I picked up the scattered attributes

"Perhaps this knife isn't entirely beyond saving? Or perhaps, it wasn't the knife that caused the problem, but another possibility..."

After the blade was covered in rust, the terrifying aura emanating from the butcher knife also subsided, allowing Feng Xia to easily wield the vicious knife and even use his magic to do whatever he wanted with it.

"Inject one-tenth of your mana..."

"Inject 30% of your mana!"

"Seventy percent of his magical power!"

Feng Xia unleashed his immense magical power, causing his hair to stand on end and his white robe to billow and flutter. Behind his head, a strange, dark divine wheel appeared, within which a blue lotus bloomed, and two small Dao platforms floated on the water.

"Ten percent!"

Feng Xia roared, his surging magical power flowing like a torrent, all poured into the butcher's knife at this moment, intending to fill this bottomless abyss!

However... it still wasn't enough!

"Young Lady, do me a favor!"

Feng Xia barely managed to turn his head and gave a low shout to the girl in the distance, but before he could, a slender hand reached out and grabbed the handle of the butcher knife.

wow-

That was a torrent of magical power surging forth, transforming into a silent roar.

Before gaining sentience and transforming into human form, Zhu Youniang, whose true form was a demon beast, possessed an astonishing accumulation of power. This allowed her to possess a vast amount and strength of magical power, far surpassing that of Tongji, even though her cultivation level was not high. She was in no way inferior to the first or second level of the Dao Platform Realm.

With Zhu Youniang's help, Feng Xia finally felt a slight reaction from the murderous knife in his hand!

Some of the rust on the blade peeled off, and a cold light, almost invisible to the naked eye, flashed out. The ground suddenly cracked open, and the entire butcher shop was cut in two on the spot by this one stroke!

A visible gray-black mist swirled around the broken, cut surface, twisting and shifting, exuding an unsettling and malevolent aura.

"Wow--"

Zhu Youniang immediately exclaimed in surprise, "A-Xia, so fast!"

Feng Xia felt that something was off about the girl's sigh.

"So, it's possible that the knife wasn't broken, but rather that a divine object was simply hiding its true nature." After carefully examining the huge knife mark on the ground and the newly rusted butcher knife, Feng Xia breathed a sigh of relief. "After putting in so much effort, if all I got in the end was a pile of scrap metal, I'd have nowhere to cry..."

However, Feng Xia also found the idea of ​​a divine object concealing itself quite troubling.

It is said that divine objects have spirits and choose their own masters. If the master is unknown, the divine object will be sealed away on its own. Why are the spirits of divine objects so aloof? Aren't there any divine objects that are like sycophants?

If there are divine objects that conceal themselves, then there should also be divine objects that revel in themselves; that would seem more reasonable!

"Oh well, I guess I'll never encounter such a divine object."

After a short while, Feng Xia composed herself and went to the clothing shop again.

However, the landlady did not react at all to either the letter left by Tu Kuo or the butcher knife that had been sealed away for a long time, as if she did not recognize the two items at all.

"Strange, there was Tu Kuo's handwriting in the letter, and the pig-slaughtering knife was Tu Kuo's signature weapon. I was almost about to shove the thing into the landlady's mouth, so why didn't she react at all?"

After saying goodbye to the proprietress, Feng Xia and her companion left the clothing shop.

They had only taken a few steps when Zhu Youniang suddenly spoke up: "A-Xia, why doesn't the proprietress come out to see us every time we go to that shop?"

Feng Xia shook his head and laughed, "When I first went there, didn't the proprietress say that she looked a bit scary, so she always stayed behind the screen and rarely showed her true face?"

"No, that's not what I meant."

Zhu Youniang tilted her head and thought for a moment, then gestured with her hand and said, "The previous times we went there, there was no one behind that screen at all, and the proprietress's voice came directly from behind the screen."

Feng Xia's body stiffened, and she exclaimed, "You're saying there's no one behind the screen?!"

He had always thought...

The owner of the clothing shop is, so far, the only "person" on this ancient street!

But Zhu Youniang told him that there was no one behind the screen from beginning to end.

"Who...who is talking to us? And who made the clothes we're wearing?!"

"Of course it's the landlady! Who else could it be? Xia, can't you even figure that out?"

"???"

Was Zhu Youniang insulting his intelligence?!

Feng Xia winced in pain, but finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Let's go back again! I want to see who's talking to us!"

……

"Another class has ended."

In the classroom, which had been sealed for countless years, the room was empty except for a young man dressed in simple clothes who suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked around for a moment before recovering from his disorientation.

The young man's face was not particularly striking, but his eyes were exceptionally deep, as if a vast starry sea was hidden within them.

"The spiritual resources of heaven and earth are about to be completely exhausted. Various forces are plundering the last treasures in the world and migrating out of this realm overnight. However, in the end, none of us who were plundered can leave."

"They said they would come back, but none of them did."

He took a deep breath, stood up from his desk, glanced at the seat next to him, and the image of himself being knocked away flashed through his mind.

"As expected of the Heavenly Pattern Divine Kingdom..."

"After going there one or two more times, my 'Mountains and Rivers Sword Diagram'... should be completed. Unfortunately, although the 'Heavenly Pattern Divine Embryo Record' is excellent, this world lacks sufficient spiritual energy. Without modifications, it's impossible to successfully cultivate it..."

The young man muttered to himself, his expression gradually becoming more invigorated, and strode outside:

"Speaking of which, Mo Hao should be back soon."

"If I teach him the 'Record of the Celestial Embryo' that I've learned, his 'Nine Dragons Sacred Heart Technique' will most likely be completely perfected!"

……

Chapter 0107

As he stepped out of the private school, the slightly illusory sunlight streamed down. The young man squinted slightly, his chest heaving as if a surging tide was roaring within him.

He looked at the clothing store across the street, and then at a butcher shop in the distance.

Further into the street, there are all sorts of shops, stretching to the horizon.

"Why is this street of the Heavenly Pattern Divine Kingdom here?" A hint of doubt appeared in the young man's eyes. "Besides, the places I visited before were just reenactments of historical fragments, or perhaps I really went to the other side of time and space?"

"Forget it, I can't worry about it anymore."

"That person's swordsmanship is very interesting. Every move he makes overlaps with the artistic conception of my Mountain and River Sword Painting. I wonder if it's just a coincidence, or if this private school has something special about it?"

The young man's eyes flickered slightly: "Next time, I'll try to provoke him more. Maybe I can force him to use that sword technique again and completely perfect my Mountain and River Sword Diagram!"

He longed to stay and continue his contemplation, but he knew even more clearly that his friends were waiting for him outside, and they faced an even greater crisis. Only by surviving this crisis could he be qualified to consider what came next!

The young man took a deep breath and looked toward the butcher shop.

"Let's try one last time. If I can take that butcher knife, my chances of dealing with the crisis will be slightly better."

Not long after, accompanied by a scream of pain, the young man's body was thrown into the air, flying backwards out of the butcher shop, and then crashing heavily to the ground.

At the same time, an angry voice came from inside the butcher shop.

"You pervert! I've said it one hundred and thirty-two times! You're so ugly, there's no way I'm going with you! With your looks, you can only fool that idiot Screen at best!"

"I've memorized the aura of your cultivation technique. If you dare come again, I'll pierce three holes in you! Oh no... thirty!"

"Cough cough cough..."

After a long while, the young man finally got up from the ground weakly, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and a helpless bitter smile appeared on his face: "This divine object chooses its master... it actually depends on the person's appearance?"

"Besides, I'm just not handsome enough, I wouldn't say I'm ugly..."

He got up, feeling both amused and exasperated, and headed towards the clothing shop opposite the school.

Not long after, the young man, now dressed in a blue robe, emerged again. His deep gaze swept across the entire street before he stepped out without looking back.

Outside, ancient trees reach for the sky, and the forest is deep and shady.

This is the Canglan Mountains, the largest mountain range in the northwest of the mainland.

Once you leave the Canglan Mountain area, the surrounding area for thousands of miles is a desolate wilderness, untouched by human habitation. Even the weakest powers in the world would not choose to settle in such a place.

Just then, a bird flew down from the distant sky.

Just as it was about to reach the young man, the bird exploded with a crack, transforming into a crystal-clear jade talisman that landed in the young man's palm.

The young man raised his hand and infused it with a wisp of magical power. Instantly, a powerful voice emanated from the jade talisman:

"Old Chao! What do you think would be a good name for the organization we'll be forming in the future? Hua Niange and I have come up with a few backup names, why don't you take a look and see which one you think is better?"

Hearing his friends' voices, the young man's lips curled up slightly. No matter what dangers he would face or how many hardships he would endure, with these companions by his side, he would have the motivation to keep going.

"Xuanwu, Qianqiu, Tianjue..."

One by one, the names came into the young man's ears.

……

"Found it! From this window, we can see behind the screen!"

Feng Xia circled around the clothing store a few times before finally finding a suitable spot.

There was a small hole in the window paper there, and through that hole, you could see the scene behind the screen at the very back of the clothing shop.