Chapter 52: Alchemical Fire Forges Artifacts, the Butterfly Demon Blade

The sun was high in the sky, exactly at noon.

When Li Li Boyang walked out of the Ghost and God Cliff Cave in the back mountain.

The scorching sunlight shone directly upon the mist over Flying Peak, making it gleam brilliantly.

He strolled along the winding goat path from the back mountain all the way to the Mountain God Temple.

Li Li Boyang's gaze was inevitably drawn to a patch of mud bog nearby.

That mud bog was not natural; it had formed from pollution by dense malevolent qi.

Deeper within that mud bog lay the corpse of the Ru Fu, once slain by Li Li Boyang, now rotted down to nothing but a broken, incomplete skeleton.

Theoretically, very few plants could take root and propagate in such a harsh environment.

Yet life is regarded as a "miracle" precisely because it finds its own way out.

"Is that... a morning glory?"

At this very moment, a newly sprouted pink flower entered Li Li Boyang's field of vision.

Setting aside its growing environment, its appearance looked exactly like the morning glory in Li Li Boyang's memory.

"Plants actually grow in this ghost place?"

Shifting his gaze from the morning glory to the swamp, a thought suddenly popped into Li Li Boyang's mind.

Since conventional breeding methods could no longer achieve breakthroughs in superior strains.

Could the miraculous primordial qi help species break through their own limits?

Thinking this, Li Li Boyang couldn't help but approach the morning glory and extend his hand toward it.

Snap!

Just then, the morning glory suddenly flipped its petals outward, revealing dense, sharp teeth hidden within.

Caught off guard, Li Li Boyang was bitten directly on the finger by the morning glory.

"This... ignored my body-protecting sword qi?"

This unexpected scene made Li Li Boyang pause in stunned silence.

Yet even more bizarrely, although blood was already seeping from his finger, Li Li Boyang felt no pain whatsoever.

Instead, a strange tingling sensation spread from the wound throughout Li Li Boyang's body.

Some pleasurable hallucination also seemed to float up in his mind.

【This thing is poisonous!?】

As that thought flashed through his mind, the primordial qi within Li Li Boyang instantly boiled.

Since transferring the Ru Fu's curse to the shadow, only pure life primordial qi remained within Li Li Boyang's body.

This life primordial qi might not be as violent or powerful as the malevolent qi.

But against toxins invading his body, the life primordial qi displayed a highly efficient self-healing property.

"Hah!"

In the blink of an eye, the reinforced immune system expelled the neurotoxin from Li Li Boyang's body.

Thus, as he slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, Li Li Boyang could clearly smell an evil stench in his mouth that would not dissipate no matter what.

"A demonic flower blooming in a treacherous land indeed cannot be underestimated."

Looking at the morning glory still tightly biting his finger, Li Li Boyang couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

Fortunately, Li Li Boyang's current body had undergone dual reinforcement from life primordial qi and earth vein malevolent qi, so the morning glory failed to bite off his finger.

Even so, the morning glory's aggressiveness still shocked Li Li Boyang.

Ignoring his body-protecting sword qi, biting through flesh and blood comparable to steel, plus that neurotoxin resembling a hallucinogen...

If this morning glory were thrown outside, it would absolutely be a super plant standing at the peak of the food chain.

Moments later, within the temple keeper's courtyard of the Mountain God Temple.

"What kind of look is that?"

Xi Luo, who was sunbathing in the yard, spotted Li Li Boyang with the morning glory biting his finger at a glance.

The current Li Li Boyang had not only uprooted that morning glory.

He was also holding a pile of soil just dug from that mud bog.

Because this appearance was truly too strange, Xi Luo momentarily couldn't find any suitable words to express her feelings.

"I just discovered a rather interesting plant; I plan to transplant it into the yard now."

Waving his hand completely carelessly, Li Li Boyang skillfully walked to the corner of the yard, then buried the morning glory along with that soil.

"Where is Big Girl? Where is she right now?"

While busy with the planting work at hand, he also didn't forget to turn his head and search for Li Li Jingshu's whereabouts...

Before Li Li Boyang's words had even fallen, Li Li Jingshu was seen slipping out of the study, back turned to the two of them, sneaking quietly.

"Li Li Jingshu?"

Seeing Li Li Jingshu's head-butting-while-ignoring-her-buttocks appearance, Li Li Boyang immediately felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Ah!"

The result was exactly as Li Li Boyang had predicted.

Li Li Jingshu, startled greatly, immediately turned around, still holding a butterfly knife in her hand.

That butterfly knife was seen flipping and spinning on Li Li Jingshu's fingertips, displaying both dexterity and its dangerous nature.

"I recall I told you not to play with such dangerous knives, didn't I?"

That butterfly knife was no ordinary blade.

It was a weapon Li Li Boyang had attempted to forge a year ago by extracting the alchemical fire from the Prison Soul Cauldron and refining it separately.

Its blade was forged from meteoric iron from the E-Tu, while the hilt was made from the twin horns of some strange beast.

As the butterfly knife took shape, Li Li Boyang had even faintly heard a roar like that of a wild beast.

He had once tried to analyze the effect of the Dan Fire on the butterfly knife.

The result, however, could only yield the conclusion that "this is a knife of ordinary material."

The only thing Li Li Boyang could be certain of was that this butterfly knife was definitely not simple—most likely a demon blade.

After all, although the Dan Fire could not directly enhance the properties of the material like the Fiery Qi of Evil, it was absolutely no ordinary flame.

"Hmm... I was just looking... just looking..."

Guiltily hiding the butterfly knife behind her back, Li Li Jingshu dared not look Li Li Boyang in the eyes.

"That knife is very dangerous..."

Seeing this, Li Li Boyang could only sigh lightly, then emphasized once more.

"However, if you can maintain a state of flowing Vital Energy at all times, I might just give this knife to you."

As long as Li Li Jingshu could maintain the state of Vital Energy flowing through her body, she would naturally generate a layer of protective aura.

By then, even if she accidentally got cut by the butterfly knife, it would absolutely not break the defense of the protective aura.

"Good! It's a deal!"

Hearing this, Li Li Jingshu immediately answered with her eyes shining.

This was the "carrot and stick" educational method Li Li Boyang specifically employed for Li Li Jingshu.

Facts proved that this tactic had always been very effective on Li Li Jingshu.

This innocent girl simply could not resist the temptation of the "carrot," and this time would naturally be no exception.

"Alright! Go eat something first; it's time for class."

Rising slowly to his feet, Li Li Boyang's words successfully caused Li Li Jingshu's face to fall once again.

"Ah? Is it noon already?"

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