“A first-rank demonic beast?” Zhou Shu’s heart skipped a beat. “I’ll go take a look.”

Outside the Huaxia Pavilion’s Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament branch, Zhou Shu saw the lingering first-rank demonic beast.

As expected, it was Yao Qing.

He was wondering which first-rank demonic beast dared to stroll outside his camp after he had just made Yao Lian retreat.

“I brought what you wanted.” Yao Qing looked at Zhou Shu with an extremely complicated expression.

Although he hadn’t returned to meet the Demon Realm army, he had also received the news.

Lord Yao Lian had fought this man and temporarily retreated.

Yao Qing had previously wondered if this man was no weaker than a great demon.

Now, it seemed that he was indeed no weaker than a great demon.

He didn’t lose unjustly.

“The saber technique you promised me—” Yao Qing said in a low voice.

“Don’t worry. I’ll keep my word. As long as you send me the ore, I’ll definitely teach you saber techniques.”

Zhou Shu didn’t expect Yao Qing to really come back to find him.

It seemed Yao Qing was really obsessed with becoming stronger.

“Lord Yao Lian’s people have been watching this place. I can’t get people to deliver the ore,” Yao Qing said solemnly. “I’ll put the excavated ore in one place. Have someone move it—”

Before he could finish, he saw a dark shape flying toward him.

Shocked, Yao Qing erupted with a violent aura. He raised his fist and smashed forward.

Swish!

Yao Qingyi’s punch missed. The feeling almost made him vomit blood.

Zhou Shu was holding something in his hand and looking at Yao Qing speechlessly.

“You think I ambushed you with a concealed weapon?” Zhou Shu said angrily. “This is for you. Bring back the ore you dug out.”

He threw the bangle again.

If he hadn’t reacted quickly, Yao Qing would have destroyed the Cosmic Bangle with a punch.

This time, Yao Qing didn’t attack again. He awkwardly reached out to catch the bangle Zhou Shu threw at him.

“What is this?” Yao Qing looked puzzled.

Unlike other demonic beasts, Yao Qing wasn’t averse to using weapons. He had used a saber before when fighting Zhou Shu.

The gray bangle in front of him looked more like an ornament of the human race. There were also some demonesses in the Demon Realm who liked to wear this.

Yao Qing didn’t understand what Zhou Shu meant by giving him this.

“Activate it with your spiritual essence,” Zhou Shu said.

Yao Qing did as he was told and injected a stream of spiritual essence.

Buzz—

A translucent space appeared in front of Yao Qing, and his eyes widened.

“A void beast?!” Yao Qing cried out involuntarily.

He came from the Demon Realm, so he had naturally heard of void beasts.

But with his status, he couldn’t have a void beast.

Even in the Demon Realm, void beasts were extremely rare existences. Ordinary people would not usually have them.

“As expected of Ji Lutian’s son, you saw through the principle at a glance,” Zhou Shu said with a smile.

“That’s right. This is the Cosmic Bangle I forged after the void beast.

“Use it to send over the ore you dug up, and I’ll teach you a supreme saber technique.”

Yao Qing’s expression darkened. That bastard Yao Buqi really told him everything!

“There’s too little room for the ore I dug up.” Yao Qing said coldly.

“Then make two more trips,” Zhou Shu said. “Yao Qing, don’t think about playing any tricks with me. Otherwise, it won’t matter even if your father is Ji Lutian!”

Yao Qing snorted and buckled the Cosmic Bangle on his wrist. He turned around and disappeared into the forest.

“Deputy Pavilion Master, Yao Qing will send some ore later. You’re in charge of receiving it. Remember to take a good look. Don’t be fooled by him, “Zhou Shu instructed Shi Songtao after returning to the camp and then entered the forging room without looking back.

“Who is Yao Qing?” Great Xia’s first-rank martial artist, Luo Ling, looked at Shi Songtao in confusion.

“Could it be that the first-rank demonic beast outside is the King of the South’s man—no, demon?” Meng Bai said with a shocked expression.

Shi Songtao rolled his eyes. This is Great Xia’s God of War? A first-rank expert? What’s the big deal!

“Yao Qing lost to our pavilion master. He admires our pavilion master’s cultivation, so he’s willing to be a miner and mine for our pavilion master,” Shi Songtao said proudly. He was different from these country bumpkins who had never seen the world. He was the deputy pavilion master of the Huaxia Pavilion and had seen the world.

Aren’t they just demonic beast miners? Our Huaxia Pavilion has plenty of them!

“By the way, this Yao Qing is a human-demon hybrid. His father or mother is human,” Shi Songtao added.

Meng Bai, Luo Ling, and the others were all shocked.

The King of the South was really unpredictable. He could even subdue such an existence!

In the forging room, Zhou Shu didn’t take Yao Qing seriously at all.

He immediately threw himself into forging.

In the previous battle, his black-grade Great Destroyer Sword, Abyss Rainbow Sword, and Marquis of Xinting Saber were all destroyed.

All things considered, he’d lost a lot in this battle.

He had to make up for it with Yao Lian later!

I haven’t mastered the divine ability Total Annihilation. And I must forge the black-grade Great Destroyer Sword again.

Zhou Shu pondered as he smelted the forging materials.

I haven’t reached perfection in the Great Traversal Sword Art yet either, so I need another Abyss Rainbow Sword as well.

With his current cultivation, if he wanted to unleash his full strength, it was best to use a heaven-grade weapon. At the very least, he should use an earth-grade weapon.