The Zhang family was gone, within a day the enormous Zhang family was now only the nameplate with Zhang Bei standing in front of it.
Behind him was a chaotic Zhang family, and in front of him was a vast expanse of land.
If not for Xiao Ge, perhaps Zhang Bei would have left too, but he had to stay here.
Only three days had passed and the entire Zhang family had begun to grow wild grass.
Zhang Bei didn’t bother to take care of it, besides Xiao Ge, he didn’t have much attachment to this place.
While waiting for Xiao Ge, Zhang Bei often went in and out of the forging workshop.
He had taken all the rare ores from the hands of the Zhang family.
The main family had a large collection of ores, including several pieces of meteorite iron and a considerable amount of black gold.
Other ores were piled up in baskets and thrown into Zhang Bei’s system space.
As for gold, it was piled up like a mountain.
It was evident how much wealth the Zhang family had accumulated over the years.
But with the collapse of the Zhang family, this wealth also crumbled instantly.
However, it was now collected by Zhang Bei, at least he had to leave some for Xiao Ge.
“Wudou Armor, this thing can increase your defense to the next level.
Combined with my physical defense, even bullets can be resisted.
But this one is for Xiao Ge, I’ll make another one for myself.”
Zhang Bei looked at the bracelet and anklet in his hand and muttered to himself.
“On the offensive, you have the Black Gold Ancient Sword, on the defensive, you have the Wudou Armor, Xiao Ge, you can go anywhere in the world with these.”
Zhang Bei was very satisfied with his harvest these past few days.
Besides the Wudou Armor, Zhang Bei had also forged two pairs of shoes that could dramatically increase speed.
Of course, besides these, Zhang Bei was also crafting a powerful weapon, but this weapon was much more difficult to forge.
Even with Zhang Bei’s Divine Forging Technique, it would probably take a long time.
“Is anyone there?”
While Zhang Bei was still forging, he heard a noise from inside the Zhang family.
At first, he thought it was Xiao Ge coming out, and excitedly ran out.
But when Zhang Bei came out, he realized that it was not Xiao Ge, but Ma Pingchuan, the one they had met before.
“It’s you? How did you find this place?”
Zhang Bei looked at Ma Pingchuan with some vigilance.
“Little brother, we meet again. Do you know where the other little brother went?” Ma Pingchuan asked.
Zhang Bei became even more puzzled and asked, “Why are you looking for Xiao Ge?”
“You forgot, before in Ma’an Village, didn’t that little brother instruct me?
If you hadn’t come out after seven days, I was to deliver a letter back home?”
Ma Pingchuan quickly explained to Zhang Bei.
Zhang Bei finally remembered, they had needed Ma Pingchuan’s help at that time.
Xiao Ge had given Ma Pingchuan a letter then.
He didn’t expect Ma Pingchuan to actually deliver the letter.
Ma Pingchuan quickly handed the letter to Zhang Bei.
“Little brother, here?”
Ma Pingchuan looked around at the dilapidated surroundings and asked.
Zhang Bei didn’t care and said, “They’ve all dispersed. By the way, did you find your ancestor?”
“I did, I have to thank you for that, little brother,” Ma Pingchuan said hurriedly.
Zhang Bei didn’t take it to heart, after all, it was just a deal.
However, they did not suffer from the toxins after going underground.
It seemed that Ma Pingchuan had strictly followed Xiao Ge’s plan and controlled the spread of the toxin.
“That’s good. Thank you for delivering the letter.”
Zhang Bei still said to Ma Pingchuan seriously.
Ma Pingchuan quickly waved his hand and said, “Since I promised, I naturally have to keep my word.
And you helped me find my ancestor, that favor is already huge.”
“Our family has now disbanded, so there’s nothing much to entertain you with.
Just have some tea.”
Zhang Bei looked at Ma Pingchuan and invited him to a room near the Zhang family’s ancient building.
“No, no,” Ma Pingchuan quickly waved his hand.
Zhang Bei could tell that Ma Pingchuan seemed to be very scared of this place.
This wasn’t just psychological, it was because they were within the range of the Zhang family’s ancient building.
There were some unseen things inside, things that ordinary people couldn’t bear.
“If that’s the case, I won’t keep you. How is Ma’an Village?” Zhang Bei asked.
Ma Pingchuan sighed and said, “It’s gone. Although the toxin didn’t spread, it’s just like that little brother said.
The village is not habitable, so we’re also starting to relocate.”
“Oh? Where are you planning to go?” Zhang Bei asked.
Ma Pingchuan said, “What you mentioned last time?”
“Look, I almost forgot. I’ll give you a map, it’s not far from your Ma’an Village.
There’s a dragon vein there, if you can bury your ancestor there.
I can guarantee that there will be a super rich person among your Ma family’s descendants.
I wonder if this place will satisfy you?”
Zhang Bei finally remembered that he had promised Ma Pingchuan.
Fortunately, the Zhang family was well aware of the direction of the dragon vein.
“Satisfied, satisfied. Thank you so much,” Ma Pingchuan said politely.
Zhang Bei waved his hand and immediately got paper and pen and drew a map.
“This place is called Xi Village, it’s said that some people live there, but they are living in the wrong place.
Follow my map, you can ensure that your descendants will never have to worry about food and clothing.”
Zhang Bei handed the map to Ma Pingchuan and said.
This was a trade, since the other party had fulfilled their promise, Zhang Bei didn’t have anything to hide.
“Thank you!” Ma Pingchuan took the map and looked excited.
Ma Pingchuan left immediately with the map, Zhang Bei looked at his back and couldn’t help but sigh.
“These Zhang family members are not as good as an outsider.”
Thinking about the Zhang family’s actions, Zhang Bei looked at Ma Pingchuan and sighed.
Ma Pingchuan was willing to travel north and south, just to deliver a letter, for a single promise.
But what about the Zhang family?
They forced Xiao Ge to bear everything alone, and still didn’t want to bear this karma.
It really is infuriating to compare people.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bei opened Xiao Ge’s letter.
The letter wasn’t long, it just mentioned some after-affairs.
In the letter, Xiao Ge thought that the defense mechanism of Sishui City had been triggered.
This time underground might not be able to be completed, or even be able to come back.
Therefore, Xiao Ge left this letter, the purpose was to tell the acting clan leader.
Inside, he also summarized his experience, if he failed.
The next person to go could become more relaxed by relying on this experience.
Also, there were arrangements for Zhang Hai, Zhang Xing, Zhang Qing, and Zhang Yan in the letter, and finally, his own arrangements.
It seemed that Xiao Ge had gone underground with the intention of dying.
“Even if you die, you still think of others first?”
Zhang Bei looked at the letter in his hand and couldn’t help but sigh.
He casually crushed the letter, the fragments scattering in the wind.
The more it was like this, the more Zhang Bei felt that the Zhang family owed Xiao Ge too much.
At this moment, Zhang Bei suddenly felt a movement in the Zhang family’s ancient building.
He quickly ran towards the ancient building, and indeed saw a young face appearing in front of the ancient building.
“Xiao Ge!” Zhang Bei was overjoyed.
Xiao Ge was still carrying his Black Gold Ancient Sword on his back, and he was still holding his staff in his hand.
Besides that, Xiao Ge had become even colder than before.
If Xiao Ge’s previous feeling was one of keeping people at a distance, a feeling of keeping strangers away.
But Xiao Ge then at least could give people the feeling that he was a person of this world.
But now Xiao Ge was completely different, this coldness belonged to a natural coldness.
Naturally, there was a feeling of rejection, a feeling of wanting to push away.
This feeling was strange, as if he didn’t belong to this world.
“It’s okay now, are you hungry?”
Seeing Xiao Ge like this, Zhang Bei felt a little heartbroken and hugged Xiao Ge’s shoulder and asked.
Xiao Ge had been inside for a long time, so Zhang Bei’s first reaction was that he would be hungry.
Xiao Ge didn’t answer, he just nodded, Zhang Bei immediately went to prepare a table of food.
Now there was no one else, just the two of them in this huge Zhang family.
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