of course I have my own considerations. Xiaoxi, does your best friend still make scabbards? I think she does a good job and it looks pretty. It's just a scabbard anyway, so just ask her and take care of her business."
Although Shen Qiu said this, he secretly thought in his heart that Master Hydra was an extremely particular person. If he went to buy from him, he would definitely recommend a very expensive scabbard, and then he might end up spending a lot of money.
Yun Xiaoxi was very happy when she heard that Shen Qiu was going to Mu Han to order a scabbard.
"Yes, and she even moved to the City of Stars."
"That's great, where is her shop?"
"It's in the 10th ring of the City of Stars, in the southeast area."
Yun Xiaoxi thought for a moment and replied.
"Southeast area? We are now in the western suburbs of the City of Stars, so why don't we just go around to the south gate and enter."
Chen Ye immediately started the SUV and said.
"Okay, let's go!"
Shen Qiu replied decisively.
Chen Ye then stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the south gate.
Shen Qiu sat in the co-pilot seat, gently waving Long Zheng, caressing the weapon lovingly.
At this time, Angie came out of Shen Qiu's pocket and said with a smile.
"Shen Qiu, do you like this weapon?"
"Of course I like it. This is the weapon I am most satisfied with so far."
Shen Qiu replied with satisfaction.
"You are of course satisfied with the simulation according to your own ideas, but I have one thing to remind you."
Angie said with a grin.
"Go ahead."
Shen Qiu didn't care too much and replied directly.
"It's best not to use this weapon when you're fighting normally."
"Why? Is there any other problem with this weapon?"
"Yes, of course."
"What's the problem?"
Shen Qiu's heart suddenly ached and he asked.
"This weapon is particularly lethal to wallets."
"???"
"You don't know? Every time you swing this weapon, the atomic module embedded in it will be consumed. If you fight a few more times, the module will run out of energy, and then you will have to replace it."
Angie spread out her hands, shook her head and replied.
When Shen Qiu heard Angie's words, his mood suddenly fell from the clouds to the bottom of the valley.
"Stop, isn't the speed at which it consumes atomic modules different from conventional weapons?"
"How can it be the same? As long as you don't use conventional weapons too often, it's normal to use them for a few years. The speed at which the Dragon Sword consumes modules is the same as your Atomic Magic Armor."
"Damn it! Doesn't that mean I have to weigh whether it's a loss or not when I use it?"
“That’s right.”
Angie said with some gloating.
Yun Xiaoxi and the others saw Shen Qiu's expression of despair and laughed secretly with their hands covering their mouths.
"Damn! How come everything related to LV5 is so bad? Not to mention the Atomic Magic Armor, the LV5 realm is also a bad thing. Once you enter it, your power will be used up in a short time, just like water released from a floodgate."
“It’s a bit of a scam, but it’s awesome!”
Angie said with a grin.
"Alas~"
Shen Qiu sighed helplessly.
You have to know that he has only been able to use the first-generation atomic magic suit frequently until now. However, the dragon is consuming the prismatic atomic module, and no matter how powerful he is, he can't bear it.
"Boss, stop sighing. With your current strength, few people can force you to use this weapon."
Chen Ye flattered him very considerately.
"Yes, you finally said something human."
Shen Qiu thought about it and it seemed to be the case.
"Boss, what you said..."
Chen Ye had just said half of his words when a car coming from the opposite direction shone its high beam directly at him, and was speeding very fast.
He then flashed his light to signal the other party, but unfortunately the other party had no intention of turning it off.
“You are sick!”
When the two cars passed each other, Chen Ye lowered the window and cursed.
Immediately after the two cars passed each other, Shen Qiu said to Chen Ye.
"Stop cursing and drive calmly."
"Boss, these guys are really uncultured. Fortunately, this is not the City of Stars. If it were in the city, I would definitely confiscate his car."
Chen Ye complained to Shen Qiu with some road rage.
Shen Qiu was too lazy to pay attention to Chen Ye's complaints. All he was thinking about was how to get more atomic modules.
At this time, an inconspicuous jeep drove past. Shen Qiu inadvertently saw Admiral Tang Yi in casual clothes in the jeep, and then turned his head to look back.
"What's wrong?"
Yun Xiaoxi and others asked curiously.
"No, I saw someone I know."
Shen Qiu shook his head and replied.
"What a coincidence."
Yun Xiaoxi and the others didn't pay much attention to it. They were now driving on the ring road of the City of Stars, so it was not surprising to meet acquaintances from the Red Alliance.
"Um."
Shen Qiu nodded.
However, not long after, probably only a minute or two, a black family sports car drove over.
Shen Qiu saw Chu Wuji's figure through the window.
For a moment, Shen Qiu was confused. What was going on
Just when Shen Qiu was puzzled, another bus drove over.
Shen Qiu then saw two familiar figures.
Wu Di was seen smoking a cigar through the window, and Bai Mucheng was sitting next to him. Although both of them were dressed casually, he still recognized them at a glance.
He suddenly thought to himself.
"When did Wu Di and Bai Mucheng come back? Where are they going?"
The more Shen Qiu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he spoke up.
"Chen Ye, pull over."
"good!"
Chen Ye immediately braked and stopped on the side of the road.
Yun Xiaoxi asked Shen Qiu curiously.
"What happened to Shen Qiu?"
"I'm going to do something, you guys go back to the company first. And Chen Ye, go and handle Haiyue's matter in my name. If you can't handle it, you can tell me."
Shen Qiu gave some brief instructions, then opened the car door and got out.
"Shen Qiu, be careful."
Yun Xiaoxi stuck her little head out of the car window and gave instructions to Shen Qiu.
"good!"
Shen Qiu nodded, put Long Zheng into the capsule, and then chased in the direction Bai Mucheng and the others left.
…
Under the night.
Cars drove into the Western Geffington gathering area outside the City of Stars (formerly the Western Refugee Resettlement Area).
Although this area is a gathering area not protected by the City of Stars, it is very prosperous because it is very close to the City of Stars. There are various buildings here and bright lights everywhere.
The streets were filled with vehicles and brightly dressed residents, no different from a normal city. In a sense, this place was even more prosperous than the Ten Rings of the City of Stars.
These cars drove around here and there, stopping in various areas one after another.
Afterwards, Wu Di and others entered a very stylish club, Lan Courtyard, in batches.
"Welcome."
A tall and beautiful waitress at the door welcomed us warmly.
At this time, Shen Qiu appeared in the distance and was very surprised when he looked at the Lan Courtyard. He thought something had happened, but he didn't expect that they would come here.
The more Shen Qiu thought about it, the more curious he became, so he walked towards the Lan courtyard.
This Lan courtyard is built entirely of wood, and you enter the hall after walking through the gate.
The whole hall was very lively, with many guests sitting there for dinner. Shen Qiu saw many familiar figures among these guests, such as Admiral Tang Yi, Lieutenant General Lin Xuan, Lieutenant General Duan Jingyan and so on.
Shen Qiu touched his chin and thought for a while.
"With so many people from the Red Alliance, this couldn't be the secret base of the Red Alliance, right? Are Wu Di and the others planning to discuss something important here in secret?"
The more Shen Qiu thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
Thinking of this, Shen Qiu calmly followed Wu Di and others into the hall, ready to take a look.
It didn't take long for Shen Qiu to walk through the hall. Behind it was a quiet and spacious courtyard with many landscape plants planted.
There are private rooms located in the corridors surrounding the courtyard.
Shen Qiu then walked towards one of the private rooms. The door of the room was ajar, so he pretended to meet them by chance, pushed the door open and walked straight in.
After entering the private room, Shen Qiu immediately saw Wu Di, Bai Mucheng, Chu Wuji and several subordinates in casual clothes sitting at the dining table.
When Wu Di and others heard the noise, they turned their heads to look at the door. When they saw Shen Qiu coming in, they turned back.
Shen Qiu was also stunned when he saw that they ignored him. He walked to the empty seat next to Wu Di and sat down, patting his shoulder and saying.
"Hey, what a coincidence!"
"Hmm, what a coincidence!"
Wu Di responded expressionlessly.
After Shen Qiu heard this, he was stunned again. What happened? Did their relationship fade after not seeing each other for a few days
However, Shen Qiu still chatted with Wu Di enthusiastically.
"When did you come back?"
"I just came back not long ago."
"Fuck! You didn't even tell me you were coming back. That's really not nice of you!"
"ah?"
Wu Di looked at Shen Qiu in confusion.
"What's that expression on your face? You didn't even tell me you were coming back, and you didn't even invite me to the dinner. Are you still brothers? That's really mean of you."
Shen Qiu complained to Wu Di.
Wu Di's expression became more and more unnatural as he listened to Shen Qiu's words. Bai Mucheng, who was standing beside him, frowned slightly under her mask, and the others also looked at Shen Qiu in dumbfounded.
"Why are you looking at me like that? What did I say wrong? Aren't you guys having a dinner together? Or are you discussing something in secret?"
Shen Qiu asked with a smile.
When Wu Di and others heard Shen Qiu's words, they were speechless and looked at Shen Qiu in confusion.
They were extremely shocked. Could it be that Shen Qiu was not a participant in the mission
Shen Qiu looked at their extremely shocked expressions, and became more certain that he was right.
"I guessed right..."
At this time, Bai Mucheng reacted quickly and said to Shen Qiu.
"Stop talking."
"Um?"
Shen Qiu was stunned.
At this moment, the door was pushed open again. Shen Qiu turned his head and looked over. Then he saw a male waiter in a gray uniform walking in with tea. The male waiter had a ferocious look on his face, with a hint of hostility between his brows, and a little tattoo on his cuffs.
Shen Qiu recognized the tattoo at a glance as the pattern of the Defeatist Cult, which was usually only worn by extreme admirers.
He felt somewhat surprised and puzzled. How could the people from the Defeatable Cult be here
"Your tea."
The waiter stared at Shen Qiu and others with unfriendly eyes, and it was obvious that he recognized them.
"Just leave it there."
Wu Di replied in a deep voice.
…
At this time, in a private room nearby, Long Yan was sitting on a chair in a simple gray robe.
At this time, two dragon guards guarding the door of the private room stretched out their hands to stop a waiter.
"What do you do?"
"I'm here to serve tea."
The very old waiter hunched over and lowered his head and replied.
"Let him in."
Long Yan's hoarse voice suddenly came from the room.
Hearing Long Yan's words, the two dragon guards immediately let go of their hands, opened the door to let him in, and then closed it again.
The older male waiter respectfully brought in the tea and placed it on the table, then turned around and was about to leave.
At this time, Long Yan spoke lightly.
"Seventh Brother, long time no see, why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea together?"
At this moment, the waiter stopped walking when he heard Long Yan's words, slowly raised his head, his whole temperament changed drastically in an instant, and he said coldly.
"It's been a long time."
"Come sit down and have a drink together."
Long Yan invited him.
The defeated army leader, Long Shang, did not refuse and immediately walked over and sat down opposite Long Yan.
Long Yan picked up the teapot and poured two cups of tea. He handed one cup to the defeated army leader, Long Shang, and said to him.
"Seventh Brother, honestly, there's no need for us brothers to go this far. As long as you stop, I can forgive the past."
Long Shang picked up the teacup and took a sip, revealing a creepy smile and replied coldly.
"Haha, losing is losing, winning is winning, the winner takes all, there's nothing to say. But you won, and you came to persuade me to stop! Don't you think this is too much? People can't be so greedy, wanting to sit in that position and be a good person at the same time!"
When Council Chairman Long Yan heard this, he sighed slightly, raised his head and stared at Long Shang.
"I see. It seems that only one person can walk out of here today."
"That's right."
…
In the other private room, the waiter who served tea just stood there looking at Shen Qiu and others, and was slow to bring the tea over.
Shen Qiu and the others didn't urge him.
However, at this moment, a loud explosion suddenly sounded outside.
The waiter then threw the tea in his hand onto the ground.
Bang~
Accompanied by a cracking sound.
The door was kicked open, and a group of ferocious-looking defeated cultists rushed in. They surrounded Shen Qiu and others with weapons in hand.
"Ahem, am I here at a bad time?"
Shen Qiu asked awkwardly.
"No, you're just in time. One more helper, one more strength. We can just beat them up and be done with it."
Wu Di took a deep breath and said.
"With you guys, I tell you the truth, you have been surrounded, so just raise your hands and surrender..."
The waiter looked at Wu Di and others viciously.
Before he could finish his words, Wu Di burst into energy, instantly approached the waiter, grabbed the head with a slap and lifted it up.
"ah!"
The waiter also struggled desperately.
Bang!
The waiter's head was crushed and blood splattered everywhere.
The defeated cultists present retreated in fear instinctively, Wu Di said, twisting his neck.
"It's so noisy. I'm tired of listening to it."
Shen Qiu looked at this scene, sighed and said.
"Do you want to surrender on your own, or do you want us to do it?"
The result was beyond Shen Qiu's and his friends' expectations. These frightened defeated cultists, with fierce looks in their eyes, took out divine potions from their pockets and injected them into their bodies.
For a moment, disgusting lumps of flesh appeared on the surface of their bodies, and these lumps of flesh glowed with a dark red halo.
At this moment, their eyes were like those of bloodthirsty beasts, and their aura surged!
they shouted enthusiastically.
"For the leader, kill!"
The next second, these defeated cultists rushed up frantically. One of them had red wind bursting out of his body and pierced Shen Qiu's head with a sword.
Shen Qiu sat on the chair without moving, but just stretched out two fingers to clamp the attacking sword.
"ah!"
The believer roared with all his might, continuously releasing his strength, but unfortunately Shen Qiu just sat there motionless.
At this time, Bai Mucheng, who had dismembered several cultists with a sword, looked at Shen Qiu. A hint of surprise flashed across her cold eyes. She could feel that Shen Qiu seemed to have become stronger.
You have to know that these defeated cultists have been injected with God's potion and are no different from disqualified people. Even she doesn't dare to be so arrogant.
At this time, Shen Qiu's two fingers flashed with lightning, and he directly clamped off the circular modular sword and threw it at the head of the cultist in front of him.
Click!
The cultist screamed immediately, his head was pierced through, and he finally fell to the ground.
Afterwards, Shen Qiu saw that Bai Mucheng and the others had already rushed out, so he stood up and walked out of the private room and came to the courtyard. He saw two people standing in the center of the courtyard.
One is the deputy leader of the defeated army, Sima Di, and the other is the elder of the defeated army, Helalin.
"Sima Di? I didn't expect you to be here too."
Shen Qiu said with slight surprise.
"Shen Qiu! You're here too, that's even better, let's settle all the old and new accounts together today!"
Sima Di said viciously.
"Are you out of your mind? Don't you want to look around first? You can't even beat me, let alone all the people on my side."
Shen Qiu looked at Sima Di in disbelief. Where did this guy get the confidence from