I’m back from my vacation, thank you for all your patience! The update schedule will proceed as usual!
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”CharacterQiao Zhiya: Half-elf, half-dwarf MC.
Chu Rong: Marshal ML.
Ren Mo: aka Master Ren. A mecha master making full manually-piloted mecha.
Fan Xiangnan: ML’s second-in-command.
Chu Yan: ML’s younger brother. Is the same age as MC, currently attending intermediate college.
Chu Huai: ML’s older brother, he’s in politics.
Gu Yan’an: Chu Huai’s wife. She’s a doctor.
Sang Bu: MC’s roommate. Information System major.
Yun Xiachu: MC’s classmate, a first-grader at intermediate college.
Ning Kongran: A fifth-grader at intermediate college. Ning family current heir.
Qiu Guangji: Ning Kongran’s best friend.
Bearded Teacher (not real name): Qiao Zhiya’s Mecha teacher in VR.
Luo Li: The bearded teacher’s first apprentice. He won the online Mecha Manufacturing Contest.
Chu Rong saw that Qiao Zhiya was deeply shocked, as if he was facing a world-shaking problem. But then he felt fond over the youth, making his mood improve by a margin. He raised his hand and gently pulled his ear, and said, “Stupid, you use the stone grass-bound account to contact him first. Tell him about the number change, and then create a new account using your own spiritual power and study under him again. Shouldn’t that work?”
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“Ah yes, that should solve the problem,” Qiao Zhiya’s ears perked up. But then, he shook his head and said, “No, no. I can’t use the new account.”
“Why?” Chu Rong frowned, wondering if he was getting confused again.
However, he guessed wrong. Qiao Zhiya not only did not get confused this time, but also became rational and thoughtful, explaining, “I have spiritual power now, and when I go to school, my classmates most likely use this new account to communicate with me. So, this account must be a public identity. If I use this account to contact that bearded teacher, then he’ll know that I’m Qiao Zhiya from the Chu family. What if, hypothetically, he’s a bad person – or not necessarily bad, but just against the Chu family. What should we do then? Then wouldn’t my secret be exposed?”
Chu Rong didn’t expect that this was the matter he was worried about. He thought deeply as his fingers were still rubbing Qiao Zhiya’s perked up ears. In his own conclusion, Qiao Zhiya was right.
Two accounts represent two identities. Once there was a connection between the two accounts and the identities were equated, then the fact that Qiao Zhiya had spiritual power before was likely to be inferred by people, and it could get bad real quick for Qiao Zhiya. To be on the safe side, it was better for these two accounts to have nothing to do with each other.
But even if this was a problem, thankfully, it was a problem that Chu Rong could easily solve.
“Although the Starnet obviously requires a spiritual power to be bound to an account, as a member of the Four Great Family, we have extra privileges we can use. One of them is special gadgets – the special helmet you use is not unique to the Chu family. This kind of gadget is something that every rich family tacitly agrees to. In short, your identity as ‘Qiao Zhiya’ is still safe regardless.”
Chu Rong picked up his old helmet and said, “Since you want to separate the two accounts, it’s very simple. I’ll find someone to help you migrate and bind the data of your old account to your new one, so that the two accounts can be separated. You can use the old one as an anonymous account, so to speak.”
‘Anonymous account? So I can switch them at will without compromising my identity?’
“Okay!” Qiao Zhiya nodded, his eyes lit up as the instant burst of joy made him rush over to hug Chu Rong tight. “You are amazing! Thank you!”
Chu Rong reached out to catch him and rubbed the back of his head. The corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Fan Xiangnan was very good at migrating data, so Chu Rong called him over directly.
Under Fan Xiangnan’s signal, Qiao Zhiya forced a little simulated spiritual power into the strange instrument he brought. Afterwards, Fan Xiangnan connected the instrument with the helmet and did some operations. After a while, he got a new helmet for his new account.
“After you use this helmet to log in to the star network once with your own spiritual power, the data transfer will be considered successful,” Fan Xiangnan handed him the finished helmet, and then continued his instruction, “When you create a new account in the future, remember to choose to bind it with your resident ID card, so that the two accounts can exist at the same time. Otherwise there will be conflicts, understand?”
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Qiao Zhiya nodded quickly as he thanked him. He cradled the new helmet as if it was his precious baby, eyes glinting with unbridled excitement.
Despite his effort to look serious, a chuckle escaped from Fan Xiangnan’s lips. Even his gaze became a little gentler.
After being ill, Qiao Zhiya has become more honest in terms of emotional expression. He was no longer as restrained as before. He cries when he feels sad, he laughs when he’s happy, without anything to stop him. He looked extra adorable.
The account problem was solved. Qiao Zhiya immediately ran back to his room, climbed onto the bed, put on the helmet, and logged into his old account.
The bearded teacher was not online, so he sent a message to the other party, explaining the reason why he hadn’t been online for so long. Seeing that the account balance was running low, he went offline again and went to the training hall to ask Master Ren for some time. The small laboratory was going to put new mecha model weapons on the Internet for sale.
He was very proficient in making model weapons now, and soon after choosing the materials, he made a long sword. After finishing, he remembered that he had promised Chu Yan that he would make another model weapon for him, so he simply took out another piece of secondary-mutated red tin ore, and used his homeland’s forging method to make a dagger for Chu Yan.
After activating the magic circle, a dark purple dagger with beautiful patterns was finished. released.
“Show me.”
Qiao Zhiya was so surprised that he almost threw the dagger out. He turned his head and stared at Master Ren, who somehow was now standing behind him. His ears were erected, like a frightened rabbit.
Master Ren saw this, and instantly felt guilty. He coughed as he cleared his throat, took a step back, and said with a serious face, “Although your method of making cold weapons is different from standard, the effect seems to be better. Have you checked the weapon data?”
“I, I have tes, tested it. It’s more active and harder,” Qiao Zhiya answered with a stammer. He pointed at the dagger and said, “While making this one, I used my own magic power as the energy source for the magic circle. I estimated it to have a higher value than the giant sword I made previously.”
Master Ren immediately fixed his eyes on the dagger and took a meticulous look at it. After a while, he said, “Come with me. Do a test first.”
Qiao Zhiya followed the mecha master to the big laboratory and watched him put two weapons into the test equipment.
Sure enough, as he predicted, the dagger had a higher energy activity and was much harder than other weapons of the same kind. The dagger’s values were very special, and if the higher upper limit of the test equipment didn’t exist, its data readings would’ve been crazier.
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Master Ren flipped through the two test results. He picked up the two weapons, touched them, then turned to look at Qiao Zhiya, and asked, “Chu Yan told me that you want a full set of equipment to make mechas?”
Qiao Zhiya, who was confused and distracted, immediately perked up. Little stars lit up in his eyes, and he nodded vigorously, “Yes! Grandpa Ren, do you agree to sell it to me?”
Most of the instruments here were modified by Master Ren. It’s much better than buying them directly from the original manufacturer. In fact, he has been secretly drooling over them for a long time.
Master Ren was very satisfied with his reaction, but he shook his head cruelly, and refused, “No, you don’t need these now, and it would be a waste to buy them back.”
“Ah…” The stars in Qiao Zhiya’s eyes fizzled out.
“But as for basic material processing instruments and the subsequent parts assembly, such as the production, testing and maintenance… I can sell this series of instruments to you,” Master Ren immediately added. Seeing Qiao Zhiya perked up happily again, the slimmer of guilt in his heart was vanquished. He nodded with a serious expression, took out his photon computer, then projected all the primary materials he knew as a hologram. He changed the subject, saying, “I heard that you plan to take the advanced college exam with Chu Yan in the second half of the year? Then you must learn all the processing methods, ratio, and master the basic knowledge of all these parts. The curriculum of the military school starts directly from the understanding and production of parts, and these are all you have to learn.”
Qiao Zhiya stared wide-eyed at the numerous holographic parts. He was a bit overwhelmed, but ultimately excited. He stammered as he replied, “I, I can already learn this? Th-then, after learning all of these… can I really assemble a mecha?”
So his dream of helping the White-Haired Monster to make a mecha…
“No,” Master Ren cruelly cut his daydream short again. He projected more than 700 intermediate parts in a swish, and said, “After you finish the primary parts, you still need to learn the intermediate and advanced parts, and these are just the basics of all the basics. After mastering this, you need to learn the modifications and mecha installations, which are much more difficult. After that, you can finally design and assemble a mecha by yourself.”
Qiao Zhiya became more and more excited with Master Ren’s explanation. He quickly said, “I will speed up my learning! Mm, I have almost finished learning all the parts, and then, I should be able to speed through the others too with extra effort!!”
Because he had many projects in his hands, Master Ren couldn’t teach Qiao Zhiya the basics in person, so he could only give pointers occasionally. Hearing that his learning progress was so fast, he feels relieved and guilty at the same time. His voice slowed down and said, “You worked hard, and this is very good. But Qiao Zhiya, to learn the parts, you have to do it yourself. You must be able to disassemble and reassemble it with a deep understanding of all its functions. That is to say, you must have done it all in reality by yourself until you can do them with your eyes closed.”
This did not deter Qiao Zhiya in the slightest. Instead, he immediately added, “Then I’ll buy–”
“These parts are very expensive,” Master Ren interrupted him, put away the projector with a sigh, and continued, “Qiao Zhiya, I know you are rich now, but you are sitting on nothing. If you want to follow me to study the manual driving mecha, it is not enough to only understand the parts shown in these mainstream textbooks. You must know the types of parts that have been used in various stages of history and various improvement attempts. And in order to learn and master all of these, you need to have an almost astronomical figure.”
Qiao Zhiya was stunned again. He buried his head in checking his savings balance, then looked at Master Ren. With a weak voice, he asked, “Then, how much money do I need to prepare…”
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“Sadly, that’s just for the parts,” Master Ren dodged the question. With a deep frown, he changed his wordings, “When I learn the parts modification and mecha installation design, there’s a lot of scraps produced thanks to the many failures I faced. Sometimes, those aren’t salvageable at all. Qiao Zhiya, a mecha in the market is priced at least several million, how many do you think you can buy? And those are just the primary and intermediate-level ones, not the advanced ones. Well, even for me, the research funds are always not enough.”
It was such a terrible figure that even a master of Ren Mo’s caliber had trouble with it.
Qiao Zhiya began to worry. No wonder everyone said that mecha manufacturing was only available for the rich. Looking at it this way, the seemingly large savings of his was only a drop in the ocean.
He had to find a way to make money. On top of that, he still needed to have funds for all the jades he had to buy. He really couldn’t just sit and eat, even during the holiday.
Seeing his little face getting tighter and tighter, Master Ren knew that the time had come. He walked up to the youth and patted his shoulder, saying, “Now I have a way to make money here, Qiao, do you want to participate?”
Qiao Zhiya’s ears perked up in an instant. He nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking at the ground. “Yes! What can I do?”
“With your current ability and knowledge, you can’t make firearms, however, you are already very skilled at making cold weapons. I see that you have repaired Chu Yan’s energy blade too, and it was beyond good. I trust your ability in this.”
Qiao Zhiya caught the implication. He subconsciously held his breath, remembering the sheer elation and pride he felt after he successfully repaired Chu Yan’s weapon.
Seeing this, Master Ren continued his persuasion, saying, “My personal laboratory occasionally accepts some custom-made commissions for mechas and mecha weapons. Because it is custom-made, the requirements are high, but accordingly, the payment is also rich. I just took an order, and the other party asked me to make them a unique weapon for their customized mecha, and said that the price is not a problem. The Chu family is just about to push the secondary mutated red tin ore to the world, so that the Xiang family will not be able to stop or spy on us. So, I was planning to create a weapon with that ore for his customer. And I want you to also participate in this commission seeing your creations so far. How do you feel about this proposal?”
For Qiao Zhiya, this was like a timely umbrella during the rain – it directly solved all his problems in one fell swoop.
Qiao Zhiya unhesitantly nodded in agreement. But then, he remembered his academics obligations, so he asked, “I still need to take online classes, so I may not have much time to make weapons…”
“It’s okay,” Master Ren comforted him with a pat on the shoulder. “I know your schedule – you have classes during the weekday, right? You can come over here during the weekends. Online teachers also need rest time too, so your teacher will definitely agree.”
It seemed logical, so Qiao Zhiya’s last worry disappeared. He hurriedly bid farewell to Master Ren, and was about to tell Chu Rong the good news — he found a way to make money!
Ren Mo: hook, line, sinker B)
(hey, at least Master Ren actually told him the truth.)
I’m back from my vacation, thank you for all your patience! The update schedule will proceed as usual!
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”CharacterQiao Zhiya: Half-elf, half-dwarf MC.
Chu Rong: Marshal ML.
Ren Mo: aka Master Ren. A mecha master making full manually-piloted mecha.
Fan Xiangnan: ML’s second-in-command.
Chu Yan: ML’s younger brother. Is the same age as MC, currently attending intermediate college.
Chu Huai: ML’s older brother, he’s in politics.
Gu Yan’an: Chu Huai’s wife. She’s a doctor.
Sang Bu: MC’s roommate. Information System major.
Yun Xiachu: MC’s classmate, a first-grader at intermediate college.
Ning Kongran: A fifth-grader at intermediate college. Ning family current heir.
Qiu Guangji: Ning Kongran’s best friend.
Bearded Teacher (not real name): Qiao Zhiya’s Mecha teacher in VR.
Luo Li: The bearded teacher’s first apprentice. He won the online Mecha Manufacturing Contest.
Chu Rong saw that Qiao Zhiya was deeply shocked, as if he was facing a world-shaking problem. But then he felt fond over the youth, making his mood improve by a margin. He raised his hand and gently pulled his ear, and said, “Stupid, you use the stone grass-bound account to contact him first. Tell him about the number change, and then create a new account using your own spiritual power and study under him again. Shouldn’t that work?”
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“Ah yes, that should solve the problem,” Qiao Zhiya’s ears perked up. But then, he shook his head and said, “No, no. I can’t use the new account.”
“Why?” Chu Rong frowned, wondering if he was getting confused again.
However, he guessed wrong. Qiao Zhiya not only did not get confused this time, but also became rational and thoughtful, explaining, “I have spiritual power now, and when I go to school, my classmates most likely use this new account to communicate with me. So, this account must be a public identity. If I use this account to contact that bearded teacher, then he’ll know that I’m Qiao Zhiya from the Chu family. What if, hypothetically, he’s a bad person – or not necessarily bad, but just against the Chu family. What should we do then? Then wouldn’t my secret be exposed?”
Chu Rong didn’t expect that this was the matter he was worried about. He thought deeply as his fingers were still rubbing Qiao Zhiya’s perked up ears. In his own conclusion, Qiao Zhiya was right.
Two accounts represent two identities. Once there was a connection between the two accounts and the identities were equated, then the fact that Qiao Zhiya had spiritual power before was likely to be inferred by people, and it could get bad real quick for Qiao Zhiya. To be on the safe side, it was better for these two accounts to have nothing to do with each other.
But even if this was a problem, thankfully, it was a problem that Chu Rong could easily solve.
“Although the Starnet obviously requires a spiritual power to be bound to an account, as a member of the Four Great Family, we have extra privileges we can use. One of them is special gadgets – the special helmet you use is not unique to the Chu family. This kind of gadget is something that every rich family tacitly agrees to. In short, your identity as ‘Qiao Zhiya’ is still safe regardless.”
Chu Rong picked up his old helmet and said, “Since you want to separate the two accounts, it’s very simple. I’ll find someone to help you migrate and bind the data of your old account to your new one, so that the two accounts can be separated. You can use the old one as an anonymous account, so to speak.”
‘Anonymous account? So I can switch them at will without compromising my identity?’
“Okay!” Qiao Zhiya nodded, his eyes lit up as the instant burst of joy made him rush over to hug Chu Rong tight. “You are amazing! Thank you!”
Chu Rong reached out to catch him and rubbed the back of his head. The corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Fan Xiangnan was very good at migrating data, so Chu Rong called him over directly.
Under Fan Xiangnan’s signal, Qiao Zhiya forced a little simulated spiritual power into the strange instrument he brought. Afterwards, Fan Xiangnan connected the instrument with the helmet and did some operations. After a while, he got a new helmet for his new account.
“After you use this helmet to log in to the star network once with your own spiritual power, the data transfer will be considered successful,” Fan Xiangnan handed him the finished helmet, and then continued his instruction, “When you create a new account in the future, remember to choose to bind it with your resident ID card, so that the two accounts can exist at the same time. Otherwise there will be conflicts, understand?”
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Qiao Zhiya nodded quickly as he thanked him. He cradled the new helmet as if it was his precious baby, eyes glinting with unbridled excitement.
Despite his effort to look serious, a chuckle escaped from Fan Xiangnan’s lips. Even his gaze became a little gentler.
After being ill, Qiao Zhiya has become more honest in terms of emotional expression. He was no longer as restrained as before. He cries when he feels sad, he laughs when he’s happy, without anything to stop him. He looked extra adorable.
The account problem was solved. Qiao Zhiya immediately ran back to his room, climbed onto the bed, put on the helmet, and logged into his old account.
The bearded teacher was not online, so he sent a message to the other party, explaining the reason why he hadn’t been online for so long. Seeing that the account balance was running low, he went offline again and went to the training hall to ask Master Ren for some time. The small laboratory was going to put new mecha model weapons on the Internet for sale.
He was very proficient in making model weapons now, and soon after choosing the materials, he made a long sword. After finishing, he remembered that he had promised Chu Yan that he would make another model weapon for him, so he simply took out another piece of secondary-mutated red tin ore, and used his homeland’s forging method to make a dagger for Chu Yan.
After activating the magic circle, a dark purple dagger with beautiful patterns was finished. released.
“Show me.”
Qiao Zhiya was so surprised that he almost threw the dagger out. He turned his head and stared at Master Ren, who somehow was now standing behind him. His ears were erected, like a frightened rabbit.
Master Ren saw this, and instantly felt guilty. He coughed as he cleared his throat, took a step back, and said with a serious face, “Although your method of making cold weapons is different from standard, the effect seems to be better. Have you checked the weapon data?”
“I, I have tes, tested it. It’s more active and harder,” Qiao Zhiya answered with a stammer. He pointed at the dagger and said, “While making this one, I used my own magic power as the energy source for the magic circle. I estimated it to have a higher value than the giant sword I made previously.”
Master Ren immediately fixed his eyes on the dagger and took a meticulous look at it. After a while, he said, “Come with me. Do a test first.”
Qiao Zhiya followed the mecha master to the big laboratory and watched him put two weapons into the test equipment.
Sure enough, as he predicted, the dagger had a higher energy activity and was much harder than other weapons of the same kind. The dagger’s values were very special, and if the higher upper limit of the test equipment didn’t exist, its data readings would’ve been crazier.
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Master Ren flipped through the two test results. He picked up the two weapons, touched them, then turned to look at Qiao Zhiya, and asked, “Chu Yan told me that you want a full set of equipment to make mechas?”
Qiao Zhiya, who was confused and distracted, immediately perked up. Little stars lit up in his eyes, and he nodded vigorously, “Yes! Grandpa Ren, do you agree to sell it to me?”
Most of the instruments here were modified by Master Ren. It’s much better than buying them directly from the original manufacturer. In fact, he has been secretly drooling over them for a long time.
Master Ren was very satisfied with his reaction, but he shook his head cruelly, and refused, “No, you don’t need these now, and it would be a waste to buy them back.”
“Ah…” The stars in Qiao Zhiya’s eyes fizzled out.
“But as for basic material processing instruments and the subsequent parts assembly, such as the production, testing and maintenance… I can sell this series of instruments to you,” Master Ren immediately added. Seeing Qiao Zhiya perked up happily again, the slimmer of guilt in his heart was vanquished. He nodded with a serious expression, took out his photon computer, then projected all the primary materials he knew as a hologram. He changed the subject, saying, “I heard that you plan to take the advanced college exam with Chu Yan in the second half of the year? Then you must learn all the processing methods, ratio, and master the basic knowledge of all these parts. The curriculum of the military school starts directly from the understanding and production of parts, and these are all you have to learn.”
Qiao Zhiya stared wide-eyed at the numerous holographic parts. He was a bit overwhelmed, but ultimately excited. He stammered as he replied, “I, I can already learn this? Th-then, after learning all of these… can I really assemble a mecha?”
So his dream of helping the White-Haired Monster to make a mecha…
“No,” Master Ren cruelly cut his daydream short again. He projected more than 700 intermediate parts in a swish, and said, “After you finish the primary parts, you still need to learn the intermediate and advanced parts, and these are just the basics of all the basics. After mastering this, you need to learn the modifications and mecha installations, which are much more difficult. After that, you can finally design and assemble a mecha by yourself.”
Qiao Zhiya became more and more excited with Master Ren’s explanation. He quickly said, “I will speed up my learning! Mm, I have almost finished learning all the parts, and then, I should be able to speed through the others too with extra effort!!”
Because he had many projects in his hands, Master Ren couldn’t teach Qiao Zhiya the basics in person, so he could only give pointers occasionally. Hearing that his learning progress was so fast, he feels relieved and guilty at the same time. His voice slowed down and said, “You worked hard, and this is very good. But Qiao Zhiya, to learn the parts, you have to do it yourself. You must be able to disassemble and reassemble it with a deep understanding of all its functions. That is to say, you must have done it all in reality by yourself until you can do them with your eyes closed.”
This did not deter Qiao Zhiya in the slightest. Instead, he immediately added, “Then I’ll buy–”
“These parts are very expensive,” Master Ren interrupted him, put away the projector with a sigh, and continued, “Qiao Zhiya, I know you are rich now, but you are sitting on nothing. If you want to follow me to study the manual driving mecha, it is not enough to only understand the parts shown in these mainstream textbooks. You must know the types of parts that have been used in various stages of history and various improvement attempts. And in order to learn and master all of these, you need to have an almost astronomical figure.”
Qiao Zhiya was stunned again. He buried his head in checking his savings balance, then looked at Master Ren. With a weak voice, he asked, “Then, how much money do I need to prepare…”
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“Sadly, that’s just for the parts,” Master Ren dodged the question. With a deep frown, he changed his wordings, “When I learn the parts modification and mecha installation design, there’s a lot of scraps produced thanks to the many failures I faced. Sometimes, those aren’t salvageable at all. Qiao Zhiya, a mecha in the market is priced at least several million, how many do you think you can buy? And those are just the primary and intermediate-level ones, not the advanced ones. Well, even for me, the research funds are always not enough.”
It was such a terrible figure that even a master of Ren Mo’s caliber had trouble with it.
Qiao Zhiya began to worry. No wonder everyone said that mecha manufacturing was only available for the rich. Looking at it this way, the seemingly large savings of his was only a drop in the ocean.
He had to find a way to make money. On top of that, he still needed to have funds for all the jades he had to buy. He really couldn’t just sit and eat, even during the holiday.
Seeing his little face getting tighter and tighter, Master Ren knew that the time had come. He walked up to the youth and patted his shoulder, saying, “Now I have a way to make money here, Qiao, do you want to participate?”
Qiao Zhiya’s ears perked up in an instant. He nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking at the ground. “Yes! What can I do?”
“With your current ability and knowledge, you can’t make firearms, however, you are already very skilled at making cold weapons. I see that you have repaired Chu Yan’s energy blade too, and it was beyond good. I trust your ability in this.”
Qiao Zhiya caught the implication. He subconsciously held his breath, remembering the sheer elation and pride he felt after he successfully repaired Chu Yan’s weapon.
Seeing this, Master Ren continued his persuasion, saying, “My personal laboratory occasionally accepts some custom-made commissions for mechas and mecha weapons. Because it is custom-made, the requirements are high, but accordingly, the payment is also rich. I just took an order, and the other party asked me to make them a unique weapon for their customized mecha, and said that the price is not a problem. The Chu family is just about to push the secondary mutated red tin ore to the world, so that the Xiang family will not be able to stop or spy on us. So, I was planning to create a weapon with that ore for his customer. And I want you to also participate in this commission seeing your creations so far. How do you feel about this proposal?”
For Qiao Zhiya, this was like a timely umbrella during the rain – it directly solved all his problems in one fell swoop.
Qiao Zhiya unhesitantly nodded in agreement. But then, he remembered his academics obligations, so he asked, “I still need to take online classes, so I may not have much time to make weapons…”
“It’s okay,” Master Ren comforted him with a pat on the shoulder. “I know your schedule – you have classes during the weekday, right? You can come over here during the weekends. Online teachers also need rest time too, so your teacher will definitely agree.”
It seemed logical, so Qiao Zhiya’s last worry disappeared. He hurriedly bid farewell to Master Ren, and was about to tell Chu Rong the good news — he found a way to make money!
Ren Mo: hook, line, sinker B)
(hey, at least Master Ren actually told him the truth.)
