Chapter 245: Guan Lin and His Zhou Yan!
In the valley at the intersection of the desert and mountains, there stood a series of cities, like ribbons wrapped around the edges of the Tagor Desert. They wanted to advance further but were blocked by the yellow sands, forming a cluster of cities at the outermost edge of the desert, or rather, a defense line.
Among these desert city defense lines, the most powerful and prosperous city was called Mo City.
The yellow sand blew across the sky, and on the sand dunes at the edge of Mo City, two oddly shaped figures appeared. One of them carried a heavy black ruler that was as tall as himself. With each step he took on the dunes, deep pits were formed, but there was not a trace of weariness on his face. The other was tall and muscular, cloaked in black, but his wrists and ankles were adorned with metal armor pieces.
A few mercenary teams passing through the desert to hunt magical beasts looked strangely at these odd figures but didn't dare to make a fuss, hurrying away.
"Brother Lin, why does it feel like I'm carrying weapons for you, like a little soldier?" Xiao Yan, also cloaked in black, looked up at the grand city in the distance, Mo City, and then complained to Jiang Lin, who was walking beside him.
It felt like an ancient nobleman going out, always accompanied by a servant to carry his luggage. Xiao Yan thought to himself, if he were a bit stronger and carried the mysterious heavy ruler while standing next to Jiang Lin, it might be similar to Zhou Cang standing by Guan Yu's side.
But this mysterious heavy ruler was his weapon!
"You haven't trained the mysterious heavy ruler enough. Even though it's a level six weapon, it's only a semi-finished product. The suppressing power of the materials hasn't been fully realized," Jiang Lin answered offhandedly, blocking the scorching sunlight with his hand and glancing at the Mo City in the distance before continuing to walk forward.
"The material of the mysterious heavy ruler seems to be something used for making seal tablets. Later, let's see if we can refine it again to strengthen the sealing effect of the ruler." Jiang Lin had initially been interested in the mysterious heavy ruler because its materials were very good, and it reached a level six tier overall. However, the one who forged it was a fool who, besides giving it shape, added nothing to it.
"Normally, it would be hard to melt this level six material, but since you have the strange fire, slowly burn it, and it's possible. Your technique is very magical. After the spirit of your Blue Lotus Earth Core Fire is devoured, you can use it to forge without being affected."
There are two main reasons why strange fire is rarely used for forging. One is that when using strange fire for spiritual forging, it's easy for the weapon master to use their own soul power to nurture the strange fire, making it stronger and eventually causing it to backfire. The other reason is that strange fire has its own 'ideas,' and weapons forged with it would resemble the strange fire, thus limiting the weapon master's potential in other areas.
However, Xiao Yan's Burning Fire Technique perfectly solved this problem. The strange fire devoured by the Burning Fire Technique lost its spirit, meaning that the Burning Fire Technique stripped the strange fire of its authority in this world, turning it into a submissive servant.
"I can still forge?" Xiao Yan's eyes brightened at the words, and he quickly caught up with Jiang Lin.
"Of course." Jiang Lin smiled wickedly, "I can teach you the soul forging technique. You can quickly become a spiritual weapon master."
Upon hearing this, Yao Chen, who was inside the ancient spatial ring, cursed irritably, "Evil little ghost of the Spirit Clan!"
"Hahaha! Never mind then, hahaha," Xiao Yan laughed awkwardly. This wasn't something easy to learn. After all, Jiang Lin had already told them that if they used soul power to forge, and since Xiao Yan had a powerful soul entity within him, he was the best renewable forging material.
Xiao Yan also understood why Yao Chen called Jiang Lin an evil Spirit Clan kid. The forging method Jiang Lin had pointed out definitely crossed a moral line. It would be fine if it was only used in emergencies, but the concern was that someone might research it for malicious purposes.
Though Xiao Yan wanted to play his part and make Yao Chen proud, he figured it was best to leave the dirty work to Jiang Lin. After all, he was Yao Chen's obedient disciple.
Besides, Yao Chen hadn't refused yet. He had agreed to help Xiao Yan forge a set of spiritual tools.
"It's fine, power has no morality. I'm still looking forward to working with Elder Yao," Jiang Lin smiled casually. Yao Chen's soul body was different from other soul bodies, but why was it different?
It was because of the different goals. Yao Chen would cooperate with Jiang Lin's research, providing more soul data, which Jiang Lin looked forward to greatly. His current strength didn't support him in doing evil soul forging, so cooperating with Yao Chen would greatly satisfy Jiang Lin's curiosity and exploratory desires.
As for Yao Chen's conservative views, Jiang Lin chose not to comment.
Technology is always a double-edged sword. It can either benefit the world or destroy it.
As for the so-called natural evil? Maybe it refers to the Spirit Clan's innate desire to explore the world?
As for the Soul Clan's natural evil? Well, perhaps it comes from their specialization as soul bodies, and as natural hunters from the soul body perspective.
Finally, after chatting here and there, Jiang Lin, leading Xiao Yan, arrived in front of a shop.
Behind him, Xiao Yan was a bit confused. "Wait, Brother Lin, are you sure you didn't follow me? How did you know it was this place? I didn't say anything!"
"You did say it. You mentioned a shop, so I just headed to the area with more shops. After walking a certain distance, only this one had a distinct aura, like a full moon among the fireflies," Jiang Lin said, looking at the shop ahead. The shop had a very simple decoration, filled with various maps and scrolls. A moonstone on the ceiling emitted a soft glow, giving the place an ancient and hazy feel.
"See? Bringing a Spirit Clan little ghost on an adventure is the standard for exploring mysterious ruins in ancient times!" Yao Chen no longer called him an evil little ghost but had become more flexible in his judgment of Jiang Lin.
"Of course, this little ghost of the Spirit Clan is strong, which is quite rare. Generally, people don't bring strong little Spirit Clan kids because it makes the others seem unnecessary, not knowing what to do." Yao Chen continued, and Xiao Yan's face grew darker the more he listened.
The thing was, Yao Chen wasn't wrong. Jiang Lin was so strong that Xiao Yan felt like a mere ornament beside him.
(END CHAPTER)
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