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"Thank you, Brother Qiu, for bestowing the Sword Bone."

"In the future, as a scholar..."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Chen Qiu looked at the scholar's leg where the wound had not yet healed; the act of kneeling even revealed the ghastly white bone. He hastily waved his hand, signaling the scholar to lie down, "I know, I know; there's no need for words of loyalty. Just lie down and focus on recovering."

"The best way to repay me is to quickly inherit the Sword Cultivator's legacy."

...

With the aid of numerous heaven and earth treasures, the scholar's injuries recovered quickly. Even though the wound had not fully healed, the scholar could not help but get up from bed and continually paced around the disciple dormitory courtyard.

His steps were a bit trembling.

This was because he hadn't walked in years and was still unaccustomed to it.

"How wonderful."

Sitting on a small stool, Fat Long looked into the courtyard at the scholar, vaguely saying, "Brother Qiu, you're close to reaching Golden Core, and the scholar is also close to regaining his cultivation. You both have bright futures."

"You do too."

Chen Qiu cast a glance at Fat Long and said displeasedly, "Don't worry, I won't forget you. In a few days, I'll arrange some witches for you to perform dual cultivation with."

Meanwhile,

The scholar also struggled towards him.

"How is it?"

"Very good." The scholar's smile was genuine; it stretched nearly to his ears, indicating his extreme excitement. "After not being left maimed, the spiritual energy doesn't leak out anymore. I have much more spiritual energy available now, and all I need to do is cleanse the residual toxins from my Tao Foundation."

"However... I currently do not know which pill can detoxify this toxin."

"But at least now I can consume far fewer Qi Replenishing Pills, so we can travel much faster."

"Then that's very good."

Chen Qiu smiled and said, "Regarding the pills, let's see if we can find an Alchemy Cultivator to take a look at you."

"But for now—"

"We need to find an Artifact Cultivator first."

...

An hour later,

Outside Fei City, Chen Qiu seriously squatted down and faced an old man cowering and trembling on the ground: "You're Li Jia, right? I hear you're the second-ranked Artifact Cultivator in Fei City."

"Ah..."

The old man, his eyes full of fear and body uncontrollably shaking, replied. Someone had once told him that people only remember the first and never the second. He really wanted to retort right now, calling it nonsense.

He had been remembered, and by a dangerous man at that!

The slaughter of the Ning Family and nearly a hundred Artifact Cultivators by Chen Qiu the previous night had already spread throughout Fei City; how could he not know and not recognize him, having even distributed portraits to his apprentices.

He told his apprentices to be more observant and not to offend the wrong people.

Yet he didn't do anything and didn't understand why this dangerous man had targeted him.

He had been relieved thinking that now he would be the number one Artifact Cultivator of Fei City. He had just made a wooden plaque that read "Fei City's Number One Artifact Cultivator" for his private room, and before he had time to hang it, this ruthless person barged in and captured him to this remote wilderness.

Now it seemed... the third-ranked Artifact Cultivator might be taking his place soon.

"Don't be scared."

Chen Qiu gently patted the old man's shoulder and smiled, "I need you to forge a Spiritual Treasure, a piece of arm guard, with some special requirements..."

After reiterating his idea from last night, he then said.

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"Yes."

The old man nodded his head like a bobblehead, saying, "No problem, it's completely doable."

After learning about the design requirements, his impression of the dangerous man before him became even more concrete. A normal person wouldn't forge such a torture device. Though he didn't know who would be subjected to it, merely thinking about it was painful.

"This exchange is going rather well, no?"

Chen Qiu turned his head to Fat Long and smiled, "The outside world always says that Fei State's Artifact Cultivators are very proud, and if you need one to craft a Spiritual Treasure, you have to beg on your knees. But it seems that sometimes rumors aren't very accurate. I find this senior very agreeable, and the communications are like a breath of fresh air."

The old man didn't know how to respond and could only force a smile that looked uglier than crying.

"What do you charge for the forging?"

The old man's head quickly shook again, "Your requirements are very simple, no need for Spirit Stones. Let's just take it as an apology for last night's unintelligent actions of those Artifact Cultivators offending Brother Qiu."

"Then that's good."

Chen Qiu stood up laughing, "Did you bring all the tools? I'll wait here for you, start now."

...

An hour later.

Chen Qiu let the old man go and sat in the inn playing with his new arm guard, a lower-quality Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure, just as the old man had said, not very powerful but just right for him.

Once he donned this arm guard,

and spiritual energy surged in with a thought, over a hundred steel needles would pierce into his body. Because it was a lower-quality Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure, it ensured it would harm him but not cause major injuries.

It only took less than three breaths.

to instantly refill his spiritual energy, which was much faster than any Qi Replenishing Pill or Spirit Stone, and without any impurities. This seemingly insignificant lower-quality Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure was definitely a crucial tactic in his enduring battles.

"Very good."

Chen Qiu, satisfied, wore the arm guard inside his clothes on his left arm. From the outside, it was completely invisible. This arm guard had some defensive power, but being just a lower-quality Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasure, one shouldn't hope for too much.

It was already noon by then.

But the entire Fei City was still very quiet without any disturbances.

Chen Qiu looked out the window, puzzled, "Didn't those Artifact Cultivators claim they had many protectors behind them? Isn't anyone coming for revenge?"