Chapter 63

Shen Tianxing's face stiffened; this clearly said he was a philanderer, which he didn't like.

"It was the sir who ordered This One to speak frankly; I hope the sir will not blame me. If there is nothing else, This One will take leave first."

Zhao Lingfei could see Shen Tianxing's embarrassment, also wanting to leave quickly; Shen Tianxing nodded and waved his hand, Zhao Lingfei immediately turned and left, busy with the matters Shen Tianxing had ordered.

"No way, wasn't having three wives and four concubines common in ancient times? I'm not bad-looking either, so how could she refuse me so readily?"

"Nonsense, she is generated based on the life described in your memory, and naturally she will also carry some of that person's thoughts from your memory!"

Hong Yi appeared beside Shen Tianxing at some point, and then Shen Tianxing suddenly realized: Zhao Lingfei's character generation was originally a role he had played, each one being a lifelong pair, and faithful; this is a bit tricky!

"If it were easy, how could it give you a surprise? Besides, you've always just treated her as a subordinate, and at most you only liked his looks, wanting to do shady things, without sincerely treating him, so it's weird if you'd like him."

Hong Yi left these words lightly, then turned and left.

Shen Tianxing felt it made sense; he wasn't exactly a noble person, and if it weren't for liking this appearance and having shady thoughts, he wouldn't have summoned such a person according to this model.

Over the next two days, Shen Tianxing was busy; besides having to deal with Yang Hongyue and Qin Mingyue, and occasionally playing chess, chatting, and drinking tea with Old Man Yang, he also had to find time to talk with Zhao Lingfei.

"Old Man Yang, we'll be setting out again early tomorrow morning; before leaving, there is an important matter I wish to ask Old Man Yang, though it may be a bit abrupt, and I hope Old Man Yang won't take offense; I wonder if Old Man Yang would be willing to pledge loyalty to me?"

The main quest of the Third Stage is basically completed; only Yang Tieqiang's loyalty remains. These days Shen Tianxing has been chatting with Yang Tieqiang about life and military affairs, whose main purpose is precisely this; now he feels the timing is ripe, so he naturally asked.

"I've been wondering why you've been getting along so well with this old man these days; it turns out you have this idea. I've been treating you as a grandson-in-law, yet you actually plan to have the old man serve as your Master—how shameless!"

Yang Tieqiang wore a beaming smile, his tone casual, even a bit teasing, making it hard to tell what he really meant.

"Old Man Yang, that's a different matter; the emperor's father-in-law also has to be loyal to the emperor. Although I'm not, didn't you want me to do that?"

"Haha... good lad, since you've said that, the old man naturally will fulfill your wish. This One, Yang Tieqiang, has seen the Master, and is willing to go through fire and water for the Master, sparing no effort."

As Yang Tieqiang knelt on one knee to show his loyalty, the System Prompt sounded as well.

"Congratulations, Host, for successfully completing the Third Stage Main Quest, rescuing the nation's pillar, Old Marshal Yang Tieqiang; mission reward: 500,000 Killing Value, designate one Ultimate Grade Martial Arts Fragment."

Golden Roc War Boots upgraded to Intermediate, Divine Weapon Dragon Pattern Cape, Super Second-Order Troop Token, one Super Time-Space Modern Gift Box, Martial Arts Experience increased by 50%, Advanced Lottery twice, Intermediate Lottery five times, Beginner Lottery ten times, gold 1000 taels!

"Congratulations, Host, your Martial Arts Experience has reached 100%, your Martial Dao Realm breakthrough to Sixth Grade Seventh Layer, reward: one Intermediate Lottery, three Beginner Lotteries."

"Congratulations, Host, for successfully completing the Third Stage Main Quest; the System will perform the Second Upgrade in an hour, upgrade time 7 days!"

After three consecutive System Prompts sounded, Shen Tianxing's strength increased further, and the mission rewards also arrived in the System Package; it was not in vain that he had become so close with Yang Tieqiang these days.

"Old Man Yang, please get up quickly; for now it's just a formality. Even if one day I truly sit in that position, I will grant you the privilege of not having to bow to me; otherwise I would be unworthy of your loyalty to me."

Shen Tianxing first helped Yang Tieqiang to his feet, spoke some fine words of ceremony, and Yang Tieqiang showed a satisfied smile.

"Good, if you think that way, old man, I'm relieved; everyone else is strolling around the city, and I, the old man, will also go out for a walk, meanwhile inquiring about news from Jingcheng; I don't know whether the Ninth Prince's accession will go smoothly."

Shen Tianxing smiled and nodded.

"Old Man Yang, take your leave slowly!"

Yang Tieqiang turned and left; only then did Shen Tianxing begin to examine the gains from this mission.

"Divine Weapon Intermediate Golden Roc War Boots, Suodu +1000, Intermediate Main Skill Roc Flight, ignore any attack, 100% evasion, trigger probability 10%, (raising level can increase trigger probability)"

"Additional Skill Divine Speed, Suodu increase 100%, duration three seconds, trigger probability 5%."

"Additional Skill Active Skill Speed Limit, can actively limit opponent's Suodu, reducing it by 20%, duration a quarter of an hour, each use consumes 100 points of Internal Force."

The Golden Roc War Boots brought Shen Tianxing a surprise: that is the Active Skill Speed Limit, which reduces the opponent's Suodu by 20%, and can play a key role against strong enemies.

"Divine Weapon Dragon Pattern Cape, all attributes +1000, Stamina +, Main Skill Inspire, on the battlefield can raise subordinates' morale by 30% for duration one hour, consuming 10,000 Killing Value."

"Additional Skill Void Form, triggered when receiving a lethal attack, 100% immunity to lethal damage, consuming half of current Stamina and half of current Internal Force, cooldown 12 hours."

As an unupgradable Divine Weapon, the Dragon Pattern Cape's all attributes +1000 is not particularly high, but its two skills really caught Shen Tianxing's eye.

Firstly, the Main Skill Inspire can raise the morale of all troops under command by 30%; as long as Killing Value is sufficient, after a battle the soldiers' morale will not be too low.

As for the second skill, Void Form, to Shen Tianxing it is practically the ultimate life-saving skill; lethal damage can be 100% immune, meaning that even without the Master Experience Card, a Master seeking to kill Shen Tianxing could still be immune to one lethal strike.

"Super Time-Space Modern Gift Box, a summoning gift box from beyond time and space, can randomly summon figures from the Host's memory that are modern, including but not limited to characters from real-life TV anime."

"Opening requires consuming a certain amount of Killing Value; the greater the Killing Value consumed, the stronger the summoned figure."

"Limited by the Host's own strength of only Sixth Grade Seventh Layer, the highest that can be summoned is a Ninth Grade Perfection figure; it is advised that the Host raise their strength to Ninth Grade before summoning, which will surely summon a being of Master-level or greater strength."

Shen Tianxing stroked his chin; this Super Time-Space Modern Gift Box summons modern figures, so could it possibly summon Ultraman or Iron Man?

Maybe it could even summon Kakarot and Vegeta, but for now the strength is insufficient, so better not waste such a good thing!

Thinking this, Shen Tianxing decisively looked at the final Super Second-Order Troop Summoning Token.

"Super Second-Order Troop Summoning Token, can summon ten thousand any troops, Martial Dao Realm First-Rank Sixth Layer, after death cannot be resurrected."