The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 70 - Steel Phoenix Sword
Xin Chen raised his head making a splash of waterfall wet his head. And Ye Long suddenly just woke up, stroking Xin Chen's feet using his head.
"Ah, yes, my friend. I know you'd want to go back to your house. But... Where did you come from?"
While Ye Long was facing his body towards the waterfall, Xin Chen was sure the dragon was trying to show where it came from. Of course, using his own body language.
"Waterfall? You're..."
Ye Long spouted fire from his mouth, the fire snatched the waterfall in the blink of an eye. Questions returned to Xin Chen's head, while immersed in his unconscious thinking he had spent too much time with Ye Long. Worried that Youji came to this cave Xin Chen finally rushed away leaving Ye Long alone in the cave. Heading to Jin Sakai's house to start forging swords.
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The afternoon breeze blew away the dry leaves on the edge of the rocky road, one of the stones was kicked by Wei Feng carelessly until it floated smashing into a large pitcher.
The jug broke causing a loud noise around the village. Wei Feng closed his ears while hiding himself from being mistaken for the perpetrator, running to his tiptoes towards a house of the most famous blacksmith in their village. It seems that some residents were busy seeing the man working,
Jin Sakai heated the sword he had plastered for almost a month into the fire and after that dipped it into the water as soon as possible to create an arch on his blade. This work is not an easy thing to do, wrongly taking steps just hard-working sword that will fail miserably.
Xin Chen retracted the tip of his lips, only this time did he see such a unique sword made by this Jin clan head. In the past few days, Jin Sakai has often said that this sword he made has a special technique when wearing it. It should not be arbitrary or if not the sword will be easily broken.
It had been weeks passed quickly, Xin Chen learned many things from Jin Sakai and his son, Youji. How their patience and perseverance produced a sword with beautiful dragon carvings. Of course the dragon form was at Xin Chen's request.
The making of the sword itself is carried out during the night, ranging from smelting steel to the formation of a sword arch that even takes three days.
While resting on his own, Xin Chen chose to spend his time going to meet Wei Feng practicing archery. As well as spending a lot of time with the residents here gave Xin Chen his own happiness. A place where he was not compared to Xin Zhan. Much better than the White Mist Valley.
A number of these small villagers had also known him, either because it was Xin Chen's nature that was easier to blend in with the lower class society compared to the noble family.
A little boy entered the sword forging room, pulling Xin Chen's clothes from below. "Your sword is so cool... Can I borrow it later?"
"Yes, you'll be the first to try it." Xin Chen's warm smile made the boy jump up in excitement, he impatiently wanted to hold the sword.
Jin Sakai has checked whether the sword is working properly or not, while waiting for Youji to complete his task to make the handle of the sword and its sheath.
At the same time Wei Feng came, breaking through some of Jin Sakai's neighbors from outside while calling Xin Chen.
"Little Devil! Oi! You said today we're going fishing?!" exclaiming, Xin Chen immediately snorted at Wei Feng behind. I couldn't be calmer at a time like this. He turned his face away from Wei Feng, preferring to look at his sword that had been finished forging.
"It looks like Jin Sakai likes him a lot, you see that smile? I've never seen him so happy when he made a sword." The old farmer, who had known Jin Sakai for a long time, did not take his face away from Jin Sakai for a second.
Jin Sakai approached the two of them, giving up his masterpiece was full of pride. "This is the best sword I've ever made. I hope you'll like it."
"Thank you for making it, this sword is much more powerful than I wanted, but I didn't help much..." Xin Chen smiled wryly, recalling some incidents that almost put the lives of these two men at risk during the sword forging process.
He almost spilled a hot iron melt, almost burning Jin Sakai's feet. And there were many other mistakes he made.
"No need to feel discouraged, you must have just learned to forge a sword. For a beginner the size of you, it's been a good start" he said. "Maybe later you want to become a sword forger as well you can stop by here."
"I'll come here when Brother Youji is ready to take your enemy's head." Xin Chen laughed after saying so, seeing Jin Sakai almost coughing to accept those words. But not how long did he answer.
"He will come there, to reclaim the pride of our clan."
Those distinctive gazes were filled with honesty, having known this family for almost a month Xin Chen was amazed by them. Compared to the people of the Empire, this Jin family had an open, honest and disciplined nature. Compared to the officials and nobles who were full of intrigue and deceit.
And all the things that Xin Chen saw in this Runaway Village were the opposite of the world he had known all along, a simple life and potluck food.
"Sister Chen, are you going to leave immediately after this?" ask Youji.
Xin Chen nodded slowly, unable to lie that he had to go to look for something. It was impossible for Xin Chen to be straightforward if he wanted to infiltrate the Demon Blood Man's cage. Jin Sakai who does have an excessive worry nature is definitely not going to let it go after this.
"I have to go, but not today. Maybe tomorrow." Xin Chen received the sword that Jin Sakai handed over respectfully, he tilted his head to Yu Xiong. The little boy who had been accompanying him had spent time in the Runaway Village.
The 7-year-old boy received it, playing the sword in a chaotic motion making the swordsman grumble. Unbelieving Xin Chen had instead given it to Yu Xiong. The boy who is famous for being very naughty, often the boy pelted the roof of his house with bricks.
Yu Xiong laughed happily, he jumped onto the table. The sword was cheerful. His mother who also came to visit Jin Sakai clapped her little hands, as if seeing a hero standing there. Making Yu Xiong even more excited.
Just as they were being caught off guard it turned out that Yu Xiong opened the sword sheath, a gleam of light from the sword blade forged with that Phoenix Steel appeared. Yu Xiong suddenly felt both of his shoulders feeling heavy, his eyes closed in my eyes while others did not pay much attention to him.
The aura of the sky heirloom does have its own effect when used by its users, as the strongest weapon is not surprising if it also unites the power of the owner with the power of the weapon. Yu Xiong's weak body would not be able to match the sword's strength.
Yu Xiong's head felt throbbing, the boy staggered and fell down from the table. Unfortunately the sword in his hand grips moved and the tip of the sword eye was right in front of Yu Xiong's heart. If he were to fall down inevitably the Steel Phoenix Sword would pierce through his heart.
Yu Xiong's mother only realized that when she distracted him, the smile on her red lips faded away instantly. He shouted hysterically, "Xiong'er! N-no!!"
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