The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 32 - Abandoned Sword
The dinner banquet was over, Xue Zhan followed Emperor Li who brought him to a hidden place of the Feng Imperial Palace.
Xue Zhan never expected there to be another side of the Feng Empire palace with shades that were opposite from the others. A room with shades of sea blue decorated with clam hangers and beautiful tapestries that make the impression of the sea more felt.
Li Jia Xing was so fond of the sea, therefore he set up a private room to relax and often invited his guests to talk there.
"Such a pretty room, don't you think?"
"Not beautiful," Xue Zhan denied, making the woman turn around. "But very pretty."
Smile etched on the woman's red lips, "sit down."
Xue Zhan followed the order, some maidens came carrying drinks and food on the table.
"Just relax, I'm just asking you to have a light chat."
But when Li Jia Xing saw her, Xue Zhan did not look nervous at all. Even still busy looking at every inch of the room - he never saw it and rather looks like a village. A moment sounded a small laugh from Li Jia Xing.
"You like her so much?"
Xue Zhan was stunned and realized, "Ahahaha, it just so happens that I rarely see the sea. Especially seeing things like this. Never seen at all."
"What about your training?"
Xue Zhan replied enthusiastically, "Teacher taught me a lot, but unfortunately I've only really mastered one style and am training to perfect the second."
"May I check your powers?"
A moment Xue Zhan replied. "Of course."
He never checked again. There are so many missions and exercises that he must continue to follow as a novice swordsman. Even some of his classmates resigned and preferred to continue their ordinary lives rather than becoming warriors.
That flickering hand stuck to Xue Zhan's pulse, Li Jia Xing closed his eyes, feeling the power from within Xue Zhan's body.
Gate I has opened, it should be reasonable considering that beginner warriors have at least 0-3 inner power circles. The woman began to see the circle.
"wait. Six circles-?!" Li Jia Xing was surprised instead of playing.
Kang Jian said it himself that Xue Zhan had only opened the first two circles two months ago. But how could that genius man misread it? Raising one level of the circle requires effort that is not playful, some even call it with the phrase bathed in blood sweat.
It was just the beginning, not yet when it opened the two gates after it to reach the Upper and Elite Swordsman stage.
The six circles that Xue Zhan currently possessed were more than enough to make him an Intermediate Swordsman and he should have opened the second gate called the Blood Gate.
"Maybe His Majesty misjudged. Teacher says I just opened two. That's why I need more practice."
Li Jia Xing laughed bitterly, "Hahaha it might be true that you said," he replied. He seemed to be starting to understand the path Kang Jian thought. The man had indirectly spurred Xue Zhan to train harder by lying to him having only two inner power circles.
But such a great strength would be unbalanced if he had incomparable experience and fighting skills. Therefore bringing it straight into the battlefield was the right way to make it flourish.
Li Jia Xing changed the subject.
"You need to know that Teacher Kang Jian is an old friend of mine. I know your teacher very well and consider him to be just like my student. When I found out he was raising a disciple for the first time, I was very surprised." He said honestly, "in the beginning I was worried. But it seems like all of that is wrong. You remind me of someone who came in a few decades ago. Your faces are so similar. He brings peace to our land in times of crisis."
Xue Zhan responded with astonishment. "It must be a coincidence. What kind of person is he?"
"Very authoritative but friendly at the same time. I saw the first hero of him."
"I once offered her a sword gift and she refused."
A black rectangular box was placed on the table. Xue Zhan was amazed when he saw the green jewel inlay studded on it like a star in the night sky. The woman opened the lid of the box, revealing a sword wrapped in white cloth.
Beautifully sparkling, thin yet also weighty, every inch of it was meticulously crafted by the best swordsmen of the dead Feng Empire.
"Will you accept it? Consider it a gift from a Master from your own Master."
Xue Zhan was not until the heart refused. Especially after hearing Li Jia Xing's story.
"It is with pleasure, Your Majesty. This gift is precious to me. I'll take care of him as best I can."
"Thank God, you can come back now if you want. Or want to look around this room first?"
"If Your Majesty allows," Xue Zhan replied then inviting a faint smile on Li Jia Xing's face. The woman turned out to be a friendly and warm figure - certainly when she knew him. They chatted even further, about the Feng Empire and Diqiu Empire. Even had mentioned about the Intermediate Swordsman Exam that will be held soon.
Li Jia Xing explained, "The Intermediate Swordsman's Test is more festive than the Beginner Swordsman Exam."
He's continuing.
"The Secondary Swordsman's test will be held in one Empire and attended by thousands of representatives from other Empires. Of course, the goal was to strengthen relations between the four empires as well so that young warriors would get to know their comrades from other parts of the region. The selection is much tighter. You should know about it" he said at length. He emphasized one thing.
"Your current strength is not necessarily able to match the participants from other such great empires. For example, the swordsman of the Bing Empire, Miss Yun Mei, the youngest and best Ice Controller of the past hundred years. I heard he's going to be in. The Intermediate Swordsman Exam this time is very much awaited."
"What about the Feng Empire? I'm sure there's someone who matches Miss Yun Mei's strength,"
"I'm not sure myself ..." His laughter broke out, "But there is one candidate who may be on par with him. Much younger than Miss Yun and you. His type of strength was also the rarest."
"Who is he?"
"Xiao Rong." -."
Xue Zhan would remember those two names. Yun Mei and Xiao Rong, to the genius disciples of the Diqiu Empire himself he already knew who. Between the grandson of Emperor Ziran or Jiazhen Yan. Both are equally great.
"You'll be back tomorrow, right? You better get some sleep. The journey home was exhausting too."
"Will the Wind Goddess Storm also come after us?"
"Possibly, I can't guarantee it."
Xue Zhan wanted to ask a question, but he himself was at a loss to ask how.
"Your Majesty, have you ever seen a little girl at the border of the Feng Empire? She's like a wingless wind fairy"
Li Jia Xing briefly stopped walking, thinking for a moment, "Ah, you are also figuring out the myths in the Feng Empire, huh? Did Kang Jian tell you?"
Xue Zhan was more confused.
"I've also longed to see that wind fairy, for the rest of my life I've never seen her and only heard her tales from our ancestors."
"That's it."
Whether what he saw was really a wind fairy or he was hallucinating at that moment, Xue Zhan put those thoughts aside. Cut back on Emperor Li and return to his room.