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Chapter 236: The Imperial Tool and the Truth Refinement and Completion of the Reformers

After Fang Yi picked up the "perception-enhancing" [Imperial Gear] and sensed it for a moment, a purple light began to emanate from the [Imperial Gear].

At the same time, Fang Yi himself did not show any tired or distracted expression on his face after using it.

The whole person was still full of energy after obtaining the [Imperial Tool], and after Fang Yi said in a clear voice, "I can use this [Imperial Tool]", the [Minister] showed a satisfied smile.

He stood up, pulled out his chair, and walked slowly to the carpet beside him.

After standing still, the [Minister] stretched out his hand, and the Four Rakshasa Ghosts, Ji, took out a long knife that smelled of blood from the tray he was holding.

Obviously, this strange and bloody long sword is the "weapon" mentioned by the [Minister].

However, the [Minister] did not hand it to Fang Yi immediately, but began to explain.

"You should have heard of the Emperor's "Reforging Imperial Weapons Project." This long sword is one of the products of this project.

"After alchemy was introduced to the Empire from the Western Kingdom, and with the recent emergence of many alchemists who are different from alchemists, research on the creation of [Imperial Equipment] has taken a big step forward.

"After applying alchemy, these newly created [Imperial Equipment] will have fewer side effects on the human body and less fluctuation in performance. They won't experience the same performance polarization as previous [Imperial Equipment] did.

"Therefore, this [Teigu] or [Alchemical Item] will not be stressful for you to use. It should be able to be used in conjunction with that old-fashioned [Teigu]."

Fang Yi glanced at his [Bloody Alchemy] and [Truth Alchemy·Completion], and while thinking about the benefits he could get from the [Module·Alchemy] quest line, he secretly complained in his heart.

[These [Imperial Gear] are divided into traditional [Imperial Gear] and reformist [Imperial Gear], right?]

On the other side, after explaining the origin of the long sword, the [Minister] glanced at Ji who was standing beside him, and began to demonstrate the function of this "Reformist" [Imperial Weapon].

And this weirdo Ji immediately launched a ghostly and uncertain "momentum" of [mastery], and used the [Fist King Temple Hundred Ripping Fist] that Fang Yi was very familiar with to punch the [Minister].

In order to test this reformist [Imperial Weapon], the four Rakshasa ghosts chose to attack with all their strength.

Obviously, the [Minister] was simulating the function of this [Imperial Gear] in a scenario of being attacked by surprise.
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Under the overwhelming pressure of Ji's momentum, the [Minister]'s movements became extremely slow, and the speed at which the long sword in his hand was swung was like moving in a sticky liquid.

Just as the [Minister] was about to die at the hands of Ji, a strong smell of blood, so strong that it made people vomit, suddenly filled the air.

With the appearance of the smell of blood, the long sword seemed to come alive and autonomously built a half-person-high blood wall in front of the [Minister] and Ji.

Ji, the master whom Fang Yi could not fight head-on, punched out with all his strength and hit the blood wall.

With a sound like breaking glass, the blood wall shattered into pieces, and Ji's arm shook. He took a half step back, his breathing a little disordered.

The strength in his fist was thus exhausted, and this attack on the [Minister] ended in failure.

Fang Yi made a timely expression of shock and exclaimed, "How could this 'new school' [Imperial Weapon] actually block such a powerful attack?"

The [Minister] nodded, but instead of retracting his hand, he stamped his feet.

As the [Minister] issued the order, the ceiling of the study opened automatically, and several soldiers with bare hands and terrified faces were thrown in.

Before the soldiers landed, the Minister, who knew nothing about swordsmanship, waved his hand, and several blood-red sword auras appeared in the air and flew towards the soldiers.

Before the soldiers could utter a single sound, they were dismembered by the dense sword energy released by the [Minister] wielding the [Imperial Weapon].

Fang Yi was about to speak, but the [Minister] stopped Fang Yi's "praise" with his eyes and slowly walked to the front of the soldier who was torn into pieces by the sword energy.

Fang Yi's pupils shrank, and he thought to himself, "Isn't it over yet? [Minister], your gold coins are exploding too much."

The [Minister] took out a dagger and cut a wound on his own body, while stabbing the long knife into the soldier's flesh.

As the soldier's flesh and blood instantly shriveled up and turned into a piece of dry wood, the wounds on the [Minister's] body gradually became shallower and then scabbed. Finally, the scars faded, revealing smooth skin as new.

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Fang Yi felt that it was time to speak, but unexpectedly, the [Minister] gestured for him to hand over the tattered knife he had obtained from the "Hyena".

[And more? This sword is far more powerful than the bunch of filler [Imperial Gear] in the original novel. Is this the power of the Space Attack Module?]

Fang Yi has a deeper understanding of the [Module·Alchemy], a [Module] that is specifically explained in a lot of space before the mission begins.

As the knife handed over by Fang Yi came into contact with the blood-red long sword in the Minister's hand, the blood-red long sword began to transform like the Autobots.

In just a few seconds, the bloody long sword became the same as the tattered long sword that Fang Yi handed over.

The [Minister] looked at Fang Yi with wide eyes and asked with a smile.

“In case you’re not used to it, this knife can also be adjusted in appearance, automatically changing to your preferred shape.

"Are you satisfied with this knife?"

Fang Yi's unhappiness caused by the other party's "disabled version" of [Imperial Weapon] [Shangri-La] disappeared in an instant.

I secretly admired the Minister's skills in my heart.

"[Minister]'s skill in controlling people is truly exquisite, and his method of 'suppressing before promoting' is truly masterful.

"First throw out some 'junk' to lower my expectations, and then take out the real 'big stuff'.

"This is much better than just giving me a knife, and I couldn't help but feel excited.

"Then it seems that Shangri-La was not intentionally destroyed by the Minister, but rather by the Alchemists from that dimension who made a mistake while refining the Imperial Gear."

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Fang Yi calmed down and was about to speak when the [Minister] said something that made his hair stand on end.

"This sword has so many uses, naturally, to help you compete with the Imperial Weapon User in the Martial Arts Tournament and win the championship.

"But don't be too happy too soon, this knife has a flaw.

"It doesn't require much from you [spiritual energy], and activating its abilities doesn't consume any mental energy, so naturally it will have requirements in other areas."

The [Minister] looked at Fang Yi, revealed a malicious smile, and spoke of the 'energy' that drove the knife.

“All the abilities of this knife require a large amount of human blood to be driven.

"Because it was modified from the 'old-fashioned' Imperial Armament of our alchemist, Dotya.

"During the transformation process for the new alchemists, a lot of [Oriha Steel] and various dangerous materials were added.

"After becoming stronger, the [Imperial Tool], which gave birth to a will, is somewhat picky. The blood used to activate its ability must be the blood of a person of good character and relatively kind."

Looking at Fang Yi who remained calm in front of him, the smile on the [Minister]'s face grew wider and wider, even to the point of looking a little ferocious in the end.

He walked up to Fang Yi, handed the knife to Fang Yi, and spoke in a bewitching tone.

"That is to say, every time you use it, you have to kill a few good people and suck their blood dry.

"My request for giving it to you is that you use it many times in the fighting tournament.

"You wouldn't be like those people in the Revolutionary Army, unwilling to unleash this sword because of some outdated belief in 'kindness', right?
"Killing a few insignificant people to make yourself stronger, you should be able to do it, right? Fang Yi."

After seeing Fang Yi nod, the [Minister] indicated that the conversation was over and Fang Yi could leave. When Fang Yi took the long sword, saluted and turned to leave, the [Minister]'s "advice" floated behind him.

"I'm looking forward to seeing you use this long sword at the conference.

"The more you use it, the more 'trust' and 'help' I will give you.

"No matter how you activate this [Imperial Tool], you should understand one thing.

"That is, [don't get caught with something 'handle']."

Fang Yi paused and gave the answer the [Minister] wanted.

"Then please wait and see. This sword will produce the effect you desire in battle."
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A few minutes later, under the "shock" of Bud's previous actions, Fang Yi, who was left halfway by the driver to avoid suspicion, wandered aimlessly around the imperial capital for a few laps.

After making sure there were no "tails", he arrived at a base of the [Oberg Assassination Society] with ease.

He planned to take this opportunity to practice the effect of the skill [Truth Refining and Completion] and try to repair [Shangri-La].

At the same time, the strange long sword was treated like a "grafting".

Regarding the [Minister]'s statement, "Killing a few insignificant people to make yourself stronger, you should be able to do it, right?"

Fang Yi only had one answer: [I don’t want to do this, and I won’t do this.]

After spilling a few drops of blood for the strange long sword to absorb, Fang Yi realized that the blood produced by [Reversal Technique·Strengthening] could nourish the sword.

At this point, he was ready to use [Truth Refining·Completion] on the long sword.

Although the knife given to him by the [Minister] is of [Epic] quality and its lethality is not inferior to [California Clear Light], and may even be better than it, Fang Yi is not planning to change the knife for the time being.

He was a man who was sometimes strangely stubborn in certain respects.

He is not nostalgic, but he always keeps some items that carry memories.

He will not sell outdated albums of disbanded bands, and he will not clear out cheap gifts given by old friends even if they take up some space.

Just like he wouldn't kick out the first two characters in a game where four people go into a dungeon and five people go crazy.

Rather than acquiring new, stronger characters, he prefers to spend some resources to cultivate some of the 'weak characters' who followed him earlier, to create more memories.

If he had a choice, he would like to use this knife named "California Kiyomitsu" until the end of the story.

The combination of [Truth Alchemy and Completion] with [Bloody Alchemy] and the [Great Deeds] mechanism of space may make his wish come true.
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【Truth Refined·Completion】

Skill category: Alchemy

Skill learning requirements: [Alchemy skills] no less than [level 10]

Skill Passive Effect:
1. Slightly improve the ability to perceive the internal structure of equipment. Reincarnators who master this skill can more easily discover equipment defects.

2. Reincarnationists who master this skill will understand the properties of materials faster than ordinary people.

Skill active effect:
【repair】:
This skill can restore damaged equipment and destroyed materials to their original state by consuming similar materials.

It can even exceed the integrity of its original state and repair equipment defects and existing flaws.

【Replacement】

This skill can enhance or increase the properties of the target substance by consuming materials and equipment, thereby sublimating the material.

You can also consume equipment of the same type and improve equipment performance by replacing the materials and substances in the original equipment.

prompt:

The skill level of this skill cannot be increased directly by consuming points or plot points.

It needs to be improved through special tasks, task world settlement reward options, merit shops, production and repair of equipment, etc.

Summary:
One of the advanced skills mastered by the alchemists of the School of Truth.

They believe that restoration is not just about mechanically piecing together materials, but requires a deep understanding of the "truth" of the materials and the reconstruction of their internal structure.

Depending on the 'truth' that the person who acquires the skill perceives while using it, the skill will develop in different directions as the level increases.

Evaluation:

The alchemist who created this skill from the School of Truth believes that:

Everything has its essence. Understanding the essence allows us to transcend the surface of matter and control and transform its form.
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With the help of his [Bloody Alchemy lv11], this skill is not difficult to learn and apply.

Through the knowledge gained from the skill [Truth Refining·Completion], he has sensed that the most crucial material in this strange long sword is the tooth of that dangerous species.

This tooth should come from the [Imperial Tool] [Blood Collection and Rapid Absorption] of the alchemist [Dotya] who belongs to [Wild Hound] in the original work.

Apparently, the [Minister] offered a price to the alchemist to reforge her [Imperial Tool] into this long sword.

And now, as long as he activates [Replacement] and successfully replaces this material into [California Kiyomitsu], he can not only kill the will of this "reformist" [Imperial Weapon], "cure" the other party's problem of being "picky about eating" the blood of good people, but also "transplant" the blood-related abilities into [California Kiyomitsu].

However, Fang Yi decided to find a 'mat' to practice on first to see if he felt it was right.

He took out the remaining [Oriha Steel] from the previous decomposition of [Evil Ghost], and prepared to [repair] and [replace] a wave of [Prometheus] according to the feeling brought by the skill.

After using [Refine Armor] to refine [Evil Ghost], [Evil Ghost] seems to no longer crave this metal. Other materials should be needed to repair this armor.

Therefore, Fang Yi prepared to recycle the materials that had been decomposed previously.
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At the same time, Esdeath stood at the door of Arya's house in the wealthy area.

The female general, wearing a military cap but without an umbrella, looked at the rain that was getting heavier in the sky and still stood stubbornly at the door, not choosing to hide from the rain.

Her military uniform was soaked by the rain, and her long hair became messy because of the rain.

But all this did not dampen the female general's determination to meet Fang Yi today.

[I have no room for error anymore. This will be one of my few chances to turn the tables.]

The female general thought so.

　I'm still working on it, and it will be 4k today.

　　There are several battles in the martial arts competition. Let’s see if I can finish posting them in one night.

　　By the way, are you interested in Fang Yi's non-combat skills from his previous life?
　　These are the skills that Fang Yi mastered in his previous life, such as [Character Roleplay], [True Lies], [Unrestricted Fighting], [Law Knowledge], [Criminal Knowledge], and [Cooking], which were used in the previous and later plots.

　　If many people are interested, the author can send a free chapter tomorrow to review Fang Yi's specific mastery of these skills.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)