Above Destiny

Chapter 257 Book Burning
To be honest, for a moment, Ji Jue really wanted to hit Zhou Cheng on the back of his head.

You are the anti-Tiangang guy, who are you and your father?
But just as he raised his hand, he suddenly remembered, oh, he really has a grandfather.

Master craftsman, Zhou Zhong.

Under the gaze of the sharp eyes from the deepest part of the workshop, he raised his hand halfway, then retracted it awkwardly. To avoid embarrassment, he even pretended to help Zhou Cheng brush the dust off his back.

Then, behind the glare, he showed a smile that said, "Look how good I am to you."

We are all under the eaves, we are all under the eaves...I won't bother with you.

He walked in with a dignified manner, looked around, and found that this time Zhou Zhong had moved almost half of the workshop's equipment here.

The deep underground space is now filled with spiritual circuits, with a structure of three on top and six on the bottom, interlocking layer by layer, and locked inside and outside.

It is a typical and luxurious 'Zhou Tian'.

Through the emblems of the Twelve Supreme Goods and numerous sacrifices, the workshop is given a substantial concept of heaven and earth, with three levels of blue sky, six layers of underworld, and the flow and change of the essence of the Supreme Good. The improvement of defense is secondary. The most important thing is to catalyze the creations in the furnace to form a special qualitative change.

The most suitable one is the laws and control of the Tianyuan system.

When necessary, the external Zhoutian can also be connected with the creations in the furnace, making it easier to operate.

At this moment, as he stepped into the Zhoutian, Ji Jue felt the strict laws flowing from the spiritual essence and glow. Even if he was in it, he was not recognized and was still excluded.

You can only watch from a distance.

There is no way to get a glimpse of the subtle changes and essence inside.

From a distance, he could see the figure standing in front of the furnace with his back to him. The skinny master stood with his hands behind his back, staring indifferently at all the changes in the furnace, controlling the coordinated operation of the external circulation.

Naturally, one can also detect those who do not belong to the workshop.

"Ji Jue?"

"Yes."

Ji Jue stopped five steps away and nodded respectfully like all the younger generations.

No matter how arrogant he was, he had to admit the gap between himself and Zhou Zhong and show respect for this accomplishment. As a craftsman, no matter how much he despised everything, he had to respect creation.

"Humph, he is a hero after all. He can bend and stretch as he pleases."

Zhou Zhong sneered without even turning his head: "Your teacher told me about your matter. I owed her one in Quancheng, but I didn't expect that she would use it on you.

It seems that my favor to her is only at this level and extent."

Ji Jue remained calm and just replied: "My teacher loves me."

"..."

Zhou Zhong's words paused and he suddenly fell silent.

I don't know what he remembered, or maybe he was just concentrating on controlling the changes in the furnace. After a long while, he pointed to the table next to him, where a form had already been signed.

Then he pointed to a position next to the stove, where the sweaty apprentice was.

"The signature is here, the work is over there."

He said, “Can you do it?”

Ji Jue took two steps forward and looked at the huge furnace: "What's in the furnace?"

"sword."

Ji Jue was slightly startled, "Why is it a sword?"

"Why not?" Zhou Zhong asked indifferently.

Ji Jue answered truthfully: "Considering Tong Shan's style and habits, the sword may not be the best choice."

"Is it appropriate to just hold a flag and wave it around on the battlefield? If you like charging into battle with spears so much, why not join a large group?"

Zhou Zhong sneered: "Craftsmen are not servants, so they don't need to be so considerate. It's understandable to adapt the details, but if you have no insight and just flatter, how can you control the highest good and melt everything?"

Ji Jue looked back at the expressionless face: "Can Master Zhou confirm that his design is better than the user's choice?"

"I can."

Zhou Zhong answered decisively.

Decisive and without hesitation.

Countless training and attempts since the apprenticeship days, the experience accumulated after becoming a craftsman, the countless cases referred to as the chosen one, and even the painstaking creation and exploration time and time again... What was achieved was this skill that surpassed countless mediocrity, and even a vision and instinct that was better than that.

After arbitrarily rejecting the original design and plan, he innovated, changed the direction, and created a brand new look.

Even if the employer is a behemoth like the Tong family, they will not give in.

What’s more, it was just the doubts from a mere apprentice.

Ji Jue had no way of judging the details and basis, but this undisguised confidence or arrogance really made him look at her with new eyes.

The Way of Embers has always judged everything by success or failure. Even if Zhou Zhong said something grandiose, if the final result was not satisfactory, there would be absolutely no way to explain it.

Even if we don't know the specific situation, judging from the layout of the Zhoutian structure and the many investments, the cost paid by the Tong family is definitely not a small amount. It is not something that can be easily fooled and the matter can be solved by simply paying some vouchers after messing up.

For this kind of creation that does not seek to achieve anything but to avoid mistakes, rote memorization and adherence to rules are the norm.

Zhou Zhong dared to gamble his life-long reputation and the reputation of the workshop for his own design. In terms of courage alone, he was already above countless people. Ji Jue sighed silently, "I'll teach you."

"You are not my student, so why should I teach you?"

Zhou Zhong had no expression on his face, and he didn't even bother to look back at him. "If you can do it, do it. If you can't, leave."

Ji Jue didn't say anything else. He took off his coat, threw the miscellaneous items on his body into his pocket, handed them to Tong Hua, and then picked up the work clothes in the corner and put them on.

Walk straight towards the furnace.

Taking a step forward was like walking into a furnace. Invisible flames spread and filled the air in an instant. The terrifying high heat was locked in the space around the furnace, and the sweat evaporated before it could seep out.

A stinging and burning sensation in the respiratory tract.

The air was distorted due to the change in temperature, causing the objects in front of my eyes to fluctuate in distance, sometimes large, sometimes small. When I walked, I staggered involuntarily.

At the front of the opened furnace, the apprentice who was responsible for feeding the materials was already staggering.

His hair was curly and his eyes were bloodshot.

Squatting on the ground, his body swayed involuntarily, and when he raised his eyes, they were out of focus.

Seeing Ji Jue coming over, she numbly handed him the thing in her hand, staggered to her feet, took two steps, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

Immediately, an apprentice who was waiting at the sidelines rushed in, picked him up, and took him outside to avoid interfering with the refining process.

Around the furnace, at the nodes of the Zhoutian structure, there were more than a dozen apprentices performing maintenance and work, cooperating with each other skillfully and without any delay.

Under Zhou Zhong's command and control, the Zhoutian structure changed and many delicate operations continued, which opened Ji Jue's eyes and amazed him.

It is worthy of being Haizhou’s well-known sweatshop, a black-hearted workshop that even Jianyuan has to give a thumbs up to.

Apprentices are like tools, quickly consumed and replaced as soon as one is used up, just like standard spare parts are in endless supply.

The ability to integrate all the weak talents and operations into one, share Zhou Zhong's pressure, and execute his needs should be the more complex spiritual sequence hidden deeper under the Zhoutian structure, the so-called 'all sources return to the flow'.

That’s great, that’s great.

Such a good thing, I have to find a way to get it.

Unfortunately, Zhou Zhong’s blockade was extremely tight, and not even a drop of water could get in.

As an iconic skill that can be passed down in the workshop, it is impossible not to keep it secret. Not only Ji Jue, but even the other apprentices around him who are involved in it may find it difficult to see the full picture.

Once you adapt to this set of theories, you have no other choice but to add bricks and tiles to the system established by Zhou Zhong, and gradually move up in the hope of gaining greater authority and theoretical knowledge... To start a new business is tantamount to starting over again.

Otherwise how can you say black.

"Give me the ingredients."

A cold voice came to my ear.

At that moment, under the guidance of the circulation of the surrounding spiritual energy and the changes in the circuits, cracks opened up around the furnace, flames burst out, and illuminated Ji Jue's pupils.

Ji Jue raised his hand without hesitation.

Between his five fingers, sheets of paper rose up, curled up in the rushing flames, charred, and the ashes disappeared without a trace. Only countless characters rose up from the ashes and overlapped.

The ink color was diffused, as if an invisible pen was drawing from the flames. In an instant, a torrent burst out with a loud bang, and a huge torrent gushed out from nature, filling everything.

However, under the compression of the Zhoutian structure, it was tightly sealed in the furnace.

The torrent is surging, the ripples are surging, and the waves are surging.

The sound of the vast sea tide rose violently from the earthquake, but among the noisy and chaotic sounds, a light cry suddenly emerged and the clanging of swords.

Sweep by.

Soon, the roar dissipated, turning into a wisp of noise and disappeared without a trace.

In the center of the flame, the vague outline suddenly became clearer.

From that fleeting fluctuation, the hairs on the back of Ji Jue's hands stood up, and he felt the biting sharpness and strict laws. In the flow of spiritual essence, the blessings of Tianyuan, Ether, Mirror and Ruins were revealed.

The aura of the fourfold blessing was rising, and there were signs that it was gradually merging into one.

It's simply a work of art.

No, the reason why we have gone through the long and tedious preparations, invested so much, and adopted the Zhoutian structure is just for this natural 'evolution'!
Between the blue skies and the underworld, the essence of supreme goodness flows, and from the catalysis of events, it gradually merges and becomes one, and becomes inseparable.

Ji Jue's work will serve as a record book of "catalysts" and he will continue to invest in it.

"Give me the ingredients."

Zhou Zhong's voice sounded again.

Ji Jue stretched out his hands again without hesitation, and the non-attack matrix emerged from his hands, passing through a gap just right in the high temperature that was enough to turn himself into ashes in an instant, supplementing the situation.

Suddenly, there were bursts of thunder and the earth rumbled.

The howling of the storm arose from the furnace.

That's his job.

Burning books.

(End of this chapter)