Small courtyard.
Under the direct sunlight, Jiang Ding sat cross-legged, two swords resting across his knees. The longer was 1.3 meters long, an ordinary steel sword in its sheath. The shorter was forty centimeters long and 3.5 centimeters wide, likewise laid across his knees.
The short sword gleamed beneath the sun. It was plainly visible that the sunlight on the sword and within three inches of its blade was somewhat brighter.
Jiang Ding closed his eyes and regulated his breathing. Without realizing it, he had come to enjoy basking in the sun.
Especially when faint threads of comfort occasionally flowed from the Talisman Sword, making him feel a little more kinship with the golden sunlight filling the sky.
Tier 1 Golden Fire Bamboo Paper and the Tier 1 Great Sun Spirit Gathering Array both possessed a natural affinity for the sun. In fact, only beneath sunlight could they achieve their fullest growth.
Three days passed, and his blood essence had initially fused with the intricate array patterns.
"Go!"
Jiang Ding lightly pointed at a miscellaneous tree more than ten meters away.
Whoosh!
The Talisman Sword flashed, slicing through the air and severing the tree's tip in two. The cut was smooth, and it then turned back, quietly settling on his knees.
Its speed had already reached that of an arrow. Ordinary people could no longer see it clearly with the naked eye, and it posed a great threat even to Inner Qi Minor Accomplishment martial artists.
They could easily knock aside flying arrows, but the Talisman Sword was not as rigid and predictable as an arrow.
"Maximum attack range: fifty meters. Effective attack range: thirty meters..."
After testing it many times, Jiang Ding pondered. "If I continue nurturing and tempering it, it can keep growing, but at most it will