Chapter 80 – Blood Refining Technique
After teleporting three times, the flying sword’s color changed to light green. Both the light and the sound emitted from the sword clearly indicated that it was much weaker.
Soon, the flying sword, which hadn’t teleported for a long time, was pushed into a corner by the two golden symbols. Wang Lin spat out another burst of spiritual energy. The flying sword was too slow and was surrounded by spiritual energy. The two golden symbols circled the flying sword like two golden dragons. Every time the flying sword tried to escape, they would force it back, preventing it from escaping.
As time passed, the flying sword’s resistance didn’t lessen, but instead grew stronger. As the spiritual energy surrounding the flying sword faded, Wang Lin clenched his teeth and spat out more spiritual energy to continue refining it.
The night passed, and the sword fighting finally seemed to subside. Wang Lin’s face was pale. He had vomited dozens of mouthfuls of spiritual energy.
Even with a cultivation level of 15th layer, and with the help of the spirit liquid, he could barely hold on.
Morning light illuminated the room as Wang Lin continued refining his sword. The flying sword no longer struggled. It floated in the air as Wang Lin’s spiritual energy entered it.
As Wang Lin’s expression changed, he heard a knock, followed by Zhang Hu’s voice.
“Wang Lin, do you want to go with me to the weapons shop?”
Wang Lin took a deep breath and said, “Zhang Hu, I am already at a critical point in my refining, so I cannot leave.”
Zhang Hu was stunned. He pondered for a moment, then without saying anything, sat cross-legged in front of Wang Lin’s door.
Wang Lin no longer cared about Zhang Hu and continued to refine. Time passed slowly until night fell. Wang Lin had drunk three gourds of spiritual water, but his refinement was still not complete.
In desperation, Wang Lin had to ask Situ Nan for advice.
Situ Nan said softly, “Kid, you finally know that you have to come to me? Hmph, I’ve been waiting. If you undergo closed-door training for 10 years and expend a great deal of spiritual power, you might have a chance of successfully refining it. I’m talking about the real world, not the space in the heaven defying beads.”
Wang Lin frowned and asked, “That long?”
Situ Nan said softly, “Of course. This is a Core Formation treasure, and it’s a very high-grade Core Formation treasure. A crazy Core Formation cultivator must have succeeded when they were facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, and, risking their chance of successfully reaching Nascent Soul, they used the moment of their breakthrough to refine this treasure. This person is truly a madman. I wanted to do this too, but after considering it for a long time, I gave up. Although failing to reach Nascent Soul isn’t too bad, breaking through to Nascent Soul is an extremely dangerous moment. One wrong step and your soul will be completely lost.”
“That Bai Zhan must have also received help from the creator to make him his personal weapon. If I still had my body, it would be easy to refine it, but now, even I can’t do much… however…”
Wang Lin already knew about this old man’s temper and that he liked to tease people, so Wang Lin was not worried and waited.
After a while, Situ Nan sighed and muttered, “Forget it. I’ll tell you this: if you use normal refining methods, it will take too long. I’ll teach you a method called the blood refining technique. The advantage is that you can immediately make this flying sword your own, however, the disadvantage is that if the flying sword is damaged, you will be damaged as well. However, with the time it takes to refine it, the damage you will suffer will be several times more severe than with other methods.”
Wang Lin pondered for a moment and said, “Tell me how to use this blood purification technique.”
Situ Nan only wanted to make Wang Lin curious for a moment, but realized that this kid would probably just ignore him, so he decided to speak, but he had one condition.
“I haven’t touched a woman in years. No matter what happens, you have to satisfy me, even if I’m just watching.”
Wang Lin answered Situ Nan vaguely. Then, his hands formed a strange seal according to Situ Nan’s instructions. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood full of spiritual power. Then, he moved his hands and a strange symbol appeared in the air.
As the symbol appeared, blood began to flow into it. Soon, all the blood was absorbed, leaving only the blood-colored symbol. Wang Lin waved his hand, and the symbol landed on the sword.
The flying sword vibrated and immediately began to release strands of white gas.
Wang Lin immediately vomited another mouthful of blood. He looked weaker, but his eyes were even more determined. He formed another strange symbol that absorbed the blood and shot toward the flying sword.
This process continued for several hours. Until morning, a sharp sword hum could be heard from Wang Lin’s room. Zhang Hu, who had been sitting outside Wang Lin’s room, immediately stood up.
The door opened silently. Wang Lin’s face broke into a bright smile. He was in a good mood. He said, “Thank you, Zhang Hu.”
Zhang Hu looked at Wang Lin with a strange expression and asked, “What are you doing? Why did I just hear the hum of a sword?”
Wang Lin opened his mouth, and a small, green flying sword immediately flew out. As soon as the sword appeared, the smell of blood filled the air.
Zhang Hu was stunned and asked, “This… this is my teacher’s flying sword? You successfully refined it? Eh? Why does it smell so strong of blood?”
Wang Lin nodded. He waved his right hand, and the flying sword returned to his side and entered his mouth again. Wang Lin was also very annoyed by this strong smell of blood. Situ Nan had only told him near the end that all treasures refined using the blood refining technique would have a bloody smell, and as the technique killed people in the future, the smell would become even stronger.
Zhang Hu was stunned by the sight of the flying sword. After a long moment, he took a deep breath and said, “Wang Lin, I’m impressed. With this flying sword, those of the same level will no longer be a threat to you. This sword’s special ability is teleportation. The distance varies depending on the user’s spiritual power, but if used unexpectedly, this sword is an excellent trump card.”
The two exchanged a few words. As Zhang Hu was about to leave, he reminded Wang Lin that the monthly exchange fair would be held in 3 days and Wang Lin should prepare accordingly.
After Zhang Hu left, Wang Lin took out the sword sheath. Even Situ Nan kept praising this sword sheath and didn’t know what treasure it was.
Wang Lin originally thought that this flying sword and sword sheath were a set, but, after refining the flying sword, he realized the difference between the two.
Upon closer inspection, the sword sheath emitted a powerful killing intent. The closer Wang Lin looked, the stronger the killing intent became, until his mind went blank and he could only see a faint illusion of a sword.