Chapter 60: The Sword Embryo’s Change (2/2)

It was a picture of strength and beauty.

In this picture, elemental energy was flowing like trickling water streams and was stable like the spinning muslin spindle. Full of well-distributed rhythm, the elemental energy maintained the high operating speed of the elemental needles.

Ai Hui was learning many things; for example, the elemental energy used to control the elemental needles had to be well-distributed, and only then would it expedite the embroidery process.

Yet such a change wasn’t enough to surprise Ai Hui. Even though he had become more intuitive and perceptive, he had already discovered that in the past.

What really shocked him was that this was the first time he had seen something he couldn’t explain.

He did not know what the faint mist curling up from Mingxiu’s surroundings was. It was constantly changing shape; a soft light at times, yet foggy and indistinct at times. Sometimes, it would come out in sheets, like fluttering fish scales.

Also, within the ripples created by Senior Mingxiu’s elemental needles, there were faint, twinkling spots of light, like stars scattered over the pond’s surface.

It was the first time these had appeared.

Even after racking his brains for a long time, Ai Hui was still clueless.

The sword embryo had changed after absorbing the Calming Indigo. Why did it absorb the Calming Indigo in the first place? Ai Hui still did not know the reason. He couldn’t find an answer in the sword manuals. Materials of ancient times were completely different from today as their terminologies and characteristics had undergone major changes.

Calming Indigo was a newly developed item and was absent in the Cultivation Era. There definitely would be something similar in the past, but Ai Hui had no idea what it was called.

Parts of the sword manuals that explained methods of the sword embryo’s development were severely damaged, so Ai Hui had to fill in most of the missing information himself. He was completely unaware of how things would turn out.

On the bright side, the sword embryo had strengthened after unexpectedly absorbing the Calming Indigo. Ai Hui presumed that the Calming Indigo must have contained some type of substance that assisted the training process.

It was a pity that the Calming Indigo was gone. He couldn’t even afford the cheapest kind, or else he could conduct research on the types of substances that were needed for the development of the sword embryo.

This thought flashed through his mind but was gone within seconds, like a small candle flame in a gale.

Calming Indigo, eighty million yuan!

Although Ai Hui was startled by the sword embryo’s change, his shock disappeared at the thought that this change had cost eighty million yuan.

If it had been elemental energy development, then what kind of change could eighty million yuan bring?

Ai Hui did not know if the ingredients needed for a lifetime’s training would add up to eighty million yuan, but then he thought about how he could at least become a legitimate elementalist.

Meticulous with his calculations, Ai Hui knew the sword embryo was something that cost much but yielded little, whereas elemental energy development was the exact opposite.

The choice was clear.

Ai Hui would not be tempted by the sword embryo. No matter how special it was, Ai Hui was a practical man whose dream was to only become a registered elementalist.

His gaze was firmly fixed onto Mingxiu, not wavering in the slightest.

Her speed was rapidly reducing, and Ai Hui knew that she was doing it on purpose, for his sake.

Ai Hui was grateful for her kindness, but that picture of strength and beauty had become relaxed and no longer seemed as artistic.

He sighed to himself.