Chapter 1322

"Spiritual weapons have spirits, I've already reminded you of that... haven't I?"

In truth, Lin Cheng was the one who was surprised.

In the week since the inherited weapons were hung on the display platform, countless mercenaries had come to observe, but as the spiritual weapons accumulated, they formed a special magnetic field; weak mercenaries simply couldn't get close, while strong mercenaries who had their eyes on a spiritual weapon were rejected by it.

Ordinary people wouldn't even be allowed to touch a spiritual weapon; only those deemed possible candidates were permitted to touch, and then came the test.

Unlike the inheritance light spheres, spiritual weapons forged into weapons seemed to have their own standard for choosing a master.

So far, not a single person had been able to pass the spiritual weapon's test.

Being able to touch the heavy sword was already the best result.

"Alright."

Iron Fist, Fierce Tiger, and Heavy Sword were also very shocked; they knew forgers were strong, but they hadn't expected forgers could actually forge spiritual weapons that, as legend had it, possessed self-awareness.

Of course, when the Zaoshigong Society first learned of it, they were even more shocked; a group of them wanted to observe up close, only to find that these spiritual weapons simply refused to let them approach, and they had no choice but to leave it at that.

"Right, you shouldn't be here just to buy weapons, right?"

At this moment, Lin Cheng suddenly realized — if they had come to buy weapons, they should have come separately; they didn't look like the type who liked to travel in groups.

But they had actually shown up together; though the three of them weren't individually strong, if the three attacked together, they were still a force that couldn't be underestimated.

"My lord requests your presence, in the private room on the second floor of the Flying Fox Tavern next door; please, Master, do us the honor of going." Iron Fist cupped his hands in a respectful invitation.

He was in a very difficult position internally — if Lin Cheng didn't want to go, they probably couldn't handle Lin Cheng at all; not to mention General Ji Xia, who was powerful, even Heavy Sword, the strongest among them, couldn't stand against a single sword.

If the Master mobilized the power of some of the spiritual weapons here, they would very likely be instantly killed.

"Alright, then I'll go take a look."

"Ah!" Iron Fist couldn't quite believe it for a moment — agreeing so readily?

"What, you find me troublesome? Then I can not go." Lin Cheng countered.

"No, Master Lin Cheng, please forgive my rudeness."

"Alright, I've forgiven you, lead the way."

As it happened, the lord Iron Fist mentioned had actually chosen the exact same private room as the second Imperial Prince Li Jian — the one on the second floor by the window, where looking down through the window one could see Lin Cheng's shop. Looking at the so-called lord before him, dressed in white and as fresh as a gentle breeze, Lin Cheng wondered whether he should tell him that last time he had also spoken with the second Imperial Prince Li Jian in this very private room.

"Welcome, welcome... Master Lin Cheng, General Ji Xia, I asked you here this time truly because there is an extremely urgent matter; please forgive my rudeness." The white-robed lord Li Yong'an rose and bowed his head slightly in apology.

Being greeted with this scene right upon entering the private room made Ji Xia quite embarrassed; her face slightly flushed, she hurried forward to help him up.

"Please rise quickly, my lord."

Yet Lin Cheng remained unmoved; Li Yong'an secretly glanced at Lin Cheng, thinking, why won't he let me rise yet? Bending at the waist like this is tiring too, alright?

"My lord?" Ji Xia asked tentatively.

Li Yong'an immediately smiled and took the cue to step down; she had investigated Lin Cheng beforehand and knew he wasn't easy to deal with, but she hadn't expected him to be this stubborn.

Or was it that after having contact with her second brother, he was deliberately putting on a face for her to see?

"Actually, the reason I've asked you here is that the Eternal Night Legion and the Thunder Shadow Legion beyond the frontier have run into a counter-encirclement by the Western Regions Coalition; the situation is critical, but the Empire is currently tied up with certain matters and cannot spare itself. Although some reinforcements have been dispatched, the effect they can exert is extremely limited..."

"Mm, and then?" Lin Cheng began to listen with anticipation, as if hearing a story, all ears.......

"Based on the current situation, it's not optimistic." Li Li Changan shook her head with a grave countenance.

When she learned of it, the development of events had already exceeded her expectations; although her father the Emperor had sent people to provide support, at this critical moment, the ports of the Empire's coastal cities had encountered a pirate raid.

In the past, mere pirates would absolutely not dare to act so brazenly, but now... they had clearly been deliberately driven to come and harass the Empire's coastal ports.

If left unchecked, the ports of the coastal cities would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the pirates would also invade other inland cities even more brazenly.

But if troops were dispatched to exterminate them, then the two legions in the Kingdom of Chirperi would be in imminent peril; the court was in a state of panic, and her Imperial Brother Li Jian was entrusted with a mission at this critical moment, to go and exterminate the pirates raiding the Empire's coastal ports.