Striking while the iron was still hot, I continued,

 “General Lu, you exchanged the life of one man for the hundreds of lives. You saved the people living in Xu Province.

Isn’t 

this 

enough to make you great?” 

Lu Bu looked touched. 

Yet, he had a forlorn expression on his face

, smiling sadly. “What did I gain from tha

t

? I couldn

’

t protect the woman I loved the most, and people later insulted me as if I 

were

 everybody’s slave…” 

Li Mazi and 

Baldy

 escorted Gao Erhu from 

the upper floors

, 

heading toward 

the kitchen. Gao Erhu was still wearing 

his 

raincoa

t, and w

hen he saw Lu Bu, he immediately got on his knees, tears rolling from his face. “Marquis of Wen, my Lord, I 

couldn’t 

save you. I’m so sorry!” 

Seeing this, my respect and admiration for

the Gao family 

rose even higher

. 

Even in the modern-day

, they were still loyal and dedicated to Lu Bu. 

Lu Bu looked at Gao Erhu, his eyes showing a sense of 

anxiety and pity.

I knew 

that I couldn’t miss this opportunity

. I bowed to Lu Bu on

ce more before addressing 

Gao Erhu, “Erhu, 

two thousand years have passed, and history has moved on

. The Han Dynasty no longer exist

s

. What 

grudges still last after all this time

? Do you really want to see General Lu kill all the descendants of those 

disloyal

 families?”  

Gao Erhu held his head low, 

not 

dar

ing

 to look at us. 

H

e knew that he was in the wrong. I didn’t want to trouble him 

any further, so I asked

 him to 

advise

 Lu Bu 

not to

 repeat the same mistakes. 

Then, we went to the Hou family’s ancestral hall, telling Hou Cheng that Lu Bu had agreed to talk with him. 

Hou Cheng was baffled

, and i

n the next moment, he started to sob. 

“It’s been more than two thousand years. 

At last

, 

my 

Master 

has agreed 

to forgive me! Thank you, thank you!” 

Hou Cheng pointed at the black iron chest on the ground. “This chest holds the weapon I used when I was alive. The family has kept it for generations. Since you’ve helped me, I’m going to give it to you! 

It’s of no use to me now anyway

.” 

Then, he raised his hand and made a gesture. The iron chest opened

, and

 flashes of cold light appeared. 

Li Mazi picked 

up the source of the flashes

. It was a silver-gleaming double-edged axe with a tiger descending 

a 

mountain carved onto the handle. 

I shivered. Hou Cheng was one of the 

top 

eight subordinates under Lu Bu

, and

 his weapon

 was truly

awe-inspiring

! 

Anyway, 

my

 impression of Hou Cheng wasn

’t very good, and as such,

 I didn’t try to be polite 

or anything

. I directly asked Li Mazi to bring the axe to the car. The iron chest 

was most likely

 valuable, too. However, as it was the Hou family’s antique, they should keep it. 

Leaving the 

ancestral hall

, I asked 

Baldy

 to hire a 

gentle-looking,

 beautiful princess from a pub. Diao Chan used to be a singer, which was the same 

occupation as

 the pub princesses in modern 

times

. 

When I told her to dress up as Diao Chan to talk to Lu Bu’s ghost, she was stunned. She resolutely 

rejected our offer

. “I don’t want to lose my life just to earn some money!” 

“Lu Bu won’t hurt you. Diao Chan was his biggest weakness! Moreover, he knows Diao Chan 

is 

dead. 

If you do this, it will

 help him rest in peace! Please!” 

My words were honest, but she still rejected 

my request

. 

Baldy

 directly produced his pistol, placing it at the pub princess’s temple, thundering

,

 “

Are you messing

 with me? Do you think I 

won’t dare to 

kill your entire family?” 

She looked at me with fright in her eyes, asking for my help

, but

 I acted as if I didn’t see anything

 and

 turn

ed

 my head aside. Helpless, the girl had to accept our demands. 

I searched for Lu Bu’s information and stories from the 

I

nternet, saving and sorting them into a file. 

After everything was prepared, I suddenly felt empty. As Li Mazi 

had received 

th

at

cool 

weapon, his despicable face returned alongside

 his

 greedy nature.

He patted my cheek 

and asked

, “What are you up to?”

“I

’ve just noticed 

that the situation this time 

seems too

 simple. We haven’t encountered danger yet…” I said. 

“If it weren’t for 

Baldy and me

, Lu Bu would have finished you already! Isn’t 

this 

dangerous enough?” Li Mazi scoffed. 

I nodded. Li Mazi was right. Perhaps I was 

just

overthinking

. 

Considering that Lu Bu’s name in history wasn’t good at all, I was afraid that he would change his mind and attack us. To 

prepare for the worst-case scenario

, I 

drew

 many spirit talismans to give to the others. I even went to a

store, asking them to make me a sword. 

I had learned the spell to invite Sword Immortal Lu Dongbin 

from 

Chuyi. If Lu

 B

u 

went back on his word

, in

 such a hopeless moment

, I would try to 

ask 

the Sword Immortal to help. 

Time flew 

quickly

. The sky was getting dark…

The midnight hour 

arrived shortly

. As the lime had all dried up, it was now hard. 

Baldy

 had to invite a group of construction workers to help dig up the hole again. 

This

 was 

when 

I was worried the most. I hoped that Lu Bu wouldn’t suddenly turn 

crazy

 and 

begin

 to slaughter people. Fortunately, he 

remained hidden while the hole was dug up

. 

Once

 all the workers had left safely, he showed up with a gust of wind. 

“Thank you, General Lu.” 

I greeted him, then took a few steps backward

. I

signaled

 the pub princess 

dressed as 

Diao Chan

to show up

, motioning at

 the others to hide 

in 

a corner. 

The princess acted as I had told her

.

 “General, my Lord, 

we’ve been apart for

 two thousand years. In the end, Chan’er 

meets

 you again.” 

Since 

she was a singer in the pub, her voice was 

quite 

enticing. Moreover, she was wearing beautiful costumes 

from 

the Han Dynasty. 

At 

this moment, she 

genuinely looked

 like Diao Chan.” 

“My darling, I’m truly incompetent

. Y

ou have suffer

ed because of me

!” 

After talking, Lu Bu got on his knees. I felt the ground shak

e

 a little bit a

s

he

 moved. 

Li Mazi and 

Baldy

 dropped their jaws in surprise. We all knew that Lu Bu loved Diao Chan, but no one would expect that Lu Bu would get on his knees. In the Han Dynasty, women had no social position. There was an old saying that stated, 

‘

brothers are like limbs; wives are like clothes.

’

The singer was touched, and she began to cry, dashing toward him. She wanted to throw herself into Lu Bu’s embrace.

 However, she could only hug the void. Lu Bu 

wanted to reciprocate her actions

, but they couldn’t touch each other. He was just a spirit. Strictly speaking, he wasn’t even an intact soul. 

Lu Bu 

kept

 his arms spread open for a while. Then, he calmly told the woman, “I know you’re not my Chan’er. Chan’er 

is 

dead. You can go now. Thank you for fulfilling my last wish.” 

My heart ached. It turned out Lu Bu had always wanted to 

apologize

 to Diao Chan. That

 was

 why he had kne

lt

 in front of her; it was to show his 

remorse

. 

When the women left, I went over and

gave

 Gao Erhu the file I had prepared, asking him to read it out loud. 

“Lu Bu, courtesy name Fengxian, is the First Peerless General of the Eastern Han! He eradicated Dong Zhuo. The imperial court ordained him as the Marquis of Wen thanks to his 

meritorious service 

to the nation. With his halberd, he saved the people from damnation. 

With their actions,

 Lu Bu and Diao Chan 

have embodied 

the story of the hero and the beauty that people still 

praise to this day

…” 

Gao Erhu’s voice was full of emotion. 

As Lu Bu continued to listen, h

is bewildered 

expression turned into one full of emotion

. While listening, 

he began to tear up

.

In the end, he resumed his heroic posture and appearance, laughing whole-heartedly. “Gao Erhu, is 

this 

true?” 

“Marquis of Wen, my Lord, everything is true. Although 

some people complain

, nobody is perfect. It’s good that you don’t have any guilt weighing on your conscience.” 

Gao Erhu answered calmly

. However, m

y heart sank when he said that. I just asked him to tell the other party what I had prepared. Gao Erhu had improvised! 

With Lu Bu’s nature, it was possible that 

he would become enraged at this

. Instinctively, I grabbed my Yin and Yang Umbrella, ready to strike. 

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu wasn’t mad. He looked heavenward, laughing 

to his heart’s content

. 

“I

 have no guilt weighing on my conscience

! You’re truly a son of my Bing Province!” 

I heaved a sigh of relief. Lu Bu wasn’t like what he was described as in the books. He 

sincerely 

cared about 

his relationships 

and humanity. However, we still hadn’t solved his 

issues 

with Hou Cheng yet. “My Lord, do you want to see Hou Cheng?” 

“I’m his master. Why would I have to wait for him?” Lu Bu snorted then waved his hands, returning to his hole. 

I knew he wanted Hou Cheng to come here to apologize to him. I motioned for Li Mazi to release Hou Cheng’s spirit. 

Li Mazi nodded. He went to the car to pick up the big axe

 where

 Hou Cheng’s spirit dwelled

.

Before I could 

open my mouth

, Hou Cheng flew up from the axe as we entered the lobby

 and 

looked around

.

 Eventually, his eyes 

settled 

on the deep hole. He hurried

ly moved toward the hole

 and got on his knees. Then, he began to cry his lungs out

,

 “Sinner Hou Cheng greet

s

 my Lord!” 

“We should 

leave

,” I told Li Mazi and 

Baldy

. 

No matter what, they were old acquaintances.

Yet, a

t the moment I walked out of the kitchen, a dazzling golden light flashed! Before I could get a hold of myself, I heard Hou Cheng shrieking in agony. 

I understood the situation wasn’t going 

as expected

. I ran back inside and 

looked for Hou Cheng, seeing

 a great halberd 

with a

 golden halo piercing 

his

 body. 

The powerful weapon 

had directly pinned Hou Cheng 

to 

the wall. 

I was 

bewildered,

 mesmerized by the golden halo of the Sky Piercer. 

The Sky Piercer

 began to spin, and

 Hou Cheng screamed louder and louder. In the end, he shivered 

and

 became a few wisps of black smoke, vanishing into the void. 

Then, the Sky Piercer landed on the ground 

with a clatter

. 

“Weren’t they supposed to talk 

it out

? Why did they fight?” Li Mazi couldn’t believe his eyes. 

“No matter how 

well

 Hou Cheng could explain his 

point of view

, 

he still betrayed Lu Bu

. Lu Bu agree

d

 to let us help him ascend, but 

that

 doesn’t mean that he would forgive Hou Cheng.” 

Li Mazi was puzzled. Then, he gawked, asking me, “Did you predict 

everything that happened

?” 

“Yeah

.

” I admitted with a cold smile.

Lu Bu 

made an agreement

 with me because I had a secret deal with him. 

To 

fulfill 

that deal, I would trick Hou Cheng to come and see Lu Bu. As long as Lu Bu could destroy Hou Cheng, he was willing to leave. 

“Little 

B

rother Zhang, you…” 

Li Mazi held his fist as if he was about to hit me. However, he couldn’t 

bring himself to do it

.

“You’ve changed. You’re not the genuinely kind Zhang Jiulin I used to know

,

” Li Mazi sighed. 

“I don’t want Ru Xue’s kid to be fatherless, and I don’t want Yin Xinyue to wash her face with her tears. Do you think the two of us can deal with the God of War Lu Bu?” I shouted at Li Mazi. 

He was baffled, looking at me. Then, we burst out laughing. 

Lu Bu had left, leaving the Sky Piercer to us. With the double-edged axe Hou Cheng had gifted us, we 

obtained 

two otherworldly items this time. 

Not long afterward, an ancient weapon collector came to our door. In the end, I sold Hou Cheng’s double-edged axe 

for 

the price of three million 

renminbi

. 

However, I had no plans to sell the Sky Piercer for the time being. Not because of its invincible nature

, but because

 whenever I 

admired 

the halberd, I remembered the grudge that had lasted for two thousand years. 

Whether it was grace or grudge, as time passed by, 

all would be forgotten

. 

However, the story of Lu Bu and Diao Chan would live forever

!