To Walk The Mist

"I will buy them all . " Ed said .

"Wait a second . . . I need to ask my boss . " the attendant said . Ed nodded and watched him leave . He saw that this man was only a mortal and it was normal for him to be selling these on behalf of someone .

The attendant returned with a smile .

"Sure . . . should I round them up?" he said and Ed nodded .

"Who is your boss?" Ed asked and the attendant froze .

It was just as he suspected . This man had gone to tell his boss that there was a big fish in his store . He wondered, if it mattered who he was, didn"t that mean it was a fellow cultivator and not one of the regulators who owns the shop?

"Your boss is not one of the regulators . " Ed said .

"No . the regulators don"t sell . Training cultivators can . But they must pay a token to the regulators . " the attendant answered and Ed nodded .

The attendant put all the swords in a low grade spatial ring and handed it to Ed .

"How much is all that?"

"Four hundred and fifty thousand spirit tokens . " he said . Ed produced a bag an dropped on the desk .

"Count . " he said . The attendant looked inside and saw spirit stones . Four thousand five hundred of them . He became more respectful of Ed and bowed deeper in thanks .

Ed turned and left . He returned back to his cave and sat down in the sitting room . Taking out one low grade human sword, he saw that the quality was not too good . He pa.s.sed the same percentage of energy as he would in a wooden sword and it was fine . He increased the energy little by little, gauging how long it would last . As it approached true one percent, the sword rusted and crumbled to the ground .

He tried again with a mid grade human sword . It only lasted a little longer, but still crumbled at that level . Was the purity of the sword important? He understood that the demon lands did not have great sword smiths . So, where did all the swords come from? He looked through them and saw that they were all different in make and purity . This sword looked as though they were just picked from anywhere .

Ed remembered the battles . The people died inside these battles . They were created to cause feuds . These could be swords from fallen cultivators . He looked at them and chose those with higher purity for his tests .

After trying for a while, Ed came to a conclusion . The higher purity swords were much better . They still crumbled at the same percentage of energy, a little approaching one percent . But the swords with higher purity lasted longer . The better the purity, the longer it would take to crumble . Of course, there was an exception . Two of these words were made from a special material he could not recognise . It seems rare and powerful materials could help it last longer .

He ha tested two low grade earth sword and they could handle one percent of his energy . He had to be gentle with these swords . Pa.s.sing a percentage of his energy through them while in his cave was not the same as while in a fight . In a fight, one could loose control of use to much energy . He had to have great control over his energy as he fought . This was hard thing to do . He wondered if there was any sword that would not crumble? His mind wandered to his spatial ring .

The yhenxia sword .

This sword came with him from his world . This was given to him the moment he took up his quest . The oracle had said that quest takers would be given one of them . He knew this sword was special, because he understood that there were no quest taker any more . Even in this world, he had read the text Jian Ou had given him . They don"t exist any more . The were the only known G.o.deaters . According to the oracle, it was the last of it"s kind .

Ed took out the sword from his spatial ring and stared at it . It was a sleek blade . It looked like liquid mercury as it shifted as though it was flowing from tip to hilt . The handle was tied with a black cloth . Ed touched the blade and words in a language he did not understand filled his mind .I will buy them all . Ed said . Wait a second . I need to ask my boss . the attendant said . Ed nodded and watched him leave . He saw that this man was only a mortal and it was normal for him to be selling these on behalf of someone . The attendant returned with a smile . Sure . should I round them up? he said and Ed nodded . Who is your boss? Ed asked and the attendant froze . It was just as he suspected . This man had gone to tell his boss that there was a big fish in his store . He wondered, if it mattered who he was, didnt that mean it was a fellow cultivator and not one of the regulators who owns the shop? Your boss is not one of the regulators . Ed said . No . the regulators dont sell . Training cultivators can . But they must pay a token to the regulators . the attendant answered and Ed nodded . The attendant put all the swords in a low grade spatial ring and handed it to Ed . How much is all that? Four hundred and fifty thousand spirit tokens . he said . Ed produced a bag an dropped on the desk . Count . he said . The attendant looked inside and saw spirit stones . Four thousand five hundred of them . He became more respectful of Ed and bowed deeper in thanks . Ed turned and left . He returned back to his cave and sat down in the sitting room . Taking out one low grade human sword, he saw that the quality was not too good . He pa.s.sed the same percentage of energy as he would in a wooden sword and it was fine . He increased the energy little by little, gauging how long it would last . As it approached true one percent, the sword rusted and crumbled to the ground . He tried again with a mid grade human sword . It only lasted a little longer, but still crumbled at that level . Was the purity of the sword important? He understood that the demon lands did not have great sword smiths . So, where did all the swords come from? He looked through them and saw that they were all different in make and purity . This sword looked as though they were just picked from anywhere . Ed remembered the battles . The people died inside these battles . They were created to cause feuds . These could be swords from fallen cultivators . He looked at them and chose those with higher purity for his tests . After trying for a while, Ed came to a conclusion . The higher purity swords were much better . They still crumbled at the same percentage of energy, a little approaching one percent . But the swords with higher purity lasted longer . The better the purity, the longer it would take to crumble . Of course, there was an exception . Two of these words were made from a special material he could not recognise . It seems rare and powerful materials could help it last longer . He ha tested two low grade earth sword and they could handle one percent of his energy . He had to be gentle with these swords . Pa.s.sing a percentage of his energy through them while in his cave was not the same as while in a fight . In a fight, one could loose control of use to much energy . He had to have great control over his energy as he fought . This was hard thing to do . He wondered if there was any sword that would not crumble? His mind wandered to his spatial ring . The yhenxia sword . This sword came with him from his world . This was given to him the moment he took up his quest . The oracle had said that quest takers would be given one of them . He knew this sword was special, because he understood that there were no quest taker any more . Even in this world, he had read the text Jian Ou had given him . They dont exist any more . The were the only known G.o.deaters . According to the oracle, it was the last of its kind . Ed took out the sword from his spatial ring and stared at it . It was a sleek blade . It looked like liquid mercury as it shifted as though it was flowing from tip to hilt . The handle was tied with a black cloth . Ed touched the blade and words in a language he did not understand filled his mind .