Chapter 71: Storage Space

【Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the sign-in task.】

【Reward obtained: Storage Space!】

As the sun rose completely, Zhu Gaoxu's reward finally arrived.

Putting down the martial arts secret manual in his hand, Zhu Gaoxu checked his storage space first.

Clearing his mind, an independent space suddenly appeared in his consciousness.

Without even needing to look, Zhu Gaoxu knew the size of this space.

Ten cubic meters!

This kind of thing was exactly what Zhu Gaoxu needed right now.

Used properly, it could have miraculous effects.

And right now, he happened to have a use for it.

First, he touched the tall stack of Shaolin Seventy-Two Ultimate Techniques with his hand.

With a thought, that tall stack of books vanished into thin air, entering Zhu Gaoxu's storage space.

Afterward, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at the strange man's corpse.

Sighing, he reached out his small hand, and the next second, the strange man's corpse was likewise taken away by Zhu Gaoxu.

Regardless of anything else, that strange man had ultimately not treated him poorly.

Regardless of whether it was because of those two matters, at the very least, burying him was not excessive.

Before, Zhu Gaoxu had been wondering how to carry this corpse and such a thick stack of books out of this Imperial Palace.

Now that he had this storage space, it had just saved him a major trouble.

He took one last look at this dilapidated room.

Perhaps it was because it was daylight.

Looking at it now, it no longer had the eerie and terrifying feeling of yesterday.

With a light chuckle, Zhu Gaoxu walked out without hesitation.

Walking on the main path inside the palace, Zhu Gaoxu estimated that if there was nothing going on today, Zhu Yuanzhang should be finishing his morning court session soon.

Taking advantage of no one watching him, Zhu Gaoxu trotted out of the Imperial Palace.

Originally, Zhu Gaoxu had intended to go home and catch up on sleep, since he hadn't slept all night.

But after walking out of the Imperial Palace, Zhu Gaoxu changed his mind.

The main thing was that he was too energetic; even though he had been frightened all night yesterday, he was still full of vigor at this moment.

This was completely contrary to common sense.

Usually, he could be considered someone who had trouble getting out of bed.

Zhu Gaoxu attributed all of this to that strange yet familiar internal energy.

Since he wasn't tired, Zhu Gaoxu decided to go straight to the Military Camp to look around.

He left the city and headed toward the Military Camp.

From far away, he could hear the bursts of slogans coming from inside the Military Camp.

Walking into the Military Camp, Mao Xiang came to Zhu Gaoxu's side very naturally.

Zhu Gaoxu had long since ordered Mao Xiang to stay at the Military Camp, so that in case something happened while he was away, there would be someone who could hold down the scene.

When Mao Xiang stood before Zhu Gaoxu, his expression suddenly tightened.

Seeing Mao Xiang's face change, Zhu Gaoxu asked with some curiosity: "What? Is there a flower on my face?"

As he spoke, Zhu Gaoxu even touched his own face.

And looking at the joking Zhu Gaoxu, Mao Xiang was full of seriousness.

"Your Highness is a bit different today."

"Oh? How am I different?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked in turn, but Mao Xiang's answer surprised him a little.

"The feeling you give me today is very dangerous, as if you could take my life at any moment."

One must know, even with Overlord Strength, in Mao Xiang's eyes, Zhu Gaoxu was just so-so.

Moreover, Mao Xiang was a veteran of a hundred battles; he was most sensitive to dangerous things.

At the same time, he also trusted his intuition very much, because intuition was something that had saved his life more times than he knew.

And hearing Mao Xiang's words, Zhu Gaoxu immediately understood the reason.

It must have had to do with the internal energy that the strange man had passed to him.

While clear in his heart, Zhu Gaoxu also became increasingly curious.

He really wanted to figure out how to use this internal energy and what kind of cultivation method he needed to practice it.

Don't look at the fact that he had the Shaolin Seventy-Two Ultimate Techniques from the strange man; he didn't dare to practice them blindly.

If something went wrong and he suffered a Qi deviation, who would save him?

Shaking his head, he cast the thoughts aside and didn't pay any more attention to what Mao Xiang had just said.

Looking up at the new recruits training in the Military Camp, Zhu Gaoxu gave a light sound of surprise and said: "Why does it feel like there are many more people today than yesterday?"

"Three thousand New Army troops arrived this morning, and it is estimated that the New Army troops from the neighboring counties will arrive one after another by tomorrow; news from there says there are about five thousand people."

Hearing Mao Xiang's answer, Zhu Gaoxu nodded and did not go forward to join them.

By tomorrow, the ten thousand people would all be here, but he would only keep one thousand troops.

Although it was relatively cruel, Zhu Gaoxu still felt that it was unnecessary to invest too much emotion in these people now.

After all, he didn't know who would be the ones left in the end.

After patrolling a little, the training was still the same old routine.

Three hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards have already gone down to instruct them.

For these old veteran soldiers, this small increase in people is nothing at all.

They are still being managed in an orderly fashion.

Afterwards, he checked today's meals as usual; fortunately, the matter had been resolved, and it was all white rice and flour.

Although it was not the latest harvest of rice and flour, at the very least, it was not moldy.

Nodding with satisfaction, Zhu Gaoxu did not stay long in the Military Camp; he planned to go to the Ministry of Works in a while.

He had no news on how the Daming Gun was doing, after all, Yan Zhenzhi had been confined by Lao Zhu and could not come out.

For this kind of matter, one must either go ask Lao Zhu or go there personally.

Regarding this, Zhu Gaoxu naturally chose to go personally; in case there was any situation, he might even be able to help.

Thinking this, Zhu Gaoxu had Mao Xiang continue to stay and guard the Military Camp, then took four Embroidered Uniform Guards who happened to be free and headed toward the Ministry of Works.

After all, no matter how busy the Embroidered Uniform Guards were, their essence was still to protect Zhu Gaoxu; if he didn't take one, Mao Xiang certainly wouldn't agree.