"Is Mithril something from The Lord of the Rings movie?" Zhao Zhu asked.

  Zhao Zhu remembers that in the "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" series, mithril is a good thing, anyway it's a pretty powerful prop weapon, all the legendary weapons are mixed with mithril, as if as a hero, you're not worthy to hold a weapon without some mithril in it.

  "Hmm, roughly speaking, my metallurgy manual has records of this material. Actually, a piece of secret silver the size of a fingernail is already very precious. The piece you have in your hand is probably about three or four times the size of an ordinary person's fingernail. When refining talismans and tools, if you can add even a tiny bit of secret silver, it will often have a very obvious effect of enhancing the quality, allowing the refined tool to be upgraded by one level! Of course, when some medicinal concoctions are added with secret silver as a catalyst, their effects will also greatly increase, and may even produce unexpected changes in medicinal properties. Anyway, this is a treasure, a big treasure!"

  Fan looked at Zhao Zhu's hands holding the secret silver, his eyes almost shining with excitement, just like a drug addict seeing a truckload of ice in front of him when he was about to have a relapse, and he couldn't wait to pounce on it.

  "I'm saying, are you capable of using this as raw material to make something now?" Zhao Zhu's words meant that he was afraid Fan Pian would waste the thing.

  "Hmm... actually, my technical level is almost there, doing some things shouldn't be a big problem. The Secret Silver only amplifies the effects of the crafted items one-sidedly and won't affect the crafting process." Fan Pian said seriously, "Now that you have a set of cards, I can vaporize the Secret Silver and engrave it onto the cards. The power of the cards under your control will increase several times over, and the spiritual energy and mental energy required to control the cards will also be further reduced. Your combat strength will thus receive a doubling boost!"

  "It sounds pretty good. To be honest, I'm 60 and you're 40, so how about we split it 50/50? The original difference of 10% can be considered as my labor fee."

  "No problem, I'll go to my lab tonight and do the work. At most, it will take 24 hours, and your card will be remade." Fan Pian was really eager.

  Just as Zhao Zhu and Fan Pian were talking, on the field, Guangzhou Evergrande scored a goal in an away game. Brazilian foreign aid Goulart passed the ball from the side, and local player Zheng Long broke into the middle to score, taking the lead for the home team.

  "Zhao Zhu, let's go back." Fan Pian urged, seeing Zhao Zhu still watching the stadium, although he was a Hangzhou native, but he didn't have much sense of belonging or interest in football, especially for this Hangzhou Greentown team.

  "It's not that urgent, let's finish watching the game before leaving. Let's just sit down here and consider it as a substitute for him to watch this game. If we don't do this, it would be like we're dead but still loyal to our team. We can't find this secret silver anyway." Zhao Zhu sat back down to continue watching the game.

  Fan also had no choice but to sit down and follow suit.

  The final result of this match was Guangzhou Evergrande 1:0 win over Hangzhou Greentown, which is an expected result after all, as there is indeed a gap in strength between the two sides.

  After the game, Zhao Zhu and Fan Pian walked out of the Huanglong Stadium. Fan Pian drove back to his tea house, where Zhao Zhu handed over the secret silver. Without even eating dinner, Fan Pian rushed into his laboratory.

  Zhao Zhu sat on the veranda set up outside the tea house, now the sky had darkened, but the wind blowing from West Lake was still gentle. Zhao Zhu was alone here drinking tea and eating tea snacks. Zhu Wanqi was still watching "Eternal Love in Songcheng" and hadn't returned yet. The tea house staff had been instructed by their boss not to disturb Zhao Zhu, which made him feel a rare sense of leisure.

  With one hand spread out, a handful of West Lake water fell into Zhao Zhu's palm. In Zhao Zhu's palm, it was making all sorts of changes. It should be the reason why the woman in last night's jade hairpin massaged for herself. Zhao Zhu's willpower and spiritual power really became more solid, and when used, it was even more handy.

  He clenched his fist and the water fell back into West Lake. Zhao Zhu picked up a piece of tea leaves, put it in his mouth, and chewed slowly.

  He suddenly felt that, actually, this was a pretty good place. Although the current West Lake couldn't compare to its former natural elegance, it still retained some lingering charm worth savoring. Having nothing better to do, sitting here, drinking tea, looking at the lake, taking a stroll, was also a unique pleasure, and probably beneficial for one's mental well-being.

  At this thought, Zhao Zhu took out his mobile phone. He had previously only sent a text message to Xiong Zhiqi and Zhu Jianping, but hadn't really contacted them by voice. Now he dialed a number and the call was quickly answered:

  "Hey, Zhao Ge, you're still outside?"

  "Uh, I'm in Hangzhou."

  "Oh, what a great place! Worth waiting for a thousand years, ah... it's worth waiting for..."

  The person on the other end of the phone, Xiong Zhiqi, suddenly started singing, and Zhao Zhuang slightly moved his mobile phone away from his ear, saying:

  "I have a friend here who is also in the group, just got something good, I can't use it up by myself, you and Jing ~ worm come together, to Hangzhou."

  "Ah... going to Hangzhou for fun, okay, I'll go book a ticket later."

  "Alright then, I'll wait for you here."

  "Alright, Brother Zhao."

  He hung up the phone, Zhao Zhuo got up from his chair and walked to the riverbank, looking at the lake water, stretched his waist, but at this moment, Zhao Zhuo's eyes caught a glimpse of something in a corner by the riverbank, as if there was a pair of eyes staring at him.

  Zhao Zhu believed that his intuition would not go wrong, because his spiritual sensitivity was much higher than that of ordinary people. If an ordinary person were to observe him in secret, he would be even more sensitive than those with extremely strong anti-reconnaissance abilities.

  Splash

  The sound of water is coming.

  In the water?

  Zhao Zhu's feet involuntarily took a few steps back, but his eyes were still fixed on that spot.

  In a short while, right in front of Zhao Zhu, on the surface of West Lake, a white light slowly emerged. After the light dissipated, Zhao Zhu saw clearly that it was a... white snake!

  The White Snake and West Lake are inseparable, for thousands of years, the legend of them has been passed down along the banks of West Lake, spreading throughout the country. Tourists from all over the nation flock to visit, climbing up Leifeng Pagoda, now made of steel and concrete with an elevator, and then using their imagination to fill in the stories and legends, which is also the charm of Hangzhou city.

  However, legend... after all is just a legend, Zhao Zhuo absolutely did not think that he would actually run into this... "Bai Niang Zi" by the West Lake?

  "Hiss."

  The white snake swam out of the water, crawled onto the shore, its movements were very natural and smooth, without any stagnation. It then crawled to Zhao Zhu's side, slowly raised its body, the white snake was not very long, but enough to make its head level with Zhao Zhu's head, its eyes staring at Zhao Zhu's eyes.

  Zhao Zhu didn't move, the snake didn't move either. The man and the snake stared at each other like this. The wind around them was still warm and humid, making people feel cool but not sticky at all.

  ……

  Outside the Fushun Airport in Liaoning, a middle-aged man wearing a dark blue robe and holding a tobacco pipe was squatting there smoking. He had already bought his ticket to fly to Hangzhou. What is he going to do in Hangzhou? Look for someone.

  At night, his pipe glowed on and off.

  At this time, a figure emerged slowly from the blackness behind him. It was a man's figure, and his true face couldn't be seen clearly, but the overwhelming pressure emanating from his body could be felt distinctly.

  "Zhao Hejing, where are you going?" The voice in the shadows carried a cold indifference, as if nothing mattered to him, yet somehow seemed to have an obsessive and controlling desire for everything.

  "Angel, can't I even decide where to go for a walk now?" Zhao Hejing asked back.

  Angel, real name Li Ning, group ID is "Mu Tian Shi", is a group administrator, mainly active in the Northeast, is the executor and arbitrator of the power of the Northeast region.

  "You should be aware of your identity and status, you are no longer a newcomer in the group, you can't just go seeking revenge or retaliating against someone whenever you want. You need to understand that every move you make, even if it's just a slight mistake, could trigger a disaster." Li Ning said.

  "Haha, the stronger one's power is, the less free they are. How ridiculous! You should know that bastard not only dismembered one of my subordinates and had them delivered to me, but also intercepted my Blood Jade Wasp in SZ. Do you think I wouldn't go find him for a good scolding?" Zhao Hejing's tone was filled with icy anger.

  "Even if I don't stop you, the administrators living in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai will take action against you."

  "Haha, I'd like to see how capable they are." Zhao Hejing indeed had the confidence to say such a thing. His qualifications and abilities were not inferior to those of the group's administrators. What he lacked was merely a title recognized by the group owner.

  "What then? Once you've really crossed the line and caught the attention of the group owner?" The words of Mu Tian Shi carried a hint of subtle mockery.

  As soon as he heard the words "group owner", Zhao and Jing gloomily took two puffs of smoke, and a fearful emotion actually appeared on his face. Newcomers may think that the group owner is just a "good person" who can exchange things, but in fact, the stronger the person, the more they can feel the horror of the group owner.

  "There is no freedom anymore."

  "Yes, there is no freedom anymore."

  "I still can't swallow this."

  "I know."

  "I'll go ask others in the group who haven't reached the critical point to help me take action."

  "In that case, you will still suffer certain consequences because the group owner is all-powerful and all-knowing. What you're doing now will still have repercussions."

  "That cost, I am still willing to bear."

  "It's actually not worth it, things have come to this point, a little punishment and damage can make you irreparable."

  "As long as I think it's worth it."

  "Okay, as long as you don't leave Liaoning yourself and do other things, I won't stop you."

  "Thank you."