svetikya Chapter 19 Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, Secret Chamber Outside the City
Chapter 19 Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, Secret Chamber Outside the City
Upon hearing the servant's words, Jiang Ci'an paused in his actions, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
Jiang Ci'an said something to Xiao Xiao in the distance, then got up and followed the servant.
After a while.
Guest rooms.
A middle-aged man in a blue robe was sitting, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and was drinking it slowly. When he saw Jiang Ci'an come in, he quickly put down the teacup, smiled and stood up.
"Boss Jiang."
"Mr. Ning."
Jiang Ci'an smiled and cupped his hands in greeting, but his gaze had already unconsciously fallen on the jade box that was sealed in layers beside the other person's hand.
Ning Zhicheng noticed Jiang Ci'an's eagerness and, without keeping him in suspense, gently patted the jade box.
"Boss Jiang, this is what you wanted."
As he spoke, he channeled his soul power and carefully opened the layers of seals on the jade box.
The moment the lid was lifted, a strong and chilling resentment surged out of the box, like a long-imprisoned beast struggling to break free of its restraints.
Fortunately, the surface of the jade box was engraved with sealing soul-guiding arrays, which firmly trapped the resentment inside.
However, the mere wisps of resentment that emanated from the room already made the air feel several degrees colder.
Jiang Ci'an's gaze fell inside the jade box, looking at the carving knife, which was no more than the length of a palm, with an ancient and black body, an ominous dark red luster, and a strangely sinister aura.
"Soul-Devouring Carving Knife".
Jiang Ci'an took a deep breath, and without hesitation, took out a soul coin card that he had prepared in advance from his soul tool and pushed it in front of Ning Zhicheng.
"Mr. Ning, please take a look."
Ning Zhicheng took it, sensed it briefly, and after confirming that the amount was correct and even slightly exceeded, he unhesitatingly resealed the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife and pushed it over along with the jade box.
However, Ning Zhicheng paused for a moment, but couldn't help but remind him again:
"Although I shouldn't say too much, this thing is quite sinister, and Boss Jiang must be careful."
Jiang Ci'an accepted the jade box and nodded solemnly: "Thank you, Mr. Ning. I know my limits."
The two chatted for a few more minutes before Ning Zhicheng got up to take his leave.
After seeing the guests off, Jiang Ci'an turned around and went back to the backyard without stopping. He instructed the servants to prepare a carriage, and then gave instructions to Xiao Xiao, who was cultivating:
"Xiao Xiao, I have to go out on business and will probably be back tomorrow. Don't wait for me for dinner."
Xiao Xiao unconsciously stopped cultivating, her eyes filled with doubt, but seeing Jiang Ci'an's serious expression, she didn't ask any more questions and just nodded.
The carriage was quickly prepared.
Jiang Ci'an boarded the carriage, left Shrek City, and sped off towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
About an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a small lake.
The lake is not large, but its water is clear and reflects the blue sky and white clouds.
Along the lakeshore, neat fields of medicinal herbs have been cultivated, with various herbs stretching their branches and leaves under the sunlight, and a faint herbal fragrance permeating the air.
This is one of Jiang Ci'an's properties, a herbal medicine plantation, one of the few properties he did not sell after his parents passed away.
Jiang Ci'an got off the carriage, casually told the steward who came to greet him, "I'll just take a stroll," and then walked alone into the dense forest by the lake.
Once he was out of the manager's sight, Jiang Ci'an raised his hand to put on a "carefree" facade.
The physical form remains, but its presence has been quietly erased.
After confirming that everything was in order, Jiang Ci'an moved quickly through the dense forest, his steps light and practiced, and soon arrived at a large tree that looked ordinary.
The tree has a thick trunk and a dense canopy, and it seems no different from the other trees around it.
Jiang Ci'an crouched down, pushed aside a clump of bushes next to the tree roots, lifted the wooden plank covering the entrance below, and then jumped straight down into the secret passage that extended downwards.
The secret passage was narrow, allowing only one person to pass at a time. Several level-one soul tools for illumination were embedded in the earthen walls on both sides, emitting a faint but steady light.
Jiang Ci'an kept walking and quickly arrived at a small secret room at the end of the secret passage with the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.
Upon entering the secret room, the space suddenly opened up.
The room was surrounded by thick stone walls, and a bright soul-guiding lamp hung overhead, illuminating the entire secret chamber as if it were daytime.
There wasn't much in the entire secret chamber, except for a huge, iron-gray cylindrical object that stood in the center of the chamber, occupying most of the space.
It was a cylindrical furnace about three meters high, with its surface covered with heat dissipation fins and densely packed soul-guiding engravings, and its entire body was cast from alloy.
One side of the furnace has a sealed cover that can be lifted, and several thick pipes are connected to the side, leading to the energy core not far away.
Next to the furnace is a control panel.
The countertop is covered with various buttons, knobs, and dials, each marked with a dense array of numbers and symbols, making it look quite complex.
Jiang Ci'an looked at the enormous thing, and relevant information flashed through his mind.
"Solar Furnace", an eighth-level soul tool.
It is said that this item was developed based on the "Sun" martial spirit, one of the royal inherited martial spirits of the Sun Moon Empire. It can generate extremely high temperatures and was once used as the core equipment for the Sun Moon Empire to process high-grade metals.
Of course, this happened more than ten years ago.
The Solar Furnace has been phased out by the Sun Moon Empire, but it has flowed into the Douluo Three Kingdoms through various channels and has become a hot commodity in the major forging workshops of the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
Currently, this model of equipment is used for smelting high-grade metals in Douluo Three Kingdoms, and each one is quite valuable.
Jiang Ci gazed quietly at the Solar Furnace, then lowered his eyes to look at the jade box in his hand that sealed the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Before he even got his hands on the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade, he was already thinking about whether there was a way to purify it without Elex's help.
After thinking it over, he discovered that there were quite a few methods.
For example, in the nearby Shrek Academy freshman dormitory, Moon, a level 99 Holy Dragon of Light, could purify the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife without difficulty.
Further afield, one could travel to the Sun Moon Empire to find Ye Guyi. Her Holy Angel Martial Soul is equally effective against the resentment and curses on the Soul Devouring Carving Blade, making it relatively easy to deal with.
Finally, he came up with the simplest solution.
which is,
It directly fused with the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade.
Extreme high temperatures are undoubtedly the nemesis of resentment and curses.
When burned at high temperatures, the resentment dissipates, the curse dissipates, and purification naturally occurs.
Of course, if it is purified at high temperature, the shape of the carving knife will probably change, and it should no longer be usable as a carving knife after purification.
But he didn't care.
He had no intention of learning how to make soul tools for the time being, so he didn't care about the function of the Soul Devouring Carving Knife itself.
What he cared about was the gold that represented life.
As for whether high-temperature purification will damage the living metal...
Not to mention that the gold of life is of extremely high quality, the effect of high temperature on it is probably limited.
Even if the metal of life is damaged under the high-temperature purification, Jiang Ci'an is certain that the resentment and curse will be the first to perish.
As long as the duration of the high temperature is controlled and it is not overheated, it is highly feasible.
And that's only one aspect.
He has another plan.
That is, to attract Electrolux.