A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 20 Everything is animistic
"After going through so many years...it can increase your mental strength..." Duan Rong blinked.

"The host's mental strength needs to be level 9."

"If I were level 9, would I still care about you?"

Duan Rong's eyes suddenly moved. "Could it be that tree-like spirits can all increase spiritual power?"

Duan Rong immediately walked quickly to an old locust tree at the other end of the martial arts field.

This old locust tree is so thick that it can be hugged by one person, and its crown is as big as a roof. It looks like the tree is at least several decades old.

Duan Rong placed his hand on the trunk of the old locust tree and said, "Read the spirit of the instrument."

Object: Sophora japonica tree (age 32 years)

Spirit Level: Not yet reached
Devouring requirements: None
Devouring effect: None
Duan Rong looked at the data in front of him, which looked like a whiteboard, and was immediately disappointed.

His eyes then moved and he thought of a guess.

Could it be that the ancient tree, after a certain number of years, suddenly has a period of spiritual awakening?
It's like a person who has finally come to his senses.

From a blank and ignorant spirit, it gradually developed intelligence!
"Three hundred and sixty-one years." Duan Rong repeated silently. The age of the ancient ginkgo tree, this number, was like an indicator that needed to be verified to him.

If such a thick old locust tree doesn't have the devouring effect, one can imagine the effect on other small trees.

However, this also once again verified his previous conjecture that the level of the weapon spirit is related to age!

Duan Rong looked down at a stone table under the old locust tree. He stared at it for a while, then suddenly walked over, placed his palm on the stone table, and silently said, "Read the spirit of the instrument."

Object: Stone table

Spirit Level: Not yet reached
Devouring requirements: None
Devouring effect: None.

Duan Rong looked like a child who had discovered a new game, with a look of delight on his face. At this moment, he heard a crisp sound at his feet.

It turned out that a piece of broken tile had fallen from the roof and landed at his feet.

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he picked up the broken tile. He held the broken tile in his hand and silently said, "Read the spirit of the weapon."

Object: Broken tiles.

Weapon spirit level: A broken weapon spirit that has not yet been ranked.

Devouring requirements: None.

Devouring effect: None.

Duan Rong looked at the broken tiles in his hand and the data appearing in front of him. After a long time, he raised his head.

Holding the broken tiles, he looked around: the arena and weapons in the martial arts arena, the houses and tiles around him, and the houses, trees, and streets in the distance...

Duan Rong's heart suddenly surged with joy.

"Everything is animistic!"

"As long as the level of mental strength is high enough, everything in the world can be used by me!"

“Although some of them are just blank slates of ignorant instrument spirits, as long as they are nurtured for enough years, these ignorant instrument spirits will slowly develop intelligence.”

At this time, several people dressed as bodyguards walked past Duan Rong. Looking at Duan Rong holding the tiles, sometimes grinning foolishly, sometimes in deep thought, they thought they had met a madman.

Duan Rong suddenly came to his senses when he saw those people whispering and looking at him. He threw away the tiles and corrected the color.

At this moment, Duan Rong suddenly thought of the secret book that Xiao Zongting gave him today.

Duan Rong took the secret book in his hand and said silently: "Read the spirit of the instrument!"

Object: A torn book.

Weapon spirit level: Not yet reached.

Devouring requirements: None.

Devouring effect: None.

Duan Rong looked at the data floating in front of him and was shocked!
Is it possible that the secret book has no book spirit?
Duan Rong thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized: "If the secret book has a book spirit, then whoever copies the secret book will have an identical book spirit, right?"

"Laozi certainly has his own realm, but can you achieve the same realm as Laozi by copying the Tao Te Ching once?"

"The spirit of the weapon cannot understand words. It is not human. It is the product of the erosion of time!"

"No matter how well written or profound the secret book is, the spirit of the secret book will not grow. It will still be a blank slate!"

Duan Rong was thinking like this when he suddenly realized that it was already late, so he walked out of the martial arts arena and went to the inner storehouse in the central courtyard to get something.

In the middle courtyard, at the entrance of the inner storehouse, an old man with wrinkled face was sitting against the wall with his eyes squinting, dozing off, while a slightly plump middle-aged man was yawning at a table at the entrance. The inner storehouse was about to lock the door, and the slightly plump middle-aged man was about to leave work when he suddenly saw a figure flashing out from the alley, clearly coming to the inner storehouse.

The slightly plump middle-aged man pursed his lips and glared at Duan Rong in dissatisfaction: Why do you come at this hour? Aren’t you delaying my work?

Duan Rong took out the list from his inner pocket and placed it on the table in front of the middle-aged man.

The slightly plump middle-aged man picked up the list, glanced at it, and said coldly: "Turn in this way, the armory is inside, choose a new oxtail knife with a sheath for yourself!"

Duan Rong turned his head to take a look, followed the path pointed by the middle-aged man, and walked into the armory.

When the plump middle-aged man saw Duan Rong's back disappear at the corner, he glanced at the old man with half-closed eyes behind him, then stood up and walked towards the herb store.

As soon as Duan Rong entered the armory, he was slightly surprised. This armory was actually quite large and contained all kinds of weapons.

There were axes, halberds, hooks, forks, swords, spears, whips, maces, hammers and daggers. There were also some weapons that Duan Rong couldn't name. Most of these weapons had strange shapes.

Among them, the most common one is the knife!

Among all the knives, the oxtail knife is the most common, because it is the standard weapon of Yuanshun Escort Agency!
Although it is said that the gun is the king of weapons, it is easy to learn but difficult to master and it is not easy to use!
The most common and popular weapon in the martial arts world is the knife!

This is the weapon chosen by the people of the world with their feet, so there must be a reason for it!

The knife has a blade and a back, and can be used for both offense and defense. It can chop, slash, stab, and slash. Although it is not as elegant as a sword, nor as lethal as a gun, it is easier to use.

Therefore, the knife is the king of practical weapons!

Duan Rong came to a row of scabbarded oxtail knives. Just as he was about to pick one, he suddenly saw a weapon displayed at the innermost part of the armory.

The weapon was leaning against a shrine, which was standing with its back against the wall.

There is an incense table next to the shrine, with an incense burner on top. The incense burner is full of ash, and there are scattered ash spots falling on the incense table.

What kind of weapon?
There are actually people worshipping and burning incense every day?
Duan Rong became curious and walked over slowly.

When he walked in, he saw that the weapon enshrined in the shrine was actually a phoenix-wing gold-plated spear!

The halberd is a long and heavy weapon, and not just for ordinary people!
Its shape resembles a fork, and because the two sides spread out like phoenix wings, it is named Fengchi Boring!
The strange thing about the halberd in front of him was that the boring blade was shining with golden light, as if it was coated with a layer of gold. It was obviously not an ordinary item!
But what is even more bizarre is that all three boring blades of this halberd were cut off.

Such a magical object turned out to be a defective product.

Duan Rong's curiosity was piqued. He took a step forward, reached his hand into the shrine, grasped the handle of the boring machine, and said silently, "Read the spirit of the instrument!"

Object: Phoenix-wing gilded borer (damaged)
Weapon spirit level: 13th level.

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 13 (not met).

Devouring effect: Complete forty-six moves (incomplete).

Duan Rong was horrified to find that the damaged weapon spirit was actually of level 13.

Moreover, the devouring effect is not a grocery store, but a martial art.

A martial art, and an incomplete one at that, but the weapon spirit level can be 13th level?
Just from this, we can imagine what kind of martial arts this 46-style martial arts is, and what kind of existence is the owner of this boring?
However, these have nothing to do with Duan Rong now.

He could only look at the 13th-level weapon spirit.

“It’s too far away!”

Duan Rong was just about to turn around and leave to pick up a scabbarded oxtail knife when he suddenly saw a knife placed against the corner of the wall not far from the phoenix-wing gold-plated drill.

The knife is inconspicuous. The blade and handle are integrated, and the handle is wrapped with silk thread to prevent slipping. Moreover, the knife is not sharpened.

Duan Rong's eyes flickered.

"Since this sword is also placed at the very back of the armory, it must have some history!"

Duan Rong suddenly bent down, grasped the knife in his hand, and said silently: "Read the weapon spirit!"

Object: Unsharpened machete
Weapon spirit level: 1th level.

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 1 (satisfied).

Devouring effect: Mastery of the Five Tigers and Sheep Knife.

Duan Rong was overjoyed when he looked at the data in front of him.

This was the mastery-level Five Tigers and Sheep Sword that he had been dreaming of. As long as he devoured this weapon spirit, not only would his Five Tigers and Sheep Sword fighting skills reach the mastery level, but he would also acquire the second level of internal energy.

"Come on!" Duan Rong shouted in his heart, and silently said: "Swallow!"

(End of this chapter)