302 Acquisition (2/2)
”We will hold a feast tonight!”
As he gave out his instruction with glee, he naturally did not notice a certain daoist priest's panic-stricken look.
”No one's caring about me…”
As Kong Luo saw the big group left, he felt gloomy as he dusted the dirt off his body.
Compared to the countless martial arts experts and other powerful daoist priests, Kong Luo knew he was no match for them and could only take a backseat.
But as he thought of another daoist priest's expression just now, he felt odd. ”Why did daoist Qing Xuan have such a furtive look on his face? He seems to know the origins of that sword? But such treasures from such beasts were meant to be powerful in the first place!”
As he watched the crowd rush to attend the feast, he could only think of how powerless he was.
”This time around, I can at least take a backseat at the feast, but what about next year or the year after? As the newcomers laugh, who could hear the old-timer weep…”
His interest waned and he felt as though he did not want to appear at the feast to further embarrass himself.
At that moment, as he looked at the trail of blood from the black python, he suddenly had an idea.
”From daoist Qing Xuan's gaze, this snake must not be normal. Such a beast would not have appeared for no reason…”
He proceeded to walk in the opposite direction and arrived at the hill where he was feeding his birds. He then began searching carefully.
Sure enough, the moment he prised open the bushes, he saw a pathway the snake must have taken. After following it, he reached a cave that had a faint stench.
”Nothing ventured, nothing gained! I will take the risk!”
Kong Luo bravely entered the cave only to realise the cave was clean and had no signs of snakeskin left behind.
Except, at the end of the cave, there was a green light emitted from a small sword.
On the cave walls, there was a chant for a formula inscribed on it. The inscription was not long as there were only a few hundred words, but however, they were beautifully expressed. Upon seeing such, Kong Luo was shocked.
There was no time to waste for Kong Luo to wonder about why no one had ever discovered this place. He immediately began to recite it by heart.
”This is a powerful magical formula, and the spiritual treasure too… they are really gifts from the heavens! The revival of my sect is truly pure fate of the heavens...”
He immediately kept the spiritual sword according to the magical formula and felt stronger at once.
The spiritual sword was a treasure for killing. Thus, his magical techniques did not improve, but obviously, his lethality was vastly superior to before. With this, he could have the confidence and strength to fight alongside other daoists in front of Xu Ting.
”Hmm… that Daoist Qing Xuan…”
Before he strode out the cave, he waved his arms and a green sword essence appeared. The cave walls were scratched beyond recognition at once.
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”Very well…”
After Kong Luo left the cave, Fang Yuan appeared outside the cave and watched his back view leaving. Fang Yuan was satisfied and thought to himself. ”He does seem decisive, looks like he has the potential!”
The two swords had some fate energy converging on it, or to put it in another way, it contained parts of the turning point for Xuan Zhen Sect. Hence, Fang Yuan could not keep them for long, else it would be detrimental to his fate energy. Not only would Xuan Zhen Sect chase after him, some of the swords' tribulations might even pass over to him.
By gifting the swords, it reflected Fang Yuan's intelligence.
Firstly, these two swords had already been cultivated. By gifting it away, the favour would be returned to him in the future.
Also, it was the perfect plan to give the swords to Xu Ting and a daoist priest from the same clan.
With how invested Xuan Zhen Sect was in Xu family, would they dare to demand the return of the Purple Suo sword from Xu Ting?
Since Kong Luo was also part of Xu family, and the fact that he was now under the protection of the spiritual sword, Xuan Zhen Sect would not dare to start a conflict with him.
After doing these things, Xu Ting felt energised.
He opened his spiritual eyes and saw karma slowly descending from the skies. He could not contain his joy as he knew he reached a key point.
This time, he managed to seize a decent amount of Xuan Zhen Sect's fate energy karma.
”Not only are there people dao karma, there's also heavenly karma! I shall use it to increase my cultivation!”
Fang Yuan made up his mind.
On top of his head, streaks of golden essence gathered and formed the shape of seven shiny golden flowers.
Whereas, the green balls of energy, through mysterious ways, turned in to the realm's energy and swarmed into the actualised dream world.
In the 8 Gates Sword Array, the fire and water swords shined brightly, while on the east gate, lightning struck and the Thunder Sword formed more than half as it emitted electrifying illuminations.
The 3 swords' luminance rushed to skies and the power of the 3 talents could be vaguely seen.
”More than half of the Sundering Thunder Sword has been formed?”
Fang Yuan looked at his stats board:
”Name: Fang Yuan
Race: Horned Dragon
Essence: 36
Spirit: 36
Magic: 45
Profession: ???
Cultivation: ???
Technique: [9 Steps of Dragon Transformation Formula (7th Transformation)], [Weather Controlling Technique (Grade 1)], [Natural Magical Strength (Grade 3)], [8 Gates Sword Array (3rd Sword) (55%)]
Skill: [Medicine (Level 3)], [Botany (Level 5)]”
”The further I progress in the 8 Gates Sword Array, the harder it is to form the swords. However, its might is even more unimaginable…”
A look of joy appeared on Fang Yuan's face as he thought, ”Hmm…, by helping Xu family this time, it was simply an early investment. The karma I received wasn't a lot too… Only during chaos where Xu family rises to power is when I will truly gain the most from!”
At that moment, as Xu family still did not officially reign an area, its influence was naturally not as great.
However, once the world entered a state of chaos and undergone big changes, even if Xu Ting were to become a just a duke, he could still influence millions of commoners. Hence, the karma Fang Yuan would receive from it would be exceedingly bountiful.
Fang Yuan was eagerly anticipating for it to happen.
”Nevertheless… even with my strength now, I am still a formidable force to be reckoned with...Seems like some issues in the past can be settled already too…” he pondered as he looked towards the direction of Qi Lake.