Chapter 471: Chapter 473: Little Warm Boy
Divine weapons!
As soon as Dongfang Jin mentioned this, everyone curiously stared at the sleeve sword in his hand.
Although the children of the Tiantong Class were young, they all came from notable families and had certainly heard from their elders that goods sold by the Underworld Market were of fine quality.
Dugu Xiaojin also glanced at it; it was a dagger half the size of a palm, with a pitch-black blade and edges on both sides. It was thin and lightweight, easy to conceal in boots or sleeves.
Dugu Xiaojin’s heart was moved at the sight, thinking that such a sleeve sword would be very suitable for Feng Xiaoli.
Dongfang Jin was also very fond of this sleeve sword. He had condensed the Wenhua Earth Seal, but his martial arts cultivation was slightly inferior to Dugu Xiaojin’s. In order to compensate for this deficiency, after Nalan Yan’er had reached an agreement with Elder Liu on the Monkey Wine, she seized the opportunity to propose buying weapons forged from Heavenly Stone from the Underworld Market.
Elder Liu really did sell one to Nalan Yan’er, but the quality of the dagger was not considered high-grade.
Of course, the dagger itself was already of great value and could not be compared with weapons forged from ordinary copper or iron.
Upon hearing that it was a dagger forged from Heavenly Stone, the other children all flocked around. Dongfang Jin, with a face full of pride, walked outside.
“Xiaojin, come, let’s test the sword for everyone.”
Saying that, he actively invited Dugu Xiaojin to go outside.
Dugu Xiaojin knew that Dongfang Jin was showing off, but he was also curious about the power of weapons forged from Heavenly Stone, so he followed him out.
The Tiantong Class was located in a secluded yard, where a forest of red maples was planted.
Within the maple forest, there was a crescent-shaped pond with a rockery by its side.
The rockery consisted of hundreds of lake stones piled up, among which Dongfang Jin chose the largest one, a piece of granite weighing two to three hundred pounds.
Dongfang Jin raised his hand and with a hiss, the sleeve sword cut through the corner of the rock as if slicing through tofu, shearing it off smoothly.
The children around cheered loudly.
Dugu Xiaojin was even more resolved to tell his father the king and the Queen Mother that they must buy a piece of Heavenly Stone and make a similar protective dagger for Xiao Li.
After demonstrating, Dongfang Jin did not immediately put away the sleeve sword but instead turned to Dugu Xiaojin and said,
“Xiaojin, can you do me a favor?”
Without waiting for Dugu Xiaojin to refuse,
Dongfang Jin continued,
“My Queen Mother said that this dagger can also split Gang Qi. Among us, only you have condensed the Wuji Seal. I’d like to trouble you to condense Gang Qi so that I can have a try.”
The surrounding child students also started to egg them on.
“Dugu Xiaojin, just agree already.”
“You’re not scared, are you?”
Dugu Xiaojin took a step forward, his brow sharp, his Wuji Seal blazing like a fierce flame.
Dongfang Jin, with the sleeve sword in hand, was like an agile rabbit. With a kick, he thrust the sleeve sword at the Wuji Seal on Dugu Xiaojin’s forehead.
He focused on the Wuji Seal between Dugu Xiaojin’s eyebrows.
The chilling sword light, like lightning and thunder, came speeding in.
Dugu Xiaojin straightened up like a little green cypress; the Gang Qi around him formed a protective barrier.
The Sleeve Sword hissed as it pierced through the Gang Qi, bringing a look of elation to Dongfang Jin’s face.
Indeed, the Sleeve Sword forged from Heavenly Stone lived up to its reputation.
But just as he thought he was finally about to defeat Dugu Xiaojin, Dongfang Jin felt a numbness in his palm, and the dagger in his hand froze mid-air, immovable.
Another strand of Gang Qi?
This Gang Qi was fierce and invincible, much stronger than the first; no matter how hard Dongfang Jin tried, he couldn’t pierce through it.
Dongfang Jin’s face underwent a drastic change—could Dugu Xiaojin actually conjure two strands of Gang Qi at the same time?
However, Dugu Xiaojin exclaimed in delight, staggered, and took a step back.
“This dagger is indeed as famous as they say, I almost got stabbed.”
Hearing what Dugu Xiaojin said, the group of students around also echoed in agreement.
Only Dongfang Jin knew how badly his wrist ached, almost to the point of breaking.
Even the dagger forged from Heavenly Stone couldn’t penetrate Dugu Xiaojin’s second strand of Gang Qi?
When had his cultivation become so formidable?
What Dongfang Jin didn’t know was that during this period, Dugu Xiaojin had been dwelling within Baisan’s body, and he, along with mercenaries, had been gaining real combat experience together outside, especially during the ordeal in Dacang Mountain where he and the Horned Jiao had a fierce battle, learning a lot of practical experience.
Not to mention, the inner core power of Horned Jiao was partially reflected back to Xiaojin and Baishan by the Dragon Queen. Xiaojin’s strengths had greatly surpassed his past capabilities; although the mark on his forehead was still the Wuji Earth Seal, the truth was that when using special weapons, his power had already exceeded the Wuji Fire Seal without even utilizing Martial Arts.
In the recent exchange with Dongfang Jin, Dugu Xiaojin was initially a bit nervous, but he quickly found that the Divine weapon forged from Heavenly Stone was not that terrifying. Dongfang Jin’s Sleeve Sword was indeed quite tough, but it was ineffective against those stronger than the possessors of the Wuji Fire Seal and above.
In fact, weapons and equipment forged from Heavenly Stone were also graded into distinct levels. Like the dagger Elder Liu sold to the Crown Prince Mansion, it was merely forged using a very ordinary volcanic lava. It could only be considered a Low-grade mist Qi.
If better flames were used to forge, creating Mid-grade or even High-grade weapons, then even more advanced strong ones could be killed.
After returning from the Imperial Academy, the horse carriage that was picking up Dugu Xiaojin went to the Princess’ Mansion again to fetch Feng Bailing. In the past few days, Feng Bailing often visited the Princess’ Mansion due to the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce business and only returned to her mansion for dinner.
Dugu Xiaojin then shared the day’s events at the Imperial Academy with Feng Bailing.
After listening, Feng Bailing expressed her admiration.
“You did very well. Do you want Dongfang Jin’s Sleeve Sword?”
Feng Bailing spoke with a smile, boarding the horse carriage.
Upon hearing this, Dugu Xiaojin’s beautiful eyes couldn’t help but light up.
“Heavenly Stone is hard to come by; as I know, the Crown Prince Mansion has only one. My own fists are enough. If I did have such a dagger, I’d rather craft two—one for the Queen Mother and one for Xiao Li to use for self-protection.”
“Good child, I have other means of protection. If you really want one, it won’t be long before I can get my hands on some Heavenly Stone. By then, I will certainly find a way to help you refine a more practical weapon.”
Feng Bailing said with a beaming smile.
Now, because of the Monkey Wine and her good relationship with Mr. Nan Chen, the elder told her that Heavenly Stone was difficult to forge, which was the fundamental reason why the Underworld Market sold it.
Previously, the Underworld Market could only hire skilled craftsmen to forge at the mouth of a volcano using volcanic lava, but that only yielded Low-grade weapons and, other than the high costs, several craftsmen lost their lives.
It was for this reason that the Underworld Market’s higher-ups had no choice but to auction off the Heavenly Stone resources. However, when the matter came into Mr. Nan Chen’s hands, it became a non-issue.
With the Fire Holy Seal in Nan Chen’s possession, the equipment forged with Holy Seal Fire would at least be above Mid-grade.