"This ’bone’ refers to the sword’s backbone, its ’spine,’ not necessarily a literal ’bone.’"
"Depending on the sword casting tradition, the material of the sword bone can be gold and jade, silver and brass, or copper and iron; it can also be spiritual objects like wood and stone, or, of course, demonic bones, beast bones, and even human bones as skeletal remains..."
"The Sword Bone of a regular Spirit Sword doesn’t require much elaboration."
"However, for a Lifebound Sword Blank, which must be nurtured to become one’s own Magical Treasure, deeply intertwined with spiritual power and life, the demands on the Sword Bone are extremely stringent."
"Indeed, the Sword Bone itself directly determines the final quality of the Lifebound Spirit Sword."
"Only the finest bone can forge the finest sword."
"A sword without a foundation bone is nothing more than scrap iron..."
After speaking, the old Monster cultivator took out a long section of Spine Bone from the Storage Bag, observing seriously:
"This is the material used for Sword Bone forging."
Ouyang Mu saw the bloodstain on the bone, his expression slightly changed, "This is... human bone?"
The old Monster cultivator said indifferently, "Human bone or Monster bone, it doesn’t matter; if a bone can forge into an excellent Sword Bone, it’s a good bone..."
"You need to learn to gradually discard these notions concerned with right and wrong, or else how will you stand in the Ten Thousand Demons Prison in the future?"
Ouyang Mu whispered, "Yes, Senior..."
The old Monster cultivator’s expression slightly softened, "I’ll forge, and you watch from the side."
"Okay."
Then the old Monster cultivator began teaching Ouyang Mu formally how to "forge a Sword Bone."
This set of procedures is incredibly intricate and requires extremely high artifact refining techniques.
Mo Hua mostly couldn’t comprehend it.
In terms of artifact refining techniques, he only understood some theoretical aspects, including some knowledge of Formation Diagram design.
When it comes to actual artifact refining, he’s hopeless.
He struggled even with the Second Grade artifact refining hammer.
So, when the old Monster cultivator taught Little Wood to forge a sword, he could only watch from the sidelines.
However, while Mo Hua may not understand the artifact refining techniques, there was one other matter he was tremendously concerned about:
"Whose human bone is this that is being used to forge ’Sword Bone’?"
"This human bone is cherished and stored by the old Monster cultivator, specially reserved to refine Lifebound Sword Bone, indicating that its origin must not be ordinary..."
Mo Hua stared at the hunched old Monster cultivator, feeling a chill from the inside.
This bone can’t possibly be...
The old Monster cultivator’s own Spine Bone, can it?
He extracted his own Spine Bone to forge Lifebound Sword Bone?
Mo Hua inhaled sharply.
What kind of sword forging method is this?
It’s extraordinarily ruthless.
Mo Hua stared again at the old Monster cultivator’s crooked form, seemingly lacking a backbone, the more he looked, the more it seemed.
Evil cultivators kill people, strip bones to forge swords, ruthless towards others, but this old creature, he’s ruthless towards himself...
"But, does using one’s own bone to forge a sword have any special significance?"
Mo Hua did not quite understand.
Inside the Chamber of Evil Instruments, the old Monster cultivator swiftly quenched blood, fused iron, forged bone... his artifact refining skills indeed reached perfection.
Ouyang Mu watched without blinking, meanwhile pondering what techniques he could learn.
After forging for a while, the old Monster cultivator said:
"The next sword-forging phase involves the blood sacrifice technique; if you don’t wish to learn, feel free not to watch."
Ouyang Mu hesitated for a moment then slowly nodded.
The old Monster cultivator took out a section of fine iron, handed it to Ouyang Mu, "Take this fine iron to that Blood Pool over there and quench it for a while, we’ll need it shortly."
"Yes, Senior."
Ouyang Mu took the fine iron, walked aside, and quenched it in the Blood Pool.
The old Monster cultivator glanced at Ouyang Mu, his gaze cautious, then slowly drew out a pen from the Storage Bag with his ancient hand.
After that, he began drawing something on the Sword Bone with that pen, his movements extremely secretive.
Although he had diverted Ouyang Mu, avoiding his gaze, he did not evade Mo Hua.
Mo Hua felt a shock when seeing him take out the pen.
This Evil Sword Master, not using a hammer but using a pen instead?
What is he drawing?
Mo Hua was immensely curious, then held his breath, tilted his head, stared for a while, and suddenly his pupils contracted, his heart and soul completely shaken.
This old Monster cultivator, skilled in sword casting, was secretly drawing on the Sword Bone, what turned out to be...
Divine Way Formation Patterns?!