Chapter 19: Chapter 6: The Sigh of the Ice-Snow Goddess (Part 2)_1
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"This is, this is..." Hua Tian's face expressed deep excitement. He snatched the Ice-Snow Goddess Stone from Nian Bing's hand. Feeling the intense cold radiating from it, he couldn't help cheering excitedly: "What an exceptional Ice Stone! How did you, Fatty, get this?"
Nian Bing glanced at Cha Ji, saying, "I think I've had it for a while, but I don't know where it came from."
Looking at him surprised, Cha Ji said, "So you've had it with you this whole time? I didn't hear you mention it before."
Nian Bing said, "Master, I just knew that cultivating magic with this gemstone is faster. You never asked, so I never brought it up. Elder, can this be used as an inset?"
Hua Tian closed his eyes slowly, feeling the overwhelming energy within the Ice-Snow Goddess Stone. His voice slightly trembling, "Yes, it certainly can. The mutual call between them has proved everything. Oh Heaven! Are you really bestowing this on me? With these excellent materials, I can finally forge an omnipotent blade. After dedicating my whole life to smithing, Hua Tian has finally waited for this day. Follow me, both of you."
With a swift flash, Huatian rushed out of the room. Cha Ji looked at Nian Bing, whose gaze was somewhat baffled. Cha Ji said, "Let's go. Looks like you, kid, got lucky."
By the time they reached the courtyard, the furnace that was originally in the corner had already been moved to the center of the courtyard. Hua Tian took out a bellows from somewhere, connected it to the furnace, poured a bag of powdered stuff into the furnace, and then turned to Nian Bing, "Lil' Fatty, come help me with the bellows. Although Jiu Li Heavenly Fire cannot melt the Cold Knife, it can soften it. That's when the inset will happen. Jiu Li Douqi, rise!" Flames roared and erupted within the furnace, but they were not ordinary red flames. Instead, the flames turned white, illuminating the entire courtyard.
"Pump the bellows". Following Hua Tian's roar, His left hand clasped the Cold Knife's hilt, lifting it above the flames, while his right hand was following the flames from afar, regularly injecting Jiu Li Douqi into the fire.
Nian Bing was witnessing Douqi for the first time and was immediately intrigued.
Hua Tian, now drenched in sweat, finally uttered, "Blood as a guide, Jiu Li heavenly fire." Suddenly, Hua Tian spat a mouthful of blood into the blazing green fire. The green flames immediately converged. Following that, the flames suddenly turned into bright red. Hua Tian flicked his wrist, and the Ice-Snow Goddess Stone shot out, landing perfectly in the hollow of the knife handle.
With a flick of his wrist, Huatian swiftly moved next to Nian Bing. Lifting him off the ground, Nian Bing only felt an intense force and a warmth on his wrist, like something was flowing out of it. On the side, Cha Ji watched as Hua Tian cut open Nian Bing's wrist, causing his blood to spurt all over the Ice-Snow Goddess Stone and the Cold Knife. The blood was instantly absorbed by the knife handle as the Ice-Snow Goddess Stone flawlessly embedded itself on the handle. The knife, once black, turned into a blue-green shade emanating an icy aura. The bright blade aimed at the heavens and made the sky brighter for a moment—an alert that a matchless treasure blade had finally emerged.
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In the Bing Xue City Martial Skills Association Branch, a distinguished old man, with a longsword slung around his waist, stood with his hands behind his back on the roof of the guild building. His body was as steady as a rock and his eyes, cold as winter stars, gazed into the distance as if deep in thought. Suddenly, he spotted a cyan-blue radiance soaring into the sky not far away. Within the cyan-blue aura, there seemed to be a faint red line. The piercing cold aura brought along with it was so evident that it sent a chill down his spine. Looking again, the cyan-blue light had already disappeared, which made him gasp, "A divine weapon has emerged and is marked by blood. Could it be that the continent is about to fall into chaos again?"
The longsword in a green sharkskin sheath at his waist hummed slightly before regaining its calm. The old man in fine clothes patted it, "Old fellow, you seem frightened. What kind of divine weapon has emerged that could induce such fear in you? Even though we share a bond, and with my Martial Saint abilities, should we be afraid of a mere divine weapon? Even a divine weapon's power depends on who wields it."
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Ice God Tower.
In the center of a blue hexagram with a diameter exceeding ten meters, a surge of blue light burst forth. A woman with snowy white hair suddenly opened her eyes. Although her hair was as white as snow, her extremely beautiful face was youthful. A deep and profound coldness filled her blue eyes, and her white robe edged with gold signified her noble status. With a beckoning of her right hand, a transparent crystal ball appeared in her grasp. "This is the moan of the Goddess, could it be that the tower's stone did not perish in the Tianqing River? In the name of the Ice-Snow Goddess, I command you to draw the aura of the Goddess."
The white light abruptly intensified, and a layer of mist appeared on the crystal ball. Suddenly, a cyan-blue light illuminated within the mist. With a light 'ting' sound, the woman's hand shook, and the crystal ball shattered into fragments before her. "Such a fierce aura, it is indeed the Ice-Snow Goddess stone. Humph, someone come." Her voice wasn't loud, but it seemed imbued with a soul-shaking fluctuation. The grand doors opened, and two women clad in long white robes entered. They appeared to be in their sixties or seventies, their faces covered with wrinkles and showing their age.
"Great Ice-Snow Goddess Worshipper, what are your orders?"
The white-haired woman rose into the air and said indifferently: "I have sensed the location of the Ice-Snow Goddess stone. Immediately dispatch twelve Ice-Snow Worshippers from the tower and you two personally lead them to Bing Xue city. You must retrieve the Ice-Snow Goddess stone. The Goddess's dignity cannot be violated."
"Yes, great Ice-Snow Goddess Worshipper." The two elderly women bowed before exiting the room. The eyes of the Ice-Snow Goddess Worshipper glowed with a cold light, and her body was enveloped in a layer of blue mist. "Ling'er, why must you suffer so? Is love that essential to you? With your potential, if you were willing to let go of everything and receive my guidance, within twenty years, this Divine Convergence Instructor's seat would undoubtedly be yours. What's the need for suffering?" She let out a long sigh, and the surrounding aura fluctuated with it, causing the walls within the room to freeze over with a layer of ice about one foot thick.
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In Shuihuo's armory, Hua Tian sat on the ground, breathing heavily. His face was pale, obviously worn out, but his dull old eyes were filled with excitement and joy. Holding the short knife in his hand, he looked at the dew condensed from the white mist with a trembling voice, "It's a success, a success. Autumn Water White Dew, what an unparalleled divine knife. I didn't expect the Ice Stone to have a much stronger spirit than I had imagined. I've finally created an unparalleled divine knife. Finally, I can keep up with the God Zhu smiths of history, ha ha, ha ha ha ha."
Nian Bing muttered to himself with his hand over his wrist, "Gentle Water, please heal the wound with your soft smile, Healing Art." A faint blue light caressed the wound on his wrist, and the wound healed instantly. Although the scar was still there, the bleeding had stopped. Water and ice come from the same source, so a first-rank Healing Art is not difficult for Nian Bing.
Hua Tian shakily stood up from the ground, looked at the blade in his hand, and then at Nian Bing, "Little Fatty, I've consecrated this knife with your blood, so only you can unlock all of its power. You have to treat this knife well. Honestly speaking, I really can't bear to give it to you, to treat such a divine blade as a kitchen knife. A pearl covered in dust indeed!"
Cha Ji laughed, "Cover your head with dust, you mean. Isn't that gemstone my apprentice's? Without the Ice Stone, no matter how capable you are, you couldn't have made such a good knife. Enough with the nonsense, it was a hundred Purple Gold Coins, right? Here you go." Saying so, he took out a purse from his bosom and threw it at Hua Tian.
Hua Tian grunted and threw the purse back to Cha Ji, "Such a treasure has appeared, how could it be tainted by filthy lucre? You've gotten off cheap this time. However, I suggest your apprentice wrap the handle of the knife in cloth to hide the gemstone; the innocent should not suffer for the guilt of possessing jade. If it gets stolen, all my hard work would have been in vain."