Chapter 14: Soft sword
As the elders who ca with grandpa Long were taking elder Zhong for interrogation, grandpa Long himself co to and patted my shoulder.
"Little Huang, you almost gave a heart attack when I received the ntal alarm for the [Mirror of Reckoning]." He told while dusting off my robes.
Well, I say dusting off, he just used his Qi to shot away anything which has a very low weight. So yeah, I got 'cleaned' if you want to put it that way…
Just when I wanted to complain, grandpa Long continued his monologue.
"Nonetheless, you handled a family matter very well and found a plot that was going to be a pain in the backside in the future…" he nodded to himself.
"Wel—" I tried to answer, with a heavy emphasis on trying.
"Oh! And also you advanced in your body cultivation, and recently at that too!" he talked non-stop.
"Don't tell that you got through your bottleneck in the battle? HAHAHA! As expected of my grandson! HAHAHA!" grandpa Long laughed wholeheartedly.
While he was happy, I tried my best to don't let my shoulder be dislocated.
'Who the fuck pats a person like this? Even when he is patting I can feel that my body cultivation is getting minuscule improvents…' I grunted inside my head.
"Grandpa Long, you have many things to do, do not waste your precious ti on . I too will be on my way…" I was trying to be sneaky and walk away.
Well, to no one's surprise, a hand on my shoulder stopped from moving an inch.
"How can it be so? Of course, I have ti for my one and only grandchild!" he told while grinning.
'Dude, can't you at least try to play the role of loving grandpa?' I shook my head.
"Grandpa, it was a long day and I have to report to sister Jia about a mission that I had to do, I would be grateful if I could have a rest without my body sore and aching." I honestly and deadpan told him.
I know that if I had a training session with him I would end up having bruises all over so it was a no-no for …
Grandpa looked at for a mont and with a 'tsk' he answered .
"*tsk* don't think you can run away from the training, you can have the rest of the day for yourself little one…" he shrugged and went to beat the shit out of elder Zhong, I presu.
"Sure, sure…" I told him dismissively.
Just as I was about to turn and go to the Matriarch I rembered soth— I an soone.
Turning to Lai Xinyue I smiled a little.
"Junior sister as you can see, the Li Heng is out of stock so you can't fight him…" I told her while looking at the unconscious Li Heng.
He lost his consciousness when he saw my core disciple robes.
"But what about my spar Senior Brother Li?" Lai Xinyue answered with a tiny bit of emotion that I could see in her expression.
'Well, at least she cares about swords or sothing…' I thought.
"When an opponent is unavailable, you will win the fight automatically." I told her straightforwardly.
This fight is what I was looking for from the beginning to get her interest hooked so there is no loss for …
"I see. So can we spar now?" she asked after nodding.
"We can but I have sothing to do so we have to finish it quickly this ti…" I told her.
Telling her 'this ti' was to give her a hint that there might be more sparring sessions.
What? I'm giving her the sparring that she wants and In return, in the least favorable situation I have a good relationship with soone talented in the sect and this could be helpful for in the future to get the patriarch position.
"Yes." She nodded with stars in her eyes.
'She only has swords in her eyes. —wait that didn't sound right.' I shook my head, At least I didn't say it out loud.
She followed to a sparring ground in the outer court.
Why not inner court or core court?
Well, I'm not going to bring an outer court disciple to the core zone for a spar, when doing so is clearly against the rules.
Nobody would stop , but doing this would affect my image in the sect and shows as an arbitrary person.
I told you face is overrated but it doesn't an that it is not a variable in your worth in the eyes of others.
Even on earth, the flow of opinions would show the correct way to many people and they would choose whichever had more believers.
So I would rather fight in a more basic setting, without bending the rules and shit...
Getting to the sparring grounds on the outer court, we stood in front of the entrance in line.
Yes, I repeat. I was in a fucking line. Can you believe it?
Okay, I take back my words about the importance of following the rules and the importance of face.
As I was having a ntal fight between cutting the line or standing here, an outer elder cos to .
"Chief disciple Li, welco to sparring grounds. Allow to assist you." He cupped his fists and talked passionately.
"Thank you, elder. This junior sister asked to spar with her and because she is an outer disciple, here we are." I told him while spreading my arms.
The elder took a quick glance at Lai Xinyue and co up with so conclusions.
"Chief disciple Li, I think it would be better for you to use our best training ground so that the training ground can withstand your moves." He suggested to .
This elder is a good one! This way I can legally cut the lines…
"Then I thank the elder." I cupped my fists with new vigor.
He nodded at and that at Lai Xinyue.
"Please follow ." He told us.
Following right after him, we went to the training ground in the center of the sparring grounds. This is probably for the sect to conduct competitions or assessnts.
"Thank you, elder." Looking to my side, I thanked the elder again. He was a young elder and he was witty enough to try and make connections with with a simple move.
As we got to the stage, many disciples gathered and eagerly watched the stage to gain personal benefits in watching these fights. There were also so who were trying to see if this junior sister has so skills or is close to only because of her beauty.
Either way, we got to the center of the stage and I took two swords out of my storage ring.
"Junior sister, these are soft swords, have you heard about them?" I asked Lai Xinyue while handing her one of the swords.
"I have not, senior brother." She shook her head.
"Okay, so let tell you." I could see the others listening with a focus to learn sothing new.
Well, this is nothing to be stingy about so I used Qi to increase the volu of my voice so that everyone can easily hear .
"Soft swords are a kind of training sword that is a little expensive… Well maybe a little more than a little expensive but that is not the point."
"These swords are soft as you can guess, aning you can train without worry about injuries and try your all in training. Well, you get bruises but that's it."
"The main benefit is that you have is the counter on these swords that will record the number of hits on the opponent. This way you can use it as a tric to see how much you have improved in attacking by checking the number on your sword and in defense with checking the number on the opponent's sword." I continued.
"When fighting this way you would purely focus on technique and don't mind the flashy moves and powerful but not so insightful moves…"
"Anyway, I think this is enough about the sword. Let us get to the spar…" I swung my sword to get a hang of the weight of it.
"Yes, thank you, senior brother." Lai Xinyue cupped her fist.
""Thank you, senior brother!"" the others thanked too.
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