"A Darkfiend Demon? I've heard of them before, but never seen one. And you said you killed one?" Daoist Eternal Weapon looked at John with a skeptical look, as it was truly hard to believe such a story.
Not only were Darkfiend Demons not supposed to exist in the world anymore, but they were also famed for their terrifying combat prowess, and killing one was no easy feat.
"It was in the Jade Dragon Empire trial realm we entered recently," John explained where he had encountered the demon.
"The Jade Dragon Empire trial realm? I suppose a Darkfiend Demon could have hidden in such a secluded area without being detected by the rest of the world," Daoist Eternal Weapon mused. "But what was it doing there?"
"It was trapped in the Dao Transformation trial area of the realm, unable to break out of it," John explained.
"Dao Transformation trial realm?" Daoist Eternal Weapon repeated with skepticism, but then thought back to John's freakish transformations, and how his combat prowess was far above that of a Heaven Tribulation cultivator.
"So, will this work for the scythe blade?" John asked, getting back to the main point.
"Absolutely" Daoist Eternal Weapon confirmed eagerly, as if he wanted to get to work on the weapon already. There were only a few things that could excite him, and using incredibly rare and profound materials to make a weapon was just such a thing.
After studying the terrifyingly sharp scythe blade, Daoist Eternal Weapon carefully set it down sideways on the stone table as to not damage it further.
"What about the weapon core? What do you plan to use as the core?" he asked John.
"I was thinking about using this!" John said as he took out a hand sized object, which filled the building with a profound aura as soon as it was taken out.
Once again, Daoist Eternal Weapon felt surprise as John continued to take out one shocking object after the other.
"A reverse dragon scale?" Daoist Eternal Weapon asked.
"Yes, and one from a very powerful ancient jade dragon," John confirmed, as he had taken out one of the reverse dragon scales he had obtained in the Jade Dragon Empire realm. He had only managed to leave with one, as the two others he had obtained remained behind in the temple doors when he had used the scales to open the doors.
Daoist Eternal Weapon reached out and took the reverse scale, which instantly started to fight against his grip with great power, as if only John was worthy of holding it. His grip tightened around the scale to confine it, and he turned his gaze to John once more.
"You managed to force this scale to submit to you?" he asked, noticing the difference from when John had held it, to when he had held it.
"It wasn't too difficult," John shrugged, as it really hadn't been a difficult thing to accomplish.
Daoist Eternal Weapon shook his head lightly in feigned disbelief, before he turned his focus back to the scale. He inspected it for a bit more before he shook his head sideways and handed the scale back to John.
"What's wrong?" John asked.
"This ancient reverse scale is no doubt impressive, but it is not a suitable core for your scythe," he replied.
"What? Why not?"
"Because, its nature does not match that of a scythe," Daoist Eternal Weapon explained, to which John frowned as he had not heard of such a requirement before. Daoist Eternal Weapon noticed this, and explained the situation to John.
"Such a requirement doesn't exist for lower grade weapons, but the higher the grade of the weapon, the more it becomes a requirement to have a suitable core for the nature of the weapon. Think of your battle axe. A battle axe is powerful, a battle axe is brutal, a battle axe is destructive. Nowf for its core, it has a reverse dragon scale as its core, and dragons most definitely accentuate those aspects.
When you use your battle axe and attune to the dragon scale core, it amplifies the power and destructiveness of your battle axe, does it not?" Daoist Eternal Weapon asked John.
"It does," John confirmed.
"That's because those are the innate aspects that a dragon embodies, and naturally the dragon scale does as well. But for a scythe, those are not the aspects you want it to provide to the weapon. A scythe is fast, a scythe is sharp, a scythe is nimble; all aspects that a dragon is not.
If I use this dragon scale as the core for your scythe, it will try to embody power, strength and destruction when you use the scythe, which is not a scythes nature, and this conflict of aspects will only serve to hurt its potential," Daoist Eternal Weapon explained.
"I get it now," John replied, and leaned back in his chair as he had not expected this outcome. He had planned on using the dragon scale as the core of the scythe, but now needed something else, something of equal quality as the demon's scythe-like blade.
"Do you have something else to use for the core? Otherwise, you may need to request a different weapon that better utilizes the aspects of the reverse dragon scale," Daoist Eternal Weapon asked.
John sat there in silence for a moment, and eventually thought of something that just might work. However, he was not sure if it would, and instead decided to let Daoist Eternal Weapon decide.
Boom!
A massive object crashed onto the floor next to the stone table, as John had taken it out of his spatial realm. The room seemed to dim as the object appeared, as if it naturally sucked in all the surrounding light. Daoist Eternal Weapon immediately stood up from his chair and walked over to the object, studying it with great interest.
"Is this?" he asked John, who nodded his head in confirmation.
"It's the body of the Darkfiend Demon I slew."
