Chapter 46 (1/2)

Ren Jie knew that he had improved by an entire cultivation realm due to the video that he saw previously. It could even be the reason why he had experienced a rebirth. He was very excited now that he could finally open the video again.

When all the energy had gushed in, Ren Jie’s divine sense twitched and the video popped up.

“Boom…” There was finally a reaction. At the moment when Ren Jie opened the video player using his divine sense, he felt that he was in a holographic display once again. He could see the astonishing scenario from afar once again.

The five saints were discussing Dao. Ren Jie wanted to create some noise or do something using his divine sense, yet he found that he could not do anything. He could only continue watching from a distance away…

Ren Jie had thought through a lot in preparation for this moment. He was not as flustered as he was the first time he saw this scene. Since he could not do anything, Ren Jie decided to utilize the opportunity to ponder over what he saw. During this period of time that he spent in the new universe, Ren Jie had understood the benefits of improving by an entire cultivation realm. Since he had remained calm and collected, Ren Jie was suddenly aware that he could leverage the opportunity to do something.

However, he felt that he was immersed in a magical realm which was so marvelous that no words could describe how he felt. If Ren Jie had paid a little attention to his divine sense, he would have noticed that it was experiencing some fast changes.

The distant, slow, yet seemingly short-lived feeling appeared once again.

Ren Jie thought that he should do something to respond to those changes. His divine sense could not detect his surroundings or spread outside and felt like a water droplet in the vast ocean. How could he detect everything that was within the deep ocean?

Alternatively…

Suddenly, Ren Jie thought of something. He had never understood the middle-grade spiritual artifact that the Fang family gave him. He vaguely felt that it was a little strange and that there was a problem with it. The yin energy within it seemed to be harmful to the human body. Moreover, Ren Jie had some assumptions about those people in the Fang family clan. Therefore, he did not open the spiritual artifact. That problem had been constantly circulating in Ren Jie’s brain, thus Ren Jie suddenly thought of that spiritual artifact.

At this moment, as his divine sense changed and upgraded while he was listening to the discussion on Daoism, the details of the Black Nether Sword surfaced in Ren Jie’s mind. He was originally unclear about the details of this middle-grade spiritual artifact, yet it all suddenly became crystal clear to him.

It felt as though he had overcome a critical obstacle. Ren Jie knew the details of the Black Nether Sword clearly. The Black Nether Sword was a failed attempt by someone who was trying to refine a superior-grade spiritual artifact. Although it was merely a failed attempt, it was ultimately still created as a superior-grade spiritual artifact. Thus, it was no wonder that he did not understand the sword then.

The sword was originally a superior-grade spiritual artifact created using evil yin energy from the ground. However, it was ultimately a failed attempt. That resulted in large amounts of evil yin energy entering the sword, causing the nearly successful superior-grade spiritual artifact to drop to a middle-grade spiritual artifact. That was not all. The sword was sealed inside of the container using dharmic powers. Once the container was opened, not only would large amounts of evil yin energy leak outside, but the spiritual artifact itself would also be destructed.

The Black Nether Sword was like a treasure that was close to reaching its demise but was sealed inside of a block of ice. The person who sealed it inside was obviously hoping to reconstruct it when his cultivation powers and refining technique turned stronger. However, reconstructing failed spiritual artifacts like the Black Nether Sword was akin to creating a brand new ultimate-grade spiritual artifact. Only the top spiritual artifact creators would be able to accomplish that. Moreover, some top spiritual artifact creators who could create ultimate-grade spiritual artifacts might not even be able to repair that superior-grade spiritual artifact that was reaching its demise unless they reached an even higher level in their expertise.

Therefore, the sword was like chicken ribs⁠—they are tasteless if you eat it but wasteful to throw away. If he was able to invite someone who was more skilled than most top spiritual artifact creators, the cost of doing so was way greater than what the Black Nether Sword was worth. Even if he offered the sword to them, they might not even want it. The worth of the sword was not even comparable to a spiritual artifact that they casually created. In the end, the container became something that was harmful to weak cultivators who opened it. Even if someone opened it, they could not reconstruct the sword, thus making its value not even comparable to middle-grade spiritual artifacts…

F*ck. That explained why Fang Tianen appeared inseparable with that middle-grade spiritual artifact but was actually nonchalant about giving it to Ren Jie. So that was the reason for it. As Ren Jie thought of that in the miraculous realm, the method of fixing the Black Nether Sword surfaced inside his mind. Only those whose cultivation realm was at the Yin Yang Realm and whose spiritual artifact expertise had surpassed that of top spiritual artifact creators would know how to fix the sword. They were known as legendary instrument creators who only existed in the legends and could create treasures and instruments that could almost reach the heavenly stage. However, that knowledge was etched in Ren Jie’s brain.

“Bam!” As the method of repairing the Black Nether Sword completely surfaced in his brain, the video ended simultaneously.

Ren Jie wanted to dive into the video desperately, but it suddenly ended. The duration was not even a tenth of the previous one. F*ck. The depletion was scarily fast.

Five superior-grade spiritual jades, seven hundred middle-grade spiritual jades, and fifteen thousand inferior-grade spiritual jades were used altogether. Considering the market value of the superior-grade spiritual jades due to their rarity, he had spent a total of three million jade coins in less than a minute. Ren Jie felt his heart bleeding as he thought of the money spent. Not only were his muscles aching, but his heart ached as well.

F*ck. How could making money ever be easy? Ren Jie had extorted the Fang family clan to earn that money. Moreover, that sum included the lifetime savings that Chang Laosi forced him to accept.