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Chu Mu's Blood Evil Stones came from the Blood Demon Doppelgänger of the Blood Demon Doppelgänger he met in the Blood Demon Territory. He obtained them from the Blood Demon Doppelgänger of the Blood Demon Doppelgänger.
There were fifteen Low Grade Blood Evil Stones, five Mid Grade Blood Evil Stones, and one High Grade Blood Evil Stone.
Ever since Chu Mu found out about the use of the Blood Evil Stones, he used a Low Grade Blood Evil Stone as an experiment. After that, he used a Mid Grade Blood Evil Stone to train his willpower.
The process of tempering was very straightforward and simple, but it depended on the person.
That kind of Blood Purgatory was filled with blood and corpses everywhere. Not to mention the constant appearance of enemies that could cause one's willpower to collapse, just that kind of environment and the fact that one had to enter with one's willpower for a long time would cause a normal person to go crazy and lose their mind. In the end, their willpower would collapse and they would become crazy and bloodthirsty.
Even if it was a Qi Hai Realm swordsman, when using a Mid Grade Blood Evil Stone to train his willpower, he would not be able to last long. Thus, a Mid Grade Blood Evil Stone could allow a normal Qi Hai Realm swordsman to use it eight to ten times.
If it was an outstanding Qi Hai Realm swordsman, they would use it up five or six times. Even the most outstanding swordsman would use it up two or three times.
But Chu Mu used up a Blood Evil Stone in one go. Moreover, he used up one Blood Evil Stone a day. Five days later, he had used up all five Mid Grade Blood Evil Stones.
If a Qi Hai Realm swordsman knew about his speed, they would probably be scared silly.
The Blood Evil Qi's effect of training one's willpower was not bad, but there was a limit to everything.
Using a Blood Evil Stone to train one's willpower was putting oneself in danger. Normally, after using up a Blood Evil Stone, one would need to rest for at least a month to recover.
But for Chu Mu, this recovery process was not necessary. The tolerance of his soul was not something a normal Qi Hai Realm swordsman could compare with.
"Mid-grade Blood Evil Stones can indeed help me temper my willpower. However, the effects are not particularly obvious." Chu Mu held a dark red Blood Evil Stone in his hand as he thought to himself, "Five mid-grade Blood Evil Stones have only increased my willpower by a bit and condensed my soul force by a bit. One of the reasons for this is that my soul force is extremely powerful. The other reason is that the mid-grade Blood Evil Stone is too small."
"Using high-grade Blood Evil Stones is indeed much more effective than using middle-grade Blood Evil Stones. However, the Blood Evil Qi of high-grade Blood Evil Stones is too dense. Even I don't have much confidence in being able to resist it. If I'm not careful, I might lose my will."
"It seems that I can only do this for now. I have to find more mid-grade Blood Evil Stones to temper my will. When I have tempered my will to a sufficient degree, I will use high-grade Blood Evil Stones."
After saying that, Chu Mu stored the dark red Blood Evil Stone into his spatial bracelet.
He had just used this high-grade Blood Evil Stone to temper his willpower. However, the Blood Evil Qi was too ferocious. It surged like a tide and directly invaded his soul. It was ten times more ferocious than the mid-grade Blood Evil Stone.
If Chu Mu's soul strength wasn't strong enough and his willpower hadn't increased by a lot, allowing him to quickly kill it and remove the Blood Fiend Stone from his forehead, he probably would have fallen into an endless struggle. Even he himself wasn't sure of the outcome.
He calmed down and comprehended the 《Shocking Wind Sword Art》 to comprehend the concept of wind.
After some time, Chu Mu left the Sword Tower and went to the Hundred Affairs Hall branch.
As soon as he arrived at the Hundred Affairs Hall, he was greeted by the deacon who had been the witness of his challenge to the Sword Tower.
"Deacon Lin, can I still use Blood Evil Stones to exchange for credits?" Chu Mu asked straightforwardly.
"Yes, you can do it at any time. It doesn't matter if it's Blood Evil Stones or Blood Essence." Deacon Lin quickly smiled and asked in surprise, "Do you have Blood Evil Stones?"
"A little," Chu Mu said. He directly took out ten low-grade Blood Evil Stones and placed them on the table in front of him.
"Ten … … Ten pieces … …" Deacon Lin heard Chu Mu say that there was a bit and instinctively felt that there should be one piece. However, before he could say anything, ten pieces of Blood Fiend Stone appeared in front of him in a row. The blood fiend aura they emitted caused one's heart to tremble.
Although they were only low-grade Blood Evil Stones, ten of them still surprised him.
Although he was surprised, in the end, ten low-grade Blood Evil Stones and five hundred thousand credits Chu Mu received were all transferred to his identity sword token.
After bidding farewell to Deacon Lin, Chu Mu went to the Sword Tool Pavilion.
"Chu Mu must have gained a lot from this trip to the Blood Demon Territory." Deacon Lin thought to himself, "I remember that among the many students who entered the Blood Demon Territory, there were only five who turned in Blood Evil Stones. The highest number was three, and they were all low-grade Blood Evil Stones. Perhaps there are still some students who haven't turned in their Blood Evil Stones, but there shouldn't be many. At most, there should be one or two. Chu Mu took out ten in one go. Maybe he got even more.
"The fact that the Blood Demon Cores could be exchanged for three hundred and ten thousand credits was already shocking enough. It even provoked the Proud Sword Gang. If they knew that the real wealth wasn't the Blood Demon Cores, who knows what they would do." Deacon Lin shook his head and smiled. He was still very surprised, but he didn't intend to spread the news. It wouldn't benefit him at all. Instead, it would bring unnecessary trouble to Chu Mu.
"If I turn in these ten Blood Evil Stones, I can also get some rewards."
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The Sword Tool Pavilion wasn't in Astral-9. There was only one Sword Tool Pavilion in the entire Inner Mansion. It was different from the other ten academies and existed independently.
The Sword Tool Pavilion was directly under the jurisdiction of the Sword Mansion. Regardless of whether it was the Heavenly King Palace, the Sword Wielding Pavilion, or the Heavenly Music Pavilion, none of them had the right to interfere.
The Sword Tool Pavilion had a total of four floors. It was shaped like a sword pagoda, and the floors were arranged from top to bottom.
Above the open door was a plaque with the words' Sword Pavilion 'written in red. Every stroke of the plaque was like a treasured sword. Endless sharpness and fierceness shot out. If one's cultivation was not at the Qi Transformation Realm, they would definitely be intimidated and would not dare to approach.
Even a Qi Transformation Realm swordsman would have to be alert and carefully deal with it. Otherwise, they would be intimidated.
With one glance, Chu Mu knew that the words on the plaque had been written by a brilliant swordsman.
"The person who wrote these words must have extremely high attainments in the way of the sword," Chu Mu thought to himself. He retracted his gaze and walked towards the Sword Tool Pavilion's entrance.
Other than Chu Mu, there were also other students who walked into the Sword Tool Pavilion, and there were also some who walked out of the Sword Tool Pavilion.
The Sword Tool Pavilion's entrance was very wide and could allow seven or eight people to enter at the same time without being crowded.
This was the first time Chu Mu had come to the Sword Tool Pavilion. At a glance, he saw many shelves on the first floor. There were even wooden holders on the shelves. Swords were placed on top of the shelves, but because they were sealed, they didn't emit any fierce aura.
Beside each wooden holder was a wooden plaque with the corresponding sword's name and introduction written on it, as well as the required exchange for credits.
"The first floor is filled with low-grade swords. Mid-grade swords should be on the second floor." Chu Mu glanced at the shelves and thought to himself. He walked towards the stairs to the second floor. "I didn't expect a low-grade sword to cost at least 50,000 credits."
That's right. The reason why Chu Mu had taken out ten low-grade Blood Evil Stones to exchange for credits was because he wanted to choose a mid-grade sword.
Although low-grade swords were good, they were inferior to mid-grade swords in terms of sharpness, toughness, and so on. With a mid-grade sword in hand, the power of one's attacks would increase significantly.
As for high-grade swords, Chu Mu didn't think about them. Even if he had enough credits, he wouldn't exchange for a high-grade sword now.
The reason was simple. Swords had their own spirituality. If one wanted to use a sword, one's cultivation had to be high enough. Just like how a Sword Qi Realm swordsman couldn't display the power of a low-grade sword, a Qi Transformation Realm swordsman couldn't display the power of a high-grade sword. On the contrary, forcefully using a high-grade sword would drag one's body down.
Low-grade and mid-grade swords were suitable for Qi Transformation Realm swordsman. Although using a mid-grade sword would consume more Sword Qi, its power would be greater.
Walking quickly to the second floor of the Sword Tool Pavilion, he saw many shelves with wooden holders and swords on them.
Besides Chu Mu, there were dozens of other students choosing mid-grade swords on the second floor.
There were different types of swords. Not all swords were suitable for one's use.
"Apart from wind-type, cloud-type, and metal-type swords, the other types of swords can be ignored. Among these three types, wind-type mid-grade swords are the best choice because of the wind concept and the Shocking Wind Sword Art that I'm about to cultivate."
The classification of swords in the Sword Tool Pavilion was even more obvious. Different types of swords were placed on different shelves. This way, the students wouldn't have to go through the trouble of searching.
Chu Mu walked directly to the shelf of wind-type swords.
Chu Mu glanced at the shelf and saw that all of them were mid-grade swords. There were a total of more than 30 of them.
"Wind Chasing Sword: Wind-type mid-grade sword. Able to increase the power of wind-type super sword arts by 20% and wind-type low-grade ancient sword arts by 10%. Main material: Rock Wind Stone … Can be exchanged for 300,000 credits …"
"300,000 credits …" Chu Mu gasped. He expected the price of a mid-grade sword to be extraordinary, but he didn't expect it to be so high.
He looked at the second mid-grade wind-type sword.
"Gale Sword: Wind-type mid-grade sword. Able to increase the power of wind-type super sword arts by 20% and wind-type low-grade ancient sword arts by 10%. Due to the fact that it contains Gale Stones, it can increase the speed of wind-type sword arts by 10%. Main material: Rock Wind Stone … Can be exchanged for 400,000 credits …"
"400,000 credits …"
However, after thinking about it, it wasn't a big deal. A 10% increase in speed in wind-type sword arts would allow one to gain the upper hand in battle. It was understandable that it would cost an extra 100,000 credits.
Chu Mu looked at the swords one by one. After looking at the simple introduction on each wooden token, he realized that the main material of these wind-type swords was the Rock Wind Stone.
According to the slight differences in the swords, the materials would be adjusted accordingly.
Very quickly, Chu Mu looked through all of the thirty middle rank swords. After muttering to himself for a few breaths of time, he made a decision. He chose the one that suited him better, took out his identity sword badge, and quickly pressed it against the sword's seal.
"Stop …" Suddenly, a shout came from the side. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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