Chapter 38 The Black Iron Spear (2/2)

The lady came back shortly, following an old man.

The old man wore a loose grey robe and had a small, diminished frame but with a pair of attentive eyes. On his sunken dry face, he wore a huge smile. His smile looked worse than a frown.

“Sir, this is the shopkeeper of the Hall of Gods, Elder Chen.” The lady introduced the old man to Zhou Donghuang.

“I, Zhao Ruochen, am the shopkeeper of the Hall of Gods.” As the old man walked to Zhou Donghuang, he bowed slightly and handed him a thick piece of paper. “Sir, this is your receipt for the black iron spear you just bought.”

Zhou Donghuang nodded and took the receipt and passed it to Fu. His gaze never left the old man. “Now, can I leave with the spear?”

“Sir, do you need us to deliver it to you?” Zhao Ruochen was surprised, as was the lady behind him.

“There is no need for that,” Zhou Donghuang answered flatly. He stepped forward and lifted the black iron spear off the rack easily with one hand. 600kg was not heavy for him. But at his current strength, it would be difficult to handle the spear easily. Unless… he used some martial arts techniques meant for wielding heavy weapons. He had no lack of knowledge about these tricks.

Immediately, under the amazed eyes of Zhao Ruochen and the lady sales assistant, Zhou Donghuang left the armory with Fu, holding the spear with one hand.

As for Li Rui and Li Hui, they had left shortly after Zhou Donghuang went to the second floor.

“Who on earth is he?” At the entrance of the Hall of Gods, Zhao Ruochen muttered to himself as he watched the two of them leave. A teenager who looked 16 or 17 years old easily picked up a 600kg black iron spear and took it with such ease. It seemed like it was effortless to walk with the heavy spear.

What could that mean? It meant that that teenager had at least 1000kg of strength. How could a 16 or 17-year-old teenager possibly have more than 1000kg of strength?

“Elder Chen.” Right then, the lady who had served Li Hui and Li Rui heard Zhao Ruochen muttering to himself and said, “Just now, the two guests whom I served called him ‘Zhou Donghuang.’ They said that the teenager was the boss of Yunxuan Restaurant in Qingshan town.”

“Zhou… Zhou Donghuang?!” Just as the words left her mouth, Zhou Ruochen’s eyes narrowed and turned intently to the lady. “Are you sure he’s called Zhou Donghuang?”

“Elder Chen, just now, the two guests whom Sister Mei served definitely addressed my guest as Zhou Donghuang,” the lady who had served Zhou Donghuang confirmed.

Zhou Donghuang had no idea about the shock that the shopkeeper of the Hall of Gods, Zhao Ruochen had when he found out his identity. He led Fu back to the inn and instructed him, “Fu, prepare a letter and get someone to bring it to the Lu family and hand it to their chief, Lu Qinghu. In the letter, tell him that tomorrow at noon, I will visit the Lu family.”

As he said this, Zhou Donghuang’s eyes glimmered. It was time to settle some matters. He had bought a spear today just for this purpose.

“Yes, sir.” Fu went to prepare.