Shao Xuan's body was surrounded by fluctuations of power. The people in the forging room could feel it, but they didn't understand why Shao Xuan was doing this. Moreover, it wasn't the fluctuation of totem power.
The people in the forging room were at a loss. They couldn't understand, but they didn't look away. They wanted to know what the Great Elder wanted to do with the knife, and why he dripped blood on it.
As Shao Xuan's thumb moved, a long line of blood that wasn't too deep was left on the knife. But even if the blood wasn't deep, it still shocked the people who saw it.
This shouldn't be!
According to the strength of Shao Xuan's fingers, there shouldn't have been such a blood mark when he rubbed the knife!
For example, when a few people were fighting over the knife, someone's hand was cut and blood dripped onto the knife. If he didn't use his clothes to wipe the blood off the knife, he could have wiped it off with his fingers. Even if he couldn't wipe it off, it wouldn't have left much of a mark. It wouldn't have been like the blood that Shao Xuan left on the knife just now.
Where Shao Xuan's finger had touched, there was a blood mark that defied common sense. It was as if the drop of blood was no longer the liquid they were familiar with, but had become extremely sticky, like cooked grains. Only when one's finger pressed on it and slid over it would leave such a mark.
But that was blood, not grains!
It was too strange!
The blood mark was only one of the reasons. What happened next shocked them even more.
They saw Shao Xuan standing there. After wiping the blood on the knife to create a blood mark, he slapped his palm on the knife, right at the end of the blood mark.
Whoosh —
Flames appeared on Shao Xuan's palm. Almost at the same time, the flames spread along the blood mark and burned.
Burn … It burned!
It burned!
Everyone who saw this stared with their eyes wide open.
There was no wood, no charcoal, but the knife suddenly burned!
No, it wasn't an ordinary flame.
The people in the forging room reacted quickly. They were very sensitive to fire. Whether it was an ordinary fire or a fire related to the fire seed, even totem warriors could tell, let alone them. But it was also because of this that they were even more surprised.
It was the power of the fire seed. That's right, it was different from the primordial fire seed. It was similar to the power of the fire seed that had fused with their bodies, but it also had the aura and deterrence of the fire seed itself.
But even if it was related to the Fire Seed, it shouldn't be able to ignite on a saber. How did the Great Elder do it?
"Sure enough!" Shao Xuan whispered as he looked at the flames on his saber.
The thought that flashed through his mind was when he was exploring the Flaming River with his fleet. He saw the Drumming tribesmen fighting against the fearsome beasts at the Drumming tribe. At that time, the Drumming tribe's net entangled the beast. Moreover, the net on top of the beast was all set ablaze. Later, Shao Xuan also tried it. At that time, Shao Xuan was immersed in a very mysterious state. It was as if he knew what to do and what the results would be.
At that time, Shao Xuan used the same method to tie the beast's neck, but when Shao Xuan tried it again, he didn't succeed. First, he didn't understand the power at that time. He wasn't familiar with it, and the environment was different. Because of the Drumming tribe's fire seed, they created a special kind of battlefield. It was filled with invisible forces that were more suitable for the Drumming tribe to fight in. Without those conditions, it wouldn't be easy for Shao Xuan to succeed again.
Second, and most importantly, Shao Xuan tried almost all the new bronze weapons!
Shao Xuan remembered that when he tried to use his blood to ignite the new bronze weapon, he couldn't concentrate. It was as if there was a lot of resistance. Now, after comparing the new bronze weapon and the sword in his hand, Shao Xuan knew the difference between the two.
It wasn't just the new bronze. The sword that Gongjia Heng made for him had something else added as well. That was why compared to the sword in his hand, it wasn't pure enough for Shao Xuan to succeed in igniting it. There were too many disturbances!
Perhaps in the future, when Shao Xuan was truly familiar with the technique and could control it well enough to ignore the disturbances, he might be able to ignite it. However, for now, Shao Xuan had only succeeded in igniting it on tools other than the worm silk.
After understanding the reason, Shao Xuan smiled. He retracted the energy supporting the flames on the sword. The flames that were burning along the bloodstains suddenly extinguished. The sword was still the same sword. There were no obvious changes. It was as if the flames didn't exist. However, the bloodstains on the sword were much lighter.
Shao Xuan touched the sword and chopped a few more pieces of wood. He didn't notice any substantial changes. Only then did he relax.
Perhaps it was because he ignited too little blood and the flames burned for too short a time. Or perhaps the sword's material was better at withstanding the flames. Either way, he couldn't see any obvious changes in the sword. After all, the nets and threads that were burned in the Drumming tribe had all turned to ash. Shao Xuan couldn't help but think.
He would have to be more careful when he tried to ignite the flames with his blood. He didn't want the sword to change.
Shao Xuan left satisfied, leaving the people in the forging room standing there in confusion.
The sword had been forged. This proved that the crystal heart could forge weapons that were as good as the new bronze weapon. This was encouraging but Shao Xuan still had a question.
He took an animal skin scroll to the Flaming River Trading Point to look for Yi Si.
Yi Si was surprised to see Shao Xuan. However, when he saw what Shao Xuan wrote on the animal skin scroll, Yi Si temporarily put aside his business and closed the shop.
"You wrote this?" Yi Si looked at the circles and symbols on the scroll. This was the Yi family's method of calculation. But other than Yi Si, there was no other Yi family member here.
However, when they were on the other side of the sea, Yi Si already knew that Shao Xuan was very good at calculations. That was why he calmed down after a moment of shock.
"You want me to solve this?" Yi Si asked.
"That's right. As for the reward, you can name it. " These were some difficulties Shao Xuan had encountered in his calculation. He couldn't solve them yet because he used many of the Yi family's strange calculations. That was why Shao Xuan came to look for Yi Si.
"Reward?" Yi Si thought for a moment. "I haven't thought of anything yet. I'll bring it up next time."
"If you bring up more than what I can do, I can't pay you."
"Don't worry, I know that. My strength is that I can adapt to the situation and see things clearly." Yi Si didn't say much. He still had a lot of unfinished business. He had to quickly solve Shao Xuan's problem.
Once Yi Si started calculating, he wouldn't stop easily. He held a pen in one hand and quickly tapped on it with the other. Shao Xuan took out a small piece of animal skin scroll. It looked much simpler than the dozens of pages of cloth accounts that Yi Si had received. However, the contents inside were not simple. It was quite complicated. It was the essence of the Yi family's pride.
It was just a small piece of animal skin, but the items listed on it made Yi Si spend half a day calculating. By the time he was done, the sun had already set.
"Here!" Yi Si wrote down the results of his calculations on the animal skin scroll and tossed it to Shao Xuan. He rubbed his eyes. "Remember the reward you promised!"
"Don't worry, I won't go back on my word."
Shao Xuan took the animal skin scroll and left. This was only one step of the calculation. He still had to do the rest himself.
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