The Invincible Dragon Emperor
chapter-1278-30041322

Chapter 1278: I Will Die

“Is Gu trying to get us killed?”

Qian Huanhan mumbled. Lu Li was scared to hear Qian Hunhan say so. He tried to give Qian Huanhan a warning glance but it was too late. A hand suddenly appeared in the sky and slapped down on Qian Huanhan into the ground.

“Bang!”

Qian Huanhan was wearing a Relic armor. Even so, fresh blood was streaming out. He was in such a tragic state. But Patriarch Gu said nothing after the strike.

Just now, Lu Li wanted to remind Qian Huanhan that this small world clearly was a special space refined by Patriarch Gu. He knew everything happened in here. To talk Patriarch Gu behind his back in here was no different to talk him right under his nose. Qian Huanhan had it coming.

“Brother Qianhuan, are you okay?”

Lu Li walked over and took out two healing pellets. Qian Huanhan shook his head, biting his teeth. He took out two healing pellets on his own and consumed them. Then, he sat down to let his wounds heal.

“Buzzing~”

Lu Li took out some water and tools to clean the floor, scrubbing all the bloodstains off. Then, he began to wander around in the small world, glancing over the piles of materials.

“Wow, a patriarch of Chamber of Relics is rich~”

Lu Li exclaimed to himself. The materials here might not be as valuable as those collected by Tian Lingzi. But the sheer number was over 10 times than those in the hall in the Wicked Bead.

“Eh?”

A glow rose in Lu Li’s eyes as he saw Blood Crystals in a corner, 14 pieces.

The Palace of Black Mountain was selling Blood Crystal at one hundred thousand Divine Sources a piece. That might be a bit too much but Lu Li believed the normal price for one piece of Blood Crystal would not be less than dozens of thousands of Divine Sources. Considering there were over a dozen pieces here, in total, they would worth hundreds of thousands of Divine Sources.

“Too bad I cannot take them!”

Lu Li felt sorry. With 14 Blood Crystals, the warlord skeleton could be put into use 14 times. He could eliminate quite a number of immortals.

Lu Li was afraid to touch any materials here since Patriarch Gu could know all their acts and moves. He would be punished by Patriarch Gu even if he just took a crystal of the least value.

“I see two tombs here, an old one and a new one. They must belong to Patriarch Gu’s wife and children.”

Lu Li remembered the tombs he saw in the back yard. It seemed that Patriarch Gu’s short and weird temper must have something to do with the death of his wife and children. Lu Li told himself that he must tread carefully or he would suffer.

Lu Li continued his walk. Soon, he came across a quite thick book. His eyes kindled. He believed this book was on the introduction of materials.

He was right!

He took a look and saw the words “Catalogue of Materials” on the first page.

They only had three days. Lu Li hurried to read. While reading, he used psychic power to scan. A moment later, he said to Qian Huanhan, “Brother Qian Huan, if your wounds are not that bad, then get up and get to work or else we will both be in trouble.”

Qian Huanhan opened his eyes and replied, with his mouth twitching, “I am still breathing. Brother Li, tell me what you need. I will follow your lead.”

Qian Huanhan had been struck twice since he came here, which was not long ago, while Lu Li was perfectly fine. He could not help but admire Lu Li. Besides, Lu Li was calmer and steadier. He could join the Chamber of Relics even after he had provoked Lady Dan. Though he knew nothing about forging artifacts, Lu Li could embed sophisticated formations. Qian Huanhan had a high opinion of Lu Li.

But Qianhuanhan was a fellow of a positive state of mind. He did not get mad after being struck twice. He got up and walked to Lu Li soon.

Lu Li looked up and asked, “Do you have a pen and a piece of paper?”

“Yes!”

Qian Huanhan took those out. Lu Li showed him to a pile of red crystals and said, “Those are Fire Obsidians. They are used in heating the stoves. Write it down. There are more Fire Obsidians nearby. Get them here and put them into one pile. Let’s split up and get to work.”

“That is a nice way. Brother Li, you are good!”

Qian Huanhan praised. They did not need to memorize all of the materials. They just have to identify them and write down their names. In this way, the two could find the right materials after three days.

“Okay, let’s not dwell on such talks!”

Lu Li waved his hand. “Now that we have come to Patriarch Gu’s place, we must behave well. When Patriarch Gu is in a good mood, he will teach us how to forge artifacts.”

Qian Huanhan nodded. “Of course. I am here to learn how to forge artifacts. I will become a skilled craftsman and then a master craftsman. I will!”

Lu Li sprang to work. He collected all the Fire Obsidians and put them into one pile. Qian Huanhan wrote down the words “Fire Obsidians” on a piece of paper and put it in the pile.

“White Phosphorus Stones. They are also used in heating stoves!” Lu Li said, pointing to a kind of white crystals.

This time, without Lu Li saying so, Qian Huanhan had begun to find other White Phosphorus Stones, just as Lu Li did.

Both of them were immortals. They worked quite fast and efficiently. In this way, Lu Li would identify the materials, and they would put them into a pile with a label of the name and functions.

“Claws of Poisonous Flood Dragons. They are highly toxic, so do not use your hands to touch them. They are one of the materials to make Relics such as bows.”

Qian Huanhang took out a pair of black gloves. “I have Relic gloves. Brother Li, I will collect them. You can just put down the label.”

They walked around fast to identify and categorize the materials which were piled up neatly. Their systematic work led to high productivity.

In one day, they had sorted through half of the materials. At this rate, in three days, they could comb through all of them.

There were simply too many materials in here, at least ten thousand different types. It was impossible for Lu Li and Qian Hunhan to memorize them all. But since they had organized the piles, they could look for the materials based on the labels correctly when Patriarch Gu needed.

“Hmm, they are not stupid~”

For the first time, Patriarch Gu, who was sitting under the grape trellis in the back yard, looked up and said to himself. Then, he lowered his eyes to observe the weird prototype in his hands again.

Three days later, Lu Li and Qian Huanhan had sorted through all the materials. They double-checked the labels to make sure they were right. The two of them did not go to the attic where Patriarch Gu said they should live in. Instead, they just sat in the room and waited.

“Get me Fire Obsidians, White Phosphorus Stones, and Black Mountain Rocks, one hundred each!”

All of a sudden, Lu Li and Qian Huanhan heard an old voice. Lu Li opened his eyes at once and dashed to the piles of materials. He found one hundred pieces of Fire Obsidians, White Phosphorus Stones, and Black Mountain Rocks quickly and handed them to Qian Huanhan. “Send them over. Come back to me if anything is wrong!”

“Alright!”

For some reason, Qian Huanhan trusted Lu Li. He took over the three types of stones and put them away into his Interspatial Ring and dashed into the portal.

A moment later, Qian Huanhan returned, with a slap mark on his face. Lu Li asked, raising his eyebrows, “What happened?”

“Patriarch Gu is forging artifacts and I shouldn’t have looked…”

“…”

Lu Li was speechless. Qian Huanhan had just been disciplined and how could he not remember? He should not lay his eyes on things when he was not supposed to…

“Cut the chase. What does Patriarch Gu need?”

Lu Li was afraid to waste time. Qian Huanhan said at once, “One Longgui Vine and 10 pieces of Iron of Snow Mountain…”

Lu Li collected the materials quickly and asked, “Do you want me to go and you can stay here?”

“No. I will do it.”

Qian Huanhan took over the materials and left in a hurry. When he came back, there was another slap mark on the other side of his cheek. Even his mouth was swelling.

“What did you do now?” Lu Li rolled his eyes.

Qian Huanhan almost burst into tears when he replied, “When I was on my way out, I heard a loud noise coming from the stove so I looked back. Then, I was slapped…”

“Okay. Stop with your watery eyes. What do you need?”

Lu Li found it was hard to feel sorry for Qian Huanhan again. He just found the materials needed and Qian Huanhan left quickly.

When he came back, though, his entire head was swelling. As soon as he came in, he said, with tears in his eyes and a runny nose, “Brother Li, I cannot go again. I will be slapped to death…”