I Have 10 Equipment Slots

Chapter 397: Chapter 229: Divine Weapon Clan, the Gu Family

’So they’ve stopped targeting me?’

They awakened the Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade and didn’t interfere in the process—at least, they didn’t try to tame it.

When a Divine Weapon has been tamed, it’s very obvious.

With Zhong Duxiu’s insight and methods, he could tell from that grab just now that the Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade had not been tamed and was still ownerless.

Of course, this was his "discovery."

This "discovery" only proved that the power of the Nether Heart Slave Seal was beyond Zhong Duxiu’s comprehension; he couldn’t see through it at all.

This was also why Gu Zheng had instructed Yue’Er to pretend not to know him after she appeared.

If the Zhong family discovered that the Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade had already been tamed by Gu Zheng, wouldn’t every single one of them go insane?

...

"Gu King, you’ve earned the highest merit for awakening the Divine Weapon."

Zhong Yi cupped his fist in gratitude. "Our previous agreement still stands. However, we’ll have to wait a bit for the ’Divine Weapon Seal’ imprinting. We must tame the Divine Weapon first before it can leave its mark."

"That’s understandable." Gu Zheng nodded. "Sovereign, Zhong King, please take your time taming it. I’m in no hurry. However, I’ve been in the Ancestral Land for a long time now, so I won’t impose any further. I’m also concerned whether any new fourth-rank Evil Gods have appeared back in Fengzhou and Luozhou."

"Rest assured, Gu King," Zhong Yi explained. "Thanks to your intervention last time, no new fourth-rank Evil God Avatars or incarnations have appeared in Fengzhou or Luozhou for over a month. Jing Country is truly fortunate to have you, Gu King! Since you earned the highest merit for awakening the Divine Weapon, but we can’t imprint the Divine Weapon Seal just yet, I hope you will accept these Source Fruits."

As he spoke, Zhong Yi waved his hand and retrieved a specially made wooden chest from his Storage Pouch.

He opened the chest, revealing it was filled to the brim with over three hundred Source Fruits.

"This... isn’t this a bit too much?"

Gu Zheng demurred politely.

"Not at all, not at all," Zhong Yi explained. "If we weren’t pressed for time, and if we hadn’t just happened to distribute a batch of Source Fruits, another chest would have been more appropriate."

"Please accept them, Gu King."

Zhong Duxiu spoke up, chiming in, "Mere Source Fruits are nothing. If you refuse, Gu King, and word gets out, people will think our Zhong family is stingy."

"In that case, I won’t be polite."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zheng cupped his hands and stored the chest in his Storage Pouch.

"Now that’s more like it."

Zhong Yi smiled. "Come, Gu King. I happen to be leaving as well, so let’s go together."

"Zhong King, we will meet again."

Gu Zheng cupped his fist toward Zhong Duxiu, then flew off with Zhong Yi toward the exit of the Spirit Realm Space.

Once Gu Zheng had departed from the Spirit Realm.

Zhong Duxiu’s expression turned serious. His eyes gleamed as he scanned his surroundings and listened for any movement.

"Deploy everyone! Tame the Divine Weapon!"

"Yes, sir!" Zhong Zhengao cupped his fist. Divine Wondrous power surged from him as he sent a message, ordering the Zhong family members in the Ancestral Land to spread out and make contact with the Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade.

Taming a Divine Weapon immediately after awakening it was the only proper course of action.

Otherwise, if the Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade escaped the Spirit Realm Space and someone else snatched it up, it would be a complete disaster.

In Zhong Duxiu’s eyes, Gu Zheng’s immediate departure was extremely tactful.

As for the "Divine Weapon Seal," that was the reward they had agreed upon from the start.

For awakening the Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade, Gu Zheng would be allowed to receive its Divine Weapon Mark.

This would allow him to draw upon the power of a Divine Weapon Projection from a great distance, just like the other Divine Weapon Families.

This had originally been the highest possible reward; for anyone below the King’s Body realm, it was a crucial asset.

But who could have expected Gu Zheng to advance to the King’s Body realm on his own so quickly?

For the current Gu Zheng, the Divine Weapon Mark of the Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade was no longer so important, but it was an obligation they had to fulfill.

The chest of over three hundred Source Fruits was even more of a token gesture, a temporary benefit.

...

Though it was a temporary benefit, Gu Zheng himself was quite satisfied.

The Crimson Moon Heaven-Covering Blade had been successfully imprinted with his Slave Seal.

The transfer had been completed right under the Zhong family’s noses.

Compared to that, the three hundred-plus Source Fruits were merely dessert after a fine meal.

And as Gu Zheng inspected these "desserts" one by one, he found them to be quite "tasty."

Divine Wondrous, Detoxification, Divine Essence, Strong Body, Divine Power...

Freezing! Centrifugal! Rebirth! Fake Death! Soul Imprint!

Gu Zheng sorted and laid out the Source Fruits of various types and different functions one by one.

Among them, the newly discovered "Soul Imprint" Source Fruit was exceptionally powerful.

It could strip a soul from its body and store it within the fruit’s pit.

Most Source Fruits dissolved into energy upon consumption, which was then absorbed to initiate a transformation.

The "Soul Imprint" Source Fruit was different. It had a pit, about the size of a fingernail, and a soul stored within could be preserved for several hundred years.

However, it only preserved the soul. If the physical body was destroyed or decayed, it was irretrievable.

To be reborn by possessing another body required a Secret Technique, and one also needed to be at the True Body Realm.

It was something that, at the very least, someone at the King’s Body realm couldn’t accomplish.

For this reason, as powerful as the "Soul Imprint" Source Fruit was, it was best to never have to use it.

「After leaving the Royal Capital.」

Gu Zheng first returned to Fengzhou to confirm that no new fourth-rank Evil God Avatars or incarnations had emerged.

In a way, for a fourth-rank Evil God Avatar to descend twice in a single state was already a very high frequency.

Regions like Shuzhou, Hengzhou, and Guangzhou had also experienced the descents of Evil Gods.

The same was true for Yue Country, Shang Country, Xin Country, and others...

Across the entire world, fourth-rank Evil Gods were descending or fourth-rank Domains were appearing.

During this period, the King’s Body Realm experts of every nation were extremely busy.

Gu Zheng’s ability to watch over Fengzhou, and by extension Luozhou, had saved the Zhong family a great deal of trouble.

As for the Xiao Family, with the corpses of Xie Tianyin and Xie Hongye serving as a deterrent, no other Noble Family dared to covet them any longer.

Xie Hongye had been at the second stage of the King’s Body realm, yet Gu Zheng had still killed her. So for those Noble Families with only one or two King’s Body experts—none of whom had reached the second stage—who would dare make a move?

That would be a death wish.

And just like that, what should have been a crisis with devastating casualties was overcome smoothly.