"Alright!" Su Yin nodded.
Sun Mo was right. Donkey was not enough. With a flying bird, it would be much more convenient for him to travel to other places in the future.
Just as Sun Mo was feeling emotional, not only did he obtain some spiritual energy, but he also obtained an eagle. Sun Zhao, who had been silent all this while, seemed to have made a decision. He gritted his teeth and bowed deeply to Sun Mo. "Junior Master, please save me!"
Su Yin frowned. "Elder Sun, please rise. Why … do you say that?"
"Save not me, but Rufei!" Sun Zhao took a deep breath and said.
"Didn't she … die?" Mo Yuan looked at him doubtfully.
Rufei was his companion who was trapped in a dangerous place. She had died more than a hundred years ago. What was there to save? How could he save her?
"She did die, but she's still alive!"
Sun Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "Junior Master, please come with me. I'll explain it to you in detail …"
Seeing that Sun Mo did not have any ill intentions and that he had helped him, Su Yin nodded. "Alright!"
"Junior Master Sun …" Mo Yuan followed closely. "If there's anything I can do, I'll do my best …"
"There's no need for that!" Sun Zhao waved his hand. His expression returned to its usual cold state. He looked at the butler and said, "Watch the door. Don't let anyone barge in!"
"Yes!" The butler nodded and stood guard outside the door.
Seeing Sun Mo like this, Mo Yuan smiled bitterly and shook his head. It seemed like the conflict between him and Sun Mo would never be resolved.
If he had agreed, he could have saved Sun Mo. However, if he had really done so, the Qingyun Sect would have suffered great losses. They would no longer be able to maintain their reputation as the number one sect in Great Yan Prefecture. He had been conflicted for a long time about whether he should consider the bigger picture or their relationship. In the end, he chose the former.
"Grand Master …" Yunfeng Physicians walked up to Sun Mo.
"Just you wait!"
Mo Yuan shook his head and said no more.
…
The courtyard that Sun Zhao lived in wasn't big. Compared to the Hidden Immortal Residence, it was very simple and crude. There weren't any decorations, only a corner filled with ores and slag. On one side, there was a pile of weapons of different sizes and ranks.
There were low-grade and middle-grade spirit weapons, but they didn't have spirituality, so they didn't look much different from ordinary swords and sabers.
Su Yin frowned.
The most powerful aspect of a Spirit Tool was its spirituality. It could be used to its fullest potential, just like that frying pan. As long as Zhen Yuan was poured into it, it would automatically attack the enemy.
Other than being slightly tougher and sharper, a weapon without spirit was no different from an ordinary weapon. In fact, it was impossible to assimilate it into one's body.
It was because his pots and pans didn't speak or reveal their spirituality that he mistook them for being ordinary.
A refiner that Yun Feng and Shen Fei both knew, and was considered famous in the entire Great Salt City, had refined a bunch of weapons without spirituality. No matter how one looked at it, it didn't make sense!
"These are all the failed products of my experiments!" Seeing through Zhang Xuan's doubts, Sun Zhao explained. Not wanting to dwell on this matter, he stretched out his hand and said, "Junior Uncle, this way please …"
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to speak, Su Yin didn't probe any further. Walking around the messy courtyard, they soon arrived at a quiet room. It was around ten square meters in size, so it wasn't too big. On a stone platform at the center of the room, there was a female bracelet. It was faintly golden, and there was a pile of spirit stones placed around it. It seemed to be activated by some kind of formation, and pure spiritual energy formed clouds that tempered the bracelet, as if trying to awaken its spirit.
Some of the weapons' spirituality came from materials that had their own spirituality. After refining the weapons, the refiner only needed to use special techniques to awaken them. There were also some that were buried in places that were rich in spirituality and allowed to be born slowly.
The latter took a longer time, and it was difficult to do so without several decades to a hundred years.
Clearly, the other party was trying to use the spiritual energy in the spirit stones to awaken the spirit in the bracelet.
Su Yin frowned.
Regardless of whether it was the material or the workmanship of the bracelet, it was extremely crude. If the other party was willing to pay such a huge price to awaken its spirit, why didn't he give the opportunity to the middle-tier and low-tier Spirit artifacts outside?
The chances of success would be at least several dozen times higher!
Seeing through Zhang Xuan's doubts, Sun Zhao shook his head and sighed. "This is Rufei …"
"???" Su Yin was stunned. The other party's companion was a bracelet?
"I'll explain it to Junior Uncle then …"
Seeing Zhang Xuan's confusion, Sun Zhao shook his head helplessly and explained the matter to him.
The Rufei that he spoke of had the surname Liu, and they grew up together. They had joined the Qingyun Sect together, and they eventually became elders and pillars of the sect together.
Later on, they received orders from the sect to head to the Danger Grounds in search of a treasure. However, when they were in danger, Liu Rufei paid a huge price to save Zhang Xuan. On the other hand, she was trapped in the Danger Grounds, unable to escape.
In order to save Liu Rufei, Zhang Xuan sought out the senior of the sect, Mo Yuan. However, the latter felt that it was too costly to save Liu Rufei. Furthermore, even if Liu Rufei was saved, her vitality would be severely damaged, and she wouldn't be able to live for long. Furthermore, they happened to be in the midst of a sect evaluation, so in consideration of the bigger picture, Zhang Xuan could only give up on the matter.
In his despair, Zhang Xuan returned to the Danger Grounds, only to find that Liu Rufei was already at her limits. At the very end of her life, a sliver of her lingering spirit had fused into the bracelet and flew out.
However, this was a token of love that the two of them had when they first started cultivating. It wasn't even a spirit artifact, and it was extremely ordinary.
"All these years, I've been trying my best to awaken Rufei's lingering spirit in the bracelet along with the spirit … but it's a pity that I haven't succeeded!"
Sun Zhao said after explaining the matter.
Su Yin nodded. "Previously, when you asked me if it was possible to transfer the spirit artifact to another body, did you intend to transfer it to a demonic beast or a puppet to cultivate once she awakens?"
"That's right!" Sun Zhao nodded. "This is the last thing that has kept me alive for the past hundred years. It's a pity that … Junior Uncle told me that it's impossible to succeed. On top of that, she still hasn't awakened even until now … That's why I decided to commit suicide!"
Su Yin came to a realization.
It was no wonder why the Violet Golden Eagle said that it would be better to save Zhang Xuan or kill him. It knew that once the spirit artifact was severed, Zhang Xuan wouldn't be able to live on anymore.
Sun Zhao's expression dimmed.
His heart had already died when Liu Rufei died. The reason why he had been able to persevere for so long was because of this sliver of hope.
"Since … the spirit of this bracelet hasn't awakened even after a hundred years, how can you be sure that Liu Rufei's lingering spirit is in it?" Su Yin asked.
If a lingering spirit wanted to survive, it needed an environment. At the very least, it needed a treasure that could nourish the spirit.
This bracelet was made of ordinary metal, and the forging method was simple. Even if it had a spirit, it could be stored in it for a short period of time.
"She injected her spirit into it right in front of me, and she even told me to wait for her return …" Sun Zhao said with a resolute gaze. "I know that she wouldn't lie to me!"
"This …"
Su Yin couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The other party was worried that he would commit suicide, so she deliberately comforted him … And in the end, he believed her words.
Of course, there was also the possibility that she was just holding on to a sliver of hope!
They were truly a pair of lovers.
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