Zhao Yunxiao carefully scrutinised it from top to bottom, and then bottom to top again.


    There were absolutely no signs of awkward incongruence that could usually be seen from someone wielding an unfamiliar weapon, almost like he had already possessed this halberd for years.


    At the very least, that was what most people believed.


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    This was not an easy decision.


    Zhao Yunxiao might have studied and practised with the archaic characters since his return from the Origin Lake Sect, but this would still be his first time actually using it for something important.


    Zhao Yunxiao quickly shook that thought out of his head. Just thinking about it was causing his heart to bleed, and he could not afford to be distracted by that right now.


    He held up the bowl of fire rubies in his left hand, and an inscription knife in his right. After shrouding the inscription knife with essence energy, he decisively dipped it into the bowl.


    Every stroke of the character threatened to drain a huge portion of Zhao Yunxiao’s entire reserve of energy, as though the halberd was a hungry beast that had locked onto its next meal. Had he gotten carried away and lost control of his pacing, there was no doubt that his dantian would have been emptied in an instant.


    Despite his pale face that had resulted from expending almost every last bit of his energy, Zhao Yunxiao could not help but smile while letting out a sigh of relief.


    This was his first time completing a practical ancient array node using archaic characters!


    He looked at the bowl of fire ruby fragments. At this point, most of the fragments had been reduced to grey powder after being completely drained of their essence, with only a couple of smaller fragments remaining.


    Considering the meagre amount, it would be difficult even if he wanted to sell them at the Sect Market.


    Zhao Yunxiao did not immediately jump into processing the water sapphire.


    He knew that his current condition was not the best right now, and forcing himself to do that in this state was just inviting trouble for himself.


    Therefore, Zhao Yunxiao sat cross legged while holding a spirit stone, entering a state of light meditation to recover his essence energy.


    </a> This would be his main weapon from today onwards – the Penta-Edge Grimoire Halberd.