Chapter 237: Surprise and Shock

Tomorrow after tomorrow, how many tomorrows are there.

It is still the cramming that is enough to make the brain boil and the casting again and again, still the harsh requirements and cruel punishment.

Before, Ji Jue used to worry that he wouldn't survive until tomorrow, or wouldn't be able to persist, but now, he has gradually begun to get used to this endless suffering.

No, it should be said, like a fish in water.

Perhaps Jian Yuan is right, when Ji Jue no longer hides his hatred and malice, and even takes the initiative to release it, he has already entered the hall and mastered this skill.

He doesn't even care whether this hatred is aimed at others or himself. If he wants to forge the true blade of Heavenly Works, how could he be afraid of the double-edged sword cutting himself? On the contrary, the sharper and more ferocious the cold light, the more gratified he should be!

Completely indifferent to whether Ji Jue will slack off or resist in vain.

After that secret ritual in front of the furnace, Ji Jue's progress in alchemy began to skyrocket again, simply increasing his progress while eating and sleeping. Sometimes even just daydreaming could lead to a flash of inspiration, figuring out several joints.

And it's not just evil-transformed refining, but also modern alchemy and fluid alchemy, and even solid alchemy, which he had just found the direction for.

And the price is that the techniques learned during these days have also smoothly integrated into the system and habits that Ji Jue is gradually sorting out, becoming an inseparable part.

Can't get around, can't hide, and can't deny.

Everything he taught was true talent and learning, and what he imparted were secrets and essence that many Profound artisans could not know.

Just like when doing carpentry and needing to hammer a nail, when reaching for the toolbox, he would naturally take out the hammer. Even if he could discard the hammer and not use it, it would only add trouble to Ji Jue himself.

For decades, I don't know how many works have been cast by all the artisans under Jian Yuan, and just the works in Quancheng in recent days are probably thousands.

Such a large number of residual ashes gathered, and the essence contained in them condensed under the stimulation of the old furnace fire, bringing Ji Jue far more than just this little change, more importantly... the qualitative change of blessings!

Under the erosion and pressure of the secret ritual, the blessing of 【Spirit Firstness】 ushered in an unexpected metamorphosis. After comprehensively strengthening Ji Jue's spirit's resistance to evil-transformed erosion, he could now interfere with the deformity and evil transformation of the creations in the furnace with his own spiritual quality.

Even if it was just a little bit.

But at a critical moment, a difference of a hair's breadth is enough to determine the success or failure of the work, which can be called adding wings to a tiger for evil-transformed alchemy, making it even more handy...

Originally, evil-transformed alchemy progressed rapidly once introduced, and now he has installed an airplane engine for himself, even if he just studies it a little, the progress skyrockets, fast and scary.

But what is the price?

After Jian Yuan opened his library permission to Ji Jue, he began to come into contact with other evil-transformed refining theories and works—and then, he felt more and more how evil the set he was learning was.

This is completely an experimental theory!

There isn't even a single successful precedent...

After streamlining many irrelevant details, it grasps the essence and enters the essence directly.

It deletes many contents of communicating with the evil of the upper position, and there is no need to worship the Lord and pray for grace like other artisans. Instead... take it yourself.

Not only do you have to grab meat from the evil's mouth, but you even have to stuff the evil into your mouth!

The price is that without protection, the probability of overturning is much larger than others, and the possibility of his own evil transformation is also increasing rapidly.

Including now.

Ji Jue lowered his eyes and looked at his hands, on his fingernails, faint gray-black marks. It was as if human faces were screaming, shrieking, ferocious, or crying silently.

Changing and flowing, without a fixed shape.

In the reflection of the mercury mirror, his appearance was almost completely different from before, not just the ugly scars crisscrossing, but the muscle necrosis and wrinkles caused by roughly peeling off the skin.

The originally pitch-black hair had already faintly revealed paleness, so mottled.

And between the short hair falling down, the pupils also revealed eerie colors under the erosion of the secret ritual and the influence of evil transformation, different from Jian Yuan's emerald, but a scarlet that was looming.

Just like charcoal fire that hasn't been extinguished.

From the sigh, he waved his hand, dissipated the mercury mirror, and felt the tingling pain coming from his hands. The matrix of Non-Aggression flowed and wandered, the agile radiance gradually dimmed, as if covered in dust, so tired.

Yet persistently removing the erosion that had invaded his hands for him, once, and again, not allowing him to turn to the path of evil transformation.

"Don't worry."

Ji Jue moved his ten fingers, whispering silently.

The glory of Non-Aggression, the sin of Non-Aggression, are all created by himself.

Whether it is the inheritance of fluid alchemy or the many gifts afterward, the Holy Sage Mercury has poured many expectations into him, how could he be stupid enough to deny the life he has insisted on until now because of a dream?

Boom!

The piercing scream suddenly erupted.

The furnace shook violently, as if someone invisible was frantically bumping inside, knocking on the furnace door, shouting, wailing, begging for mercy.

"Is anyone there? Is anyone there?! Save me, help... save me," that shrill voice shouted desperately: "Let me out, please, please, is anyone there? Ah ah ah ah..."

The sound of begging and calling ceased abruptly, replaced by wild laughter, and even hysterical curses and wailing.

Viscous blood constantly overflowed from behind the furnace door, surging, and then dissipated without a trace.

In the flame light, the hissing and roaring sounds gradually dissipated.

In the end, accompanied by the opening of the furnace door, the last sob dissipated without a trace.

Accompanied by Ji Jue's beckoning, the shrill whistle of breaking through the air erupted.

A dagger suddenly flew out of the furnace and fell into his hand, buzzing, and wherever the shrill whistle passed, all the metal actually vibrated.

Eardrums stinging.

Viscous scarlet slowly dripped from the blade of the dagger, never-ending, but dissipated without a trace.

"Out of the furnace?"

Jian Yuan appeared behind him at some point, lowering his eyes and looking down: "It's had some progress."

"Just trash."

Ji Jue held it in his hand, waved it twice, looked back at Jian Yuan, glanced at the dagger in his hand, and shook his head with regret: "Too much pursuit of sharpness and destruction, I'm afraid it will be destroyed before hurting anyone, and it's not usable."

"That also depends on the target, right?"

Jian Yuan reached out, gripped the blade in his hand, picked it up indifferently, cut a blood wound on his hand, and appreciated the way his blood mutated and hardened, and even became active, like a monster drilling toward the palm of his hand.

It's just a pity that after cutting a blood wound, the dagger cracked under the counter-shock of the matrix and aura. And the mutated blood seemed to have encountered a more terrifying monster and quickly dissipated.

In the end, the blood wound closed, as if it had never existed.

"Indeed, it's still a bit off."

Jian Yuan threw the fragments aside, turned back, and looked at the empty furnace: "What else is in the furnace?"

"Hmm..."

Ji Jue pondered for a moment, shrugged slightly: "A little insignificant thing, is the Grandmaster interested?"

"Wasted so many materials, I should at least see where they went?" Jian Yuan smiled mockingly: "Of course, if you intend to prepare a surprise for me, I can also pretend not to know."

Ji Jue beckoned casually, and in the ashes and debris in the furnace, a wisp of scarlet light emerged, rose, and fell into Jian Yuan's hand.

"This is... a blessed creation?"

Jian Yuan's eyebrows raised slightly, subconsciously commenting and identifying, but found that with Ji Jue's current level, he couldn't find any omissions.

Even the complexity of its structure was above that of ordinary artisans, and it even carried encryption. He was not willing to suppress people with the realm of a Grandmaster, so in the moment of differentiation, he could only combine the materials extracted by Ji Jue and judge that the blessing came from the Heart Pivot.

In his palm was a scarlet skull.

Only the size of a fist, as if carved from blood jade, without any traces of axe or chisel, round and natural. All the catalyzed deformity and evil transformation were sealed within it, without any traces or signs of loss of control.

Perfect.

"What kind of trick did you play again?"

Having fought with Ji Jue for so long, he had long been accustomed to Ji Jue's occasional resistance and unprovoked attacks, completely indifferent, and even seemed to enjoy it.

He actually took the initiative to inject his spiritual quality into it, awakening the creation.

"What are you saying, Grandmaster," Ji Jue smiled slightly, and suddenly asked: "It's just, if I don't do it well, you shouldn't be angry, right?"

"People always have the opportunity to make mistakes."

Jian Yuan looked at him deeply, just about to say something, but the moment he finished speaking, the skull in his hand opened its mouth and made a sound: "Ha, then you little bastard are going to be in big trouble!"

"..."

In the brief silence, Jian Yuan's brows furrowed, as if he understood something.

But Ji Jue still smiled, and suddenly asked: "Speaking of which, how does the Grandmaster view your side's Quancheng Alliance?"

Jian Yuan raised his eyebrows and said bluntly: "Just cooperation, what view can there be?"

And the moment he finished speaking, the skull in his hand laughed wildly: "Please don't misunderstand, I mean, everyone here is trash."

Thus, Jian Yuan's expression became more meaningful.

"... Interesting."

With just two sentences, he had completely cracked the completed spiritual quality seal and read the situation inside, the blessing of the Heart Pivot lineage · 【Two Hearts Know】.

And after experiencing deformity and mutation, the power of the blessing was completely out of control, constantly reading the user's spiritual quality, and once the words spoken were different from what was in the heart, it would speak out the words in the user's heart on its own.

No, now it seems, it even adds fuel to the fire.

"Just for this?"

Jian Yuan picked up the skull and asked curiously.

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Ji Jue waved his hand and smiled, but just after speaking, he found that his spiritual quality was also drawn by Jian Yuan at some point and introduced into the skull.

Then, the skull grinned:

"Hehe, you are going to die." ===== CHAPTER 238 =====