Ch 524: Don’t @ Me （if We’re Not Close）
This is a rusty sword.
The rust on the box was so severe that it was almost impossible to discern the original appearance of the sword body, and even the hilt was gone; just a bare blade. A large piece of rust would fall off with a single touch.
Zhou Ruoruo noticed Jiang Nanyu’s strange expression and awkwardly explained, “This sword has been like this ever since it lost its Sword Spirit. For over a hundred years, our Zhou Clan has been trying to find the Sword Spirit, but without any success, until my great-grandfather obtained some clues in the Bewitching Ravine…”
Jiang Nanyu wanted to take it out of the box to examine it, but Zhou Ruoruo quickly stopped her: “That, it’s very fragile now, it’s easy to break…”
“What’s its name?” Jiang Nanyu casually asked.
The awkwardness on Zhou Ruoruo’s face deepened; she was really embarrassed to mention the sword’s full name.
“It’s the Seven Star Sword.”
The tea that Jiang Nanyu had just drunk and hadn’t had time to swallow spurted out directly!
Fortunately, she quickly changed direction, preventing Zhou Ruoruo from being affected.
“It’s the Seven Star Sword?!”
Jiang Nanyu’s voice was full of disbelief. She subconsciously looked at the rusty thing lying in the box, which looked like it would break with a single touch. It was hard to imagine that this was the legendary Seven Star Sword, the symbol of the Big Dipper.
Zhou Ruoruo chuckled awkwardly; her toes could practically dig out a three-room apartment.
According to records, the Seven Star Sword was once a Magical Artifact of the Emperor of True Martial Arts, and later became the Zhou Clan’s heirloom Magical Artifact, used by each Clan Head, serving as both a Magical Artifact and a symbol of status.
So, since the Seven Star Sword lost its Sword Spirit, the Zhou Clan had never displayed it again. It was simply too embarrassing to show; it was better to find an excuse to keep it mysterious.
“I heard that the Netherworld Barrier can retrieve missing Sword Spirits, so Grandfather decided to take out the Seven Star Sword. Grandfather was originally going to meet you in person, but he was delayed by something…”
Zhou Ruoruo whispered a few words in Jiang Nanyu’s ear.
Jiang Nanyu thoughtfully nodded, looked at the Seven Star Sword again, and then closed the lid: “Tell Old Master for me that I will do my best to help find the Seven Star Sword’s Sword Spirit, but I’m not sure if I can find it. Or, you could call someone to ask.”
“Who?”
Jiang Nanyu whistled.
One minute later.
Nothing happened.
The air was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
It seemed as if a flock of crows flew overhead, cawing.
Jiang Nanyu and Zhou Ruoruo looked at each other wordlessly. Zhou Ruoruo broke the eerie silence, “Uh, do we need to remove the Formation first?”
“…”
Jiang Nanyu silently removed the Formation.
Zhou Ruoruo twitched her lips, stifling a laugh.
Jiang Nanyu cleared her throat and whistled again.
Shortly after, a white shadow suddenly shot in through the window, startling Zhou Ruoruo.
Upon closer inspection, it was a tattered fan.
“This is…?” Zhou Ruoruo asked questioningly.
Before Jiang Nanyu could answer, the Feather Fan suddenly exclaimed, “Eh? What’s this?” approaching the box containing the Seven Star Sword.
As soon as the Sword Spirit’s voice appeared, Zhou Ruoruo was startled.
“What sound? Who’s talking?”
Jiang Nanyu pointed to the tattered fan hovering in the air: “It.”
“It?!”
“It’s the Sword Spirit of the Feather Fan, the Zhuge Clan’s Feather Fan. It has a similar experience to your Zhou Clan’s Seven Star Sword, but it was luckier; its Sword Spirit escaped from the Netherworld Barrier, and now it’s following me to find its lost feathers in the Netherworld Barrier,” Jiang Nanyu explained.
Zhou Ruoruo’s eyes lit up!
“So, it’s possible that the Seven Star Sword’s Sword Spirit is trapped in the Bewitching Ravine?”
“Seven Star Sword?” The Feather Fan Sword Spirit keenly picked up these words, trying to recall, “No wonder I find it familiar; I’ve met it once before.”
“Really? Then could you…”
“Not familiar, don’t @ me.”
In just a few days, the Feather Fan had learned a lot of popular online slang.
Jiang Nanyu slapped it, but the Feather Fan dodged it in time.
“So many years have passed; it might already be dead! What kind of place is the Netherworld Barrier? It devours dozens, if not hundreds, of Spiritual Artifacts…”
Before the Feather Fan could finish, Jiang Nanyu suddenly grabbed it and tried to forcefully break its handle.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch, ah, let go, it hurts!!!” The Feather Fan screamed.
Hearing the Feather Fan’s cry, the Demon-Slaying Sword also “whooshed” into existence, gloatingly shouting: “Break it! Break it!”
Jiang Nanyu finally found an opportunity to try, naturally using some force, but she couldn’t break it.
She then raised it and slammed it against the table. After a series of efforts, the Feather Fan “temporarily” submitted: “Stop, stop! My skeleton is going to fall apart! I-I’ll tell you the whereabouts of that Seven Star Sword kid!”
Jiang Nanyu snorted, then stopped: “Why the delay?”
“Yeah, yeah, why the delay!” The Demon-Slaying Sword continued to egg it on.
The Feather Fan resentfully endured it, thinking that it would definitely teach that rotten sword a lesson after entering the Netherworld Barrier.
It recounted the brief encounter it had with the Seven Star Sword’s Sword Spirit—it was truly brief. While escaping, one went east and the other went south, exchanged greetings, and that was it.
“I wasn’t wrong, though; it’s not certain whether it survived or not,” the Feather Fan mumbled.
Jiang Nanyu said angrily, “If you can’t speak properly, shut up.”
She turned to Zhou Ruoruo, wondering how to make amends, but Zhou Ruoruo waved her hand, showing understanding: “It’s not wrong either. It’s been over a hundred years. Whether you can find it or not, bring back the Seven Star Sword; it’s a keepsake at least.”
Jiang Nanyu nodded, then tapped the Feather Fan’s handle again.
This time, the Feather Fan was completely subdued, feigning deafness and muteness, not uttering a sound.
Just then, an urgent cat meow came from outside. Jiang Nanyu and Zhou Ruoruo’s faces changed, and without hesitation, they rushed out the door!
