Ordinary People: Starting with the Chen Clan

Inside the Earth Fire Chamber, nine dragon heads were spewing out purplish-red earth fire, turning a large cauldron glowing red.

Whether it was the firelight or something else, the light shone into the room as if it were cast in blood, without a single other color.

At this moment, Chen Xuanzhou was staring solemnly at the sky above. Beside him, his clone, looking withered and emaciated, leaned against the purple sandalwood coffin.

If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of its chest, one might easily mistake it for a dried-up corpse!

However, Chen Xuanzhou had no time to pay attention to this clone at the moment, as his eyes were completely occupied by the reflection of a broken hilt of a sword.

Its appearance was extremely ordinary; it was a bare, black hilt, not very large, about two feet long, and its overall appearance was dull and lackluster.

Such a broken magical artifact should have been left lying on the ground unattended, but Chen Xuanzhou treated it with unprecedented solemnity.

Even a precious magical artifact like the Jingzhe Mirror in his hand did not receive such treatment.

The reason for this is that this broken and dilapidated knife is actually a genuine incomplete magical artifact.

At least it used to be!

This broken treasured sword was obtained from the Yue Emperor.

He died a miserable death; this powerful weapon had such a long wind-up that before he could even take it out, Chen Xuanzhou had already "sneaked" and eliminated him.

Having possessed this demonic artifact for many years, Chen Xuanzhou had already conducted in-depth research on it thanks to his unparalleled comprehension.

The fact that the Yue emperor used it as a trump card is a complete waste!

The original function of this demonic blade is not for killing, but rather it should be a magical artifact used to assist in cultivating techniques like the Demonic Fiend Technique.

According to Chen Xuanzhou's deduction based on incense offerings, when this magic weapon was complete, the main function of the magical restrictions on it was to refine essence blood and remove evil energy.

This is to suppress the side effects of demonic energy eroding the soul caused by cultivating demonic arts like the Demonic Pill Technique.

Although as time went by, he could not avoid being corrupted by the evil pill formed by the blood-condensed five elements pill, turning him into a stupid fool who only knew how to act recklessly.

However, according to Chen Xuanzhou's deduction, this process will not be fully revealed until at least a hundred years after the Fiend Core is condensed.

Even if Chen Xuanzhou ultimately fails to find a solution after such a long period of time, he believes that those members of the Chen family who chose this path should be satisfied.

After all, the lifespan extension is genuine!

To be able to experience the demeanor of a Core Formation True Person would make this life perfect.

As far as Chen Xuanzhou was concerned, all these people needed was to be alive.

Unfortunately, this demonic blade is now in a terrible state of disrepair.

Even if Chen Xuanzhou goes all out to repair it now, and uses the top-tier spiritual materials from the Blood Thread Dragon, they are the perfect materials to repair this blood-path magic weapon.

But the final result is that only about 40% of the damage has been repaired.

Of course, with his current cultivation level, it's a bit beyond his capabilities to repair a magic weapon.

Even if he were to completely repair it, he could only leave it there as a decoration.

The Chen family has not yet grown to the point where they can freely command a Core Formation cultivator.

So this time he only repaired most of the broken blade, fixing the protective seals related to neutralizing evil spirits, and was satisfied.

Unfortunately, even though he had already deduced it seven times and thought he had thoroughly studied every detail, it was still impossible.

However, they were still caught off guard by the unexpected situation.

Four times, when trying to reconnect with the old restrictions, it encountered clashes with the magical restrictions, causing shocks in spiritual energy. This not only prematurely exhausted the Blood Thread Dragon's essence and blood, but also depleted more than 60% of its magical power.

As for the clones, their miserable state speaks for itself.

Of these 40% of the results, the evil-repelling restriction was not completely repaired, which was why Chen Xuanzhou frowned.

Fortunately, he had anticipated this, as streams of pure spiritual energy and blood were dissipating from the abdomens of his main body and clone throughout his entire body.

However, he underestimated the evil nature of this demonic blade to some extent. Although the pills he had prepared had been treated with incense, their efficacy was still slightly inferior.

Chen Xuanzhou roughly assessed the situation and concluded that even if he exhausted all the pills, he could only recover about 70% of his mana at most.

As for the clones, their blood and energy can be restored to at most 40%, and their magic power is slightly better, reaching about 60%.

Despite this, Chen Xuanzhou's expression remained relatively normal. At this moment, inside the massive cauldron, the section of the pitch-black blade was spitting out blood-red light like a writhing snake.

Furthermore, a line of blood now runs down the originally black hilt, all the way to the broken edge of the blade, resembling a blood groove.

The broken blade was repaired to a two-foot square, with a serrated back and blood-red scales covering the edge, resembling a gaping maw ready to devour its prey.

Chen Xuanzhou's eyes swept over the repaired demonic blade with a sharp light, but his hands did not stop casting spells, and he continued to cast spells from time to time.

Every few breaths, several runes would appear at the broken edge of the Demon Blade, but unfortunately, these runes appeared very reluctantly.

Chen Xuanzhou and his clone did not panic. Instead, they proceeded in an orderly manner, their magical restrictions intertwining seamlessly.

This allows for sufficient time for the user and their clone to refine the pills within their bodies, which of course also makes the restoration of the demonic blade's restrictions much slower.

Several parts even cracked repeatedly, which even caused the newly repaired demonic blade to show signs of cracking again.

Only at this moment did Chen Xuanzhou's expression turn slightly unpleasant, but he still showed no signs of impatience or panic.

"Ugh!"

A soft sigh escaped his lips, and a hint of disappointment appeared on Chen Xuanzhou's face. He wiped his forehead, and an orange bead appeared in his hand.

With a flick of its wrist, the bead transformed into an orange light and merged into the demonic blade, flowing smoothly as if water and milk were blending together, without any resistance or hesitation.

The restrictions that Chen Xuanzhou was unable to repair were being completed in just a few breaths, under the glow of the orange incense.

The subsequent repairs went much more smoothly. Whenever they encountered a problem that they couldn't solve, they would use orange incense to clear the way.

After the evil-removing restrictions on the entire blood-red scimitar were repaired, only about eighty incense sticks remained in Chen Xuanzhou's incense burner.

Fortunately, it was all worth it, Chen Xuanzhou thought to himself as he looked at the scimitar in his hand.

Because the repaired Blood-Transforming Blade can not only purify the essence blood of cultivators, but also the essence blood of second-tier and above demonic beasts, making it a powerful medicine for cultivation.

Given the size of a demon beast, as long as it doesn't draw too much blood at once, its recovery ability is far superior to that of a cultivator.

At that time, raising just a few second-tier pig-like beasts will be enough to meet the cultivation needs of most of the Chen family's cultivators.

This is why he prioritized repairing the Blood-Transforming Blade.