Chapter 138: Dragonspine Inferno (1/2)
Chapter 138: Dragonspine Inferno
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After repaying the money he owed to Mistress and making some calculations, he would be left with just two hundred and sixty thousand yuan.
But looking at Manager Li’s facial expression, Ai Hui guessed that the sword he had was an extraordinary sword. Otherwise, he would not look so smug. It would be a lie if Ai Hui said he was not curious; being an experienced veteran, Ai Hui knew the importance of a good weapon. He was still using a borrowed military-grade grass sword from the manor’s guard after his Sawtooth Grass Sword was spoilt.
Ai Hui could not contain himself and said, “Do not try to fool me using an ordinary weapon.”
While Master and Mistress felt that the situation would not worsen, Ai Hui was still worried. The eruption of the blood poison epidemic was too ferocious and it did not help that the response from the Induction Ground was too slow. Ai Hui had an extremely acute sense for danger after struggling in the Wilderness for such a long period of time.
The infected insects they had encountered while running back to the city only increased Ai Hui’s worries. Based on his predictions, it would be a matter of time before the large carnivorous animals finished their transformation. The situation then would be far worse than now.
In the barrow, the beast howl they had heard was loud enough to cause tremors, and the fear that had caused him was still present in his heart. He had seen many dire beasts and their ordinarily imposing manners did not have any effect on him, but when he had heard the beast howl from outside the barrow, he could not help but become extremely fearful and scared..
He did not know if anyone in Central Pine City would be able to deal with them.
Furthermore, Ai Hui did not have high hopes for the support team from the Avalon of Five Elements. There were so many cities in the Induction Ground; who would be able to save them all?
If this was a conspiracy, Ai Hui was completely in awe of the conspirator. The Induction Ground was the most peaceful place with the least security measures. If the Avalon of Five Elements was a huge, violent beast, then the Induction Ground was its soft abdomen. It was a wide district and had few restrictions. Even if you stirred up any trouble, it probably would not catch the attention of anyone important. The Induction Ground only had weak students and teachers that lacked experience.
The Thirteen Divisions of the Avalon of Five Elements was stationed near the frontline of the Wilderness, so Central Pine City would need time for them to reach the city.
Ai Hui felt like a shadow was being cast over his heart. Who would design such a conspiracy? What could they gain from this plot?
The most suspicious person might be a teacher with a screw loose in his head. He would probably torment them with such a vicious plot and finish them off.
He had many conjectures and they were both good and bad, but he reckoned it was going to be a long time before they were able to make use of them to make any judgements on the situation. Everyone would be living in danger. The time before the Thirteen Divisions came to provide their support would be the hardest period to go through, and also the most critical.
They had to get through this hurdle first.
Ai Hui resolved not to worry about money. He could only use the money if he survived.
“Of course it’s not an ordinary sword.” Manager Li’s smile was similar to a Buddha’s. Ai Hui’s tone was fitting for a disciple under a Master. Thinking back to the time when he had borrowed two hundred thousand to purchase the grass sword, his eyeballs had almost popped out of their sockets in shock. It was the first time he seen a disciple in such dire straits.
Manager Li walked into a side room and soon came out holding a long and narrow sword case.
The sword case was fully coated in black. There were patterns of red water caltrops on the top of the case and each of the four corners had drawings of a bat. Ai Hui had familiarized himself with the sword manuals and knew that the bat was the most commonly seen decorative symbol in the past. It implied good fortune.
Upon opening the sword case, a beautiful longsword could be seen within.
At first glance, Ai Hui already thought that it was pretty. The black body of the sword did not have any sheen and looked like some sort of timber. There were seven small, shiny water caltrop crystals that were a fiery red on the ridge of the sword. It looked like it was encrusted with red rubies. It also looked like the protruding stiff bones on the back of the Swordback Dragon dire beast from the ancient times. Both sides of the sword were a faint, dark red. It appeared to have irregular wave patterns which were gathered on the sharp end of the sword.
Ai Hui’s eyes lit up and he took the sword out carefully.
“This sword is named Dragonspine Inferno. It was grown!“ Manager Li announced.
“It was grown?” Ai Hui exclaimed.
With a smug expression, Manager Li replied, “Look at the seven red crystals. They are not just any crystals, but are the artifact remnants that were fished out from the Silver Mist Sea. They are the remnants of a spiritual sword from the Cultivation Era.”
“What artifact remnants, do not try to fool me,” Ai Hui countered with disdain, “Do not take me for a fool because I am young. It’s just sea slag (waste from the sea) and you talk as if it’s very high-end.”
Yes, some people called them treasures of the sea, but most called them waste from the sea.
The Silver Mist Sea was part of the Avalon of Five Elements and, together with the land of the metal elementalists, was collectively known as the Silver Mist Sea. In reality, the real Silver Mist Sea was actually the core of a man-made sea, or rather, it was a big, artificial lake which had already existed since the early establishment of the Avalon of Five Elements.
The aim of establishing the Silver Mist Sea was to obtain help from the metal elementalists.
At the time, spiritual force had dissipated and became extremely rare, while elemental energy had just been discovered. In order to obtain help from the metal elementalists, the elders thought of a foolish idea. They transported countless treasure-infused flying swords which no longer had any spiritual effects into the middle of the valley.
All those treasure-infused flying swords were mostly created by those with metal attributes. As time passed, the metal elemental energy began to flourish and the density of the metal elemental energy was like a silver mist. Before long, the top of the valley was filled with the silver mist and henceforth, it had been called the Silver Mist Sea.
From the start until now, the expansion of the sea in the Silver Mist Sea had been unceasing.