Wandering Sword Seller's Life in the Qin Dynasty

Xu Qing spoke to the Chi You Sword as if he were having a conversation with some kind of life form.

Then, he sat cross-legged beside the Chi You sword without reaching out to touch it.

He simply used his special abilities to gradually sense the Chi You Sword and trace its origins.

Compared to holding the sword directly in your hand, this method is much slower, but it is safer enough.

Time slips away quietly, bit by bit.

In the blink of an eye, a considerable amount of time has passed since the Qin state destroyed Loulan.

During this period, everything in Loulan was completely taken over by the Qin state.

However, there was one place in which the Qin state did not interfere.

That is the Temple of the Goddess.

Naturally, this is related to Xu Qing.

The Goddess Temple holds Loulan's greatest secret. Neither the dragon soul atop the goddess statue within the temple, nor the Demon God and Chi You's sword inside the underground palace, are ordinary objects.

If someone who doesn't know the truth touches it rashly, it might bring some bad consequences.

Of course, Xu Qing also made considerable progress during this period.

He would go and contemplate the Chi You Sword every now and then.

As for the God of War, the Mo family has not been informed yet. After all, the Chi You Sword is not far from the God of War. If they directly attack the God of War before dealing with the trouble of this sword, they might break the seal of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

"Now, it's time to completely resolve the sword issue!"

Through continuous contemplation of the Chi You Sword, Xu Qingming gained insights into many issues.

On this day, he was filled with a sudden, inexplicable feeling.

He voluntarily went into the temple of the goddess outside.

Looking at the dragon soul embedded between the eyebrows of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, he took the initiative to reach out his hand.

In the next instant, the dragon soul, which resembled a vertical eye, detached from the goddess statue's brow and flew into Xu Qing's hand.

Holding the dragon soul in his hand, Xu Qing felt his entire being instantly adjusted to its most perfect state, with boundless vitality instantly bestowed upon him.

He once forged the sword of life and has his own understanding of the vast vitality between heaven and earth.

However, the vitality of heaven and earth is completely different from the vitality brought by the dragon soul at this moment.

The vitality between heaven and earth must also follow the laws of nature.

However, the dragon soul in Xu Qing's hand forcefully reversed this law.

It can turn deserts into oases and create water from nowhere.

This item was left behind by the gods in the human world.

Although it is related to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the one who truly left this item behind was the Dragon God.

Or rather... Yinglong!

According to some ancient records, although the Yellow Emperor won the Battle of Zhuolu, it was another war god, Yinglong, who actually killed Chiyou.

These are all things that Xu Qing learned over this period of time by observing the Chi You Sword.

As the demonic sword once wielded by Chi You, the Chi You Sword witnessed his entire life after his rise to power. It recorded all of Chi You's loves, hates, and grudges, including the situation of his enemies.

So, what is the Chi You sword most afraid of?

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady is one of them.

After all, this sword was forged by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden herself, and the formation that sealed the Chi You sword was also created by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

Besides the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Yinglong's power is also effective against Chiyou's sword.

His power is extremely yang and strong, capable of purifying all evil spirits.

If the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden sealed the Chi You Sword here because the sword was difficult to destroy, and destroying it rashly would bring even more serious consequences.

Therefore, Yinglong's leaving behind the dragon soul was definitely not simply to help Loulan reproduce and create water sources. Its true purpose was to purify the demonic nature of Chiyou's sword.

Over the centuries, the demonic nature of the Chi You Sword has diminished considerably, and now, it is only one final step away from victory.

Chapter 400 Purifying Demon Sword, Fifth Order!

They returned to the Loulan underground palace.

The Chi You Sword remains sealed in the deepest chamber of the underground palace.

During these days, while Xu Qing was comprehending the Chi You Sword, the sword did not fail to consider enticing Xu Qing to help it break free from its seal.

Although it looks like a sword, in Xu Qing's perception, it is indeed a living thing.

Numerous demonic thoughts were released, interfering with Xu Qing's emotions and desires.

Wealth, luxury, beauty...

He created illusions of all the desires in the world, which appeared in Xu Qing's eyes, but Xu Qing remained unmoved.

Today, Xu Qing will completely resolve all the problems with the Chi You Sword.

He held the dragon soul in his hand and walked through the underground palace. The warm vitality emanating from the dragon soul surrounded him, which collided with the cold demonic energy deep in the underground palace, creating subtle fluctuations in the airflow.

As they descended, the malevolent aura along the way dissipated under the influence of the dragon soul's aura, and the originally oppressive underground palace became somewhat warmer.

As he reached the entrance to the secret chamber, the Chi You Sword inside suddenly emitted a piercing buzz. The demonic nature that had been sealed and suppressed surged instantly, and black demonic energy overflowed from the sword like thick smoke, frantically releasing demonic thoughts, attempting to penetrate the air and once again erode Xu Qing's mind.

This time, however, Xu Qing was blessed with the life force of the dragon soul. As soon as those violent demonic thoughts approached, they were torn apart by the invisible force and disappeared into nothingness. He remained calm and unaware, and steadily walked into the secret chamber.

The moment Xu Qing stepped into the secret chamber, the Chi You sword on the stone platform trembled violently, its blade shaking wildly. The blood-red gemstone on the sword emitted an eerie red light, yet it carried a hint of undisguised fear.

It clearly sensed the aura emanating from the dragon soul, the supreme yang and masculine power originating from Yinglong, its mortal enemy etched into its very bones. Like ice and snow meeting a raging fire, it instinctively felt awe and fear.

Chi You's sword became increasingly agitated, its blade constantly leaping on the stone platform, attempting to break free from its constraints and shatter the seal laid down by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. Black demonic energy surged forth, frantically impacting the surrounding array patterns.

The array patterns instantly lit up with a pale golden light, like a solid barrier that firmly blocked all the demonic energy. No matter how much the Chi You Sword struggled, it could not shake the seal in the slightest.

Xu Qing stood aside, watching everything calmly, already having made up his mind.

He had already discerned the weakness of the Chi You Sword; it was impossible for it to break free of the seal on its own.

Without external assistance or the essence of living beings to devour, its power will only gradually weaken.

The only way it can truly break free of the seal is to find a sword slave that it can control. Only when the sword slave grasps the sword hilt can it use the power of the human body to break the seal and act recklessly.

Xu Qing understood this perfectly from the beginning and would never let it succeed.

Without saying a word, Xu Qing slowly walked to the stone platform, held the dragon soul in his hands, and slightly exerted his own aura into it with his fingertips.

In the past, even without anyone activating it, the Dragon Soul could passively release vitality and create water. But now, under Xu Qing's active activation, this passive vitality was completely transformed into an active one. Dazzling golden light burst forth from the Dragon Soul, instantly illuminating the entire dark underground palace. Warm and scorching Yang energy swept out, and wherever it passed, the cold demonic energy quickly dissipated like melting ice and snow.

This power was too strong, carrying the divine pressure of Yinglong, and was specifically designed to counter evil and demonic weapons like the Chiyou Sword.

Thousands of years ago, even with the Dragon Soul in hand, and even with Yinglong descending in person, it would have been difficult to suppress the Chi You Sword so easily.

At that time, Chi You's sword had just been stained with the blood essence of countless living beings, making its sword spirit powerful and its power at its peak.

However, after thousands of years of change, coupled with the constant erosion of the seal of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and the lack of any power supply, the sword spirit of Chi You Sword has long since weakened to the extreme, and most of its demonic nature has been worn away. Now, it has long lost its former ferocity.

The supreme yang power released by the dragon soul, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, seeped into the sword through the gaps in the array patterns, gradually dispelling the demonic energy deep within the Chi You sword.

Sensing the threat of death, Chi You's sword trembled even more violently. The violent shaking caused fine cracks to appear in the ground around the stone platform. The runes on the sword became dull and the brilliance of the blood-red gemstone gradually faded. Its originally ferocious appearance now looked somewhat disheveled.

Even so, the seal of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden remained unmoved, and the pale golden light firmly enveloped the Chi You Sword, suppressing all its struggles.

Seeing this, Xu Qing flicked his sleeve, and several jade pendants flew out and landed around him. In an instant, they formed an array, which was the spirit-gathering array he used to forge swords in the past. The spirit-gathering array operated, continuously drawing on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the underground palace, reinforcing the Xuan Nu seal, making the seal more and more solid, and completely cutting off the possibility of Chi You sword breaking free.

Time passed slowly, and the golden light of the dragon soul continued to envelop the Chi You Sword. The black demonic energy was continuously dispelled and purified. The tremors of the Chi You Sword gradually weakened, and the dark iron color of the sword body faded a bit, gaining a warm luster. The fierce aura on its body also dissipated.

Until the last wisp of demonic energy was purified by the dragon soul, the Chi You Sword completely stopped struggling and quietly stuck in the stone platform. Its original ferocious shape remained, but it no longer had any demonic nature left.

"We're finally safe!"

Xu Qing glanced at the Chi You Sword and breathed a sigh of relief.

In the days that followed, although he had been closely studying the Chi You Sword, he was actually taking a great risk.

Even though he never touched the Chi You Sword, its demonic influence continued to affect him.

Fortunately, despite those risks, he managed to uncover the origins and weaknesses of the Chi You Sword.

"Thanks a lot!"

Xu Qing lowered his head again, looking at the dragon soul in his hand, as if he were talking to a living being.

The dragon soul shimmered with golden light, as if responding to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing immediately flipped his hand and temporarily stored the dragon soul in his robe.

He actually wanted to try and see if he could bring it into the system's furnace space, but he figured it was impossible.

The system's furnace space cannot contain living things, but the dragon soul, though seemingly inanimate, actually possesses a true soul and can indeed be considered a life form.

Previously, on the way to the underground palace, Xu Qing had tried to communicate with it and barely gained the dragon soul's approval.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to so easily activate the power of the dragon soul and completely purify the demonic energy of the Chi You sword.

Now, the big problem is solved.

Finally, I can seriously study the Chi You Sword.

Even though its demonic energy has completely dissipated and its demonic thoughts have all vanished, this sword is still a fifth-tier sword.

As a sword forged by the gods, it surpasses all other swords of its time.

Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, Xu Qing had spent some more time in the Loulan underground palace.

During these days, he stayed by the Chi You sword every day, no longer as afraid to touch it as before. Instead, he gently touched the sword with his fingers, carefully sensing the changes within it. Gradually, he made a new discovery.

Although the demonic nature of the Chi You Sword has completely dissipated, it has not lost its spirituality. On the contrary, a pure sword spirit still resides within the sword. However, this newly born sword spirit is as pure as a blank sheet of paper, innocent and clear, without any impurities, and without the ferocity and bloodlust of the past.

This pure state reminded Xu Qing of the achievements of the Mohist school over the years.

Several years ago, he informed the Mohists of the method of papermaking. After repeated research and improvement by the Mohist disciples, paper has now been successfully made and has been updated in several versions. The texture is becoming more delicate and lighter, and the cost is becoming more and more affordable. It has long since completely replaced the bulky bamboo slips and become the main tool for people all over the world to record words and transmit information.

At this moment, the sword spirit of Chi You Sword is like a blank sheet of paper newly made by the Mo family, clean and pure, waiting to be given a new mark.

Xu Qing gradually realized that perhaps this was the true form of the Chi You Sword when it was first created.