Imagining how Luo Bingge would feel about finding the shards of Zheng Yang after tearing down Cang Qiong, which Shen Jiu insisted could not be returned to the sword wall because it had been 'tainted' by Binghe's use of it. Maybe its in a half smashed box marked as corrupted and salvageable materials, on some corner of QingJing or Wanjian. Or maybe the shards are still in the dirt on the grounds where they held the IAC, covered loosely with weeds and grime, abandoned and forgotten. In either case, he only even finds them because they still contain traces of his own qi.
Its blade is shattered, and it's covered with grime and rust, and it's really of no use to him now; He has Xin Mo. But pulling Zheng Yang was one of few good memories he has of his teenage years, and it's his. He has every right to take it back. Now it just needs the blade reforged and the hilt remounted, a good polishing, and then he'll put it on a sword mount somewhere in his personal quarters in the underground palace.
He can't exactly take it to just anyone, of course. A spiritual blade needs to be repaired by a human cultivator so not to damage its ability to channel qi, and one familiar with working on spiritual swords too. But just like all the sects Binghe had torn down in the years since the abyss, Wan Jian was destroyed along with the rest of Cang Qiong. It's disciples were either killed alongside their scum teachers or scattered to the winds.
So, on a whim, he decides he'll hunt down those remaining disciples, making sure they're not establishing any sects while also while finding his childhood spiritual blade a smith. A two birds with one stone plan.
Somewhere near the borderlands, a wandering cultivator named Shen Yuan who'd been a disciple of WanJian Peak feels a chill go down his spine.
