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Li Yuan’s brows drew tighter, but he didn’t hesitate. He lifted the black blade, pressed its edge lightly to his skin, and allowed a stream of his own lifespan, about a century’s worth, to flow directly into the weapon.
The woman’s voice sighed from within the blade. “So warm...so good...”
Her voice slowed, soothed, and eventually softened.
“Can we talk like civilized people now?” Li Yuan asked.
“You’ve reforged the Earthfire Sword,” the woman replied calmly.
“I have.”
There was a pause.
“Then...the others. They’re gone, aren’t they?” she asked quietly.
“They’re dust now,” Li Yuan replied. “Why didn’t you run?”
“I couldn’t,” she said.
“Why not?”
“My name is Yan Hongxiu. I was once the palace master of the Sacred Fire Palace. I.. I don’t know how long it’s been since then.”
Her voice slowed, thick with memory.
“But I wasn’t like them. They were trapped in the Earthfire Sword by accident, chasing a breakthrough to the third rank. I...I chose to go in.”
“Why?”
“Because I couldn’t survive out there.” She inhaled deeply. “Becoming a weapon spirit, this strange half-life, was the only way I could keep existing.”
Li Yuan’s tone sharpened. “Why?”
“A curse,” Yan Hongxiu said quietly. “I triggered one by accident. A terrible curse...one that constantly devoured my lifespan. But I knew the truth about the Earthfire Sword. I knew what it really was....
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