Chapter 294: Determined to Win!

Yang Fu Garden.

Ants carrying green worms passed by Liang Qu's feet.

"Junior brother! Junior brother! My good junior brother! Senior brother really lacks a spirit weapon,

Senior brother doesn't covet the golden feather, is there any mourning feather left? Spare one for senior brother!"

Xu Zishuai hugged Liang Qu, crying and pleading, looking like he was in tears.

Liang Qu scratched his temples; he went to Pingyang Town to invite his master to sit in town, and happened to run into Fourth Cao Shixiong Xu Zishuai, and thus, this scene happened.

"There are mourning feathers, but..."

Xu Zishuai's eyes lit up: "But what?"

"But they are useless."

Liang Qu spread his hands.

He had seen the Red Fire Bird's fur in the toad's cave, and it was peeled quite completely.

Beside the fur, there were also a few red feathers floating with heavy color and rich vitality.

However, just because the golden feather could soak for a year didn't mean the mourning feather could too.

The mourning feathers in the toad's cave had lost serious essence; compared to the one Liang Qu had last year, the strength was less than one-tenth, and all of them added together weren't enough to forge a spirit weapon.

"Alright, alright, such is fate." Xu Zishuai sighed, and after a while, he put his arm around Liang Qu's shoulder and whispered, "Junior brother, did you find some good way to make money in the water marsh? Take senior brother to get rich together!

Carrying water, chopping firewood, cleaning up poop and pee, as long as I can get rich, I can do it all! I can endure any hardship! Don't pity this delicate flower of a senior brother!"

Liang Qu looked Xu Zishuai up and down.

Among the eight senior brothers and sisters, Xu Zishuai was indeed quite unique, free and easy, with extremely high talent, and proficient in all kinds of weapons.

He usually used a sword, but he also knew spear techniques; Liang Qu's Green Dragon Spear was taught by Xu Zishuai on behalf of the master.

His martial talent and talent were estimated to be stronger than his own when he was favored by the River Lord.

But...

"Senior brother, do you know carpentry?"

"Carpentry? I can carve flowers on wood with sword techniques; does that count?"

"Doesn't count; it has to be the kind of real carpenter who knows how to measure, mortise and tenon, cut, and assemble."

A carver and a carpenter are two different concepts.

"Don't know."

Xu Zishuai shook his head.

Liang Qu spread his hands: "Then there's no way."

"Carpentry?" Xu Zishuai frowned in thought. "What's the use? Carve a god statue and throw it into the river to pray to the River God?"

"Something like that."

Farmers pray to heaven, using livestock to exchange for favorable weather.

Liang Qu uses wooden ships to pray, exchanging for the toad's favor.

It's all about using a tiny bit to gain a huge amount; using three chickens and ducks to exchange for a bumper harvest is a valid path.

"Let's go, before it rains." Yang Dongxiong rode over and shouted at the gate.

"Coming, Master!"

Liang Qu bid farewell to Xu Zishuai, untied the reins at the gate, and flipped onto the horse.

"Wait, I'm going too!"

Yang Dongxiong was surprised: "What are you going for?"

"The Red Fire Golden Feather, I haven't seen it, going over to broaden my horizons!"

Xu Zishuai shouted, and hurried to the stable.

The gatekeeper servant offered three rain capes, and Liang Qu took one and placed it on the horse's back.

When Xu Zishuai arrived, the three went to Lu Zhai together.

This Lu Zhai was not the Lu Zhai of Cao Shixiong Lu Gang, but the residence of Lu Gang's father, Lu Zao; the place was not small, with three courtyards, and several servants coming and going.

The gatekeeper old man took the reins one by one, preparing to lead them to the stable; when it was Chishan's turn, Chishan dodged back.

It held its head high, and in the stunned gaze of the horse servant, it jumped over the other two horses by itself, jumped into the stable, found a clean place, and even issued a threatening neigh at the few horses on the side, not allowing them to approach.

Xu Zishuai looked envious: "A fourth-rank dragon-blood horse is truly extraordinary; I heard that junior brother's is the best among the fourth-rank?"

Before Liang Qu could answer, Yang Dongxiong grabbed the topic: "I told you to go to the Arresting Demon Division last time and you didn't go; now you know to be envious?"

Liang Qu nodded: "With senior brother's ability, having a dragon-blood horse is only a matter of time."

Xu Zishuai shrank his head: "Junior brother has water in his fate, naturally suitable for the River-Marsh Office; I have no demons in my fate, not to mention that being an official doesn't suit me."

Yang Dongxiong wanted to speak but stopped, knowing it wasn't the place for a lecture, so he glared at Xu Zishuai: "I'll talk to you when we get back!"

Xu Zishuai was orphaned early, worshipped the master very early, and he and Xu Shi were quite attentive, but his temperament didn't know who he followed.

The three bypassed the shadow wall and arrived at the courtyard.

The jujube tree in the courtyard was lush and green, hanging full of green jujube fruits, some with red spots.

It's a pity that the jujube tree in Liang Qu's home was a new tree planted last year, and it didn't bear fruit this year; otherwise, he could eat jujubes in September or October.

Lu Gang, who heard the movement in the backyard, crossed the main room, and beside him was a middle-aged man.

The two looked almost carved from the same mold, burly, only slightly inferior to Cao Shixiong Lu.

This person was Lu Gang's biological father, Lu Zao; seeing Yang Dongxiong and the others, he began to bow and laugh across a courtyard: "Brother Yang!"

"Brother Lu!"

"Lu Gang hasn't been home for more than a month, and I don't know if he has caused any trouble; if there is anything done poorly, don't worry about me, just teach him as much as you want!"

"Stop talking nonsense, don't you know what kind of person your son is?"

Yang Dongxiong laughed loudly.

He and Lu Zao had known each other in the army decades ago, both were from Jianghuai Prefecture, and Lu Zao later moved to Pingyang County.

The two chatted loudly regardless of others, mostly about the martial progress of their disciples.

After chatting about family matters, Lu Zao turned his attention to Xu Zishuai and Liang Qu.

Liang Qu and Xu Zishuai bowed: "Uncle Lu!"

Lu Zao looked them up and down, nodding repeatedly: "Good, good, good, the wind and roc are rising; I know Little Four, you must be Liang Qu, right?"

Liang Qu bowed again: "Seen Uncle Lu."

"I've heard Lu Gang talk about the matter; Red Fire Golden Feather, Ink Dragon Gold, even the old man hasn't seen them..."

Lu Zao was about to continue speaking when a raindrop suddenly fell on his forehead and slid down his temple.

In the gap where Lu Zao reached out to pinch it, a downpour fell.

Lu Gang reminded: "It's raining."

Lu Zao nodded; concerning weapon forging, he changed his style of chatting about family matters: "The weather is just right; we'll talk about old times later, please move!"

"Thank you, Uncle Lu!" Liang Qu bowed for the third time.

Lu Zao shook his head: "That's not right; Lu Gang's skills are all better than mine, I'm just helping out."

"Also thank you, Cao Shixiong Lu."

"Junior brother is polite."

The crowd set off for the backyard.

The backyard of Lu Zhai also had a small pond, not large, only half an acre; unlike the lotus flowers planted in Liang Qu's home, through the clear water, one could see all kinds of weapons inserted at the bottom of the pond, covered in rust, and the golden feather was floating in the water pool.

At the same time, the Fubo spear stood horizontally on the forging table.

The zhang-high furnace emitted a thick black light, definitely not an ordinary item; fire stones were thrown in, and the raging fire licked the furnace wall.

Liang Qu, Xu Zishuai, and Yang Dongxiong didn't understand weapon forging, only standing on the side to observe and sit in town.

Lu Gang took off his outer garment, shirtless, picked up Fubo, and was slightly surprised to see the gaps on the spear blade.

What exactly did the junior brother chop to chip the gaps on the Fubo spear blade?

Fubo was certainly not a top-notch spirit weapon, but it wasn't easy to chip it either.

No time to think, taking advantage of the rain, Lu Gang dismantled the spear end, injected Qi and blood, ran it along special patterns, and the whole shadow beast skin spread out rapidly, then the whole spear shaft was completely dismantled, leaving only the spear core and spear head.

Xu Zishuai shed envious tears.

A downpour between heaven and earth, raging fire in the furnace.

Lu Gang was burly, like a rock in flowing water, his whole body covered in a layer of misty water light, isolating the heat wave.

He stuffed the whole long spear into the furnace, then used iron pincers to clamp the Red Fire Golden Feather from the pond.

The moment it was exposed to the air, the whole iron pincer emitted red light, bent slightly, actually showing signs of melting!

Liang Qu clenched his fists.

This spirit addition was ten-tenths sure, but it was hard not to be nervous when it came to the moment.

Lu Gang was unhurried, flicked his wrist, the golden feather fell into the furnace, the flames rose fiercely, and the crowd faintly heard a cry, the surging life essence stimulated violently.

Even standing in the rain, one could feel the heat hitting the face.

Raindrops fell on the furnace, sizzling, and turned into misty white steam in an instant!

The spirit weapon strengthening was in full swing, and the Jianghuai Great Marsh was equally lively.

A downpour, looking around, everywhere was gray, unable to distinguish east from west.

Two giant things floated on the water surface, splitting the green waves, heading toward a dense reed marsh.

The big otter family of six separated, half sitting on Cannot-Move, the other half sitting on the fat catfish.

The family head, the big otter, stood on the fat catfish's head, sniffing the scent hard, its eyes carrying a hint of pride.

It successfully used two thousand three hundred and forty-six roasted fish to exchange for the help of Lord Iron Wood Mountain and Lord Fierce Tooth General!

This home defense battle, the Yixing Gang is determined to win! ===== CHAPTER 295 =====