It wasn’t long before Zhang Fatso One’s body started shaking. After half an incense stick’s worth of time, he took a deep breath and abruptly opened his eyes. He swept the now glaring silver light in his left hand along the blade’s body.
“Spirit Opening!”
The nothingness around them seemed to shake for a bit, the silver light instantly flew out of his hand and transformed into countless streaks of energy that drilled into the blade, turning it silver in the blink of an eye.
It was quite a sight. Bai Xiaochun took a deep breath, genuinely impressed.
A while later, Zhang Fatso One handed the silver blade to Bai Xiaochun, out of breath.
“Here, this sword has been Opened. Infuse it with your own Qi and silver patterns will form!” Zhang Fatso One wiped the sweat of his brow and confidently announced.
Bai Xiaochun took the sword from him, excited. He released some Qi from his body and directed it into the blade. But just as they were fusing, a cracking sound could be heard. The silver light on the blade dimmed and disappeared. Simultaneously, many cracks formed on the blade, as if it was unable to withstand the violent energy that came from heaven and earth, and quickly turned to scrap.
“Ah?” Bai Xiaochun paused as Zhang Fatso One stood blanked out. They threw each other a shocked look.
Clearing his throat, Bai Xiaochun was just about to point out that his sword’s quality was too low, when Zhang Fatso pulled the sword from his hands. His eyes bulging and his breathing shallow, he inspected it carefully. After a moment, he heavily stomped with his foot.
“It was my mistake just now, I didn’t control the fusing energies well enough, resulting in the energy gathered from between the heaven and earth to be too violent. Ninth brother, give me another flying sword, I’ll do another spirit refinement!” Zhang Fatso One stared at Bai Xiaochun, determined, his eyes bloodshot.
Bai Xiaochun couldn’t bear it, so he took out another flying sword out. Zhang Fatso One took a deep breath and a serious look appeared on his face. After a moment, the sword was filled with a silver glow, and he handed it back to Bai Xiaochun.
“How about… you try it yourself, big brother?” Bai Xiaochun hesitantly asked.
“First iron rule of refinement. Any item being spiritually refined, unless it is a possession of the refiner himself, are definitely not allowed to be tested spiritually by someone else. This is an iron rule, brother. Breaking it even once is sure to bring misfortune.” Zhang Fatso One said seriously.
Seeing his determination, Bai Xiaochun quickly took the sword. He really wanted to succeed, for another failure was sure to injure Zhang Fatso One’s pride greatly.
Pondering for a bit, Bai Xiaochun suddenly opened his mouth to speak.
“Um… Big bro, can you wait for me here? I’m gonna try this in my room, perhaps I was too nervous just now.”