Chapter 19 The Efficiency of Rich People

Who knows what special channels Shao Qiming used, or perhaps the merchants just shipped that fast.

Anyway, when Su Zhou learned that the set of six finished, carefully selected *chou* wood rods he had ordered had arrived, he was very excited.

What man doesn't love knives, spears, axes, halberds, armor, and firearms?

Even if they aren't interested in fighting, just playing around shouldn't be something many people would refuse, right?

Because it was a large takeout order, and apparently some kind of VIP service, the deliveryman was waiting downstairs with a cheerful smile for Su Zhou to sign when he got home.

This must be a dedicated delivery company, professionals who don't earn money by the number of orders. Their attitude was so good, their words and actions so polite and friendly, that Su Zhou felt like he was returning home.

"...Good heavens, is this the efficiency of rich people?"

Watching the electric car with the 'North Wind Express' license plate gradually disappear into the distance, Su Zhou weighed the long box in his hand, quite satisfied. "So heavy, and the packaging is quite sincere. It seems the quality won't be too bad."

Because the country had vigorously promoted the new energy industry twenty years ago, electric cars had long been popularized, and the related technology was completely mature. The Zou Qiming family had made their fortune in the solar energy industry around that time.

In fact, for some unknown reason, major countries around the world had gradually replaced petroleum products in recent decades, replacing them with various forms of wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal energy.

Because the industrial transformation and reform were carried out by senior officials from various official levels, this energy revolution did not cause too much upheaval, and even if there were industrial fluctuations, they were suppressed.

Now, more than 50% of the countries in the world have basically entered a completely electrical era, and rarely use gasoline—if controlled nuclear fusion research were successful, that number would probably reach 100%, and the entire planet's industry would usher in a large-scale upgrade and revolution.

"I heard that controlled nuclear fusion has actually been successful for a while now. The new energy industry of the past decade or so is just paving the way for the construction of nuclear fusion power plants—after all, when controlled nuclear fusion appears, almost all thermal power plants can be declared closed, whether they use fuel oil or natural gas. And the entire world's energy industry will be reshuffled."

"Even exploring the stars and the seas wouldn't be impossible!"

Because the *chou* wood rods were too long, Su Zhou couldn't take the stairs, so he had to carry them upstairs. While climbing, he muttered to Yala, "But right now, I wonder if these preventive measures have something to do with the *lingqi* (spiritual energy) revival? After all, it might not be possible to import crude oil from abroad then, right?"

"Perhaps, the technological level of your world is already quite good for its era." Yala didn't deny it. After all, it was just a remnant spirit and didn't know the detailed situation of this world very well. "I need to learn more about this world to make a judgment."

That's why it wanted to watch the news. Although it was unlikely that various classified information would appear in the news, looking at it in general could also summarize a lot of interesting things about the present world.

When he got home and opened the door, it seemed his parents had come home to pick up something. Su Zhou saw two notes left on the table, in his dad's handwriting, which read, 'Case isn't going well, take care of yourself.'

Next to it was another note, the handwriting obviously much more scribbled than his father's. Undoubtedly, it was from his doctor mom, which said, 'The academy has an important research topic. Professor Li and I are going to attend a provincial conference. It's more dangerous outside recently, be careful.'

"Bad luck is fine, at least they won't encounter fiends." Su Zhou muttered after reading it, then put away the notes and began to unpack the box in the living room—it seemed to be marked 'Rui'an Martial Arts Hall Special Supply'. So it was from a familiar unit?

The rumor that Rui'an Fitness Training Department started as a martial arts hall was actually true.

Opening the box, it was filled with straight red *chou* wood rods, thick at the base and tough in the middle, six in total. They were about two and a half meters long, the wood was fine and hard, the quality was very good. The only drawback might be that they were very tall when erected, too eye-catching—there was also an instruction manual in the box, which basically said that gun heads and other small accessories were not included and that buyers should equip and craft them themselves.

"Not bad, just a bit light."

Because the gun barrel was too long, it wasn't convenient to swing it in the living room. Su Zhou simply weighed it a bit and felt that the hand feel was indeed good, but it was a little regrettable. "Rumor has it that powerful warriors in history all used iron gun barrels. My physical fitness is even stronger than theirs. Even the fictional versions aren't unbeatable... Wood is fine too—*Hah!*"

With a shout, Su Zhou stepped forward and thrust the spear—the entire wooden rod was like teleporting, instantly lunging forward more than a meter. The strong wind swept past, causing a great gust of wind in the room.

If this spear struck someone, it would be easy to poke a bloody hole. With Su Zhou's strength, stringing someone up and waving them in the air wouldn't be difficult.

"Mm." Yala also poked its head out of Su Zhou's hair, looked at the gun barrels, and was quite satisfied. "These wooden rods were all grown as single trees, consistent as a whole, very suitable for enchanting and blessing."

"Moreover, Su Zhou, you don't need to underestimate wooden rods too much. Compared to ordinary iron weapons, in the pre-*lingqi* revival era, wooden rods were easier to enchant successfully and were more suitable for hunting extraordinary species—and don't forget, you still have the Wisdom Tree to use."

In this regard, the snake spirit was more experienced, and Su Zhou also began to prepare enchanting materials.

Of course, first was the familiar holy water.

Once again taking out the pudding holy water (Su Zhou's words) from the crucifix bottle and replacing it with new holy water, Su Zhou took out the holy water ice cubes he had prepared from the refrigerator, then bit his finger hard, pressed the ice cubes around the wound, and forcibly dripped a few drops of viscous blood into the pudding holy water.

This was also the first time Su Zhou had seen what his blood looked like after his perfect body transformation... It was still bright red, but the texture was very heavy, almost like mercury, and inside it faintly flickered with purple-blue spiritual light.

"Your blood can be considered the blood of a supernatural being, much better than ordinary magical beasts and demons, and it has a high synchronization rate with you."

Yala guided Su Zhou to inscribe some strange symbols on a *chou* wood rod with a carving knife, and Su Zhou's hand was very steady, as precise as a machine, and successfully formed them in one go, inscribing thirty-two ancient, oracle bone-like runes on the top of the wooden rod.

Then, he smeared the holy water mixed with his blood on the wooden rod—immediately, the thirty-two runes flashed with spiritual light, vaguely forming a small formation, and a illusory, semi-transparent qi blade gun head appeared!

"Good heavens!"

Seeing such obvious supernatural effects, Su Zhou's eyes lit up, and then he reached out and touched the qi blade gun head—immediately he felt a strange feeling, which was that this qi blade gun head couldn't hurt him, but if he wanted to, he could easily stab his spirituality and create great soul pain.

"This is one of the simplest rune arrays, 'Evil Breaking', which can create a spiritual blade to kill ghosts. It can also increase the sharpness and firmness of physical entities to a certain extent. With the quality of this wooden rod, it should be comparable to steel."

After confirming that there were no problems with the runes, Yala nodded with satisfaction. It signaled Su Zhou to take the remaining five rods and smear them all with holy water containing Su Zhou's blood, and place them next to the Wisdom Tree bonsai.

"After all, the material of these rods is just ordinary wood, so they can't be inscribed with too complex runes, and they can't automatically absorb the surrounding spiritual energy to maintain the effect—each time you smear them with holy water and spiritual blood, they can be used for about five hours. Of course, getting them stained with the opponent's blood during battle can also have an effect, but it's not as good as your own blood."

"You can use this as a weapon for now, and the other five wooden rods can be placed next to the Wisdom Tree in a pentagram shape, absorbing its overflowing spirituality—in ten days or half a month, they might be able to be infused into the most rudimentary spiritual wood."

Su Zhou had other questions. "Will this have any impact on the Wisdom Tree?"

Because the Wisdom Fruit was currently the only thing that could make up for his weaknesses, Su Zhou attached great importance to it. He frowned slightly and said, "Spiritual wood or something, I don't really care about it. If it will affect the Wisdom Tree..."

"You're thinking too much." Yala just shook its head at Su Zhou's worries. "The divine tree also needs to interact with the outside world. Using these wooden rods to form a pentagram shape, creating a small array, can just slightly block the spiritual light, so as not to be discovered by others in the future. Becoming infused into spiritual wood is just a byproduct."

What the snake spirit said made a lot of sense, and Su Zhou was speechless, but he didn't want to speak anyway—stroking the enchanted gun barrel, the young man's eyes were filled with joyful and expectant light.

Soon, it was late at night.

0:01 AM on July 27th, midnight.

Having gone to bed early and eaten supper, Su Zhou once again smeared the runes on the wooden spear with blood-mixed holy water, causing them to glow. He stood on the balcony, activated Spiritual Vision, and looked down at all the wandering dark shadows in the surrounding city, then revealed a smile.

Under the gaze of Spiritual Vision, among the black undead and white wandering souls wandering in the darkness, strange spiritual bodies were moving, emitting strange spiritual sounds—and that was his target.

"Yala's appointed 'little monsters'?"

Interesting!

—From tonight on, the hunt belonging to the night begins!

p.s. Due to reasons everyone knows, in the future, words with a modern sense will be replaced with terms like patrol officer, constable, armed patrol officer, investigating judge, Five Armies Gate (Five Armies Chief Military Commission), and Ministry of Justice.

Thinking about it carefully, since everything is overseen by the Sages, these terms should be used.