Chapter 24: How to Make the Stone Sword More Impressive
“Respected Ancestral Master, in recent days, the junior has been closed-door cultivating to enlighten the Dao. I have some insights and hope for guidance from the Ancestral Master.”
Xuanli Old Taoist entered and spoke these words.
Chen Xiyi nodded, “Tell me about your thoughts.”
Guidance? What could he guide on, telling the other person how to mine or plant trees?
Therefore, he could only take the initiative and see what the other person imagined. Then, he could further elaborate on those imaginings.
“Yes, Ancestral Master, recently, I…”
Xuanli Old Taoist heard this and got excited, quickly sharing his insights.
Probably a bunch of theories, treating the stone sword as his own child, very dedicated.
It seemed almost like he was obsessed, making Chen Xiyi feel that he might be exaggerating a bit too much.
But looking at the other person’s situation, his life had improved a lot. When Chen Xiyi first saw him, it was clear he didn’t have much comfort.
And now it was different; at the very least, he had no worries about food and clothing.
He was making his life better by riding on Chen Xiyi’s momentum.
“I understand. Show me your magic sword.” Chen Xiyi waited for the other person to finish speaking before saying so.
Xuanli Old Taoist naturally did not refuse and took out the stone sword from a delicate box behind him.
Leaving aside everything else, its maintenance was excellent.
Even though Chen Xiyi didn’t know how it was maintained.
Taking the stone sword, Chen Xiyi silently walked to the laboratory. He had made two sets of equipment—one in his homestead and one in the stone house. Not only the laboratory but also the smelting and workshop. He put another one in the stone house. Having these four devices would make many things much more convenient in the future.
He had resources, so he was wilful.
Xuanli Old Taoist was a little curious but said nothing.
[Jin Qi: Sword Qi accompanying attacks]
Chen Xiyi looked at the attributes he enchanted on the stone sword with shan copper, feeling a bit of a discrepancy.
Suddenly shifting from the Stone Age’s cold weapon to sword Qi, why didn’t his musket have this? He suspected that maybe bladed weapons could enchant Qi along with blade Qi. He hadn’t enchanted any of the close combat weapons he made since he didn’t need them for now. The resources for enchanting were a bit too much to bear.
But on second thought, his musket didn’t seem to need this. The three special effects of the musket were very suitable for itself.
After doing all this, Chen Xiyi returned the stone sword to Xuanli Old Taoist. This made Xuanli Old Taoist even more puzzled. He had just stood there for a while and gave it back? “A sword is a killing weapon, the way you raise it makes it a ritual instrument.”
“The sharpness of this sword has already formed, are you aware of this?” Chen Xiyi immediately asked. From Xuanli Old Taoist’s description earlier, he seemed reluctant to use this stone sword, afraid it would get scratched or bumped.
So it had hardly been used a few times.
“I am not aware of this,” Xuanli Old Taoist had no idea of sharpness.
“So, you are raising it as a ritual instrument, not a killing weapon. If that’s the case, fortunately, you came at the right time. If some time passed, the sharpness of this sword may have been ruined by your upbringing. A protective killing weapon would have become a useless ceremonial instrument,” Chen Xiyi continued to persuade decisively.
This statement surprised Xuanli Old Taoist, and the serious tone made him a little flustered.
“I humbly ask for the Ancestral Master’s guidance.” This matter concerned his own Dao path, so Xuanli Old Taoist naturally didn’t hesitate to ask.
“This is easy, practice a few more sets of sword techniques, and cultivate this killing weapon.” Chen Xiyi said slowly.
Of course, Chen Xiyi also had a plan.
This kind of behavior would be judged as an attack by the Stone Sword, so every time the opponent practiced swordsmanship, they would have sword energy. In this way, it would be completely overflowing with sword energy, looking very cool and meeting the setting of the magic sword. By then, Chen Xiyi’s prestige could be elevated because of this.
As for Chen Xiyi, he found this kind of thing too flashy. It was more convenient for him to simply spear from a distance.
Moreover, this was just enchanting with Mountain Copper; he could further deceive with Mithril and Adamantite in the future.
Of course, Chen Xiyi knew he couldn’t do this too frequently. There were only two opportunities left for enchantment; he couldn’t use them up so easily.
If the Xuanli Old Taoist came again later, he could stall by saying the spirit nurturing time was insufficient.
“Yes, Ancestral Master.” The Xuanli Old Taoist, though feeling a bit strange, thought it seemed to make sense after a second thought. After all, he couldn’t let him kill people without practicing swordsmanship.
“If there is nothing else, go back and practice swordsmanship and nurture the spirit first.” Chen Xiyi directly issued the eviction order.
At this moment, the Xuanli Old Taoist couldn’t help but want to go back and try to see what exactly Chen Xiyi meant by the sharpness. He then returned in a relaxed manner.
Seeing the other party leave, Chen Xiyi didn’t say anything, just glanced at the game log and shook his head.
[You had a pleasant conversation with the Taoist Xuanli, and his favor towards you increased by 1 point.]
[You enchanted the Stone Sword for the Taoist Xuanli, granting it the attribute ‘Powerful Qi.’ The Taoist Xuanli’s favor towards you increased by 1 point.]
[You and the Taoist Xuanli…]
Although there was a long string of +1 favorability, they still couldn’t become friends, and even the dot on the map was white.
This indicated that the Xuanli Old Taoist still didn’t genuinely treat him, not even reaching a realistic level of favorability stars.
As for his only friend, Wu Xiu, the favorability was continuously decreasing and now only remained at 0.5 stars.
It was estimated that before long, it would be completely reduced to zero, and then they would mutually delete each other as friends.
“Relationships not only need maintenance but also need a foundation?”
Looking at the game log, at the beginning, some people would say bad things, but they were all described as disagreement, nonsensical talk, etc.
After he had the Jianghu kill the red-name NPC, Wu Xiu’s perception of him declined, and when someone chatted with him, it was mostly agreeing with the other party’s slander, leading to a decrease in his favorability.
Chen Xiyi naturally didn’t care. Wu Xiu was completely useless to him, with no value at all.
Whether or not they could stay in the friends list was irrelevant to him. Having friends was useless; at most, it added more information channels.
Unless the number of friends became excessive, forming a network of relationships, then he would gather a lot of information and intelligence. But obviously, that was impossible; adding friends was too difficult.
“Ah, it would be great if I could actively add friends and enemies.” Chen Xiyi sighed. If he had this ability, he could completely create an alternative way of obtaining intelligence.
Then the game log could refresh their attitudes, thoughts, and actions towards him. This way, he could judge his next moves or responses.
“Idle hands are the devil’s tools. I’ll go dig some soil and rocks first, then renovate the surroundings of the stone house and fill up the remaining area protected by the home shelter.”
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