Chapter 27: Transformation

  Lotus Mountain's Dharma Array shot out dozens of iron chains, which were pulled horizontally to bind a black object in mid-air. The surface of the black object was covered with a layer of rock-like substance that shattered, revealing its original emerald color. Gu Yan heard the commotion and immediately rode his sword over, while Bai Mu hastily said, "Brother, please help."

  The words fell, the first iron lock broke open, followed by the second... The formation has a wonderful use, but it is inseparable from the cultivation of the array maker. The Lianhua Mountain Array was set up by Bai Mu, and although Bai Mu was knowledgeable about ancient and modern times, his cultivation was relatively low.

  "What kind of monster is this?" Gu Yan's sword sliced through the air, eight precious swords shooting out from their scabbards to slay the creature.

  At the same time, Bai Mu activated the second layer of the law array. The pine needles from eight surrounding pine trees flew towards the object in unison. Just as it had escaped the iron chain and thought it had escaped with its life, the Nine Swords counter-attacked, striking it back several zhang.

  The Song Needle's power was not great, causing some interference. Gu Yan and Bai Mu looked clearly at it - it was a green jade treasure knife. Gu Yan immediately applied pressure, the nine swords struck again, and the green jade treasure knife shone brightly, meeting them with an almost imperceptible speed. After a burst of clashing sounds, Gu Yan was greatly shocked - except for the Zhan Yue Sword, the other eight flying swords were all cut off. Gu Yan immediately said: "Its quality is hard, its speed is like lightning, be careful."

  Gu Yan was an expert, and at a glance, it was clear that the problem lay in speed. Previously, the Green Jade Treasure Sword had been bound by iron chains, and nine sword strikes had not harmed it. Now, the Green Jade Treasure Sword took the initiative to attack, using its rapid speed and treasure sword to collide, and its hair was unharmed, which showed that its quality far surpassed that of the Eight Mouths Treasure Sword. The Eight Mouths Treasure Sword was not a good material, but it was a spirit sword forged from the cold iron of the Cold Pool in the Yunqing Gate. However, it was destroyed with just one glance, which could be seen as proof of the Green Jade Treasure Sword's material and its counterattack speed. If it were only hard in material, using the Eight Mouths Flying Swords would only result in being bounced back, but adding speed...

  "Thunderclap Flash Technique!" Ye Wushuang arrived, habitually striking out.

  "No!" shouted Hakuto and Koiwai.

  But it was too late, the two people in front of them were a vast expanse of white, with only the rumbling echo in their ears, and the indiscriminate killing spell that everyone hated.

  Ye Wushuang covered her mouth with one hand, as if she had done something wrong. Hmm? This is a treasured sword, and I thought there were bad people around. Ye Wushuang threw out the spell scroll, just as the Green Jade Sword was about to escape, it was tied up by the scroll. Ye Wushuang's left hand made a single finger gesture in front of her chest, she lowered her head and chanted incantations, the spell scroll wrapped around the Green Jade Sword, lightning flashed on the scroll, and the Eight Trigrams rotated.

  "Seal!" Ye Wushuang shouted, and the lightning transformed into a lightning net.

  "This is the nine-character mantra of Taoism. When facing an enemy, all are arrayed and advance in formation. 'Lin' means stability, unmoving and unwavering, like a wall standing firm for a thousand ren, without desires, then strong."

  "Fight!" Fight: Brave and daring, charging forward without hesitation.

  Then there was nothing, Ye Wushuang had just learned the nine-character true words, among which were Lin Dou's two true words, urging the spell.

  ……

  Lin Fan was getting out of the water, preparing to put on his clothes and pants. He had lost two treasures in one day, how could he explain this to Master Zong? Just as he picked up his clothes, a sudden loud noise pierced the air, Lin Fan looked up to see an object falling from above, he hastily retreated a step back, a green jade treasure knife broke through the stone and landed right in front of him.

  Lin Fan raised his head and took a look. The sect master had said that while pies wouldn't fall from the sky, knives would. Indeed, it was true.

  The master of the closed sect scolded me, meaning that good things won't fall from the sky, and those who come to you on purpose are troubles.

  Lin Fan drew his sword, which was made of jade and had a bright green color. He tapped it on a stone, producing a clear and crisp sound. The stone lost its edge, but the sword remained unscathed, proving it could be sold for a good price. As he looked up, Ye Wushuang and two others descended together, and then all three of them stared at Lin Fan.

  Lin was taken aback and hastily covered himself with one hand: "Never seen a man take a bath."

  Ye Wushuang's face turned bright red as she hastily turned around: "Vulgar."

  "I'm still going upstream." Lin hurriedly put on his clothes: "Today I've had bad luck all the way home, and just now I lost a precious item."

  "Huh?" Bai Mu and Gu Yan looked at each other.

  "It's black, this big, I touched it and whoosh, it flew away." Lin Fan said regretfully: "This time out, almost got killed by this knife again. Is this considered a heavenly calamity? Did I do too many good deeds?"

  Gu Yan bowed his head: "Everything is fate." After speaking, he turned around and left.

  "What?" Lin Fan looked at Bai Miao in confusion, and after a series of explanations from Bai Miao, Lin Fan understood that the Green Jade Treasure Knife in his hand was actually the treasure he had encountered in the water pool. When the knife fell into his hands, it had already been sealed by Ye Wushuang's spell, putting it into a dormant state, which is why Lin Fan hadn't felt any spiritual energy when he touched the Green Jade Treasure Knife.

  "This... " Lin Fan looked at Bao Dao and asked: "How will we divide it? Otherwise, I'll take it to pawn it off, and everyone can split the silver?"

  Bai Miao Xiao said: "Gu Yan Shixiong has already said it, this is fate, this treasure knife naturally belongs to Lin Fan."

  Ye Wushuang said: "Lin Fan, if you dare to hammer my head again, I'll have to take a share."

  Lin Fan couldn't tell whether it was good or bad and asked: "Is this thing good?"

  Ye Wushuang furrowed her brow and thought for a moment: "Well, anyway... Bai Mu, I think there's no record of Taoist priests using knives, right?"

  Bai Miao nodded: "The Taoist school mainly uses swords, and many of the evil sects use knives. The Buddhist family also has those who use knives."

  "Ah......" Lin Fan lowered his head and looked at the Green Jade Treasure Knife, this meant that this thing was probably useless to him.

  Bai Miao Dao said: "Lin Fan, it's better to wait until the True Market opens and exchange this treasured knife for a magical artifact or a precious sword."

  Lin Fan shook his head: "Since it's sent to my doorstep, I'll refine it." He had never had a decent magic treasure or sword before. Seeing Ye Wushuang's scroll made him envious and jealous. Now that the heavens were sending a good treasured knife to him, he couldn't not cherish it, that would be too impolite. Besides, the Spiritual Treasure Exchange Market only opened every four years, and after exchanging for a magic treasure, he still needed to refine it. Who knows when he'd have a decent treasure to show off. Even if it's useless, having something to put on display is good too.

  According to Lin Fan's intention, Yun Qingmen secretly withdrew and let everyone stay in Jiulang Mountain for a year or so. Gu Yan denied Lin Fan's prank and informed several doorways, one by ten, ten by hundred, and everyone knew that the treasure had been born and was picked up by Yun Qingmen disciples. Most people left with a sulk, but a few did not believe Gu Yan and were still lingering in Jiulang Mountain.

  Lin sighed, fortunately everyone was familiar with each other, and the people here were relatively honest. If there were a few evil people among them, it would be strange if they didn't ambush themselves halfway. Before the treasure was refined, it could be directly seized.

  Refining, in simple terms, is just meditation, circulating the true energy of the heart method into the treasure body. Refining is also divided into heart refining and force refining. Heart refining refers to slowly merging with the treasure, quietly transforming, similar to the idea of boiling a frog in warm water. Force refining, on the other hand, uses the aura of dominance and surpassing human cultivation to forcefully break through the treasure's resistance. Force refining requires a lot of time, even half a day is possible, but it is suitable for people with high cultivation, and force refining may damage the treasure, reducing its ability. The biggest drawback of heart refining is that it takes too long, Ye Wushuang spent three years meditating two hours a day to refine the law scroll.

  Two periods of time is the best, exceeding this time, the effect becomes worse, and even feel the resistance of the treasure. This is a dangerous place in heart refining, the treasure itself has spirit, if not willing to be refined, it may self-destruct. Lin Fan had never refined any treasures, but knew the method of refining. On the way back, Lin Fan changed his lazy habit, at night when he was meditating, he worked hard to refine the treasure knife.