The improved female villains regained their memories.

Yang Pingsheng looked at it silently, as if he had thought of something, and after a long while, he replied:

"...It's nothing, keep playing."

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The four weapon-refining masters discussed the matter for a whole morning, but ultimately decided that they could not simply sit and wait for their doom.

Ultimately, Li Tianfei stepped forward on behalf of the other three and discussed a solution with Liu Shaoheng.

None of these people underestimated him just because he was a child. After all, he was a well-known weapon-refining genius in the town, and his thinking was different from that of ordinary people.

Didn't you see that Chen Ziyun is also a child?

At the Liu family mansion, Li Tianfei stood at the door and asked the servant who opened it, "Is your young master here?"

The servant had already received Liu Shaoheng's instructions. Seeing that the old man in front of him had an extraordinary demeanor and resembled the person Liu Shaoheng had described, the servant quickly said, "Yes, I will lead you over."

The journey was smooth, and the servants led Li Tianfei to Liu Shaoheng's courtyard. As soon as they reached the corridor, they saw Liu Shaoheng playing with a pink-haired little girl in the courtyard not far away.

Upon seeing Li Tianfei arrive, Liu Shaoheng hurriedly stuffed the flowers in his hand into the pink-haired girl's hand, and then instructed the servants to take her back to her room.

"You flatter me."

Li Tianfei didn't speak, but his gaze unconsciously drifted to another room at the end of a corridor not far away, where a man was standing in the shadows.

"Who is that?"

“Those are our family’s retainers, freeloading off us,” Liu Shaoheng replied. “Let me take you to the tea room.”

Li Tianfei shook his head and said, "Young friend, I didn't come here for tea. Since you instructed your servant to wait for me, you naturally know why I'm here to see you."

“The old gentleman is right, because of the catastrophe.” Given the gravity of the matter, Liu Shaoheng hurriedly asked, “Does the old gentleman agree?”

"When calamity strikes, I will not back down even if it costs me my old bones. But I have an idea. I want to find another person for this collaborative weapon crafting project."

Liu Shaoheng asked curiously, "Who are you talking about...?"

“Time is of the essence.” Li Tianfei exhaled a breath of turbid air, his eyes suddenly flashing with a sharp light as he said, “If this person can get involved, we might actually be able to find a way to stop the catastrophe.”

Bringing Shi Guijia in was the solution they came up with.

After all, no matter how skilled they were, they were just ordinary "master weapon refiners," while Shi Guijia, who had mentored them, was already the world's number one weapon refiner ten years ago.

If she could join, she might actually be able to solve this problem.

“This…” Liu Shaoheng’s face froze.

Li Tianfei keenly noticed this: "What, you know them?"

He frowned. Logically speaking, it was impossible. When Shi Guijia became famous, this little brat wasn't even born yet. How could they possibly know each other?

"Well, to be honest, she is..."

In the corridor next door, the door behind the mysterious man opened.

"Sir, I..."

Yang Luo, with her blue hair, walked out.

Li Tianfei recognized the child as Shi Guijia's at a glance. Recalling the scene he had seen earlier about the main world trying to kill Yang Luoyi, he immediately flashed over and picked up the child.

"So, you were sent by the main world, Liu Shaoheng. You little brat, you actually surrendered to the main world."

Liu Shaoheng: "?"

Jiuwu's calm gaze swept over them, first looking at Yang Luoyi's bewildered face, then at Li Tianfei, and he smiled helplessly: "Perhaps we have a misunderstanding..."

Li Tianfei sneered: "Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, the magic weapon has the final say."

He immediately summoned his magical artifact, intending to probe the mind of the emperor.

Jiuwu sighed helplessly, made a casual gesture, and said softly, "Break."

In an instant, Li Tianfei's magical artifact's energy circuit was altered, rendering it ineffective, and it fell to the ground.

"Back in the day, I was quite the genius at weapon crafting," he said softly.

Chapter 357 Impression

The fog in the air grew thicker and thicker, to the point that the passageways in the courtyard were barely visible without the lights on.

Thick fog obscured the sky. Jiuwu stood under the eaves, looking up at the sky.

Nobody knows what he's looking at.

The sky, shrouded in thick fog, transformed from vastness into mystery for the first time.

Memories of the past float in my mind like carp leaping out of the water, only to sink again soon afterward. This is how life is for most things.

A girl with the scent of gardenias, and...

He rubbed his temples, feeling a bit confused.

The door to the side opened, and Liu Shaoheng walked out, stood next to him, and respectfully greeted him: "Sir."

Jiuwu could tell that he was shouting from the bottom of his heart.

He chuckled. "What's wrong? Is that old man still angry?"

Liu Shaoheng awkwardly touched his nose: "Well... Lord Li still harbors some resentment."

This wasn't just a bit of resentment; the magical artifact's energy circuit had been instantly altered by Jiuwu, rendering it unusable.

Jiuwu smiled and said, "I can't afford to pay that."

"Sir, you're too kind..." Liu Shaoheng paused, seemingly thinking about what to say next.

Finally, he said, half-jokingly, "Actually, I have a favor to ask..."

Jiuwu laughed and pointed at Liu Shaoheng, saying, "Didn't that old man in the room teach you to take this opportunity to throw a tantrum at me? Since I have the skill to forge weapons, why not join your cooperative weapon-forging efforts and fight the calamity together? Even if we don't do that, this territory is still under your control, Liu Shaoheng. As an outsider, I've been eating and drinking here for free for so long, what's wrong with contributing a little? Even if you didn't listen to that old man and throw a tantrum at me, you could have used that to talk to me, but instead you've come up with an unsolicited request..."

Jiuwu concluded: "The catastrophe is a major event, so we can't be so polite. If I were you, I would use every means to fight for every bit of strength."

Liu Shaoheng hesitated for a moment: "Yes, but I think that you are a reasonable person, and reasonable people should not be treated like this."

Jiuwu was somewhat surprised: "You're so young, yet you have such thoughts?"

“Although I am afraid of death, but…” Liu Shaoheng hesitated for a moment and said, “I also don’t like being forced. If possible, I hope there are more reasonable people in this world.”

Jiuwu suddenly asked a pointed question: "What if a reasonable person told you to die?"

Liu Shaoheng laughed: "If a reasonable person wants me dead, it means that the other party has come to a realization. Since they have come to a realization, they must have thought about the possibility of being killed by me. And if someone is prepared to die, I will naturally let them die."

Jiuwu gave a thumbs up: "Great idea."

When people are killed, they die.

Even if you like a reasonable person, if that person wants to kill you, you can only let them die.

Villains always have their own life creeds. For Liu Shaoheng, he hates death and he hates others dying, but if he had to choose between others and himself, he would rather others die.

Beyond the thick fog, dark clouds gathered, indicating that rain was imminent.

The door opened, and Li Tianfei walked out, cursing, "I told you to go and make a scene with him, to talk about his background, but instead you went and started chatting with him. Time is of the essence, are we still going to make the magic artifact?"

Liu Shaoheng seemed a little lost. Jiuwu smiled, patted the little boy's head, and said to Li Tianfei:

“This is a matter of life and death, and I can’t escape it either, so I will naturally help you.”

But then he glanced at the sky again and said mysteriously:

"But none of us can escape this place."

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The renowned weapon refiners gathered in the room provided by Liu Shaoheng.

Inside the room, Li Tianfei, Zhang Yijian, Chen Ziyun, and Lin Xueyao sat in different positions. Liu Shaoheng sat in the middle, unfolding the blueprints of his weapon-refining concept. Jiuwu sat on the far side, and at his request, Yang Luoyi was also there.

The presence of so many renowned weapon refiners made Yang Luoyi somewhat nervous, and he subconsciously swallowed.

But no one paid attention to her; everyone was looking at Liu Shaoheng's weapon-forging design drawings.

Such ideas are truly ingenious.

Every master craftsman marveled at the blueprint. Even Lin Xueyao, who had been beaten up for trying to act like a hooligan, was too preoccupied with the blueprint to bother with the past.

According to Liu Shaoheng's design, the energy source of this magical artifact is a portion of the world's origin. Then, a device is created to control the world's origin, and a certain place is isolated using this device. In this way, a "Shangri-La" will be formed. Everything that happens in this world will be resisted by the device of the Shangri-La. Because the device can be controlled by humans, the internal seasons of the isolated place can also be controlled by humans. In this way, it will no longer be a problem to have good weather all year round.

This so-called "Shangri-La" needs to fulfill two elements.

Firstly, the shield is strong enough to withstand external calamities.

Secondly, the interior of the protective shield must be well controlled to prevent catastrophe from arising from within.

Ultimately, the most crucial point is still the origin of the world.

Li Tianfei smacked his lips and said, "The idea is very good, kid. If the situation weren't so urgent, I would really like to take you as my apprentice. So many weapon refiners are thinking about how to create sacrificial weapons and offer them to the world's will through the world's origin. But you are different. You actually want to use them in reverse. Not only is your idea bold, but most importantly, it is actually possible to make it happen."

Chen Ziyun nodded in agreement: "Indeed, but this kind of thing cannot be made by us or anyone else. It seems to have a simple structure, but it involves many fields of weapon crafting. The most troublesome thing is that its strength must be able to withstand a catastrophe."

One person may be troublesome, but that doesn't mean a group of people can't do it.

"At least, there's some hope now," Lin Xueyao said.

The atmosphere among everyone immediately relaxed.

But this atmosphere didn't last long, because everyone soon realized a problem.

Where does the origin of the world come from?

"If I'm not mistaken, old man," Chen Ziyun said stiffly, looking over, "the capital has already fallen, hasn't it?"

Li Tianfei's expression was equally grim: "Yes, we've fallen."

"Then we..."

"Yes, it's very likely that we won't be able to obtain the origin of the world."

"Wait, what are you talking about? The capital has fallen?" Liu Shaoheng was shocked.

This news surprised Liu Shaoheng, Yang Luoyi, and Jiuwu.

Looking at their expressions, Li Tianfei sighed helplessly and took out his magic weapon again.

"Peeping into the past three hundred years in the palm of my hand, revealing to me the world beyond the heavens."