"You're still chasing that damned sword?"
Jiang Che kept his head lowered and took the scolding without arguing.
Today, the situation was already different from last time, when his warning had been pure conjecture without any solid evidence.
After finishing his tirade, Du Yongchang said nothing more, nor did he throw him out. His brows knitted tightly as he carefully considered the news Jiang Che had brought back.
Only after a long while did he slowly speak. "I have some news for you, too. Old Wei has fired up the furnace."
At those words, Jiang Che felt all the blood in his body freeze, and his expression changed drastically!
Master Chunji's warning still echoed in his ears.
To refine an artifact, one first had to establish a connection with it. If the person was unprepared, unaware of the evil spirit within, then the first to be corrupted would be the one who fired up the furnace!
Until now, Jiang Che had always felt there was still time. Having finally picked up that master's trail, he had even thought he had seized the initiative.
Yet this was how things had turned out!
"Tell me honestly. What will happen if he fires up the furnace to refine the sword?"
In a flash, Jiang Che came up with an answer. "There may be a great catastrophe. Even another Demon Calamity is possible."
That was as far as he could go. He could not mention the evil spirit within the sword or how refining it would lead to possession. He had no way to explain where that information had come from, nor could he claim he had deduced it himself.
Could a mere Embryonic Breath cultivator see something that even the Qi Refining authorities could not?
He could only speak in vague terms.
Yet