Several days later, Mo Ruohua and Captain Ming escorted a group of master craftsmen into the fief of a Hao Clan scion, riding a flying vessel directly into a Creation Factory.
This time, they had openly declared themselves "Celestials." After so many years of contact, the Hao Clan had gradually come to accept the Celestials and were willing to engage in exchanges with Celestial Xia concerning Creation.
Of course, this was also because the Celestials' influence in this world was growing ever greater, and there had long been quite a few Celestials among the upper ranks of the southern Hao Clan. If one's strength was lacking, those Hao Clan grandmasters would never associate with you as equals.
A month later, Master Craftsman Li sought out Captain Ming. Holding a map, he pointed to a location and said, "In ten days, this Creation Factory will lose a set of forged armor here. Captain Ming may go and retrieve it."
Captain Ming asked in surprise, "They really agreed? Even a Hao Clan scion has something like this?"
Master Craftsman Li said, "The Hao Clan has gone farther than us in Creation. Even a scion possesses the skills of a Creation Refiner; otherwise, he could not protect his own fief. So long as we are willing to pay the price, a single set of forged armor is truly nothing. The Upper Layer of Sleeping Foothill City-Domain once obtained several sets, but you understand—the Military Prefecture forbids us from actively acquiring such things. But if they lose them themselves, and Captain Ming happens to pick them up, then that does not violate the rules."
Captain Ming said, "Fine. In ten days, I'll go there and take possession of it."
After Master Craftsman Li departed, Cong Fu asked, "Captain, are we going?"
Captain Ming said,