Chapter 293: South Korean Blood Sacrifice to Refine National Weapons
In a VIP private ward of Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital, Qiu Chuji was wearing a neatly handmade white suit, his long silver hair was tied into a ponytail and hidden under his collar, and his face was clean-shaven, looking like a handsome old man with noble airs.

At this moment, he was sitting in front of the hospital bed eating the fruit that originally belonged to Yang Guo. Yang Guo was reading a comic book. His eyes had also suffered some damage, and the doctor told him to watch less mobile phones and TV, so comic books became a substitute for relieving boredom.

There was no communication between the grandfather and grandson, and a sense of awkwardness gradually filled the air.

However, as time went by, Yang Guo’s Qi cultivation skills became worse.

He couldn’t help but ask: “Do you have any other way to leave this world?”

This is not the first time Yang Guo has asked this question.

But most of the time, Qiu Chuji just smiled and didn’t answer.

Although this world is “familiar” to Yang Guo, it is too depressing. Having mastered extraordinary powers, he is absolutely unwilling to be just an ordinary person with some special talents.

What’s more, in the original world, Yang Guo still has his lover, friends, elders, and relatives. He cares about them there, and he must go back.

Of course, the third card that Yang Guo fused also has the ability to travel through the world when encountering special celestial conditions.

That’s a bottom line.

However, this method of relying on luck and waiting for opportunities has too many uncertainties.

Who knows whether they will travel back in time or go to another strange world when the nine planets align next time?

Of course, Qiu Chuji was very interested in Yang Guo’s ability.

After all, although his Yuxu Bell also has the function of traveling through the world, it must be invited by those who are favored by good fortune in the world.

As for Yang Guo’s traveling through the world, even though there are too many uncertainties, it is a case of sneaking in without permission, and there are fewer procedures.

“What? Are you in a hurry to leave?” Qiu Chuji put down the orange peel in his hand and asked with a smile.

Yang Guo rolled his eyes and said unhappily, “Are you not in a hurry?”

“I’m not in a hurry! This world is quite interesting, and I’m waiting to see more!” Qiu Chuji was not lying. He had a hunch that the Immortal of the South Pole had deliberately thrown him and Yang Guo into this world.

Perhaps it can be considered a punishment, but it may also be a form of compensation or reward.

It depends on how you understand it.

It’s like the leader in the unit adding burdens to you. If you are a lazy person, then it is definitely not a good thing. But if you still have some ambition, there is a lot of room for maneuver. Of course… this is only limited to state-owned units. If a private boss increases your workload without increasing your salary, he is definitely treating you like a beast of burden.

“Heh!” Yang Guo sneered and lowered his head to continue reading the comic book.

“Your injury is almost healed, are you still staying in the ward?”

It has been more than five months since Yang Guo and Tai Lan encountered the incident. Given the severity of the injuries, if it happened to an ordinary person, even if he was not disabled, he would have to continue recuperating for quite some time. However, Yang Guo’s physical fitness was excellent. Last month, Qiu Chuji found a small medicine bottle that had become a spirit and helped Yang Guo refine the small medicine bottle so that Yang Guo could borrow the healing ability of the small medicine bottle. Now the remaining injuries on his body were only some superficial flesh wounds, and the internal injuries and bones had long been healed.

“If you don’t keep it here, what do you have…” Before Yang Guo could finish his words, there was a knock on the door.

Then, Bai Yuanfan, whom I hadn’t seen for a while, walked in with a middle-aged man in an executive jacket.

Bai Yuanfan first bowed to Qiu Chuji, and then nodded to Yang Guo.

“Master Qiu! Brother Yang! Let me introduce you, this is Minister Gu!”

“Minister Gu has something he wants to ask of you two… I won’t bother you any more!” Bai Yuanfan said, and without waiting for Qiu Chuji and Yang Guo to respond, he turned around and left the ward.

It’s not that Bai Yuanfan is impolite, but that he is deliberately avoiding suspicion and distancing himself.

To a certain extent, what Qiu Chuji did could not be concealed at all. Their Bai family originally wanted to use Qiu Chuji’s abilities to expand the family, but now… they were crazy to get too close to Qiu Chuji.

I spend money on support every month, but all actual contact has been cut off long ago.

After all, hidden power is the real power. If you don’t have enough strength and foundation, you will hurt yourself if you get too close to an exposed killer weapon.

The old man of the Bai family is very smart and clear-headed.

They cannot control Qiu Chuji, nor can they withstand the external pressure. If they still hold on to him at this time, they will only end up killing themselves, which will not be good for anyone in the end.

On the contrary, by actively distancing himself from the Bai family now, although he missed the opportunity to have a closer relationship with Qiu Chuji, he also stayed away from the risks brought by him, and there was still a trace of friendship between them. Those who coveted the Bai family would be more restrained and cautious out of this trace of friendship and would not dare to go too far.

As Bai Yuanfan walked away, the middle-aged man called Director Gu took out a cell phone from his pocket and handed it to Qiu Chuji, saying, “Although it’s a bit presumptuous, I still want to trouble you two with this matter.”

“After all, you are the most suitable.”

“Of course, we will prepare the reward. You will cross the sea to Lisboa in two days. You only need 500 chips. You can win as much as you bet. The final winnings will be between 30 million and 50 million. The price is negotiable, but the highest I can give is 50 million.”

“But if you want to bet the full 50 million, you can only play a few fixed games to avoid your funds being dispersed and taken away by other gamblers.”

Qiu Chuji looked down at his phone and was attracted by the content inside.

Yang Guo asked: “What for?”

“Let me make it clear first, we don’t do dirty work!”

A senior official of a country comes to discuss things, and the payment has to be so roundabout, which is definitely not fair.

“We are a country that upholds justice and fairness and never entrusts anyone to do dirty work.”

“Don’t worry, this matter is not against justice and morality. It’s just that from the macro level of the country, it’s not appropriate for us officials to get too deeply involved. However, this matter is relatively large and has certain risks. Among the civilians, there are no stronger people than you two.”

Qiu Chuji said nothing, but continued to look through the information in his phone with a frown on his face.

Director Gu saw that Yang Guo was curious but didn’t look at the information on his phone with Qiu Chuji, so he said, “This matter is related to South Korea!”

“South Korea? Besides stealing things, what other trouble can they cause?” Yang Guo said disdainfully.

“Hey! Don’t underestimate them!”

“Even though they have despicable personalities, it doesn’t stop them from being ruthless.”

“You are all weapon masters, so you should all know that there are some strange objects in this world that can develop intelligence and superpowers under special circumstances, and some of these objects can be controlled by people, who can harness this power.” Director Gu continued speaking following Yang Guo’s words.

Weapon Master is a general term for those who have transactions with spirits and monsters and can use their abilities.

Of course, Qiu Chuji and Yang Guo are actually different from ordinary weapon wielders in this world. They have refined monsters, and using the abilities of these monsters not only requires basically no cost, but they can also use these things as an outlet to induce certain abilities of their own.

Although both are considered “palm weapons”, they have fewer constraints, fewer restrictions, and greater power, and their advantages are quite obvious in comparison.

With the exceptions of Qiu Chuji and Yang Guo, it is difficult to have a unified strength division among the weapon masters.

Because the capabilities of tools vary, as do individual suitability and usage, standardization is nearly impossible.

“Although South Korea is a small country, it has always been ambitious. Although they have been accustomed to talking big and calling themselves a world power in recent years, their pillar industries such as shipping, machinery and electronics have been declining year by year and they are rapidly losing their share in the world trade market.” Although Director Gu’s words were relatively direct, he still habitually exaggerated the topic and deviated slightly from the subject.

“What does this have to do with you looking for us?”

“The real masters in South Korea are the chaebols and the military. Even if we kill their president, it won’t have any real meaning!” Yang Guo hadn’t yet understood the hidden meaning.

Qiu Chuji had already finished reading the information and handed the phone to Yang Guo.

Yang Guo only looked at the catalogue, and his brows furrowed, revealing an indignant look. It said the collapse of the Shengshui Bridge in 737, the arson of the Dacuo subway in , the sinking of the Shiyue ship in , the Halloween stampede in Litaiyuan in , the Boeing incident in , etc.

These incidents were all major disasters that occurred in South Korea, and the number of deaths in these incidents was extremely high, and most of them were young people in their youth.

It is just like this now. We can only say that accidents happen and misfortunes may happen at any time.

But these events are filled with too much deliberateness and irrationality.

For example, in the most famous Shiyue incident, only the Shiyue ship left the port in heavy fog. After the accident, the captain and the crew on the ship did not call the police. After the students on the ship called the police themselves, the rescue team that came only took away the crew on the ship and then watched the entire ship sink quietly.

“Bang!” Yang Guo slammed his phone down.

“In order to cultivate an artifact with powerful killing power, they actually artificially created a disaster to satisfy its advancement?”

“Do they still have any humanity?” Yang Guo gritted his teeth.

Although he didn’t have any good feelings towards the Koreans, they were still living beings after all.

Using the blood of the nation to sacrifice objects and attempting to change the country’s international situation through unorthodox methods can only be described as the Koreans are truly despicable.

With such imagination, even the little bastards would admit defeat.

After all, although the little bastards like to gamble on the fate of the country and don’t care much about the lives and survival of the people, they also know that the strength of a country is reflected in many aspects.

Even if a powerful device is really made using human lives, a single threat can sometimes make it easier to hurt yourself.

“What do you want us to do?” Qiu Chuji was not as indignant as Yang Guo, he saw through it very clearly.

For many things, doing them is definitely wrong, but not doing them is not necessarily right either.

Being a small country with few people and surviving in the cracks is a helpless choice with two ends blocked.

For example, the instruments that the South Koreans took great pains to prepare for bloody sacrifices would take the lives of at least hundreds of people each time, causing a worldwide sensation. Even with this kind of cultivation, they would certainly be far inferior to the powerful instruments that the great powers had accidentally acquired and controlled in the course of their historical accumulation.

For Qiu Chuji, he could take this opportunity to try to seize the artifact cultivated by South Korea and refine it for his own use.

Now the remaining energy in Qiu Chuji’s body is only about two-thirds of that in his heyday. If it is used to refine ordinary monsters, he can only refine three or five items.

It’s just not necessary.

In this world, the abilities of these artifacts are somewhat useful to Qiu Chuji, but outside this world, they are mostly useless.

For example, the sports car flying sword that Qiu Chuji first refined.

Qiu Chuji’s ability to accelerate and burst out is already very strong, so there is no need for him to use this flying sword to enhance it.

After returning, even if this flying sword is not put aside, it will take a lot of time and materials to refine it again before it can really play a role.

The same is true for account books. Ordinary people owe debts and have to pay with their lives because they have short lives. Once they leave this world, those who are really worthy of Qiu Chuji’s scheming, even if they don’t pay back the debt and become a deadbeat, can probably last a long time. After a long time, they can think of any means to eliminate the debt. What’s more, the function of account books is not conceptual, and can only be regarded as barely touching on cause and effect. For those who have practiced and have supernatural powers, they are naturally resistant to it.

The utensils used in South Korean blood sacrifices may be an exception.

No matter what, it is a national treasure cultivated with the whole country’s strength. Its ability may be very strong and its effect may be profound.

“Seize it or destroy it!” Director Gu said affirmatively.

“What is it?” Qiu Chuji asked.

Director Gu replied: “Not sure, but I have some guesses.”

“The biggest possibility is a prison cell!”

“Prison cell?” Yang Guo was surprised.

“Don’t you think the probability of the South Korean president going to jail is too high?” Director Gu said with a smile.

“Of course, it could be just a trick, or a coincidence… or both.”

“Precisely because of the uncertainty, it is not recorded in the data. Please don’t take my words too seriously to avoid affecting your correct judgment.” Director Gu continued.

Qiu Chuji nodded: “We can take this on, but we don’t want any money!”

Fifty million is a lot, enough for most people to live a worry-free and happy life, but for Qiu Chuji and Yang Guo, money is the most useless thing.

“Then what do you want?” Director Gu’s heart sank. Money was easy to negotiate, but things other than money… were hard to say.

“I think you must have preserved a lot of broken, shattered, and dead artifact remains!”

“I want them!” said Qiu Chuji.

Every time I refine a weapon, I have to use my own blood to draw talismans and mobilize energy. This is really too much of a loss and too tiring.

Qiu Chuji wanted to try to use the remains of the monsters as fuel to offset most of the consumption.

After all, although this world does not appear to have any supernatural energy and does not allow supernatural energy to manifest here, the appearance of a large number of monsters means that this world is not truly a magic-free and low-energy world. It can only be said that it is bound by rules, and some hidden things are more beneficial to the monsters.

It should be possible to squeeze out energy from the remains of the monster and use it for refining equipment.

Once this operation is feasible, Qiu Chuji can then let go and collect more powerful monsters of the national level in this world and refine them into magic weapons.

“I need to apply for this.”

“Even if it’s just broken remains, it’s still very valuable research material.” After Director Gu finished speaking, he made a gesture for Qiu Chuji and Yang Guo to discuss it on their own, then turned and walked out, apparently going to ask for instructions from his superiors.

“Just give us money to get rid of us?”

“You don’t have much sincerity, Master!” Yang Guo said in a low voice.

Although they both have a sense of belonging to China due to their cultural similarities, they are from different worlds and countries after all, so they will not work for nothing just for this sense of identity.

“It’s just a test!”

“They didn’t intend to just brush it off from the beginning. Giving money was just an excuse to bring up the topic.”

“After all, they don’t know what we want in the first place. Even if they do, they can’t rush to give it to us. Otherwise, won’t we be asking for an exorbitant amount?” Qiu Chuji said.

Yang Guo was no greenhorn either. After Qiu Chuji’s explanation, he immediately understood.

“Sure enough, people in the martial arts world say that I am cunning, but how can I be cunning?”

“Compared to them, I’m nothing!” Yang Guo said with a wry smile.

At this time, because of the unexpected incident, the awkwardness between the grandfather and grandson began to gradually break the ice.

Although they did not say it explicitly, both of them knew in their hearts that they had to make this trip to South Korea, whether or not there were benefits from the Chinese government.

Let’s put aside those moral sensibilities.

South Korea, a country that is not truly powerful, holds a powerful artifact that is enough to make big countries feel wary. They have some personal ideas about the final ownership of this artifact.

(End of this chapter)