Chapter 921 - Practice Comes Before Saber (1/2)

As long as the showroom was open, the college’s students could enter freely with their student identification.

The moment the showroom opened, Zhou Wen swiped his student ID and entered.

There weren’t many students here usually, and it was still early. When Zhou Wen entered the showroom, the staff were still organizing the items. There wasn’t a single student.

Since he was already here, Zhou Wen wasn’t in a rush to look at the sabers. He looked at the first item on display.

What was displayed here were all Essence Gold weapons produced by humans after the dimensional storms. However, most of them were replicas for show.

Sabers were mainstream, followed by spears and bows. Swords and other weapons were non-mainstream. There were also shields and armor made of Essence Gold. However, there were very few of them because the effects weren’t very good.

Then, there were all kinds of Essence Gold bullets and firearms. Most bullets were gilded or mixed with a certain amount of Essence Gold. Pure Essence Gold bullets were relatively rare, and they were usually only assigned to high-ranking officers.

Rockets and shells were also made of Essence Gold, but they could only be used to attack large groups of dimensional creatures, so they weren’t suitable for ordinary battles.

Most of them were used to repel large-scale dimensional creature tides or deal with immobile plant-type dimensional creatures.

There were even more types of sabers. They could be as small as being only palm-length. The big ones were like Steed Slaying Saber. It left Zhou Wen dazzled. However, no matter how he looked at them, he felt that they were just tools without much difference.

In terms of something that was pleasing to the eye, they were inferior to the Bamboo Blade that Zhou Wen often used.

However, Zhou Wen had already tried. Even though he was thinking about Bamboo Blade, he had no way of advancing the Essence Energy Pill.

“Don’t tell me there’s no weapon that can make one fall in love at first sight?” Zhou Wen was somewhat helpless. He wasn’t a hot-blooded person to begin with. He really couldn’t see a weapon as something more important than his life.

No matter how good a weapon was, no matter how valuable it was, Zhou Wen would definitely abandon it when his life was at stake.

“Lad, there are no weapons in this world that can make you fall in love at first sight. There are only veterans that remain alive,” a staff member said when he heard Zhou Wen mutter to himself.

Zhou Wen turned his head and saw that the person speaking was a man in his forties. Although he was wearing sunglasses, Zhou Wen could tell that it was because one of his eyes was blind. One leg was a prosthetic limb.

“Can you elaborate on the meaning of that sentence?” Zhou Wen asked.

As the man wiped the weapons on display, he said, “Most people don’t really like weapons, but in times of danger, they need to use them to protect themselves and their families. Apart from a small number of people who like weapons, weapons are just tools to ordinary people.”

Zhou Wen nodded. He shared the same view as the man.

“But—” The man wiped a saber clean and carefully placed it on the saber rack. He straightened it and continued, “—once you pick up a weapon and fight with it, no matter if you love it or not, or no matter how much you despise it, it will become your most important companion. This thing is even more important than your woman or brothers. On the battlefield, it’s the only one you can truly trust.”

“That’s right.” Zhou Wen nodded.

The man continued, “That’s why, on the battlefield, no matter if you like it or not, no matter how proud you are, you have to understand it and familiarize yourself with it. You have to constantly practice and get used to it. You have to put in more effort than chasing women. Otherwise, on the battlefield, it might take your life. If you want to become a veteran, you have to get along with it no matter how terrible it is. After some time, you will realize that the weapon is already a part of your body, a tool that can’t be easily abandoned. Because without them, your body seems to be missing a part, making you appear like a disabled person. The chances of a crippled person dying on the battlefield are naturally higher than a normal person.”

Zhou Wen fell into thought when he heard the man’s words.

“Why do we have the verb ‘practice’ come before the noun ‘saber?’ Young man, practice well.” The man patted Zhou Wen on the shoulder and continued cleaning.