refining sword

Chapter 14
Tie Jian's clothes were mostly broken, and there were several bloodstains on his cheeks. He looked a little miserable, but his expression was very determined, and bright rays of light flashed in his pupils.

I saw a little blue light condensed on the surface of the demon bear's body, gradually condensing into a dark blue ghost ghost, and then the light dissipated, turning into a wisp of smoke and pouring into the short sword.

Tie Jian only felt a fiery heat in his palm, followed by a stream of heat pouring into his body, he immediately released the hilt of the sword, and sat down cross-legged.

In his dantian, a group of golden flames that had clearly grown in size quickly ignited the demon soul that poured into it, causing it to burn violently, and then turned into strands of pure mana, filling the entire dantian.

A feeling of fullness and swelling came out spontaneously, and a light sound was immediately emitted from within the dantian.

Tie Jian's eyes suddenly opened, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes at first, but in an instant it turned into a state of sadness.

"Eighth floor..." Tie Jian muttered to himself.

He really did not expect that in just two months, just by hunting and killing monsters and devouring monsters, his mana would increase so quickly, and now he has reached the eighth level of the Qi refining period.

Tie Jian secretly thought in his heart, is there really no bottleneck when the different fire devours the demon soul?

During this period of time, he found that with the improvement of the realm, when the different fire devoured the demon soul, except for the higher and higher level requirements of the demon beast, there was no other obstacle to change.

As long as the devoured demon soul is strong enough or enough, and the converted mana can be accumulated to a certain level, he can smoothly improve the cultivation realm, and it seems that there is no limit at all.

But the more this is the case, the more worried Tie Jian is in his heart. He always feels that the strange fire on his body will not be so defying, and there will probably be a huge bottleneck waiting for him in the future that he cannot bypass.

But it is naturally impossible for him to give up this method now. He has the revenge of annihilation, and he needs to improve his cultivation as soon as possible, so that he can return to Dajin as soon as possible, and take back everything he lost.

After sitting cross-legged for a while, Tie Jian put away his tumultuous thoughts, stood up, stretched out his hand and grasped the magic sword still inserted in the mouth of the demon bear, and slammed it outwards.

Just hear a "click"!

The short sword that had been with him for many days actually broke from the front end, and the demon bear's body was pulled forward by this force and fell forward.

Tie Jian glanced over and saw half of the sword's edge, which was stuck in the bone armor behind the demon bear.

For the past two months, he has been fighting with monsters repeatedly. This magic sword has no time to maintain and repair it. When he encountered this monster bear, which was comparable to the seventh floor of the Qi refining period, he finally couldn't hold it and broke apart. .

"With my mid-grade magic sword to bury with you, you can be considered dead." Tie Jian gave a wry smile, and bent over to place the broken sword on the side of the demon bear.

Because the broken magic sword has been engraved with runes, although it can still be repaired, it can no longer be re-refined, and the difficulty of repairing is no less than re-refining, so Tie Jian directly chose to abandon it.

He turned around to the corner of the rock wall and bent over to pick up the bulging packages.

After opening it for inspection, he found that the gold-patterned iron and several fist-sized copper ore crystals were still there, so he fastened it again, tied it behind his back, and strode out of the cave.

……

a few days later.A black carriage stepped briskly and stopped outside the gate of Yan's Sword Shop.

The dusty Tie Jian lifted the sedan curtain and leaned out of the carriage.

He jumped out of the car, settled the fee with the old groom who was driving, and came to the gate of the sword shop.

Tie Jian slightly tidied up his clothes, tightened the package behind him, and walked in.

Walking into the two-story building, he stopped in surprise and looked around.

It was noon at this time, which should be the best time for business in the sword shop, but the shop was empty and there were few customers.

Several of the sword shop guys also looked a little listless and looked down.Seeing that Tie Jian came back, they greeted him one after another, and then they gathered together and whispered to each other in a low voice.

Tie Jian was full of doubts in his heart, so he bypassed the shadow wall and rushed towards the Xieshan Hall.

When I passed the eight sword rooms, I also found that only three of them were working, and the sound of forging was heard, and the other rooms simply closed their doors without a sound.

After Tie Jian passed through the ticket gate, he walked more than a hundred steps, and as soon as he entered the courtyard of the Xieshan Hall, two figures came towards him.

One of them was tall and had a flaming head, it was Yao Bin.

The other person is petite, with two ponytails on his head, and he looks handsome. He is a small abacus.

"Brother Chu, are you back?" As soon as he saw Tie Jian, Xiao Abacus immediately let out a cheer and trotted to greet him.

Tie Jian also smiled and nodded at her.

Seeing this scene, Yao Bin's smiling face suddenly became gloomy.

"Where have you been in the past two months? It's really like the sword shop is your private residence, come here if you want, and leave if you want?" Yao Bin shouted loudly with anger in his eyes.

"Master Chen Guang retreated, and there was nothing to do in Jianlu, so I told the lady to leave and went out." Tie Jian heard the words, his expression did not change in the slightest, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Brother Yao, why are you making such a fuss? I know about Brother Tie's leave, and the young lady is also right." Seeing this, Xiao Abacus said with some dissatisfaction.

"But..." Yao Bin's face was even more angry, and he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Xiao Abacus's words.

"Don't you want to help Master Chen Guang to buy medicine pills, don't be long-winded, go quickly." Xiao Abacus urged.

Yao Bin heard the words for a while and hesitated: "Didn't you agree to go with me?"

"Isn't this brother Chu coming back, I just have something to tell him, I'm sorry." Little Abacus replied nonchalantly.

"Okay, okay..."

Yao Bin hit a soft nail, glared at Tie Jian fiercely, turned helplessly, and walked towards the front yard of Jianpu.

Seeing this scene, Tie Jian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and actually began to feel some sympathy for Yao Bin.

"Brother Chu, don't bother with him. Recently, Jianpu has something happened, and everyone is not in a good mood." Little Abacus saw Tie Jian's expression of indifference, thinking that he was still minding what happened before, and hurriedly said.

"You just said you were going to buy a medicinal pill for Master Chen Guang. What happened? Did something happen to Master Chen?" Tie Jian asked.

Hearing the words, Xiao Abacus hesitated for a moment, but still said: "It's not a secret, I'll tell you. A few days ago, Master Chen Guang tried to refine a high-grade magic sword. "

"What...there is such a thing?" Tie Jian was taken aback.

It is not uncommon for a swordsmith to refine a magic sword and be injured by backlash, but it is not uncommon.Whether it is "melting and forging" or "spirit opening", there is indeed a certain risk.

For example, if the ratio of added materials is wrong during "melting and forging", it may cause the melt to explode and hurt the swordsmith.

If he was attacked in the "spirit opening" link, it was mostly because the sword master was out of his power, forcing the engraving of runes far beyond his control.

"Master Chen Guang is also a high-level qi refiner. With his cultivation and sword refining skills, there should be no such changes." Tie Jian couldn't help thinking secretly after hearing this.

"If it's an ordinary time, it's okay to have such an accident. Let Master Chen Guang rest and recuperate. But it happened at this time, alas..." Xiao Abacus sighed with a sad look on his face.

"This time... what time is it?" Tie Jian wondered.

"More than two months ago, the Sun family forced the young lady to marry the young master of the Sun family, Sun Yang, on the grounds of repaying the arrears. After being rejected by the young lady, they initiated a lawsuit against our Yan's sword shop in the name of Sun's sword shop. After the sword refining challenge, the time is only one month away." Xiao Abacus said slowly.

"Sun's Sword Shop?"

Hearing this name, Tie Jian immediately thought of the sword shop that sold the middle-grade magic sword.

"What's the point of winning or losing this sword-making challenge? Is it possible to get rid of the debt as long as we win?" Tie Jian pondered for a moment and asked while holding his shoulders.

"But if we lose, the young lady will have to marry the hypocrite Sun Yang of the Sun family. Not only that, but if we lose, the Yan's Sword Shop will also be used as a dowry and merged into the Sun family together." Xiao Abacus's face became bitter and worried. said.

"It's obviously a trick of the Sun family to fight big, how could she...she agreed?" Although he already knew the answer in his heart, Tie Jian couldn't help but ask.

"Miss, she can't do anything either! If the Sun family is forced to repay the money, we can only sell the entire sword shop and the two firms at the same time to be able to pay it back. By then, the entire Yan family's ancestral business will be completely over." Abacus sighed and said.

"Then Master Chen Guang retreated and tried to refine a high-grade magic sword, just for this sword-refining challenge?" Tie Jian asked with a frown.

"Yes... Alas, it's a pity that it failed. In this way, it will be a problem whether he can play at that time." Xiao Abacus looked sad.

Hearing this, Tie Jian nodded slightly and fell into deep thought.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Abacus couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I told you what to do. How long have you been here as an apprentice? It can't help you much, it's just adding to your troubles."

Tie Jian shook his head with a smile, without explaining much.

"Brother Chu, you have been away for so long this time, are you traveling a long way?" Abacus looked at the package behind him and asked.

"Well, I went far away and collected some things." Tie Jian said vaguely.

"Brother Chu has returned from a long journey, he must be exhausted, take a good rest." Xiao Abacus was also worried, and the two said goodbye to each other and left.

Tie Jian came to the door of the side hall where he lived, unlocked the door, and walked in.

The furnishings in the house did not move in the slightest, and the firepit that was made before was still buried under the charcoal pile, and there was no trace of being turned over.

He was a little relieved, unwrapped the package and put it on the table. After sitting down, he put his forehead in one hand and pondered.

(End of this chapter)