Chapter 410 (1/2)
”A book and a rusty sword?”
Zhang Dong looked inside of the old coffin that was mostly empty. In it, he could see a somewhat rusted sword that might have been some kind of powerful weapon but had degraded over time. Next to it was a really old book that looked like it could crumble at any moment.
”These items… I'm not sure they are usable anymore…”
He looked back to the man that was with him, Long Qing his supposed brother was looking over his shoulder.
”The second ancestor tomb has never been touched before… I thought it would preserve the treasures inside…”
The answer seemed to be obvious, the heritage for the Azure Dragon part had been taken out many thousands of years before, thus it had survived and conserved all these years. The ones for the golden dragon on the other hand were not.
Even then he decided to give the book and sword a scan with the help of his system, maybe there was still something that he could gain from this.
Celestial Sword of the Ancient Dragon [ Degraded]
Heaven middle grade
Probably before it was placed into this coffin the sword was somewhat usable but it couldn't fight against the passage of time. Even heaven grade weapons didn't last forever and need to be reforged or repaired from time to time.
”Maybe I can reforge it to something good…”
Even though it was rusty, it was still a heaven grade weapon. The materials that it was made from were still rare, with his crafting expertise he might be able to fashion a new sword. He just needed to use it as the core for the new weapon.
”Oh, are you perhaps a talented blacksmith my brother?”
”Ah, I guess I know a thing or two about these, I might be able to strip this sword for parts and reshape it to its former glory, but I won't know until I take it to my forge.”
If this weapon could be built up again depended on what it was made of on the inside. Powerful weapons in this world tended to have their own cores while the metals around it were more of a shell.
The core mineral inside would produce a powerful Qi radiance that would keep the metals intact during combat. Only when these invisible barriers were shattered would the weapon break. Thus even when a blade from a sword like this broke, if the core inside remained undamaged it could be remade.
”Your forge? Why don't you use our Long Clan forge instead? I bet you'll find everything you need there!”
”You have a forge?”
”Of course we do! Blacksmithing, pill making, formation creation, there is nothing that our Long Clan doesn't excel at, we have vast quantities of knowledge in our grand library, as the ancestors' descendant you will naturally have access to it all!”
This actually sounded quite interesting as he could always use more knowledge. He was still mostly depending on the things he had gained from that expedition all those years ago. With the help of this Long Clan, he would probably be able to fill some of the holes in his knowledge, maybe even gain some resources for his current cultivation.
What he needed to do was to gain more strength and knowledge for the coming days. His biggest enemy Wang Long at this very moment could be killing some unsuspecting villagers or beasts for more spirit points.
With the help of the system shop that he had, he had access to many immortal grade techniques. The only edge that Zhang Dong had over his opponent was that he mostly specialized in certain things.
When he fought against Wang Long the man seemed to use various random techniques that he probably didn't put much thought into buying. Probably the only thing that person was interested in was if the skill or technique was high level enough.
He didn't worry if it meshed well with his current cultivation nor did he train himself in these techniques. This was something even his old system failed at, teaching him how to properly use the techniques he bought.
For that he needed to slowly train them and only with time would they reach the next level. A lower ranked technique could overtake a higher ranked one if it was trained to perfection with ease. He did not think Wang Long would bother with something like that and he wouldn't have enough time at this point.
Even though both of them had been here for a while, Zhang Dong used some time to train himself. He and Huo Qiang sparred quite a lot. The other elders that were at the nascent soul level were also forced to participate so that he could progress further.
”How about the cultivation manuals, can I see those?”
”Why wouldn't you? Your authority is not less than my own, you have been accepted as the honorable ancestor's descendant, I am the Azure Dragon and you are the Aurulent Dragon!”
”Aurulent?... how about we just go with Golden instead?”
”If you so wish but first we need to get the elders approval, those old farts can be fussy about things like that.”