coobybook Chapter 193 The Method of Forging a Magic Sword
Chapter 193 The Method of Forging a Magic Sword
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Of course, I'm not familiar with this snow mountain at all, and I need a guide like you."
"Let me think, the first thing I need is behind this door."
Xu Ning pointed to the gate of the old palace behind him and smiled at Abedo, "Based on the fact that we activated one rune after touching the stone tablet in this cave yesterday, there are probably seven more stone tablets that need to be activated before we can fully open this door behind us. Do you have any impression of the other stone tablets?"
Abedo stood up and looked at the gate, then asked Xu Ning, "I remember there are several stone tablets on the mountain, but why do I feel like you know what's behind the gate? It seems like you've never been here before?"
Xu Ning braced himself on the ground with one hand, carried the gourd of wine to the front door, and smiled at Abedo: "Of course, I saw it in a book. It's the sword of Imloka, one of the ancestors of the Mondstadt starter families. It's placed right there. It's said to be the best sword in the village, and it's said to be a very beautiful greatsword. I want to take it as a gift to someone."
Abedo nodded, picked up a sharp stone from the ground, and drew a circular pattern resembling a training formation on the wall to the left of the gate.
It has strange lines and runes that are completely unrecognizable.
"Then let's verify whether the information you received is true!"
Abedo placed his hand on the wall, and a flash of light appeared between his palms. The wall in front of him seemed to melt, turning into fine sand that fell down, revealing a hole as tall as a person.
Xu Ning was so shocked that he almost spat out his drink.
"Is this the method of alchemy? It's so convenient!"
Abedo smiled and said, "It's just a trivial little trick in alchemy, it doesn't even involve the transformation of physical properties."
Xu Ning clicked his tongue in admiration, "Your words are truly insightful. Let's go in and take a look!"
Xu Ning and Abedo passed through the large hole one after the other and entered the square room.
"It seems there's nothing there except for the surrounding murals."
After a casual glance, Abedo was immediately drawn to the murals on the wall.
At each of the four corners of the square room, there was a brazier.
Xu Ning poured some wine into each brazier, then snapped his fingers to create sparks and ignited them one by one.
As the cave lights up, a beautiful, shimmering blue greatsword suddenly appears on the small altar in the center of the room.
Xu Ning walked up, casually picked up the greatsword, and slung it over his shoulder.
"What are you looking at so intently?"
Without turning his head, Abedo said, "The demise of a kingdom and the origin of this snow mountain."
Xu Ning looked up at the giant angel on the mural and the verdant mountain peak with a long nail stuck in it, took a sip of wine and laughed, "What's so interesting about this? It's all the same old story. The whole wall is covered with the four big characters 'Those who oppose me will perish'."
Abedo suddenly turned around, looked into Xu Ning's eyes and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense. These four words perfectly embody the arrogance and tyranny of the supreme god and creator."
After saying this, Abedo finally noticed the shimmering blue greatsword that Xu Ning was carrying on his shoulder.
"Where did you find that greatsword in your hand?"
Xu Ning tapped the sword's spine with his gourd, listening to the pleasant humming sound it emitted. He then said to Abedo with a half-smile, "It's stuck right in the center of the altar! We can't see it because we're blinded by the darkness. Once the darkness is dispelled, we'll see it."
Abedo suddenly sensed that Xu Ning's words seemed to have a hidden meaning, but before he could think about the meaning carefully, Xu Ning spoke again.
"I never expected you could get this 'Snow Burial Star Silver' for me so easily. Now it's time to find Dulin's Dragon Fang."
Aberdo frowned slightly when he heard the name Dulin.
What are you looking for these things for?
Xu Ning pointed to the greatsword on his shoulder. "Naturally, it's for making weapons. A blacksmith at the camp at the foot of the mountain told me that if I could get these materials, he could forge a very powerful weapon for me."
Abedo shook his head slightly and advised, "I think you'd better not use these materials to make weapons."
Xu Ning asked in surprise, "Why?"
Abedo said with a solemn expression, "Because a foundry master did this once before, and his fate was... terrible."
Xu Ning became interested and called Abedo to come out and sit down, then filled his wine bowl with wine.
"Since you've already saved me so much time, let's sit a little longer. Tell me the story of that foundry master."
Abedo looked at Xu Ning's enthusiastic expression, shook his head with amusement, and began to tell the story in detail.
Long ago, someone coveted Dulin's immense power and tried to collect the remains of a demonic dragon from the Dragonspine Mountains, hoping to incorporate them into forging and create an unprecedentedly powerful weapon.
They found the dragon's eyes, scales, and nails, and added them one by one to a finely crafted longsword.
The day the longsword was forged, its power truly exceeded the blacksmith's imagination; to be precise, it became something the blacksmith could not comprehend.
The moment the blacksmith tested the sword, the putrid poison belonging to the demonic dragon seeped into his body, draining his life force and driving him into madness until his death.
After finishing his speech, Abedo said to Xu Ning in a serious tone.
“I saw all of this with my own eyes. Although I don’t know where this blacksmith you mentioned heard that weapons can be forged using Dulin’s teeth, I still advise you not to take those things out.”
"After all, you are now my friend, and I don't want you to end up being harmed by a weapon."
Xu Ning recalled the blacksmith's method of dealing with dragon teeth in his previous life and asked, "If the dragon tooth is pierced into Dulin's heart and enough life force is drawn out, can it counteract the putrefactive poison it carries?"
Abedo frowned deeply, put down the wine bowl in his hand, looked at Xu Ning, and asked, "Who told you about this method?"
Xu Ning clearly sensed that Abedo's mood was off. "Naturally, it was the blacksmith at the foot of the mountain who told me. What? This method won't work?"
Abedo sighed and said, "Is there even a need to ask? Of course not. Why do you think the longsword in my story drained the blacksmith's life? It was through this method of refining the materials that the sword acquired the ability to absorb life force."
"The method you are describing for forging weapons is the same method the previous blacksmith used to forge that sword."