Chapter 78: Pre‑War Preparations! Crafting Truly Divine Equipment!

After Lu Zheng truly displayed his two divine pets, the Daxia Alliance's attention to him rose a notch.

All of his demands must be satisfied!

Note, there is no wording like "as much as possible" or "to the best of one's ability" here—it's all, must be satisfied.

It concerns at least two demigod‑level combat powers, and this matter tolerates no sloppiness.

Earlier, Ji Zirou said Lu Zheng was the most formidable man, drawing a wave of hatred toward Lu Zheng, and originally some younger folks who were a bit upset would have looked for trouble with Lu Zheng.

But those people were blocked from above.

Now no one may provoke Lu Zheng, let him grow quickly, seize powerful strength; that is the only thing to consider.

Everything else must make way for this! Although Lu Zheng was a bit surprised by the efficiency of Zhennan University, he thought everything reasonable given Song Shiyu's previous arrangements for him.

Ten minutes later, he returned to the university, waiting at the main gate for Song Shiyu's escort, and he saw the principal Shen Congzhe.

Sitting beside him was another person, a woman appearing to be in her thirties.

But Lu Zheng instantly saw that, age‑wise, this woman could already be his grandmother.

She is a Saint‑level practitioner.

Indeed, Principal Shen Congzhe is also a Saint‑level practitioner.

Principals of the top ten academies are among the empire's top hundred figures, all possessing Saint‑level combat power.

According to textbooks, the principal's primary duty is to protect students; without Saint‑level combat power, one has no right to say such a thing in the capital.

"Principal, greetings, senior!"

Shen Congzhe nodded, said no polite chatter, and introduced directly:

"Lu Zheng, this is 378th‑level forging Saint Hand Ju Chengfang, the empire's highest‑ranked blacksmith; any request you have, tell her, and we will find the needed materials for you."

Ju Chengfang smiled: "Tell me what equipment you want, say it directly; those old folks have plenty of good materials, and taking this chance, I'll come over and forge the gear for you."

Lu Zheng was stunned; this grandmother was about to fraudulently use his name against other Saint‑level practitioners!

Though speechless inside, Lu Zheng still behaved politely.

"I want a piece of equipment that can counter divine power, preferably one that can limit divine damage. I have a Divine Essence Fragment here; I wonder if you can use it to forge suitable gear?"

Ju Chengfang looked at the fragment and laughed: "Looks like that fire god projection was killed by you. Hard to imagine that back then you could slay a Saint‑level god's projection."

She paused, then picked up the fragment again, saying: "Without this, crafting equipment imbued with divine power would be extremely difficult, almost impossible, since I cannot manipulate divine power. But with this, I am ninety percent confident I can forge a true artifact.

When roughly do you need it?"

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and replied: "The sooner the better; at the latest, within twenty days."

"Within ten days, success or failure, I'll give you a result. I've taken the item; I must go request materials from other old folks!"

Ju Chengfang said a word and left directly.

Obviously, she couldn't resist going to seize materials!

With the great cause of 'forge equipment for Lu Zheng' in hand, no matter how stingy a miser one was before, once Ju Chengfang knows there's good stuff, they cannot escape this disaster.

Shen Congzhe smiled: "Rest assured, within ten days you'll definitely receive satisfactory equipment. It seems you've received a third Job Change Quest; could it be that you have to deal with a godly projection again?"

"Not at all."

Lu Zheng smiled lightly.

"Haha, as long as it's not a godly projection, your strength is more than enough!"

Shen Congzhe continued laughing: "Hmm, it's about slaying a demigod."

Lu Zheng still wore a relaxed smile, but Shen Congzhe's smile suddenly vanished.

"Third Job Change Quest, slay a demigod?!"

"Indeed so."

Lu Zheng spread his hands, looking rather helpless.

Shen Congzhe furrowed his brows and asked: "Which region's demigod, does it require going to another world?"

"Yes, the ninth layer of the Abyss Demon Lair, i. e., the Abyss plane, twenty‑four days; if I cannot slay that Evil God, it will break the seal and climb up from the ninth layer!"

Lu Zheng did not hide anything; there's nothing to conceal, now that he's also high‑level, sharing essential information is important.

"No wonder the Abyss Demon Lair instance has been turbulent lately; each layer's portals are unstable, could connect at any time, letting high‑level monsters rush to the surface. This is dangerous; notifying Xuanyuan Wuji is necessary.

I will have him lead the charge; if an accident occurs, we can suppress it in advance!"

Shen Congzhe said so.

Lu Zheng had the same thought.

If he were outmatched, he could use Void Walk to escape; a failed Job Change Quest wouldn't mean death.

He would just need to take a new quest.

But should he fail, it means the Evil God Jacob will break the seal and surge to the surface.

Without a backup, countless people in Tiannan City could perish, so having Xuanyuan Wuji sit in command is essential.

"Then please convey that message."

Divine power equipment is just an extra flourish.

To complete his Job Change Quest, he still must rely on himself.

With just over twenty days left, Lu Zheng has no time to waste; he buys enough food, stores it, and heads straight into the Abyss Demon Lair.

From now on there's nothing else but two words: upgrade! Mainly to help Baize level up, other summoned beasts must also be upgraded simultaneously, focusing on assisting a batch of summons to level up, since higher‑level mana yields much, and we must calculate the most beneficial plan for ourselves.

Ensure experience points allocated to other summons yield maximum benefit.

Lu Zheng made a preliminary trial of the Bridge of Magic Power skill, linking six divine pets, then having Baize release a 'Ward‑Off Evil Light Wave' with one million mana, dealing five million holy spell damage to all demons and evil within a hundred‑mile radius!

This spell, upon release, instantly killed all Abyss demons below level 250 within the hundred‑mile radius!

Such efficient monster‑killing speed made Baize gain even more experience.

Level continues to soar.

In the blink of an eye, eight days passed; Baize's level reached 149, and it was about to break through to the fourth transformation tier. When that happened, base attributes would surge, and combat power would rise another step.

However, today Lu Zheng received news that he was recalled to Zhen Nan University; his equipment had been finished, letting him inspect it.

Directly using a return-to-city scroll to reach the city, Lu Zheng teleported to the office doorway.

He is not lacking in mana now; what he lacks is time, so he must focus on efficiency.

Seeing Lu Zheng enter, Ju Chengfang smiled and took out that equipment.

"This is the highest-quality piece among all the equipment I have forged!"

(End of chapter)