Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 297 - 34: Tech Geek Saves the World

January 23, 2018

Many people sneer at the monkeys in the story of "Three in the Morning, Four at Night," yet in reality, quite a few imitate the monkeys.

Watching Shen Zicheng treat the Li Family as if they were lifesavers with such joy and hospitality, Shen Herong felt like he was seeing the monkey from the story.

Who exactly turned your most treasured possession into two pieces, don't you have any idea!?

Alright, it's your biological son... But it takes two to tango, the Silver Frost Sword was brutally severed, at least half of the responsibility lies with the Li Family. To be so grateful and serve the Li Family, where is your family honor? As a qualified member of the Shen Family, for the Li Family, who cut your treasured sword in one moment and then offered to help you reforge it the next, you should hold your head high with pride and scorn! Spit in their face to humiliate them! A mere Silver Frost Divine Sword, if it's lost, it's lost. Compared to the honor and dignity of the Shen Family, it's not worth mentioning. Heads can be severed, blood can flow, but dignity cannot be lost. Have you forgotten the Shen Family motto!?

Such words, however, can only be said in his heart.

Because the middle-aged man smiling so amiably in front of the Li Family had already hinted to others with a gentle and courteous smile: "Reforging the Silver Frost Divine Sword is the most important thing to me now. Whoever can help me achieve this is my lifesaver, and whoever dares to obstruct me is my sworn enemy who I cannot live under the same sky with. I, Shen Zicheng, may not have other skills, but I do have the ability to perish together with everything in this room."

When saying these words, Shen Zicheng's smile was gentler than the sunshine in early summer, yet there was a trace of coldness in his eyes that made people shiver.

After all, this gentle and submissive commander of the Outer City Patrol Team has inherited Shen Kaishan's bloodline. His explosive and combative nature is always hidden in the depths of his heart. When facing something important, transforming from gentle Shen Zicheng into extreme Shen Zicheng happens in just a moment.

At this point, even Shen Zicheng's wife—who is also half a guardian, Li Yu, said nothing, indicating that even those at the top might have tacitly approved of this matter, so only fools would provoke him.

Hence, Shen Herong could only watch as Shen Zicheng moved his hoard of gold and silver to the Shen Family Outer Courtyard for the Li Family's entertainment, while also contemplating his resignation letter and retirement plans.

Shen Qing, wielding a quasi-immortal treasure, was defeated in one move by Li Wanqing. Once this happened, the Shen Family Outer Courtyard truly lost all face, especially when Shen Zicheng was out on patrol and received the news of the Silver Frost Sword's destruction, hurriedly rushing back to Shen City. The news had already spread, making it unlikely to be completely suppressed.

So, according to common sense, there would definitely be a scapegoat pushed out for this incident to take the blame and resign. As an instructor of the Outer Courtyard, having taught for many years yet allowing the Shen Family's banner to be wrecked by the Li Family, the best outcome would be leaving with nothing. However, this is something he had anticipated for a long time, and there is a famous plastic surgeon in Golden Jade City that he would definitely consider visiting...

——

Shen Herong, the head instructor of the Outer Courtyard, stood by with folded arms while the other instructors naturally wouldn't step up as heroes either. Thus, there were no more obstacles for the reforging of the Silver Frost Divine Sword.

In just one afternoon, Shen Zicheng gathered all the materials on Wang Jiu's list, showcasing a financial strength that left people astounded.

"Fifty pounds of Chaos True Silver, thirteen bottles of Nine Heavens Profound Frost..."

Even just the first two items on the list were unbelievable.

When Shen Zicheng originally forged the Silver Frost Divine Sword, he used only ten pounds of Chaos True Silver and needed only two bottles of Nine Heavens Profound Frost. Now, for the Broken Sword Reforging, it actually required several times the materials. It was blatantly a robbery, making Li Wanqing feel that Shen Zicheng would likely just walk away.

Unexpectedly, Shen Zicheng, this Artifact Refining Master, agreed to Wang Jiu's material list without any argument.

So much so that Li Wanqing couldn't help but suspect if there were some sort of dirty deal between the two?

Then she suspected whether Shen Zicheng intended to take this opportunity to apply for work expenses reimbursement and take some kickbacks for himself?

However, faced with Li Wanqing's subtly raised question, Shen Zicheng sneered: "That's a rookie mistake. Let me ask you, if it were a human, is it easier to create a living person, or to resurrect a dead one?"

Li Wanqing was taken aback by the question and then fell into deep thought: "Resurrecting the dead remains a miracle that the Immortal Cultivation Realm has yet to truly achieve. Over the past two millennia, all techniques claiming to revive the dead have been no more than gimmicks of evil cults. As for creating a living person, it's technically also an immeasurable difficulty..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Shen Zicheng interrupted her: "It's not that hard. Find a couple in heat, throw them into the bushes to couple, and in ten months you'll get a lively child. Don't say it requires an Artifact Refining Master or an Immortal Cultivator True Master, even fools and disabled people can do it. I hear you're popular among the women in the Outer Courtyard, so how can your thinking be so naïve?"

Li Wanqing felt a blackout as Shen Zicheng's words hit her hard, internally cursing.

This was practically the largest stain in her wise history.

Thankfully, beside her was only Wang Jiu, who was even less than a novice, so she wasn't worried about her black history spreading far and wide.

Calming herself, Li Wanqing faintly smiled: "I see, in other words, repairing the Silver Frost Sword,

is harder than forging a new one?"

Shen Zicheng sighed: "I wouldn't say that. After all, the sword was fortuitously acquired. You ask me to forge another identical one; even if you kill me, I can't do it. So even if it costs several times the price, it's worth it. More importantly, this sword has been in sync with my thoughts ever since it was formed. Although the Sword Spirit within it is just a vague spark, it is truly like my daughter. In fact, compared to Shen Qing, this sword seems more like my own child."

Li Wanqing listened with amazement and couldn't help but ask Wang Jiu, who stood aside: "Is this the mindset of an Artifact Refining Master?"

Before Wang Jiu could answer, Shen Zicheng already said: "At least when I have questions, Silver Frost wouldn't scold me for being so stupid as to ask such simple questions."

"..."

"Alright, let's not waste any more time with idle talk. The materials are ready. Next, I ask Master Wang Jiu to cast the spell and bring my Silver Frost back to life."

As he spoke, Shen Zicheng's eyes shot out an intense, excited gleam.

There was no trace of doubt in them, only a child's anticipation of going to an amusement park.

Wang Jiu did not disappoint Shen Zicheng, immediately surprising him by saying, "There are two methods to reforge this sword; the first is the Multi-Forging Technique."

Shen Zicheng was astonished: "There are actually two methods? And the Multi-Forging Technique can be used on this Immortal Sword?"

The so-called Multi-Forging Technique is essentially a very straightforward and crude Broken Sword Reforging Technique, akin to reattaching a human limb, sewing each broken blood vessel and nerve one by one. The Multi-Forging Technique deconstructs the break points of the weapon, dividing them into hundreds or thousands of critical points, then uses Divine Sense to control subtle, imperceptible hammers to remelt and forge each critical point, and finally nourishes it with True Essence and Divine Sense for a while to restore it to its original state.

However, this Multi-Forging Technique is mostly used for low-tier magical treasures. When it comes to the Immortal Treasure tier, the internal structure of the magical treasure is far more complex than the human body, exceeding all imagination. Once you try to analyze it, not to mention hundreds or thousands of points, even parsing out several million critical points would be considered few. Refining masters from Xiangzhou have attempted to optimize the algorithm to reduce the analysis burden, but so far, there has been no breakthrough.

Wang Jiu said, "In the Li Family's Sword Forging Skill, there's an Eight Forging Method that can repair Immortal Swords."

Shen Zicheng almost stopped breathing as he listened: "The Eight Forging Method repairs Immortal Swords!? The Li Family actually managed to simplify such a difficult task into just eight steps!?"

Wang Jiu said, "It should be possible. At least, that's what the Li family records say. My friend also said it could theoretically be done. But for some reason, the '8' in that book is written horizontally."

Shen Zicheng clicked his tongue in wonder: "I didn't expect the Li Family to have such an advanced sword forging skill. But since you said it only exists in theory and records, it means we can't use this technique today."

Wang Jiu said, "Yes, today we will use the second method, the Reincarnation Re-******** Place Method?"

"Simply put, completely decompose this sword, returning it to the Chaos Origin State, full of infinite possibilities like when it was first forged, then place this item into it."

As he spoke, Wang Jiu reached out and took a speck of spiritual light preserved in the Sword World.

Shen Zicheng's eyes instantly widened, his breath stalled, and his True Essence stopped flowing, as if the whole world had come to a standstill.

"This is..."

Wang Jiu said, "A bit of the Sword Spirit from the Silver Frost, when it collided with my... that White Sword, the Sword Spirit clung to the Divine Sword by instinct for victory and was taken in by the Divine Sword Spirit."

Shen Zicheng was overjoyed: "Since the Divine Sword Spirit is still here, then..."

"No, the Sword Body of this sword is dead. It would be like putting a living soul into a dead body, not only failing to possess it for rebirth but also causing the soul to die instantly."

"I understand, I understand." Shen Zicheng nodded repeatedly, "Now I understand, the items on the materials list are to create several similar sword embryos, like nesting dolls, continuously compressing and transforming the formed Sword Spirit into the Chaos Origin State!?"

Wang Jiu also appreciated this person's comprehension: "Yes, that's why we need to prepare materials to craft multiple Quasi-Immortal Treasures. However, this method has some side effects. The finally restored Silver Frost Divine Sword might differ slightly in appearance from the original; I can only guarantee that the nature of the Sword Spirit remains unchanged."

Shen Zicheng didn't care about such details: "As long as the Sword Spirit is the same, the external form is irrelevant!"

"Alright, I'll get started then."

——

Half a day later, after much hard work by Wang Jiu, the reforging process of the Silver Frost Divine Sword was finally completed by the end of the night.

When Wang Jiu finally brought the finished product from the Artifact Refining Workshop outside the courtyard, Shen Zicheng, who had been waiting anxiously like a husband at his wife's delivery, had tears in his eyes.

"Oh, my Silver Frost, my Silver Frost, you're finally... huh?"

The next moment, Shen Zicheng's voice came to a screeching halt.

What appeared before him was not the three-foot-one-inch silver longsword.

But a five-foot-three-inch long silver... warhammer with a squared head like a blue brick.

Wang Jiu said, "The changes in appearance are slightly larger than expected, but rest assured, this warhammer contains at least some Divine Sword elements."

Even Li Wanqing couldn't bear to look: "Where are there any Divine Sword elements!?"

Wang Jiu pointed to the bottom of the hammer handle: "See the cloud pattern here? Isn't it exactly the same as the one on the sword hilt?"

"..."