In the Blade

In this day and age, it is not an easy task to find someone.

Several Jibei villagers were sent out. They were all well-trained children of the Yang family, but no matter how well-trained they were, they had to know where to report the news - they only knew that Du Chengfeng went to the Imperial City of Jiankang, and they knew nothing about the rest. How could they find him?

"The flying monster in the sky can find Mr. Liu directly, so can't you find Mr. Du?"

This is what Carpenter Li said before they set off. The good old man got angry at everyone for the first time.

So these children of the Yang family could only go to the Imperial City of Jiankang first to see if they could get some luck.

But their luck was obviously not very good, just because Du Chengfeng himself didn't know where he was at the moment - he only knew that he was in Lijia Village, but he had no idea which county Lijia Village was in, which state this county belonged to, and which prefecture this state belonged to.

He was so busy chasing the gray-black fire phoenix that he didn't even think of asking these questions. Besides, he didn't have the energy to ask these questions at the moment.

He was studying the two bronze fragments carefully.

These two fragments were knocked off the bronze axe. One was picked up by him, and the other was taken out from the belly of the gray-black fire phoenix. Although they were only fragments, Du Chengfeng always felt that this thing might be able to be sharpened - but before that, he had to deal with another matter first.

"Can you get out?"

Du Chengfeng turned his head and looked at the gray-black fire phoenix squatting in front of him.

"This is my bedroom. Who let you in?"

"Let's fight."

The gray-black fire phoenix stiffened its neck.

"Since you and I don't want to give in, let's..."

Puff.

Before the gray-black fire phoenix finished speaking, the phantom sword in Du Chengfeng's hand had already stabbed into its belly.

It wasn't enough to just stab it with one sword. Du Chengfeng chopped left and right, and even chopped it hard, knocking the gray-black fire phoenix to the ground, and even cut it into small pieces.

But even after doing all this, Du Chengfeng's face was still quite ugly.

Just because at the moment when he put away his sword, the gray-black fire phoenix actually condensed its body again.

"Oh, oh! That's it! Come again! Come again!"

The expression of the gray-black fire phoenix became more and more crazy.

"Thoughts can't be killed! Thoughts can't be killed! Come again! Stick your sword in again!"

"...Forget it."

Du Chengfeng shook his head, and he was too lazy to care about this birdman after all. Although in theory he could chop the birdman again to vent his anger, this kind of beating method in his eyes seemed to be rewarding the gray-black fire phoenix.

Of course, theoretically, if he kills it a few more times, he might be able to kill the gray-black fire phoenix. After all, he has seen that after it re-condensed, the fire on the gray-black fire phoenix has obviously dimmed a little, but now he has no time to waste with the birdman, he has more dangerous enemies to face.

"Forget it, if you want it so much."

Using the Shadow Sword to nail the gray-black fire phoenix to the wall next to him, Du Chengfeng picked up the two bronze fragments and put them on the grindstone.

The first fragment is the broken end of the blade. The old blade is obviously no longer usable, but through the thin edge, Du Chengfeng can still vaguely feel how sharp this thing was in the past.

It is not as sharp as an axe. The blade angle of the axe is relatively larger, which makes the axe more solid and more powerful when chopping. The blade on the axe is closer to a "knife". Although it can also be used for chopping, it is obvious that this relatively thin blade is more conducive to cutting.

Or in other words, cutting meat.

When the fragments of the axe were placed on the grindstone, those ancient and mysterious things that had been sealed in the past came to mind.

And Du Chengfeng also vaguely felt something.

Unlike the forging of later generations, this bronze axe was cast in one piece. The bronze axe that had just been polished was not covered with green rust as it is now, but was shining with gold. Only noble warriors were qualified to use these golden tools, which would make them look more courageous and extraordinary.

Yes, tools.

This bronze axe was originally used only for cutting meat.

However, this was not used for cutting meat on a regular basis, but for cutting sacrifices during rituals. Those who surrounded the altar would smear the blood of the sacrifice on their bodies and draw sharp patterns, and the flesh and blood of the sacrifice would be offered to the ghosts and gods in the dark, in exchange for those powers that were far beyond the ordinary.

"Is it an exchange? Not a prayer?"

Du Chengfeng vaguely sensed something, but that hint of inspiration was too weak.

But he knew at least one thing, that is, these people around the altar, the so-called "Yin people" in the past, did not treat ghosts and gods as believers - it was more of a transaction than a sacrifice. The Yin people offered sacrifices, and the ghosts and gods had to give back.

"Are there really such things as ghosts and gods?"

Du Chengfeng always felt that something was wrong. After all, if there were such things as ghosts and gods in this world, there was no reason for him to not know about it. At least from his own experience, he really didn't find anything in this world that could be called ghosts and gods.

If there were really ghosts and gods in the world, let alone him, even the nameless giant would have been happy to run and fight them. How could he have suffocated himself to death in the imperial mausoleum?

But if ghosts and gods do not exist, then what he saw next is completely unexplainable.

After offering the sacrifices, these Yin people who performed the sacrifices actually gained strength.

Inexplicable power surges in the patterns on the surface of these Yin people, which makes the already strong Yin warriors become more fierce and fierce. After gaining this power, these Yin warriors They danced wildly and shouted at the altar, as if thanking the ghosts and gods for their blessings.

But in Du Chengfeng's view, this looked like a warm-up exercise before taking action.

And things turned out just as he expected. After the warriors finished dancing, they took out their spears and formed a group, obviously going out to kill people.

And the picture brought by this bronze fragment also ends here.

"Um……"

Du Chengfeng frowned when he regained consciousness. He vaguely felt that something was not right.

Everything seems to be fine, just a normal pre-war prayer and then going out. As for killing an unlucky ghost to sacrifice the flag, it still happens now, there is nothing strange about it - but a flash in my mind Past inspiration always reminds him that there is something else hidden in this picture.

With this in mind, Du Chengfeng picked up the second bronze fragment.

The second bronze fragment is closer to the back of the knife, and there are relatively few remaining edges on it. If you want to polish this kind of thing, you may not be able to use a whetstone - fortunately, Du Chengfeng is no longer a fledgling, he is now a guy Things were relatively complete. After realizing that this thing was not easy to touch, he simply took out a piece of deerskin from his arms and changed it to wiping it.

But this time, what he felt was closer to the "human" part than the ancient mystery just now.

This scene should be after the expedition. The powerful Yin soldiers returned with a great victory, but there will always be casualties in war. After all, two Yin soldiers were unfortunately injured, and they looked like they would not survive.

"We brought them back intact."

The Yin soldiers laughed and cried at the same time. The joy of victory made their faces smile, but no matter how strong the joy was, it could not dilute the sadness in their hearts.

Death is death after all, and it is impossible to come back to life. Even the ghosts and gods in the underworld cannot make them continue to live.

But ghosts and gods can allow them to continue to be with warriors.

"Please, priest."

"Um."

The priest holding the bronze yue nodded and then took off his robe, revealing a body that was stronger and stronger than the warriors.

The strong priest carried the two corpses and led the soldiers into the ancient valley. In the valley, several huge furnaces were burning day and night. After directing the soldiers to select two large baskets of ore, The priest then asked the soldiers to throw the ore into the two furnaces.

Immediately afterwards, the priest threw the two corpses into the furnace.

The high temperature completely burned the corpse and mixed it with the molten metal produced by the ore, indistinguishable from each other.

Along with the long and complicated incantations, the hot molten liquid was poured out and poured into the prepared tools.

"You come, you come too."

After the molten liquid cooled completely, the priest selected two people from among the soldiers. They had the deepest friendship with the two deceased warriors and were also the saddest.

After calling them out, the priest opened the tool and handed them the ax blade cast inside.

"Go ahead, take your brothers back, polish your brothers, remember to wipe them down every day... They will continue to fight with you, they are watching you, don't let them down."

"Thank you!"

The soldiers quickly took over the precious treasure, and then offered part of their spoils as a price for asking the priest to take action.

Of course, in order to reward the ghosts and gods who accomplished all this, they also offered sacrifices.

"this……"

After watching all this, Du Chengfeng finally found a familiar feeling.

Isn't this just forging evil weapons?

It's just different from what he thought. This is not to first forge the weapon and then kill people to infect the weapon with evil spirit - the behavior of the Yin priest is the opposite. From the very beginning of the casting stage, the corpse is It is thrown into the furnace, mixed with the molten metal, and finally poured into the shape of the weapon.

The difference is huge, even huge. Both the techniques and ideas are completely different. The most important thing is that the Yin priest used corpses, not living people, but judging from the results, the vicious weapons were still made.

"How is this done?"

Du Chengfeng felt that his common sense was challenged again.

But he is used to this kind of thing. After all, his common sense has been challenged not once or twice. Whenever he thinks he has mastered some irrefutable truth, this world that has seen ghosts can always bring him A little new surprise.

However, he was still a little skeptical. He always felt that the weapons produced by this method must be very different from the evil weapons he had seen before.

And in the next picture, he did see those differences.

The difference is that the fierce weapons made by this method are more fierce and more powerful. Unlike the later fierce weapons he had seen, the weapons made by the Yin people with the bones of their companions had incredible power from the beginning. The Yin warriors wielding these weapons were like tigers descending from the mountains, destroying cities and strongholds without any problem.

As for why Du Chengfeng could see this, of course it was because the priest holding the bronze axe also participated in the battle. After realizing that the front line had lost manpower, the strong priest tied the axe to a pole and made it look like a big axe. The way he wielded the big axe to kill the enemy was more courageous than those warriors.

"Give me your lives!"

While shouting, the priest hacked at the bodies around him, and with this horrible killing, the blood actually gathered on the priest's body, flowing in the sharp patterns on the priest's body, injecting more strength into his already strong body.

For a while, the priest became more and more courageous.

Beside the priest, other warriors were doing the same thing. They wantonly killed everything around them and slaughtered all the enemies. In just a moment, this ancient city with a complete city defense structure had been slaughtered. This was the result of daring to hurt the Yin warriors.

So, how many Yin warriors were there?

Five people.

Including the priest himself, the Yin people only used five people to kill an entire city.

This was the most accustomed fighting method of the Yin people.

Arrange troops? No need. Charge into the battle? No need. The real strong do not need to bring the weak to drag themselves down, they can kill everything by themselves.

But in the eyes of the Yin people, this is still not strong enough.

"If I can be stronger, I can do this little thing by myself."

This is the sigh of the Yin priest after the bloody battle. It is obviously a great victory, but he is still blaming himself and blaming himself for not being strong enough.

"But fortunately, as long as I complete a few more sacrifices, it will be fine."

The Yin priest sighed.

"As long as I complete seven more sacrifices, I will definitely be able to do it. As long as I complete seven more sacrifices, I can become a real ghost... It's a pity that I still know too much."

I still know too much?

Why do you say that?

Du Chengfeng was suddenly stunned.

The inspiration that was originally elusive suddenly became clear.

The first additional update is here, and the second additional update will be in the morning.

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I'm going to eat, and everyone should rest early.