Chapter 250: This Blade Can Slay Immortals

In the blacksmith shop.

There was a faint sound of wind and thunder.

Li Rui was all too familiar with this sound.

Dragon's roar!

In front of the furnace, Elder Tiekuang's hair and beard were flying, holding a red long blade about three feet long.

Fluorescent light flowed on the long blade, and the blade surface resembled lake light.

A delightful Koi was seen swimming against the current.

Striving to cross!

This Koi, because it had absorbed the Dragon Qi of the Dragon Saliva Incense, underwent a transformation, its posture slender; calling it a carp was more like a water snake.

This was clearly a sign of impending dragon transformation.

Seeing Li Rui appear, Elder Tiekuang urged: "Little Li, quickly inject True Qi to help it transform into a dragon!"

Just by taking one look, he discovered that the Koi's Dragon Qi had been consumed by more than half and was somewhat powerless, needing Li Rui's True Qi to assist.

"Good!"

Li Rui didn't dare to delay.

He opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of Immortal Xuan Qi onto the red long blade.

Once the Koi encountered the Immortal Xuan Qi, it was as if it had divine help.

Its originally very slow speed suddenly increased quite a bit.

One inch, two inches...

The red little Koi's body twisted, struggling to swim upstream, constantly approaching the position of the blade tip.

At the position of the blade tip, there was a faint phantom of a gate.

Finally.

The little Koi leaped with all its might, actually leaping directly out of the blade surface and passing through the phantom gate.

The sea is wide for fish to leap!

The moment the little Koi leaped out of the blade surface, its body underwent a earth-shaking change, four claws grew from its belly, horns grew on its head, and its body became increasingly slender.

Dragon transformation!

Seeing such a miraculous scene.

The three people in the blacksmith shop all held their breath in unison.

The moment the little Koi—or more accurately, the little dragon—fell back onto the blade surface, the red long blade seemed to come alive.

Yes, it was alive.

It was as if what Elder Tiekuang was holding in his hand now was no longer a blade, but a little dragon!

"It's done, it's done!"

The blacksmith shop echoed with Elder Tiekuang's wanton laughter; at this moment, he finally felt that the Immortal Soldier in his hand had become complete and could truly bear the word "Immortal."

Laughing wantonly, laughing proudly.

This blade was his life's masterpiece.

For a blacksmith to forge an Immortal Soldier, it was indeed worth being happy about.

Since he had forged an Immortal Soldier, what was wrong with being a bit crazy?

Only after the dragon transformation could the blade in Elder Tiekuang's hand be considered a true Immortal Soldier, not a bit inferior to those Immortal Soldiers he had seen.

A true Immortal Soldier!

"Congratulations, Senior."

Li Rui offered his congratulations immediately, curiously examining the long blade in Elder Tiekuang's hand.

Good heavens.

An Immortal Soldier!

There might only be this one in the entire Yunzhou, so its preciousness could be imagined.

It was enough to serve as a sect's treasure.

Being able to see an Immortal Soldier being forged with his own eyes was also something worth bragging about in the future.

Liu Tiezhu, standing to the side, also felt honored.

For a weapon smith, even if he only participated in a part of the forging of an Immortal Soldier, it was a glory for a lifetime.

Elder Tiekuang looked at Li Rui: "Meeting you, kid, is truly my good fortune."

He didn't even remember how many times he had said this sentence.

But... this was the fact.

If it weren't for Li Rui, this Immortal Blade could never have been forged, not even a tiny bit of possibility.

Li Rui: "Senior, when do you plan to leave Qinghe?"

According to Elder Tiekuang's statement.

He forged the Immortal Soldier to take revenge and kill, and now that the Immortal Soldier was finished, it was time to see blood.

Elder Tiekuang's face showed melancholy and confusion, sighing lightly: "The Immortal Soldier has just been formed and still needs to nourish the blade intent to reach its peak; I still need to stay for a few more days."

Nourishing blade intent sounded similar to Li Rui's blade-nurturing style.

The words on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back.

The reason Li Rui asked this was actually to keep Elder Tiekuang.

More accurately, he didn't want Elder Tiekuang to die just like that.

Yes.

Li Rui didn't think Elder Tiekuang could take the Immortal Soldier and go take revenge on the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu, an Earth Immortal expert who had been famous for a long time; even if the Blood Shadow Xueying Laozu was Third-Rank, it wasn't something Elder Tiekuang could win.

An Immortal Soldier could slay immortals.

But the premise was that the person holding the Immortal Soldier must have that ability.

Elder Tiekuang was very strong, but he was far from reaching that level.

"Senior, some things should be left to the young people; there have been enough frustrating things in this life."

Elder Tiekuang heard this, his face full of melancholy:

"Little Li, no need to say more; I know what you mean, I won't just die casually."

Hearing Elder Tiekuang's words.

Li Rui finally put his heart into his stomach.

Only then did he have the mind to appreciate the Immortal Soldier like Liu Tiezhu.

What is called exquisite workmanship?

The blood-red long blade in Elder Tiekuang's hand seemed natural, every streamline was aesthetic, without a trace of carving, and the dragon head on the hilt was even more lifelike.

Li Rui knew.

This was a weapon that had been nurtured, different from a weapon that had been forged.

Below the Immortal Soldier, even the Heaven-Burning Hammer was hammered out blow by blow, the result of artificial forging.

But this Immortal Soldier was different.

Li Rui remembered that when it was first formed, it was still a pitch-black blade embryo.

It was Elder Tiekuang's daily nurturing that formed it naturally.

Elder Tiekuang handed the hilt of the Immortal Blade to Li Rui: "Try the blade."

"Me?"

Li Rui was stunned for a moment, but didn't stand on ceremony.

He really wanted to see how powerful the Immortal Soldier was.

His pupils dilated slightly.

Just the moment he held it, he felt every cell in his body activated, and a tingling sensation like electricity spread through his arm to his whole body.

Refreshing!

Although it was the first time holding this Immortal Blade, he felt as if it were a part of his body.

As easy as using his own arm!

His breathing gradually became heavy, and his eyes became blood-red.

"Kill..."

Li Rui slowly spat out a word, and violent, sharp murderous intent raged in his chest, as if he had already seen a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses piled high with white bones.

The red Immortal Blade in his hand kept urging him to strike.

At this moment.

A thought emerged in his heart.

This blade can slay immortals!

"I am the master!"

The murderous intent receded like a tide, and Li Rui's eyes returned to clarity in an instant.

Liu Tiezhu, who had already noticed something wrong, was about to speak.

But he saw Li Rui was already safe and sound.

Elder Tiekuang, who had raised his right palm slightly behind his back, put it down, a look of surprise on his face: "You kid actually surprised me; you weren't invaded by the blade evil and became delirious."

"Blade evil?"

Liu Tiezhu looked at Elder Tiekuang in surprise, vigilance appearing in his eyes immediately.

Was the old man Tie trying to harm Master?

Elder Tiekuang saw Liu Tiezhu spreading his arms, looking like a mother hen protecting her chicks, and rolled his eyes.

"Immortal Soldiers have spirits; they are weakest when the artifact spirit is forming, similar to a martial artist being invaded by external evil, leading to Qi deviation."

"Once it enters evil, it becomes an evil blade, needing to be stained with blood every day."

"The owner of an evil blade will be stained with evil Qi every day, and their temperament will change greatly, becoming bloodthirsty, violent, cold, and cruel."

Hearing Elder Tiekuang say this.

Liu Tiezhu was even more furious, rolling up his sleeves: "Old man Tie, you knew this and still did it; what kind of heart do you have?"

It was true that the old man Tie taught him skills, but as for Master, he only recognized Li Rui.

Li Rui took a step, passing Liu Tiezhu.

Lost in thought.

He had also heard of Elder Tiekuang's statement.

In the Jianghu, there were always stories of evil blades, extremely powerful, but capable of bewitching people's hearts; several massacres of villages in the Yu Kingdom were caused by this situation.

That was the blade controlling the person, not the person controlling the blade.

Although they gained extremely strong combat power, they themselves became slaves to the weapon.

Pitiful.

So it must be someone with a firm mind to be able to subdue an evil blade.

Elder Tiekuang kicked Liu Tiezhu: "Little brat, you remember who your master is now?" "Although the blade evil is poisonous, for those with a firm mind, it is also a stroke of fortune; as long as you restrain yourself and are not invaded by the blade evil, you can temper your character and reduce the possibility of Qi deviation in the future."

Hearing this.

Liu Tiezhu's face froze instantly.

Bitter!

Looking at Master Li Rui again, it turned out he was the only one who took it seriously.

It seemed this blacksmith shop couldn't be stayed in anymore.

Li Rui cupped his hands: "Thank you, Senior."

He could indeed feel that after breaking the blade evil, his whole person was much clearer.

Elder Tiekuang had deliberately given him a stroke of fortune.

If he had known beforehand, the effect might not have been as good; what he wanted was the element of surprise.

Danger and opportunity coexist.

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And with Elder Tiekuang, this Innate Grandmaster, by his side, nothing could go wrong.

Elder Tiekuang waved his hand: "Alright, today is considered complete; everyone wash up and sleep."

The Immortal Soldier was finished.

Next, of course, was to continue nurturing it.

Although the Immortal Soldier was forged, Elder Tiekuang actually lost the urgent desire for revenge; he would strike when the time came, and if he didn't have that fate, he would leave the revenge to the descendants of the Divine Weapon Villa.

Looking up at the bright moon:

"Forget it, I'm old."

Returning to his home in the Anning Guard.

It wasn't yet the hour of the Ox.

Li Rui took off his outer garment, crawled into the quilt, and fell into a deep sleep before long.

When his consciousness revived.

He was already in the dreamland Cloud Terrace.

With a thought.

Soft white clouds gathered in his hand, touching a hard object; when the clouds dissipated, he saw a red long blade appear in his hand.

It was indeed the Immortal Blade from just now.

"It really works!"

Li Rui was overjoyed.

The simulation effect of "Dreaming of Immortals" was even more powerful than he had expected, actually being able to simulate even an Immortal Soldier.

Truly formidable and extraordinary.

Li Rui gripped the Immortal Blade, his body flying like a dragon on the terrace.

"Flying Dragon in the Sky!"

"Seeing the Dragon in the Field!"

The Six Slashes of the Wandering Dragon were performed by him with flowing clouds and running water; under the blessing of the Immortal Blade, the power was terrifyingly frightening, the sea of clouds was slashed with gullies, as if an immortal were stirring the wind and clouds.

Li Rui practiced the blade with the Immortal Blade.

The Immortal Blade was forged with his Immortal Xuan Qi as the spirit, so it was incredibly handy to use.

He practiced for a full four hours.

Li Rui felt he was about to be driven out of the dream, so he had a thought.

A white-clothed figure like an immortal appeared on his terrace.

Jiang Linxian was as expressionless as usual, reciting three words:

"Greedy Wolf, Swift!"

The small sword Greedy Wolf turned into a silver rainbow and headed straight for Li Rui's brow.

Vertical slash!

Li Rui slashed accurately at the tip of the small sword Greedy Wolf, the terrifying force sending him flying several zhang instantly, blood spitting out of his mouth uncontrollably.

He hadn't had time to get up.

The world before his eyes was submerged in sword light.

With a creak.

The room door was pushed open.

Comfortable.

Although he was killed by Jiang Linxian again, there was still a big difference between being killed and being killed.

Before, his highest record was taking three of Jiang Linxian's swords.

But those three swords should more accurately be called dodging three swords.

Unlike last night.

Not thinking of last night.

Although he used an Immortal Soldier, it was enough to be proud of.

Ask yourself, in Yunzhou, how many people can take one of Jiang Linxian's swords?

Not many.

Li Rui, whose state of mind had long been like an ancient well without waves, still gave birth to heroic ambitions.

Walking into the courtyard.

He first habitually glanced in the direction of the stable.

Sure enough.

Wang Zhao was sleeping sweetly while holding the Three-Eyed White Tiger.

It seemed his disciple's habit couldn't be changed.

If this bizarre demon-raising method were known to the Wu Kingdom people, I wonder what they would think.

Li Rui pulled up the blade leaning against the big tree.

And started his morning practice again.

Soon.

Wang Zhao and Yang Yong from the stable pushed the door and walked out.

Every day was like this.

Eating, going to work.

"Brother Li, recently several merchant caravans have reported that a group of Wu Kingdom mountain bandits are robbing the road, very arrogant."

Tan Hu said.

"Mountain bandits?"

Li Rui frowned slightly.

This scene sounded too familiar.

Didn't he just deal with an almost identical matter in the Wu Kingdom, only this time the place where it happened had changed to within the Yu Kingdom's borders.

Pondering:

"First send some brothers to investigate the situation."

"Yes."

Tan Hu nodded.

Protecting the safety of the trade route was the duty of their Captain's Mansion, and they couldn't ignore it.

Tan Hu had just left.

Yan Zhongxing brought Xu Wen in.

"Lord Li."

He bowed slightly.

Li Rui stood up and laughed: "Lord Yan, how do you have time to come?"

As the main official of the Trade Department, and one rank higher than himself, he naturally had to be more polite.

"Lord Li, have you heard about the merchant caravans being attacked these past few days?"

Yan Zhongxing went straight to the point as soon as he entered the door.

"Already sent people to investigate."

Hearing that Li Rui had already taken action, Yan Zhongxing's expression eased a bit, and he also knew he had been impolite just now; even though he was one rank higher than Li Rui, their systems were different.

One civil, one military, he had no chance to control Li Rui at all.

His tone softened:

"Lord Li, you don't know, those mountain bandits specifically robbed the Changkong Association's caravan; Elder Sun of the Changkong Association specifically came to the door, hoping to wipe out the mountain bandits and maintain peace."

"This is my duty, Lord Yan, rest assured."

"Then I'll trouble you, Lord Li; if you need me to come forward, I can contact Lord Jiang and Lord Cao on your behalf."

Li Rui shook his head: "The situation is unclear, sorry to trouble you, Lord Yan."

After saying this.

Yan Zhongxing came and went in a hurry, not staying for long before leaving first due to busy official business.

Ever since the Trade Department arrived, Yan Zhongxing had almost never had a moment of leisure.

There were truly too many things.

And it concerned two countries; if handled slightly biased, it would cause a huge mess.

Yan Zhongxing was already exhausted just dealing with the Eight Great Sects and the Wu Kingdom people.

Seeing Yan Zhongxing leave.

Xu Wen then said apologetically: "Lord Li, sorry, the Changkong Association went directly to Lord Yan, and I just heard about it too."

He usually interacted with Li Rui the most.

Both sides had always looked out for each other, and he was afraid that Li Rui would be unhappy because of today's matter and wouldn't cooperate in the future.

Li Rui smiled indifferently: "Lord Xu has a heart."

Xu Wen sighed.

Compared to the Wu Kingdom side, the trade routes of the Yu Kingdom had generally been very stable, and he didn't expect something to happen.

"Damn it, those mountain bandits don't rob anyone else, just the Eight Great Sects; it's like seeing a ghost."

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