Chapter87:ObtainingtheTwinSwords

Wemeetagain,CraneWingsTwinSwords.Foraninstant,thetwinswordshaddrainednearlyonetenthofYunXi’sblood.However,heshowednosignsofbeinginpain,butinsteadlookedattheCraneWingsTwinSwordswithasmile-althoughhishearthadalmostbeencutthroughbythem.

"????...Whoareyou?"Twoindistinctvoicescamefromthetwinswords.Theyweretheswordspiritsofthetwinswords.Oneofthetwinswordswasmaleandtheotherfemale.Afterthousandsofyears,twoincompletesoulshadbeenbornwithinthetwinswords.Thismeantthatthetwinswordswereonlyonestepawayfrombecomingapairofartifacts.

Itwassaidthatthetwinswordswereforgedbythelegendarycraftsman,OuZhiZi’ssuccessor.Aftertheyhadappearedintheworld,theyweredoomedtobeembryonicformsofapairofartifacts.Unfortunately,noonefromtheYunHefamilywereastalentedinswordskillslikeYunXi.Theyweren’tevenabletocontacttheswordspiritsofthetwinswords.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales😄)

Uptothatmoment,YunXitouchedthetwinsoulsinthetwinswordsbyperformingtheforbiddenskill.

"Weoncefoughtsidebyside.Maybeyouhaveforgottenit,butitwasareallypleasantmemory,"YunXisaidwithayearningtone.Hereachedoutbothhishands,grabbingtheswordhandlesinhistwohandshedrewthetwinswordsoutofhisbodybitbybit.

"Impossible!That’simpossible!Whatisthishappening?Killher,killher!CraneWingsTwinSwords!CraneWings!"ChildeYunHewasreallyflabbergastedashesawYunXidrawingthetwinswordsoutofhisbody.

Theywerehisfamily’sspiritswords!Theywerehisfamily’smostvaluabletreasures!Suddenly,ChildeYunHerememberedanoldtaletoldinhisfamily.Long,longago,whenthesuccessorofOuYeZipresentedtheCraneWingsTwinSwordstohisfamily,hehadalsoleftamessage.Atthattime,OuYeZi’ssuccessorandtheYunHefamilymasterwereverygoodfriends.TheCraneWingsTwinSwordsweremadefromthematerialstheycollectedtogetherandwerethetokensoftheirfriendship.

"Thetwinswordsaremymostsatisfyingwork,butmyfriend,remember,powerfulweaponsalwayschoosetheirownmasters.Whenthetwinswordsbecomeapairofartifacts,theywillhavetheirownsouls.Ifyourdescendantscan’tmasterthematthattime,I’mafraidthattheywillleaveyourfamily."

"Itdoesn’tmatter.IftheCraneWingsTwinSwordsthinkthatmydescendantsareunworthyofusingthem,theycanjustleaveandchoosetheirnewmasterbythemselves!"

“Coulditbethat...Woulditbethat…”ChildeYunHeshiveredashethoughtofthatpossibility.

“No,no,itwon’thappen!Sheisjustanunknownmaid!TheCraneWingsTwinSwordswillneveraccepther!”

CraneWingsTwinSwordswereveryproud.Noone-eveniftheywereherorankedswordsmen-couldcontroltheminthepasthundredsofyears!Afterall,theyweredoomedtobeapairofartifacts!

"Startverifying..."CraneWingsTwinSwordsdidn’timmediatelyacceptYunXilikewhattheydidinthetrialbutbeganaseriesofcomplicatedverifications.

"Genderverification...Passingthrough...

Bloodlinetalentverification...Passingthrough...

Adaptabilitywiththetwinswords...Passingthrough...

...

Alltheverificationshavepassedthrough...

Acceptable!

Acceptable!"

YunXiheardtwosimilarvoicescomingfromthetwinswords.Afterthat,hesawthetwoswordspirits.Themaleswordspiritwasaboywearingataoistpriest’srobe.Hishairhadalmostgrowntohisfeet.Thefemaleswordspiritwasacutegirlwithtwohairbuns.Shewasalsowearingataoistpriest’srobe.Theyweretwinsjustlikethetwinwitches.However,theyhadjustbeenbornintotheworldandhadn’tbuilttheirgenderconception.

ThiswasthefirsttimeYunXihadseenthetwinswordspirits,buthevaguelyfeltthatsomethingwaswrong.

"Completedverification.Wehavewaitedforyouforalongtime.We’retheCraneWingsTwinSwords.Wesharethesamedestinyandwillneverbeparted.Transmitthedata:YunHai’sMemory!"

Thetwinswordsresonated.OneoldrunewordafteranotherflowedintoYunXi’smind.Timeseemedtoturnbackatthatmoment.YunXisawthedistantpast.Hesawthebirthofthetwinswords.Atallmancarryingabigpackageonhisbackwashammeringtheunfinishedtwinswords.

"Ding!Ding!"Aheavyhammercarriedsparksandelectriclights,knockingonthetwinswords.

Theplacewasatthetopofthemountains.

"Whatnow?AreyousatisfiedwiththematerialsIcollected?"Amanwalkedontheclouds,leisurelywalkingtowardsthetallman.Thetallmanwasseveraltimeslargerthanthemanwhojustcamefromtheclouds.Obviously,thetallmanwasn’tahuman.

"Verygood.IthinkIcanmaketheembryonicformsofapairofartifacts.Perhapstheywillbethemostsatisfyingworksofmylife.However,Ihavetotellyouthattheyneedtimetogestatetheirsouls.I’mafraidthattheycurrentlywillbeofnousetoyou,YunHai."

"Idon’tmind.Inthatcase,Iwillleavethemtomydescendants.Justintime,Iwasplanningtoleavemyfamilyaheirloom."ThemannamedYunHailookedattheunfinishedtwinswordswithasatisfiedsmile.

"I’mafraidthatyourdescendantswillbeunabletocontrolthetwinswordsafterthetwinswordshavesouls,"Thegiantmansaidandshruggedhisshoulders.

"Haha.Ifmydescendantsaresouselessatthattime,thenthetwinswordsdeservetobefree.Veryfewfamiliescansurviveintheworldforoverthousandsofyears.Iwillletthetwinswordsprotectthemforonethousandyears.Afterthat,theirfatewilldependonthemselves.Ohright,wehaven’tgiventhetwinswordsaname.Anyidea?"YunHaiaskedhisfriend,thegiantman,whohadcomefromtheWesternGod’sDomaininordertocollectmaterials.

"TulaneTwinSwords.Howaboutthat?"

"Thetwinswordswillbecomemyfamily’sheirloom!Howcantheyhaveawestern-stylename!"

"Well,then...YinYangTwinSwords?"

"Yourtasteisreallybad.Sigh,leaveittome…Iwillnamemyfamily’YunHe’.Itmeans’leisurelylikecloudsandelegantlikecranes’.Inthatcase,Iwillnamethetwinswords’CraneWingsTwinSwords’!”

“Iwillsealallmyexperienceandswordskillsintothetwinswords.Afterthetwinswordshavesoulsandfindtheirnewmaster,Iwillletthenewownerinheritmylegacy.Idon’tknowwhenandwhereyouwillseethisinformation.Idon’tknowifyouaremydescendant,butthatdoesn’tmatter.Iwillshowyoumystrongestswordskill:YunHai’sQuadrantSword!"