602 The Wedding (1/2)
Yet another Chinese New Year’s Eve; it was familiar, yet not so.
The Nian Beast Event occured again, but it failed to catch Ouyang Shuo’s interested.
On the other hand, the red packet snatching event welcomed a peak. As expected, Bing'er once again obtained massive gains. This time, she had earned a rare accessory to the envy of everyone around her.
Moon Pendant (Dark Gold): 25% increase in cultivation speed, 5% increase in primordial energy forming speed.
Even Ouyang Shuo felt envious when he saw the description.
Amongst the bustle, there was a slight difference.
The talent pool in Shanhai City had grown larger and larger.
As the Chinese New Year approached, the civil servants and generals had all rushed back to Shanhai City. Firstly, they needed to continue the tradition of spending the Spring Festival with Ouyang Shuo. Secondly, the wedding of the Lord.
Since that was the case, they naturally could not come empty-handed.
Apart from Pei Mo, who needed to defend Withered Flower Stronghold, the other seven governors all managed to arrive. They brought the local specialties of their prefectures, such as the strange rock of Zhaoqing Prefecture and the sandalwood from Leizhou.
Ouyang Shuo had made his stance for the wedding clear. The officials should not fight with one another to specially pick up precious jewels and treasures from the people to show their respect and worship of the Lord.
Running their territories well was the best gift that they could give him.
After the feast at the Lord's Manor, the officials and generals went back to their residences to accompany their families.
Since the Aristocratic Families Rising information piece, the wilderness had started to change. Firstly, the families of the historical people had started to appear by their sides.
The current Xiao He, Du Ruhui, Luo Shixin, and others were no longer alone, and their families had arrived at their residences.
It was unavoidable. Whether they acted proactively or not, Xiao He and the others would be swept into more fights for interests. Similarly, as their families had entered the picture, these officials and generals had more of a sense of humanity.
The wilderness had started to become more and more real.
Numerous people and interests were intertwined in Shanhai City. Even Ouyang Shuo as the Lord could feel that his territory was becoming more unfamiliar as it grew in prosperity.
Some people said that if one stood too high and looked down, the crown of the tree would cover everything else.
Ouyang Shuo now was standing at such a height over the imperial city. As he looked out at the entire territory, he only saw the prosperous aspects.
But if one looked carefully, he could only see blurry and unfamiliar faces.
Based on olden rules, on the day before the wedding, Song Jia would stay at the Song Family manor, and they could only meet during the wedding. Meanwhile, Bing'er and Qing'er accompanied Ouyang Shuo.
Even Cui Yingyu went home to spend the new year after the Cui Family moved over to Shanhai City. The entire Nanjiang Governor-General Manor seemed to bustle with excitement, but in his eyes, it looked exceedingly cold.
”In the end, I am still left with my sisters?”
On this night, Ouyang Shuo looked up into the sky; his eyes contained an indescribable loneliness. At this moment, he suddenly felt a fear. A fear of time slipping away.
Time passed year after year. Ouyang Shuo would grow older and more worn out, and Bing'er would also grow older. He feared a certain matter; he feared that when she grew up into a teen, she might not rely on him as much.
Maybe at that time, he would only have the ice cold throne and the similarly cold Chixiao Sword by his side.
Seemingly sensing his thoughts, something spread into his mind.
Ouyang Shuo felt delighted. With a shining black light, the Tianmo Spear that had slept for close to three months suddenly appeared in his hands. Now, it appeared darker and more mysterious.
Upon closer inspection, it actually possessed a magical power that attracted one's attention to it.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he immediately checked out its stats.
Name: Tianmo Spear (High Grade God Weapon)
Hardness: 90
Sharpness:88
Toughness: 75
Specialty: Bloodthirst (Chance to absorb the blood of enemy to evolve)
Killing Move: Blood Domination (Inject the aura of the devil to give an all out blow. With the might of an overlord, the enemy will definitely die. Cooldown Time: one month.)
Evaluation: After receiving the nourishment of the blood essence of the devil, this weapon has mutated into a high grade god weapon. Drop your blood onto the Tianmo Spear to claim it, untradeable, cannot be dropped, can be evolved.)
After completely digesting the devil blood essence, the Tianmo Spear had evolved as expected. Its stats had risen greatly and a killing move was also born.
The description of ‘the enemy will definitely die’ was not actually a 100% matter. If the enemy was strong enough or used some methods, they could escape death.
If not, just with that, wouldn’t Ouyang Shuo be invincible? Apart from that, the one month cooldown period was headache inducing.
However, one point attracted his attention. This was the first time he saw the grade description of high grade god weapon.
Even the Chixiao Sword with the red dragon spirit did not have such a description.
With that, one could see that the Tianmo Spear was truly a pinnacle existence amongst god weapons.
”Long time no see buddy!”
Ouyang Shuo grasped the Tianmo Spear and muttered.
Hearing his words, the Tianmo Spear emitted a black light.
”Haha, good!”
Ouyang Shuo seemed to understand what it was saying. He was in a great mood, so he walked into the patio and started training in the Yang Family Spear Technique.
The moon hung high overhead, while the night sky was like water. Across the pitch black sky, fireworks rose up. Shanhai City was still bustling with the sounds of fireworks.
Meanwhile, the patio was completely silent.
Ouyang Shuo wielded the Tianmo Spear. Occasionally, rustling sounds would appear. In his hand, the spear was like a sentient being; the spear and the man were one.
Unknowingly, the Yang Family Spear Technique, Bajiquan, and the Halberd Technique he learned in his last life had merged into one, never to separate again.
Ouyang Shuo had unknowingly lost control of himself, as he continued to flourish his spear. As time went on, the sounds of the spear became even more hurried.
A full hour later, he finally stopped, and a smile appeared on his face.
In his ears, a system notification sounded out.
”System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for entering a comprehension state and achieving the level of one with the spear. Player has mastered the spear technique through comprehension, forming a unique spear technique. Please name it!”
”Tianmo Spear Code!” Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate.
Only the Tiamo Spear could use this spear technique.
Undeniably, this Tianmo Spear Code was the highest level god grade technique. After the upgrade, Ouyang Shuo's mastery level did not rise. Instead, it fell back to the perform with ease level.
At this very moment, another system notification sounded out.
”System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, spear technique mastered, officially promoted to spear grandmaster. Player awarded two thousand merit points and fifty thousand reputation points.”
Unknowingly, Ouyang Shuo's spear technique had reached such a high level.
Regretfully, he was not the first spear grandmaster. If not, he would have obtained the title of Home of Spearmanship.