Who gave you permission to refine demons like this?

Darts?

Lin Sheng picked up the brocade box and examined it carefully. Inside was indeed a cone-shaped dart, but it was broken in the middle, so at first glance it looked like a fragment of a small sword.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Darts might actually be a good idea."

"If I could infuse the life-eating aura into the dart, I might be able to kill the target in secret."

Even if you can't kill them, you can still keep their life force eroded.

And it doesn't conflict with sword practice, so it seems quite suitable for me.

Without further ado, Lin Sheng used his divine sense to check again.

The scene before him changed again; he was surrounded by a dense forest, and Lin Sheng was on a small path.

A beautiful female cultivator, dressed in tattered clothes and severely injured, staggered to the ground, pursued by three or five people.

Those behind her, seeing the female cultivator's miserable state, revealed malicious expressions and pounced on her.

Just as the female cultivator closed her eyes to await her fate, a whooshing sound rang out through the forest. Several darts struck the villain who had pounced on her first, piercing his skull.

Immediately afterwards, several darts were shot out from all directions. Even those who were on guard could not escape their fate. After blocking a few darts, they all died.

After all the villains were dead, a man in white emerged from the woods and smiled at the woman.

The scene ended there, the view before him shattered, and Lin Sheng, regaining his senses, already had the answer in his heart.

It's it!

Lin Sheng could see it clearly in that illusion. The darts were not only swift and stealthy, but also powerful and heavy, shattering the people's armor or the barriers made of Xuan Qi.

Some of the projectiles were so powerful that they shattered the armor, and the people were killed by the residual force.

"If I were to add the aura of life-eating to it, that would be disastrous."

"It's practically a fast-release version of a poisoned Barrett!"

Lin Sheng selected the items, took the brocade box, and looked around one last time before leaving. Finding no other darts or hidden weapons, he pushed open the door and went out without further hesitation.

Hearing Lin Sheng come out of the house, Tang Wenlong put down his weapon, looked at him, and asked, "What did you choose?"

Lin Sheng exclaimed excitedly, "Darts, Mr. Tang!"

"It's the darts from this brocade box."

Tang Wenlong's body trembled. He took the brocade box and examined it. As he looked at it, his eyes softened, carrying an indescribable meaning.

He handed the brocade box to Lin Sheng and muttered to himself, "So be it, he wanted to pass on this skill before he died."

Sensing something was amiss, Lin Sheng asked, "Mr. Tang, is there something wrong with this dart?"

Tang Wenlong shook his head: "No problem, it's just... his former owner was my deceased friend."

Lin Sheng understood, simply put away the brocade box, and said nothing more, nor did he ask any further questions.

However, Tang Wenlong seemed to have opened up a floodgate of words and continued, "Liu Ye was a wanderer in his lifetime, especially skilled in throwing darts. Although he did not join the imperial court, he traveled all over the world, using his throwing darts skills to punish evildoers and save people."

"He intervened not only within the imperial court's borders, but also in various places outside the country, and even more so in foreign lands."

Therefore, even though the imperial court and the Martial Virtue Division repeatedly pursued him, we secretly turned a blind eye, because he had indeed killed evil people from Taoist temples or sects, and they all deserved to die.

"Therefore, it also got a nickname, 'Willow Leaf Dart,' and the person targeted by the Willow Leaf Dart was a person with a bad reputation."

Then Tang Wenlong looked at Lin Sheng: "Since you chose this brocade box, you must have seen that memory."

"That was the first time he met his wife, Xiang Xinwan. Xiang Xianzi was the chief of a sect on an island in the East China Sea. She was being chased when Liu Ye, who was traveling, saved her."

"The Donghai sect saw that Liu Ye was quite strong and had a good reputation, so they did not object. Thus, the two fell in love and their story became a beautiful tale."

They gradually settled into their own lives. It was from that day that Liu Ye realized she had a weakness, so before she died, she poured her understanding of darts into a broken dart and later gave it to me.

This means I need to find a suitable successor.

He told me that willow leaves can be used to kill, but willow leaf darts can only be used to live.

Tang Wenlong said with resentment and anger, "But the East Sea Sect, knowing that Fairy Xiang and Liu Ye were in love, insisted on separating them, just to offer them up to curry favor with another, larger sect."

"When the fairy refused, they used magic to forcibly abduct her, severely injuring Liu Ye."

"Afterwards, Liu Ye came to me and begged me and your master Su Ren. That was the only time I ever saw someone as strong-willed as Liu Ye kneeling on the ground."

"Our strength was limited at the time. Your master was in the Martial Virtue Division but was only at the early stage of the True Profound Realm. I was just at the late stage of the Jade Life Realm. Liu Ye was injured and his strength dropped to the middle stage of the Jade Life Realm."

Tang Wenlong chuckled self-deprecatingly, "What can three people of this strength do against a sect with such a strong foundation?"

"Fortunately, with courage and perseverance, we managed to rescue the fairy, but this attracted a pursuit, and all three of us were seriously injured."

"It was Liu Ye who insisted that we take Xiang Xianzi away, and he blocked everyone away despite our attempts to stop him."

Lin Sheng looked at the broken dart in his hand, and he knew without a doubt what the outcome would be.

"There was no miracle. When we went to find him later, his body was incomplete; he had not only been tortured, but also..."

Tang Wenlong clenched his fists, his expression filled with resentment and unwillingness.

"His head and arms were severed and taken away by those people."

We can only collect as much of Liu Ye's remaining body as possible and give it a proper burial.

Your master and I swear that we will bring Liu Ye back intact in this lifetime and make that sect pay the price they deserve!

"Later, Fairy Xiang parted ways with us and we lost contact."

"In the following years, your master and I made breakthroughs in our cultivation and collected enough evidence to prove that the sect was utterly wicked, and we were to eradicate it with the death penalty."

Having received news from the Martial Virtue Division, they were dispatched to eliminate the demonic cultivators who had destroyed the East Sea sects.

Lin Sheng took a slow breath, guessing what had happened.

Tang Wenlong pressed his forehead, the memory causing him some pain: "When we arrived with the Martial Virtue Division, we found that it was Xiang Xianzi, who had fallen into the demonic path, who had used curses and methods of slaughter to massacre everyone in that sect, leaving no one alive."

"Xiang Xianzi held Liu Ye's head and died. She was wearing a red robe, the clothes they had agreed to wear for their wedding."

"After much effort and planning, your master and I brought back their bodies, restored Liu Ye's body, and buried them together."

"Afterwards, we obtained actual evidence against the East Sea Sect and dealt with it severely, and we registered Liu Ye and Xiang Xinwan as husband and wife within the sect."

This officially recognized them as husband and wife.

"Only now is the matter truly over."

Lin Sheng remained silent upon hearing this. All the weapons in that room had their own stories, and each carried the weight of their owners' passing.

But the willow-leaf dart in his hand felt even heavier to him.

After a long while, Tang Wenlong sighed and said, "Perhaps it was because of this incident that I was unable to break through to the next level after reaching the peak of the Jade Life Realm."

He patted Lin Sheng on the shoulder: "Since you have chosen the willow leaf dart, then you should pass on this ability well."

"Remember, the willow dart not only possesses outstanding insight, but more importantly, it carries a sense of responsibility."

"The willow-leaf dart points towards life, not death."

Lin Sheng bowed deeply, cupping his hands in a respectful gesture.

"Lin Sheng will never forget this, and will certainly uphold Senior Liu Ye's beliefs and live up to the name of Liu Ye Dart!"

Tang Wenlong helped Lin Sheng up and nodded.