After running for a while, Xu Yang spotted a surging river and threw Lu Ren's and Shen Lian's waist tokens straight into it.
The Heavenly Strategy Academy's waist tokens looked ordinary, but they actually held hidden secrets. He dared not destroy them outright and could only discard them in the river. Neither Lu Ren nor Shen Lian had an ordinary background, so he had to be cautious.
This matter was dozens of times more serious than killing Xiao Ya.
Suppressing every trace of his aura, Xu Yang stopped flying and used his mental will to move his body instead.
He changed course several times before finally stopping in a cave.
I can't take either weapon back for now, Xu Yang mused.
Lu Ren was a weapon-forging genius specially recruited by the Heavenly Strategy Academy. Before Xu Yang, he had been hailed as the academy's foremost weapon-forging genius.
Shen Lian was less talented than Lu Ren, but he was still a Weapon-Forging Master and enjoyed similarly high standing.
Xu Yang had obtained their weapons, but he could not use them now. He dared not sell them or even carry them, lest someone see them. Even if he melted them into molten iron, he could not keep them on him.
I can only hide them for now and retrieve them once the storm has passed.
Xu Yang dug a large pit and buried the saber and sword without melting them down.
With his current cultivation, his Iron-Refining Hand could only melt Lu Ren's Mid-Grade Spirit Weapon. He did not yet have the ability to melt Shen Lian's High-Grade Spirit Weapon.
He had been willing to discard Xiao Ya's armor and great bow because, valuable though they were, their value lay in their craftsmanship. The weapons themselves were only Low-Grade Spirit Weapons, and