Chapter 31: Refining the Evil Spirit Ring

  She glanced at Zhao Dashi with a sincere look, and Zhou Yue smiled slightly. Indeed, this guy was not only smooth but also had a good understanding of the situation and was decisive in his actions. Someone like him could be considered an ally or a cooperative partner, and it wouldn't be a problem to have a casual friendship with him in the world before the disaster. However, under the current disastrous circumstances, he wasn't suitable as a friend, let alone a trusted companion, because beneath that smooth smile of his was also hidden a wild ambition that refused to be subordinate to others!

  Picking up the coarse iron sand handed over by Zhao Dashan, Zhou Yue turned it around in his hand for a few circles before slowly saying: "This thing is very precious and can be used to refine weapons and equipment. So, bringing it here to give me isn't right. As they say, 'clear accounts with brothers', I'll buy this coarse iron sand from you. One Evil Spirit Ring, plus helping Zhang Ying reach level 3, what do you think?"

  It was unexpected that Zhou Yue would not accept, but instead bought it in this way. Zhao Dashan and Li Dan were both stunned, looked at each other, and then smiled: "Of course, there's no problem, anyway we only have one now, keeping it temporarily is useless, why not give it to Zhou Yue? The stronger your strength, the safer our team will be!"

  "Alright, it's settled then!" Zhou Yue smiled again, and indeed, with this rough iron sand, he could once again synthesize a refined iron sand.

  At this time, the door opened and Zhang Ying walked in with four food boxes in her hand. Following behind her was a somewhat unfamiliar but extremely delicate and shy girl. Her hair was wet and seemed to have just been washed.

  Zhou Yue didn't bother to look closely, stood up with a smile and took the lunchbox from Zhang Ying's hand, saying: "I'm starving, thank you so much Zhang Ying, Dashan is really lucky!"

  Saying so, Zhou Yue took out the extra evil spirit ring and threw it at Zhao Dashan on the side.

  At this time, hearing Zhou Yue's politeness, Zhang Ying's face was also filled with a smile, and then she handed the other two food boxes to the stranger girl behind her, saying: "Xiao Xue, you can eat too, you must be starving?"

  "Huh?" Zhou Yue was opening her lunchbox, and upon hearing this, she couldn't help but pause for a moment. She looked up to carefully examine the girl who seemed somewhat unfamiliar, yet extremely innocent-looking, and no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. After a long while, she finally pointed with her chopsticks, her face looking strange as she asked: "You... are Liang Xiaoxue?"

  When she heard Zhou Yue's words, the girl's snow-white face suddenly turned red, and she didn't dare to look at Zhou Yue again. She just lowered her head and softly said "en".

  Beside them, Zhao Dashan, Li Dan and Zhang Ying also suddenly understood that for the past four hours, Zhou Yue hadn't done anything! This is a violent plunder of innocence, what a pure little girl! Letting her off would be a pity!

  Zhou Yue was stunned for a while, but then he laughed at himself. He had forgotten that the recovery apple not only restored injuries but also scars on the body, such as the several gruesome scars on his own body which were now completely healed. How could it be otherwise with Liang Xiaoxue's scar?

  "Alright, hurry up and eat, then help me with something!" Zhou Yue said calmly, before turning around and devouring the food in the two lunchboxes in a flash!

  "Zhou Yue, have you eaten enough? If not, I'll get you another serving?" Zhang Ying said beside her. The evil spirit ring that Zhou Yue had thrown at Zhao Dashan earlier was now on her finger, so she looked at Zhou Yue more favorably.

  "No need, I'll eat hers!" Zhou Yue said, and then snatched the two food boxes in front of Liang Xiaoxue. This silly woman, at a time like this, was still hesitant to eat, apparently she wasn't hungry enough!

  Zhou Yue snatched the lunchbox, Liang Xiaoxue was stunned for a moment, her eyes instantly turned red, but she didn't dare to make a sound, just standing there with her head down, looking like a victim.

  "Hey! Zhou Yue, don't bully people too much. Xiao Xue, sister will get you another one, wait!" Zhang Ying couldn't bear it anymore and gave Zhou Yue a displeased glance before walking out.

  Zhou Yue didn't care, this was a lesson for Liang Xiaoxue. From now on, such a seemingly peaceful life would be hard to appear again. When you want to eat, you can't wait for others to serve it up. Who cares about being a lady or not when your stomach is growling?

  "Combine these three iron sands for me!" Zhou Yue said while eating, and handed the three rough iron sands to Liang Xiaoxue. He no longer dared to use his own strength value now, as that would be equivalent to temporarily disabling his martial arts skills. Fortunately, he had Liang Xiaoxue.

  She was out of energy, Zhou Yue could protect her, but if Zhou Yue was out of energy, she couldn't even protect herself, let alone Zhou Yue.

  Liang Xiaoxue did as she was told, and after picking up the three rough iron sands, she synthesized them according to the prompts. Zhao Dashan and Li Dan were seeing this for the first time, and they watched carefully from the side. Zhou Yue didn't plan to hide it from them either, as this wasn't a secret matter. However, letting them know in advance was also a basis for cooperation.

  Soon, the three rough iron sands were merged into one refined iron sand by Liang Xiaoxue. At this time, Zhou Yue was somewhat hesitant because he didn't know whether to continue refining the Evil Spirit's Tooth.

  According to his previous conjecture and experience, he knew that after the Evil Spirit Tooth was refined once, the success rate of refining it again would decrease. So now he was taking a risk, either the quality of the Evil Spirit Tooth would rise to another level, or this refinement would fail, and the familiar iron sand would be destroyed!

  After careful consideration, Zhou Yue decided not to take the risk. The reason was that it was now very difficult to get these rough iron sands, so he should fully enhance his every bit of strength. The evil spirit tooth could wait until later when he had more rough iron sand and then refine it. This time, he should refine an evil spirit ring, which would definitely be 100% successful.

  At this moment, Zhou Yue took off a wicked ghost ring from his right hand and handed it to Liang Xiaoxue, saying: "According to the prompt, refine that familiar iron sand into this wicked ghost ring!"

  At this time, Liang Xiaoxue naturally listened to Zhou Yue's words, but when she started refining, her face suddenly turned pale and her body softened, as if a mysterious force had sucked away the energy from her body. At this moment, Zhao Dashan and Li Dan looked at each other in dismay, finally understanding why Zhou Yue had to have Liang Xiaoxue help with the refinement, and also realizing how important that energy value was.

  After a faint flash of white light, the evil spirit ring was successfully refined. At this time, the ring was no longer the previous pale color and looked very simple, but it had become wider as a whole, with a softer and whiter color. Some fine textures appeared on its surface, making it look smooth and delicate. Although there were no precious stones or diamonds inlaid on it, it still had another kind of captivating charm.

  At this time, the properties of the evil spirit ring have also changed.

  "Level 2 Evil Spirit Ring, White Equipment, Refined One Star."

  "Health +2, Strength +2, Agility +2."