He looked down at Long Kui, who was gentle, shy, and quiet in his arms. Although he could not feel Long Kui's body temperature exactly due to her soul state, Xiao Se could truly sense the longing in her heart and the friendship that had been waiting for a thousand years.
He took a deep breath, his dark eyes filled with pity, and secretly made a decision in his heart: since he had replaced Jingtian, he would never let what happened in The Legend of Sword and Fairy III happen again.
Feeling the comfort after a thousand years of absence, Long Kui shed tears of joy. "Brother, Long Kui never wants to be separated from you again."
"I will make sure of that!" Xiao Se nodded.
At the same time, he secretly made up his mind: "Don't worry, Long Kui, you and I are both exiled from another world. No matter where we are in the future, I will not let you leave my side, and I will not let you suffer the fate of sword sacrifice."
"Long Kui, are you in a soul form now?" Xiao Se could feel that Long Kui had no body at the moment. Although he could still touch her, she gave him a sense of unreality, as if she could disappear at any time.
Long Kui nodded slightly, her expression becoming somewhat lonely. She said softly, "Long Kui's body was burned the moment it was thrown into the sword-making furnace, and her soul was preserved because it resided in the demon sword."
Xiao Se showed a gentle smile and said, "Don't worry, Long Kui, I will definitely refine a new body for you in the future and revive you completely."
"What did you say?" Long Kui looked at Xiao Se in disbelief and asked excitedly, "Brother, are you telling the truth? Can Long Kui really be resurrected?"
Xiao Se touched Long Kui's head and said with a smile, "Look at when your brother has ever lied to you."
"Brother never lied to Long Kui. Brother promised to find Long Kui after reincarnation. Brother did it. Long Kui believes in brother." Long Kui wiped her tears and said with red eyes.
"Long Kui, can you go back to the demon sword now? You are a soul now. If you go out like this and are seen by someone with ulterior motives, you will be in danger," Xiao Se asked with a smile.
"Long Kui can do it, but it's pitch black inside the demon sword. Long Kui doesn't like it there. But for her brother, Long Kui is willing to endure it." As she spoke, Long Kui's body turned into a blue light and drilled into the demon sword.
Xiao Se slowly stood up, picked up the demon sword from the ground, held it in his hand, and lifted it casually. He almost fell to the ground and said in amazement, "It's so heavy."
The demon sword trembled slightly, and Long Kui's soft and pleasant voice rang out, "Brother, the demon sword in its normal state weighs over a hundred kilograms. With your current cultivation and age, it is difficult for you to swing it. Brother is the real master of the demon sword, so you can try to adjust it to a suitable weight."
Xiao Se nodded and quietly injected his fighting spirit into it. The demon sword trembled slightly, and the afterimage of the sword flashed by. Suddenly, the weight was reduced by nearly ten times.
Xiao Se waved his hand casually and found it particularly handy. He nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Thank you, Long Kui. From now on, I will carry the demon sword on my back. When there is no one around, you can come out of the demon sword."
"Brother, it's not that troublesome. The demon sword has absorbed your blood and can be absorbed into your body," Long Kui's gentle voice sounded again from the demon sword.
"Really? I'll try it." Xiao Se's heart moved, and the demon sword in his hand suddenly turned into a purple light and drilled into his right hand.
He raised his right hand and looked carefully. At the joint of his forearm, there was an inch-long demon sword pattern.
"Brother, how do you feel?" This time, Long Kui did not speak again but transmitted the voice directly to Xiao Se's mind.
"It is indeed very convenient." Xiao Se nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask, "Long Kui, can you possess my body?" In the original novel, Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan and allowed his cultivation to soar in a short period, enabling him to exert the power above Dou Wang, despite being one.
Hearing Xiao Se's words, Long Kui was silent for a moment and responded softly, "Brother, Long Kui can try."
As soon as the words fell, a ball of azure light appeared on Xiao Se's right arm. The light continued to spread, and in a moment, it covered Xiao Se's body, forming a layer of light blue gauze around him.
At this moment, the light blue light in his eyes flickered, making it difficult to see clearly.
His cultivation level was surprisingly raised to the level of a great fighter.
"Seven-star Dou Ling!" Xiao Se carefully felt his current level of cultivation and took a deep breath. Long Kui's soul attached to him, allowing him to advance directly from a one-star Dou Zhe to a seven-star Dou Ling.
Not only that, his soul power had also increased significantly at this moment.
"Brother, Long Kui has absorbed soul power for a thousand years in the demon sword, and her soul is extremely powerful. With your physique, you can only carry a very small part of Long Kui's soul energy," Long Kui reminded him slowly in his heart.
"That's enough. Long Kui, how long can this state be maintained?" Xiao Se asked in his heart.
"Now it lasts about half an hour at most each time. If it lasts longer, my brother's body won't be able to bear it," Long Kui responded with a hint of worry in her tone after a long silence.
"This is enough." After saying that, Xiao Se sat in front of the medicine cauldron and fused the remaining extracted medicinal essences to refine the hemostatic powder.
The result was beyond Xiao Se's expectations. The refining process was very smooth. The hemostatic powder that had previously taken a lot of effort to refine was completed in just a moment, and its quality far exceeded the previous one.
Xiao Se took less than half an hour to refine the remaining 18 or so materials. Except for a few of average quality, the rest were all of top quality.
After refining the hemostatic powder, Xiao Se tried to refine the restoration pill. With the support of Long Kui's soul energy, Xiao Se succeeded easily.
This made him ecstatic for a while.
When he first started refining, due to the limitations of his cultivation and soul perception, he often needed to explore for a while before finding the best flame temperature control point for each type of elixir.
Now, with the blessing of Long Kui's soul power, he could refine the elixir almost effortlessly.
He could now try to refine the second-grade elixir.