novelraw Chapter 19 – Apprenticeship
Chapter 19 – Apprenticeship
[Since being rejected by Lu Yi, you didn't give up. Instead, you found out where he lived and knelt at his courtyard gate every day, begging to become his disciple and learn the way of the sword. During this time, you were forcibly driven away several times, but you shamelessly returned each time.]
[Lu Yi tried to call on Li Ping to manage you, but due to your relationship with Lin Manqing, there was nothing the Martial Practice Field could do about you.]
[Lu Yi was extremely helpless about this.]
[However, he did not compromise with your persistent pestering. Instead, he planned to leave you alone for a while, hoping you would give up.]
[For the next ten days and nights, you neither ate nor drank, kneeling at Lu Yi's courtyard gate, just to become his disciple and seek the way.]
[Your reckless behavior deeply moved Lu Yi.]
[....... After some mediation by Lin Manqing, Lu Yi agreed to take you as a disciple. During the apprenticeship ceremony, he asked you why you wanted to practice swordsmanship.]
[You replied: To pursue the pinnacle of swordsmanship and become the number one in the world.]
[Your answer.]
[Made Lu Yi's expression somewhat dazed.]
[He looked at you for a long time, finally letting out a long sigh with a hint of regret.]
[You were somewhat confused by this, not understanding why your master was like this, but you didn't think much of it because next, Lu Yi was going to teach you a peerless sword technique.]
[You shouted with joy.]
[Your appearance made Lu Yi's expression even more complex. He remained silent for a long time and then told you a story.]
[He said that more than a hundred years ago, there was a swordsman who, in his youth, was just like you, loving the sword as his life. To learn the supreme sword move, he traveled over mountains and rivers, enduring countless hardships, and found the world's number one sword who had been in seclusion for many years, kneeling for forty-nine days. The world's number one sword was moved by his sincerity and taught him one move. This move was just one sword, easy to learn but difficult to master, but once mastered, it could move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, cut rivers, and destroy cities... The world's number one sword seriously warned him not to use the sword before mastering it, or it would be difficult to improve further.]
[The swordsman, having obtained the world's number one move, had only the sword move in his heart, with no time for anything else.]
[His childhood friend was killed by an evil cultivator of the demonic path, the swordsman thought for a moment and did not use the sword. His childhood sweetheart was taken away by a noble young master, he watched from afar and did not make a move. His parents were cruelly killed by enemies, he gritted his teeth and continued to practice the sword. Later, he finally mastered the sword move, shouting with joy, but when he looked around, he was all alone, not even a dog by his side. He had mastered the sword move, could break mountains and rivers, and had few rivals in the world, but he never used the sword in his life...]
[You were excited after hearing this.]
[You quickly asked what the sword move was called.]
[Lu Yi looked at you deeply and sighed again, "Heaven and Earth Sword Slash..."]
[Since that day, you no longer went to the Alpha Battalion, practicing the Heaven and Earth Sword Slash taught by Lu Yi in his courtyard every day.]
[During this time, Mo Xiang came to visit you once.]
[But at that time, your heart was only on mastering the sword move, with no time for anything else, so you straightforwardly told Mo Xiang not to come looking for you anymore. To draw a clear line, you even took out a Profound Grade - Low Quality Marrow Cleansing Pill to repay past sentiments.]
[Mo Xiang left heartbroken.]
[Before leaving, she did not take your pill.]
[After that, the girl never came to see you again. At first, when you occasionally met in the mansion, she would still smile and greet you, but after dozens of times of your indifferent response, gradually, you became like strangers.]
[You didn't care about this at all.]
[Four months later, after consuming Marrow Cleansing Pills and Drunken Immortal Brew in succession, you successfully refined Supreme Iron Bones.]
[Six months later, while practicing the Heaven and Earth Sword Slash, you discovered that the power of this martial technique was far from what you imagined, even quite weak, plain and simple, completely incomparable to your Falling Snow Sword Technique.]
[However, you did not doubt Lu Yi, just continued to practice diligently.]
[Eight months later, Lu Yi, to help you refine your bones, ventured into the Hundred-Thousand Great Mountains alone with a sword and killed an Innate Realm Demon King.]
"???"
Seeing this, Chen Shi was stunned.
Slaying an Innate?
And a Demon King?
As far as he knew, within the same realm, demons were generally stronger than humans, yet Lu Yi could force his way into the Hundred-Thousand Great Mountains and kill a Demon King and return unscathed?
This was probably close to the Perfected Innate Realm, right?
"Now I've really latched onto a big shot, with this master covering me, there's no fear of the Mastermind!"
Realizing this, Chen Shi was excited.
No matter how strong the Mastermind was, it couldn't possibly be at the Heaven-Human Realm!
Otherwise, there would be no need for schemes and conspiracies, they would have forced the Song family to hand over people long ago.
And now.
He had a master at the Perfected Innate Realm covering him!
This time, he might just live a long life!
[On September 8th, after soaking in a medicinal bath made from the Demon King Blood Pill, you successfully refined Mid-Grade Bronze Bones.]
[On September 27th, Li Ping asked you to participate in the Alpha Battalion Tournament, but you refused, citing the prophecy that you could not use the sword before mastering the sword move.]
[On October 5th, you went to the Alpha Battalion to watch the final match, amazed at the top talents of the Song family. At the same time, you also noticed Song Fan's figure, but this time, without your help, he only achieved tenth place, but this did not affect his entry into the Song Family Spirit Pool for cultivation.]
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[You rarely went up to talk to him.]
[Upon learning that you were Lu Yi's personal disciple, Song Fan was quite polite to you.]
[Then, you took the initiative to ask about Lin Qiushui.]
"Huh? Did the psychological suggestion work?"
Chen Shi was surprised.
Before starting the simulation, he gave himself a psychological suggestion to find out what the tavern Lin Qiushui ran in Liangzhou City was called. Now, ten months into the simulation, with his Sword Maniac talent, he really went up to ask Song Fan.
"It seems that to some extent, I can still influence my simulated self..."
Chen Shi muttered to himself.
Then, he continued to focus on the simulator.
[Song Fan's face immediately turned ugly, gritting his teeth, saying that her mother mysteriously disappeared ten months ago from the Cloud Moon Pavilion they ran, and her life and death are currently unknown.]
[You were extremely surprised by this.]
[After hesitating for a moment, you finally mentioned to Song Fan that this might be related to Elder Wang of the Enforcement Hall.]
[Song Fan was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked you why you said that.]
[You thought for a moment and revealed Lin Qiushui's background, claiming it was information you obtained by chance, highly credible, and stated that Elder Wang once tried to use this to threaten Lin Qiushui into doing some unspeakable things...]
[Song Fan was too shocked to speak.]
[His eyes turned red instantly.]