One hour later.
Bai Zhou and Orange have returned to Ming Capital.
It would normally take half an hour, but for safe driving, Bai Zhou slowed down.
"Finally back..." Orange looked at the huge city in the distance, her eyes filled with tears.
She vowed never to get on Bai Zhou's pirate ship again; she almost got eaten alive...
"I'm a little hungry, how about we go home and get something to eat first?" Bai Zhou rubbed his stomach and suggested.
No way.
Orange pouted, then reached out to Bai Zhou: "Give me the Cold Iron Ore, you go back first, I'll go find the teacher to submit the task."
Ju Zi naturally guessed Bai Zhou's thoughts. If she went back now, Bai Zhou would definitely do strange things to her again.
Of course, she didn't dislike Bai Zhou, she just felt that it was too frequent and bad for Bai Zhou's health...
Moreover, this mission is quite important, so she needs to report the information about the mine first to prevent others from getting there first.
Especially the Mortal World siblings, who are descendants of Mingde Hall. They might have some means to detect mineral veins. If this information is handed over to them in advance, their laboratory will not get a share of the mineral vein's profits.
The Mortal World siblings are not short of money, but their lab is quite short of funds.
After all, research-oriented Soul Engineers like them are the most expensive. Even though Xuan Ziwen is one of Mingde Hall's Advanced Consultants and receives a lot of funding every year, their research funding is still very tight, and their lab has to rely on selling various surplus spirit tools to fill the accounts...
"Okay, then come back early, I'll be waiting for you at home~"
Bai Zhou nodded without saying anything, and handed a small piece of cold iron ore to Ju Zi.
"I know... "
Orange rolled her eyes at Bai Zhou before putting away the Ore, though she was secretly pleased with herself.
Putting aside his lewdness, Bai Zhou can be said to have reached perfection in every aspect.
His abilities, looks, strength, personality, cooking skills, and so on, all perfectly match the image of her ideal 'Prince Charming'.
With such a man supporting her, who knows, one day in the future, even if she breaks away from Xu Tianran, Bai Zhou might still be able to help her complete her revenge plan.
Thinking of this, Orange felt the burden on her shoulders lighten instantly.
In her daily life, revenge is probably her only motivation.
Every night, the events of more than a decade ago would replay in her mind, causing her immense pain...
Moreover, she inexplicably felt relaxed when she was with Bai Zhou.
Especially last night, when she slept next to Bai Zhou, she felt exceptionally warm and relaxed, and even dreamed of happy times she spent with her parents when she was a child…
What are you thinking about?
Seeing that Ju Zi was in a daze, Bai Zhou subconsciously reached out and gently poked Ju Zi's soft cheek.
"Hmph~ Never mind~ I'm not thinking about you anyway."
Orange slapped Bai Zhou's hoof away, let out a soft snort, and turned to leave.
Bai Zhou:...
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At the same time.
Ming Capital, the Imperial Palace.
Xu Tianran was in his study, listening to a report from his subordinates.
Since losing half of his body and his manhood, Xu Tianran has rarely left his palace.
Unless it was a special occasion, he usually stayed in his Crown Prince Palace.
However, even if he doesn't go out, he is still very clear about the situation outside.
After all, although he hasn't taken that position yet, his power is already enormous, and his intelligence system covers the entire Sun Moon Empire. If he wants to know something, his subordinates will report it to him.
Aside from major national events, he also takes some time to care about things related to oranges.
He would listen with great interest even to the smallest things.
Especially now that Orange has brought along a Genius from Shrek Academy.
Although Orange said that her previous 'intimate' contact with the other party was only to win him over.
However, he still felt a slight sense of unease, so he paid extra attention to and cared about things related to Orange these days.
"Your Highness, Miss Orange and Bai Zhou are back. This mission took two days in total..."
A man in black robes respectfully reported to the leader.
This man in black robes was none other than Jin Yuan, who was enslaved by Bai Zhou.
In addition to monitoring the oranges, he sometimes also took on the task of relaying messages.
News has emerged from Mingde Hall that they seem to be researching a spirit tool to steal and intercept microcard messages.
Therefore, many high-level executives no longer use microcards for confidential matters.
Jin Yuan would also come back to report every now and then.
Of course, the information he reports to Xu Tianran now is first 'modified' by Bai Zhou, and then he reports it to Xu Tianran verbally.
The most important aspect, of course, is that it conceals the changes in Orange's attitude and feelings towards Bai Zhou.
"Good, good, it seems that Ju Zi and Bai Zhou are getting along quite well. I hope Ju Zi can bring me good news soon." Sure enough, after listening to Jin Yuan's report, Xu Tianran had no doubts. On the contrary, he felt that Ju Zi was very efficient.
At the current pace, it's possible that within a month, Orange will be able to bring Bai Zhou into his camp.
He had learned about Bai Zhou's talent from Xuan Ziwen's lab, and it was indeed as Ju Zi had said—his talent was astonishing, and he had great value in recruiting him.
In the future, he will definitely become a Nine-Level Soul Guidance Master, and may even reach the legendary Level 10 Soul Engineer. Realm!
Those guys at Holy Spirit Church are lunatics. He plans to find an opportunity to kill them all after he ascends to the throne.
Therefore, he urgently needs to recruit some of his own people, the more talented and stronger they are, the better.
The only downside is that the other person is still too young and needs a long development period, so they can't be used right away...
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Ming Capital, Mingyuan No. 1.
Bai Zhou spent most of the day finally getting the ice soul cold iron he had obtained. Ore purification.
Inside the enormous furnace, only a palm-sized pale blue sphere remained—the purified ice soul cold iron.
Ice Soul Cold Iron doesn't mean it's made of ice; it's just a rare metal that's very suitable for Ice-attribute Soul Engineers.
The Ice-attribute Spirit Master crafts a Spirit Tool using Ice Soul Cold Iron as its core, increasing its activation speed and power by at least 2 times!
Of course, since attributes have mutual reinforcement and restraint, ice soul cold iron can also be used to create the shell of a spirit tool.
The shell is made of ice soul cold iron, and its heat dissipation and high temperature resistance are top-notch, making it a material that fire-attribute Soul Engineers desperately want.
Rare metals are rare to begin with, and rare metals that can amplify a single attribute are even rarer. Such a small piece of Ice Soul Cold Iron is worth at least five million gold coins!
If the Bingpo Hantie Mine were fully exploited, the benefits would be immense.
"Hmm, Meng Hongchen seems to be of the ice element, so this thing could be given as a small gift to boost his favorability..."
Bai Zhou thought for a moment, then cut off a small piece of Ice Soul Cold Iron, packed it in a gift box, and prepared it for later use. He planned to give it away at a good opportunity to boost his favorability.