Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 403 - 148: Strands of White Hair Birth the Demon Blade, Heroic Youth Stirring Annoyance
This batch of guards included the one who arrived last night.
The guard, upon seeing Master Li, felt a peculiar fondness and diligently dug with his shovel...
Before long, one dilapidated large chest after another was lifted from the warm soil like giant coffins.
Li Yuan pushed open a chest, waved his hand to brush away the dust that rose into the air, and then sat down cross-legged to begin examining and browsing through these extremely ancient, oddly moldy items and books, which were not much different from "junk."
The books, their handwriting extremely blurred.
The pages, hardly describable in their dilapidation.
The items, broken and battered...
Li Yuan spent several days going through these things, hoping to find a treasure among them.
But the truth proved that there weren’t many "blind people" in the powerful factions.
He tinkered for quite a while without any gain.
But he didn’t feel it was a waste, because even if given another chance, he would still choose this way. After all, only by casting a wide net could there be a chance of harvest.
On further consideration, the previous [Life Devourer] Demon Book wasn’t a true treasure, because it was a fragmented book with endless side effects, one that couldn’t be truly mastered...
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Evening...
"My dear, I heard you went treasure hunting."
Yaojue laughed playfully, referring to the "treasure" while trying to suppress the tone suggesting "it’s just trash."
Li Yuan glanced at the noble lady sipping tea not far away with a calm demeanor.
Cui Huayin felt his gaze, lifted her eyes lightly to look at her husband, but said nothing more. After finishing her tea, she would continue to review the poetry she had collected.
In fact, Cui Huayin also had a small influence outside, but it was not of a combative nature, it was merely to help her gather poetry from everywhere.
Cui Huayin benefited from poetry, so she maintained this habit, working diligently without rest every day.
Unfortunately, this world lacked civil examinations, thus it was naturally difficult to cultivate a large group of literati and elegant scholars.
Her life appeared very elegant when viewed from the outside.
By comparison, Li Yuan carrying a shovel and digging trash with the young lady under the moonlight appeared... remarkably conspicuous.
Li Yuan turned back and looked at Yaojue, saying, "Yes, indeed."
"Next time, take me with you. My dear’s hands are meant for writing poetry, not for digging soil," Yaojue said.
Li Yuan extended his ten fingers, looked at them, and said, "These hands are meant for forging soldiers..."
"Hubby, do work hard."
Cui Huayin, after finishing her tea, stood up calmly, adjusted her skirt, and then calmly left, like a noble swan untouched by dust.
"Yes, I should work hard..."
Li Yuan murmured softly.
At night, the couple washed and bathed, changed into their undergarments, and then completed their daily routine under the covers, and each fell asleep.
The next day, Li Yuan took a Grain Avoidance Pill and locked himself in the chamber to comprehend the [Life Devourer] Secret Technique.
...
The red candle flickered, casting a pale light on the walls of the chamber.
The ancient and blurred handwriting was crooked and twisted, as if some ominous incantation.
Li Yuan read with great interest.
For the missing parts, he would fill in with "the basic literacy and logic of a Weapon Forger."
Thus... after a day, he understood the principles of [Life Devourer].
’To forge a Spiritual Artifact, hearing the Fetal Movement of the Blood Crystal is fundamental.
Success depends on whether the Source Blood can successfully integrate into the rhythm of this Fetal Movement.
The Source Blood of different individuals creates different foundational effects.
These foundations, in collision with the Blood Crystal and metal, either enhance or diminish...
Therefore, the origin of the Spiritual Artifact is actually the Source Blood of the Martial Artist themselves.’
’[Life Devourer] is about using the Ghost Hammer to transform the forger’s own lifespan into a mysterious power that enters the Fetal Movement of the Blood Crystal and metal together, thereby granting the Spiritual Artifact a second power, or causing the original Source Blood to undergo some mutation.’
’[Life Devourer] discusses how to control timing, how to listen to the Fetal Movement. Injecting lifespan at different timings may produce different effects.’
’If Source Blood is infused first, the Spiritual Artifact will possess some mutation of Source Blood power.
If Source Blood is infused later, the forged Spiritual Artifact will have two powers, one from the Source Blood itself, and another from some evil kind of power, such as bloodsucking, or a terrifying Divine Soul...’
’What an extravagant, yet deceitful... Weapon Casting Skill...’
Li Yuan couldn’t help but marvel.
He carefully examined the details, understood the process, and immersed himself in studying this Dharma Gate, his fingers tracing patterns in the air as if he were experiencing some sort of feeling.
Day by day passed.
In the end, Li Yuan saw the decaying edge of the skin scroll.
But this edge didn’t cut off much information.
Because above the edge was a description of the Weapon Forger’s mental state about ’losing lifespan.’
’This is a Demon Hammer, I can clearly feel it drawing my lifespan.
I can even feel how many years it has taken.
It is very ’polite’; if I am only willing to sacrifice three years of lifespan, it will only take three years.
But in reality, it lets me know, to forge a great weapon, at least thirty years of lifespan is needed.
Thirty years of lifespan, in exchange for a peerless Spiritual Artifact, is worth it!
My name will inevitably be engraved at the pinnacle of Weapon Forgers, looked up to by future generations.’
Li Yuan sighed gently because he didn’t know the name of this Weapon Forger.
Had it not been for him, even this bit of information from this Weapon Forger would not have been passed down.
"Time..."
He sighed softly, then stood up.
He should try forging weapons.
He had a feeling that with this round of forging, he might gain some small surprise.
