The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 221 - 33 Sword Guard

Chapter 221: Chapter 33 Sword Guard

PS: The Chapter title was wrong, and it couldn’t be changed, the true title is "Sword Completion."

"I want to melt these three swords and forge a sword that can balance Yin and Yang, and can be split into dual swords."

Qing Yu set down the wooden box he was carrying on his back and brought it in front of him to open it.

Inside the wooden box, there were three swords. One of them was the Taiming Sword, a trophy from Qingxu, while the other two, one red and the other white, were acquired from the randomly drawn Character Card of Bai Yifei this month.

Name: Bai Yifei

Realm: Innate Nine Layers

Items: Blood Sword, Snow Sword

Martial Arts: "Blood Coagulation Record"

Evaluation: Later, Bai Yifei went to the West and changed his name to "Cain."

Gongye Baiduan approached Qing Yu, studied the three swords carefully for a moment, and said, "You are very lucky. The Taiming Sword itself balances Yin and Yang, being both rigid and supple. These two peculiar swords are of Yin, but this place has an intersection of heavenly fire and earthly fire, a Supreme Yang location. Under the mediation of the Taiming Sword, in my hands, they should achieve the effect of uniting Yin and Yang."

Gongye Baiduan began to get excited. Although this young sword-seeker was obscure in his identity and not yet a qualified swordsman, the three swords he provided each had their own miraculous qualities.

The Taiming Sword had a simple appearance but a significant reputation, having been passed down through Zhenwu Sect for hundreds of years. Gongye Baiduan recognized it immediately.

The other two swords also had their wonders. Not to mention anything else, their very shine without shadow was quite rare, sparking the desire in Gongye Baiduan to study them. The materials were also excellent, worthy of his handcrafting.

Moreover, melting three swords to forge one was more difficult and challenging than starting a sword from scratch. Gongye Baiduan did not want his creation to be inferior to the Taiming Sword, which served as the material.

Gongye Baiduan was thoroughly intrigued.

He snatched the wooden box from Qing Yu’s hands and checked the nature of the three swords as he walked, "Over there is a house prepared especially for people like you. You can stay there while I forge the sword. Of course, you could also leave first and come back when the sword is completed. However, if the Sword Completion time lacks the Sword Master’s essence blood and True Qi, it would be unable to bring the sword’s spirit to the highest degree of accord with the Sword Master. The choice is yours to make."

Gongye Baiduan, after all, still had his professionalism; though he did not like Qing Yu, he wouldn’t unfairly deceive him and made the suggestion.

Of course, if Qing Yu still could not bear the heat and tedium of the waiting after his suggestion and missed the moment of Sword Completion, that would be none of his concern.

Would Qing Yu leave? Naturally, he would not. Bonding with the sword was a significant event, not to be taken lightly. Furthermore, the hammering sounds of Gongye Baiduan possessed a body-tempering effect. Qing Yu would not miss this opportunity for a minor reason.

He decided to treat it as a closed-door meditation.

Thus, Qing Yu settled down in a stone-built house not far away.

And it turned out, the house was fully equipped with food and clothing made from heat-resistant materials. There was fresh water as well, just enough for Qing Yu to cleanse the impurities produced by the hammering body tempering. Only, the water temperature was a bit high, forcing Qing Yu to cool down using the method of "White Dew Deceives Frost" every time he bathed.

Gongye Baiduan truly lived up to his reputation as a Sword Casting Master, having fully grasped the nature of the three swords in three days and started the refining and forging.

During the sword-casting process, he had no qualms about Qing Yu watching, unafraid of anyone stealing the craft.

Qing Yu had no intention to steal the craft either. He studied the Medical Poison Path because medicine and martial arts were inseparable; learning medicine helped with martial arts training. Qing Yu had a clear goal: to advance his Martial Arts through various means.

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Forging a sword, forget it, I really don’t have the spare mental power to delve into that; it’d be better to take this opportunity to give my body a good workout.

For the next seven days, Gongye Baiduan toiled day and night at forging the sword, without a moment’s pause, living up to his name of the hundred forges.

This undertaking was rather taxing for Qing Yu. The remarkable hammering indeed had the effect of body tempering, but one couldn’t keep tempering incessantly for twelve two-hour periods a day, and this wasn’t Inner Strength, which required massive physical energy.

After exhausting so much physical strength that he collapsed, sleep didn’t come easily; Qing Yu couldn’t match Gongye Baiduan’s freakish constitution, which allowed him to go seven days and nights without sleep.

Fortunately, these days of pleasant torment ended today.

On the seventh day at midnight, at the extreme of Yin and the rise of Yang, Gongye Baiduan called out Qing Yu, "Boy, come out."

Qing Yu walked out of the stone house, only to see an unadorned long sword suspended in mid-air, beneath it an array nearly filling the entire sword-casting platform, gathering the Infinite Primordial Qi from around, and infusing it into the long sword above.

In the Molten Lava Lake where the twin fires of heaven and earth met, gathering Yang Energy. The exposed mountaintop at the extreme Yin moment also thronged its Extreme Yin Energy into the long sword.

"Boy, channel your True Qi into the sword to resonate with it," Gongye Baiduan yelled.

Immediately, Qing Yu dashed forward energetically, stood atop the sword-casting platform, raised both palms, and Yin and Yang combined Qi of all forms flowed into the mid-air long sword,

Absorbing the Sword Master’s True Qi, the freshly forged long sword vibrated, emitting the sound of sword cries, responding to its master.

After the long sword had absorbed a quarter of an hour’s worth of True Qi, the cycle of Yin and Yang Qi fused and released a boundless light, filling Qing Yu’s vision, yet surprisingly, it did not dazzle him. Otherwise, Qing Yu’s astonishing eyesight would have suffered.

After a long time, the long sword finally ceased its grand motions and slowly descended.

"Quench the sword with blood!" Gongye Baiduan shouted upon seeing it.

Qing Yu immediately grabbed the sword handle, practiced Martial Arts to force his essence blood to his hand, and smeared it across the sword blade. The sword’s edge easily sliced through the skin of the palm, and the vibrant red essence blood smeared on the blade, permeating it, imprinting Qing Yu’s trace, and also enhancing the sword’s spiritual nature.

After practicing to stop the bleeding, Qing Yu gently caressed the long sword that resonated with his own spiritual nature. The long sword, primarily a Taiming Sword, inherited the Taiming Sword’s plain and simple nature, only the sword guard subtly displayed Yin Yang Qi, carrying a sense of mystery.

"Boy, name your sword," Gongye Baiduan said.

Qing Yu swung the long sword; as the sword moved, Yin and Yang Qi combined, seemingly about to recreate the previous bright light, and a white sword shadow appeared.

’What to name the sword, something like ’Unrivaled Madness, Devil Flow Sword’? Forget it, let’s not ride on others’ coattails...’

"During the moment of Sword Completion, it emitted a brilliant light; let this sword be called ’Eternal Brightness’," Qing Yu proclaimed.

"Eternal? You sure have some grand ambition, boy," Gongye Baiduan sneered.

"If a Martial Artist lacks ambition, how can he reach the peak? Ambition is indeed a necessity for a martial artist," Qing Yu replied as he wrapped the blade with cloth, concealing its sharpness, "Master, I take my leave now."

"Mm, tell the Shadow King my promise is fulfilled, don’t disturb me for three years," Gongye Baiduan waved his hand.

"Yes."

Having said that, Qing Yu left directly. Although it was midnight, this was no place to rest; it would be better to find another place to rest.

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