novelhk #507 - Seeking Sword
#507 - Seeking Sword
Lu Jing didn't waste any more words after hearing Chi's words, and immediately drew Huguang from his sleeve, handing it to Chi.
As soon as Chi took the flying sword, she let out a soft 'Huh'.
Then she looked at it more closely, and the surprise and doubt on her face became even stronger, as if she had encountered some difficult problem, and her brows furrowed even deeper.
"This sword…"
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Lu Jing felt uneasy, and couldn't help but worry that his Peking duck-style sword-nurturing method had been discovered by Chi.
After all, in order to survive, he had directly pushed the sword spirit to the verge of shattering, forcing it to rely on the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to barely survive.
Of course, after cultivating the Lush Greenery, he never did such a wicked thing again, but he was still worried that Chi would see something.
Chi was almost about to blurt out whether this sword was really Huguang, because compared to when she handed the sword to Lu Jing last time, Huguang had changed too much.
If the light on the Huguang sword was like the shimmering surface of a lake before, then the current Huguang seemed to be made from the essence of the ninth heaven's moon, the sword light and the sword body completely integrated into one, natural and seamless, without any flaws.
Every inch revealed a glittering sword intent.
Chi couldn't understand why this sword looked like it had been reforged, so different from before. She looked up at Lu Jing again.
Without a doubt, this was obviously the work of the man in front of her.
But Lu Jing had once said that he didn't know anything about weapon refining. At that time, Chi didn't doubt it, after all, Lu Jing had only just entered the academy and come into contact with cultivation not long ago.
No, Lu Jing couldn't even cultivate at that time, let alone refine weapons.
However, his research on materials made Chi look at him with new respect and was amazed.
And now he has embarked on the path of cultivation, although he has not systematically learned the art of weapon refining, is it possible that he can already achieve this level with just his talent?
Chi's eyes shone brightly, she was right, Lu Jing was definitely a good seed to become a weapon refiner, and his future achievements would be limitless.
With a little guidance, he will soon approach, no… he will surpass her in one fell swoop.
"How did you refine Huguang into its current state?" Chi asked curiously.
"Ah, I didn't refine it," Lu Jing said guiltily.
Fortunately, Chi didn't ask any further questions, but instead said solemnly, "I was reckless. The art of weapon refining is the foundation for every weapon refiner to establish themselves, so naturally, it cannot be easily shared with others."
After speaking, she raised her hands and returned Huguang to the bewildered Lu Jing.
"It seems that Huguang has not chosen the wrong master. You have taken good care of it during this period, even better than I expected. In that case, I take back what I said before. It's not impossible for you to raise another flying sword."
"Really?" Although Lu Jing felt that Chi might have misunderstood something, he was still happy to hear her say that.
"That's right," Chi said, "but… there are conditions."
"This… it's not that I don't want to learn, nor that I look down on your weapon refining skills, it's just that I…"
Chi interrupted Lu Jing, "I know you have your own things to do, so I don't ask you to live with me and discuss and learn from each other. Just take two hours every five days and come to me."
"I will first explain the basic knowledge of weapon refining to you, and then I will also ask you to help refine some simple objects first. If you agree, I will give you that flying sword."
Lu Jing calculated that with one more flying sword, his secret power consumption speed could be much faster, and the time saved in five days far exceeded two hours, not to mention that after learning weapon refining, there would be new ways to consume secret power. So no matter how he looked at it, this deal was not a loss.
So Lu Jing also nodded and said, "Okay, please give me more guidance in the future."
Chi's face also showed a satisfied look when she heard this sentence. Although flying swords are precious, they are ultimately just inanimate objects. In her opinion, it is far more important to put Lu Jing on the right track.
Many people may not understand, what does Lu Jing's weapon refining have to do with Chi?
But in Chi's eyes, Lu Jing is the most perfect material in this world. If she can't use this material to create a masterpiece, then it will be a loss for her, for Lu Jing, and even for this world.
It's like when her master brought her back to the academy, she now wants to lead Lu Jing into this brilliant and mysterious world, to experience the beauty of objects and creation.
In addition, she can also have a deeper discussion and experiment with Lu Jing on various alloy materials.
Chi has always been a swift and decisive person. Since she had agreed with Lu Jing, she no longer delayed and turned around to take another flying sword and stuffed it into Lu Jing's arms.
"This sword is called Shanhuo, and it comes from… um, my father's hand. Although that man is not very good at being a person, his weapon refining skills are very good. In my master's words, he is even above her."
"This Shanhuo can be considered his pinnacle work, but it's hard to say who is stronger or weaker than Huguang. After all, Huguang is my master's late-year work, and both the skills and the concept of weapon refining have tended to perfection."
"And my father, he died not long after refining Shanhuo, he was only thirty years old at that time…" Chi's expression was very calm when she said this, as if the person who died was an insignificant passerby.
Seeing that Lu Jing seemed a little puzzled, she explained, "My father died early. I was only three years old when he died, so I don't really have any impression of him. My master raised me since I was a child, and my master told me about him."
"So you don't need to have too much burden in your heart when you take this sword," Chi said, "I have studied this flying sword many times, and basically there is nothing more to learn from it."
"Then thank you very much," Lu Jing put Shanhuo into the other sleeve, so he was a person with two flying swords.
To be honest, if it wasn't because she saw that Huguang was doing well, Chi wouldn't have believed that Lu Jing could handle another Shanhuo, even now, she still had some doubts in her heart.
As a result, before she could say anything, she saw Lu Jing scratching his head and said a little embarrassedly, "That, I know you don't have any more flying swords here, do you know where else I can get flying swords?"