Chapter 411: A Peerless Sword, One Without Equal. (2/2)

”Is that so? Then where is the sword? Where could it be?”

If Xue Yue didn't know, Ming Yue was back to square one.

”I don't know. Why don't you ask those kids? They were there when you fainted. Or ask that serpent, Yin Bing, she might know too.”

”That's right, the children... I should ask them too.”

She stood up, heading towards them under Xue Yue's advice. With how much time had passed, she found many of them asleep under a few trees, huddled up with Hei Yue at the center of it. And Xiao Yin was perched above them, watching over all of them.

But there were still a few who were awake, playing quietly in the sand.

They heard her approach and turned to find her there.

”Did you come back to play?” one of them asked.

She knelt down with a half-smile on her face.

”Um, not yet, It's just... I can't find my sword and I don't know where it has gone. Do you by any chance know?” she asked.

The children looked at each other before one of them pointed towards the lake.

”The Cerulean Serpent has your sword”, they answered.

She looked at the lake, finding the surface to have ripples on it. And it wasn't just from several directions but came from a single point, the center of the lake. Ming Yue looked back to them, asking another question.

”The serpent took my sword? Do you know why?”

However, they all shook their heads, none of them knew why Yin Bing wanted her sword.

”I see, thank you. I'm going to see if I can speak with the Cerulean Serpent.”

The children smiled before running off to play elsewhere, not want to bother her. She saw them off before walking towards the very edge of the lake.

”Senior? Senior? Do you have my sword by any chance? Would it... be possible to get it back?” she asked.

She was met with silence as the waves on the lake grew stronger before quieting down until becoming calm. Then Yin Bing's head emerged from the lake, right in front of Ming Yue.

”Ah girl, it seems that you are awake now.”

The World Serpent, spoke quietly to her so as to not draw any attention. This was a private matter after all.

”It is good to see that you are well.”

Ming Yue cupped her fists and bowed.

”Thank you for your concern, senior.”

Yin Bing chuckled, before moving onto the main topic at hand.

”Yes, your sword. I found it very peculiar and decided to bring it back with me. It seems that you've had several masters work on it. Its quality is quite good and more importantly, it can even grow stronger. Whoever did that must have had an incredible understanding of the sword and the world's properties.”

Ming Yue immediately thought back to Mei Zhen and the work she did on Drifting Sky. In an instant, things began to connect.

”Did she do that as well? She made it easier for my energy to flow through it but must have also allowed it to grow stronger with me. That's why it can absorb my energy or cultivate with me!”

It made sense, such things only happened after that master forger worked on her sword.

But she continued to listen to Yin Bing's explanation.

”It wasn't perfect so I decided to help fix it and I let your sword bathe in the center of the lake. At this moment, it is there, absorbing the Quintessence Energy. Give it one year and it will become a peerless sword! One without equal!”

Ming Yue looked at the World Serpent in distress.

”A year?”