A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 434 Sleeping with Feet Together

"Master, I'm here to help you!"

Seeing Jiang Shuzhou locked in a fierce battle with Corus, Grace didn't hesitate and immediately drew her knife to join the fray.

Krist was already having a hard time against Jiang Shuzhou, and now that Grace and Jiang Shuzhou were teaming up in a mixed doubles match, it was even more difficult for her. She was completely suppressed and unable to move.

He sustained more and more wounds, eventually reaching the point of near death.

"Would you like to hear my story?"

"That's what Corus said."

"What story?"

Grace was a little curious.

"Don't listen to nonsense, it'll damage your ears."

Jiang Shuzhou kindly tried to dissuade him.

But it didn't work.

Tell me about it!

Grace looked on with curiosity, which is why they say curiosity killed the cat.

It was a dark and stormy night...

Corus began to tell her own depressing little stories.

Since Grace wanted to hear it, Jiang Shuzhou didn't care, since he wasn't the one suffering anyway.

However, Jiang Shuzhou quietly found a place to stay.

After seeing Jiang Shuzhou leave, Corus looked at Grace and whispered something to her.

"What kind of good person do you think that man is?"

She intended to sow discord.

"That's my master. Besides, my master is very good to me."

"How exactly is it good?"

"My master eats my cooking every day without me having to ask, and he praises my cooking. He also gives me gold coins and money every day. He even makes me do the laundry. Whenever I want clothes, my master will make me an exact set of the same clothes, but I always wear the old ones."

Once the topic came up, Grace began to talk at length.

"..."

At this moment, not only was Krist speechless, but even Jiang Shuzhou was speechless.

Good grief, so it turns out that all the gold coins I gave you every day to buy clothes were just a way for you to take a cut and wear my old clothes, huh?

No wonder Jiang Shuzhou sometimes felt uncomfortable wearing these clothes. They were the same model and size, but it turns out that the clothes I finally managed to tame were taken by you.

"You're hopelessly infatuated with love."

Corus felt that being around Grace was torture.

At the same time, she was also very jealous.

Jealous that Grace has such a person by her side.

"You and your master seem quite loving. If it were me back then..."

Before she could finish speaking, Grace beheaded Corus.

"Stop talking! What if that old man hears me? He's so traditional, he won't even sleep next to me. If he finds out, I'll be expelled from the sect tomorrow!"

The decapitation was done quite quickly.

Jiang Shuzhou shook his head, then left and returned to the laboratory.

He needed to adjust his mindset and forge a god-slaying weapon for Grace.

Soon, Grace returned to the carriage, but she was carrying several materials in her hands.

"Master, I've prepared all the materials. You can continue crafting at any time. If you'd like, I can also help you with anything you need, okay?"

Jiang Shuzhou didn't care at all.

Give me the staff.

Grace carefully handed over the staff.

Jiang Shuzhou carefully cleaned the cane, washing away the bloodstains.

"Where are the materials? You should have searched me, shouldn't you?"

Jiang Shuzhou continued.

"Here it is, Master."

Grace handed over the extracted echo of her soul to Jiang Shuzhou.

"By the way, Master, do you know? That playwright is a real beast, he..."

Grace was about to start cursing when Jiang Shuzhou quickly covered her mouth.

"Say less."

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Shuzhou picked up the object that contained the echoes of countless souls and enchanted the staff.

"Grace, reach out your hand."

Jiang Shuzhou said.

"What...?"

Jiang Shuzhou hugged Grace and then taught her how to enchant.

"Learn from this, so you can use it to maintain your staff after I'm gone."

Grace's body was a little stiff, but she gradually became familiar with her staff as Jiang Shuzhou led her.

When the echo of the soul was infused into the staff, the staff, which had previously appeared somewhat lifeless, seemed to come alive.

Soon, as the enchantment ended, the staff emanated a terrifying power.

A single echo of the soul is certainly not enough, but Jiang Shuzhou's superb skills make up for it.

"What do you think of this thing?"

Looking at the staff that exuded a powerful aura, Grace picked it up and couldn't put it down.

While they were playing, Grace suddenly spoke up.

"Master, I was frightened today. Could you stay with me and sleep side by side with me?"

Are you sure you want to?

Jiang Shuzhou asked.

"I really want to, Master, have you agreed?"

After saying that, Grace looked excited. Her master didn't object at all?

"Since you want it, then I agree."

Jiang Shuzhou was roughly aware of Grace's feelings, but he hadn't responded before because his conscience wouldn't allow it.

Now that it's been revealed that Grace is another legendary mage, Jiang Shuzhou is less opposed to it.

"Yay!"

Grace skipped and jumped around, looking very excited.

Then, Grace spent a sleepless night.

She just held Jiang Shuzhou like that, without saying a word.

The two sides were extremely ambiguous, but there was no substantial development whatsoever.

He still had the desire to steal but not the courage, and that was the only assessment Jiang Shuzhou could offer.

All I can say is, even if you were given the chance, you wouldn't have been able to use it.

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"Recite ten examples of chaos spells from memory!"

Jiang Shuzhou's words were stern, a stark contrast to his previous gentleness.

In the past few days, Jiang Shuzhou has been teaching Grace some rather chaotic knowledge, depending on the situation.

For example, how to use chaos spells without being harmed by them, or how to minimize the failure of chaos spells.

Grace exclaimed that she hadn't expected Old Deng to be hiding such a big secret, and that he would only teach her after warming her bed.

Then Jiang Shuzhou kicked her off the bed forever, and she could forget about ever sleeping in the same bed with him again.

And so time slowly passed, and three months went by in the blink of an eye. During this time, Grace had basically acquired the ability to kill gods. Whether it was learning and teaching chaos magic or other aspects, Grace was impeccable.

Jiang Shuzhou then began compiling textbooks incorporating his own knowledge.

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"Cough cough cough."

One day, while Jiang Shuzhou was compiling a textbook, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He didn't care at all and continued to do things his own way.

Disregard for one's own body is a common problem among all monks.

"Master, your illness has worsened again."

Grace looked worried and sad.

She was a little scared, afraid that Jiang Shuzhou would leave soon.

"I'm fine. I can at least hold out until the day you go and kill the playwright."

Jiang Shuzhou waved his hand, not seeming to mind.

Immediately afterwards, he turned and left.

Seeing the blood Jiang Shuzhou coughed up, Grace turned pale. She couldn't imagine what she would do if Jiang Shuzhou really wanted to leave her.