A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 494 Hit the ball straight

"So I'm a mount after all?"

"Just doing it on the side won't hurt you. Don't worry, I usually won't ride you."

Hearing Jiang Shuzhou's words, Renotia was completely speechless. Was this person even normal?

"Alright, I'll take you to see Grace and get a medical check-up while we're at it. She's your senior, so you two should get along well and not throw tantrums. You know I don't like trouble."

Jiang Shuzhou has always believed that dealing with relationship problems is a complete waste of time.

Therefore, his biggest requirement for his partner is that she must be easy to work with.

In retrospect, it was quite successful; at least Grace didn't throw any tantrums.

Perhaps she knew that throwing a tantrum wouldn't work on Jiang Shuzhou.

"I'll listen to you."

Renodia nodded. She planned to ask Grace how she had moved the steel in the first place; she wanted to learn from her.

Immediately afterwards, Renotia was brought before Grace.

"Master, have you subdued her?"

Looking at the obedient Renodia, Grace marveled at her master's efficiency; a single combo had subdued her.

Of course, it's also possible that the value was so high that it was directly defeated.

After all, if Jiang Shuzhou's method were used in ancient times, it would be like finding a bandit's wife. There were no skills involved; it all came down to numbers, and he simply forced the woman back.

"Of course, back in the day, your mentor was also a master of dating games, but I crashed my plane because I found that there was no chat box when chatting with girls, so I never found a girlfriend until you appeared."

Is she really that innocent?

Renodia glanced at Jiang Shuzhou furtively, feeling a pang of emotion. She hadn't expected this devilish guy to be so innocent.

Looking at Renotia's expression, Grace knew that the other party must have misunderstood something.

Jiang Shuzhou is good-looking, but the reason he can't find a girlfriend is simply because he's too amazing.

When another girl told him that she hoped to deepen their relationship, Jiang Shuzhou replied with a single sentence.

"Then let's be sworn enemies."

The result was that the other party became fearful.

Jiang Shuzhou told Grace about this later.

Fortunately, Jiang Shuzhou became a mage, which boosted his intelligence and allowed him to see through people's hearts to some extent; otherwise, he would never have found a woman in his life.

At the same time, Grace was also glad that she had always played a straightforward game and hadn't dragged things out; otherwise, the two of them could have been locked in a tug-of-war for centuries.

"Grace, take Renodia to examine her. I need to deal with the corpses and modify them for combat use."

Jiang Shuzhou simply tossed Renotia to Grace.

"Yes, Master."

Grace nodded in agreement.

"Xiao Lei, if there's anything you need, just tell me, and I'll help you."

As soon as Jiang Shuzhou left, Grace instantly transformed from a demure little bird into a bossy leader.

"I... I'd like to ask, how did you and Shuzhou meet?"

"You've only been here one day and you're already calling me so affectionately?"

"What else? Call me 'darling'?"

"..."

Grace fell silent; she had always addressed Jiang Shuzhou as her master.

This is mainly to commemorate their bizarre and outrageous past.

"Okay, I'll tell you."

Grace then embellished her own experience and shared it with Renoir.

"Then you didn't marry Shuzhou at all?"

"You're right."

"If that's the case, it seems I've signed a marriage contract with Shuzhou. Although it's very similar to a slave contract, it is indeed a marriage contract."

"Could it be that I'm the rightful wife?"

Renodia pointed to herself, her face filled with disbelief.

"If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all!"

Grace's face darkened instantly.

What is this little whale saying?

Can a broken contract really represent the feelings between them?

"I was wrong."

Renodia backed down immediately, mainly because Jiang Shuzhou had said he didn't like troublesome women.

"Oh well, what can I do? I'm the official wife."

Grace waved her hand, preparing to draw two more vials of blood from this guy during the physical exam as punishment, which would also give her more opportunities to research.

"Um, sister, I wanted to ask, what's the trick to winning over Shuzhou?"

"Go straight for it, play it straight, he can't handle that."

After all, if he didn't say it directly, Jiang Shuzhou would either ignore it or plan to delay it further.

"But I did hit him! Why won't he accept it?"

Renodia was somewhat puzzled.

"Oh, that's because Master just accepted another woman and is satisfied, so he can't be bothered with you. It'll be fine after a while. Of course, this also has nothing to do with you being new and having no feelings for her."

"Let's build some rapport, then just go straight for it."

Although Renoir offended Grace, one thing at a time, and Grace was still happy to share these things.

This was certainly not because Grace was kind-hearted, nor because she had any strange quirks; it was simply because she hoped to help Jiang Shuzhou build enough bonds with her.

Otherwise, Grace always felt that Jiang Shuzhou would fly away one day.

After all, indifference and apathy towards emotions are Jiang Shuzhou's consistent style.

Hopefully, Renodia can keep her master in check to some extent.

Grace thought to herself.

As for herself?

Although the two often researched together, they usually had their own things to do.

For example, right now, Grace was left to give Renault a medical examination, while Jiang Shuzhou went to deal with those legendary corpses.

"Alright, that's enough. You can handle Master's affairs yourself. You're the only one with plenty of free time."

With a wave of her hand, Grace prepared to get down to business.

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In front of the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood.

The colossal Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood stood between heaven and earth, drawing power from the dreamlike realm above and from the abyss below.

Fortunately, neither the dream world nor the abyss had a specific controller, which allowed Jiang Shuzhou to absorb power in this way.

Before coming here, Jiang Shuzhou went to the address given by Renodia, retrieved her hidden dowry, and obtained some legendary materials.

With these materials and those legendary treasures, Jiang Shuzhou's floating city was already able to take a rough shape.

However, before building the floating city, Jiang Shuzhou planned to create some cannon fodder to serve him.

There's a saying that goes, "A hero needs three helpers." Although Jiang Shuzhou currently has very strong combat forces at his disposal, he has too few men.

While the gap between legendaries is significant, it's not so large that other legendaries can be completely ignored.

If surrounded by dozens of legendary figures, Jiang Shuzhou might still face the risk of perishing.

This is not impossible; a pastor is a prime example.

With enough divine power, even an ordinary priest can become a legend in a short time.

It's just that it consumed a lot of divine power.