Chapter 56 Ziwei
Jin Renfeng guessed that there must be some sharp weapon hidden in the body of the poisonous python, so he used the broken sword to slowly scrape off the skin and flesh of the poisonous python. Under the purple steam, a three-foot long sword was revealed. Jin Renfeng was overjoyed and quickly stretched out the broken sword to gently touch the hilt of the long sword. The sword flipped up with a swish and pierced into the trunk of a big tree next to him, sinking all the way to the hilt.
He did not use any strength when he raised the sword, but the sword pierced the tree trunk like it was hitting tofu. It was so sharp that he had never seen such a sharp weapon in his life.
There was a stream beside the cliff. Jin Renfeng walked to the stream, held the hilt of the sword, and dipped it into the water to wash it.
The sword had been in the snake's belly for a long time, and was soaked in poisonous blood, so the sword was extremely poisonous. It was only convenient to use after washing it away.
He rinsed the sword with water for a long time, and the sword gradually revealed its original shape.
The sword looked like a long purple rainbow, the blade flashing with cold light, and on the hilt were two seal characters coiled in gold thread, which were the two words "Ziwei".
"Purple Star Sword, could this be the Purple Star Soft Sword that Dugu Qiubai discarded in the deep valley?"
Jin Renfeng was skeptical.
It was in this valley that Yang Guo saw the sword tomb left by the sword demon Dugu Qiubai and obtained the heavy black iron sword.
Knowing this, Jin Renfeng often paid attention to the caves and cliffs in the barren mountains while hunting snakes during this period, but unfortunately he had no chance to see them.
Jin Renfeng remembered that there were four long swords buried in Dugu Qiubai's sword tomb.
They are the Green Light Sword, the Black Iron Heavy Sword, and the Wooden Sword.
In addition, there is a Ziwei soft sword, but the sword body is not visible, just a long piece of stone.
The four long swords each represent a different stage of Dugu Qiubai's swordsmanship practice.
Before he reached the age of twenty, Dugu Qiubai held the Qingguang Sword and relied on its sharp blade to compete with the heroes of Heshuo.
Between the ages of 20 and 30, Dugu Qiubai changed to using the Ziwei soft sword and roamed the martial arts world. However, because it was too sharp and accidentally injured a righteous man, he abandoned it and threw it into a deep valley.
Between the ages of thirty and forty, Dugu Qiubai realized the mysteries of a heavy sword without an edge and great ingenuity without effort, and he then roamed the world with a heavy black iron sword in hand.
After he turned 40, Dugu Qiubai's swordsmanship improved greatly. He was no longer bound by objects. He could use grass, wood, bamboo, or stone as a sword. He gave up the heavy sword and switched to the wooden sword. He practiced hard and gradually reached the state where he could use no sword to defeat the opponent.
The four long swords represent Dugu Qiubai's four sword techniques and one life.
Looking at the extremely sharp sword blade that was shining with cold light, Jin Renfeng was surprised.
"If so, this sword is too outrageous."
"It was abandoned in the valley for more than two hundred years, and then corroded in the snake's stomach for a long time. If it were replaced with an ordinary long sword, I'm afraid there would be nothing left."
"This sword is still so sharp! It's really amazing."
Jin Renfeng lifted the hilt of the sword and shook it slightly. The sword body immediately trembled up and down, making a buzzing sound, but the blade was very soft.
Only then did he suddenly realize that it was because the sword was so flexible that it could twist along with the snake's body, so even though it was hidden in the snake's belly, it did not pierce the snake's skin and did not stand out.
He swung his hand to the side, and a locust tree about a foot in diameter was cut in half by the sword without any effort at all.
"Such a precious sword is truly a divine weapon. If used in a battle, it will be absolutely invincible!"
Jin Renfeng exclaimed in praise,
"It's just that the blade is too soft, and I don't like soft swords, so it doesn't fit my hand."
Thinking of this, he shook his head again.
But it is rare to have a sword, how can I ask for more.
The sword blade was too sharp and might hurt him, so Jin Renfeng used the scabbard he carried with him to hold it.
But even so, the scabbard was instantly pierced by the Ziwei soft sword. Obviously, the scabbard could only barely hold on for a while.
After returning to Xiangyang City, Jin Renfeng immediately went to the blacksmith shop and specially customized a special scabbard for the Ziwei Soft Sword.
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In the inn, Jin Renfeng swallowed a dark purple gallbladder and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.
This was the 32nd gallbladder of the Bosu snake he took.
As he took more and more gallbladders, he felt that the effect of the snake gallbladder was getting weaker and weaker. By the time he took the 31st gallbladder, it was almost gone.
After a moment, Jin Renfeng opened his eyes, a look of helplessness on his face.
"Sure enough, it has no effect anymore?"
The snake gall that I just took did not have any effect in enhancing my internal strength.
"It seems that no matter how good a treasure is, it cannot be used forever."
Jin Renfeng sighed.
"But it saved me two years of hard work."
By taking snake gall, Jin Renfeng increased his martial arts skills by twenty years.
Combined with his original forty years of training, his internal strength is now comparable to that of a sixty-year-old master of internal skills.
He is confident that relying solely on internal strength, he is no weaker than his master Yue Buqun who has practiced the "Purple Cloud Divine Art".
"With such treasures, we can bring some back to Master and Mistress."
Jin Renfeng thought to himself.
In fact, seeing the outstanding effect of this Bosuqu snake, Jin Renfeng once thought of capturing some young snakes alive and taking them back for breeding.
But in the end he had no choice but to give up.
The long snakes were extremely fast and huge, several feet long, with poison in their mouths. Each one was comparable to a first-rate martial arts expert.
If you want to raise them, forget it. Unless you have a dozen top-notch martial arts masters watching over them all the time, lives could be lost at any time.
But in the martial arts world, which first-rate martial arts master is not a leader of a sect?
Does he want to capture people like Yu Canghai and Mu Gaofeng alive to raise snakes for him?
Regardless of whether these people can accept it or not, letting top-notch experts do breeding is itself an extremely humiliating thing.
Even though the Sun and Moon Sect is wealthy, has many experts, and has the Three Corpses Brain Pill, it cannot do such a thing.
After all, they were able to guard and imprison the former headmaster, and they only sent four top-notch fighters.
In the next few days, Jin Renfeng hunted more than seventy Pusiqu snakes and obtained seventy-one snake gallbladders.
Perhaps because it is located in a remote area, there are many snakes in the valley, and snakes three or four meters long are everywhere.
However, after hunting down seventy-one snake gallbladders, Jin Renfeng stopped hunting.
He discovered that the size of the Bosuqu snake that now appeared in front of him had begun to shrink gradually.
The two-meter-long snakes that were once seen everywhere have become very rare.
This means that the adult Bosuqu snake has been almost hunted down by him.
If we continue to hunt them, even if their numbers increase, I'm afraid these Bosuqu snakes will be in danger of extinction.
"This long snake is a treasure and cannot be completely exterminated. It is better to let it reproduce here and harvest it later."
Seeing this situation, Jin Renfeng made a decision to stop the hunting operation.
He planned to use this valley as the secret place of Huashan Sect and regularly harvest snake gall resources to train Huashan disciples.
(End of this chapter)
