"What’s wrong?"
Seeing him remain silent, Wu Neng quickly looked at the box and saw a pill inside.
The pill was entirely silver and about the size of a silver coin.
Everyone quickly gathered around. After a good long look, they discovered that the pill was not a single, solid piece, but was instead ford by countless tiny swords, each smaller than a strand of hair, clustered together.
They were packed so tightly that at first glance, it looked like a complete tal pill.
"Is this... a Sword Pill?"
An older locksmith spoke up uncertainly. Seeing everyone looking at him, he cleared his throat twice.
"It appeared in an old movie from two hundred years ago called *Sword Immortal’s Quest for Love*. You could find it online a few decades ago, but not anymore..."
Everyone suddenly understood. No wonder they’d never heard of the movie.
At the sa ti, they looked at Chen Che with eyes full of envy. This was a truly incredible treasure!
"How much is it worth? At least a few million, right?"
"No way. A Tier One Pure Jun Sword is already over a million. A Sword Pill is at least a Tier Three Magical Artifact, so its value could easily be hundreds or even thousands of tis greater. Plus, this is an antique, which makes it even more valuable!"
"If you sell it, you’ll be set for life. Your family wouldn’t be able to spend it all in seven or eight generations."
Even Wu Neng looked over, curious.
"I’m not going to sell it. I plan to keep it for myself."
If he were in Yunzhou, Chen Che would have definitely sold it imdiately, because he wasn’t strong enough to protect it there. But on Earth Elent Star, he had no such worries.
Besides, it wasn’t like he was short on money.
There was no need to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
No one was surprised.
They all knew about Chen Che. He had guaranteed admission to the Yiben Daoist School. He might even reach Foundation Establishnt before graduating high school and could possibly condense a Golden Core within a hundred years.
Even if he didn’t use it himself, he could leave it for his descendants as a family heirloom.
「Back at ho.」
Chen Che eagerly took out the Sword Pill and examined it carefully once more.
The Sword Pill was neither gold nor jade, and it was impossible to tell what material it was made of. It felt almost weightless in his hand, and even his Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate it, let alone determine how many Flying Swords it was composed of.
Moreover, every tiny sword fit together seamlessly, as if they were a single entity, making them impossible to separate.
He tried tapping it gently with his Pure Jun Sword, and a nick imdiately appeared on the blade.
’This thing is incredibly hard... As for controlling it, it can’t be that simple.’
After examining it for a while to no avail, Chen Che tried to control it. After infusing it with True Essence, the Sword Pill imdiately took flight, zipping nimbly around him as if it were an extension of his own arm. But he instinctively felt that as a Tier Three Magical Artifact, its use shouldn’t be the sa as an ordinary Flying Sword.
’There’s no accompanying Sacrificial Refining Technique, and I don’t know its specific grade either.’
He searched the safe box again, but there was nothing inside except for the Sword Pill.
After a mont’s thought, he imdiately opened his computer and started searching for information related to Sword Pills.
But the webpages were flooded with news about ’A Sword Pill Discovered at He City God Temple.’ Reporters from half the Immortal Sect had rushed over, not to ntion tourists trying their luck and influencers and clout-chasers trying to ride the hype.
Skipping past all the news, he spent a good while searching before he finally found a relatively complete description:
Sword Pill!
This is a special, Flying Sword-like Magical Artifact, a condensed collective of countless Flying Swords.
It belongs to the category of offensive Magical Artifacts and possesses extrely formidable killing power.
However, its forging difficulty far surpasses that of a Sa-Tier Flying Sword, and the materials required can be a hundred or even a thousand tis greater. Often, an entire Golden Core Clan could spend a lifeti and still not gather enough materials for a single Sword Pill.
Before the Calamity of Heaven’s Fall, there was a Sword Cultivator who, relying on a single Sword Pill, suppressed his entire generation, remaining undefeated.
Unfortunately, he died during the Calamity of Heaven’s Fall, and his Sword Pill was damaged. That sa Sword Pill is now on display in the Immortal Sect’s museum.
However, the Immortal Sect later began to regulate high-tier resources, and Sword Pills, which require a vast amount of High-tier Materials, were classified as strategic weapons. Setting aside those that were already scattered among the populace, any future attempts at forging one would require navigating layers of bureaucracy and passing qualification reviews.
Therefore, in the five hundred years since the Calamity of Heaven’s Fall, only one new Sword Pill has been created, and it is currently in the possession of the vice president of the Zhurong Daoist School.
"So it’s that incredible!"
Only then did Chen Che realize what kind of treasure he had stumbled upon.
This Sword Pill was very likely a Tier Three High Grade Magical Artifact, or perhaps even a Tier Three Top Grade Spiritual Artifact!
At the sa ti, however, he grew even more curious about where Ye Zhihan of Yunzhou had obtained this safe box.
If he had simply gotten lucky and found it, then so be it.
But if it was taken from an ancient tomb or a forbidden land, didn’t that an there might be other items of the sa tier there?
’He may be dead, but it’s still worth looking into...’
He then searched for how to use a Sword Pill and found that many people had different explanations.
However, one point caught his attention:
So High Grade Magical Artifacts possess their own spirituality. The thod to control them is different from ordinary Magical Artifacts; one must perform a blood-binding ritual, similar to activating a new device from the factory before use.
After a mont’s hesitation, Chen Che decided to give it a try.
Of course, if even this didn’t work, he would have to ask Old Li for help. After all, Old Li had a sister in the Nascent Soul Realm.
He bit his finger and dripped his blood onto it.
One drop, two drops, three...
When the ninth drop fell...
BUZZ—
The Sword Pill trembled violently as if awakening from a deep slumber. Its body acted like a sponge, instantly absorbing the blood.
Then, it shot into the air.
Chen Che’s eyes widened.
The Sword Pill opened up layer by layer, like a flower bud blooming. The whole process was magnificent and filled with an indescribable mystery. Before his stunned gaze, it transford into an exquisitely structured flower of swords.
The countless tiny swords, as fine as strands of hair, were the very petals of this sword-flower.
Each tiny sword shimred with a dazzling light, radiating a nacing killing intent. In an instant, the entire room was brilliantly illuminated, a scene of utmost wonder.
"...This!"
Before Chen Che could react, countless petals fell from the sword-flower.
Then, they turned from tangible to ethereal, transforming into innurable transparent, formless streaks of Escape Light that seed not to exist in this world, shooting directly toward the spot between his eyebrows.
"What’s happening?"
Startled, Chen Che quickly touched the spot between his eyebrows. At the sa ti, he enveloped himself with his Divine Sense, scanning his body from top to bottom.
After confirming there was nothing wrong with his body, he found the Sword Pill once again within his sea of consciousness.
However, it had returned to its previous pill-like form.
At the sa ti, a stream of information was slowly released from the Sword Pill.
"I see!"
After closing his eyes to digest the information for a mont, Chen Che had a sudden realization:
"...The thod to control the Sword Pill is different from an ordinary Flying Sword. It doesn’t require much True Essence; it mainly relies on Divine Sense. Then, using a Spell, you peel them off like petals. When activated to its limit, ten thousand swords are unleashed at once."
’Is this how you use a High-Tier Magical Artifact?’
A mont later, having understood how to operate the Sword Pill, he was eager to try it out.
He silently recited the spell and swiped with two fingers together.
He saw the Sword Pill within his sea of consciousness tremble slightly, and one of the Flying Swords began to slowly peel away like a flower petal.
However, it only managed to peel off halfway.
Chen Che imdiately felt an intense wave of dizziness wash over him. His vision went black, as if he had suffered a Divine Sense attack, forcing him to stop at once.
’My Divine Sense is at the Foundation Establishnt Sixth Layer, but I can’t even peel off a single Flying Sword? This Sword Pill is terrifying!’
He quickly lit a stick of Concentration Incense. It took him a long while to recover, but Chen Che eventually felt better.
Looking at the Sword Pill in his sea of consciousness, which had returned to its original state, he couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazent. He knew in his heart that it would be impossible to control it as an extension of his own arm within the next few years...
Because:
The Sword Pill contained a full ten thousand Flying Swords!
After a mont of contemplation, Chen Che quickly accepted this fact.
But he wasn’t disappointed.
From the experint just now, Chen Che predicted that once his Divine Sense reached the Foundation Establishnt Ninth Layer, he might be able to peel off a single Flying Sword for use. And given his current Divine Sense Level, that wouldn’t take too long—two or three months at most.
First, he had broken through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, and now he had obtained a Tier Three Sword Pill. It was truly a double blessing.
So, for the past two days, Chen Che had been in high spirits during class.
"I finally bought my Sword Pill!"
A joyful shout suddenly rang out in the classroom. Chen Che glanced over and saw that it was Huang Zhongfei.
"Aweso, aweso!"
"Is that a Sword Pill? Did you see the news about it too?"
The classmates imdiately gathered around to join the excitent. They saw him showily pull a basketball-sized iron ball from his backpack.
"A new product from the Ouyi Subsidiary Company: the Divine Strategy Sword Pill!"
"It’s made of a total of sixty-six Flying Swords. I had to beg to buy it. If it weren’t for the news a few days ago, I wouldn’t have been able to get one... There’s an instruction manual here, too. You just need to inject True Essence to control it."
Huang Zhongfei sat on his desk, showing off his new toy to his classmates while intentionally-yet-casually glancing at Chen Che.
After learning that Chen Che had reached the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, he had completely given up on competing. Since he couldn’t compare in terms of cultivation, he would compete with Magical Artifacts.
Amidst everyone’s cheers, Huang Zhongfei injected his True Essence.
CLANG!
The sound of clashing tal rang out as the Sword Pill slowly blossod open, accompanied by a lodic tune.
Chen Che was also drawn over. He watched for a mont, then pointed at a Sword Leaf and asked:
"Can those be separated?"
"...No."
"Can this Sword Pill be absorbed into the body?"
"...No."
"So, it can only do this... and this?"
Chen Che made an opening and closing gesture with his hand.
"Yup."
Huang Zhongfei nodded. This was just the kid’s version of a Sword Pill. His family couldn’t afford a real one.
"Do you want to play with it? I can lend it to you for a week."
"Thanks, but no thanks."
Chen Che chuckled, waved his hand dismissively, and returned to his seat.
Zong Yudao, captivated by the Sword Pill, shalessly called Huang Zhongfei "Godfather" to get a chance to play with it. Lin Yi watched the show-off Huang Zhongfei, feeling secretly annoyed. Qi Fengzhu took out his phone, preparing to trade access to his secret websites for a turn.
In truth, Huang Zhongfei felt a little regretful. In his mind, everyone else was just a background character. If he could have made Chen Che, the student with guaranteed admission, beg to play with it, his vanity would have been satisfied to the extre.
Unfortunately, after seeing that the Sword Pill was nothing special, the other party seed to lose all interest on the spot.
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