Chapter 1 The Sword

"Master, isn't this all because of you?"

Beside him, his eldest disciple, already capable of standing alone, also cried out anxiously, "The moment you saw this blade, you were entranced. You drove us to forge it day and night. It just so happened that we finished three days early, coinciding with the Lantern Festival, when the town's blessings are at their peak!"

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His second disciple also shouted, "Master, I think we should stop the fire for a moment, go out to the altar, kowtow, and absorb some of that blessing!"

They had been with the old master the longest and understood the intricacies of forging blades. They knew their master was meticulous and wouldn't allow them to interrupt during forging, but now they had to offer this reminder.

The Seventh Young Master of the Sun family had taken on this job from who knows where, promising a hefty reward to re-forge this blade properly. Their shop specialized in business with martial world figures; they had forged many fine weapons and handled numerous mystical objects.

But this time, the more they worked, the more they felt something was amiss.

Hou Er Jiu listened quietly, and when he finished, said, "A few disjointed sentences, who can understand? Why not say it all?"

"You saw through it."

Hou Er Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Whoever it is, if I've agreed to help you, I'll do my best. If I can't handle it, I'll find a way out. What's the point of asking who it is?"

"Second, I've already met Lao Jun Mei."

"It started early?"

"If this blade is forged when the blessings are at their peak, it will be tainted with compassion. This blade... this blade might be different from what we initially intended to forge!"

""

Hu Ma wasn't so noble as to leave important information behind before doing something dangerous. He just wanted these guys to understand the importance of the information he possessed when they arrived, so they would cooperate more.

"According to my estimation, you're probably not their match. Do you need me to get you out of there?"

"Now that it's finished three days early, we can only adapt to the situation and serve it well!"

A blade is an ominous object, yet it's being forged at the peak of blessings. Wouldn't that be a joke?

Seeing his disciples pleading, and the furnace indeed at a critical juncture, the forging master hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth, "We can't stop."

The disciples all sensed something was wrong and fell silent, their hair standing on end.

"The worst thing in forging is stopping the fire. Weapons are creations of heaven. Especially since we're forging an ominous blade from the mystic arts, this gentleman's baleful aura is heavier than our lifespans. When it's forged is all predetermined. We can only make a rough estimate."

"The second thing..."

So, they worked day and night, taking turns, only napping when exhausted. When they couldn't take it anymore, they even took out blood-essence pills, worth more than gold, to share, enduring the last half-month.

Before he could think further, they hurriedly followed suit.

"Having someone like Hou Er Jiu on our side, it feels like we transmigrators are in luck."

"Then..."

Hu Ma took a deep breath and slowly said, "Pay attention to the movements in this town. If you receive my signal, then I hope you can do everything you can to help me deal with someone."

Hearing this, Hou Er Jiu asked no further, and simply said, "Noted. What's the second thing?"

"Let's go, Little Hong Tang!"

"Third, this world is becoming lighter and lighter."

When the Seventh Young Master of the Sun family explained the requirements and took out a bone sealed in a black altar, the master smith immediately knelt down.

"Last night, I also asked for you once. The other two couldn't be contacted, but that girl codenamed 'Di Gua Shao' did. She said that she left the moment she received the message and is rushing over as fast as possible."

"First, there's a break in the information of the transmigrators."

First, there was his own master. When the Seventh Master Sun entered, he was sitting in a grand master's chair, drinking tea, without even raising his eyelids.

Hu Ma took a low breath, slowly pondering, and said to Hou Er Jiu, "But I have two other things I need your help with. First, if they arrive, tell them three sentences:"

The old master was also startled, and suddenly turned his head to look outside, as if he saw the pervasive ghost mist and the sinister aura. In addition to being shocked, his heart was also overjoyed: "Quick!"

"Ah?"

But at this moment, suddenly, a gust of yin wind rushed in from outside, blowing the flames in the furnace from white to blue, and there seemed to be a sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling. All the disciples were terrified, and a sense of inexplicable fear arose in their hearts.

But when that Seventh Young Master took out the blade wrapped in red cloth, he jumped up at once, held it with both hands, looked at it carefully, and even invited the blade to the table, stood up, and bowed to the blade several times.

Hu Ma couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and sighed in a low voice, "That makes sense."

The old master heard these words, which was even more ridiculous than the biggest joke in the world, and a sinister look flashed in his eyes. Suddenly, he looked at the refined and strong chests of his disciples, saw the vigorous vitality in their bodies, and looked at the furnace.

Hou Er Jiu said, "Okay."

With that said, he hurriedly picked up the heavy hammer, his muscles writhing like pythons on his arms, and used all his strength to smash the blade.

Otherwise, based on their cautiousness, they might have quietly slipped away as soon as they heard that they were dealing with the Grand Officer of Shou Sui and the disciples of the Tongyin Meng family.

No one knows whether this old master was fascinated by this knife, and after forging it day and night, had been frightened by the knife, and had evil thoughts in his heart, and what kind of cruel thoughts had flashed in his mind.

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Eating, drinking, and defecating were all done in the shop, and he told the disciples in advance that no one could ask for leave before this master was released from the furnace, even if they died, they had to die in this shop, anyway, the Sun family would give enough money for the burial.

"The reliable ones haven't moved, but Di Gua Shao has set off first?"

The rolling yin wind swept in from outside the shop, and even the furnace fire seemed to have turned into ghost fire, rising with a dense ghost aura. Sickness, injury, pain, sorrow, shock, despair, grief, and bitterness were mixed in the fire, greedily licking the blade, clinging to it, forming strange patterns.

But as a result, it backfired and the forging was too fast. When the blade was about to be released from the furnace, it coincided with the Lantern Festival.

Hu Ma was stunned for a moment and said, "You don't even ask who it is?"

Also, when the Eight Waning Gods of the Grass Head bowed to the town, and the rolling yin energy followed and blew in, Hu Ma, who was walking in the bustling crowd, suddenly stopped.

Instructing Little Hong Tang to keep watch, he concentrated and closed his eyes, entered his natal spirit temple, and when a wisp of life incense was connected to Hou Er Jiu, he immediately asked, "How long will it take for them to arrive?"

He respectfully invited this black bone to be enshrined on the altar, and then asked someone to seal the windows on all sides, used good charcoal, good iron, and a good furnace, and started this day and night forging of the blade.

The disciples also understood what the master said, but looking at the red-hot blade in the furnace, their faces became more and more nervous, and they shouted, "Then what should we do?"

His brow furrowed slightly, feeling more and more uncomfortable in his heart. He had known for a long time that this night would not be peaceful, but he didn't expect that the people outside seemed to have no patience to wait for the time. They spoke of rules, and on the surface they seemed to comply with the rules, but they always gave people a feeling of recklessness.

He took a deep breath, put down Little Hong Tang, who was sitting on his shoulder watching the lanterns, turned and walked into an empty room next to him, then took a fire basin from the wall of the street next to him, and Little Hong Tang held it, and together they entered the room.

Hammer after hammer, blow after blow.

The heavy hammer fell on the blade, clanging, and the monotonous knocking sounded like a comfortable sigh.

"No need."

They didn't know what it was, but as blade forgers, they keenly felt that the events happening now were suitable for forging the blade. Even, as if aided by heaven, it had become the best time.

Hu Ma took a deep breath and said, "I'm afraid it's not good to wait any longer. Something has happened in this town, and I need to help. But if I take action, I might be in danger myself."

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"Because it's not to transmit information, it's just to let them know that I have very important information here."

The sound of Hou Er Jiu's answer rang out, "It's only been two days and one night since I gave them the news. Calculating the distance from Mingzhou to here, in theory, even if they rode fast horses, day and night, it would take three days to arrive."

Hou Er Jiu said lightly, "Now, some strange things are bowing to that town, and even my Gu worms are subconsciously staying away from them."

""

"This is the best time, you can't find it even if you search, the best time to forge this knife."

""

After explaining everything clearly to Hou Er Jiu, and when he withdrew from the natal spirit temple, Hu Ma also let out a long sigh of relief. When he opened his eyes, he saw Little Hong Tang was lying on the window, nervously looking outside. Through the window, Hu Ma could feel the cold atmosphere.

"I don't know."

""

He slowly stood up, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and said, "We stayed in Mingzhou well, and people will run over to build a Ghost General Stage to deal with us secretly. Since we can't get rid of it."

"Then let's go and say hello to them!"

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