35: Perfect Match

“You…”, “Alright, alright.” Liu Jiangyi interrupted Shen Bing, stretched, and said, “Hurry up and drive, it’s late, I’m really sleepy.”

…

The next day.

Liu Jiangyi was woken up by Liu Ruyan’s phone call.

He had nothing to do and was planning to enjoy a leisurely natural wake-up, but Liu Ruyan’s call was like a death knell.

It forcefully roused Liu Jiangyi.

“What is it?” Liu Jiangyi’s tone was lazy, with a hint of impatience.

“Did you forget what you promised me?”

“Huh?” Liu Jiangyi asked, bewildered, “What thing?”

“Today is my grandpa’s 80th birthday, and my parents are going to marry me off to Qian Qiang. Did you forget?”

Liu Jiangyi said, displeased, “Haven’t I already helped you?”

“Besides, I don’t want your money or your looks now, so why should I help you again?”

Liu Jiangyi was not a fool.

The first time he agreed was because of a System mission; agreeing again now would just make him a pure sucker, wouldn't it?

“I can give you a Magic Treasure!” Liu Ruyan seemed to have guessed Liu Jiangyi would say this and immediately threw out her condition.

“Oh? A Magic Treasure?”

Liu Jiangyi suddenly sprang up, all sleepiness gone.

“Tell me more!”

On the other end of the phone, Liu Ruyan secretly spat.

“Pah! Even if he’s not a pervert, he’s a money grubber!”

“But this is good too, otherwise I really wouldn’t know how to control you.”

Liu Ruyan said indifferently, “Qian Qiang said that unless you dare to go to the birthday banquet today and publicly announce that I have your child, he won’t believe what happened last time and will continue to pester me.”

“As long as you help me through this difficulty, I’ll give you a third-tier Magical Artifact!”

“No!” Liu Jiangyi decisively shook his head, “If I go and publicly announce this, isn’t it clearly an attempt to embarrass the Qian Family?”

“This is a matter of losing one’s head. Do you think a third-tier Magical Artifact will just get rid of me?”

“Then what do you want?”

“A fifth-tier Magical Artifact!” Liu Jiangyi said proudly, “Not one tier less!”

“You! You’re asking for too much, you’re taking advantage of the situation!” Liu Ruyan shouted angrily.

A fifth-tier Magical Artifact!

What kind of concept was that?

In City 39, a fifth-tier Magical Artifact was the top-tier Magical Artifact; if sold, it would be worth at least dozens of bottles of energy liquid!

Liu Jiangyi sneered, “We are not related, and you still want to use me. My kind help once was the limit, why should I continue to help you?”

“Don’t you dare morally blackmail me!”

Liu Jiangyi snorted and was about to hang up the phone.

“Don’t! Don’t hang up!”

Sure enough, Liu Ruyan still panicked.

She pleaded, “A fifth-tier Magical Artifact is really too precious. Even though my Liu Family still has a lot of money now, a fifth-tier Magical Artifact is priceless and unavailable in the market. My Liu Family can’t get one.”

“I can’t possibly steal the Family’s treasured Magic Treasure for you, can I?”

“How about this, is a fourth-tier acceptable?”

Liu Ruyan’s voice grew weaker, afraid Liu Jiangyi would refuse.

However!

She still underestimated Liu Jiangyi’s determination.

“Sorry, no fifth-tier, no deal!”

Snap!

With that, Liu Jiangyi directly hung up the phone, giving Liu Ruyan no chance to speak.

Are you kidding me!

Having monopolized the Medicinal Pill industry in City 39 for so many years, the strange treasures accumulated by the Liu Family would probably not even fit on a train.

She actually said she didn’t have a fifth-tier Magic Treasure?

Who is she trying to fool?

To put it bluntly, this woman, full of schemes, only cared about herself and not the lives of others, or even the survival of her Family; she simply wanted to freeload off him!

Liu Jiangyi was an old fox.

How could he let a young girl lead him by the nose?

Sure enough!

As soon as the phone was hung up, Liu Ruyan called back in a hurry.

“I’ll give you a fifth-tier Magical Artifact! But you must handle this perfectly for me, absolutely cannot let them see any flaws!”

“Hahaha, taking money to resolve problems, I’m a professional when it comes to acting.”

Liu Ruyan’s eyelids twitched wildly.

She had indeed experienced Liu Jiangyi’s acting skills.

If Liu Jiangyi hadn’t admitted it himself, she would have really thought he was just a lecher seduced by her.

…

At the entrance of Tianwu Martial Arts Academy.

When Liu Ruyan saw Liu Jiangyi walk out of the Martial Arts Academy, she was completely stunned.

“You… how are you in there?”

“I thought you just wanted me to meet you.”

Liu Jiangyi rolled his eyes and said, “Brother, I’m a teacher here now, what do you know!”

“A teacher!?” Liu Ruyan was so shocked her jaw almost dropped.

“Two days ago you were a miner, today you’re a teacher? Are you kidding me?”

Liu Jiangyi said indifferently, “This is called experiencing life, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and get the item out, I’m rushing back to sleep.”

Saying that, Liu Jiangyi extended his right hand.

Liu Ruyan gritted her silver teeth, hesitated for a long time, and finally got out of the car and took out a long, black cloth-wrapped object from the trunk.

“Take it!” Liu Ruyan handed over the item, still gritting her teeth as she spoke.

Liu Jiangyi opened the black cloth, only to see a long sword wrapped in a black scabbard.

Liu Jiangyi was overjoyed and immediately drew the long sword.

The next moment, Liu Jiangyi was bewildered…

Aside from being entirely black, the long sword had no special features whatsoever.

There were no Spiritual Qi fluctuations or elemental fluctuations within the sword body, just like an ordinary kitchen knife, ordinary to the extreme!

“Is this thing a fifth-tier Magical Artifact?” Liu Jiangyi was furious, “Do you think Liu Jiangyi is a fool? So easy to trick?”

“Hmph! You can’t tell because you lack knowledge!”

Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes and said, “This sword was forged by a great Artifact Refining master from Upper City, using extraterrestrial meteorites and tempering it with massive amounts of energy liquid, making it a fifth-tier Magical Artifact.”

“Because of the special material of the meteorite iron, although this long sword cannot retain Spiritual Qi or elemental power within it, it can flawlessly adapt to any elemental power passing through, and even when Spiritual Qi enters it, there will be no obstruction or reduction!”

“Besides that, this sword is the hardest object I have ever seen. Even the full-strength strike of a ninth-grade expert cannot damage this sword in the slightest!”

“Oh? So miraculous?”

Liu Jiangyi tried to infuse Spiritual Qi, and indeed, it filled the long sword without any obstruction.

Liu Jiangyi was immediately overjoyed!

Magical Artifacts, while good, had a fatal flaw: the Spiritual Qi within them would more or less hinder the user’s Spiritual Qi from entering.

Thus, when the user’s killing moves were unleashed through a Magical Artifact, their power would be reduced.

The reason Martial Artists still used Magical Artifacts was because Magical Artifacts were hard, and most had special functions and contained a certain elemental power, making them particularly suitable for releasing corresponding elemental killing moves.

If the Magical Artifact used by oneself and the elemental power of one’s killing move were of the same type, an extremely terrifying power would erupt.

But this severely restricted elemental power.

Furthermore, Magical Artifacts were not something everyone could possess.

This led to many people using Magical Artifacts that were actually incompatible with their own Spells.

However, the meteorite iron sword, as a long sword that could perfectly accommodate any Spiritual Qi and elemental power, could absolutely adapt perfectly to anyone.

Coupled with Liu Jiangyi’s Sword Drawing Strike, which involved compressing Spiritual Qi within the long sword.

A long sword that did not reject Spiritual Qi, wouldn’t that mean Ba Jian Zhan could compress even more Spiritual Qi?

It could be said that this meteorite iron sword and Ba Jian Zhan were simply a perfect match!