Chapter 88 - Death Keep [3] (1/2)

”I noticed your sword was shattered. Take this sword. It was forged by my father's own hands.  Athough it has no core, there's are sharpness runes embedded in it. Consider this a small gift.”

He appeared to be in thought for a few seconds before continuing.

”Fang Zedong, that's my name.”

”Thank you, Fang Zedong.”

Jufeng cupped his hands and gave a curt nod.

”Be watchful of the armored critters. Remember, demigods do die. Farewell, Asuran Ju Feng.”

”Farewell, Lakshan Fang Zedong.”

Ju Feng watched Fang Zedong blurred towards the arena before turning his attention towards the longsword he just recieved. The sword was no small gift. He had seen steel swords in the Last-Sages stalls before, but he hadn't seen one like that longsword. Despite not having any mystical core, the sword was made from the finest thorne steel. But the best part was The craftsmanship. The craft work on the sword could only be made by a master Swordsmith. The runes of sharpness also indicated a master Soulforger. He couldn't contained his joy knowing the sword now belonged to him. To him, it was a perfect sword.

He heaved it in his hand and performed some sword moves. It was of the right feel. He smiled broadly as he headed off to the scattered mountains, in order to find the mystic order. As he headed towards the mountain, he noticed many blurred afterimages streaking past him, heading towards the opened tunnels. Those were the after images of the demigods who had been eliminated from the arena, but were now going for the tunnels. He could only observe and shook his head in silence. He knew that some of them wouldn't even return from their cursed search. Oh, how happy he was that he wasn't heading in the same direction as them.

After the figures of the demigods were gone, Ju Feng looked at the scattered mountains at the far distance. Hoping to reach them on time, he decided to make haste. Ju Feng started using the quicksteps as he made his way to the first of the scattered mountains. Nearing the base of the mountain, he slowed down and approached cautiously. He saw what looked like a loose boulder with bright glitters on it at the other side of the rocky mountain. He was trying to examine it with a strained eyes, when a voice sounded near him.

”That's a mountain critter.”

A young human girl materialized out of the thin air beside him and streaked off towards the tunnels before he could say anything. Going by what he had recently learned, she must be an Asura demigod.

”Thanks.”

Ju Feng shouted to her disapperaing back. He hadn't seen a critter before, so he took his time to examine it. He switched to his spiritual sight and saw the death aura coming from the critter. Not wanting to attract unwanted attention to himself, he quickly adjusted his steps. He went round the other side of the mountain towards the white patterned mountain at the far distance.

After waiting for few minutes at the base of the mountain, and didn't hear or notice anything out of place, he proceeded forward. He reached the place at the base of the mountain where the sealed rift was located. He put the talisman given to him by the tree on the rift. Immediately, there was a silent breeze and a visible entrance appeared. His passage into the mountain and to the Mystical Order.

Watching carefully to make sure no one and no critter was following him, he made his way inside. As a zhuji cultivator, his eyes were fairly sharper than before and he could see more clearer in darkness. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, Ju Feng saw a dark narrow passage with various runic inscriptions, in front of him. He touched the walls of the dark passage and inspected it more closely.

”Obsidian black diamond.”

Ju Feng muttered to himself. Although it was one of the hardest rock stones in the universe and extremely precious, its true value lied in its ability to contain defensive runes. Obsidian black diamond was one of the two known types of rock stones that could take the Total-Fortress runic inscriptions without dissipating. The other being the emerald-cloud stone. Extremely rich cultivators used it to build safe rooms containing their treasure vaults.