A small white jade sword.
On it, one thousand and one ancient moon patterns faintly appear.
Among them, a blue-gold pattern runs straight through the spine of the sword, extrely striking.
The swing undergoes transformation.
The transparent woman lets go, the swing joyfully revolves around her, seemingly wanting to express gratitude and intimacy, yet embarrassed by its recent wild behavior, hesitating.
The transparent woman smiles and points to Zhao Rong, and with a swoosh, the swing flies toward Zhao Rong, to be close to him.
Zhao Rong silently watches this scene, also smiles, and says to her, "Ahem, I thank you on behalf of Qian’er."
The transparent woman shakes her head, bringing the honest grey pouch, and floats to Zhao Rong’s front.
She suddenly grabs Zhao Rong’s hand, spreads his fingers, and lightly taps his middle finger to take a drop of finger pad blood.
The transparent woman grasps the grey pouch, which quickly releases all defenses and prohibitions, in a sense, leaving its gates wide open.
The transparent woman uses Zhao Rong’s lifeblood to earnestly refine the grey pouch for him.
A short break.
Refinent completed.
Zhao Rong suddenly feels a mystical connection established between his heart and the grey pouch.
This feeling is exceedingly mysterious.
He is the master, it is the servant.
In his Heart Lake lies a ’sword’, handed over by the transparent woman, capable of annihilating the core Artifact Spirit of the grey pouch...
And at the mont of the blood oath recognizing the master of the grey pouch, a simple three-word ssage slowly rises in Zhao Rong’s mind.
"Fallen Sword Bag?"
He blurts out, receives it from the transparent woman’s hand, and looks at it carefully.
Once again, a peculiar sensation of soul detachnt occurs, and at the instant this na appears, Zhao Rong temporarily gains a mory perspective from the core Artifact Spirit of this Fallen Sword Bag:
In the vast North, beyond the North Sea, there exists a desolate island surrounded by whirlpools.
There are mountains on the island, a valley to the south of the mountains, and within the valley, there is an exotic forest, shrouded in grey mist year-round.
Spring, sumr, autumn, and winter pass by leisurely, until one day, sword cultivators begin flying over the exotic forest, only to fall, both people and swords consud by the mist...
A sword cultivator’s flying sword cannot surpass it.
The airspace over this island gradually becos a forbidden flight zone for sword cultivators of the North Sea, until later, an immortal on the sea lands on the island by moonlight with an axe to fell trees, laughing and calling them fallen trees...
Zhao Rong awakens, feeling peculiar.
The passing mory perspective feels as though he had witnessed the events firsthand.
Gui sees clearly too and explains, "This should be the origin of this Fallen Sword Bag. The core material used to craft it cos from a peculiar forest called Fallen Wood on an island in the North Sea. Its exact origin is uncertain, and it was forged by eccentric cultivators seeking immortality in the North Sea. Now the intelligent Artifact Spirit inside seems related to the innate wood spirit of that original ’Fallen Wood’..."
It is in good spirits, as if it has seen sothing novel, or like it has obtained an interesting toy out of boredom.
"In the past, in the Xuanhuang Realm, I never heard of this Fallen Sword Bag, it seems it only appeared in the Cultivation World of the Xuanhuang Realm after I left."
The Sword Spirit nods, "Indeed, indeed, very interesting, it is an exotic treasure especially strong against sword cultivators’ flying swords, this is sowhat unusual, it cannot be asured by ordinary magical treasures... It is unknown where that old bastard surnad Qin got it from."
Zhao Rong also nods, smiling as he toys with this lightweight mysterious Fallen Sword Bag, feeling that this ti he has not lost out.
It’s his first ti obtaining such an exotic treasure, and he wonders if he could perhaps use it in the future to capture the flying swords of the Vast Sword Cultivators across borders...
At this mont, the transparent woman, who had been waiting quietly, walks over to Zhao Rong, looks down, and reattaches the cleaned sword scabbard to his waist.
Zhao Rong puts away the Fallen Sword Bag, looks up at the transparent woman affixing the sword scabbard for him, then turns to glance at the revitalized and lively swing nearby.
He clenches his fist and covers his mouth, "Ahem, I’m not sure how to thank you, but... if you need help with anything, you can tell too."
Zhao Rong is sowhat embarrassed.
The Old Zhao Family may freeload, but there are fundantal principles to adhere to; eating and drinking without compensating and then leaving would be too much.
Zhao Rong is not such a person.
With a scholarly and gentle deanor, he asks this softly, though the transparent woman tilts her head slightly, still looking at the empty sword scabbard at his waist.
The transparent woman looks back at a certain place, then suddenly takes Zhao Rong’s hand and flies toward a certain direction within the ruins.
"Hey, hey... where are we going this ti..."
Zhao Rong shouts curiously, as there’s more he wants to say.
However, the transparent woman cannot speak and insists on leading him sowhere.
Zhao Rong cannot easily refuse her kindness and simply follows her patiently.
Take another look.
The two hold each other’s hands and soar, flying over the desolate ruins.
In no ti, they arrive at a familiar cliffside to Zhao Rong.
The grand hall that transported him before stood here, and he’s unexpectedly returned.
However, the transparent woman isn’t bringing him back to the hall, but in the opposite direction, she leads Zhao Rong to the edge of the cliff.
She stretches out her hand, pointing to the pitch-black Sin Abyss below for Zhao Rong.
Then she turns back, holds his hand, intending to jump.
As if planning to find a suitable sword to sheath for him.
But the next second.
Zhao Rong reverses and holds onto her.
The transparent woman pauses, then turns back slowly.
"I’m sorry, little sister."
Zhao Rong says directly, shaking his head apologetically.
He turns his eyes to the unknown abyss below, the place Gui advised him not to go easily. "I might not be able to accompany you down there again. Today, the things you’ve given and the help you’ve provided are already too much."
At this mont, the transparent woman should be looking at him, Zhao Rong intuitively feels, then turns his head to confirm, glancing at her shadow, but he is taken aback.
He guessed wrong.
The transparent woman’s shadow on the ground is looking down, not looking at him.
The autumn wind from the Sin Abyss below blows against her skirt embroidered with frost and dawn, making it dance with the wind.
The transparent woman stands by the cliff, her azure and gold dress fluttering.
At this mont, she lowers her head and gently tugs at his hand.
Like a child unwilling to part from playmates after dusk.
A sudden and baseless lancholy surges in Zhao Rong’s heart, wanting to nod and agree to stay here longer with her.
However, he quickly takes a deep breath, suppresses a certain immature impulse, he has his own attachnts and responsibilities.
Zhao Rong looks around, feigns a relaxed smile, then turns and gently, sincerely speaks to the unyielding transparent woman in front of him:
"I, as your big brother, do not distrust you. I understand that following you down would not be dangerous, and I know you want to give more good things, but... I truly cannot linger any longer. My coming here was an accident, and eting and knowing you was the greatest surprise, but I also have my own life and responsibilities. Out there are many who care deeply for my safety, relatives, elders, and friends, they are waiting for to return. Otherwise, they’ll be worried, might even think... I’ve died."
Zhao Rong smiles, "I cannot let them misunderstand or grieve; I have to... go ho."
The transparent woman is currently raising her head to look at him.
She seems to be pondering his words, or maybe... she is trying to morize his appearance carefully.
The two hold each other’s gaze for a while.
Zhao Rong suddenly reaches out, as if wanting to ruffle her hair, yet he catches only air. But he doesn’t mind; he raises his hand higher, in approximately where her head might be, and mimics the motion of patting her head.
And so, within the shadows on the ground beside them, is an image of the scholar in white gently patting the head of the woman dressed in frost and dawn.
As if,
A big brother comforting and guiding a little sister reluctant to part.
"Let’s make a promise; I’ll co again, and next ti, we’ll et here, alright?"
He turns back, showing her a bright smile: "Okay, little sister?"
The transparent woman was montarily stunned, watching him, and then she nodded after a mont.
...
Thanks to ’brother 20200627112133815’ for the 5000 coin reward!
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