My Sword Has Come

At the Heavenly Sea Ferry, Daoist Yu Ji said to Xu Ying, "If Dao Ancestor Xu intends to refine a Supreme Treasure, I can refine one for you."

Xu Ying smiled and shook his head. "I haven't achieved the Supreme Realm yet, so there's no need to refine a Dao-ascension treasure. Thank you for your kindness, Daoist."

Daoist Yu Ji was exasperated. "I've refined treasures for people all my life. Qing Xuan and the Holy Venerable had to beg me before I would refine anything for them. The other twelve Supremes of the Twelve Wonders had to bring gifts and coax me with honeyed words before I would reluctantly agree. I took the initiative to offer to refine a treasure for you, yet you actually refused! Could it be that you look down on my skill?"

Xu Ying said solemnly, "It's not that I look down on you, Daoist. It's that my Great Dao has yet to mature. How could I rashly refine a treasure? As I cultivate the Great Dao, I keep gaining new insights. A treasure refined yesterday would be useless to me today, and one refined today would be useless to me tomorrow. I don't want to ask you to refine a treasure that shackles me."

Daoist Yu Ji asked in surprise, "What kind of reasoning is that?"

Xu Ying said, "If I spent countless resources to ask you to refine a treasure capable of proving the Dao, I would surely cherish it, regard it as a priceless treasure, keep thinking about it, and constantly temper it, always hoping to perfect it. When I made a breakthrough, I would have reservations. If I changed my Dao techniques, would I still be able to use my treasure? I would become obsessed with gains and losses, and might even