Chapter 554: Chapter 533: Foraging

Although this youth had bright and attractive eyes, his vision left much to be desired.

He had selected a sword known as the Heavenly Strategy Jun Mountain Sword.

Qing Xuan remembered that this was indeed an ancient famed sword, and it was also a very old sword.

This sword was so old that even Qing Xuan found it hard to trace its historical origin.

She only knew that as far as her memory went, this sword had appeared in the Kunlun Armory.

In its early years, it had been counted as a wasted sword by the guardians of the Kunlun mountain and swept out of the armory.

After all, it was an item from Kunlun Mountain, even if it was scrap iron, it still held considerable collector’s value and later found its way into Xianling City.

The reason the previous city lords did not choose the Heavenly Strategy Jun Mountain Sword was not because it was damaged, but for a cultivator, an old sword with historical significance typically qualifies for imprint soul binding after a thousand years.

A weapon with or without a spirit soul makes all the difference in the world. Once a cultivator reaches a certain realm, no matter how high the rank of their weapon, without a spirit soul, it’s merely a mundane object.

Imprint soul binding, binds the soul of a Demon Beast.

In this world, there are two types of demons, one kind serves the Demon Clan and is known as Demons, enemies of the righteous.

The other type belongs to the Immortals and are known as Spirit Spirits.

If a Spirit Spirit wishes to become a Demon Immortal quickly, one way is to form a contract with human cultivators, dedicate their bodies as weapons and their souls into artifacts, thereby becoming the Artifact Spirit of the cultivator’s weapon.

If one day the cultivator achieves Immortality, the contracted Spirit Spirit can cleanse its demon nature and ascend to become a Demon Immortal.

Thus, finding an artifact capable of soul attachment and imprint is a matter of great importance for anyone in this world.

The sword chosen by Baili An, although an ancient sword, had never had a spirit attached to it, and even its attributes and rank were unknown, making it look just like mortal iron.

But if you say it is mortal iron, it’s still somewhat different from mortal iron.

The Heavenly Strategy Jun Mountain Sword does not possess any characteristics of a Spirit Sword, it can’t even perform simple Sword Flight; its only trait is its heaviness.

Heavy as mountains and seas, it stabilizes the universe.

Yet, even so, how useful is mere weight? During battle, if the sword’s master can’t even hold the sword steady, let alone wield it effectively, they might as well fight empty-handed.

As for the gemstone Baili An chose, named Zen Heart Stone, it indeed has exceptional value but provides no benefit in combat or cultivation. It’s only very useful for suppressing and sealing one’s Dao heart.

Anyone sensible would not think to use such an item to suppress their own Dao heart.

Compared to the Heavenly Strategy Jun Mountain Sword, this Zen Heart Stone is even more of a redundant choice.

As for the last item, the Jade Pot, what it contained was merely a spiritual vein spring.

If he needed to establish a sect, this spring would indeed be of great use to him.

But now, as the Lord of Xianling City, the spiritual power of all the springs in the Mortal World combined could not match a single breath of immortal energy released by the Empress to transform the city.

With so many other items to choose from in the armory, he specifically picked these three.

Qing Xuan was initially quite approving of Baili An’s achievement of mastering the Si He for three days, but seeing the items he had chosen now, it inevitably seemed a bit petty, hardly suitable for high society.

After selecting the items, the female official Qing Xuan briefly introduced to Baili An the scale and power of Xianling City.

Most inhabitants of the border city are mortals without cultivation, guarded by the City Guard at the border city monument.

Inside the Inner City, on the other hand, reside Demi Immortals, cultivators or descendants of Immortals, all serving under the orders of Kunlun, now naturally they must obey Baili An.

Xianling City is rich in resources and has many business dealings with various countries on the Human Continent, but these mundane world affairs are things Qing Xuan never interferes with, all managed by Marquis Changming from within the Inner City.

Now that the City Lord is appointed, as for how Baili An will take back his portion of authority from Marquis Changming, that is not something she desires nor intends to intervene in.

Although the Empress intended to adopt him as a righteous son and nurture him, ultimately Baili An is a corpse demon, and not just any corpse demon, but a descendant of the Jiang Chen Royal Family.

The Immortal Venerable had long issued a strict decree in secret, as long as that Jiang Chen remained peaceful.

But should he create new offsprings, he would become the primary target for the Heavenly Dao’s execution.

Even if her Empress wanted to take in this child, it was definitely not a simple matter.

Now, hiding his true identity under heaven without being detected by that authority in the Nine Heavens was also a violation of the Heavenly Dao’s laws.

Fortunately, Baili An still needed some time to recuperate in Xianling City, and whether or not to take him back to Kunlun after half a year was naturally something the Empress would need to consider further.

With the grand examination of Xianling City concluded, various Immortal Sects gathered in the city gradually left with heavy hearts.

Baili An knew that this celebration to greet the new City Lord and attract the leaders of the Three Sects was not solely for congratulations.

With Ghost Mountain opened and the Bronze Gate wide open, with Demon Clan River Lords mingling within, even the elders within the Wandao Immortal Alliance were evolved from the Demon Clan.

The resurgence of the Demon Lord and the removal of his seals would absolutely be the greatest turmoil and disaster of the entire Tianyao Continent.

The heads of the Three Sects, who had avoided worldly affairs for many years, gathered together on the night of the banquet to discuss strategies to confront the rising force of the Si He.

Just one Zhao He from the Langya Demon Sect made the whole Tianyao Continent feel like the end times had come, it took the collective force of the Three Sects and the Emperor You Dynasty to execute Zhao He and restore peace and tranquility to the great rivers and mountains.