System: I Can Open Martial Arts Chests-Chapter 87 - 76: Fear_2
"That night, the village chief suddenly died at home."
"Then a new village chief was elected... As soon as the new chief took office, Qi Guan returned."
"Afterwards, the new village chief asked all the young and strong villagers to gather in front of the hall."
"He told us we were going to forge a unique Treasure Saber!"
The young man’s eyes showed a hint of fear as he spoke.
"Chaotic God Saber?"
Du Hanyan asked in a low voice.
The young man nodded weakly:
"From that day on, all of us were busy forging the Chaotic God Saber."
"The materials for that blade were special, requiring very high temperatures to shape."
"Even then, the forging process wasn’t easy."
"We needed several strong young men to hammer repeatedly day and night."
"After going through countless secret procedures, it took more than two months to finally shape it."
"Then, the nightmare began."
At first, everyone was excited.
"If you don’t want to be the greatest martial arts master, you’re not a true expert."
"If you don’t want to be the greatest blacksmith, you’re not a true blacksmith."
"And to be able to forge an unprecedented Divine Saber with everyone’s efforts brought great honor."
"But by this point, the forging had encountered problems."
"That piece of iron suddenly became incredibly hard, no matter how we hammered it, it had no effect."
"That’s when the new village chief appeared and told us the saber needed the blood of a hundred families to wash it before it could be perfect."
"When the new village chief said that a drop of fingertip blood would suffice, everyone came forward and pierced their fingertips... becoming Sword Puppets."
"Sword Puppets?"
Cao Qiupu recalled the villagers who seemed like lifeless corpses.
"Using blood to enter a mystical weapon, using the device to control the spirit."
"No one knew at the time, when we dropped our blood, mixing it into the Chaotic God Saber, we were actually sacrificing our vitality for the saber."
"From then on, we became Sword Puppets, neither knowing life nor fearing death, completely enslaved by the blade."
"That piece of iron... that saber, shouldn’t be something that exists in this world!!"
The young man’s tone became high-pitched and excited by this point.
It was only when Cao Qiupu held him down that he didn’t leap up.
Chu Qing’s pupils slightly contracted, a drop of blood turning someone into a Sword Puppet? That was beyond reason!
Could such a sinister thing really exist in this world?
The young man then took a deep breath, lifting his head to look at Chu Qing and the others:
"But it’s not over yet!
"To truly forge the Chaotic God Saber, it needs people... to add human lives!"
"At first, we just thought they couldn’t withstand the rigors of forging, and ran away from the hardship of the village... Nobody expected they didn’t flee, they died."
"The truth was soon exposed, how could a blade that required human lives to be added still be a Divine Saber?"
"Clearly, it was a Demon Blade!"
"And Qi Guan by this time, also ripped off his disguise..."
"He captured all the young villagers and had people set up an Illusion Array outside the village."
"Preventing anyone from escaping... Then, before our eyes, he threw those strong men into the furnace one by one."
"Forge the blade with blood, sacrifice it with lives!"
"Just like that, day after day, everyone was in despair, begging for mercy incessantly, hoping Qi Guan would have some pity and spare us."
"But it was no use... His eyes were only fixated on that saber."
"The blade in the furnace grew darker and deeper, Chaotic God... Chaotic God... Those two words, I carved them myself... hahahahaha!!"
He laughed somewhat hysterically, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, making him appear maniacal.
He mumbled:
"I have no idea how many days had passed, thick smoke billowed by the furnace, the originally clear Qingxi Village started to be surrounded by a thin mist."
"Sometimes I couldn’t tell if it was fog or smoke, or the vengeful spirits of those who died in the furnace."
"Qi Guan didn’t lock us up, we could still go home, still do what we wanted."
"Elderly who lost their children, with no corpses to gather, could only worship tablets, sit in silence in despair, weep in darkness..."
"Finally, the day came for me."
That day, the young man noticed Qi Guan’s anxiety.
After all, many days had passed, the village’s young and strong were all sacrificed for the saber."
Qingxi Village had become a purgatory."
But the Chaotic God Saber was still not out of the furnace, always just a bit short..."
The young man, supposed to be thrown into the furnace, walked up to it by himself, and under everyone’s gaze, took out the Chaotic God Saber from the furnace."
The waterfall’s flowing water powered the waterwheel, keeping the furnace going."
The Chaotic God Saber wrapped with fiery flames appeared before everyone."
In the bleak sky, thunder suddenly crackled, followed by Qi Guan’s frantic cry:
"Throw him in!!"
But it was too late...
Qi Guan wasn’t a blacksmith, so he naturally didn’t realize that a completed weapon needs to be taken out, not waited for the saber to jump out by itself."
The downpour rapidly completed the saber’s transformation."
And the young man holding the saber vaguely understood something."
It was a blade that eats people."
The moment a wielder holds the blade, if unable to conquer it, they will be devoured by it."
The remaining memories were blurry, he vaguely saw the people surrounding the village square suddenly all change."
Their vitality was fading, lives vanishing, while the edge of the Chaotic God Saber grew more and more sharp."
The young man vaguely remembered having an obsession in his mind, which was to kill!"
Kill everyone who dared appear in Qingxi Village, slaughter everyone in Divine Blade Hall."
Most importantly... kill Qi Guan!!"
To avenge the over six hundred lives of Qingxi Village!!"
After that, his eyes were covered by darkness until tonight, until now, finally regaining sanity."
"I vaguely remember... the Sword Puppets can’t act during the day."
"So we can only appear at night."
"The obsession to kill everyone kept me from being entirely devoured by the saber."
"During the day, I once saw you around here..."
When the young man spoke to this point, he looked at Chu Qing.
Chu Qing nodded, even corpses becoming Sword Puppets couldn’t operate during the day, so during daylight activity was possible only for this young man.
The figure he saw today was him.
Cao Qiupu and Du Hanyan exchanged a glance after listening to the entire story.
Together, they saw the killing intent in each other’s eyes.
Yet they couldn’t conclude Qi Guan’s guilt based on one person’s account.
Who knows if there’s more to the situation?
No one can guarantee everything the young man said is true, what if he was deceived himself?
Therefore, Cao Qiupu spoke in a deep voice:
"We will definitely give you an explanation for this matter!"
"What about the Chaotic God Saber?"
Du Hanyan suddenly asked.
"I remember it landed over there..."
Cao Qiupu glanced at Chu Qing, seeing he had no objection, he got up to find it."
Du Hanyan and the others followed behind.
For the moment, only Chu Qing and the young man remained.
The young blacksmith wasn’t happy from Cao Qiupu’s words, an explanation... what kind of explanation?
By the time this explanation arrived, he would probably already be dead.
"If you need, I can help you kill him."
Chu Qing’s words suddenly sounded in his ears.
The young man instinctively looked at Chu Qing:
"Kill who?"
"The mastermind behind the Qingxi Village tragedy."
Chu Qing said softly:
"But for me to help with killing, you need to pay a price."
"Is the Chaotic God Saber enough?"
The young man grinned.
"...You’re framing someone."
Chu Qing was taken aback.
"No."
The young man shook his head:
"There’s something I didn’t say earlier...
"When I saw you during the day, by my obsession, I should have immediately attacked you."
"But... I didn’t dare."
"Because Chaotic God seemed... afraid!"
