Over The World, Beyond Heaven

Chapter 1129: Lin-Jun's Decision (1)

Heavenly Voices Arrangement Metal Ore!!!

When everyone in Lin Clan saw the ore lump in Zheng-Fu's hand, their eyes widened until they almost exploded. Because that ore was recorded as Deity Ore used to forge Deity Weapon or more. Just a small lump, the size of a chicken egg, was already very expensive. But the lump in Zheng-Fu's hand was as big as a kid's head, so its price was extremely high and could not be estimated.

In fact, Zheng-Fu had no idea what kind of ore it was. He only picked it up from his mine because he saw there were many of them. Plus, the aura it gave off was extraordinary, so he thought it might have high enough quality to help the Lin Clan. He did not expect that it would be Heavenly Voices Arrangement Metal Ore that was Deity Ore.

"Is it good enough to put to use?" Zheng-Fu smiled dryly as he asked again. Seeing everyone's expressions, he knew that it was probably good enough. But he still had to ask out of good manners.

Oh!

"It's more than good enough, Younger Brother Zheng-Fu! But it's too precious, we can't accept it!" Lin-Jun regained his composure because of Zheng-Fu's question. However, he refused to accept it. He could not do that because he was not close enough to Zheng-Fu to accept such a high-value item.

Clan Leader!

Many people could not help but be disappointed. They thought their clan leader would accept it. Seeing that he had rejected it, they felt sad and disappointed. But even then, they could do nothing but accept the clan leader's decision.

"Please take it, Big Brother Jun! If you don't accept it, I'll assume that you look down on me and see our relationship as a joke. Therefore, we may not be able to associate with each other anymore!" Even though Heavenly Voices Arrangement Metal Ore was extremely valuable in the eyes of others, to Zheng-Fu, it was just an ore. And he had many more within his ore mine. Therefore, he thought of giving it to the other party to buy their loyalty.

Ah!

Zheng-Fu's words were like a divine light from heaven given to the Lin Clan. All the elders were very grateful and praised Zheng-Fu. All eyes turned to stare at the clan leader, waiting to see if he would accept or reject.

Erm...

Lin-Jun felt overwhelmed and under a lot of pressure. Even when he had encountered a stronger enemy, he had never been this worried.

"Umm! All right, I accept Younger Brother Zheng-Fu's kindness! And from now on, I'll regard Younger Brother Zheng-Fu as an honored guest of our Lin Clan. What does everyone think?" After thinking for a moment, Lin-Jun agreed with difficulty. Before he announced Zheng-Fu as the clan's guest of honor, who would be as important as the Lin Clan's pillar elder.

Thank you, Big Brother Lin-Jun!

Everyone in the Lin Clan was extremely delighted and excited to receive Heavenly Voices Arrangement Metal Ore. That night, they held a huge celebration. However, they did not invite any outsiders to join because they did not want others to know about Heavenly Voices Arrangement Metal Ore.

In Zheng-Fu's room, which the Lin Clan had newly arranged for him...

Sigh!

"Ultimately, I have free time. I can finally stay quiet!"

After Zheng-Fu returned to his room, he let out a long sigh of relief. Because he's been wanting some private time. Since he arrived in that separate dimension, he still had no idea what the true test of the Eternal Separate Dimension was. Therefore, when he had time, he wanted to check it.

Flop!

[Test 1/10; collect the souls of 0/1,000,000 evil demons]

While Zheng-Fu was thinking about how he could pass the test, a message suddenly appeared in front of him, telling him to collect one million souls of evil demons. And there was no other explanation than those words.

Collect the evil demons' souls?

"Or does this test require me to kill the demons from the Demon Race? But it looks like this is just the first test. For it wrote that it's the first test and there are ten tests in total!" Zheng-Fu frowned slightly when he saw those words. And according to his interpretation, the first test would be to kill one million evil demons.

"At least I know what I need to do. By the way, where can I find the evil demons?" Zheng-Fu felt much better once he knew what he had to do to pass the test. However, he still did not know where the demons lived. Apart from Black Rock City, he only knew of a few other cities that Lin-Nie had told him about.

"Never mind! I'll ask the people in Lin Clan!"

The next morning, at Lin Clan's weapon forge...

Cleng! Cleng! Cleng!

Oh!

"Use more force! Can it be shaped with a light strike like that?!"

"Hey! That's three jins of iron. Use hotter flames. How can it melt with such weak flames?!"

Shouts were heard throughout the weapon forge that morning. Lin Clan's main occupation was producing weapons and armor and selling them, so their forge was very large.

Ah!

"Respect, Elder Master Zheng-Fu!"

Zheng-Fu walked past the forge, so he went to look inside. And when the elder in charge of forging saw Zheng-Fu, he hurriedly walked out to greet him.

"This is Lin Clan's forge? Why are those weapons and armor so big and strangely shaped?" Zheng-Fu was very surprised at the weapons and armor that the Lin Clan forged. Because their sizes were not suitable for humans at all. It was more like it was made for monsters or demons with huge bodies.

"These are all items that we must send to Black Rock City Master's army as tribute. In addition to our Lin Clan, other clans in Black Rock City have to do the same," the elder explained, because he knew that Zheng-Fu was not from that area and therefore did not know the customs he mentioned.

City Master's army?

"But their size is more suitable for demons than for humans?" Zheng-Fu still did not understand, even if he knew who they had to produce for. But since he got here, he still had not seen a single demon.

"That's right! Because Black Rock City Master is from the Demon Race. Therefore, his army was all members of the Demon Race. That's why these weapons and armor must be this big. And aside from Black Rock City, the other second-tier cities around here were all the Demon Race's dependencies. Don't you know?" The elder was surprised that Zheng-Fu did not know this. More than half of the land on that continent was occupied by the Demon Race, so it was natural that the Master of each city would be someone from the Demon Race.

Ah!

When Zheng-Fu heard that, his expression suddenly changed. Before he expanded his psychic to cover the entire city to detect demons. And he found many energy waves that belonged to more than ten thousand Demons gathered in the middle of the city. They mostly had energy at the intermediate Heavenly Deity Originate Stage and above. The one with the highest level was at the seventh level of the Deity Monarch Stage. And according to the elder, that person should be the city Master.

"And how many of them do you have to send to the city Master?" Once Zheng Fu understood the matter, he proceeded to ask about the amount of tribute.

"Not much. Just five hundred sets per year. But when gathered from every clan, there'll be about five thousand to seven thousand sets!" The elder did some rough calculations. He was not sure of the precise total. But the Lin Clan and the other three big clans had to send five hundred sets each to the city Master every year.

Umm!

"Then I won't disturb your work. I'd like to see Big Brother Jun. Do you know where he is?" Zheng-Fu nodded lightly before asking for Lin-Jun.

"Clan Leader is probably in the main hall with Master Grand Elder and pillar elders. Shall I have someone walk you there?" The elder replied, offering his help.

"No, thank you. I know where the main hall is. I can go myself!" Zheng-Fu waved his hand to refuse because he did not want to disturb others. Besides, he knew where the main hall was.

Yes, sir!

Not long after, Zheng-Fu arrived at the main hall of the Lin Clan. At that moment, Lin-Jun and the elders ended their meeting.

"Younger Brother Zheng-Fu, how was last night? Did you sleep well?" Lin-Jun saw Zheng-Fu walking over there and immediately rushed toward him and greeted him with a smile.

"Very comfortable, Big Brother Jun! By the way, have you guys finished the meeting?" Zheng-Fu nodded lightly before asking about the meeting because he was afraid of disturbing them.

"Finished! Younger Brother Zheng-Fu, is there anything?" Lin-Jun immediately had a suspicious look on his face when he saw Zheng-Fu's expression. He seemed to have something on his mind.

"It's not a big deal. But can I talk to you alone?"

Umm…

"Yes, of course you can!"

Lin-Jun complied with the request. He immediately led Zheng-Fu into a room with a soundproofing spell.

Thump! Thump!

"Younger Brother Zheng-Fu can say it right away."

Sitting down, Lin-Jun immediately told Zheng-Fu to speak. He quickly reached the point because he saw that Zheng-Fu's expression had become more serious.

"Let me speak to you directly. Actually, I'm not from this continent. And I'm here because I have to take part in some tests. My first mission is to exterminate one million evil demons of the Demon Race. I think you probably know what I mean!" Zheng-Fu thought for a moment before speaking honestly. He wanted to know what Lin-Jun thought. He, therefore, tested him so that he could decide whether he should be brought in to join the operation.

Hah!

"Younger Brother, this matter is a really big deal!" Lin-Jun was shocked when he heard that. His thoughts about Zheng-Fu before were all wrong. The matter of Zheng-Fu's identity was shocking but not too much. What was even more shocking was Zheng-Fu's mission. Even though the number of scores Zheng-Fu had to do was not that many, more than half of the continent was ruled by the Demon Race. If the matter leaked out, his clan would definitely not survive.

"Yes! It's a big deal. I won't force you and your clan to cooperate with me. I just want more data about the Demon Race on this continent. But if you aren't comfortable giving me data, then I'll leave your clan right now so as not to create any trouble for the Lin Clan." Zheng-Fu was very serious as he said all that.

"About this... can you please give me some time to think?" Lin-Jun could not make such a big and important decision alone. Therefore, he had to ask Zheng-Fu for some time.

"I can only give you time within one incense stick. After that, if you still have a hard time answering, I'll leave here and consider us never having been acquainted before, and that I'm just a merchant selling ore to you!" Zheng-Fu thought that he would not be able to give Lin-Jun any more time than that. He would waste even more time if this matter leaked out before he took action.

Umm!

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