Chapter 34: The Dragon
Dugu Feng finished all the teachings and just walked out of the training ground, when her official Lifar Yinyue greeted her again.
"My lord, the old weapons with history that you asked to collect, as well as the weapons that were used by the soldiers and experienced in battle, have been delivered. According to your request, these are either antiques dug up from ancient battlefields, or heirloom weapons of adventurers, or broken weapons that have accompanied the warriors for a long time and have gone through many battles, or weapons that have killed many lives......"
As she spoke, Lifar waved her hand slightly, and a carriage loaded with various dilapidated weapons slowly drove in. The weapons on it were either scarred and broken, rusty, buried in the ground for an unknown number of years, or weathered, or even only some fragments of swords remained...... In short, they are all kinds of broken and old weapons that have lost their use value, and they seem to have no meaning except for collection.
"Very good, let's bring it like this!" Dugu Feng looked at the cart full of broken weapons and nodded with satisfaction.
Then, Dugu Feng walked out of the villa directly and came to the mountain wall between the manor and the castle, which was originally supposed to be a hillside, but now it was as if it had been flattened by a sword, and a large piece was dug directly between the original mountains, forming an incomparably flat rock platform.
At this time, there are countless weapons on the platform, including swords, knives, chain hammers, axes, daggers, and javelins...... They are all like the weapons loaded on the carriage, they are all ancient monuments and dilapidated, and at first glance they are real "weapons" that have been weathered and experienced countless battles.
The dense weapons were inserted in the huge rock square, and at a glance, there was an indescribable sense of shock. Anyone who comes here will be immediately shocked by the solemn atmosphere of this weapon tomb, and they can't help but be awe-inspired.
Dugu Feng walked on this stone platform, took a weapon from the carriage casually, looked at it silently for a moment, and then stuck it on the ground with his backhand.
These weapons are weathered and war-torn and have their own histories, and although the wind and sand of time have worn away their glorious appearance, they cannot erase the memories left by their battles side by side with their masters.
Yes, weapons also have memories. The so-called sword is made of iron, and it is psychic because of its grasping. All weapons have no consciousness, but when a swordsman and a warrior put his idea of fighting on the weapon in his hand, the weapon has a memory and a soul.
Dugu Feng silently went to a sword and silently read the memory of this sword. It was an ordinary two-handed greatsword, made of ordinary material, and it did not use precious materials such as Adamantite Mithril, nor did it come from the hand of a master, but the work of a well-skilled human blacksmith in a country town.
Its memory is not outstanding, it just records the ordinary experiences of three generations of adventurers in an ordinary family, and these adventures are not as earth-shattering as the heroes in the legend, he has not slain dragons, nor has he cut down lichs, and in its memory, the most killed is a goblin, and the strongest one has been cut is just a troll!
Most of these weapons are as ordinary and simple as this weapon, but it is these ordinary weapons that constitute the mainstream of the whole world like their ordinary masters.
Dugu Feng silently read the memories on these weapons, her mind communicated with these weapons, and she was even able to transcend time and space, see the original battles, and taste the nervousness, excitement, pain, fear, expectation, joy and other emotions of the original weapon owner.
Reading the memories of these ordinary weapons will not increase Dugufeng's combat skills, nor will it improve her perception of strength. But this is an indispensable step to step into the divine pass and understand the mysteries of the law. The road of the law is also the path of the Tao, the so-called body testimony of the Tao, the confirmation of the law or the avenue, is not to stay on words, but to truly integrate knowledge and action, every word and deed into the law, that is, the so-called from the heart without overstepping.
Although there are martial artists in this world, and there are various combat professions and combat skills that are not inferior to the martial arts world, there are no corresponding laws and priesthoods such as martial arts and kendo. If Dugufeng wants to create these laws and priesthood out of nothing, he must start from every bit of his words and deeds.
And collecting the weapons that all the soldiers in this world have used, reading the memories they left on the weapons, embracing all rivers, integrating them in their hearts, and finally sublimating and purifying the concept and priesthood of kendo martial arts, is what Dugufeng wants to do now.
In addition, Dugu Feng also borrowed the weapons used by these countless warriors to create several interesting legendary swordsmanship, such as the mage's infinite scroll to bypass the spell position casting restrictions, Dugu Feng created the "infinite sword system" One of the functions of this swordsmanship is to use these weapons containing the warrior's past combat skills as a carrier to release the skills used by the warrior during his lifetime. Basically, a weapon is equivalent to a spell scroll of a mage, which can unconditionally release a sword attack.
Of course, Dugu Feng itself does not need these special skills to show his strength, but for the sake of latecomers, other professionals do not have the ability to cheat like Dugu Feng, and they must have traces to learn skills, so Dugu Feng also tries to follow the rules of the world, leaving some powerful skills that can fight against the mage for later warriors and swordsmen.
Dugu Feng picked up the weapon one by one, silently read the memory in it, and then inserted the weapon into the rock with his backhand, repeating. However, when she picked up another weapon, her movements suddenly stopped.
This time, in her hand, it was a one-handed long sword that looked half-old but not new, and it was quite complete. It looked ordinary, no different from the long sword that most adventurers were using, but since Dugu Feng had been watching it, it naturally had its own extraordinary.
"Voyeurism is not a good habit!" Dugu Feng looked at the one-handed long sword in his hand and said lightly: "Your Excellency, do you want to come out by yourself, or do you want me to pull you out." ”
"Mortal, you're sharp!" A low, metallic voice came from the blade: "Of all the mortals I have encountered as I walk on the earth, you are the only human who has discovered my existence!" Mortal, you are very good, and you really deserve to be the 'Killing Princess' that is sung throughout the West and the Northland. ”
"It turned out to be an ancient dragon!" Dugu Feng's gaze looked through the heavy fog and disguise, directly ignoring the voice owner's concealment of the prophecy, and saw its true identity.
The owner of this voice was a male primeval brass dragon that was extremely rare in the entire Forgotten Realm, it seemed that it was about to come to the end of its life, and Dugu Feng smelled too strong the aura of twilight from his faint dragon breath.
"Hehe, it turned out to be the body sealed, the consciousness was withdrawn, and he leaned over the weapon to travel the world, well, this idea is good, and the technique is also good! You seem like you're dying, though? ”
With the help of divine induction, Dugu Feng grabbed the breath of this old dragon, directly searched for its relevant news in the whole world, and immediately understood the identity of this ancient dragon.
Eldanther, the dragon hidden in the blade, is the name and title of this male primeval brass dragon. He is the most peculiar of all the dragons currently active on the continent of Faeron.
Dragons are also an extremely powerful race in the entire multiverse, they have innate genetic memory and spell-like abilities, they can obtain countless knowledge and memories from the inheritance of the bloodline without learning, they don't need to deliberately cultivate, sleeping is equivalent to the meditation of a mage, as long as they recall the memories inherited in those bloodlines in their sleep, they can naturally get promoted. Every dragon, as long as it does not die, theoretically continues to grow, and eventually enters the realm of legends.
This is an extremely perfect race, and the source of their bloodline must be a very great existence or civilization, at least they can engrave genetic information in the future generations of races to form a permanent inheritance that will never decline, which is something that a nine-star powerhouse who has broken through the body level may not be able to do.
Of course, although the dragon's bloodline inheritance is against the sky, it is not absolutely invincible. They theoretically could grow to the level of legendary, though. But in reality, the growth cycle of dragons is very long. Hatchlings, juvenile dragons, young dragons, until adult dragons, they have to spend 100-200 years to reach adulthood, and enter the prime of life at the age of 200-400, enter old age at the age of 400-600, and become an ancient dragon at the age of a thousand years.
It's just that although the dragon has a long lifespan, it is not truly immortal. Basically, after the age of 1200, the dragon enters the final stage of life that is known as the Primordial Dragon. When dragons have passed twelve centuries, their mental and physical development has reached their final form, and their physical, spiritual, and magical powers have reached their peak, at this time they usually enter the realm of legends, but they also reach the end of their lives.
And the brass dragon of Al Danthor is such an ancient dragon whose life has come to an end. However, it was not willing to be buried in the Dragon's Graveyard like this. So it uses spells to protect its aging body in a secret nest. He then fuses his consciousness and perception into any quenched double-sided broad-bladed metal weapon.
For a long time, Eldanthor had escaped death by not using his own body, and by shielding his body from air and the elements, he could see and hear freely through the metal as he tossed and turned—and was able to do so through all the metal that came into direct contact with the blades he now inhabited.
However, when Dugu Feng searched for the history of Al Danser through divinity, he was surprised to find that El Dancer did not have a dragon mate. He is fond of both humans and elves, and is known to have accompanied several human females - and at least one elven lady - throughout most of their lives, and has forged strong friendships with human warriors of both sexes, as well as most of the intelligent races. Still, he was the only one of the dragons: a contented loner.
However, now this wise man, who is the only one among the dragons, spends his time in pursuit of immortal life.