Earth King's Shield Returns to Black Earth Territory

Days passed one after another. Lu Xingshi's Artificial Earth Element Essence project progressed quite well, and the territory remained calm and peaceful.

As for someone coming after him as he had imagined, that remained nothing more than imagination. No one paid him any attention at all.

Given Black Earth Territory's location and his resoundingly impoverished household, how could anyone possibly come after him over such a trivial matter?

If Black Earth Territory possessed abundant resources, or if Lu Xingshi had obtained some treasures, then perhaps it might have been possible. Yet he had none of those things, and no nobles were willing to spare him a glance.

Before long, the finance officer returned.

He looked travel-worn and dust-covered. Naturally, he had encountered bandits, robbers, and the like along the way, but with the soldiers Lu Xingshi had assigned to protect him, the journey had been alarming but ultimately safe.

"My lord, the Earth King's Shield has been returned by the royal court."

"However, the royal court did not provide the potion ingredients you requested. They gave potions directly instead." As the finance officer spoke, he had someone carry in an enormous shield.

The Earth King's Shield was huge, and it was exceedingly heavy.

Its surface bore magnificent decorations.

Anyone who did not recognize its worth would merely take them for ornaments, but Lu Xingshi could tell that every single decoration was an extremely precious material from the Transcendent Era, things ordinary people could never hope to gather in full.

Lu Xingshi carefully inspected it. The Earth King's Shield was exactly identical to the design blueprints, with no missing limbs or broken pieces.

Evidently, after the royal court recovered it, they had placed it directly into the treasure vault without ever using it. To the royal court, it truly held only