Keyboard Immortal

Chapter 1976: Lake of Hatred

Unfortunately, Zu An didn’t have enough information to investigate the weapon further. He could only put the Fallen Soul Banner away for now.

In the end, he took out the Naihe Oblivion Water. A single drop of turbid yellow liquid floated in midair. The other two weapons were easier to deal with, but this substance was a bit tricky.

The War Priest seemed to understand how precious the Naihe Oblivion Water was, so it had placed its spirit origin imprint on it. Furthermore, the imprint hadn't been weakened by the Violet-Gold Alms like the Fallen Soul Banner. Zu An's current strength was still insufficient to erase the War Priest’s imprint.

Ultimately, it was because he didn’t excel in the domain of the soul and spirit. It wasn’t that he didn’t try using Hundredwarble or other similar attacks against the imprint; it was just that none of it worked.

Gradually, he realized that what was left on the Naihe Oblivion Water wasn’t just a spiritual imprint, but rather a mysterious contract he couldn't fully comprehend yet at the moment. This Naihe Oblivion Water’s power was too great, so he didn’t really want to just stow it away and forget about it. The monsters were invading now, so he couldn't ignore any bit of possibility of increasing his current strength.

He suddenly thought of something and summoned Mo Xi.

Mo Xi’s ‘Farewell Nanchao’ skill had the ability to sever contracts, but for it to work, several conditions had to be met. If the removal of the contract was voluntary, her own cultivation had to at least be equal to that of the weaker party. If it wasn't, then her cultivation rank had to be higher.

Now that Zu An thought about it, he really wondered how she had been able to sever the connection between the Violet-Gold Alms and that monk. It seemed that the Violet-Gold Alms had coordinated with her.

The Violet-Gold Alms really was a bit mysterious; it was even able to wound the Fallen Soul Banner of the War Priest. While repairing the weapon, Zu An had begun to fully understand just how incredible the Fallen Soul Banner was.

Zu An put aside his random thoughts and continued to think about the Farewell Nanchao ability. Unfortunately, the Naihe Oblivion Water clearly didn’t have any intelligence of its own, so it couldn't coordinate with Mo Xi like the Violet-Gold Alms.

Soon after, he invested the resources into Mo Xi to upgrade her Farewell Nanchao skill. Fortunately, he had the money he'd gotten from Bi Linglong and Liu Ning. Otherwise, he wouldn’t even have enough silvers to upgrade her ability.

Soon after, Mo Xi’s Farewell Nanchao skill reached the sixth rank. He used up 48 Ki Condensation Pills, 62 Bronze Jiujue Fragments, and 107,500 silvers in total. The reason why he stopped there was that he'd discovered that the only way to increase the skill further was for Mo Xi’s own cultivation to reach the master rank.

He had Mo Xi try to erase the imprint on the Naihe Oblivion Water out of wishful thinking, but as expected, it didn't work. It seemed he had to first raise Mo Xi to the master rank.

The reason they were stuck at that stage, apart from just not having enough resources, was that he was missing another special ingredient: The Shining Blackmetal Silkworm!

Ordinary cultivators of varying elements needed entirely different materials to break through into the master rank. For example, fire element cultivators needed Soaring Flames Glass, metal element cultivators needed Cateye Pearls…

Daji was of the fire element, while Mo Xi was of the metal element. However, the breakthrough materials they needed for the master rank was entirely different. For Mo Xi, apart from the previous Rainbow Cloudstone, Thunderjade Raccoon Core, and other items, the other special material she needed was the Shining Blackmetal Silkworm.

The silk such silkworms produced was like metal threads. When it was woven together, it shone with a gorgeous dark radiance. On top of that, when it was broken apart, the material made metallic sounds. What Mo Xi had liked doing the most when Zu An first encountered her was ripping apart silk fabric, so the sound of tearing that kind of silk was even more pleasurable.

She really is a good-for-nothing!

Zu An did receive some information after entrusting the Embroidered Envoy to look into the subject, at least.

It was rumored that decades prior, someone had found a golden silkworm near the Lake of Hatred. Its description was quite similar to the Shining Blackmetal Silkworm. As for any more details, there were none. That was because the Lake of Hatred was a place that couldn't be explored with the court’s power. It was where the Devil Sect’s main headquarters was located!

1. A jiujue is an ancient bronze wine holder. ☜

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