Chu Youren's face instantly darkened when he heard Kong Ru Fu say "Sword Embryo." Displeased, he snapped, "Who are you calling cheap?!"
Kong Ru Fu was speechless.
Wu Haoren understood at once and hurriedly explained, "Young Master, he means these three Cyan Black Iron Strips."
Chu Youren's expression turned awkward as he asked embarrassedly, "What does Sword Embryo mean? I've only heard of rough blanks, lustful scoundrels, and beauty embryos. Since when did swords have sword embryos?"
Seeing that even Ji Zhi looked somewhat puzzled, Kong Ru Fu immediately explained, "A Sword Embryo is an unshaped blank that has yet to be forged into form, but already meets the conditions for sharpening and is certain to be made into a particular longsword. Any sword requiring a Sword Embryo starts at least at the pseudo-Heaven Grade."
Lu Feng secretly nodded. His former Night Feather Sword had reportedly required the Heaven Night Sword Sect to prepare dozens of blanks of the same material before forging. In the end, only one had successfully been tempered.
It was no exaggeration to say that before an unparalleled-grade longsword was truly born, going through hundreds or even thousands of blanks was commonplace. In more extreme cases, even after exhausting several thousand Sword Embryos, one might still fail to forge the ideal longsword.
Only after hearing Kong Ru Fu's explanation did Chu Youren understand. No wonder the three cyan-black iron strips before him were so sharp, yet had no hilts or guards attached. Their edges were not diamond-shaped either, instead resembling severed broken swords. So they were still semi-finished products.
Fortunately, there were only three such Sword Embryos. The remaining six were complete longswords.
Five of them possessed ancient, imposing designs. At a glance, there seemed to be little difference between them, except for the subtly different