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Chapter 436 - 436 361 May I See the Ladys Pen (5k)

Chapter 436: Chapter 361: May I See the Lady’s Pen? (5k) Chapter 436: Chapter 361: May I See the Lady’s Pen? (5k) As for that Divine Weapon, Ouyang Zhi was determined to obtain it!

Since he was young, Lady Xu had instilled this matter in him, and it had always been his goal, and also the greatest opportunity in his life.

The plans of Hidden Soldier Valley for hundreds of years were all focused on him!

This was the great secret of the Ouyang main family lineage that had been passed down for hundreds of years and was never disclosed to outsiders. Even Ouyang Tuo was completely unaware that beneath the Heart Fire Vein, a weapon of great malevolence was being refined.

People said that the Ouyang lineage of Hidden Soldier Valley descended from the grand Artifact Refining grandmaster Ouyang Yezi, who lived hundreds of years ago. This was indeed true.

Ouyang Zhi was indeed a descendant of Ouyang Yezi.

Everyone knew that Ouyang Yezi forged eight Divine Weapons in his lifetime, several of which were now with the Shushan Sword Sect. Yet, no one knew that Ouyang Yezi had actually forged a ninth Divine Weapon.

However, this Divine Weapon was too malevolent and had never been successfully refined.

After Ouyang Yezi passed away, his descendants, lured by the power of this Divine Weapon, ignored Ouyang Yezi’s final teachings. According to the Weapon Casting Technique passed down through the Ouyang family,

they set up a great formation throughout Hidden Soldier Valley.

This was the origin of Hidden Soldier Valley.

Hidden Soldier Valley—concealing a Divine Weapon!

For hundreds of years, the valley masters of the Ouyang lineage had spared no effort to forge this object, aiming to make the Ouyang family stand proudly in Jianghu among other aristocratic families like those of the Five Families.

And not just remain a left-path family skilled only in weapon forging.

Ouyang Zhi was the bearer of the hopes of the Ouyang family lineage.

Looking at the resolute light in Ouyang Zhi’s eyes, Lady Xu felt slightly dazed, as if she was seeing once again that Ouyang Ke who had risked offending a True Master of the Yang Transformation Realm for the sake of this Divine Weapon!

She was well aware of the events of that year when Ouyang Ke had confided everything to her, already resigned to his fate.

The Divine Weapon in the Earth Core Fire Vein had never been successfully refined because it lacked several rare divine materials. Coincidentally, a True Master from the Demon Dao had sought out Ouyang Ke that year.

He wanted him to help repair a Divine Weapon.

Ouyang Ke appeared to agree, but actually used the divine materials left by the Demon Dao True Master on that malevolent weapon.

Later, when the True Master saw the repair of the Divine Weapon had failed and caused great loss, he was enraged and sought to kill Ouyang Ke, who had already prepared for this possibility.

He had asked for the protection of a True Master from the Shushan Sword Sect for Hidden Soldier Valley, while he had apologized to the Demon Dao master for his ‘death.’

This was the true occurrence of that year!

As for the rumors, they were just rumors after all….

And she had been entrusted by Ouyang Tuo to raise Ouyang Zhi until adulthood, according to his calculations, when the malevolent weapon of Divine Weapon caliber could be successfully refined.

Looking at the posthumous child left by her sister, Lady Xu agreed….

She married Ouyang Ke, fulfilling the duties expected of a wife, yet Ouyang Ke, absorbed in refining weapons, was indifferent to her, the most beautiful woman in Shuzhou.

Perhaps in Ouyang Ke’s eyes, that weapon bearing the hopes of the Ouyang family for hundreds of years was his true love.

“With this Divine Weapon’s help, I, Hidden Soldier Valley, must become a top-tier aristocratic family in Shuzhou within decades,” Lady Xu said solemnly as she stared at Ouyang Zhi.

“Mother, rest assured, father’s dying wish will certainly be fulfilled by his son!”

“Go then, start your preparations. In seven days, retrieve this malevolent object,” Lady Xu said softly.

“Child takes his leave…”

Ouyang Zhi bowed and left the small courtyard.

Lady Xu watched Ouyang Zhi’s departing figure, sighed deeply, turned around, and continued playing with the fish, the only things that could alleviate her inner restlessness.

For some reason, she always felt a certain unease in her heart.

It seemed that the process of retrieving that Divine Weapon would definitely encounter some difficulties.

“Perhaps I’m overthinking it…”

Lady Xu thought to herself.

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Hidden Soldier Valley, first-class courtyard.

Chen Yuan and Han Yu were tasting tea. This was the Spiritual Tea he had previously asked for from his good brother, Shangguan Yu. It was quite decent.

“How is this tea?”

Chen Yuan poured another cup for Han Yu.

“Brother Chen has good taste,” Han Yu lifted the tea cup, took a sip, and his eyes lit up as he exclaimed,

“The tea is infused with Spiritual Energy and is beneficial for cultivation.”

“When idle, it’s good to drink more tea.”

“Hmm?”

“As the saying goes, ‘Three cups of wine through the vast mortal world, a pot of tea for a thousand-year legacy.'”

As these words came out, Han Yu was quite shaken by Chen Yuan’s literary flair, a saying he had never heard of before, undoubtedly improvised on the spot.

Mumbling a few words, Han Yu managed to shake off the astonishment these words had brought.

The meaning contained in these words was not trivial, alluding to a vast mortal world and a thousand-year legacy… It seemed Chen Yuan harbored no small ambitions. It made sense considering he already had his own establishment in Tangshan Prefecture;

how could he lack ambition?

The spontaneous eloquence was somewhat surprising to him; in his perception, Chen Yuan was a man of extreme decisiveness in killing, exceptionally brave, but supposedly lacking in literary grace.

Unexpectedly, he was skilled in both martial and literary pursuits.

“It seems Brother Chen is a tea lover,”

Chen Yuan smiled and did not reply.

He did not love tea or wine, only the Spiritual Energy they contained.

The phrase just now was an impromptu remark, and he had not expected that it would inadvertently elevate his image so significantly in front of Han Yu.

Of course, this also helped him refocus more quickly.

But speaking of which, spending idle time tasting tea indeed allowed one to calm oneself.

“Brother Chen, in your view, will there be any problems with this affair in Hidden Soldier Valley?”

Han Yu was naturally cautious and had advanced step by step to this day by relying on this steadiness.