"Senior Ou, could you let me keep the Minghong Saber for a while?" Huang Xiao asked, looking at Ou Jin. "Don't misunderstand. I promised to give you the saber, and I won't go back on my word."
Huang Xiao's words surprised Wu Xuancang and the others.
They could not help looking at Huo Lian.
Huo Lian said nothing.
They knew his silence meant assent.
If the Minghong Saber went to Ou Jin, could he hold on to it?
"Hahaha!" Ou Jin laughed heartily. "Huang Xiao, I thought you would forget about this. The Minghong Saber belongs to our Ou Family. It's only right that I take it back."
Ou Jin's words made everyone's expressions turn rather unpleasant.
Even if Ou Jin had forged the saber, without the saber soul Huang Xiao had provided, the Minghong Saber would not exist as it did today. It was rather unreasonable for Ou Jin to simply claim it as his own.
"However, if I take the Minghong Saber back, I'm afraid no one in our Ou Family will be able to use it," Ou Jin said. "How about this? I'll lend you the saber. If the Minghong Saber ever decides you're no longer suitable, return it to me then."
Huang Xiao froze for a moment. Wasn't this just giving him the saber in a roundabout way?
"You needn't say anything more. Only in the hands of a suitable wielder can a divine weapon display its divine might." With that, Ou Jin turned to leave. "Seniors, don't think of asking me to forge sabers or swords for you anymore. From this day forward, I will forge no more."
"Why?" Huang Xiao called out.
"After forging the Minghong Saber, what other saber or sword could interest me?" Ou Jin left with a hearty laugh.
"His journey