Chapter 56 - Foul Carver

"Brother Teng Peng, let's go outside, I want to explore the slums more", asked Li Jie.

"hehe I thought you would never ask, then come let's go outside", said Teng Peng in excitement.

Li Jie and Teng Peng stood up from their seating areas and were ready to go out when Fu Li came towards them with a serious expression, "Teng Peng if you are going outside with brother Li Jie, then be careful of your surroundings and check around for anyone troublesome and keep your distance from other people and no matter what happens, don't venture too deep into the slums, and come back early before sunset", said Fu Li with a worried expression.

"Yes Yes I hear you elder sister Fu Li, I will do everything you say", said Teng Peng in a nonchalant manner.

"I am serious Teng Peng about what I asked you to follow, if not then I will let Elder brother Dai Chen to go with young master Li Jie", said Fu Li with a stern expression.

Hearing this, Teng Peng got flabbergasted and said, "No, No, Elder Sister Fu Li, my Dear Elder Sister Fu Li, I have been dying to go outside, I have been at home for too long, I feel stifled, I want to get outside, I will do as you say, everything to the point.

"Good, if you understand your situation and Brother Li Jie, I also ask you to be careful and mindful of your surroundings, because things here are very different from the Li family castle, and Dai Chen you will direct brother Li Jie all the way, don't even think of fooling around, just go outside and sightsee and come back as soon as possible", said Fu Li with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Li Jie felt that Fu Li's worries were unnecessary and that she was overthinking, but he still kept her words in mind, in case something unexpected happens because he remembered how his life was in the forest because life can be unpredictable and you never know what may hit you until it's too late.

That's why Li Jie took his sword and instead of placing it near his waist, he placed it o his back beneath his clothes, due to which it wasn't visible, but it did make him feel uncomfortable as the sword which was behind him, made his posture awkward, as for the hilt of the sword, it was bulging out and touching his head from time to time while moving his head around, looking at his weird posture Teng Peng ended up laughing at him, and Fu Li also chuckled for a bit looking at him which made him feel embarrassed.

"Brother Li Jie how about you leave this sword behind and take my dagger, you can even hide it well and it will also help for your own protection", said Fu Li.

Li Jie nodded after listening to her, which was what he felt since the sword will be too eye-catching instead and will bring him unwanted attention, even the sword can't be hidden by him properly, so the dagger was the best weapon of choice, for now, thought Li Jie.

Fu Li went back to her room and when she came back, she had a dagger which was exquisite in design it's hilt had yellow and black colored patterns whereas it has a curved blade with a sharp luster, Li Jie's eyes were attracted to the dagger instantly, he knew in his heart that this blade wasn't something common, it gave off a vibe which showed that it wasn't some common weapon but a high-grade magical weapon.

"Brother Li Jie, this is my weapon, I call it "Foul Carver", here please take good care of it", said Fu Li.

Holding the Dagger, Li Jie felt the dagger to be full of strength and it's sharpness was such that he didn't dare to touch it's edge, in fear of cutting his finger.

According to the books about weapons, what Li Jie learned was that there were three categories of weapons found in the continent, which were "Common Weapons", "Magical Weapons", and "Runic Weapons".

These weapons were further classified into Low-Grade, Mid-Grade, and High-Grade.

The common weapons are simply weapons used by those of Grandmaster Stage and below, as they don't require the use of essence energy, as for those above the Grandmaster stage, they cannot use the "Common Weapons", because their essence stage increases their strength to a very high stage.

A cultivator starts using essence energy when they reach the Essence Gathering stage, which is the true starting point of their cultivation paths.

As for the "Magical Weapons", they are weapons made of special ores and materials, which absorbs the essence energy in a cultivator to use against their enemies, the strength provides between "Magical Weapons" is quite high as they are used by all the cultivators from Essence Gathering stage to Reality Acceptance Stage, as obvious the higher grade a weapon the stronger support they provide to their user.

As for the "Runic Weapons", these weapons are mostly the same as those of "Magical Weapons" except for the runic enchantment which is inscribed on the weapons to give them certain attributes as well as these runic enchantments also increase the strength and the energy capacity of the weapons considerably.

These weapons can also be used by those of Essence Gathering stage and above but it's very rare, the only ones to have "Runic Weapons" are the leaders of the major organizations and Great families as for the Imperial Family, they are the only ones to have more than one "Runic Weapons", which is not by known anyone as for the other organizations, they only have one "Runic Weapons" each, that's how rare "Runic Weapons" are.

"Runic Weapons" are also the deciding factor for an organization to be called a major organization, whenever "Runic Weapons" are found or excavated a bloodbath starts all over the continent for it's ownership.

In the shadows, the leader of the shadows squinted his eyes when he looked at the dagger, which was given to Li Jie by Fu Li, he had an expression of interest "Hmm what an Interesting girl, to think such a shithole place would have such people with Heaven-Defying secrets, from the front, one would find the girl to be the most secretive and special but the one who is the most special is that boy called Dai Chen who is helped by the Young Master, to live in a shithole like this without anyone's protection and not be corrupted in any way, now that's rare, as, for the others, they are just kids who are pampered and limited, not witnessing the true slums, while living in the slums, hehe Dai Chen is it, I wonder what those bald monkeys would think looking at you, and how precious you would be to them, hmm well if they were to know you live in this shithole, they might end up blasting off this continent haha", thought the leader of the shadows.