Throne of Radiance

In all fairness, this collection room is almost larger than the living room in most people's homes. The dark red sandalwood cabinets are laid tightly on three walls from the ceiling to the floor.In the sandalwood cabinet is a neat collection of antiques.

Lacquer ware, porcelain, pottery, bronze ware, plates, urns, bottles, cones... a variety of ancient objects illuminated by delicate lamps inlaid in sandalwood cabinets, in this silent collection room, present to everyone Visitors display their splendor.

But all of this is nothing compared to the quiet ancient sword in the deep red flannel on the square booth in the center of the collection room.

—It was a rusty bronze dagger.

About two fingers wide and no more than fifty centimeters long, circle after circle of notches wrapped around the hilt, and at the bottom of the notches were two copper rings juxtaposed together.Because of the age and material, this sword doesn't look sharp, but rather dull.

Because of its shortness and lightness, and because of its blunt and thick blade, it looks bulky. Two diametrically opposed qualities are presented in the senses of several people.

The white light from around the square booth illuminated the entire bronze short sword, and also showed the traces of mottled years on the sword, and the continuous sound of the sword echoed in the collection room.

An Xiaoxi led the crowd over, and introduced with a finger: "This sword is called Chengyuan. It is said that it has a history of at least seven or eight hundred years. It should be the strange thing you are looking for..."

hum...

The sound of the sword sound became clearer.

When several people got closer, they realized that the bronze short sword was not lying on the booth, but floating in the air above the booth, with a distance of one finger's width from the crimson flannelette.

It kept trembling in mid-air, and the long sword cry echoed in this space, carrying an indescribably desolate taste.

The eyes of Xue Hao and the others lit up immediately.

They almost couldn't wait to surround them: "It's actually an ancient bronze sword. This kind of weapon is the best in terms of lethality and practicality!"

Especially Shi Cheng, who dreamed of being a sword fairy since he was a child, his eyes were almost glued to the sword.The sword he had obtained from underground channels at a huge price before was no longer popular.

Now his only worry is that the price of this sword may exceed their initial psychological expectations, and...

"Why did you sell such a good sword?" He couldn't comprehend An Xiaoxi's behavior. He made a sound, with a confused and heartbroken tone, "You don't look like you are short of money!"

hum...

Suddenly, the ancient bronze sword groaned again, as if agreeing with the words of the time, complaining for his fate of being sold.

The Ji brothers and sisters also nodded repeatedly, very puzzled.

The experience in the sword world gave them a bit of knowledge about cold weapons, so they can naturally see that this is a good sword.

Even if it is rusted due to the erosion of the years, people can't help worrying that it will break in one blow, but perhaps it is the reason for the transformation into a strange thing, the surface of this sword body has an imperceptible charm.In the sword world, it can also be called the embryonic form of a magic weapon.

Although martial arts are prevalent now, Yao Kingdom has stricter control over cold weapons. Many people use wooden knives and wooden swords to practice martial arts. If you want to buy iron weapons on the bright side, you have to apply for a report with your ID card, which means Useful, it may not be able to pass the application... I don’t know how many martial arts practitioners are eager for a weapon at hand, but there are still some people who push the treasure out of their hands, it is really weird!Thinking of this, they looked at An Xiaoxi with puzzled eyes.

An Xiaoxi just smiled helplessly: "This is naturally a good sword, but unfortunately, no one in our family can use it."

"...Grandpa is over 70 years old this year. Although he has learned some health-preserving boxing techniques, it is too embarrassing for him to dance with a sword. As for me..." When she said this, her beautiful eyes revealed something Dazed, "In my future plan, there has never been this road."

Born in a traditional scholarly family, she was taught piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child. Elegance, beauty, dignity, and generosity are the direction that her family wants her to grow up. Neither her family nor herself has ever used the sword This kind of cold weapon is associated with her.

The daze passed away quickly, and An Xiaoxi showed a relieved smile: "...this sword is just a pearl in my hands, it can only be used as a decoration, it is better to use it for more suitable people."

The soft light in the collection room shone on her long floral dress. The girl had long hair like clouds, and she had an indescribably elegant smile. Behind her was an ancient sandalwood cabinet full of antiques, which made her look amazing. It is like the protagonist of ancient beauty paintings who came out of hundreds of years ago and came to this era.

Memorial opened his mouth and closed it again.

Although I think it's a pity to sell such a strange thing like this, but... well, the young lady with such a gentle temperament really doesn't seem suitable for wielding swords.Besides, no one stipulated that in the era of spiritual recovery, everyone must love martial arts, right?

What's more, they are buyers this time. What's the matter with trying to persuade the seller not to sell... Feeling that there is something wrong with her head, she patted her forehead, decided to skip this topic, and asked instead: "We Can you pick it up and have a look?"

"Of course." An Xiaoxi agreed, and suddenly thought of something, "You should be martial arts practitioners who have really entered the door and cultivated inner energy?"

"Yeah, we are both brothers and sisters." Memorial smiled and pointed to his brother, a little surprised why An Xiaoxi asked this question, but An Xiaoxi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Do you think Just look at it. However, this sword may not be so obedient, be careful when touching it..."

"How can you be disobedient?" Memorial became interested, and without thinking too much, she reached for the bronze short sword, but just as her fingers were about to touch the hilt, her fingers convulsed, and her whole body suddenly felt like an electric shock General withdrew his hand.

And An Xiaoxi's answer also sounded at the same time: "It will emit sword energy..." Before she finished speaking, she turned her eyes and saw the reckless memorial, and she was stunned.

...it seems to be too late?

"hiss--"

Memorial gasped, and brought his palm close to his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a very fine wound on his index finger, as if a sharp paper had been lightly brushed, leaving a red mark.

She understood what An Xiaoxi meant by "maybe not so obedient".

"Are you okay..." Listening to An Xiaoxi's anxious question, Memorial blew his fingers indifferently: "It's okay, it's a good thing I reacted quickly, it seems that this sword can't be contained easily."

An Xiaoxi breathed a sigh of relief, and her willow eyebrows frowned again: "It seems that my thinking is too simple..."

From the appearance of strange things to the present, except for the great influence caused by the nameless and faceless god statue, the strange things discovered so far may be because most of them are transformed from ordinary objects. Although they are all strange, their general power is still not big.

It is probably like a little monster who has just become a spirit in myths and legends, with a low level of cultivation. Facing martial arts, warriors who are stronger than ordinary people in terms of physical reaction and mental will do not have much advantage, so most of them Easily contained.

Perhaps the only troublesome thing is their weird and unpredictable characteristics. Before they figure it out, it is easy to stumble.

And this bronze dagger, according to An Xiaoxi, has no weird properties, but as long as other people reach out to touch it and try to grasp it, they will be attacked by invisible sword energy.

At present, the only person who will not be attacked is An Xiaoxi.

The reason for this was not even clear to An Xiaoxi himself.If strange things were so easy to understand, they wouldn't be called strange things.

Hearing what she said, Xue Hao and the others also became interested: "It's so amazing, shouldn't this sword have a sword spirit? I'll try it." "I'll come too, I'll come too." "Let me try try."

Several people tried one by one, and it really seemed like a memorial. The moment they touched the ancient bronze sword, their fingers felt as if they had been sliced ​​by a blade. The faint sting made them withdraw their hands subconsciously. Stopping and continuing, it's not just the sting of being brushed by the invisible sword energy.

Shi Cheng, who originally fantasized that he was the chosen one, received the same treatment as his companions. He shook his stinging fingers and opened his mouth blankly: "Isn't this just like the sword that recognizes the master by dripping blood in fantasy novels?" Is the effect the same? It seems that this sword has identified you, and completely ignores others!" He looked at An Xiaoxi with eyes full of trash's condemnation of cowardice, and his whole body was ashamed, "I think I Shouldn't have come here..."

He dreamed of being a sword fairy since he was a child, and he never gave up after searching for gold fingers in the antique market for so many years. He read through countless classics, but until now he couldn't even cultivate a ray of internal energy.And now there are people who don't even think it's troublesome to recognize the master of the Excalibur...

...one cannot, at least not should.

"This wave is called thousands of miles to send people away! I have reason to suspect that you deliberately tricked us into being hit."

An Xiaoxi was a little caught off guard by Shi Cheng's expression of vomit. It seemed that he had really caused serious irritation to the other party?She waved her hands embarrassingly: "I'm sorry, sorry, I really didn't mean it. I'm not interested in martial arts practice, let alone practicing swords. Although it is said that the spiritual energy will recover, and the next is the era of extraordinary people, ordinary people without martial arts talent With so many people, as long as the country is in order, I think ordinary people will have ways of living as ordinary people.”

The life trajectory of the past 20 years, and the direction of hard work that has been insisted on for so many years, are not easy to choose to break.

"Is that so? Of course you can be an ordinary person if you want to..." Although Xue Hao and the others didn't understand, they also agreed with her statement that buying a sword is not enough. Now that they knew each other, they began to give her advice "But since the sword has identified you, I am afraid it will be difficult to get rid of it easily. Even if someone with a high level of martial arts cultivation can suppress this sword, if it suddenly releases sword energy when using this sword in a fight, it is simply I'm undercover! I guess no one wants to fight the enemy with a blade in their hands, right?"

"Yes, yes, you don't want to sell it. Anyway, the collection room of the villa is so big, if you don't want to practice martial arts, you can keep it here at worst. Just treat it as an antique."

An Xiaoxi was a little shaken, but then she thought about it: "Maybe it's the only way to do it, but I'm afraid it's not easy to keep it at home. Before that, there were actually three bronze swords in the collection room, but when the Chengyuan sword became On the second day of the miracle, the three bronze swords were all shattered into pieces."

——She also discovered those fragments when she was sorting out the collection room for her grandfather, and only then did she notice that the Cheng Yuan Sword had turned into a strange thing.

At first, she thought that something happened when the Chengyuan sword transformed, but the unintentional force formed accidentally shattered those swords.It's like in those fairy tale novels, when monsters take shape, they are described as strong winds and invisible vortexes at every turn.

But not long ago, her grandfather got a rare ancient sword again, and just after putting it in the collection room, he was shaken to pieces by the invisible sword energy.This made An Xiaoxi have to suspect that it was Cheng Yuanjian's good deed.

"...A few nights ago, it suddenly rioted in the collection room. Several ancient objects were destroyed by the sword energy, and there were still scratches on the door of the collection room. Grandpa was awakened in the middle of the night, and he was very worried about continuing. Cheng Yuanjian The power of the sword is getting stronger and stronger, destroying the collection room is just a trivial matter, and it would be bad for everyone. He reluctantly gave up his love and asked me to find the right person as soon as possible to give this sword out."

Only then did Xue Hao realize the seriousness of the problem.Such a big killer, since I don't plan to use it, it's really dangerous to keep it at home.Ji Heng raised his hand: "It seems that we can only hand it over to the country. I happen to know someone. May I help you contact the Alien Detection Department for containment?"

Many people like to trade rare items privately and are unwilling to go to the official, because the official purchase price is not as high as the private transaction, and some people always like to make up for the official organization to grab it by force...

"The official purchase price is indeed lower, but the safety is guaranteed. Even if no one can use your sword, you can only seal it up. I believe that the Department of Detection will not let a lethal strange item fall outside."

"It seems like this is the only way to go." An Xiaoxi nodded hesitantly.

Her eyes flicked across the bronze short sword, and her eyes were stained with inexplicable regret.

I wanted to find a suitable sword owner for Chengyuan Sword, so that this sword could have a chance to show its brilliance in battle... Is it still just transferred from one collection room to another?

For some reason, she felt inexplicably melancholy.

Just when Ji Heng took out his mobile phone and dialed Li Fufeng's private number, a piercing alarm sounded suddenly.

The sound kept ringing, echoing throughout the villa.

"The security system of the villa was alarmed." An Xiaoxi was shocked suddenly, "A stranger broke in?"

Based on her experience, she was keenly aware of what was wrong: "There are security guards hired from the security company in the villa. If someone enters by mistake, or a few thieves, it is not a trouble at all. The siren won't ring for so long without canceling it. , something must have happened!"

Thinking of her grandfather who was still in the room, her face changed slightly.

"...Go out and have a look!"

Xue Hao and the others also reacted, and quickly ran towards the door of the collection room.After a few steps to the gate, Memorial's ear, whose hearing is far superior to that of ordinary people, moved slightly, and suddenly stopped, and stopped Xue Hao who was bumping into him from behind. Ji Heng also reached out his hand tacitly to grab the other two people. A flash towards the side against the wall:

"Wait, someone's here!"

boom!

As soon as he leaned against the wall, the heavy door of the collection room was slammed open, and someone broke in through the door.

one two three four……

A few people stuck to the wall and stared in amazement at the group of people who broke in suddenly, and seemed to be completely stunned by fright.

Their eyes swept over the strangers who broke in suddenly, and they noticed the extraordinarily strong aura of some of them, as well as the hostile expressions of the visitors, their hearts sank, and they secretly thought that something was wrong.

——Martial arts practitioner!

——And, there are four masters!

Tick, tick.

The collection room was dead silent, and the bloody crimson liquid dripped from the intruder's fingers, soaking the red carpet.

That's... blood!

Realizing this, An Xiaoxi's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help leaning back against the wall.

"Don't move." The leading man noticed her movement, and cast his cold and hawk-like gaze over her.He seemed to smile, but the smile didn't have the slightest hint of kindness, "Keep quiet and cooperate obediently, we won't kill you."

He raised a hand and drew a circle towards the full collection in the collection room. Viscous blood fell down his palm. With his expression unchanged, he ordered to the others:

"Hurry up, take everything here! Be careful not to bump it!"