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Chapter 44: Star-Moon Set
That night.
Zhou Huai's phone screen lit up, and a slight vibration came from it.
It was a text message sent by Ye Xi.
"Brother Zhou Huai, I… I heard… that person named Yasuo, is he…"
Between the lines, her cautious probing and unease were evident.
Zhou Huai tapped his fingertips lightly and replied, "Mm, he is dead."
The moment the message was sent, Ye Xi called directly, her voice carrying a distinct crying tone and self-blame.
"I'm sorry, Brother Zhou Huai! It's all my fault! If it weren't for me, he… he wouldn't have provoked Lu Qi, and wouldn't…"
"It's none of your business." Zhou Huai's voice was gentle and calm, carrying a soothing power.
"This is my choice, and it has nothing to do with you."
"You don't need to think about anything, nor do you need to do anything."
On the other end of the line, Ye Xi sobbed, and it took her a while to steady her emotions.
"But…"
"No buts." Zhou Huai interrupted her, "Xi'er, be a good girl. Let this matter end here, and never mention the two words 'Yasuo' in front of anyone again."
"Remember to delete all the messages you sent me and our call logs."
"Mm… mm! I remember!" Ye Xi nodded heavily, her voice still carrying a thick nasal tone.
She was silent for a moment, then said quietly, "Brother Zhou Huai, I… I might not be able to visit you recently."
"My dad said the national joint entrance examinations are coming up soon, and he found a specialized sparring team for me to go into seclusion and sprint for it."
Zhou Huai chuckled softly, "That's a good thing. The entrance exams are important, work hard."
"When you get a good score, I'll prepare a big surprise for you."
"Really?" A hint of joy finally appeared in the girl's voice.
"Of course."
Hanging up the phone, Zhou Huai deleted all related records.
He leaned back in his wheelchair, looking at the night view outside the window with a calm gaze.
…
Meanwhile, inside the Tianhai City Forging Guild.
Supervisor Shen Qiu's office was brightly lit.
He held a ring in both hands, his palms trembling uncontrollably, and the expression on his face was a complex combination of shock, wild joy, and disbelief.
"This… is this really… what he forged today?" Supervisor Shen Qiu's voice was somewhat distorted.
Lin Wei, standing opposite him, nodded vigorously, her pretty face also brimming with excitement.
"It's absolute truth, Supervisor!"
"In the past few days, Great Master Ou Yezi has been focusing entirely on forging the ring except for resting!"
"Just a moment ago, he handed this ring to me!"
Supervisor Shen Qiu took a deep breath, feeling as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
epic-grade equipment!
Even though it was merely a Rank 10 ring.
But the significance it represented was extraordinary!
This meant that their Tianhai City Forging Guild had finally given birth to another Great Master capable of forging epic-grade equipment!
You must know that the forging circle of Donghai City had always been suppressed by the forgers raised by various adventurer guilds and aristocratic families to the point where they couldn't raise their heads.
Although the guild was an official organization, it appeared strong on the outside but weak on the inside because it couldn't retain top talent.
Most of those talented forgers were poached by those major families with heavy money, becoming their exclusive artisans.
This also led to the Forging Guild's weak output of high-end equipment, and its right to speak in the circle was becoming weaker and weaker.
Now, everything was different!
Ou Yezi!
He was still so young!
His future was boundless!
"Quick! Come with me to see the president!" Supervisor Shen Qiu could no longer hold back, carefully putting away the ring, and pulling Lin Wei as he rushed toward the president's office.
President Gu Yan hurried over upon hearing the news soon after.
When he took the ring glowing with a faint purple light from Supervisor Shen Qiu's hands, a terrifyingly sharp glint also erupted from his weather-beaten, sharp eyes.
"Good! Very good!"
Gu Yan stroked the ring and said the word "good" twice in succession, his voice full of vigor.
"This breath, this old man has held it in for too long!"
He held the ring high against the light, as if admiring an unparalleled work of art.
"Supervisor Shen Qiu!"
"Yes! President!"
"Arrange it immediately! Send this ring to the auction house under our guild!" Gu Yan's eyes flashed with astute brilliance.
"We are going to hold a public auction! Make the momentum as big as possible!"
"I want everyone in Donghai City to know that our Forging Guild is not lacking in capable people!"
"We are back!"
…
Zhou Huai did not know the high-level decision of the guild.
At this moment, he was controlling Ou Yezi, carefully selecting new equipment blueprints in the blueprint library on the second floor of the guild.
Yasuo would be able to resurrect in twenty-four hours, and Gandalf had also been generated.
It was time to prepare new equipment for them.
His gaze quickly locked onto a set of Rank 15 purple rare set blueprints.
[Wild Set (Rare)]
This set of equipment was simply tailor-made for Yasuo.
The set effect not only increased agility by 50%, but also had an active skill.
[Wild Surge]: After activating, increases attack speed by 100% and movement speed by 100%, and increases critical strike rate by 30% for ten seconds. The price is that while consuming 100 mana points, 100 health points are lost every second during the duration.
An extremely strong burst skill.
As for the negative effect of blood loss, Zhou Huai didn't care.
As long as he used [Touch of Spirit Quenching] on the equipment to roll a few attack lifesteal affixes, this problem would be readily solved.
Having settled Yasuo's equipment, next was Gandalf.
As an SS-Class Forbidden Spell Master, ordinary sets couldn't catch Zhou Huai's eye at all.
He flipped through for a long time, and his gaze finally lingered on an epic-grade blueprint glowing with a faint purple light.
[Star-Moon Set (Hat)]
[Required Rank: LV15]
[Set Effect (Unactivated):]
[2 / 5: Increases magic recovery speed by 50%.]
[3 / 5: Reduces skill cooldown by 30%.]
[5 / 5: Activates the active skill [Arcane Duplication].]
[Arcane Duplication]: Consumes 500 mana points, allowing the user to ignore cooldown time and instantly cast the same skill twice.
Zhou Huai's breathing hitched slightly.
This set effect could be called Heaven-Defying!
Especially [Arcane Duplication], if combined with Gandalf's Forbidden Spell: Meteor Fire Rain…
That scene was simply unimaginable.
However, the Star-Moon Set was divided into five pieces in total: the hat, gauntlets, pants, robe, and boots.
Yet in the blueprint library before him, there was unexpectedly only one blueprint for the hat.
Zhou Huai immediately summoned assistant Lin Wei.
"Great Master Ou Yezi." Lin Wei stood respectfully to the side.
Ou Yezi pointed at the Star-Moon blueprint and asked in his consistent, concise style, "Only this?"
Lin Wei immediately understood the other person's meaning, a trace of apology appearing on her face.
"Yes, Great Master. Currently, our guild has indeed only collected this single blueprint for the hat."
She paused and explained, "Because the blueprints for this [Star-Moon Set] are only produced in one place."
"Shadow Swamp Demon Cave."
"Moreover, it must be the final BOSS of Calamity difficulty to have an extremely low drop rate."
"Our guild has organized several explorations, expending huge amounts of manpower and material resources, and only managed to get this single copy by luck."
Shadow Swamp Demon Cave…
Zhou Huai understood in his heart.
It seemed that his next leveling spot was already settled.
"Understood." Ou Yezi nodded and handed the [Wild Set] blueprint to Lin Wei.
"Prepare the Materials."
"I want to forge this set."
Lin Wei took the blueprint, glanced carefully at the material list listed on it, and showed a troubled expression.
"Great Master, most of the Materials on here are available in the guild's warehouse."
"It's just that… these [Storm Griffin Feathers] and [Rampant Giant Lizard Reverse Scales] are both quite rare Rank 15 elite Materials."
"The guild temporarily has no stock and needs to spend some time purchasing them on the market."
"It might take some time."
"You can go back and rest first, and as soon as the Materials are complete, I will notify you immediately."
Ou Yezi nodded calmly.
Zhou Huai then controlled him to leave the guild and return to that Advanced apartment.
Everything was properly arranged, and Zhou Huai's consciousness finally withdrew from the Clone's body, returning to his main body.
He needed to rest well and store up energy for his upcoming actions.
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