A Weapon Spirit ? (Visiting The Myriad Heaven City) (4)

“The Paragon… to have such a big background as this, he must not be simple.” Haoyu mumbled.

“But why did you call the sword ‘the cursed sword’ earlier?” Haoyu suddenly asked out of curiosity.

Looking at Haoyu, the shopkeeper nonchalantly said, “Because it is indeed a cursed sword.”

“Anyone who made contact with the sword, or accidentally touched the sword, went crazy. Some even suffered from Qi Deviation out of sudden and some even got their soul devoured by the sword. They became a lifeless body without a soul. It’s almost like the sword is alive itself, however until now nobody can confirm the true identity of the sword.”

“And one more thing, there’s also a rumor that says the sword has achieved its sentience but since there’s nothing that can prove the claims, the rumor only stayed as a rumor.”

After hearing such an explanation from the shopkeeper, Haoyu fell into deep thought. He was trying to figure out the mysteries behind the sword using his past life knowledge but he couldn’t no matter how much he thought.

At this point, the only solution that he could think of was by making contact with the sword. But he didn’t want to risk his second life for a mere lower world sword.

If the rumor is true that the sword has achieved its sentience, then with his current cultivation he wouldn’t be able to suppress the sword spirit and would end up getting devoured by the sword spirit.

After falling into a deep thought state for a few minutes, Haoyu finally regained his consciousness and asked a question to the shopkeeper.

“Hey shopkeeper, did you by any chance know anything about a weapon spirit?” he spoke.

Looking at him in such a disbelieving way, the shopkeeper replied, “H-how did you know about the weapon spirit?”

“Weapon spirit?” Yao Yin and Mei Qi both of them were confused as they had never heard about the term until just now.

“E-ehh what did I say wrong?” he said inwardly.

Little did he know that the weapon spirit in this world was too rare and only a handful of people know about its existence.

And now, he casually mentioned it in public.

“A-ahem, put that thing aside for now. Judging by your reactions, you must know a thing or two, right?” Haoyu said.

“Naturally, I would know about it, but I can’t explain such a thing here. Also, it is not allowed to even talk about it in public, so how can you just casually mention it here?” The shopkeeper said.

“Oh, don’t worry. I have applied a specific illusion technique that can cover an entire space of where I stood before I mentioned that stuff up to you. The people won’t know what we will be doing and talking about. So we’re free to talk about it as much as we want,” Haoyu spoke as he quietly snapped one of his fingers.

As soon as his finger was snapped, the entire space of where he stood was really covered with illusion.

“Illusion technique that can cover the entire space of where he stood? I have never heard of such a technique in my entire life, plus he looks young too. His background is not simple. From now on, I must treat him with courtesy,” the shopkeeper said inwardly.

One of the girls then started asking Haoyu questions.

“Young master, what is a weapon spirit?” Mei Qi asked out of curiosity.

The same also goes for Yao Yin.

“Weapon spirit? Such a thing exists?” Yao Yin asked with a confused look.

“T-this two…” The shopkeeper said while sighing.

Judging by their reactions, Haoyu definitely knew what the problem was.

“It’s fine, they are with me. So I’ll explain it to them myself.”

“Haa~” The shopkeeper released a big sigh.

“Weapon spirit is a state when a weapon gains sentience and forms its own soul, but for a weapon to gain sentience, it is not simple. There are specific conditions that must be met before a weapon can gain sentience.”

“First, the weapon grade plays a big role. Lower grade weapons can’t achieve sentience. Second, the materials used to forge the sword must be extraordinary and a treasure coveted by everyone in the entire world. Lastly, for the weapon to gain its own sentience, it must experience a huge number of killings. The more the weapon is used to kill, the better the chance of its achieved sentience.”

“This is how a weapon normally gains its sentience, however there’s a technique specially created for a weapon to gain its sentience. But the technique has been forbidden since ancient times because it requires a sacrifice as an offering to the weapon.”

“And once the weapon has achieved its sentience, a weapon spirit would be formed, and it would serve you as its master. However, once the owner of the weapon passes away, the weapon spirit gains the right to choose who they want to serve as their next master.”

“And to be the Master of a weapon spirit, one must form a blood contract with the weapon spirit. If you manage to subdue the weapon spirit, you will become its owner but if you fail, your soul will be devoured by the spirit because only by consuming a soul, it can enhance its strength.”

“In this case, the sword most likely has achieved its sentience and formed a spirit, that’s why all of them who touched the sword became a lifeless body after touching the sword. They can’t subdue the sword spirit because of their low cultivation base.”

“A weapon spirit can cultivate just like us, but they use specific things to increase their cultivation level such as spirit stones. Other than that, they mostly devour a soul to increase their cultivation level.”