Chapter 54 - Soul Weapons (1/2)

Once breakfast finished and Yuan returned to his room, he asked Xiao Hua, ”What's a Soul Weapon?”

”Soul Weapons are as its name suggests— weapons that contain a soul, allowing it to have its own consciousness. They are exceedingly rare treasures even in the higher realms with nearly unlimited potential. And due to their uniqueness, they do not have specific Grades like ordinary weapons do. It's really shocking that the Luo Family would have something like this.” Xiao Hua explained to him.

”A weapon with a soul… so there's somebody inside the weapon? How does that even happen?” Yuan asked, still confused about the concept.

”That's not quite right, Brother Yuan. There's nobody in the weapon. The term 'soul' does not actually mean there's someone in the weapon. It's just a weapon with just enough consciousness to pick their Masters.”

”Oh… So I cannot talk with it?” Yuan said with a slightly disappointed expression.

”That might not be the case either, Brother Yuan. Because Soul Weapons are essentially living weapons that grow stronger with their Master, there's a chance its 'soul' can evolve in the future, allowing it to speak.”

”Soul Weapons can grow stronger? No wonder why you say it has unlimited potential.”

Xiao Hua nodded and said, ”However, in order for it to grow, Brother Yuan must be able to wield it first, and Soul Weapons are not easy to control. Because regardless of your cultivation base, if the Soul Weapon does not recognize you as its Master, it will be no different from an ordinary weapon, perhaps even worse.”

Yuan nodded.

He then retrieved the beautiful black dagger and stared at it with a mesmerizing face.

”How do I get it to recognize me?” Yuan asked her a moment later.

”Brother Yuan can try feeding it some of your blood to see whether it will recognize you or not.” Xiao Hua suggested.

”Feed it my blood? How much blood?”

”A few drops should be enough,” she said.

Yuan nodded and took a deep breath before pricking his finger with the tip of the Starry Abyss, feeding it a few drops of his own blood.

The moment Yuan's blood touched the dagger, his blood sunk into the dagger's blade, and Yuan could see his blood being absorbed by the flickering stars inside the blade.

A few seconds later, the dagger began trembling.

”W-What is going on, Xiao Hua?” Yuan asked her with a nervous expression.

”It's reacting to your blood, Brother Yuan! There's a good chance it will recognize you! Quickly, feed it more of your blood!” She urged him with excitement on her face.

Yuan nodded and squeezed a few more drops of blood onto the shaking dagger.

As the dagger absorbed more of Yuan's blood, the trembling grew stronger, and the dagger itself even started heating up.

”It's burning me!” Yuan dropped the dagger when it became unbearably hot to hold.

However, as though gravity stopped working, the Starry Abyss did not fall to the floor and remained levitating before Yuan.

After spending a few moments suspended in midair, the Starry Abyss finally stopped trembling.