Chapter 92 World Three [6]

Jing Ke was not bragging. The world consciousness was very generous this time. As long as Jing Ke did not do things that only gods could do, such as bringing people back to life, the world consciousness would not interfere with Jing Ke's behavior.

The bottom line of world consciousness remains the same as before, as long as Jing Ke does not exert force beyond the upper limit.

To put it simply, Jing Ke can display his greatest martial arts skills and is the strongest person ever to appear in this world.

Regardless of whether the strongest person is alive or dead, as long as such a person exists, Jing Ke's strength can be on par with that person. If someone breaks through, then Jing Ke's upper limit will also be broken.

According to Jing Ke's understanding, the most powerful figure in the martial arts world was the founder of her own sect. She had founded the Tianyan Sect during the founding of the previous dynasty. She had made some agreements with the founding emperor of the previous dynasty and reportedly lived for nearly two hundred years before passing away.

But with the fall of the previous dynasty, the sect that Jing Ke came from began to live in seclusion and rarely recruited new disciples. So by the time of the fifth emperor of this dynasty, Emperor Tiangan, only Jing Ke was left in the Tianyan sect.

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After comforting Luo Yuezhu with a few words, Jing Ke sat in the yard for a while. Seeing that the horse stance was not a challenge for her, he decided to add a difficulty level for her.

"Starting tomorrow, hold a wooden bucket in each hand when you do horse stance," Jing Ke said, his gaze landing on Luo Yuezhu's face. "Miss Luo, can you do this?"

Luo Yuezhu was stunned for a moment, but then she quickly understood what Jing Ke meant. "Yes, Miss Jing, I can add the barrel now."

"Well, then add it. An empty wooden barrel will do. Once you get used to it, just add water into it slowly." Jing Ke said.

It seems that I need to speed up the process of choosing my own martial arts method, as well as the selection of weapons. Luo Yuezhu is only ten years old now, and it would be a bit difficult for her to use her sword directly. I have to hurry up and let the blacksmith do the work.

After thinking about this, Jing Ke's eyes fell on Luo Yuezhu's body, and he began to estimate the other party's height to guess the length of the weapon suitable for the other party.

Luo Yuezhu is about 1.4 meters tall, which doesn't even reach her shoulders. The suitable length of the sword blade is about 67 meters, so the total length should be set at 84 or 85 meters.

However, children grow very fast, especially after learning martial arts. It would be better to replace Luo Yuezhu with a new one every year, and change the material and weight as well.

Jing Ke acted immediately. After deciding what kind of weapon to give Luo Yuezhu, he immediately said that he wanted to go out.

"I believe you can hold on for two hours. You don't have to wait for me for lunch, but I will be back before dinner." Jing Ke gave a brief explanation, pinched Luo Yuezhu's arm, which already had a little muscle, and a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

"Okay, Miss Jing, do you need a servant to help you get things?" Luo Yuezhu asked.

"No need, I'll go there on horseback and won't leave the city." Jing Ke replied.

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The ancient streets had very limited appeal to Jing Ke. After riding out of Luo's house on horseback, Jing Ke went straight to the blacksmith shop.

In a world where martial arts are prevalent, there are too many blacksmith shops on the streets that can forge weapons.

The government also knew that it couldn't do anything about it, so as long as no more than ten weapons were ordered in a short period of time, they would turn a blind eye.

The blacksmith shop not only has forging masters, but also many finished and semi-finished products displayed outside, among which swords are the most numerous, and these two are also the mainstream weapons in the world.

After Jiandan explained his requirements to the blacksmith, the blacksmith quickly selected a sword blank of suitable length from the sword blanks that had undergone preliminary forging.

"Young man, what do you think of this sword blank? It is made of top-quality materials. Although it cannot cut iron like mud, it can definitely be blown through to cut hair after forging." said the blacksmith.

After Jing Ke took it, he weighed the sword blank. It was a bit heavy, but Luo Yuezhu's physical condition had not improved much now, and the light soft sword was not suitable for her.

"Okay, the scabbard needs to be nice-looking. I want to give it to my apprentice." Jing Ke said.

"No problem. I'll use the best ebony for you and add the best leather to the hilt." The blacksmith said, his eyes couldn't help but fall on the accessories hanging around Jing Ke's waist.

The blacksmith, who had barely seen some of the world, could tell at a glance that Jing Ke's sword was unusual. Not to mention anything else, the jade hilt on it alone was enough to buy his own shop.

"Okay, just use the best materials. How much is the deposit? How many days will it take at the earliest?" Jing Ke asked.

"It usually takes half a month. If you want to expedite it, we can try to finish it within seven days. Since you are also an expert in swordsmanship, you can pay the deposit as much as you like. The total is twenty-five taels of silver."

The blacksmith tentatively quoted a price. Someone who could buy his entire shop for just one sword hilt should be rich, right?

"Okay, but I hate being cheated, so please use the best materials and don't pass off inferior ones as good ones." Jing Ke said, and took out five taels of silver and put it on the table.

"This is the deposit. I will come to pick up the sword in seven days." Jing Ke said.

"Don't worry, young man. We will definitely forge the sword you need." The blacksmith smiled sincerely and enthusiastically gave Jing Ke a peach wood sword of similar length, saying that he could use the wooden sword as a transition.

Since it was something delivered to his door, Jing Ke did not refuse it and directly hung the wooden sword on his belt.

When Jing Ke came out of the blacksmith shop, it was almost time for lunch.

Remembering that he had said he would not dine at Luo's house, Jing Ke found a restaurant nearby according to his own feeling and asked the waiter to serve two signature dishes at random.

The restaurant was very busy around dinner time, and less than a quarter of an hour after Jing Ke sat down, there was no empty seat in the hall.

There is no rule among people in the underworld that they cannot talk while eating or sleeping. Once the good wine and food are served, they basically start chatting openly.

"Have you heard? Not long ago, people from the government office carried back two people bleeding from the street. One of them looked familiar, and seemed to be from the Qinglong Hall of the Wulin Alliance."

"Why were the Wulin League members taken away by the government? Did they try to assassinate the county magistrate?"

"Not really. People living nearby heard a few things. It seems one of them stole something, was caught, refused to return it, and even tried to kill someone, but was easily defeated."

"Is this something the Wulin Alliance could do? No way?"

"Why wouldn't you know this? You're still a little too inexperienced. Among the twelve current elders of the Wulin Alliance, I heard that three of them made their fortunes by killing people and stealing treasures. But they ended up doing well and had great martial arts skills, so everyone turned a blind eye."

"How do you know this information? Is this nonsense? I have never heard of such a thing!"

"How should I know? Of course I used to be in the Wulin Alliance. But they didn't treat me as a human being. They thought my martial arts skills weren't high enough and I wasn't obedient enough, so they kicked me out."

It has to be said that the restaurant is indeed a good opportunity for Jing Ke to get information, especially when some people are drunk, some secrets that were originally suppressed will be revealed.

Of course, this good opportunity is only for masters with excellent internal strength and five senses. Ordinary people cannot hear sounds that can be deliberately suppressed from a distance.

After hearing that Lin Yusu and Yu Buduo had been identified as thieves through word of mouth, Jing Ke was in a good mood and asked the waiter to bring a small jar of good wine. After a quick taste, he took the rest in his hand and took it away, preparing to take it to Luo's house to savor it slowly.

Jing Ke can drink quite well now. If she can use her internal energy to cheat, she can drink wine as if it were water.

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After riding a horse for a while on the street, Jing Ke returned to Luo Mansion at the end of the day.

At this time, Luo Yuezhu had finished her two hours of horse stance practice every day and was sorting out accounts in the study, wanting to take over the family business left by her father as soon as possible.

Mr. Luo owns many shops, including several medicine shops, clothing shops, and grain shops. The owners of each shop were promoted by Mr. Luo.

So at present, these shopkeepers have not made things difficult for Luo Yuezhu. They still come to deliver the account books and silver every two weeks as usual.

Luo Yuezhu did not do anything rash. She just took the time to meet with more than ten shopkeepers and told them that everything was the same as before.

There are a total of fifteen shops, ten of which are located in Feng'an City. These ten shop owners would appear at Luo's house during festivals, so they have a good relationship with Luo Yuezhu, and Luo Yuezhu also calls them uncles.

As for the shop owners in other towns, Luo Yuezhu was not very familiar with them, so after a few days of thinking, Luo Yuezhu expressed her willingness to resell the shop. If the shop owner wanted to buy it, she would only charge 90% of the market price.

A 90% discount seems huge to ordinary people. What’s more important is that these stores are not being sold because of poor business. It’s simply because Luo Yuezhu, the young boss, is temporarily unable to manage them.

Therefore, the more discerning shopkeepers basically scraped together money to buy the shops. The five shops brought Luo Yuezhu a profit of nearly 5,000 taels of silver. With enough silver in her pocket, Luo Yuezhu felt a little less anxious.

When Jing Ke saw Luo Yuezhu busy looking at the account book in the study, he did not disturb her, but wandered around the house casually.

As a wealthy family with some assets, the courtyard of the Luo Mansion is quite large. Although it only has two courtyards, if you look closely, it is not smaller than an ordinary three-courtyard courtyard.

While strolling around, Jing Ke noticed a new face in the yard, and couldn't help but ask Xiao Mu, who also served as the housekeeper, what was going on.

"Ms. Jing, this is a newly added errand boy. He has to do a little bit of everything. He can be considered a long-term worker without signing a contract to sell himself." Xiaomu said.

After driving out Mr. Luo San and his group of usurpers, Xiao Mu also paid the wages of the people he hired and drove them away.

The first time, Xiaomu only added three more people to the mansion. One was a doorman who also served as a groom and security guard, another was an aunt who worked in the kitchen, and the other was a maid who did a little bit of everything.

However, some heavy work was not suitable for the maid, so Xiaomu selected a young servant who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old to help, in order to share the work that the maid and the doorman needed to do.

Jing Ke nodded. It was such a big yard, and now there were only seven people including herself, so it was quite deserted.

After confirming that the new servant only knew a little bit of martial arts, Jing Ke didn't take him seriously. After Luo Yuezhu came out of the study, he gave her the basic sword moves and the small wooden sword that he had memorized in advance.

"Besides the horse stance, you can practice with the sword when you have free time to get a feel for it." Jing Ke said, "Although I can use a little bit of all kinds of weapons, my best skill is still swordsmanship. If you want to learn from me, you must start with the sword."

Luo Yuezhu took the thing Jing Ke handed to her in a daze, and accidentally blurted out what she had been thinking in her mind.

"Ms. Jing, are you going to accept me as your apprentice? Put..." After hearing her own voice, Luo Yuezhu realized that something was wrong and quickly closed her mouth tightly again.

After a while, she blushed and whispered, "Ms. Jing, that's not what I meant. I just..."

Jing Ke smiled and rubbed Luo Yuezhu's head. "I asked you to do horse stance for a month. My original intention was to test whether your mind is firm and whether your physique is suitable for martial arts."

"I already have the answer in my mind. You have a good mind and talent. If you are ready, it's not impossible to just call me Master now." Jing Ke said, looking down at Luo Yuezhu, and moved the hand on her head to her shoulder.

Luo Yuezhu didn't seem to expect the surprise to come so suddenly. After blinking hard twice, she tentatively called out, "Master?"

"Yeah." Jing Ke agreed and patted Luo Yuezhu's shoulder gently.

"My attitude towards Miss Luo is different from my attitude towards my apprentice. If you regret it now, I can pretend that you never said anything just now, and the promise between us will still be valid." Jing Ke patched himself up.

Luo Yuezhu's bones and tendons are indeed more suitable for martial arts than ordinary people, but if one wants to become a master in a short period of time, even a martial arts genius will have to suffer a lot.

"Master, I am not afraid of hardship." Luo Yuezhu responded much more decisively this time. His eyes brightened, and he took a step back, ready to kneel down and pay his respects, completely accepting this hard-earned master.

Fortunately, Jing Ke was fast enough. When Luo Yuezhu just bent her knees, she grabbed her collar and lifted her up.

"Our sect's apprenticeship ceremony isn't like that. You just need to make me a cup of tea. As for kneeling down, once you've achieved some success, I'll take you back to the sect's headquarters. I'll then burn a stick of incense for the founder and let him know that you're the 23rd generation disciple of our sect."

Jing Ke looked at Luo Yuezhu as he spoke, and only after making sure that his cheap disciple had no intention of kneeling down and kowtow to him did he let go of the Miss Luo who was being held by the collar.

"Okay, Master, I'll go make you some tea right away." Luo Yuezhu blinked her big eyes. Although she tried hard to control herself, she couldn't suppress the curve at the corner of her mouth.

Hehe, she has a master now! She can become stronger!