"What is an ancient spiritual artifact?" Qi Jingzhi asked in a gentle tone.
Jiao Yulang immediately came back to his senses and explained respectfully: "To put it simply, it is an artifact that is refined with rare spiritual materials, added with spiritual patterns, and has various magical functions. This kind of thing is extremely rare, and there are not many of them in the whole country. Most of them have been passed down from generation to generation for a long time, so they are called ancient artifacts.”
"Ancient weapons with spirit patterns are either extremely sharp, or indestructible, or can increase internal energy, or can kill demons and eliminate ghosts. In short, they are rare magical weapons in the world. They have always been used by wealthy and famous families. The sect regards it as a heritage treasure and refuses to show it to others. I wonder where my brother got this?"
Qi Jingzhi nodded, and then asked: "The rare thing in the world you mentioned does not include cultivators, right?"
"Of course not included. Although ancient spirit-patterned artifacts are powerful, they can only show their power in the secular world. Speaking of this, I have to mention the origins of these things."
Seeing that Qi Jingzhi refused to disclose the origin of the sword, Jiao Yulang stopped asking any more questions and talked eloquently: "Some people say that the ancient artifacts with spiritual patterns were forged by chance by worldly masters, and that the spiritual patterns were given by heaven. This statement is unreliable at first glance, and I don’t believe it anyway.”
"Some people say that these things are actually the waste products of those with great magical powers. Although they are waste products, the spiritual patterns on them are endowed with great power, and they cannot be compared with ordinary weapons. And because they are just waste products, they are far more powerful than ordinary weapons. It’s a legendary spiritual weapon. Let’s put it this way, this thing is treasured by mortals, and it may be rare for new monks, but it is useless in the eyes of real sages and powerful monks.”
"A person with great supernatural powers? A spiritual weapon?" Qi Jingzhi heard two more new words that he had never heard of before.
"According to legend, spiritual weapons are like living beings and have spirituality. They can follow monks to practice together. The reason why ancient spiritual weapons are not as good as real spiritual weapons is because there is no spirituality in them, so some people say that some top The powerful ancient artifacts with spiritual patterns are actually the corpses of the spiritual artifacts. They have a body but no spirit. Although they can no longer move forward, their spiritual patterns are intact, which is far better than ordinary ancient artifacts."
There was a hint of longing in Jiao Yulang's eyes: "I'm afraid the only people who can make dead objects spiritual are those legendary immortals and demons, so they are called great supernatural powers. Oh, these are all what I heard from hearsay. , I have never really seen it, so I don’t know whether it is true or false.”
As he said that, the little boy suddenly glanced at Qi Jingzhi's left arm and added: "Of course, the weapon-refining creatures have magical powers and righteousness, but there are other ways to use them. Most of the famous families will let go of ancient spirit-patterned weapons when they get them. In the ancestral hall, they are worshiped together with the ancestors’ spiritual tablets.”
Knowing that the little boy meant something, Qi Jingzhi remained calm on his face, but his heart was moved: "I thought that only living beings have spirituality, but I didn't expect that there are also utensils... There are absolutely no spiritual patterns on the Niuerjian knife, and it is definitely not ancient. Could it be that the weapon was really accidentally hit by mistake, and that I used Chen Er's blood to sacrifice its spirituality? As for the mirror, it is very consistent with Jiao Yulang's description of the spiritual weapon, but it still needs to be verified..."
Qi Jingzhi suppressed his guess and said with a smile: "Listening to what you said, we actually had a misunderstanding before. You haven't had lunch yet? I'll treat you to tiger essence meat later."
Jiao Yulang's eyes immediately lit up, his gaze drifted to the half tiger leg roasting on the fire, and he shouted with surprise: "This tiger has become a spirit? It's really my little brother's chance to meet my brother and this senior." good fortune!"
He suddenly thought of something, and asked doubtfully: "Is this tiger spirit the one on Nangang in this county? It shouldn't be, isn't it said that he has been eliminated by Wuyun Division Dong Mao?"
"Huh? You do know a lot. But your accent doesn't sound like a local to me."
Jiao Yulang said with a smile: "My favorite is to travel around and hunt for treasures. I just came to Huaide County to play a few days ago, and I found out a lot of things from the Demon Commander in the county town. It just so happened that the Commander wanted to send someone to inspect this place. After all, although Dong Mao sent a message saying that he had killed the tiger spirit, no one saw the body."
"The younger brother thought that since Songling County could raise a tiger spirit, he might have some kind of treasure, so he volunteered to accept the reward. Unfortunately, I wandered around Nangang for several days, and I was surprised that it was a tiger hair. I haven’t even found one, let alone a treasure.”
"Reward?"
Qi Jingzhi's interest was piqued by this word. He had seen many of the reward notices posted by the county government at the city gate. The Demon Suppressing Academy was also a government government of Qi, so they were in the same vein.
According to this idea, Jiao Yulang, a little boy, is accepting a reward instead of serving as a servant, which shows that the relationship between him and the Demon Suppressing Academy is not that of a superior or a subordinate.
Qi Jingzhi's mind turned around and he immediately asked: "What do you mean, there are many strange people in the world who have special powers. Although they don't enter the Demon Suppressing Academy, they can still receive rewards?"
Jiao Yulang was a little surprised when he heard this, and immediately thought that the brother of the Qi family in front of him had been practicing for less than a month, and he might not know many things yet.
He immediately cheered up and explained in detail: "There are many things like bounty, it's nothing unusual. As for those who accept bounties, most of them are unscrupulous wild fox Zen, working hard for the three melons and two dates given by the Demon Suppressing Academy. , even if he puts a lot of money on his face, he only dares to call himself a charlatan, so he is not a strange person."
"If these quacks and magicians dare to pretend to be evil, sooner or later the Demon Suppressing Academy will come to their door. Those who are less lucky, even if they don't do evil, will accidentally run into people from the yamen like Chi Yousi, Wuyun Inspection Department, or someone else. Children of high-ranking families may be treated as monsters and killed just because they look weird and act erratically."
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but frown, remembering Dong Mao's domineering behavior of shouting and killing. If it hadn't been in full view of everyone that day, and with Master Meng and Lu Ao as guarantees, it would have been very difficult to do anything good.
His mind was ups and downs, and he couldn't help but ask softly: "You can be killed at will without any hesitation?"
Jiao Yulang seemed to have never thought about this question. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment. He raised his head and thought for a moment before replying: "Speaking of which, let alone the Demon Suppressing Academy and the famous sect look down on the charlatans and do not recognize them as fellow practitioners. That is, The magicians themselves also have many who despise themselves."
"Most of the charlatans are just ordinary people. By chance, they were attracted by some weird things, and they paid a price in exchange for some minor skills. These people have no orthodox inheritance, no practice skills, and they are not even heretics. If they are caught It's okay to choose those righteous and peaceful spiritual beings, but once you encounter a vicious creature that is fishing for nothing, it will bite you sooner or later, and the end will be extremely miserable."
Qi Jingzhi was silent. The soul mask, the small bronze mirror, the Jianren Shou, and even the ox-ear-pointed knife with some supernatural powers could all be regarded as strange things. Not to mention that if he had followed Lu Yunzi back then, Qi Jingzhi would have been a veritable quack sorcerer, one who was short-lived.
Secretly suppressing this thought, Qi Jingzhi shook his head: "If it is as you said, it is not a good thing for ordinary people to be selected by spiritual creatures. If they encounter the Demon Suppressing Academy and the famous sect, they will die faster."
Hearing this, Jiao Yulang couldn't help but widen his eyes and was speechless for a moment.
After a long while, the little kid gathered his mood, nodded and said: "Brother has seen clearly! But then again, charlatans are discriminated against and suppressed. Although they have suffered the consequences of not being able to follow their feet, they themselves may not be the same. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
"Oh? What do you say?" Qi Jingzhi asked curiously.
"The quack magicians have acquired one or two miraculous secrets. They are said to be armed with sharp weapons and have a murderous intention. However, they are all skilled but ignorant people. Few are willing to live peacefully. If they are not careful, they may harm others. It will harm oneself, and even harm the country and the country. Although the Demon Suppressing Academy will not kill a whole boatload of people with one shot, it is certain to be wary of suppression."
"That is to say, there are too few real strangers and monks in the Demon Suppressing Academy, and many dirty jobs need someone to do them, so a few bones will be thrown out from time to time. The quacks and sorcerers accept the rewards, but they are just wild dogs competing for food. !”
