novelraw Chapter 1127 - 579: The Third of the Nine Forms
Chapter 1127 - 579: The Third of the Nine Forms
Apart from the Five Metals Essence, the most important item was placed on the tray at the other end of the table—a crystalline structure resembling snowflakes, radiant and pristine, almost like amber.
Under twenty-four hours of natural sunlight, this extraordinary creation was born over a long period—Sunlight Crystal.
Its characteristic is absolute purity, not containing any foreign substance, no matter how many decimal places you count… this is pure light.
Neither restless nor fierce, gentle and pure, almost like sunlight shining down, enabling all things to thrive.
So-called, Sun Essence!
At this moment, looking at these two main materials in his hand, Ji Jue couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
Hard-earned after much difficulty.
Initially, in the list he gave to Dugu Ming, these two things were included, figuring that, whether there are dates or not, it's worth trying, just in case.
The result… was truly nothing.
Although the Five Metals Essence is not rare, they are items to be used immediately. Even if stored in an absolutely sealed environment, they can only remain active for a few days, making them nearly impossible to preserve.
To acquire them, one must perfectly time the order, and the cost is extraordinarily high.
After much negotiation with Dugu Ming, the other party was only willing to provide the raw materials—extremely purified elemental metals, sourced through the channels of Huan Yu Heavy Industry.
It truly cost a daunting amount.
Silver, copper, iron, and tin were manageable, but the main issue was gold. Gold, wherever placed, is an absolute hard currency.
This single strand of Gold Essence was backed by Ji Jue's long-accumulated reserves and Dugu's generous gesture, extracted from a full ton of gold, purified and concentrated to its utmost limit.
Why does alchemy burn money?
If you really indulge, it's not just a small expenditure; a slight oversight could lead to total financial ruin.
Fortunately, Gold Essence is only derived from gold, losing the essence doesn't affect the raw material's status as a precious metal—one might say, the essence is more of a by-product.
After extraction, the nature remains unaffected. Moreover, after alchemical processing, it becomes an excellent material; it's just that secondary extraction isn't possible.
Ji Jue immediately pledged it to the Association, relying on the golden ribbon he wore, obtaining a complete Sun Essence from the Taiyi Ring on credit.
Then, he plunged into the endless workload…
For more than half a month, continuous purification and extraction, even with the Three-phase Alchemy, nearly cost Ji Jue half his life.
Painstaking manual labor.
No help for it, this task truly couldn't be delegated, nor could you order it ready-made.
Ye Xian's warning wasn't wrong—if Ji Jue truly wishes to apply this work to his rebirth form, the main materials must be produced by himself, and the entire process must be crafted by Ji Jue's own hand to minimize the pressure the Blessing Sequence places on him.
Even worse, if wanting to collectively extract the Five Metals Essence, they cannot be created separately; the processes for gold, silver, copper, iron, and tin must commence simultaneously, using the secret techniques from the Hanging Elephant Mirror throughout, inducing resonance and harmony among them.
Now, they are divided into five parts, yet subtly interconnected.
Seemingly five metals, but essentially one entity.
With the flow of energy connected, once Ji Jue lets go, they will immediately converge. If he controls the process of gathering and merging, enveloping them in Sun Essence, then undergoing Transformation and catalysis, the result would be the sword core for one of the Nine Forms.
——[Zanlu]!
The making of the Nine Forms, each has its strengths.
Zanlu points towards entropy, representing energy within the Superior, its function closer to the weapon essence of a sword.
For shelter and survival, it offers none; for avoiding risks, it provides nothing.
The sole function is destruction.
Or simply put—'boom'!
Swordsmanship is darn explosive!
Boom boom boom boom boom!
Blast the heavens, blast the earth, blast oneself, throughout history, one-third of the Ye Family craftsmen who perished to the Nine Forms died from it. Outside the Ye Family, of those who perished not from the Nine Forms, Zanlu accounts for half!
Under one sword stroke, thunder strikes miles away; a slight carelessness leads to countless deaths and injuries.
In annotations of the Hanging Elephant Mirror, a certain predecessor craftsmen praised it as the sword of benevolence—for those who encounter this sword, they neither suffer fatal Blood Sacrifice, nor have their spirits reaped and merged into the sword, and are left with no shadow or scars hard to forget in a lifetime; typically, they die peacefully, leaving swiftly.
The end is the end.
Ordinarily, they turn to pure white ash.
For the craftsman, it's an enormous waste, but for those who can meet their end under this sword tidily, it's extremely merciful.
Although material waste is regrettable, for Ji Jue right now, there's no better choice.
With rank ascension, the destructive power of guns and cannons is gradually failing to meet his needs.
Thus, as his former teacher taught, he must create stronger guns and stronger cannons!
In a Fierce Battle, there's Pan Ying, to protect the soul, preventing sneak attacks there's Chun Jun, defense comes with Dragon Mountain Armor, and now his plain rebirth form mostly lacks a method to instantly explode and resolve a battle decisively.
Especially in a place like Central Earth, without a big bomb in your hands, it's hard to speak with authority!
Therefore, after contemplating, Ji Jue made the decision to bring his talent to Central Earth—we in Central Earth need our own Fusion Bomb!
As for whose hand the remote is in, let's not concern ourselves with that.