Chapter 199: The New Wandering Light Sword

After one year, Lin Feng finally left seclusion. Over the year, Chen Xiyi also gained a lot.

For example, the items produced by the Mist were incredible—they contained a Spirit of Historical Heritage. Although the output was pitifully small, it was a steady flow that kept coming. It was a guaranteed profit.

Unfortunately, the Ranch could only raise one Mist creature at a time. Chen Xiyi didn’t understand how a single one could reproduce, but he thought that if it existed, there must be a reason. No one wanted to question the logic of game rules.

[You gifted an Alloy Sword to your friend: The Immortal Lin Feng. Favorability +0. Current Favorability: 5 stars]

“This sword… it doesn’t feel like a sword to me. It feels more like a strange thing. It looks like a sword, but it doesn’t have the feel of one at all.”

Lin Feng held the Alloy Sword with seven enchantments in his hand. After staring at it for a while, he felt baffled. It was clearly a sword, but as someone who embodied the Sword Concept, he felt it wasn’t really a sword.

The favorability increase of zero didn’t mean it had no effect. It was because their bond was already deep. As friends who had faced life and death together, the favorability was maxed out and couldn’t go any higher.

“Ah, well… never mind if it’s a sword or not. Just see if you can use it.”

Chen Xiyi of course knew his Alloy Sword wasn’t really a sword. After all, it was essentially just a product of game rules.

Lin Feng found the Alloy Sword quite easy to handle. After all, it was forged to mimic the Wandering Light Sword. Having inherited everything from Wandering Light, Lin Feng was naturally very familiar with it.

He gave the Alloy Sword a simple swing, and a three-meter Sword Qi burst out.

Lin Feng was caught off guard by this. Then, he pondered carefully. “This sword is unusual. It actually makes my sword techniques faster.”

“Mm, and not just that. There’s also…” Chen Xiyi then explained all the enchantment abilities of the Alloy Sword using terms the other could understand.

“This isn’t a sword; it’s a rule, isn’t it?” After hearing it, Lin Feng directly confirmed it. What kind of sword had such bizarre abilities?

“If you say so, then yes. It’s a rule that looks like a sword.” Chen Xiyi naturally went along with it.

“But it’s still missing something. I think… this can be a sword. This is the Wandering Light Sword.”

Lin Feng suddenly spoke.

[The Immortal Lin Feng enchanted the Alloy Sword, granting it the Enchantment: Sword Weapon]

[The Immortal Lin Feng renamed the Alloy Sword. Alloy Sword was renamed to Wandering Light Sword]

[Sword Weapon: A sword-type weapon]

“…”

Chen Xiyi hadn’t expected Lin Feng to be able to enchant the Alloy Sword and even rename it. He tried renaming one of his own Alloy Firearms. To his surprise, it actually worked.

[You renamed the Alloy Firearm. Alloy Firearm was renamed to Crying Cat Head]

[You renamed the Enchantment: Weakness on the Alloy Firearm. Enchantment: Weakness was renamed to Enchantment: Neighbor Wang]

“…”

For a moment, Chen Xiyi didn’t know how to react.

If Lin Feng hadn’t done that renaming, Chen Xiyi wouldn’t have known he could rename equipment and enchantments.

He even suspected that future enhancements could be renamed too, like changing +1, +2 to Dog Remains or Iron Pillar.

His ingrained player mindset had led him to believe equipment couldn’t be renamed. He never thought this incident would broaden his understanding of the game.

But these were minor matters. The big deal was that Lin Feng could enchant the renamed Wandering Light Sword (originally Alloy Sword) with an effect called Sword Weapon, directly defining it as a sword.

This enchantment was completely useless for others. Whether it was a sword or not didn’t affect its use. For Chen Xiyi, it made no difference at all.

But for Lin Feng, it was different. He was the embodiment of the Sword Concept. Before this enchantment, the Alloy Sword was just a weapon with the appearance of a sword, no different from the spears, halberds, and other weapons in his Inventory—it was just a matter of attack style.

Now it was different. The Home Game recognized it as a sword, similar to a new category emerging from the equipment.

For example, Chen Xiyi’s equipment was roughly divided into weapons and armor. If he took back this Wandering Light Sword now, he would gain another category: swords.

It wasn’t that swords were special. If he met a big shot who embodied the Armor Concept, Shield Concept, or Firearm Concept, and had them enchant his Alloy Full Body Armor or shields, that piece of equipment would also become a separate, new equipment category.

Chen Xiyi guessed the reason was likely because the Home Game was unfinished, and equipment wasn’t finely categorized. Of course, it could also be because the Home Game was a sandbox farming game where weapons only needed to be divided into ranged and melee. Swords, spears, halberds—they were all just shells.

Lin Feng felt the Wandering Light Sword in his hand. He lightly performed a sword flourish, and then…

Sword Qi burst out.

“Wow, you can’t turn off this Sword Qi,” Lin Feng said, somewhat speechless.

“Yep, it’s a special effect. As long as it’s not broken, every action judged as an attack will automatically produce Sword Qi.”

Enchantments—in what game could you freely turn enhanced or enchanted equipment effects on and off? They were always active.

“You’re full of weirdness. Whatever. Do you have any other survival items?” Lin Feng knew that although the Wandering Light Sword Chen Xiyi made was a bit eerie, it was definitely a treasure.

So he naturally continued, shamelessly.

He was sure that since Chen Xiyi had prepared a weapon for him, he must have prepared other survival items too.

“Full body armor and a helmet. As for the rest, like talismans and Ritual Implements, you can’t use them without the Strange Gates Escaping Arts. I’ll use them for you when the time comes.” As Chen Xiyi spoke, he took out the meticulously fitted Alloy Full Body Armor and Alloy Helmet.

“I know how to wear the helmet, but how do I put on this full body armor? At least leave some seams!” Lin Feng looked at the seamless Alloy Full Body Armor—the kind you couldn’t even take apart.

“How to wear it? Like this, of course.” Chen Xiyi grabbed the Alloy Full Body Armor and shoved it onto Lin Feng.

[You gifted Alloy Full Body Armor to your friend: The Immortal Lin Feng. Favorability +0. Current Favorability: 5 stars]

[You gifted an Alloy Helmet to your friend: The Immortal Lin Feng. Favorability +0. Current Favorability: 5 stars]

In that instant, he equipped it.

“Whoa, that’s incredible!” Lin Feng repeatedly equipped and unequipped it, putting it back on with just a thought.

This really challenged his worldview.

He had become stronger, yes, and he had inherited Wandering Light’s thirty thousand years of experience. But when it came to Chen Xiyi’s situation, not even Wandering Light had probably seen it, let alone the First Immortal.

Plus, Lin Feng’s personality was becoming more playful, so he naturally started playing around out of curiosity.

“Wait, wait. This helmet and full body armor have special effects too. I feel a power slowly flowing inside me, restoring my life and stamina. It even makes my body more agile. Combined with the Wandering Light Sword’s effect, my agility has increased by at least thirty percent.”

A thirty percent increase for an ordinary person might not mean much, but for someone of Lin Feng’s strength, the boost was massive.

Chen Xiyi naturally gave Lin Feng a simple explanation of the effects.

His enchantments didn’t add fixed values; they increased by percentages.

So naturally, the effects were different when used by ordinary people versus strong individuals.

“I didn’t expect it to be this amazing. Do you have more of this stuff? I’d like an extra set for Mei Niang.” After thinking for a moment, Lin Feng added, “Tell me what materials you need, and I’ll try my best to find them.”

“Never mind the materials. I’ll give you another set when we get back.”

For Chen Xiyi, plain or triple-enchanted equipment wasn’t valuable at all. He could even produce tens of thousands of sets without any problem.

But for Chen Xiyi, this stuff had to be given to the right people. Especially Alloy-grade equipment—aside from giving some to Li Zhao and Mi Hong (a 5-star and a 4-star friend, respectively), he had only given some to Lin Feng, another 5-star friend. None had been given out elsewhere.

It wasn’t that he was stingy—it was just, why should he give them to others?

He was willing to give to 4-star and 5-star friends. After all, once favorability reached 4 stars, it was basically a life-and-death friendship, the kind where they’d do anything for you.

But for 3 stars and below, not only could they not send letters, but they were merely friends. If the benefits were sufficient, they might betray him.

Once favorability reached 4 stars, it basically only went up and didn’t drop.

They wouldn’t stab him in the back, so Chen Xiyi was willing to give equipment, food, and even travel thousands of miles to rescue them.

Mei Yu currently only had 3.5 stars of favorability. Chen Xiyi wasn’t very willing to give her any, but for Lin Feng’s sake, he could give her a set.

He guessed it was probably because he had forcibly taken the Miaojiang Five Immortals Cave, which made her hold a grudge. She thought Chen Xiyi was a good person, but she had complex feelings of guilt toward the Five Immortals Sect and the Miaojiang ancestors.

“Alright, then I’ll thank you on Mei Niang’s behalf. But the materials must not be cheap. When we get back, I’ll try to compensate you somehow. I can’t let you pay out of pocket.” Lin Feng said with a grin.

Given their close relationship, Lin Feng wasn’t being pretentious, but he still felt he should give something in return.

In Lin Feng’s eyes, such powerful items must require a lot of precious materials. He was already getting one set for survival for free; if he took another for free, wouldn’t that be greedy?

Chen Xiyi gave Lin Feng a strange look. “Oh, sure, if it makes you happy.”

If Lin Feng really wanted to give something, he could give him an Alloy Pickaxe and have him mine a few mountains.

Aside from the last four enchantments, which required Spiritual/Magical Items that only the Fairies/Spirits could provide, the rest were just gold, silver, copper, and iron.

After thinking about it, the other’s digging speed would surely be fast since he was a powerful figure. If nothing else, his sword-swinging speed per second applied to a pickaxe would allow him to mine a mountain in an instant.

“Are you ready?” Lin Feng put away his smile and said seriously.

“I’m ready. Let’s eat something first to get the Vigorous and Slow Health Regeneration statuses.” Chen Xiyi said, taking out food. They had to apply buffs before battle.

Moreover, the Slow Health Regeneration could stack with the Alloy Helmet’s self-healing, making the effect stronger.

Lin Feng didn’t ask why and immediately started putting food in his mouth.

Chen Xiyi didn’t eat; he directly used it from his Inventory.

Then he took out a large stack of talismans and Ritual Implements, immediately using them on Lin Feng and himself.

However, the effects of the talismans and Ritual Implements were much weaker compared to the equipment. They were better than nothing.

“When the time comes, I’ll cover you with insect armor to resist the Mist’s damage. Each layer can last about the time it takes an incense stick to burn. But that’s outside of history; inside history, it might only have one-tenth the effect. I can stack a hundred layers or even a thousand layers for you, but I’m worried it might affect your agility.”

“So we’ll adapt flexibly then.”

“Also, afterward, don’t stray too far from my Eighty-Four Thousand Buddha Primordial Spirits. Otherwise, I won’t be able to support you.”

“I’ll handle the miscellaneous enemies and the Mist for you. The First Immortal is up to you; I can’t handle him.”

Chen Xiyi chattered on to Lin Feng, who was eating.

“No problem, leave it to me.” Lin Feng replied to Chen Xiyi between chews. The food Chen Xiyi brought out was really delicious.