"Mountain and River Sword, there turns out to be more than one!"
Zhang Xiaoman looked astonished, taking out a sword to have a closer look, but a mere slight action unexpectedly caused a strong buzzing sound.
"Oh my, is it that exaggerated? I just touched it lightly and it made such a loud noise..."
He stared dumbfounded at this scene.
In theory, in this chaotic and primitive space where there’s no air or medium, a sound like the ringing of a sword should not be possible.
Even the sound of Zhang Xiaoman’s own voice should not be audible.
However, that only applies to ordinary people.
For Zhang Xiaoman, everything he sees and hears here appears in his mind according to his subconscious wishes, because he has light in his heart, enabling him to see the surrounding scene.
Similarly, because he has sound in his heart, he can hear the ringing of the sword.
The principle and rules behind this can’t be explained by human-known science.
He extended a finger to stroke the sword’s blade, and the Mountain and River Sword emitted an even more intense screaming, as if it were greeting its new owner.
Zhang Xiaoman gently muttered the two characters engraved on the sword’s handle, his eyes brightened, and he reached out to pick up the other swords, reading out their names one by one.
"Liangyi, Three Talents, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Liu He, Seven Stars, Eight Diagram, Nine Revolutions..."
Every sword actually had another name that uniquely belonged to it.
"But why do I suddenly have a vague feeling of being overly dramatic?"
As he took out all nine swords, something at the bottom of the Sword Box caught his attention.
It was a yellowed piece of paper.
The paper looked quite old and was neatly folded, showing that the original owner cherished it greatly.
Carefully unfolding the paper, Zhang Xiaoman looked at its contents and found it to be a short poem written in the Huaxia language.
The font of the first two lines was rigid, while the last two lines were quite elegant, likely written by one man and one woman.
"There are the authors’ names here, a bit unclear, seem to be called Jiang Yuan and Su Yu."
Zhang Xiaoman continued to read down, then softly read out the content.
"Rain passes and mist envelops, a drunken moment in a beautiful time."
"Flowers bloom without thought of fading, only waiting for good fate to come."
"Hmm... This seems to be just a love poem, shouldn’t be any kind of riddle or something, probably just something the original owner left inside."
Zhang Xiaoman flipped the paper in his hand, and discovered two more lines of small writing on the back:
——Brother Yuan, why haven’t you come back yet, I can hardly hold on any longer...
Under that line, there were five more trembling little characters.
——Yu’er, I’m coming...
Last, there were two faintly yellowed tear stains.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoman’s mind conjured a prime-time soap opera kind of tragic drama, Initially thinking the paper was useless and was about to toss it away, but now he felt somewhat reluctant to do so.
"Forget it, better keep it for now, just throwing it away doesn’t feel quite right..." Zhang Xiaoman muttered quietly, then refolded the yellowed piece of paper neatly and placed it back inside the Sword Box.
"I feel inexplicably like I’ve been fed dog food... But then again, this Mountain and River Sword is actually not bad, unexpected it really did have that so-called Olharast Steel... This material, later on, I could definitely use it to set up a Sword Array."
After closing the Sword Box, Zhang Xiaoman’s gaze returned to the other items.
Can be used to exchange items in the Gang Store or to expand the Original Realm Space.
—Rumored to be the tears of stars, used to construct the foundations of all matter.
He reached out and grabbed a portion of Star Dust, which was contained in a beautiful transparent little bottle. To the naked eye, one could even see the twinkling specks of light inside.
"This thing isn’t bad, although it’s just of the white grade, it can be used to expand the range of the Original Realm Space, which is somewhat unexpected," he said.
Zhang Xiaoman curiously opened a small bottle of Star Dust, only to see the specks of light inside suddenly vanish into thin air. Immediately afterward, a move in his heart occurred, and a strange feeling instantly emerged.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaoman could distinctly perceive that the space he was in had expanded, and his abilities there had also increased slightly.
In simpler terms, as the range expanded, the Original Realm could support his use of more authority.
As for the range of this expansion of the Original Realm, Zhang Xiaoman could perceive it wasn’t very large, probably only about 50 meters or so.
Suppressing the urge to open all the remaining bottles of Star Dust, Zhang Xiaoman filled his pockets with them one by one.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to continue expanding the range of the Original Realm; it’s just that the other uses of Star Dust were still very important. Just now in the Gang Store, he had already seen several items suitable for purchase.
Glancing at the last white item floating in the air, Zhang Xiaoman’s heart was somewhat curious.
This thing was really unimpressive, looking just like an ordinary white strip of paper.
[Spirit Exploration Technique]
—A strip of paper that records a specific formula, which can teach you how to use the Spirit Detection Technique.
The attribute of this item was very succinct, and the content was confusing.
"Spirit Detection Technique? Is this a skill? But aren’t the skills given by the System light balls? How come it has turned into a strip of paper now?" he said.
Zhang Xiaoman puzzledly picked up the strip of paper and unfolded it to look at the contents, becoming even more baffled.
Spirit Exploration Technique
Dark Energy Particle Transformation: Sequence 216, Sequence 213, Sequence 207.
Other requirements: None
Formula: Arrange in a horizontal structure, first place a portion of Sequence 213 particles on the left side, then place a portion of Sequence 216 particles on the right side, and finally insert a portion of Sequence 207 particles into the center. Activate Sequence 207, Sequence 213, and Sequence 216 in sequence and repeat this process once to complete the Spirit Detection Technique.
Note: The effects of the Spirit Detection Technique are stronger when attached to visual organs.
Zhang Xiaoman stared blankly at the strip of paper in his hand, completely dumbfounded.
"What the hell is this... What are Dark Energy Particles? And what is all this nonsense about sequences? Why do I feel like I’ve been duped by the System again?" he said.
He crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it away with a flick of his hand.
"The damn System must have drawn me some spell from a cultivation civilization. This thing is utterly meaningless to me... those Sequence 213, Sequence 216, I haven’t even heard of them..." he said.
As he said this, his expression froze, and a strange surge of information suddenly emerged in his mind.
It was like a snippet of memory that had been forgotten, which, after coming into contact with related objects, was suddenly recalled.
And the content of this information was precisely the knowledge related to Dark Energy that he had just encountered!