Chapter 314

Great dragon's remnant soul?!

Li Rui gasped.

Feeling the rich dragon Qi emitted by the small jade bottle, he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

The remnant soul of a second-rank great dragon is a rare and peerless treasure.

Generally speaking, even if someone slays a dragon, they get many dragon scales and dragon blood, but those who get a dragon soul are few and far between.

At least Li Rui has never heard of it.

It is probably because the step of detaining the soul and seizing the spirit alone stumps too many people.

Although he doesn't know how Nie Siming got it, it doesn't matter anymore; just take what Marquis Yuan gives.

"Many thanks for the Marquis's grace."

Li Rui bowed respectfully, not to Nie Siming, but to Marquis Yuan, who was far away in Yunzhou.

The corners of Nie Siming's mouth raised slightly:

"Good, I will convey it to my foster father."

He is a person who likes capable people.

Li Rui is a capable person in his eyes, so his temper became extremely good.

After finishing.

Nie Siming had no intention of staying long and turned to leave; he truly came just to deliver the item.

Ning Zhongtian widened his eyes, looking at the small jade bottle in Li Rui's hand with rarity.

He heard everything Nie Siming said just now.

"My goodness, this is a dragon soul?"

"Living for so long, this is the first time I've seen one."

Things like souls are not something ordinary martial artists can see, let alone the soul of a second-rank great dragon.

However, he didn't develop greed because of this.

Li Rui has treated him very well, and he hasn't received few fortunes; Ning Zhongtian can't do things like forgetting righteousness for profit.

Li Rui: "Fourth Brother, your old brother has lived forty years longer than you, and I haven't seen one either."

Saying this.

He opened the jade stopper on the jade bottle.

Afterward, a strange fragrance rushed toward his face; looking closely, he saw a small, thin snake the length of a thumb flying inside the jade bottle.

"This is a dragon soul?"

Ning Zhongtian found it rare.

Li Rui nodded; the dragon soul in his hand couldn't possibly be complete, but a wisp of the dragon soul.

But even this wisp is enough to surpass most exotic treasures in the world.

Just as he and Ning Zhongtian were watching carefully.

Elder Tiekuang's voice sounded from behind: "This is a dragon soul?"

Li Rui turned his head and saw Elder Tiekuang: "Senior, it is indeed a dragon soul, left by a second-rank great dragon."

Hearing second-rank great dragon.

Even Elder Tiekuang couldn't remain calm; he hurriedly took two steps to Li Rui's side, snatched the small jade bottle, and examined it carefully for a full quarter of an hour.

Afterward, an expression of wild joy spread across his face.

"Good kid, are you a lucky star reincarnated?"

After finishing.

He pulled Li Rui and walked toward the backyard.

Seeing this, Ning Zhongtian didn't follow; there is a distinction between close and distant; he could watch Li Rui's secrets at will, but when it came to Elder Tiekuang, he consciously stayed in place.

Soon.

Elder Tiekuang and Li Rui arrived at the backyard.

"Quick, take out your blade."

Seeing Elder Tiekuang's urgent urging, Li Rui pulled out the immortal blade at his waist without hesitation.

Just at the moment of pulling it out.

The killing intent of the immortal blade, sealed by the scabbard, burst forth, making Liu Tiezhu, who was several zhang away, feel a deep chill.

Li Rui actually had an illusion.

That the "Dragon-Slaying" blade treated the small jade bottle as an enemy.

"Sure enough."

Elder Tiekuang clapped his hands and laughed: "Li kid, you are truly destined to have an immortal blade in your life."

Li Rui's spirit lifted:

"Senior, why do you say that?"

Elder Tiekuang's laughter shook the sky:

"Didn't I tell you before that if you could slay a great dragon, the immortal weapon would be formed immediately? Now the great dragon is right in front of you; if you don't slay it now, when will you?"

Slay the dragon!

Li Rui looked at the small jade bottle with surprise.

Elder Tiekuang didn't explain much; he tilted the bottle mouth, and the remnant soul of the great dragon flew out.

In the blink of an eye.

It had already flown out a foot, looking like it wanted to rush into the nine heavens.

Elder Tiekuang's voice sounded at the right time: "Slay it!"

Li Rui's eyes became sharp.

He swung the immortal blade "Dragon-Slaying" in a circle, drawing a perfect arc in mid-air.

The body of the great dragon's remnant soul was slashed by "Dragon-Slaying"; its intangible body instantly solidified, was split in two, and fell to the ground in an instant, and one could faintly hear the wailing of the dragon.

Such a magical scene made Liu Tiezhu watch with great interest.

Elder Tiekuang spoke again: "Practice the weapon with the Hammer Qi Method, quick!"

Li Rui immediately operated the Hammer Qi Method.

The immortal blade formed a barrier around his body like a gale.

At first, there were some golden glimmers mixed in the black barrier; as time passed, the golden glimmers became more and more, and finally even exceeded the black, and the barrier turned completely golden.

Li Rui's Dragon-Elephant strength was fully displayed at this moment.

"Good kid!"

Seeing Li Rui's domineering external martial arts, even Elder Tiekuang was secretly surprised.

He didn't expect that Li Rui's internal martial arts were peerless in the Sea-Observing Realm, and it looked like his external martial arts were not weaker than a natural Diamond Realm.

Invincible both internally and externally!

A full hour passed.

Li Rui's blade momentum finally showed signs of slowing down.

Elder Tiekuang and Liu Tiezhu were both shocked; practicing the Hammer Qi Method with full force for an hour, is this still human?

They had both practiced the Hammer Qi Method.

So they knew too well the gold content of this hour.

Like Liu Tiezhu, he would be completely exhausted after at most one stick of incense; even Elder Tiekuang admitted that when he was in Li Rui's realm, he could only persist for two quarter-hours at most.

And Li Rui... a full hour!

The blade momentum in Li Rui's hand finally stopped.

Looking at "Dragon-Slaying" again, it was now completely golden, smooth, and integrated from the hilt to the blade, without a trace of splicing.

But what excited Elder Tiekuang was not the blade body.

It was that point of golden glimmer.

Looking closely, it was actually in human shape.

It was precisely the weapon spirit!

Elder Tiekuang admitted that he was also well-informed and had seen many weapon spirits of immortal weapons, but this was his first time seeing a human-shaped weapon spirit. But these were all unimportant.

Most importantly, at this moment, the immortal weapon in Li Rui's hand could finally be uprightly called an immortal weapon.

"This life was worth it!"

Elder Tiekuang laughed endlessly; it was truly refreshing.

Originally, he thought it would take a long time for Li Rui to nurture an immortal weapon, and he might not be able to see it in his lifetime; he didn't expect to see the immortal weapon he forged come into the world so quickly.

"It is truly the first great happy event of my life."

Li Rui was also overjoyed.

He stroked the immortal blade "Dragon-Slaying" lovingly.

This is an immortal blade; even Earth Immortal martial artists might not necessarily possess one.

He is only in the Sea-Observing Realm, and he actually got an immortal blade; how could he not be excited?

No errors, no omissions, read it all at once!

Li Rui carefully felt the surging killing power coming from the blade body.

It is stronger than the previous immortal blade!

He had used both immortal blades, so he could truly feel the difference between them.

Moreover, he faintly felt that "Dragon-Slaying" still had room for improvement.

After the excitement.

Elder Tiekuang finally calmed down, looked at the weapon spirit on the blade body, and touched his chin.

Liu Tiezhu spoke directly:

"Old man Tie, why does this weapon spirit look so much like a person?"

He now has considerable knowledge, especially in the field of weapon forging.

He had heard of tiger spirits, leopard spirits, dragon spirits... but he had never heard of human spirits.

Li Rui also looked at the weapon spirit that was jumping around on the blade body like a little person, his expression a bit strange, because he had never seen this situation either.

Elder Tiekuang pondered and said:

"If I am not mistaken, this should be the legendary unity of man and weapon; the person using the blade is the weapon spirit themselves."

Li Rui was shocked.

"I became the weapon spirit?"

The smile on Elder Tiekuang's face grew even more: "I once saw this situation in an ancient book; at the time, I only thought it was nonsense, but I didn't expect that I used the blood sacrifice method to forge the weapon, and you nurtured the weapon; by some twist of fate, it actually succeeded."

"The unity of man and weapon has many benefits; the compatibility will far exceed that of ordinary immortal weapons, and the weapon can evolve on its own as the owner's cultivation base grows; it is rare in the world."

"It is truly a fortune."

If even one of these steps were missing, it would be impossible to achieve the unity of man and weapon.

He was certain that Li Rui would definitely become famous throughout the world in the future.

By then, the weapon would also be known to the world, just like those strong figures on the world's martial arts rankings.

By then, the entire Yu Kingdom would know that there was a weapon forger named Elder Tiekuang in Yunzhou who forged an immortal blade with the unity of man and weapon, which might be the only one of its kind in the world.

Leaving a name in history!

Hearing Elder Tiekuang's explanation, Li Rui was also overjoyed.

No wonder he felt that "Dragon-Slaying" was so different from the other immortal weapon just now; it turned out to be the unity of man and weapon.

Elder Tiekuang looked at Li Rui with gratification.

If it weren't for Li Rui, he wouldn't have been able to forge such a unique immortal blade.

"Li kid, you must not die; at least wait until you are famous throughout the world before dying; don't bury this blade."

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Li Rui was speechless.

Why does this sound more and more wrong the more he hears it?

One month later.

Nie Siming's appointment was set; as a fourth-rank Provincial Military Commander, the scene was naturally extraordinary.

It was an imperial envoy and a eunuch sent from the capital to Yunzhou.

A few days ago.

Nie Siming went to Yunzhou.

"Tsk tsk, the foster son of the Marquis is just different."

Cao Wei and Li Rui were drinking tea in a private room at the Drunken Immortal Building.

When Nie Siming was there, the two had to draw a clear line, but if they weren't in the Anning Guard, they would still address each other as brother.

Cao Wei had long since thought through this matter.

Li Rui: "The imperial court doing this should be for His Majesty to show his trust in the Marquis."

The imperial envoy is one thing.

The key is that eunuch.

In the mouths of storytellers, eunuchs seem to be treacherous and cunning people, shouted at by everyone, but in reality, not just any castrated person in the palace can be called a eunuch.

The Yu Kingdom established twelve directorates.

Except for the Directorate of Ceremonial, which has the greatest power, only one person can become a eunuch in the other eleven directorates.

Their status can be seen.

Those who can be sent by that Holy Lord to read the imperial edict are even more favored great eunuchs.

It shows the importance that the Lord of the Dragon Court attaches to the Marquis of Annan.

I heard that not only Nie Siming, but half of Yuan Dingting's eight foster sons have been entrusted with important positions.

'He is really not afraid of the Marquis of Annan holding military power and valuing himself.'

Li Rui sighed.

But these matters of big figures in the capital really have nothing to do with his remote place; just take it as a joy.

Cao Wei laughed:

"From now on, our Qinghe will become more and more lively."

He had long since given up the idea of returning to the capital.

He already regarded himself as half a Qinghe person.

Unless he can step into the fourth-rank Primordial Realm, he must be prepared to stay in Qinghe for a lifetime.

Stay if you stay.

Cao Wei also felt quite comfortable.

Li Rui: "Indeed, if it continues like this, it will soon be qualified to be a prefecture."

Cao Wei sighed with emotion.

When he first came to Qinghe, he never dared to think it could have such a phenomenon.

Perhaps relying on this merit, after a few decades, he can ask the Ministry of Personnel for an idle official position in the capital, and that would be returning home in glory.

Li Rui doesn't have this trouble.

He was a native of Qinghe, and staying here has always been quite good.

Li Rui looked at the gradually hot sun and muttered:

"Xiaoman, Xiaoman, the wheat grains are gradually full."

"I heard that the wheat in the north begins to fill at this time, hence it is called Xiaoman."

"Lord Cao is a northerner; is this saying true?"

Cao Wei smiled lightly: "I come from a scholar-official family and do not engage in farming."

Li Rui clicked his tongue twice:

"That is truly a pity."

(End of this chapter)