Song of Adolescence

Chapter 61 Promise to the Sword Immortal

Chapter 61 Promise to the Sword Immortal

"Shifu, why have you never attended the Full Blossom Festival?" Lei Wujie couldn't resist asking on the way back.

Li Hanyi didn't even turn around, and continued walking straight ahead. "No matter how beautiful the flowers are, I’m tired of seeing them for more than ten years. What's so great about them."

Night had already fallen, and a full moon hung in the sky. The pair of master and disciple, one with ultimate skills, walked slowly under the moonlight. There was a rare feeling of harmony between them. Lei Wujie couldn't help feeling a little more chatty, so he asked again, "Shifu, that person just now was the man who studied his books and became a sword immortal, right? That Xie Xuan who used a sword for the first time in his life and became a sword immortal immediately?"

"Damn scholar," Li Hanyi snorted coldly.

"He even gave me a book called "Late Snowfall". Why are the books he gave the others so unique, but this one he gave me looks like it could have been sold in a bookstore in Snow Moon City?" Lei Wujie complained with dissatisfaction.

Li Hanyi ignored him, but suddenly asked, "Do you like that girl named Ye Ruoyi?"

Lei Wujie was stunned, and hesitated for a while before he nodded.

"Why?" It was very rare for Li Hanyi to ask a why.

Lei Wujie thought for a long time, and finally spoke hesitantly, "Because… she’s very pretty."

Li Hanyi suddenly stopped. "Is that the only reason?"

Lei Wujie thought for another long time, and finally he scratched his head. "I think… there’s really no other reason."

Li Hanyi became a little gloomy. "You’re rather honest. But there are so many beautiful girls in the world, why did you pick this one the moment you saw her?"

Lei Wujie smiled and said, "I said that she’s pretty, but that doesn’t mean I like all the beautiful girls in the world. It’s just that when I saw her, I suddenly felt like something was wrong with me. But when I really think about it, I don’t know her past, I don’t know her character, I don’t even know what she likes and hates. After thinking about it, my heart was really moved with just that one look, which is because…"

"She’s very pretty," Li Hanyi finished his words and there wasn’t the usual disdain aimed at this useless disciple, but Li Hanyi said softly, "The prettier the girl, the more they will deceive you."

"Shifu, the way you say that, have you been hurt by someone beautiful before?" Lei Wujie regretted it as soon as he asked his question. It was such a rarity for him to be able to speak casually with his master, and he’d even gotten praised earlier for that well-executed Moonlit Night and Flowering Dawn. But, that didn’t mean he could be so impertinent.

But Li Hanyi was still not angry. He simply stood still, grasped the hilt of his Armoured Glacier sword, bowed his head and said nothing.

"Shifu, I was wrong!" Lei Wujie hurriedly lowered his head to admit his mistake.

"In three months, I will go down the mountain with you." Li Hanyi suddenly looked up. "I have a premonition. I’m afraid that shifu of yours won’t be able to wait any longer."

"Three months?" Lei Wujie nodded. "Okay, then three months. At that time, I will test my sword against shifu."

"Very well. I will test swords with you in three months. Three years later, you will become a sword immortal. That is the agreement between us." Li Hanyi suddenly lifted his sword and walked forward.

Become a sword immortal in three years? Lei Wujie wondered when he’d made such an agreement, and he couldn’t help feeling a little confused, but seeing his master’s expression, he didn’t dare to ask further, so he could only follow after him obediently. What's more, become a sword immortal in three years.

Then he’ll just have to do it. Lei Wujie laughed to himself.

Unrivaled City Under Heaven.

Flooded Yishui shore.1

A young man in white clothes holding a sword casket sat by the river and said leisurely, "Lost again?"

The swordsman who was the dignified citymaster of Unrivaled City, one of the four great cities under Heaven, silently buried the broken sword in his hand into the soil. "I lost. This time, I lost thoroughly. The distance between me and Li Hanyi is probably as wide as this little Yishui stream and the swelling waters of the Yangtze River. I will never go to Snow Moon City again to duel with him."

"It's okay, I'll help you win it back." The young man smiled and revealed his big white teeth. He was indeed that boy, Wushuang, who’d single-handedly manipulated his swords to take down Wuxin, Wuchan, Tang Lian, Xiao Se, and Lei Wujie in Khotan Kingdom that day.

"My entire life, I’ve lost to Li Hanyi, I admit it. As the next generation, if you can win it back in your lifetime, then it’s fine. This time, I met a person. He said his name is Lei Wujie. I seem to remember hearing you mention his name." Song Yanhui sat down beside Wushuang.

"Yes, I’ve met him. In that place full of sand, but the name of that country is hard to pronounce, so I can’t remember it." Wushuang scratched his head and grinned. "Shifu, you know I have a lousy memory."

"You can't remember the name of a country, but you remember his name?" Song Yanhui chuckled.

"Because he’s very special. All the people I met that day were very special, and I remember their faces. But, it was a pity because that day, they were all already injured. Otherwise, I’d have had a good fight with them." Wushuang stroked the sword casket.

"You will definitely have a chance to in the future. Because he is now a disciple of Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi," Song Yanhui replied.

Wushuang's eyes lit up. "He’s also training his sword? I remember back then he was using fist arts."

Song Yanhui nodded. "Yes, I tried his martial arts that day and used a sword move against him. He already has a bit of Li Hanyi’s skills in him, but compared to you, there’s still a considerable difference. But I told Li Hanyi that I have a disciple who will become a sword immortal within five years. Then, he said that his disciple will only need three years. Li Hanyi has only accepted this one disciple in 20 years. Looks like he has very high hopes for him."

After hearing the words, Wushuang muttered to himself for a while and he suddenly opened the sword casket. In the sword casket were those twelve flying swords and the fiery red long sword. He slapped the sword casket hard, and ten of the flying swords flew out from the sword casket. They arranged themselves and lined up in front of Wushuang. Wushuang tapped them lightly, reciting the names of these swords.

"Cloudshuttle, Gentlefrost, Windsorrow, Maple, Butterfly, Vanished Shadow, Killer, Broken, Trial, Entwined Finger, Jade Sceptre."

"You can already control ten flying swords?" Song Yanhui exclaimed in surprise and joy.

Wushuang smiled slightly, waved his long sleeves, and ten flying swords roared out, causing a huge wave on the lake. Wushuang waved his long sleeves again, and the ten swords whizzed across the water, creating a thundering quake on the ground! Wushuang waved his long sleeves a third time, and the ten swords stirred the waters of the lake and river, creating wave after wave without breaking once. The last two flying swords in the sword casket started stirring as if they were restless and ready to fly out of the case.

Wushuang grinned and said, "Since Lei Wujie will become a sword immortal in three years, then I will become a sword immortal in one year!" He raised his hand, and the ten flying swords flew back into the sword casket. Wushuang closed the sword casket and got up, slinging the sword casket onto his back before turning to walk away.

Song Yanhui looked at his retreating back with silence and sighed after a long time. "In order to bring Unrivaled City back to it’s pinnacle, we’ll all be counting on you."

Wushuang heard these words, and he turned around with a smile. "Shifu, I don't want to be the citymaster of Unrivaled City. I only like to practice my sword. But, if shifu wants me to do it, then I will do it."