Chapter 448: Chapter 157: Forging Sleeves of Azure and Pale Serpents, First Foray into the Lotus Sect’s Miracle Beast Valley

Then, she looked at Li Yuan’s white hair and said, "You’ve really aged, I can’t even tell."

With a single thought, Li Yuan restored himself to his original appearance, and his white hair turned back into black.

"Believe it now?"

"Husband, you’re incredible..." Lady Yan said with wide, surprised eyes, then added, "This big secret must not be told to others."

Li Yuan nodded, silently feeling the "blood bond" between himself and the blade, then glanced at his own information.

His stats had changed from "2600~6138" to "2600~???"

Li Yuan: ???

Li Yuan felt completely perplexed.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

He continued to sense the power.

This blade of his possessed only one power—the curse of the Black Market Ghost Realm.

In short, this blade was useless, but if someone were accidentally cut by it, it would trigger the murder rules of the Black Market Ghost Realm, and then some evil ghost would inevitably attack you...

However...

The range for triggering these murder rules must be within the domain covered by the Ghost Realm itself, which means it only works near the Black Market Ghost Realm on Cloud Mountain Path.

But the good news is that for those injured by this blade outside, the curse remains, and once they enter the vicinity of the Cloud Mountain Path Black Market Ghost Realm, the murder rules will be triggered.

Li Yuan had a dark expression...

Well, whatever Yin Yang Deficiency or Celestial Thunder and Earth Fiend, all were blocked by his wife outside.

Apparently, the Evil Qi was not as powerful as the Yin Qi here, and as soon as it came here, it got absorbed.

And his wife, with a single sneeze, completely replenished the Yin Qi of the Yin Yang Deficiency, causing the Thunderous Slime in the sky to lose its target.

As for the life essence-consuming trait, it was likely overshadowed by his wife’s Yin Qi as well.

After all, who in this world would have a "boss lady of the Three-Ghost Ghost Realm" helping you blow air while forging a blade?

Lady Yan widened her eyes beside him, asking with concern, "How is it?"

Li Yuan said, "Thanks to my wife! This blade... is very powerful!"

"Really?" Lady Yan was delighted, and the human presence in her grew stronger, "Then, let’s hurry and start crafting the next Spiritual Artifact.

You still have one hundred and fifty pounds of Blood Crystal Marrow, which can be used to forge a short blade."

Li Yuan replied, "Different environments bring different styles of Spiritual Artifacts, there’s still one more... I’ll forge it outside, you just watch over things here in the Ghost Realm, Sister Yan."

"Alright then..." As soon as Yan Yu saw her husband like this, she had some guesses in her heart.

...

Li Yuan rested for a while, moving all the materials for forging soldiers outside the Black Market Ghost Realm, thinking about how to forge the second Spiritual Artifact.

Since none of these Spiritual Artifacts possessed the traits of "growing in the wind", "enlarge and shrink", or "automatic adjustment", you had to consider traits like "portability" and "fit" when forging them...

If one ignored these and forged armor, it would lead to an awkward situation if the Shadow Blood triggered a shape change, when "the clothes don’t let you grow and your body is squeezed tightly"...

Therefore, people generally forge weapons, shields, or small playable items when crafting Spiritual Artifacts.

In Li Yuan’s plan, he intended to forge one long blade and one short blade.

The long blade was conspicuous but more powerful, while the short blade could be carried around.

He invested as much as four hundred and fifty pounds of Blood Crystal Marrow into the first blade, and decided to use the remaining amount on this short blade.

Being still tired, Li Yuan decided to rest for a day.

After a day, he skillfully forged the short blade.

This time, the Celestial Thunder and Earth Fiend were present, the blade body showing a black back with a white edge.

And although the blade was short, it still bore Li Yuan’s five hundred years of life essence.

However, the amount of Celestial Thunder and Earth Fiend it bore was much less.

Li Yuan glanced at his own stats, finding that it had changed to "2600~31638".

He vividly remembered the Lady Hall Master’s stats were "4166~28483", while Qing Hancheng’s stats were "9316~36948".

These stats were alright.

After all, before the Lady Hall Master broke through to Fourth Grade, her stats were only "2588~23100".

Moreover, although he had reached Fifth Grade Perfection, he had not yet delved into the sword skills of the Fifth Grade.

Once he mastered the sword skills, his power would rise to another level.

At this moment, Li Yuan continued to comprehend the power contained in the blade.

First, Celestial Thunder Possession.

This was somewhat different from the Lady Hall Master’s "Celestial Thunder Body Piercing".

"Celestial Thunder Body Piercing" temporarily boosted the Lady Hall Master’s strength, increasing speed, power, and various other attributes, and lasted for a period of time.

This was actually based on a certain enhancement from the Source Blood of the Willow Return Technique.

Li Yuan, on the other hand, used Celestial Thunder to stimulate his body, causing a drastic increase in his strength, temporarily breaking through from "Fifth Grade Great Perfection" to "Fourth Grade Early Stage", although it did not enhance speed or reactions.

Instead, he could construct an electric arc containing Source Blood power on the blade with lightning.

With one strike, the thunder arc would travel far, bypassing defenses, and with great power.

However, after one strike, it would take some time before this power could be used again.

Second, Earth Fiend.

This was quite similar to the Lady Hall Master and could deplete the opponent when they landed on the ground.

Third, Directed Blood Drinking. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Unlike the Lady Hall Master’s sword which required creating a wound on the opponent to indiscriminately absorb blood.

Li Yuan’s blade seemed to uphold the Source Blood trait of "ignoring defenses and obstructions", as long as within a radius of ten more meters around him, he could directly absorb blood, forcefully drawing it from the opponent’s body uncontrollably, but could only target one opponent at a time.

Li Yuan looked at the two blades.

The long blade had a blue edge, the short blade a white edge,

Both blade tips were fine, the crescent moons glowing,