Chapter 48: Brand?

Ye Dai lifted the spear and looked at its design closely, trying to link it with any of the Spirit weapon refiners or refinement techniques. He saw the interlocking protrusions that were evenly placed, the two spikes that were below the spear blade, and the spear blade itself.

Though the feature that caught his eye the most was the two glowing red lights that were present at the base of the spear blade. They were crimson red in color, and he could even see them flicker from time to time.

Ye Dai was quite intrigued by this, as he had never seen something like this before. Yet, he had indeed heard of certain weapon refiners that could do something like this, although he did not know what function these two lights performed.

"An exquisite example of a weapon," Ye Dai praised as he then turned around to face Young Master Shirong.

He went towards him and came to a stop just a short distance from him.

"Is everything fine now?" Shirong questioned.

"Yes, Young Master Shirong. Although I cannot appraise this spear nor can I tell its origin, I can tell this for sure that it is a strong weapon. My spirit sense cannot penetrate it either. The weight of the weapon is very heavy, so much so that I have to use spirit qi to amplify my strength.

I believe that this spear was perhaps made for someone that walked the path of body refinement. Otherwise, the use of such a heavy weapon would deplete and waste a lot of spirit qi of a normal cultivator. Although it's not like a normal cultivator cannot use it, just that they would have to be careful with their reserves." Ye Dai answered as he extended the spear in his hand.

'The start of the expedition is going great. Just a few kilometers in and we've already found a treasure. I was right, those cultivators from the royal court were definitely hiding something and probably obtained a lot of benefits from here.

If this spear was left behind just like a piece of junk, then what kind of treasure were they able to obtain.' Shirong thought deeply.

Shirong was intently looking at the crystal spear and extended his hands to receive it. Although he had already been warned that the spear was heavy, when he actually held it in his hand he found out how exactly heavy it was.

Unlike Ye Dai though, he was able to hold the spear using only one hand.

"Young Master Shirong's strength is impressive!" One of the men spoke in a flattering tone and a few others joined in.

But Shirong paid no attention to it, rather his focus was on the spear itself.

Lin Wu meanwhile was sweating bullets in his mind. He didn't know how long his disguise would work for or whether it was even working. For all he could know, perhaps these people were merely pretending to believe his disguise and were waiting for him to reveal some secrets.

But then suddenly, Lin Wu felt a surge of spirit qi.

"What! What's happening?" Lin Wu exclaimed in his mind.

~Ding~

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NOTIFICATION: Spirit qi channel detected, Absorb?

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"Huh? What do you mean system?" Lin Wu questioned in a confused tone.

Although he could also feel the spirit qi, he didn't know where it was coming from. With his control of spirit qi restricted by the system, he couldn't really perceive it properly. Even with his eyes, he could only see the person called Young Master Shirong holding onto him and staring at him intently.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The system has detected a spirit qi channel which seems to have been opened by the person currently holding the host. According to the systems analysis, the man called Shirong is trying to brand his mark onto the host as he thinks of the host as a spirit weapon.

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"…So… my disguise worked? But what do I do now, I'm not a real weapon. Will he find out if he is not able to brand me?" Lin Wu felt perplexed and trouble.

~Ding~

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SUGGESTION: The system, can establish a two way channel and simulate something that would be similar to a spirit weapon brand.

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"What are you waiting for then? Do it!" Lin Wu urged.

~Ding~

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ACTIVATING COMPUTATIONAL A.I.: Analyzing Scenario.

SPIRIT QI CHANNEL: Establishing Link

INTIMATING ABSORPTION: Spirit Qi stores increasing.

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Upon seeing the notifications, Lin Wu was shocked at first and then excited.

'Wait, I can obtain spirit qi from this guy? Awesome!' Lin Wu rejoiced.

Lin Wu brought up the host data window and watched the changes. His spirit qi stores were going up at a decent pace.

662.8 units

663.5 units

664.9 units

665.7 units

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802.1 units

Lin Wu was left staring at the increasing number. The thing that shocked him the most was that this was not even spirit qi wisps that were increasing, but rather liquefied spirit qi, which was ten times as much potent.

Within these few minutes, Lin Wu had absorbed nearly one hundred and fifty units of liquid spirit qi, before the process slowed down and a notification appeared.

~Ding~

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SPIRIT QI CHANNEL: Link established.

NEW PROGRAM CREATED: Spirit weapon brand simulation.

COMPUTATIONAL A.I.: Shutting down.

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As soon as the notification appeared, Lin Wu could feel something new in his mind. Even since the system had surprised his spirit qi, he could use it and his perception was also reduced by a lot. But now, after the brand was simulated, Lin Wu felt as if a unique link was formed between him and the person called Shirong.

Lin Wu realized that he was now able to perceive things using Shirong's spirit sense.

"This is rather… unexpected." Lin Wu stated and in a surprise to him. Shirong said the same thing.

Lin Wu immediately went silent and was scared, thinking he had been found out.

"What's unexpected, Young Master Shirong?" The man named Ye Dai asked.

"This spear… it took nearly a Peak Grade spirit stone's worth of spirit qi in order to be branded." Shirong replied.

All the people in the group suddenly exploded, "WHAT?!"