Wufu Mountain is an inconspicuous hillside in Yue State, not more than a hundred feet high. Surrounded by dense forests. There is no human habitation within a hundred miles, so it can be regarded as a barren land.
On this day, an uninvited guest appeared in a forest only twenty miles away from Wufu Mountain. This is a boy about 14 or 15 years old, with an ordinary appearance, wearing a green shirt, and a group of monkeys behind him, his appearance is very cute.
"This forest is not too far from Wufu Mountain, and it happens to be here to set up my array of spring flowers and autumn moons." The young man whispered to himself.
As soon as the words fell, a group of little monkeys behind them each took out various formation flags, formation plates and other things from the backpacks behind them, and scattered them in various places in the forest and arranged them.
This boy was exactly Lu Yu who had been practicing in the refining room for nearly two years. In the past two years, Lu Yu has changed a lot. He is a head taller than before, and his skin color is a little red because he is often in the refining room. As for the realm, with the help of a large number of Guiyuan pills, Lu Yu had already reached the late stage of the seventh level of swordsman half a year ago. However, what makes Lu Yu a little depressed is that because of his rapid promotion, his foundation is not stable, and now he is stuck in the late stage of the seventh level of swordsman.
After failing to attack the eighth floor many times, Lu Yu refined a large number of weapons in the remaining six months. He planned to go to the ghost domain gate to sell it after the trip to Wufushan, and exchange for some Guiyuan pills and soul stones by the way.
"Boy Lu, isn't he just a tenth-floor craftsman? You're so careful, you still have to set up an formation." Xia Lao appeared next to Lu Yu, looked around, and said sarcastically.
"It's always right to be careful. Moreover, the shopkeeper is a little weird this week, and he was able to get the materials for refining first-grade holy weapons." Lu Yu said cautiously.
"It's just a first-grade holy rank. I can make a lot of them at will." Xia Lao said still indifferently.
"Old Xia, if you were the main body, you would really do it easily. But, you are now. Hehe..." Lu Yu hit without hesitation. Lu Yu and Xia Lao have been together for a long time, and they also understand Xia Lao's temper. The two often ridicule each other, and they don't care that the other is the remnant soul of a super master. According to Mr. Xia, his current habits are almost completely opposite to his previous body. I don't know if something happened when he split the remnant soul, so he has the current Mr. Xia.
"Hmph, if I were the main body, you wouldn't have the chance to be my apprentice. You are an unfilial apprentice who dares to mock the teacher." Old Xia snorted.
When the two were talking, the little monkeys had already arranged Lu Yu's magic circle. Lu Yu held the main flag in his hand, murmured something, and then waved the flag. In an instant, the magic circle in the forest disappeared. Lu Yu nodded in satisfaction, and said to Mr. Xia: "Let's go too, and go meet that shopkeeper Zhou for a while."
Xia Lao nodded and disappeared into the void. Lu Yu released a scarlet blood sword and flew towards Wufu Mountain.
According to the map given by shopkeeper Zhou, Lu Yu quickly found shopkeeper Zhou's cave. Shopkeeper Zhou's cave is located on the mountainside, and there are some simple magic circles at the entrance of the cave. Lu Yu stood at the entrance of the cave, grasped at the void, and held a small silver sword in his hand. Then he said a few words to the little sword, and then the little sword flew towards the entrance of the cave, disappearing into the cave after a while.
After a while, the stone door of the cave opened, and a thin figure flew out of the cave.
"Little brother, I finally saw your true face this time. It really is a hero born a boy." Shopkeeper Zhou laughed.
"Boss Zhou is being polite. The younger brother just came as promised." Lu Yu said lightly.
"Come, come, talk in the cave." Shopkeeper Zhou didn't care about Lu Yu's indifference, and enthusiastically took Lu Yu's hand and walked into the cave.
The space of this cave is not very big, there are five or six stone rooms, the middle one is the hall, and some things like tables and chairs are placed in the hall.
After the two were divided into guests and hosts, shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile on his face: "Little brother, you are really a trustworthy person. Zhou is here to thank you for your help."
"Shopkeeper Zhou, stop talking politely, let's talk about business." Lu Yu said bluntly.
"Little brother is really quick to talk..." Shopkeeper Zhou looked at Lu Yu intently, and said in surprise, "You have already reached the seventh level of swordsman?"
"I happened to break through by luck a few days ago." Lu Yu replied casually.
Shopkeeper Zhou's eyes flashed sharply after hearing this, and then he said with a smile on his face: "Then congratulations, little brother. Zhou's sword is in the refining room, you can come with me."
After finishing speaking, shopkeeper Zhou got up and led Lu Yu to a stone room. This stone room is not big, with a round stone platform in the middle, and a raging fire is in the center of the stone platform. In the fire, there was a bloody long sword roasting in the ground fire.
Just as Lu Yu approached the flame, he blurted out, "Is this ground fire?"
"Yes, Wufu Mountain used to be a volcano. It has not erupted for more than a thousand years. Zhou was lucky enough to find this ready-made eye of fire in this cave, so he built the cave in this remote place." Shopkeeper Zhou Said proudly.
"Is this sword a first-grade holy sword?" Lu Yu asked, staring at the bloody long sword in the ground fire.
"This sword is called the Blood River Sword, and it is a first-rank holy sword in the devil's way." Shopkeeper Zhou explained.
"Blood River Sword..." Lu Yu murmured in a low voice. The name of this sword, Lu Yu, had never been heard before, but the strong blood type aura on the sword made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Now I have roughly finished refining this sword. The only thing left is for the little brother to blend blood essence and blood into it with spiritual consciousness, and polish the final blade." Shopkeeper Zhou said looking at Lu Yu. Then he casually smashed a spell into the stone gate. Immediately, a faint golden light appeared above the stone gate.
"Since I promised Boss Zhou, I won't regret it. Why are you so careful?" Lu Yu glanced at the magic circle above the stone gate, and said to shopkeeper Zhou indifferently. With his current attainments in formations, he is no longer a rookie who knew nothing about formations two years ago. This is just a general trap, Lu Yu can see where the flaws are at a glance, and he can break through the formation and escape in a blink of an eye.
"Zhou has always prepared both ways." Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile.
Lu Yu didn't talk to him either, and before he came to the stone platform, there was a lot of sound in his mouth. After a while, water vapor appeared on his body, and then he cut his wrist with a small sword. Blood flowed out slowly. Lu Yu poured his spiritual consciousness into the wound, and suddenly more than a dozen bright red blood beads slowly flew towards the Xuehe Sword, melting into the sword little by little. It took a full cup of tea to incorporate a drop of blood into it.
"This holy sword is really amazing, and it consumes so much mana when it is integrated into the blood bead." As soon as Lu Yu was integrated into one, he felt that a quarter of the mana in his body had been consumed. You know, his current mana is dozens of times higher than that of the previous swordsman at the first level.
"Naturally, otherwise, how could it be a first-grade holy sword. If you melt all the dozen or so blood beads into the Blood River Sword, the blade will probably take shape." Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile.
Lu Yu tapped a little, and after another drop, the mana was only half left. Lu Yu found an open space and meditated on the ground to recover his mana. He didn't believe that shopkeeper Zhou would not move to kill when his mana was exhausted. Shopkeeper Zhou looked at Lu Yu who was meditating, and didn't say anything, but a sneer appeared on his face.
In this way, Lu Yu fused the blood beads into the sword while meditating to restore mana.
Time passed by like this. By the time Lu Yu melted the last drop of blood into the sword, a whole day and night had passed. When the last drop of blood melted into the Blood River Sword, the originally smooth blade suddenly became sharp.
"It's done. Haha..." Shopkeeper Zhou laughed loudly when he saw this scene.
Lu Yu stared at the Blood River Sword and didn't speak. He always felt that the sword was still unfinished and lacked something.
"Little brother, what are you looking at?" Shopkeeper Zhou asked curiously when he saw Lu Yu staring at the Blood River Sword.
"It's nothing. I just feel that the sword hasn't been completely finished yet, and I always feel that something is missing." Lu Yu said calmly.
"Oh? You found out too." Shopkeeper Zhou said calmly without any surprise after hearing Lu Yu's words.
As soon as Lu Yu heard what shopkeeper Zhou said, he felt a little on guard in his heart.
"This sword is indeed not finished." Seeing that Lu Yu was still silent, shopkeeper Zhou said, "This sword is still short of a sword martyr."
"Sword martyr?" Hearing this, Lu Yu unconsciously pressed his hand into the storage bag.
"Yes, do you know why this sword is called the Blood River Sword? Because to refine this sword, blood must flow into a river. Now nine hundred and ninety-eight refiners have been buried in it, as long as there is one more person This sword is done." When shopkeeper Zhou said this, his eyes were red and he looked crazy.
"What do you mean by that? Don't you think you can succeed by killing me? Don't you know that the moment the sword is taken out is the factor that determines the success of the sword? Don't you think it's because of this sword?" Is the Blood River Sword, which is not necessarily successful, going to fight me and hurt both sides?" Lu Yu said calmly, he was very confident that although he was not the opponent of shopkeeper Zhou with his own strength, it would not be a problem to break the Yujian formation and escape. Elder Xia also thinks so, so until now, he has not said anything to remind Lu Yu to be careful.
"My long-cherished wish in life is to refine a sword of holy rank. Even if I am one-thousandth sure, I am willing to give it a try. As for what you said about losing both sides, do you deserve it?" Shopkeeper Zhou suddenly recovered from his madness. Sober, said calmly.
"Even though I am not your opponent. However, I am confident that you will never be able to kill me." Lu Yu had already walked out of the magic circle at Shimen.
"Oh? You are so confident, you probably still want to escape with Yujian. But, try your luck now, do you still have mana in your body?" Shopkeeper Zhou sneered.
As soon as Lu Yu heard this, he quickly circulated all his mana. However, the mana seemed to be exhausted, without a trace.
"You are poisoned." Old Xia's voice reached Lu Yu's ears.
"Poisoned?" Lu Yu said in surprise.
"Oh? You're quite smart. That's right, I lit the mandala incense just now. Within three hours, you won't have any mana. If you don't have mana, how can you escape with your sword?" Zhou said The shopkeeper still said with a smile. After finishing speaking, shopkeeper Zhou raised his left hand, which had been lying behind his back. I saw a small incense stick more than an inch long between his left fingers, which was burning, emitting green smoke slowly... Wufu Mountain is an inconspicuous hillside in Yue State, no more than a hundred feet high. Surrounded by dense forests. There is no human habitation within a hundred miles, so it can be regarded as a barren land.
On this day, an uninvited guest appeared in a forest only twenty miles away from Wufu Mountain. This is a boy about 14 or 15 years old, with an ordinary appearance, wearing a green shirt, and a group of monkeys behind him, his appearance is very cute.
"This forest is not too far from Wufu Mountain, and it happens to be here to set up my array of spring flowers and autumn moons." The young man whispered to himself.
As soon as the words fell, a group of little monkeys behind them each took out various formation flags, formation plates and other things from the backpacks behind them, and scattered them in various places in the forest and arranged them.
This boy was exactly Lu Yu who had been practicing in the refining room for nearly two years. In the past two years, Lu Yu has changed a lot. He is a head taller than before, and his skin color is a little red because he is often in the refining room. As for the realm, with the help of a large number of Guiyuan pills, Lu Yu had already reached the late stage of the seventh level of swordsman half a year ago. However, what makes Lu Yu a little depressed is that because of his rapid promotion, his foundation is not stable, and now he is stuck in the late stage of the seventh level of swordsman.
After failing to attack the eighth floor many times, Lu Yu refined a large number of weapons in the remaining six months. He planned to go to the ghost domain gate to sell it after the trip to Wufushan, and exchange for some Guiyuan pills and soul stones by the way.
"Boy Lu, isn't he just a tenth-floor craftsman? You're so careful, you still have to set up an formation." Xia Lao appeared next to Lu Yu, looked around, and said sarcastically.
"It's always right to be careful. Moreover, the shopkeeper is a little weird this week, and he was able to get the materials for refining first-grade holy weapons." Lu Yu said cautiously.
"It's just a first-grade holy rank. I can make a lot of them at will." Xia Lao said still indifferently.
"Old Xia, if you were the main body, you would really do it easily. But, you are now. Hehe..." Lu Yu hit without hesitation. Lu Yu and Xia Lao have been together for a long time, and they also understand Xia Lao's temper. The two often ridicule each other, and they don't care that the other is the remnant soul of a super master. According to Mr. Xia, his current habits are almost completely opposite to his previous body. I don't know if something happened when he split the remnant soul, so he has the current Mr. Xia.
"Hmph, if I were the main body, you wouldn't have the chance to be my apprentice. You are an unfilial apprentice who dares to mock the teacher." Old Xia snorted.
When the two were talking, the little monkeys had already arranged Lu Yu's magic circle. Lu Yu held the main flag in his hand, murmured something, and then waved the flag. In an instant, the magic circle in the forest disappeared. Lu Yu nodded in satisfaction, and said to Mr. Xia: "Let's go too, and go meet that shopkeeper Zhou for a while."
Xia Lao nodded and disappeared into the void. Lu Yu released a scarlet blood sword and flew towards Wufu Mountain.
According to the map given by shopkeeper Zhou, Lu Yu quickly found shopkeeper Zhou's cave. Shopkeeper Zhou's cave is located on the mountainside, and there are some simple magic circles at the entrance of the cave. Lu Yu stood at the entrance of the cave, grasped at the void, and held a small silver sword in his hand. Then he said a few words to the little sword, and then the little sword flew towards the entrance of the cave, disappearing into the cave after a while.
After a while, the stone door of the cave opened, and a thin figure flew out of the cave.
"Little brother, I finally saw your true face this time. It really is a hero born a boy." Shopkeeper Zhou laughed.
"Boss Zhou is being polite. The younger brother just came as promised." Lu Yu said lightly.
"Come, come, talk in the cave." Shopkeeper Zhou didn't care about Lu Yu's indifference, and enthusiastically took Lu Yu's hand and walked into the cave.
The space of this cave is not very big, there are five or six stone rooms, the middle one is the hall, and some things like tables and chairs are placed in the hall.
After the two were divided into guests and hosts, shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile on his face: "Little brother, you are really a trustworthy person. Zhou is here to thank you for your help."
"Shopkeeper Zhou, stop talking politely, let's talk about business." Lu Yu said bluntly.
"Little brother is really quick to talk..." Shopkeeper Zhou looked at Lu Yu intently, and said in surprise, "You have already reached the seventh level of swordsman?"
"I happened to break through by luck a few days ago." Lu Yu replied casually.
Shopkeeper Zhou's eyes flashed sharply after hearing this, and then he said with a smile on his face: "Then congratulations, little brother. Zhou's sword is in the refining room, you can come with me."
After finishing speaking, shopkeeper Zhou got up and led Lu Yu to a stone room. This stone room is not big, with a round stone platform in the middle, and a raging fire is in the center of the stone platform. In the fire, there was a bloody long sword roasting in the ground fire.
Just as Lu Yu approached the flame, he blurted out, "Is this ground fire?"
"Yes, Wufu Mountain used to be a volcano. It has not erupted for more than a thousand years. Zhou was lucky enough to find this ready-made eye of fire in this cave, so he built the cave in this remote place." Shopkeeper Zhou Said proudly.
"Is this sword a first-grade holy sword?" Lu Yu asked, staring at the bloody long sword in the ground fire.
"This sword is called the Blood River Sword, and it is a first-rank holy sword in the devil's way." Shopkeeper Zhou explained.
"Blood River Sword..." Lu Yu murmured in a low voice. The name of this sword, Lu Yu, had never been heard before, but the strong blood type aura on the sword made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Now I have roughly finished refining this sword. The only thing left is for the little brother to blend blood essence and blood into it with spiritual consciousness, and polish the final blade." Shopkeeper Zhou said looking at Lu Yu. Then he casually smashed a spell into the stone gate. Immediately, a faint golden light appeared above the stone gate.
"Since I promised Boss Zhou, I won't regret it. Why are you so careful?" Lu Yu glanced at the magic circle above the stone gate, and said to shopkeeper Zhou indifferently. With his current attainments in formations, he is no longer a rookie who knew nothing about formations two years ago. This is just a general trap, Lu Yu can see where the flaws are at a glance, and he can break through the formation and escape in a blink of an eye.
"Zhou has always prepared both ways." Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile.
Lu Yu didn't talk to him either, and before he came to the stone platform, there was a lot of sound in his mouth. After a while, water vapor appeared on his body, and then he cut his wrist with a small sword. Blood flowed out slowly. Lu Yu poured his spiritual consciousness into the wound, and suddenly more than a dozen bright red blood beads slowly flew towards the Xuehe Sword, melting into the sword little by little. It took a full cup of tea to incorporate a drop of blood into it.
"This holy sword is really amazing, and it consumes so much mana when it is integrated into the blood bead." As soon as Lu Yu was integrated into one, he felt that a quarter of the mana in his body had been consumed. You know, his current mana is dozens of times higher than that of the previous swordsman at the first level.
"Naturally, otherwise, how could it be a first-grade holy sword. If you melt all the dozen or so blood beads into the Blood River Sword, the blade will probably take shape." Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile.
Lu Yu tapped a little, and after another drop, the mana was only half left. Lu Yu found an open space and meditated on the ground to recover his mana. He didn't believe that shopkeeper Zhou would not move to kill when his mana was exhausted. Shopkeeper Zhou looked at Lu Yu who was meditating, and didn't say anything, but a sneer appeared on his face.
In this way, Lu Yu fused the blood beads into the sword while meditating to restore mana.
Time passed by like this. By the time Lu Yu melted the last drop of blood into the sword, a whole day and night had passed. When the last drop of blood melted into the Blood River Sword, the originally smooth blade suddenly became sharp.
"It's done. Haha..." Shopkeeper Zhou laughed loudly when he saw this scene.
Lu Yu stared at the Blood River Sword and didn't speak. He always felt that the sword was still unfinished and lacked something.
"Little brother, what are you looking at?" Shopkeeper Zhou asked curiously when he saw Lu Yu staring at the Blood River Sword.
"It's nothing. I just feel that the sword hasn't been completely finished yet, and I always feel that something is missing." Lu Yu said calmly.
"Oh? You found out too." Shopkeeper Zhou said calmly without any surprise after hearing Lu Yu's words.
As soon as Lu Yu heard what shopkeeper Zhou said, he felt a little on guard in his heart.
"This sword is indeed not finished." Seeing that Lu Yu was still silent, shopkeeper Zhou said, "This sword is still short of a sword martyr."
"Sword martyr?" Hearing this, Lu Yu unconsciously pressed his hand into the storage bag.
"Yes, do you know why this sword is called the Blood River Sword? Because to refine this sword, blood must flow into a river. Now nine hundred and ninety-eight refiners have been buried in it, as long as there is one more person This sword is done." When shopkeeper Zhou said this, his eyes were red and he looked crazy.
"What do you mean by that? Don't you think you can succeed by killing me? Don't you know that the moment the sword is taken out is the factor that determines the success of the sword? Don't you think it's because of this sword?" Is the Blood River Sword, which is not necessarily successful, going to fight me and hurt both sides?" Lu Yu said calmly, he was very confident that although he was not the opponent of shopkeeper Zhou with his own strength, it would not be a problem to break the Yujian formation and escape. Elder Xia also thinks so, so until now, he has not said anything to remind Lu Yu to be careful.
"My long-cherished wish in life is to refine a sword of holy rank. Even if I am one-thousandth sure, I am willing to give it a try. As for what you said about losing both sides, do you deserve it?" Shopkeeper Zhou suddenly recovered from his madness. Sober, said calmly.
"Even though I am not your opponent. However, I am confident that you will never be able to kill me." Lu Yu had already walked out of the magic circle at Shimen.
"Oh? You are so confident, you probably still want to escape with Yujian. But, try your luck now, do you still have mana in your body?" Shopkeeper Zhou sneered.
As soon as Lu Yu heard this, he quickly circulated all his mana. However, the mana seemed to be exhausted, without a trace.
"You are poisoned." Old Xia's voice reached Lu Yu's ears.
"Poisoned?" Lu Yu said in surprise.
"Oh? You're quite smart. That's right, I lit the mandala incense just now. Within three hours, you won't have any mana. If you don't have mana, how can you escape with your sword?" Zhou said The shopkeeper still said with a smile. After finishing speaking, shopkeeper Zhou raised his left hand, which had been lying behind his back. I saw a small incense stick, more than an inch long, between his left fingers, which was being lit, emitting green smoke slowly...