Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 123: Jade Ice Soul Sword, Water Ten Thousand Gold Pavilion

"I don't care whether you go out on weekdays or not. Anyway, the order has been issued. From now on, you are under house arrest for a month. Don't take it lightly and let Hulong Villa or the East Factory know."

"Okay, I'll stay home for a month."

Zhou Ming made promises, walked out of the study and returned to his residence.

After a while, he changed his clothes, used light skills, and flew out of Pei Mansion.

Inside an ordinary house, there was a chill.

The Chakravartin, Lei Bin, and Lian Sheng have been waiting for a long time.

Suddenly a figure appeared in front of them: "Sorry to have kept you waiting!"

"I have met the Lord!"

The three of them saluted in unison.

"Ah."

Gin nodded and looked to the side at the huge object that was emitting a cold aura.

Two meters long, two meters wide and one meter high.

A square piece of ice-blue jade is placed here, emitting a faint chill.

This is the treasure of the Tomb Sect.

Cold jade bed!
It is said that Wang Chongyang dug out a whole piece of cold jade from a cold jade mine he found under the ice in the Far North, carved it into such a jade bed, and placed it in the ancient tomb.

Lying on such a bed, the human body cannot withstand the coldness, so it is necessary to circulate internal energy to resist the coldness.

As time goes by, you develop a habit that allows you to naturally practice internal skills even in your dreams.

Moreover, when practicing internal skills, the most taboo thing is to go astray. Practicing on this bed can make the mind as calm as ice, and the practice will naturally become smoother.

Practicing like this for one year is equivalent to the effort of ten years!

When Zhou Ming wanted to make the Ice Soul Sword, he thought of this treasure.

Although the coldness of this thing is not extremely severe and normal people can be exposed to it, its advantage is that it lasts for a long time and the temperature remains unchanged for decades.

Before obtaining a higher-level treasure, this item is the best material for the Ice Soul Sword.

So Zhou Ming projected himself into the ancient tomb and brought out the cold jade bed.

However, it is not easy to transport this item from Zhongnan Mountain to the capital, after all, it is too heavy.

At that time, Zhou Ming was traveling in the south and had no time, so he simply called Heishi to deliver the express.

This is why Blackstone did not participate in the previous actions of the Giant Whale Gang.

After putting away the cold jade bed, Jin Jiu glanced at the three of them and suddenly said, "That Xiyu from your organization... hasn't returned yet? Even if the target is far away in Qing, a few months is enough time."

The Wheel King looked troubled and said, "I'm afraid Xiyu has run into trouble in Qing."

"Oh? Really? Why don't you ask the organization for help?"

"It's still uncertain at the moment, so I dare not report it randomly."

"In that case, I'll use the organization's intelligence network to help you investigate."

"Thank you, Lord."

"Ah."

Gin disappeared in a flash.

There's actually nothing to investigate.

Xiyu bears Zhou Ming's mark on her body, so Zhou Ming will pay attention to whatever she does.

In the original plot, Xiyu still had a trace of conscience and was tired of the fighting in the martial arts world. In the end, after snatching half of Rama's body, she chose to betray the Black Stone Organization.

Then, under the guidance of a high monk, he decided to retire from the world.

Now, she ran to the Qing Dynasty. Although she did not meet any eminent monks, she met Ding Dian and learned about the tragic love story between Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua.

That trace of conscience made her choose to help the two of them finally get married, and at the same time give up the task assigned to her by the Wheel-Turning King.

Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua finally decided to leave Qing and go to Song to live. Before leaving, Ding Dian wrote out the Shen Zhao Jing and gave it to Xiyu, asking her to go back and complete the task.

After thinking about it, Xiyu rejected Shen Zhaojing and decided to betray the organization, retire from the world, and go to Song State with them to live in seclusion.

As for why he didn’t stay in the Qing Dynasty... those who understand will understand.

Since then, the Blackstone Organization has lost contact with Xiyu.

But for now, the Chakravartin had not expected Xiyu to betray him.

After all, the Qing Kingdom is indeed far away and the task is relatively complicated. It may not be completed in a few months. Black Stone has no power there and cannot investigate the details.

Secondly, it was because the Chakravartin trusted Xiyu very much.

The three generals under his command, Lei Bin and Lian Sheng, were recruited, and only Xiyu was trained by him.

To him, Xiyu's betrayal was as unbelievable as a daughter betraying her father.

He didn't even think about it, so how could he ask the organization for help?

Zhou Ming didn't care.

Because during the time Xiyu and Ding Dian were together, the mark had already spread to Ding Dian.

Zhou Ming was watching when Ding Dian copied out the Shenzhaojing.

Therefore, Zhou Ming has now mastered the Shenzhaojing.

In this case, it doesn’t matter to him whether Xiyu betrays him or not.

Return to Pei Mansion.

Zhou Ming took out a long sword that had already been made.

The sword body is light blue like ice, and the hilt is cyan blue with an emerald gem inlaid on it.

The overall look is small and exquisite.

It’s the Ice Soul Sword!
Overlapping projections!

The huge cold jade bed overlapped on the Ice Soul Sword, causing the entire sword to emit a faint chill.

But just like the cold jade bed, this kind of coldness is not shocking. Ordinary people can be exposed to it. If martial arts masters use internal energy to resist the cold, they can even be exposed to it for a long time.

Compared with the heat of the Changhong Sword, the coldness of this sword is really not worth mentioning.

The Changhong Sword is projected from the molten iron in the blast furnace. Even if it is only 60% effective, the temperature is still over a thousand.

The Ice Soul Sword came from the Cold Jade Bed and could only show 60% of the coldness, so the temperature was naturally lower.

"That won't do..."

Zhou Ming thought.

In his opinion, the seven swords should be exclusive swords, and they should recognize their masters.

The so-called conditions here naturally refer to Zhou Ming's approval.

After achieving this, Zhou Ming will specifically turn off friendly fire so that the sword's owner will not be affected by the sword's effects.

His Changhong Sword, with a temperature of over a thousand degrees, is enough to guarantee this.

I'm afraid no one dares to be exposed to such high temperatures of thousands of degrees.

But the Ice Soul Sword was too cold to meet Zhou Ming's expectations...

But at the moment, he hasn't obtained any rare and powerful ice-attribute treasures, so he can only use this cold jade bed.

"...How about using a weight limit?"

Zhou Ming changed his mind and thought that if the coldness was not enough, he could control other attributes.

The cold jade bed is made of jade, and it is so big that it weighs more than ten tons.

Even if only 60% can be projected, it still weighs seven or eight tons.

Zhou Ming just didn't believe that anyone could pick up a sword weighing seven or eight tons to fight!

Thinking about it this way, he suddenly felt that weight was more suitable as a condition for recognition than other characteristics.

Many powerful cold-attribute treasures, such as the four strange stones of Zhongzhou, actually have a limit no matter how cold they are. Many martial arts masters can pick them up directly to temporarily resist their coldness.

The so-called strange stone is just a small stone, and its weight is almost negligible.

If coldness is used as a condition for recognition of the master, even the projections of the four strange stones can be easily taken away by a master.

But the weight is different...

"You can also turn on the damage to the person and turn off the damage to the enemy!" This means that no one is allowed to hold this sword and let the weight of several tons take effect on themselves, but not on the enemy.

It is equivalent to lifting an object weighing several tons and smashing it on the enemy, but the enemy can only feel the weight of a few kilograms.

In this way, even if there is some alien with innate supernatural powers and steals the seven swords, they still cannot use them.

"This is actually more useful than these high temperature or cold properties!"

Zhou Ming took out a small mechanical Suzaku, placed the Bingpo Sword inside it, and projected an eagle onto the mechanical Suzaku.

The mechanical Suzaku flapped its wings and flew into the sky.

Zhou Ming took a look and turned back to the room.

The next day, Zhou Ming came to the lake to check the construction progress of Wanjin Pavilion.

The so-called Wanjin Pavilion was actually a water pavilion that Zhou Ming had built in the center of the lake at home after he saw the Zhuguangbaoqi Pavilion being built in the water. He had a sudden idea and sent a letter by carrier pigeon.

Starting from Qianjin Pavilion, a nine-curve corridor bridge was built in the middle. There is a pavilion at each turning point of the corridor bridge, and finally it reaches the water pavilion, which is eight pavilions.

The names of these eight pavilions are Two Thousand Gold Pavilion, Three Thousand Gold Pavilion, Four Thousand Gold Pavilion...

The water pavilion we finally arrived at was called Wanjin Pavilion.

It can be said that it is very easy to remember!

However, to date, Wanjin Pavilion has not been completed.

Early in the morning, Zhou Ming came to Qianjin Pavilion holding a calico cat.

"Old Zhu! Old Yue!"

"Meow~"

He greeted the two people not far away, and the calico cat in his arms also meowed.

"Haha, isn't this Mr. Zhou? You've finally decided to come back..."

Zhu Ting said this in a sarcastic tone, with thick dark circles around his eyes, looking full of resentment.

Yue Qing was actually in the same boat, but he still smiled and bowed: "Mr. Zhou."

"How come it's been half a year and the Wanjin Pavilion isn't finished yet? Is it really that slow?"

Zhu Ting sneered, "I don't know who it is that keeps sending me pigeon messages every now and then, making a ton of requests, forcing me to constantly overturn my design drafts..."

Although Zhou Ming did not give him a condition like colorful black, he always made new demands every few days, which caused great obstacles to his construction process.

As he spoke, a dark resentment seemed to emanate from him.

"Well, isn't that because you're running around everywhere and seeing so much, you always want to add to it?"

Zhou Ming said a little embarrassedly: "And I only changed some of the parts at the back, the overall framework is still unchanged."

Zhu Ting said, "Fortunately you didn't change it, otherwise, your Wanjin Pavilion would have to wait until next year to be completed."

On the lake.

The Wanjin Pavilion is actually more than half completed, with a total of five floors, two underwater and three above water.

Not to mention the two underwater floors, the first floor above the water is very spacious, with a large number of wooden boards laid out, a swimming pool in the middle, flowers and plants planted around it, and even three wooden boats docked there, one large and two small.

The second and third floors are relatively ordinary, just normal buildings, at most they are a little larger in area.

Building on water is very difficult in this era.

Many buildings are said to be built on water, but in fact they are built on the water's edge, or use the land near the water for stability.

Most of the other buildings in the water are built on islands in the lake.

There are only a very few buildings that are actually built in water, and they all take a long time to build.

Even Zhu Ting and Yue Qing could not solve this problem.

It was Zhou Ming who managed it through his own ability.

The supporting pillars under the water pavilion were overlapped and projected by Zhou Ming with steel pillars cast in his portable space to ensure stability.

He also overlapped and projected the five floors of the building, so that although the entire building was made of wood, it had the strength of brick and stone.

By reducing the weight, the paper surface and steel columns only need to bear the pressure of the wooden pavilion.

The water pavilion built by this method can be said to be stable.

Not to mention daily use, even if an eight-force gale blew, causing huge waves in this small lake, it would not be able to shake the pavilion!
This is also the real reason why the pavilion has not been built yet.

Because its real construction actually started when Zhou Ming awakened the ability of overlapping projection.

Before this, it was mainly in the design stage.

Zhu Ting and Yue Qing were very interested in how Zhou Ming solved the stability problem, but Zhou Ming obviously would not tell them.

The two of them were tactful and didn't ask any more questions.

“How long will it take to build it?”

Zhou Ming stepped forward and asked.

"About a month..."

Zhu Ting looked at the bustling construction site with hundreds of workers participating, and said, "It's mainly because you requested too many reserved mechanisms and various special furniture. Otherwise, it wouldn't have taken so long.

However, those mechanisms and furniture can be manufactured simultaneously on land, so it's not a big problem."

"Let me help too."

"You? Do you know how to do this? Are you just causing trouble here?"

"Hey! Don't tell me, I really did learn about mechanical engineering!"

Zhou Ming put down the calico cat he was holding and immediately joined in.

Zhu Ting and Yue Qing took a look and found that Zhou Ming seemed to be very proficient in mechanisms.

And in some aspects, he is even better than the two of them!

Little did they know that this was the new art of mechanism that Zhou Ming had learned after he used projection to join the Mohist and Gongshu schools of Qin.

It was precisely because he had learned these things that he felt that the pavilion designed and built by the two people now had shortcomings in some aspects, so he took the initiative to join in.

Of course, a major reason was that so many people were working on the lake that he couldn't fish at all.

When Chunhua came to the lake, she saw Zhou Ming holding a big saw and sawing wood.

"Master, a guest is coming."

"Guest? Who is it?"

After a while.

In the living room.

"Wuqing, meet Master Zhou."

A handsome young man sitting in a wheelchair said with a fist clasped.

"Thank you for taking care of my two sisters."

There were three people standing behind him, all clasping their fists and saying, "Thank you, sir."

"So it's the Four Great Constables who are here together."

Zhou Ming smiled and said, "If it's because of Xia Feng and Long Er, then this thank you is really unnecessary."

The Four Famous Constables are the four disciples of Zhuge Zhengwo from the Divine Marquis Mansion.

Ruthless, iron-handed, life-threatening, cold-blooded.

Obviously, these names were given later.

The eldest brother among them was Wuqing. His family was destroyed many years ago, but those who did it were obviously negligent, allowing three people from the entire family to escape.

Two of them were met by Zhou Ming, namely the sisters Xia Feng and Xiaolongnu.

The other person was rescued by Zhuge Zhengwo and became his eldest disciple.

But because of the tragedy that wiped out his family, his legs became disabled and he has been confined to a wheelchair ever since.

Zhou Ming had already told Xia Feng and Xiao Longnu about this family relationship.

But Xiaolongnu had been learning martial arts in the Tomb School until a few months ago. Then, under Zhou Ming's deception, she came to the capital with Grandma Sun and became relatives with Wuqing.

Now that he knew Zhou Ming had returned, Wuqing immediately went to Pei's residence to thank him in person.

(End of this chapter)