Me and countless me.

Chapter 615 We set off after getting our gear ready.
The Jade Seal: A magic ring more suitable for the physique of Chinese babies.

It represents destiny, legitimacy, and a whole host of other things, especially in the feudal era.

Moreover, Li Ke was certain that what his mentally challenged system had given him was genuine, because the jade seal looked very authentic. Based on Li Ke's extensive experience in digging up graves, finding enemies, and confiscating property, it was undoubtedly genuine.

"I guess this is something they got for me by exploiting the rules of the world again. But wouldn't you say it's something everyone wanted in a certain sense? After all, the essence of my stupid system is that it was created by Li Ke using people's desire for prosperity... Doesn't this feel like it was ordained?"

After stroking the jade seal like Gollum from Lord of the Rings, Li Ke pondered for a while before calmly placing it on his chest. After all, this thing was truly useless without an army and territory, and would only attract heroes from all over the world to vie for it.

Although he was not afraid of this due to his physique and fighting skills, he did not need to create setbacks for his career.

Therefore, Li Ke didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he lit the furnace, opened the ventilation ducts, gathered up the scrap metal, and began to use his knowledge and skills to modify the furnace and the surrounding environment so that the furnace could meet his requirements.

Fortunately, the Ancient Tomb Sect had a fairly complete supply of materials. Before long, Li Ke found enough materials to meet his needs, so he quietly lit the furnace and began to melt the scrap metal.

The furnace continued to burn, melting the scrap metal. Li Ke also temporarily modified his cultivation method, allowing him to absorb the furnace's heat to generate internal energy. He then used this internal energy to push back into the furnace, building a more rational and scientific internal energy furnace based on his internal energy, which caused the furnace temperature to rise and the heat it emitted to increase!
The increased heat allowed him to generate internal energy more effectively. If his current internal energy efficiency weren't still insufficient, and he could still be burned by the high temperature of thousands of degrees, he could have done this while standing in the furnace without wasting a single bit of energy.

Under his manipulation, the various metals inside the furnace had completely turned into liquid, and with the help of his internal force, they continued to intertwine, slowly forming a super-strong alloy that was theoretically impossible to exist in this era!
Moreover, when these alloys cooled, Li Ke used his internal force as a mold to form their approximate shape. Then, with just a little forging and different quenching of each part, they could become an invincible divine weapon in this era!

As for armor, he did not use traditional lamellar armor, but instead chose what is arguably the strongest type of armor: full plate armor.

This type of full plate armor was born in the industrial age, a time when it had no practical use, and even later than the matchlock gun. However, disregarding the era, productivity, and large-scale deployment, this type of full plate armor was superior to all other armor in terms of protection.

Unfortunately, in the real world, cost and the times are unavoidable factors. However, in Li Ke's hands, plate armor components that conform to Chinese aesthetics began to appear in this tomb of the living dead, quietly waiting for Li Ke's polishing and tempering.

At the same time, a spear prototype made entirely of metal floated out of the furnace under Li Ke's control of his true energy, just like the armor components, waiting for Li Ke's next step.

But just as Li Ke put the spear aside and was about to have a sword made for himself, he suddenly thought of Yang Guo standing at the door.

"This guy is called Qin Qiong by the system, and I do intend to take him on as an apprentice, so I'll make some weapons for him too."

Li Ke still thinks highly of Yang Guo and doesn't even think he's love-struck. After all, in the original novel, Xiaolongnü took him in when everyone else had abandoned him and treated him well. Moreover, he and Xiaolongnü went through life and death together, and they both gave each other new life. Investing in such feelings naturally doesn't make him love-struck, nor does he deserve to be called a "simp."

Moreover, Li Ke's reason for favoring Yang Guo was that this guy was the most qualified protagonist after Guo Jing in Jin Yong's novels. Although he did some things that seem ridiculous to modern people, such as running to Xiangyang City, which was fighting against the Mongols, without thinking after learning that his father Yang Kang died because of Huang Rong, and not considering what would happen to Guo Jing if he lost Xiangyang City, he still became a great hero in the end, and even assassinated the Mongol Khan.

With no one to properly teach him, only Guo Jing's few words and deeds, and the influence of Granny Sun and Little Dragon Girl, he was able to become a great hero. His talent is beyond question. He put him by his side and taught him well. Although he may not be able to become a military genius like Li Jing, becoming a fierce general like Qin Qiong would be no problem at all.

Therefore, with a thought from Li Ke, two maces formed from the churning molten metal. Not only that, but a spearhead engraved with dragon patterns and blood grooves, as well as a longbow, also appeared.

This set of equipment, with the spear weighing 72 jin, the double maces weighing a total of 128 jin, and the bow weighing 36 jin, is quite astonishing.

However, compared to Li Ke, they are nothing.

Li Ke's spear alone weighed three hundred jin (approximately 150 kg), his matching bow weighed one hundred and eighty jin (approximately 400 kg), and even his sword, the lightest item, weighed over ten jin (approximately 5 kg). Combined with his plate armor weighing several tens of kilograms, Li Ke's main characteristic was that of a reincarnated overlord.

After all, Yang Guo couldn't compare to him. Even after he mastered his martial arts, the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword he used only weighed 81 jin (approximately 40 kg). Although that was amazing enough in the real world, in this world, it could only be said that Yang Guo still had a lot of practice to do.

It was difficult to find a horse capable of carrying him and fighting while he was equipped with all that equipment. However, Li Ke came up with a solution: to create a technique that would allow the horse to receive an internal force boost while he was riding it, enabling it to carry a thousand pounds of weight and even form an invisible wall of energy. This would allow the horse to pull on the other riders' horses, twisting the true energy and internal force of the entire team into a single rope, making the whole army as one and sharing internal force.

However, looking at the individual parts and weapon components, he had no intention of forging the weapon. Instead, he quietly sat cross-legged to the side, accumulating internal energy, preparing to start forging the weapon at dawn to avoid disturbing the people.

He didn't have to wait long before dawn broke, and Granny Sun from the Ancient Tomb Sect began her daily work, but she would also come over from time to time to check on Li Ke and prevent him from doing anything bad.

Upon seeing this, Li Ke knew that she could begin her work.

He took off his shirt because he wouldn't have the energy to care about his clothes when he was fully focused on forging his weapon with his internal energy, and he didn't plan to return to the Quanzhen Sect, so this was the only set of clothes he would have for the time being.

After he took off his clothes, he discovered that his muscles had become extremely exaggerated!

The muscles, clearly defined and sculpted as if by a knife and axe, exude power, while their elegant curves further prove their perfection.

While normal warriors have a layer of fat to protect their physical strength, in this world with internal energy cultivation, internal energy is the best energy reserve!
Li Ke's cultivation method can be described as 'human evolution'. His excess fat and energy are automatically converted into true qi and stored in his body after the cultivation method is activated! His body's cells are transformed into even stronger muscles!
Simply put, those who cultivate this internal energy technique are already new humans in the world of internal energy! Of course, it can also be understood as humans who have received a comprehensive enhancement patch!
The two have different energy intake, underlying genetic logic, and even bodily operating mechanisms!

Li Ke gripped the hammer and began forging his weapon, transforming the rough shape into a sharp weapon. He infused his inner strength into it during the forging process to avoid unnecessary damage and hidden metal injuries. Due to the resonance of his inner strength, the sound of forging was transmitted to every corner of the Ancient Tomb Sect.

This unusual sound startled Xiaolongnu, who was still meditating to recover her inner strength. She then thought of Li Ke, whom she had met yesterday.

"That person... hasn't left yet?" Just thinking of Li Ke reminded Xiaolongnu of that fragrance, and a warm current flowed through her body again. The strange feeling that had just subsided enveloped her heart once more.

"No...I have to get him out of here!"

Little Dragon Girl clutched her chest, feeling her heart pounding and her inner strength recovering to about 70-80%. With great difficulty, she suppressed the palpitations in her heart, then took out a sharp sword and rushed towards where Li Ke was.

And this time, Grandma Sun came too.

But the moment the two arrived at the place where Li Ke was forging weapons, a wave of heat hit them. After adjusting for a moment, they looked in Li Ke's direction, and then their breath caught in their throats.

What a man he was!

Tall and imposing, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, he stared intently at the blank in his hands. With each strike of the hammer, his muscles rippled and contracted, revealing a beauty of vitality under the firelight.

With each strike of the hammer, sweat poured from Li Ke's body, accompanied by the rhythmic clanging of the metal. Under the flickering firelight, it seemed as if his muscles were coated with oil, making him appear to glow.

Not only that, as Li Ke's sweat evaporated, that pleasant scent spread as well. Xiaolongnu only took one sniff, and her legs went weak; she almost collapsed onto Granny Sun, and even—

Grandma Sun also felt her body go limp and her lower abdomen warm. If she hadn't known that she had gone through menopause many years ago and was an old woman with no possibility of marrying the man in front of her, she felt that she might not have been able to stand up!
However, Granny Sun also had a bad feeling, because she knew very well that even she, an old woman who had sealed away her heart and buried her love and had gone through menopause, could not resist the charm of the man in front of her, let alone her, a young woman in the prime of her life!
She felt both joy and sorrow. She was happy that Xiaolongnu would finally be able to see a man and wouldn't have to waste her whole life in the Ancient Tomb like her mistress. But she was worried about men like Li Ke, who would have countless romantic entanglements to repay throughout their lives.

Countless women have ruined their lives simply because they met him only once!
So Granny Sun gritted her teeth and made up her mind, struggling to look away from Li Ke's upper body, and grabbed Xiaolongnu's arm.

“Girl, let’s…let’s not look anymore! Let’s not look at this shameless scoundrel! He, he’s exposing his upper body in a place where only women live, he’s definitely not a good person!”

These words stirred Xiaolongnu's heart. She knew that Granny Sun was right, but at this moment, her eyes were only on Li Ke, and she couldn't help but think of what Li Ke had said before, so she couldn't help but speak softly.

"He said he was forging weapons to revitalize China, so whether he's a good person or not depends on his actions..."

Her voice was extremely soft, as if she was afraid that her reason would not convince herself and would be blown away by the wind. When Grandma Sun heard this answer, her heart skipped a beat.

Because that's how Wang Chongyang used to fool his two young ladies!
Equally skilled in martial arts, equally unreasonable, equally elegant, and handsome!
And they were all members of the Quanzhen Sect!

"What kind of karmic entanglement is this!"

Granny Sun stamped her foot and forcibly dragged the stunned Little Dragon Girl out of the cave, but just then—

“Young lady, please don’t worry about it, nanny. I will leave once the weapon is finished, and as a token of my gratitude, this sword is mine!”

As they were speaking, a water dragon carrying the sword that Li Ke had specially forged rushed into Xiaolongnu's arms.

He had meticulously decorated this sword, and from the scabbard to the blade, it exuded a kind of magnificence that could only be found in martial arts games. Its artistic value was as high as a ten-story building!
Xiaolongnu instinctively caught the sword, but when she saw the phoenix pattern that Li Ke had casually added to the sword, she was stunned. Then she looked at Li Ke in disbelief, her mind filled with images of herself and Li Ke getting married, having children, and her grandchildren visiting them!
But as she was thinking, Granny Sun pulled her away and forcibly pressed her onto the cold jade bed to calm her mind.

However, the sound of hammering made it impossible for her to calm down; her mind was filled with thoughts of Li Ke. By the time she came to her senses and regained her composure, the sound of hammering had already disappeared.

While Granny Sun was cooking, she went to the place where Li Ke was blacksmithing and found that it had not only been cleaned up, but also a letter from Li Ke had been left behind.

The text describes Li Ke's improved martial arts techniques, and every word is precious, revealing profound martial arts principles. Even the words themselves subtly exude sword energy, concealing a magnificent and grand sword technique!

As she looked at the book, an idea involuntarily came to Xiaolongnu's mind.

"This... how can the sacrifices of my Ancient Tomb Sect be worthy of such a reward... I must... I must repay them in return..."

However, at this time, Li Ke:

"You want to become my disciple and learn martial arts from me? Okay!"

Seeing Yang Guo kneeling on the downhill road with a lot of wild fruit beside him, Li Ke, who was taking a break, gave him a bright smile. Then, just as Yang Guo realized what was happening and was about to kowtow, Li Ke pointed to the weapons and armor that were tied up behind him with iron chains as thick as an arm.

"If you help me carry these armors and weapons, I will take you as my apprentice."

Yang Guo was a little uneasy, but he still nodded, because he felt that the immortal was testing his courage. He had no idea that Li Ke was just joking. So he decisively reached out and pulled Li Ke to put the weapons and armor on the stone with iron chains!

Thus, Yang Guo became Yang Guo.zip.

(End of this chapter)