Chapter 968: 968

“Boss, you came.” Before Fang Qiu walked through the gate of the courtyard, Long Qiyun came out from the attic of the mansion to greet him with laughter.

“Hmm?” Fang Qiu froze.

Why did this guy also call him like the people led by He Gaoming?

“Don’t just stand there. Come on in.” Long Qiyun stepped forward and took Fang Qiu’s arm. As he walked to the lobby of the attic, he said, “Last time, He Gaoming brought some people here to hang out for two days. I heard them all call you boss, so I follow them. After all, this is the era of science and technology. It’s a little inappropriate to call you senior all the time. It doesn’t sound intimate, right?”

“Who wants to be intimate with you?” Hearing that, Fang Qiu immediately rolled his eyes.

Long Qiyun laughed and said, “Haha. It’s just a slip of the tongue.”

“You seem to know that I’m coming?” When they sat down in the attic and Long Qiyun asked the housekeeper to serve tea, Fang Qiu asked curiously.

Long Qiyun chuckled and said, “Yes. Didn’t you just come to the auction before? At that time, you cast ten swords, all of which were Guru Swords. You then exchanged all of them at the auction. I think that since you have used these ten swords, you will definitely come again and continue to cast Guru Swords.”

“How could you be so sure?” Fang Qiu asked with a smile, “Maybe I don’t lack money at all.”

Long Qiyun chuckled and replied, “I know. You don’t lack money. What you lack is the Heaven Treasure, and you are so poor that you can only cast swords!”

Fang Qiu was speechless.

He thought to himself, “What makes you think I’m poor?”

“But I’m not sure either,” Long Qiyun took a sip of tea and continued. “But I really hope that you can come, because the best sword in the world can only come from our Long family.”

Fang Qiu smiled.

He had never noticed this point before, but it was indeed quite important for Long Qiyun.

After all, the Long family was a sword-forging family.

If they wanted to maintain their Long family’s reputation, they had to cast great swords. This was the era of science and technology, and many families whose casting skills were inferior to the Long family caught up with them for they relied on mechanical devices. It seemed that they would be able to surpass the Long family.

Under such circumstances, the only way for the Long family to maintain their reputation was to cast a better sword, which other families couldn’t make!

In this era, what kind of sword was the best?

Undoubtedly, it was Guru Sword!

Although it was not made by Long Qiyun himself, at least he could say that all the Guru Swords came from the Long family.

There was no need to say too much. With this simple statement and John Doe’s nod, the Long family could suppress all the other sword-forging families who tried to catch up with them!

“The Long family’s casting technique is indeed remarkable.” Fang Qiu said with a smile and then added, “However, as the young master of the Long family, your cultivation speed is a bit slow. Why are you still a sixth-class Martial Superior now?”

Long Qiyun quickly shook his head and said, “I’m not slow. I’m a genius in casting, and I don’t pursue high martial arts skills. It’s already very good for me to be able to improve to this level.”

“Although that’s the case, it’s impossible to cast a good sword without sufficient strength.” Fang Qiu shook his head and continued, “Look at your ancestors. Although your father and grandfather are not super experts, they are not inferior at all.”

“I understand what you said.” Long Qiyun nodded, sighed softly, and said, “In fact, as it said on the casting books of our family, if you want to cast the best sword, you must not only learn from the casting book, but you also need to improve yourself while enhancing your casting techniques. However, I only have a talent for casting, and I really have no interest in the realm of martial arts.”

“Let’s go, follow me to the backyard.” Fang Qiu stood up.

Long Qiyun’s eyes lit up. “Do you want to cast a sword?”

Fang Qiu nodded and said, “Yes. However, before casting the swords, I want to fight with you.”

“What?” Long Qiyun was stunned.

Then he was dragged to the backyard by Fang Qiu with a reluctant look.

“Use all of your strength and have a proper fight with me. I’m not going to hold back,” said Fang Qiu.

“But…” Long Qiyun couldn’t react for a moment.

Before he finished speaking, Fang Qiu made a move directly.

When he saw Long Qiyun just now, Fang Qiu found that his strength had reached the peak of the sixth class, only one step away from the seventh class. However, Long Qiyun didn’t really have a talent for martial arts, so he failed to make a breakthrough. It seemed that he had been stuck at this stage for a long time.

Because Fang Qiu noticed this, he took the initiative to ask to fight with Long Qiyun. In fact, his purpose was to help Long Qiyun make a breakthrough.

He wanted to use his powerful strength to suppress Long Qiyun and unlock his potential.

As they started to fight, Fang Qiu didn’t hold back at all. He directly suppressed Long Qiyun and crashed him with his powerful strength.

Long Qiyun cried out in pain as he was beaten. He raised his hands to surrender again and again, but Fang Qiu didn’t give him a chance at all and kept attacking.

In this case, Long Qiyun felt a great deal of pressure from Fang Qiu.

Knowing that admitting defeat was useless, he could only make every effort to resist Fang Qiu’s attack.

Ultimately, after being forced into a corner and stepping out of the desperate situation repeatedly by himself, Long Qiyun finally felt the barrier of the seventh-class Martial Superior and successfully broke through to become a seventh-class Martial Superior!

“I’ve made a breakthrough.” Long Qiyun’s eyes widened when he knew that his breakthrough was completed. He could hardly believe it himself.

“I’m going to cast swords. Don’t let anyone disturb me. You should go back and stabilize your realm and strength.”

As he spoke, Fang Qiu went straight into the underground sword-forging plant.

Long Qiyun also hurried back to practice and stabilize his cultivation.

In the sword-forging plant, Fang Qiu directly began to cast his swords without any hesitation.

However, he was not as obsessive as he was last time. He did not expect to cast more Guru Swords. It was already earth-shattering that he could cast ten of them last time.

Moreover, the last time he did it, it was for the sake of the eighth Heaven Treasure, Ambergris Grass. This time, Fang Qiu didn’t need so many swords.

Hence, after casting one Guru Sword, Fang Qiu lowered the standard a little and cast nearly 30 eighth-class swords.

After finishing casting all of them, Fang Qiu planned to transfer the money to Long Qiyun at the price of 500,000 per sword, but Long Qiyun refused to take it.

After all, Fang Qiu helped him break through to the seventh class, which was something that couldn’t be bought with money!

“What are you casting so many swords for?” In the hall of the attic, Long Qiyun curiously looked at the pile of swords that Fang Qiu had just cast and asked.

Fang Qiu answered, “They’re gifts. I’ve got one for you. You can choose one.”

“Really?” Long Qiyun was pleasantly surprised and hurried forward to choose a sword.

Fang Qiu then dialed He Gaoming’s number.

“Hello, master?” The phone was picked up in an instant. He Gaoming’s voice sounded.

“I’ve cast all the weapons you need. Except for the nine of you, each of the rest will get one sword. Take them to Long Qiyun’s place to collect the swords. This can be regarded as gifts of repaying for their help in the Crouching tiger Mountain,” said Fang Qiu.

“Alright, I’ll bring them there right away.” He Gaoming replied and then immediately added, “What do you mean by repaying? You are my master and the boss of all of us. It is our duty to help you!”

“I’m hanging up.” Fang Qiu answered with a smile and hung up the phone.

When he cast the swords, the reason why he chose to cast eighth-class swords was that he wanted to give them to these people.

Originally, with his strength, he could have given each of them a Guru Sword, but the strength of He Gaoming’s men was too weak. It was not suitable for them to use a Guru Sword now, and he did not dare to give them an extremely powerful sword. After all, Guru Sword was very rare in Wulin. If he truly gave them one, it would definitely be coveted by others. It was better to do it step by step. Anyway, he could cast Guru Sword at any time when he needed it!

As soon as Fang Qiu finished the phone call, Long Qiyun exclaimed, “They are eighth-class swords! All of them?”

Fang Qiu nodded and said, “Yes. I’ve already informed He Gaoming. He will bring people here to get them. Including yours, the number of the swords is just sufficient.”

“So they are made for those people.” Long Qiyun nodded with understanding and then immediately said with a smile, “It’s really lucky to be your sidekick. Why don’t you also take me as your sidekick?”

“You’re the young master of the Long family! Can’t you have some dignity?” Fang Qiu rolled his eyes at Long Qiyun and then stood up. He said while carrying a wooden box containing Guru Sword on his back, “I’m leaving.”

He then ignored Long Qiyun who relentlessly tried to ask him to stay and went straight to the high-speed railway station.

He bought a ticket and got on the train directly to the capital.

Fang Qiu remembered clearly that the old guru made a verbal agreement with him on the night of the end of the auction.

This time, he cast Guru Sword in order to fulfill his agreement with the old guru.

When he arrived in the capital, Fang Qiu didn’t waste any time and went straight to the Chic Cloud Pavilion with a stone table.

He entered the familiar room.

“It’s you?” In the room, the moment the familiar man behind the counter saw Fang Qiu, he immediately stood up. Looking at the wooden box on Fang Qiu’s back, he seemed to understand something. He instantly smiled and asked, “Mr. John Doe, do you want us to help you put something up for auction?”

“No.” Fang Qiu shook his head and said, “I want to see the guru here. He asked me to come and find him.”

Since he didn’t know the old man’s name, he would just say that he was the guru here!

The man’s expression changed as he heard that. “Oh… Please wait a minute. I need to report it.”

Fang Qiu was led to a guest room in CCP Hotel to have a rest, waiting for the reply.

Soon, the message was also quickly reported to the old man.

The staff of the auction house was ready to take Fang Qiu to see the old man, but they didn’t expect that the old man would take the initiative to come to see Fang Qiu. In the end, led by the staff, he came to the guest room where Fang Qiu rested.

“Senior.” When the old man arrived, Fang Qiu held a fist salute to him.

“You didn’t fail me,” The old man laughed and said. “You’re really fast.”

“Please don’t laugh at me,” answered Fang Qiu.

“It seems that you really need a Heaven Treasure.” The old man stepped forward, received the wooden box from Fang Qiu, opened it, and took out Guru Sword that Fang Qiu had just cast. He nodded and praised with eyes shining with excitement, “Great! Good sword. Good craftsmanship!”

It could be seen that the old man was rather pleased.

After making a few moves with the sword casually, the old man put away the Guru Sword, then took out a sheepskin scroll and handed it to Fang Qiu!