Thousand Steel Spirit Silver Armor

About half an hour later.

Xia Hua wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead, approached, and bowed. "My lord, the water's heated. Shall we begin your bath now? The authorities have prepared fresh clothes, so you can use them directly."

"Thank you. I'll go wash now. Today's battle left me covered in grime. If you hadn't sorted out the hot water, I would've just collapsed into bed, knowing me! Here, the fruit is very sweet. Remember to wash up before resting after you finish it."

Yun Ye tossed all the remaining fruit to Xia Hua. She fumbled to catch it, glanced at it, and quickly shook her head. "Fire Fruit? This is far too precious. Fire Fruit possesses spirituality and can improve one's constitution. My lord, you should consume it yourself."

"It's fine. This sort of thing requires accumulation over time. A few only serve to ward off illness, which is just right for you."

"Oh, right. My name is Yang Shi. Get some rest early."

Yun Ye went to soak in the bath.

"Yes, Lord Yang Shi."

His words had sounded so natural that Xia Hua did not know how to refuse him for a moment. In the end, she took the fruit and ate it with Chun Yu. She did not go to sleep, however, because the dirty bathwater and the tub both needed cleaning.

After bathing, Yun Ye put on a robe and wandered around the estate with Chun Yu.

After Chun Yu finished showing him around, he chose a room with bookshelves and a desk.

He liked keeping useful things together. Separating them into a study and so on would only be troublesome.

After surveying the room's furnishings and its fairly spacious layout, Yun Ye nodded. "Not bad, very good indeed. I can finally live in a big house. Chun Yu, good night. Go get some rest."

"Good night?... Yes, this servant will rest properly." Chun Yu left with a puzzled expression. Only after the door closed did she realize that her master had not asked this servant to warm his bed.

From what she had heard from the other girls, that was not how things were supposed to go.

Unless the master was a female spirit mage, once an estate had an owner, servants like them would certainly become the master of the house's women.

This spirit mage was rather strange.

"Tomorrow I have to deal with Liu Jingyu. Hopefully nothing happens."

Yun Ye clearly had not thought of having a maid warm his bed. As he pondered, he sank into a deep sleep.

The next day.

The sunlight was dazzling.

"Lord Yang Shi! Lord Yang Shi!"

Yun Ye awoke to the soft calls. A young woman with hair reaching her waist stood respectfully before the bed and said, "Lord Yang Shi, breakfast has been prepared. Following your instructions, it was purchased from the canteen—the Grade A superior fare."

"Mm, thank you." Yun Ye rose and stretched. It had been a long time since he had slept so comfortably.

Yun Ye got up and declined Xia Hua's assistance. He quickly changed into fresh clothes, then draped on the black martial robe. A handsome young man emerged from the room.

After looking at himself in the large bronze mirror, Yun Ye confirmed one thing... Clothes made the man, just as a saddle made the horse!

His appearance in this life was actually only ordinary, but once he put on a spirit mage's martial robe, he immediately looked like a noble young master.

Xia Hua praised him with a smile. "Lord Yang Shi, you truly are a young genius, brave and extraordinary."

Chun Yu softly echoed her. "Mm, yes, yes."

"That sounds nice." Yun Ye smiled without taking it seriously and began wolfing down breakfast.

He had just finished eating when—

"Knock, knock, knock!"

The courtyard gate was being knocked on.

Even from inside the house, Yun Ye could hear it clearly. He set down his chopsticks. "Looks like the timing is just right."

When he went outside, Liu Jingyu stood leaning against the courtyard wall with her arms crossed, clad in black armor that completely concealed even her face. Seeing Yun Ye emerge, she tossed out a "Follow me" and strode ahead on her own.

After passing through a long avenue of Fire Fruit Trees, Liu Jingyu brought Yun Ye to a restricted area of the Logistics Department.

"There's a restriction here. Without authorization, no one can enter. Today, you can go in and choose a set of spirit mage black armor."

Liu Jingyu raised her brows. "What are you standing around for? Hurry up and get it over with. Don't waste time."

"..."

Yun Ye took out his Identity Plate and entered the restricted armory.

The armory was extraordinarily spacious, at least six or seven meters high.

A great number of suits of armor were arrayed here, and they were not all black armor. Rather, they came in every color imaginable—even seven-colored ones.

Yun Ye read through the descriptions and nearly laughed himself sick. Heaven knew what he had stumbled across. There was even a spirit material called "Flamboyant Colorful Group Stone." However, Yun Ye quickly stopped laughing, because with sufficient mastery, this spirit armor could simulate optical invisibility.

People who possessed spiritual sense were exceedingly rare, and it was impossible for them to keep it activated all day. Invisibility remained an extremely threatening ability.

Besides, since spiritual sense could scan, there were naturally methods specifically designed to block it.

The "flamboyance" in Flamboyant Colorful Group Stone also carried the meaning of disrupting spiritual sense. It was just that only women—or men even more flamboyant than women—could use it.

In short, there were quite a few strange suits of spirit armor like this, all placed in the inventory for people to choose from.

Yun Ye had already decided yesterday what kind of spirit armor he needed, so he did not waste time. He soon stopped before a suit of silver armor.

"Thousand Steel Spirit Silver Armor. Possesses formidable defensive power. When infused with fire-aspect spiritual power, it can enhance spirit arts and grant flames a demon-suppressing effect."

Yun Ye's greatest weakness was his poor combat awareness, so he needed a higher margin for error.

As for various offensive abilities, Extreme Flame was already sufficient. He did not need the spirit armor to enhance it.

Yun Ye infused the armor with spiritual power. As the power spread, black rapidly engulfed the entire suit of armor.

The originally dazzling silver was completely covered by dull, lightless black.

This was the bonding ritual. The black was actually a special spirit-art pattern, so regardless of the armor's original color, it would ultimately turn black.

"Clack, clack, clack..."

The black armor floated through Yun Ye's flesh and directly "donned" itself over him.

The armor possessed a spirit and did not require manual handling. Otherwise, armor like this would truly be difficult to put on without several people helping.

Precisely because the armor possessed a spirit, it was almost completely sealed apart from the breathing vents. Even his eyes were not exposed. The breathing vents could also automatically filter the air, bringing its safety to the maximum.

Looks like he would never get to see bikini battle armor.

"Has the weight been canceled out by the spiritual power as well? It doesn't even make a sound when I walk, with only the weight pressing against the ground being tangible."

Yun Ye walked out of the armory. The faceplate vanished, seemingly folding together with the helmet. With a thought, it could restore its protective function.

This was too incredible...

If this were replaced with a high-grade spirit tool capable of changing its size at will, he could disguise himself as a high-tech warrior without the slightest problem.

Seeing how quickly Yun Ye had finished, Liu Jingyu nodded. "Not bad. Next are the Black Board missions. This is the core of the Black Armor Army. The wealthy members of the various Aristocratic Clans post missions there. Completing Black Board missions is where Black Armor Spirit Mages truly make money. Two thousand Profound Copper is merely a drop in the bucket."

"These are freely accepted missions. What I'm mainly talking about are the missions issued by the authorities. Those are mandatory and come with no reward. There are quite a few every month, and they're basically handled by the weaker members of the team."

"These missions share the same traits: troublesome, difficult, and extremely likely to involve great danger. The two people earlier died this way. You'd better hope you aren't the next one."