One early morning a few days later, Cheng Qantang came to the courtyard across the wall from the Chengqi Hall. Today was the day when the juniors and juniors in the school were to take a test on the art of controlling objects. As usual, he came earlier today.
"Senior Brother Cheng"
As soon as he stepped through the small door, he heard someone calling him. Cheng Qantang looked up and saw that Qian Chao was waiting for him there early.
Well, there are a lot of things going on today. If Junior Brother Qian has anything to ask for advice, why not let him wait until he finishes the school exam. Those junior brothers and sisters will not say anything. If Junior Brother Qian asks questions, he can really draw inferences from one instance to another, one after another. It is difficult to answer him in a short time.
"Junior Brother Qian, it's so early!" Cheng Qantang sat down. Why is there so much bloodshot eyes in Junior Brother Qian's eyes? Could it be that he hasn't slept all night? He was puzzled, and when he saw that he and Qian Chao were the only ones in the yard, he wanted to ask.
"Why do you look so tired, Junior Brother Qian, did you not sleep last night?"
Low-level disciples still have to eat grains when they are hungry, and still have to stay in bed when they are tired. Cheng Qantang himself does the same, but the frequency is less than that of junior disciples such as Qian Chao.
Qian Chao did not answer, but solemnly took out something, rolled it up in a piece of fine linen cloth, placed it gently on Cheng Qantang's case, and said respectfully:
"Senior brother, please take a look."
Cheng Qantang was stunned for a moment. Seeing what Qian Chao did, and looking at the shape of the thing, he had already guessed what was inside, but he just couldn't believe it.
After staring at Qian Chao's eyes for a while, looking at the bloodshot eyes, he secretly thought that it seems that Junior Brother Qian has been up for many days in order to refine this thing in recent days.
Then let's see how good it is.
He stretched out his hand to take the object over and peeled off the fine linen wrapping. Inside was a shining unsheathed long sword!
It seems that the shape of the sword is similar to the spirit sword given by the sect, but there are slight differences: the sword surface, sword spine and sword tip are the same as those of the sect's sword, and the cloud patterns on the sword tang and sword are similar to those of the sect's spirit sword. The difference is that the tang of this sword is opened forward, while the tang of the sect spirit sword is retracted backward, which is obviously different.
There is no other big difference.
"Did you refine it?" Cheng Qantang held the hilt of the sword with one hand and stroked the sword body with the other.
"Yes." Qian Chao nodded, "One is a flying bird, one is a running wolf, and one is Ruyi."
The so-called flying birds, running wolves, and Ruyi are three of the six most basic runes recorded in the "Six Talisman True Meanings". The remaining three are the turtle, the roaring dog, and the soaring snake.
Cheng Qantang nodded after hearing this.
"Then I'm going to give it a try."
"Brother please"
Cheng Qantang held the sword with both hands, and with a thought, the long sword began to shrink before his eyes, and finally became like half a chopstick and stopped moving.
Nodding, this wishful talisman seems to be engraved correctly.
The small spiritual sword flew up from Cheng Qantang's hand and circled around the two of them, getting faster and faster. It made a whirring sound when it broke through the air. At this time, a disciple came to the small courtyard and saw The sword light was shining in the courtyard, and a small sword was fluttering back and forth, but he didn't even dare to step in.
As the small sword flew, it slowly expanded to an ordinary size, and the sword's light became even brighter.
Well, Cheng Qantang nodded. It seemed that the bird talisman was engraved correctly.
He took out a sword-testing stone from the storage bag and hung the stone above the ground. The spiritual sword immediately pierced with a cold light, and with a "click", only the hilt of the sword was exposed.
"Crack" sounded again and again, and the spirit sword jumped out of the stone, and then slashed hard at the sword test stone. Sparks shot out, and a piece of stone was cut off, and the incision was extremely smooth.
A smile appeared on Cheng Qantang's face. It seemed that the running wolf talisman was also engraved correctly.
After a few "chachachacha" sounds, the spirit sword cut the entire sword test stone into pieces like cutting tofu.
"Not bad," Cheng Qantang sat down again and looked at the sword carefully in front of his eyes again. It was intact and safe.
"It's really good, Junior Brother Qian, congratulations. It seems that your hard work was not in vain."
As he spoke, he extended a hand to Qian Chao.
"Give me the small green bronze plaque that Junior Brother Lu gave you that day."
After hearing this, Qian Chao quickly took it out of the storage bag.
"Take off your master's jade pendant and give it to me."
Cheng Qantang then buckled the silk ribbon on Master Qian Chao's jade pendant, put the small green bronze plaque through the small hole, tied it on the silk ribbon, and returned it to Qian Chao.
"Put it on. You will be qualified to wear it in the future. You can refine weapons in less than three months. At least I haven't heard anyone faster than you in the sect. Junior Brother Qian, congratulations."
Qian Chao touched the small green bronze plaque on the silk ribbon, and was naturally overjoyed. He said to Cheng Qantang, "Thank you, Senior Brother Cheng."
"You're welcome. The master asked me to take you this time. With you here, it will be easier for me and the master to explain. Judging from the tiredness on your face, you must have stayed up all night. Go back and have a good rest first, and wait until you feel refreshed. Come find me again."
Qian Chao was indeed a little tired, so he stood up and left.
"I can't believe it!" Cheng Qantang shook his head and sighed. This junior brother Qian is much faster than him. It seems that his achievements in the future will be higher than his own. At this time, he saw many junior brothers and sisters already present, watching blankly, their eyes full of complex expressions such as envy and jealousy.
"As a rule, the age of the master you entered together is determined by your cultivation level. Although Junior Brother Qian is young, his cultivation level and weapon refining skills have surpassed yours. Please call him Senior Brother Qian when we meet in the future."
Qian Chao didn't know that he had become the senior brother of those people. He returned to his small courtyard, closed the door and took out the spiritual sword when he was the only one in the courtyard. However, when he looked at it with the sword, Five or six more gleaming spiritual swords came out of the storage bag and surrounded him. When Qian Chao hit the spiritual sword with a wave of his hand, the fatigue in his eyes suddenly disappeared. The other hanging spiritual swords also showed their sharpness at the same time. The sword light was strong, and he danced several times in the courtyard like the long sword in Qian Chao's hand. After all, the courtyard was small and could not be used, so Qian Chao stopped, with a look of satisfaction and relief on his face.
“Finally the hardship was not in vain!”
