Who let him join the Sword Sect?!

Three days later, at the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

Zhang Ze sat by the window, yawning, feeling a bit bored.

In his hands, he fiddled with two Earth Spirit Pearls.

The Earth Spirit Pearls were the size of a baby's fist, smooth on the surface, resembling Arhat Fruit, and even smelled like it.

One was given to him by Lin Feng, and the other Zhang Ze exchanged for contribution points from the mission hall.

The thing Lin Feng discovered in the underground chamber that day was this Earth Spirit Pearl.

The Earth Spirit Pearl, a spiritual object, isn't rare in the land of the Four Continents; wherever earth veins extend, Earth Spirit Pearls will form.

When Zhang Ze saw Lin Feng discover this pearl, he felt something was amiss, so he asked Li to dig further down. Indeed, about a hundred meters underground, they found a small earth vein.

After discovering the earth vein, Zhang Ze and several elders reviewed all the jade scrolls again, and they finally figured out what the Hundred Demons Sect was up to.

The Hundred Demons Sect was attempting to use the power of the earth vein to alter the weather.

They chose the old site of the Spiritual Snake Helm not just because it was hidden in plain sight, but because there happened to be a small earth vein undiscovered by the Sword Sect.

However, this attempt, in Zhang Ze's eyes, seemed more like an unnecessary move, making it hard to understand.

Because conjuring rain and wind, or causing local heavy snowfall isn't a difficult spell in the land of the Four Continents.

Experts from Dragon Tiger Mountain and the Celestial Sect specialize in this.

Even if one isn't from these two sects, they can achieve similar effects with certain special magical artifacts.

But if the Hundred Demons Sect wanted to cause a ten-year drought or flood an entire country, which can be deemed a natural disaster,

the small branch of the earth vein beneath the Spiritual Snake Helm isn't sufficient. It would require the main vein of mountains and rivers to achieve it.

The problem is that the large earth veins are all controlled by the Six Sects.

So if the Hundred Demons Sect wanted to change the course of the East Continent's future, they would have to overthrow the Six Sects first.

But if they could really take down the Six Sects, they wouldn't need to engage in such schemes.

Although Zhang Ze couldn't figure it out, his master and the others took the matter very seriously.

There was no choice. Since the Hundred Demons Sect emerged, they had concocted many incomprehensible schemes.

Although most of these plans failed to bear fruit, a small portion did indeed cause trouble.

And Zhang Ze has nothing to do as a result of this.

Because his master was overly focused on this matter, leaving him with nothing to do.

Lily was more professional than him in modifying information on jade scrolls.

And playing Nameless to harass the Hundred Demons Sect via phone calls had to wait until Lily finished her part first.

Investigating whether other small earth veins in Cyan Thorn had issues was taken up by the Third Elder.

His good junior brother Lin Feng left the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion yesterday to continue infiltration.

Moreover, Zhang Ze heard from his master that Lin Feng was appreciated by the Sixth Elder and was accepted as a direct disciple.

There was still one remaining task, which was to go to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

The Six Sects watch out for each other, and the incident this time was in Dragon Tiger Mountain's area of expertise, so someone needed to be sent there to inquire.

They didn't go to the Celestial Sect because it was too far.

Zhang Ze intended to ask his master to let him go.

This way, he could explore the map and complete tasks along the way.

Perhaps meet some beautiful little fox demons on the road, then go to Dragon Tiger Mountain and show off, shaking his tiger body and all that...

However, Zhang Ze's proposal was vetoed by Li.

Because Li feared Zhang Ze would wander off halfway or cause trouble, embarrassing the Sword Sect.

"I'll personally take this trip to Dragon Tiger Mountain. You stay at home obediently."

With his plan to explore the map and level up thwarted, Zhang Ze had no choice but to stay holed up in the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion for the past couple of days.

Every day he did nothing, starting with playing with the pearls in the morning, reverse inferencing heart methods.

At noon, he took strolls down the footpaths, in the afternoon he went to the underground city to educate loose cultivators on the perils of Jianghu, and completed some small tasks related to the underground city on the side.

In the evening, he continued to analyze heart methods or strolled around the night market at the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

Zhang Ze originally had one more thing to do, which was to open boxes.

The rewards from Nameless's tasks were quite generous, including the phase rewards from both [True Monarch of Demon Suppression] and [Hundred Demons' Leader], totaling three large boxes and two small ones.

But this time Zhang Ze smartened up and first asked Li to give him a divination to see when his luck would be at its peak in the coming days.

Li claimed that his luck would be best five days from now at night, and the higher he stood, the better his luck.

So Zhang Ze had to bear with it.

After resisting the urge to open the boxes for the third time today, Zhang Ze put the two Earth Spirit Pearls aside, stretched, and prepared to close his eyes and continue with the reverse inference heart method.

Then he noticed that there was someone outside the window.

Li Jue stood outside the window, not coming inside, "My sister isn't around, is she?"

Zhang Ze thought the kid might have been traumatized recently, so he got up and let the now recovered Li Jue inside, "Your sister's not here. Did Brother Li need to see me for something?"

After nodding, Li Jue began to speak.

"I'm leaving…"

"I have an unreasonable request before I go…"

"I…"

Whenever he spoke, Li Jue would look back after each sentence, worried his sister had suddenly appeared at the window or behind him.

Zhang Ze placed a hand on Li Jue's shoulder, "If it's still about that, then, Brother Li, you don't need to say. It's impossible."

"Alright." Li Jue sighed, "Actually, there's one more thing."

"Nothing to do with your sister?" Zhang Ze asked.

Li Jue shook his head and then said, "I want to do business with your Thousand Mechanism Pavilion."

At these words, Zhang Ze was a bit taken aback until he remembered Li Jue's identity; then he had an epiphany.

Li Jue was not only Li Yueqi's brother, but he was also the young master of the Beast Taming Sect.

"What kind of business?" Zhang Ze asked.

Li Jue didn't immediately explain but raised his hand to summon his lifebound spirit beast.

Bai Xiao flew in through the window and perched on Zhang Ze's pen holder, flapping its wings as if in greeting.

Bai Xiao looked quite modern, with a snow-white piece of Thousand Mechanism Armor hanging on its chest, and similarly, on its wings and bird feet, it wore transformable Thousand Mechanism Armor without affecting flight.

"Did you make this?" Zhang Ze asked Li Jue.

"Yes. I got the inspiration from Miss Stone and used spirit stones to customize a set for Bai Xiao." Li Jue glanced at Bai Xiao.

Bai Xiao, being in sync with Li Jue, began demonstrating its set of Thousand Mechanism Armor to Zhang Ze.

Inside the Thousand Mechanism Armor on its chest were several interchangeable Foundation Establishment Stage protective arrays, which could be used at Bai Xiao's will.

The Thousand Mechanism Armor on its wings and bird feet had special storage arrays built-in.

Bai Xiao lifted one foot, and with a flash of azure light, a Heaven-shaking Thunder appeared in its bird claw.

Another flash of azure light, and this time it switched to another explosive device produced by the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

"There are also some in the wings' Thousand Mechanism Armor." Li Jue introduced.

"How many did you put?" Zhang Ze asked.

"Altogether eight types, totaling about 200." Li Jue replied.

Zhang Ze was silent, unsure whether to say this young master was wealthy or that he had a bit of an inadequacy-phobia when it came to firepower.

He imagined the scene of Bai Xiao, after activating a protective array and releasing its lifebound divine techniques, swooping down like a bomber to drop explosives...

Well, it was kind of exciting.

"So what are you proposing?"

Zhang Ze could roughly guess Li Jue's intentions, but he still needed to ask because the matter seemed quite outrageous.

"If possible, I'd like for every spirit beast below Golden Core in our Beast Taming Sect to have a full set." Speaking of business, Li Jue's eyes sparkled.

"If you can develop Thousand Mechanism Tools that can threaten a Golden Core, we can continue to collaborate."

"Your sister…" Zhang Ze wanted to speak, but Li Jue interrupted him.

"Don't worry about my sister. She's just an old-fashioned relic. These days, I've learned a trendy saying at your Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, that explosions are art." Misunderstanding, Li Jue spoke passionately.

"I think it's very true, she…" Li Jue wanted to continue, but Zhang Ze covered his mouth.

"I was going to say, your sister is here."

Zhang Ze let go of his hand, signaling Li Jue to turn around.