Chapter 340 - 208: Weapon Forging

Chapter 340: Chapter 208: Weapon Forging

Su Mu descended from the sky, the Wind and Thunder Wings on his back suddenly retracting.

As his feet touched the ground, several large demon heads rolled onto the ground, landing right in front of the Demon Investigator, Lv Lake.

Lv Lake’s pupils constricted. Its body trembled slightly as it stared at the heads.

"Oh my, Lord Lv, don’t get too worked up. Be careful not to faint."

Xu Chongyuan said with a grin, "Now the whole family is together, isn’t it?"

"Lord Lv, are there any fish that slipped through the net?"

Su Mu said lightly, "If there are, I don’t mind searching again."

"N-no more."

Lv Lake stammered.

It was terrified that if it said there were more, Su Mu would actually run off somewhere and go on another killing spree.

Of course there were still more of its people nearby.

But this Su Mu was too monstrous. He actually dared to go on a killing spree in the Wilds.

And he actually had the power to do it!

Even Tier Three Demons were no match for him!

But there was no way the Demon Court would casually send a Tier Four Demon.

A Tier Four Demon was a regional powerhouse even in the Demon Court. How could one be deployed so casually?

"That was all of them. There are no others."

Lv Lake said, grinding its teeth.

It had no choice but to grit its teeth and swallow this silent loss.

"Lord Su is impressive."

Lv Lake looked at Su Mu, a flicker of hatred in the depths of its eyes as it said coldly, "I am a demon of my word. Since Lord Su has truly annihilated this group of demons who defied the Demon Court’s orders, I will naturally thank Lord Su."

"Your so-called ’thanks’ aren’t just going to be empty words, are they?"

Xu Chongyuan said, "Then again, your Demon Court is dirt poor. How could you possibly produce a decent thank-you gift?

I say, Junior Brother Su, let’s not make things difficult for Lord Lv.

I mean, if the great Demon Court can’t even offer a small token of gratitude, wouldn’t that be a huge loss of face?

No, wait, a huge loss of... demon..."

"That makes sense."

Su Mu nodded. "In that case, let’s just forget it. Consider these demons a welcoming gift from the Da Xuan Envoy to the Demon Court."

Lv Lake: "..."

It wished it could swallow the two detestable Taiping Captains before it in a single gulp.

But it couldn’t.

Never mind that this was the Da Xuan Envoy, and the Demon Court couldn’t openly act against them.

Even setting that aside, it was probably no match for this Su Mu.

He had even killed Cang Gou, and its own strength was inferior to Cang Gou’s.

"Who said our Demon Court can’t produce a gift?"

Lv Lake said, "Take a good look! See what this is!"

It pulled something out and tossed it to Su Mu, a pained look on its face.

Su Mu caught it casually. It was a silver-gray stone about the size of an adult’s fist.

"Don’t you humans love using Profound Weapons? This is an ore essential for forging them! This is more than enough for a thank-you gift!"

Lv Lake turned its face away, afraid that another glance would make it too reluctant to give it to Su Mu.

Back when the National Preceptor was training its batch of Demon Investigators, he had taught them how to identify ores.

If this type of ore could be brought back to the Demon Court, it would surely earn a great reward from the National Preceptor.

Lv Lake had happened to find this very piece of ore during its trip to Da Xuan.

It had originally planned to present it to the National Preceptor upon returning to the Demon Court.

But now, provoked by Su Mu and Xu Chongyuan, it couldn’t hold back and took out the ore.

The truth was, it really didn’t have anything better on it.

Su Mu smoothly tucked the ore into his robes and said expressionlessly, "It’s so-so. I guess I can’t expect too much from you lot."

Lv Lake nearly coughed up blood from anger.

’You killed our people, extorted a precious ore from me, and now you say something like that?’

’This must be what the National Preceptor meant by feigning innocence after taking advantage.’

’Just you wait. For everything you’ve done today, my Demon Court will make you pay it back a hundredfold!’

’When the peace talks begin, we’ll see how our Demon Court dictates the terms!’

Not wanting to deal with the two Taiping Captains any longer, Lv Lake hurried to the front of the convoy. As it led the way, it secretly used a unique Demon Court method to contact the other Demon Investigators.

Cang Gou’s entire group had been wiped out. The strategy had to change.

...

Watching Lv Lake’s retreating back, Su Mu and Xu Chongyuan shared a smile.

"You recognize it?"

Su Mu held the ore in his hand, tossing it up and down.

Although he didn’t recognize the ore, seeing the pained look on Lv Lake’s face told him it must be extremely valuable to the Demon Court.

That was enough.

"I don’t recognize it either."

Xu Chongyuan said matter-of-factly.

He wasn’t a Weapon Master, so how would he know about rare ores?

Su Mu shot him an exasperated look. ’It’s fine if you don’t recognize it, but why are you so proud of it?’

He suddenly found himself missing Luo Anning.

If Miss Luo were here, she might have recognized this ore.

"This is a Void Stone."

Just then, a voice suddenly spoke up.

Lu Mingyang had come over to the two of them, his face full of amazement as he spoke.

He had just witnessed the entire event from a distance.

The fact that Su Mu had managed to "trick" a Void Stone out of Lv Lake was a real eye-opener for him.

Lu Mingyang had seen humans suffer at the hands of demons countless times, but this was the first time he had ever witnessed someone play a demon in the palm of their hand like Su Mu did.

Those demons had clearly been sent by the Demon Court to make things difficult for them. But now, not only had Su Mu killed them, he had also made Lv Lake cough up a Void Stone.

The Demon Court had truly suffered a double loss.

"A Void Stone? Lord Lu, you’ve studied weapon forging as well?"

Su Mu asked with a smile, looking at Lu Mingyang.

"I don’t know anything about weapon forging. I’ve just read a few more books, that’s all."