The male sword spirit spoke then too, his gaze resolute:
"To fight that demonic beast once more today, even if my sword soul shatters, I shall die without regret."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping nodded solemnly and said:
"In that case, I shall open the furnace and begin forging the swords."
As he spoke, Xu Taiping had already reached toward the two broken swords.
Immediately, the two broken swords became two streaks of sword light and shot into Xu Taiping's palm together.
Next, Xu Taiping gave Chengying to his Origin Beginning Clone and kept Longyuan himself. Then he activated his Furnace Dao Body and swallowed Longyuan along with one portion of sword-forging materials in a single gulp.
Afterward, Xu Taiping's Furnace Dao Body began using his stomach as a furnace, slowly melting the Shoushan copper and Longyuan's broken sword into molten metal.
Xu Taiping sensed the speed of the smelting, then murmured:
"The smelting seems much faster."
Last time, he had spent nearly ten years melting that piece of outer heaven meteoric iron into molten metal, but judging by the current speed, the piece of Shoushan copper and Longyuan's broken sword would melt completely in a month or two at most.
Xu Taiping surveyed his surroundings, then said with deep feeling:
"It seems to be just as Master said. Cultivating inside this Demon-Suppressing Coffin really does seem to give a sense of freedom from the shackles of heaven and earth."
If he had to describe the feeling, Xu Taiping thought it should be like the way he had felt after drinking Dragon Gall Wine back then, when he could throw punches and swing his saber day and night without knowing fatigue.
But even though the forging process had become much smoother.
Xu Taiping still dared not let down his guard, keeping