Chapter 393

The stone materials Zhao Boan bought were stone cuboids that were as tall as a full-grown man .

Blind He squatted in front of the stone cuboids . He did not start working immediately, but merely felt the coarse stone cuboids with his hands .

It was at this moment that the onlookers noticed his palms were snow-white and sparkling, and his fingers were slender and long . Every movement he made with his hands was filled with an indescribable sense of beauty .

Blind He’s slim figure resembled a bamboo pole, appearing as if he was extremely delicate, but now, he seemed to have become a completely changed man . His eyes were tightly shut, and his face was solemn . Currently, he was exuding an aura of extreme confidence . It was as if he was confident in every move he made .

The onlookers were infected by his overwhelming confidence . They involuntarily held their breaths and widened their eyes .

Blind He’s long and slender fingers slid gently across the stone cuboids like a bamboo branch skimming across a smooth water surface .

He withdrew his palms and stood up straight . Then, he spread his legs slightly apart and extended his two hands with his palms facing down over the stone cuboids .

A silver eye appeared on each of his palms, followed by a white glow that shot out from the pair of eyes and engulfed the stone cuboids . Suddenly, numerous tiny objects began to form within the faint white light .

These glittering, silver tools were very elaborated . Drill bits, saws, chisels, etc . There was a huge number of each item . Just counting drill bits, there were ten of them . Some were as thick as a person while some were smaller than a toothpick . This equipment appeared to be controlled by a pair of invisible hands, flying and dancing around the stone cuboids . Even though there was a huge number of them, they were working in an orderly manner and were not at all messy .

Every now and then, the stone cuboids would release flying sparks and stone fragments . However, not a single noise was made .

The coarse and rough stone cuboids became circular stone pillars . Decorative patterns were forming on the stone pillars at a visible speed . Subsequently, with a perceptible speed, these patterns became increasingly fine and distinct!

The whole process was smooth and natural, warming and delighting one’s heart and eyes, respectively . It was unusually precise and exhibited a matchless sense of beauty .

Within two hours, a stone pillar that was covered with fine veined patterns appeared before Ai Hui . Ai Hui walked closer to take a clearer look . The stone pillar was flawlessly made, and the detail of its vein patterns had exceeded his expectations .

Ai Hui was trembling with astonishment . However, at the end of the day, he still felt more joy than astonishment . It was extremely worth paying a yearly salary of 1,000 Heaven Merit Points for such an exceptional weaponsmith!

Blind He’s performance had not ended yet .

He took an even shorter amount of time to make the second stone pillar . Within one hour, he had completed the second stone pillar . The time taken for the third stone pillar was reduced once again . His final speed was maintained at two stone pillars per hour .

Within 12 hours, he had completed all 20 stone pillars . Right now, it was only noon .

Everyone was shocked by Blind He’s skills after witnessing the whole process with their own eyes . From the first stone pillar to the last stone pillar, their eyes had not shifted away from Blind He .

Qing Feng was no doubt the most knowledgeable among all of them . Even he exclaimed in admiration, “I can’t believe there is such an expert in a small place like Crooked River City . I have come across many weaponsmiths, but I have never seen such skills before . Incredible, incredible!”

He uttered “incredible” twice in a row to describe the shock he was feeling .

Meanwhile, Zhao Boan stuttered, “You’re indeed brilliant!”

Blind He just sat silently on one side . Other than have a slightly pale face, he looked no different from his usual self . The praises from everyone did not seem to cause any changes to his facial expression .

“It is an eye-opening experience,” Ai Hui praised . Then, without saying anything unnecessary, he continued, “Since the stone pillars have been completed, I will move out now . Boan and Mr . He, go and see if there are anything else that we need to buy . We will not be staying in this place for too long . Oh, please remember to buy a Bamboo Cart . “

Zhao Boan quickly replied, “Yes . “

Blind He stood up quietly and stood beside Zhao Boan .

Ai Hui had Qing Feng haul the stone pillars, while he carried Qing Feng and flew toward Sky Capital Peak .

“Are you afraid that I might harm them?” Qing Feng suddenly sneered .

“That’s right,” Ai Hui replied bluntly without denying it .

Qing Feng flew into a rage . “Do I look like someone who will go back on my word?”

“You have to ask yourself that . ” Ai Hui remained unmoved .

Qing Feng froze .

Ai Hui knew how cunning and treacherous Qing Feng was . Even though Qing Feng did not seem to have any chance of making a comeback, Ai Hui still would not lower his guard against him .

“I am already in an impasse . I don’t even know what are you afraid of?” Qing Feng asked coldly .

“Nothing can go wrong by being a bit careful,” Ai Hui replied casually .

Qing Feng was speechless .

Gu Tianning had been waiting on the mountain . When he saw Ai Hui’s figure, he was overjoyed . He had heard of Ai Hui’s reputation, but had never interacted with him when they were in the Induction Ground . He did not have much confidence in Ai Hui’s promise .

Gu Tianning ordered his clansmen to handle the stone pillars and reminded them to be careful and not to ruin them . Every Gu clansman cautiously and gently carried the stone pillars as if they were holding precious porcelain wares .

Qing Feng took a sweeping glance at the Gu clansmen and said disdainfully, “The quality of the people you’re encountering is getting lower and lower . I can’t believe you spent so much effort on such a bunch of weak fellows . Are they from the Old Territory? Ahh, I get it . You’re from the Old Territory as well . No wonder you’re willing to help them . However, there are so many people in Old Territory . Are you able to help them all?”

Most of the Gu clansmen that made it to Sky Capital Peak were youngsters . Hence, when they heard Qing Feng’s words, they glared at him angrily .

Ai Hui could not be bothered with Qing Feng and replied bluntly, “You better shut up . “

Qing Feng flew into a rage, “I am a follower of Grandmaster Dai, how dare you behave so rude toward me!”

The Gu clansmen who had been glaring at Qing Feng quickly withdrew their gazes . Even though they had not spent a long time in the Silver Mist Sea, they still knew who Grandmaster Dai was .

Even Gu Tianning cast a bewildered look at Qing Feng .

“Have you forgotten the pain after your wounds recovered?” Ai Hui sneered .

Qing Feng became terrified at once . Initially, he thought Ai Hui was a carefree lone wolf who was not afraid of Grandmaster Dai . When he discovered Ai Hui’s identity, he expected Ai Hui to be afraid of provoking Grandmaster Dai .

However, he now realized that Ai Hui did not seem to care much about Grandmaster Dai .

Qing Feng was confused . Was Ai Hui really not afraid of Grandmaster Dai? He was not a carefree lone wolf . Furthermore, he was the leader of the Central Pine Faction . Was he not scared of causing troubles for the Central Pine Faction?

Or was this fellow already thinking of silencing him?

Qing Feng gulped his saliva with difficulty as a tinge of fear arose in his heart . He was a paranoid individual . Just now, he purposely said those words to feel out Ai Hui . Qing Feng thought that his mission was a well-concealed secret and that Ai Hui did not know he had fallen out of favor with Grandmaster Dai . Clearly, he did not realize Ai Hui was Chu Zhaoyang .

The result he had gotten disappointed him greatly .

Ai Hui did not seem to have any respect for Grandmaster Dai . He did not know whether Ai Hui was extremely daring or if he had someone’s backing . Regardless of the reason, disrespecting Grandmaster Dai would not benefit him in any way .

Ai Hui could not be bothered with Qing Feng . As long as Qing Feng did his job properly as a training partner, Ai Hui would not purposely make things difficult for him . However, if Qing Feng was up to no good, he would kill him on the spot .

As for Grandmaster Dai, he was still something that was too far for Ai Hui to think about .

When Qing Feng saw that Ai Hui was not afraid of his threat, he quieted down .

The way that Gu Tianning and his counterparts looked at Ai Hui could not help but change again . Gu Tianning knew about Ai Hui’s past achievements . Now, he realized that Ai Hui was far more powerful and unfathomable than he had expected .

This made Gu Tianning and his counterparts feel filled with hope and expectations for Ai Hui .

Ai Hui did not think so much . All he wanted to do was to help them . As for the people that were still in the Old Territory, they were the responsibility of the Old Territory’s native heroes . Ai Hui did not think that he was a hero . The outside world might praise him to the skies, but he knew how much he was really worth .

“We need earth fire . Is this place the deepest karst cave?” Ai Hui asked Gu Tianning .

“There is still a deeper one,” Gu Tianning quickly replied .

After finishing his sentence, he began to lead the way . He and his counterparts knew all about the karst caves in Sky Capital Peak .

With Gu Tianning leading the way, they advanced toward the depth of the karst cave . Within a short period of time, they reached the depths . They could hear sound of underground rivers . Usually, the deepest parts of karst caves would contain underground rivers .

Gu Tianning did not stop and continued moving forward . As he walked, he said, “This region is filled with underground rivers . The region where earth fire can most likely be found is at the deepest cavern . “

As they advanced forward, the cavern became smaller and narrower . The surrounding cavern walls had become dry as well . The air was pervaded with a faint smell of sulfur .

Ai Hui was energized . His plan could only be carried out if he had earth fire .

Finally, they came to a small cavern that could only fit three to five people . The temperature of this cavern was also much higher than the other caverns .

“This is the place . “

Gu Tianning looked expectantly at Ai Hui .

Ai Hui examined his surroundings and nodded his head in silence . This cavern should not be far from the earth fire .

“This is the place I’m looking for . Excavate this cavern and make it bigger and wider . How many people do you have?” Ai Hui asked .

“56,” Gu Tianning replied swiftly .

“Expand this place until it can fit 100 people . Excavate through four directions and maintain the height of the cavern at around 3 . 5 meters . “

Gu Tianning acknowledged Ai Hui and quickly got everyone to work . Even though their base level was low, they had developed elemental energy before . Furthermore, the elemental energy they developed was earth elemental energy . Underground rocks were similar to the ordinary rocks above the surface . When everyone worked together, the process became faster .

After around four hours, they had already expanded the cavern to the point that it could fit 100 people .

Gu Tianning placed some glowing stones on the surrounding walls of the wide and spacious cavern to serve as lighting . The cavern was illuminated in an instant .

These glowing stones contained a small amount of elemental energy that enabled them to give off light . Other than that, they did not have many uses and were very cheap .

Ai Hui pointed to the center of the cavern and instructed, “Dig a fire well at this spot . The diameter of the fire well should be around 1 . 5 meters . “

“Yes . “

Without any hesitation, Gu Tianning started digging at the center of the cavern . He was an earth elementalist, so the hard underground rocks were like soft mud to him . Meanwhile, his clansmen kept on transporting away the underground rock that he had dug up .

As he dug deeper and deeper, the underground rocks got hotter and hotter . The color of the rock had turned from green to black . Beads of perspiration began to appear on Gu Tianning’s forehead .

Bang .

The sound of an underground rock cracking resounded through the air . A flash of red glow emitted from the crack .

After the cracked underground rock was removed, a dazzling red light shot out from the fire well and lit up the entire cavern with a bright red color . The temperature of the cavern rose rapidly . The low-level Gu clansmen could not tolerate the heat and began to retreat from the cavern .

Gu Tianning heaved a sigh of relief . “I’m glad I did not fail you . “

Unwittingly, he used boss-subordinate tone .

“All of you leave the cave now . “

“Yes . “

Gu Tianning quickly led his clansmen out of the cave . While he guarded the entrance, he kept on looking curiously into the cave .

Qing Feng stood at the entrance of the cave with a curious look on his face . Initially, he still did not know what was going on . Now, he knew that Ai Hui wanted to help the Gu Clan by increasing the concentration of earth elemental energy in this place .

He did not believe in this plan . Briefly increasing the concentration level of elemental energy in a place was not difficult . The difficult part was maintaining the increased level of elemental energy . This would require a huge amount of high-grade materials . The gains simply could not make up for the losses .

The Gu Clan was in a destitute state . How could they afford high-grade materials?

Qing Feng disapproved of this plan in his heart .

Suddenly, he froze . He had just that remembered that Ai Hui’s master was Wang Shouchuan .

The Wang Shouchuan who came up with [Treating The City As A Piece Of Cloth]!