Chapter 50: Primordial Force Weapon

It wasn’t until over twenty years into the New Era that the first man-made Primordial Force Weapon appeared. This marked the beginning of the era of artificial Primordial Force Weapon production. Unfortunately, Jiang Xincheng wasn’t very interested in the methods of making Primordial Force Weapons. Although he had read some books about crafting Primordial Force Weapons, he never tried it himself. He didn’t know how to make Primordial Force Weapons, which was quite a pity.

Even though he couldn’t make Primordial Force Weapons, Jiang Xincheng remembered the locations of many divine weapons from his previous life. The most important purpose of his trip south was to find the Mutated Yuan Crystal that could modify cultivation talent. The second goal was to find that Primordial Force Weapon from his memories.

Mysterious Steel Sword!

Primordial Force Weapons could greatly increase a Practitioner’s attack power and enhance their strength. They could even allow a Practitioner to fight above their level. With a suitable Primordial Force Weapon, Jiang Xincheng could kill enemies across realms.

With sufficient strength, Jiang Xincheng could plunder enough Cultivation Resources to grow faster and improve his power more rapidly. This was especially important because his next plan was to join the Flourishing Tang Empire.

Once he joined the Flourishing Tang Empire, he would need to complete extremely difficult missions to get promoted. He would definitely face countless dangers. Only with strong enough power could he ensure his safety and earn more merits.

If he could obtain that Mysterious Steel Sword, Jiang Xincheng’s safety would be greatly guaranteed.

After careful consideration, Jiang Xincheng immediately left Nanhai City and took a bus to Xiyang City.

“Going down to Yangzhou in the third month of blooming flowers” referred to Yangzhou, an extremely beautiful city in the ancient Hua Nation. Sadly, Yangzhou was destroyed during the Fourth World War. The current Xiyang City was built on the ruins of the original Yangzhou City.

Thanks to modern advanced technology, the ruins of Yangzhou City were reborn in just a few years, becoming Xiyang City, which was almost as beautiful as the old Yangzhou.

Except for some broken houses at the edge of Xiyang City that still told of the disasters brought by the Fourth World War, the entire Xiyang City was picturesque.

When Jiang Xincheng arrived in Xiyang City, it was early morning. The morning breeze was refreshing and felt wonderful. There was also the scent of flowers in the wind. Looking into the distance, he saw green trees shading the roads, and the streets were extremely clean. It was no wonder Xiyang City was known as a scenic metropolis throughout the Shenxia Alliance.

Walking along the road, there was almost no dust at all. The cleanliness was surprising. Many girls wearing light clothing passed by. Their soft bodies and natural fragrance were very captivating.

Jiang Xincheng only briefly admired the beautiful scenery of Xiyang City before taking a taxi directly to Xiyang Museum, a very old museum located by the White Pagoda Lake in Xiyang City.

White Pagoda Lake wasn’t far from the train station. In about half an hour, Jiang Xincheng arrived at White Pagoda Lake. Looking at the picturesque lake before him, Jiang Xincheng couldn’t help but think: how nice it would be to buy a villa here someday, and practice alchemy and cultivation by the lake every day.

Unfortunately, his pockets were empty now. Every villa by White Pagoda Lake cost at least ten million Credit Points. Jiang Xincheng couldn’t afford it now and could only consider buying one later.

Giving up this distant thought, Jiang Xincheng headed to Xiyang Museum. According to the Tales of the Unusual from his previous life, that Mysterious Steel Sword was with the old museum director’s granddaughter. It was even used as a toy by the granddaughter, wrapped inside a bronze scabbard. Only by breaking that bronze scabbard would this Mysterious Steel Sword appear.

The reason this Mysterious Steel Sword was discovered was because the old director’s granddaughter accidentally set the entire museum on fire once. Just as the old director was furious, they found a shining black-red short sword among the burned museum ruins. This short sword was the Mysterious Steel Sword.

This story was quite interesting. Jiang Xincheng had read it accidentally while guarding the library in his previous life and remembered it. He never thought he would have a use for it one day.

Xiyang Museum was a very old museum by White Pagoda Lake, said to be about a hundred years old. It didn’t store ancient famous paintings or porcelain, but instead contained stone tablets weighing over ten thousand jin each.

These stone tablets came from all over the alliance, recording many ancient events and some ancient biographies. They weren’t particularly valuable and were extremely heavy, so basically no thieves targeted this place.

These stone tablets weren’t worth much money, stealing them was quite troublesome, and they were very large targets, making it easy to get caught. Rather than stealing these heavy stone tablets, it was better to steal smaller, precious treasures like jade artifacts or ancient paintings from other museums.

Therefore, the security measures at Xiyang Museum weren’t great. Only two retired old soldiers, an old director over sixty years old, and the old director’s granddaughter lived there.

The two retired old soldiers were only at the Early Tendon Refining Stage in strength. Jiang Xincheng could easily knock them out. As for the old director, he was only at the Mid Muscle-Tempering Stage and posed no threat to Jiang Xincheng.

For Jiang Xincheng, a minor expert who could defeat Primordial Warriors at the Late Tendon Training Stage, all the security measures at Xiyang Museum were practically useless.

When Jiang Xincheng arrived at Xiyang Museum, it was only about 9:00 in the morning. There were very few visitors in the museum, just a handful. Jiang Xincheng bought a ticket for ten Credit Points from one retired old soldier and entered Xiyang Museum.

The museum was full of tall stone tablets with various ancient characters carved on them. The contents were diverse – some talked about scenery, some about people, some about history… Jiang Xincheng didn’t pay much attention to these tablets. Instead, he searched everywhere for the old director and his granddaughter.

Walking from the front yard to the back yard, Jiang Xincheng’s eyes lit up as a beautiful girl who looked like she came from a painting appeared before him.

She had an oval face, cute and pure. She wore white hot pants that revealed long, fair, and tender legs. On top was a white short-sleeved T-shirt, with jade-like arms that seemed to glow.

Her delicate figure was quite captivating. Though only about fifteen or sixteen years old, she already had the appearance of a future great beauty. Jiang Xincheng was stunned for a moment, feeling as if he was seeing spring sunlight.

The girl was playfully pulling on the beard of her grandfather, who appeared to be over sixty years old. With a flattering smile, she coquettishly said, “Grandpa, grandpa, please buy me some Yuan Crystals. Then tomorrow I can try to break through the bottleneck at the Late Muscle-Tempering Stage and reach the Tendon Training Realm. Please, grandpa, just buy me some Yuan Crystals. I’ve been stuck at the Late Muscle-Tempering Stage for almost a year now.”

Facing the coquettish attack from his beautiful and lovely granddaughter, the old man in his sixties couldn’t help but show a bitter smile. “Tian Tian, it’s not that grandpa doesn’t want to buy you Yuan Crystals, but we don’t have much living expenses left. If I buy you Yuan Crystals, we’ll have nothing to eat next.”