Nine Yang Sword Saint

Chapter 72: The Millennium Owl! Escape from the Mine
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

“Correct, at the intersection of the dark gap and the abyss magma, a Demonic Beast was born upon being bombarded with thousands of lightning bolts. It is an extremely rare electric Demonic Beast, and I have only heard of it but have never seen it before,” Dongfang Niemie said.

Yang Dingtian was shocked!

For the Yin Yang Five-Element Formation, the last thing he needed was a demon nucleus of an electric Demonic Beast. Whether it was Dongfang Niemie or Ximen Ningning, neither had any idea where to find one. Unexpectedly, there was one hidden in the Horror Mountain Village.

It is well-known that electric Demonic Beasts are extremely rare. Their birth required extremely stringent requirements, requiring the fulfillment of three criteria.

Flame, Dark energy, Lightning!

Therefore, each and every electric Demonic Beast was a treasure, causing countless numbers of people to hunt it down. Thus, Yang Dingtian never expected that there was an electric Owl Beast in Zhao Wuji’s Horror Mountain Village.

Zhao Wuji continued, “This Millennium Owl was sealed in the abyss magma three hundred years ago during the Yin Yang Festival by ten top elites, who took advantage of the owl that was weakened then. Then, my ancestors built this Horror Mountain Village on this piece of land, hoping to make this owl into a soul weapon. However, no one has ever succeeded in the past 300 years. In four days, both moons will be covering both suns, causing the sky to turn dark and all of the dark creatures to instantly become stronger. The owl is the lord of all dark creatures, and the seal that is chaining it would lose its effectiveness. During the Yin Yang Festival, the power of the owl increases by almost ten times, but it only lasts for a while. Then, it will be very weak for the next six months. However, this short period is sufficient for it to destroy Horror Mountain Village, and even all the forces within a few hundred miles would suffer from its devastating attack.”

“Yang Dingtian, follow a father’s last request. Go to the Horror Mountain Village and pass this message to my son? Have him immediately leave Horror Mountain Village,” Zhao Wuji said. “I will return the flame feather to you and these two pieces of Bloody Black Gold as well.”

After that, Zhao Wuji used all his strength to throw the flame feather and Bloody Black Gold over.

Then, Zhao Wuji said, “I’m sorry for destroying your demon nuclei. Please forgive my previous offense and be sure to go to the Horror Mountain Village and make my son leave.”

“I’ll try,” Yang Dingtian said.

“Okay, thank you, thank you…” Zhao Wuji twitched and took out a jade, saying, “Give this jade to my son. He will believe what you say.”

Yang Dingtian slowly walked over and took the jade from his hand.

Suddenly, he stopped and said, “Zhao Wuji, what is in your other hand? Is it a poison needle? You already have no more Xuan energy, but you still want to kill me.”

Zhao Wuji’s face suddenly changed dramatically and showed extreme embarrassment. He shot the poison needle in his hand towards Yang Dingtian.

Yang Dingtian easily escaped.

“I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you….”

“I want you to be buried with me, buried with me…..”

“I want to die together with you. You come here, you come here…..”

Zhao Wuji yelled madly, both hands waving like those of a devil, and then, all movements stopped. The sound of a short breath could be heard beneath his throat. His body collapsed to the ground, and he died!

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Yang Dingtian did not go over immediately but waited for a few minutes until he confirmed that Zhao Wuji was completely dead. He walked over and took the jade from his hand with a bag covering his hand.

Yang Dingtian stared at Zhao Wuji’s corpse, stopped for a moment, and asked, “The Owl Demonic Beast that he spoke of. Was it true or false?”

But now was not the time to think about this. Leaving here quickly was the main concern. Yang Dingtian instantly turned over and left the crystal mine.

He passed by the place where he hid the bag containing over forty pieces of Bloody Black Gold, pondered for a moment, and did not bring it with him. This was because without the Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth, he won’t be able to forge a sword treasure. As such, this gold won’t be of any use.

“Son, take this Bloody Black Gold with you,” Dongfang Niemie suddenly said.

Yang Dingtian wondered why and asked, “Isn’t this Bloody Black Gold useless if I bring it out now?”

Dongfang Niemie said, “Before forging a soul sword, you need a small amount of Bloody Black Gold to forge a basic sword. Then, you use this basic sword during combat and let your body develop along with the sword. In the future when you possess the Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth, you can use this basic sword as a seed and add the remaining nine hundred plus pieces of Bloody Black Gold. This is how the perfect sword soul of the supreme soul sword is forged.”

Yang Dingtian asked, “Didn’t you say that only the Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth is capable of forging the Bloody Black Gold?”

“Only the Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth can completely melt the Bloody Black Gold, remove its impurities, and leave only the most essential parts to be used in forging a splendid soul sword.” Dongfang Niemie said: “For example, it requires 999 Bloody Black Gold to forge a splendid sword. The materials weigh around twenty thousand Jin. But after it is being melted down by the Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth, it is left with less than one hundred Jin after the remaining 99.5% is all burned away. Such a sword is extremely powerful, and only such a sword can nurture the ultimate sword soul.”

Yang Dingtian bit his tongue, looked at the ten-thousand-year-old Bloody Black Gold. It was pure metal and seemed to be free of impurities. He never would have thought that only 5% of its essence will remain after it is processed by the Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth. Yang Dingtian could not imagine how shocking such a splendid, emperor sword would be after it is forged.

“You don’t need to be so particular about the basic sword. You don’t have to use the Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth. As long as you find a strong fire from the earth, you can melt the Bloody Black Gold and cast it into a basic sword,” Dongfang Niemie said. “But, the basic sword that is forged out of earth fire is very rough and heavy. The basic sword made out of forty-five Bloody Black Gold forged by an extremely strong earth fire would weigh approximately two hundred Jin. But, if the strongest earth fire cannot be found, it is possible to make a basic sword that weighs seven to eight hundred jin.

“Master, with the same amount of Bloody Black Gold, is it true that the lighter the sword that is forged, the stronger it is?” Yang Dingtian asked.

“Of course,” Dongfang Niemie said. “The lighter the sword, the more impurities are being removed, the purer the texture of the sword, the more intense the heat energy contained in it. But in the absence of the Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth, forty-five Bloody Black Gold pieces would weigh 900 jin, and forging to the limit will only create a basic sword that weighs a hundred Jin.”

“Then, is the basic sword made out of Xuan energy as well?” Yang Dingtian asked.

“Of course. With the power of 45 Bloody Black Gold pieces, the best basic sword would weigh 200 jin, and 10% of its weight would be Xuan energy. In comparison, a superb basic sword weighs 100 jin, of which 20% is Xuan energy,” Dongfang Niemie said. “But, those are for normal Bloody Black Gold. Your ten-thousand-year-old Bloody Black Gold is many times better.”

“Then, is it about thirty or forty percent?” Yang Dingtian was in shock. “Yanyan’s treasure sword was obtained by uncle Ximen from a secret place, and it was already a splendid weapon. But, the Xuan energy attack was merely thirty percent. A rough basic sword made out of ten-thousand-year-old Bloody Black Gold could easily reach thirty or forty percent?”

“Of course, this is ten-thousand-year-old Bloody Black Gold, the world’s treasure,” Dongfang Niemie said. “Although it is merely a basic sword, it can already be considered powerful out in the world.”

Yang Dingtian could not help but ask, “Master, what about the splendid soul sword made out of Bloody Black Gold? How much would it increase the effectiveness of Xuan energy attacks? What about emperor level?”

“The splendid soul sword can increase the power of Xuan energy attacks up to 99%. As for the emperor level ones, no one knows,” Dongfang Niemie said. “But when it reaches that level, Xuan energy attack power is no longer important. The qualities of Xuan skills and sword soul would are more essential then.”

“To you, the basic sword is important for you as a seed to forge a splendid sword in the future. The attacking power increase of Xuan energy attacks is not the main concern,” Dongfang Niemie said. “As long as it doesn’t affect its use, it will do.”

“Master, then where can I find earth fire needed to forge the basic sword?” Yang Dingtian asked. “Are there any nearby?”

“Of course not. You would need an extremely powerful earth fire to melt ten-thousand-year-old Bloody Black Gold, at least eighth or ninth rank,” Dongfang Niemie said. “It is equivalent to the heat of a large amount of magma condensed into flames the size of a basin.”

Yang Dingtian was stunned. “It sounds like this earth fire is extremely powerful. Then, what is the difference between earth fire and Xuan fire?

Dongfang Niemie said, “Earth Fire is dead and cannot be refined into a Heart Fire. Xuan Fire is alive. It can be used to refine a Heart Fire and is an extremely important thing for a high-level martial artist, not any less important than Xuan energy. Although eighth or ninth rank Earth Fire is extremely powerful, its energy is not even one percent of Xuan Fire. For example, three thousand square meters of land could be used to concoct a ninth rank Earth Fire, but a few ten thousands square meters of land might not be able to concoct one Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth.”

“Which is why almost all martial artists refine fire-type Demon Beasts for their own Heart Fire, and extremely few top elites are lucky enough to refine the Xuan Fire of the Earth as their Heart Fire. As for Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth, it completely depends on fate,” Dongfang Niemie explained.

Yang Dingtian bit his tongue. It seems like his road to the splendid soul sword is extremely difficult, especially when even forging a basic sword now was already so hard.

“I have no idea where to find some Xuan Fire of Heaven and Earth that has not been refined, but I have a clue. I know that there is some top quality Earth Fire that you can use to forge a basic sword located on an island that is eight thousand meters west of here. There is a Fire Cloud Devil Cave, within which the Earth Fire can be found.”

“The Earth Fire blooms once every ten years, and each time, it blooms for only two hours. The next time it blooms will be in four months,” Dongfang Niemie said. “Wait till you become a Five-star Xuan Warrior. Master will bring you to where the Earth Fire is located and forge the best basic sword.”

Five-star Xuan Warrior in four months’ time!

“It all depends on the breakthrough during the Yin Yang Festival. If this time, I successfully break through Six-star Xuan Martial Artist, I have confidence that I will be able to become a Five-star Xuan Warrior in four months’ time.

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Due to the need to forge a basic sword, Yang Dingtian had to carry these 45 pieces of Bloody Black Gold out. But, he couldn’t take all of them at once it all weighed 900 jin in total. It is impossible to traverse 200 meters of unfreezing water with all of it.

Hence, Yang Dingtian took 9 pieces with him each time and made 5 round trips. He spent close to an hour going back and forth.

At the moment, the sun was about to set outside, and it could be surmised that Ningning would be panicking right about now.

After moving all of the ten-thousand-year-old Bloody Black Gold, Yang Dingtian still had one thing left to do. That was to hunt for the last hidden four-legged cold snake to obtain its demon nucleus. This was because the ice and gold demon nuclei he had before was destroyed by Zhao Wuji.

He carried three Bloody Black Gold pieces with him and jumped into the unfreezing pond in order to withstand the cold.

However, after diving into the unfreezing pond several times, he still couldn’t find the four-legged cold snake, not knowing which corner it had hidden itself in. He even searched through the deepest area and was almost frozen stiff, but he still didn’t manage to find the cold snake.

Obviously, it had nowhere to run and could only be hiding within some crevice. The unfreezing pond was not small, and each time, Yang Dingtian could only stay ten minutes in the water. He needed to obtain the ice demon nucleus as soon as possible.

Therefore, Yang Dingtian thought of a method, which was pretending to be dead! He believed that the cold snake was aware of his existence and might be looking at him right now.

After deciding to fake his death, Yang Dingtian struggled a while in the water. Then, his limbs stopped moving and started floating on the water surface as if he were dead.

Three minutes passed.

Five minutes passed.

The cold snake still did not appear.

Ten minutes passed. Did the cold snake not notice him?

Yang Dingtian, who was floating on the surface of the pond, was extremely nervous. Did the cold snake not notice him, or is the cold snake too cunning?

He’ll act for another ten minutes, and if the cold snake still doesn’t appear, he’d think of another way.

At this exact moment, there was some movement in the water. The ice-blue-colored snake rushed out from somewhere like an arrow, opened its mouth, and prepared to bite Yang Dingtian.

Although it was merely a low-rank demon beast, it was still extremely cunning. At first, it thought that Yang Dingtian was acting, but ten minutes later, it came out to bite Yang Dingtian. Its hatred towards him was pretty strong. When it rushed forward, it opened its mouth extremely wide, baring its sharp teeth.

Just as the cold snake was about to bite Yang Dingtian, his body rose, and he flung out the flame feather in his hands with lightning speed and pierced the mouth of the cold snake. The cold snake’s head was chopped off, and he dug out the demon nucleus right in the water before jumping out of the pond.

“Fortunately, there was still one cold snake. Otherwise, I really would have no idea where to get another ice demon nucleus.” Yang Dingtian stared at the ice demon nucleus, reveling in the feeling of getting back something that was lost.

“I have to quickly get out. Ningning must be very worried by now.” Yang Dingtian placed the ice demon nucleus in his sleeves, dragged the bag full of Bloody Black Gold behind him, climbed up, and headed out of the mine cave.