The sky full of sword light had already dissipated, and the evening glow stretched across the horizon.
Within that glow, the young martial artist solemnly bowed toward the direction of the Sword Sect, then turned and left, leaving behind a lone black silhouette.
This ti, coming to the Sword Sect to seek out the Sword Sect's Sect Master, if he could have broken through in one go, that would naturally have been ideal. But since he had not, so be it. At the very least, he had gained sothing, and Chen Chao did not feel any disappointnt.
Moreover, on this trip, perhaps the greatest gain was not in his own realm, but that the Sword Sect's Sect Master seed to have co to understand sothing.
Chen Chao had actually understood long ago what the Great Liang Emperor had always been pursuing—that no matter the ti, fellow Daoists were always better than allies.
Those who walk the sa path would never change their beliefs, no matter the ti, the reason, or the circumstances. But alliances were filled with uncertainty.
If the Sword Sect's Sect Master had now beco soone who walked the sa path, that was the best outco,there was no longer anything to worry about.
At this point, Chen Chao was very clear that the reason the Sword Sect's Sect Master could change his way of thinking was definitely not because of himself, but because of his uncle.
Over those ten-odd years, the things his uncle had done, so Chen Chao had not understood before, so he only understood now, and there were certainly many more he still had yet to see.
Now the world said that it was Chen Chao who was holding up the Great Liang Dynasty, but in truth, Chen Chao knew clearly in his heart that the one holding it up had never been him, but the Great Liang Emperor,his uncle.
When he was alive, he held it up. Now that he was gone, he was still holding it up.
That invisible pillar, was him.
Thinking this through, Chen Chao smiled faintly. No wonder so people were so worthy of respect, both in the places you could see and those you could not, they had done so much.
With these thoughts in mind, Chen Chao walked on, his steps firm.
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Northern Frontier.
Yu Xiyi brought his disciple Jiang Xiao'an and Yu Qingfeng south, returning to the Divine Capital.
Jiang Xiao'an looked back sowhat reluctantly at the Northern Frontier Great Wall as it gradually grew smaller, and softly asked, "Master, when will I be able to co here again?"
Yu Xiyi glanced at his youngest disciple and teased with a smile, "What, have you grown fond of this place?"
Jiang Xiao'an nodded a little shyly. "I don’t know why, but it just feels very comfortable here. It’s like everyone isn’t thinking about anything else, they all share a single thought."
Yu Xiyi stroked the bit of stubble that had grown on his chin, thought for a mont, and smiled. "Actually, I feel the sa. It’s just that we’ve only seen it for a short while, but they’ve maintained that mindset for over two hundred years."
The Northern Frontier Army was certainly not perfect. In earlier years, there had even been cases of corruption. But this place seed to possess a kind of magic, once people ca, they no longer wanted to leave.
"I suppose I understand now why Sword Immortal Liu, after coming from the Divine Capital to the Northern Frontier back then, never wanted to go back. What a great place this is, you can entrust your back to a complete stranger at any mont without worry."
Yu Xiyi smiled. "I almost feel like dying here myself."
Jiang Xiao’an frowned and said unhappily, “Master, you can’t think like that. You still have to live for many, many years. You still have to teach to beco a great sword immortal.”
“My good disciple is so clever and so talented. Even without much teaching, you’ll beco a great sword immortal anyway, what’s there to worry about?”
Yu Xiyi chuckled, but seeing his disciple’s expression turn unpleasant, he quickly changed the subject and asked, “When you were at the General’s Office, you saw that female general, didn’t you say a few words to her?”
Jiang Xiao’an smiled and nodded. “Of course I did! I said quite a lot. She was really gentle. Too bad she’s not my master’s wife. What a waste, letting Martial Uncle Chen have her.”
As soon as she said this, Yu Qingfeng beca sowhat dissatisfied. “Xiao’an, what are you saying? If my master’s wife beca your master’s wife, then what happens to my master?”
Jiang Xiao’an stuck out her tongue and couldn’t be bothered with him. She had just said it casually, why was he getting so worked up?
Although Yu Qingfeng wasn’t super fond of his master’s wife either, she was still his master’s wife. If anyone dared to compete with his master for her, he would have sothing to say about it!
He looked at Yu Xiyi and hesitantly asked, “Yu... Martial Uncle Yu, you wouldn’t happen to like my master’s wife, would you?”
Yu Xiyi rolled his eyes. “You silly boy, what nonsense are you talking about? If I had such thoughts, wouldn’t your master beat into minced at?”
Yu Qingfeng said smugly, “Good that you know!”
But then Yu Xiyi changed his tone, smiling slyly. “But you little brat probably didn’t notice, there’s that fellow nad Gao Xuan. He definitely likes your master’s wife. The two of them spend all their ti together in the Northern Frontier. Who knows, maybe one day your master’s wife will be tricked away by him.”
“Gao Xuan?"
Yu Qingfeng frowned, trying hard to recall Gao Xuan’s appearance. Once he did, he gritted his teeth. “If that old punk really dares to be so bold, I won’t let him off. At most ten years, I’ll be able to pin him down and beat him!”
Yu Xiyi clicked his tongue and laughed, but for once did not refute him. On one hand, Yu Qingfeng was not just boasting, although Gao Xuan was quite capable at leading troops in battle, in terms of cultivation, he was actually quite ordinary. At Yu Qingfeng’s rate of progress, ten years might indeed be enough.
On the other hand, Yu Xiyi was rather pleased with Yu Qingfeng’s attitude of standing up for Chen Chao. He didn’t have many friends, Chen Chao was his best one. Since his good friend’s disciple cared about that friend, it was a good thing.
“But actually, it’s impossible.”
Yu Xiyi rubbed his cheek.
Jiang Xiao’an sensibly asked, “Why, Master?”
Yu Xiyi looked at his disciple, reached out to rub her head, and smiled. “Because so won are destined never to change their hearts. Once they’ve chosen soone, that person is the one.”
Xie Nandu was clearly such a woman.
Jiang Xiao’an asked curiously, “Master, when you were young, didn’t you ever et a woman like that?”
Yu Xiyi put on a stern face. “Is master already that old now? What do you an ‘when I was young’? Say it again.”
Jiang Xiao’an made a face. For trivial matters like this, she didn’t care whether her master was angry or not, there was no real reason for him to be.
Yu Xiyi didn’t pursue it further. He simply looked at Jiang Xiao’an before him, but his thoughts had already drifted far away.
A woman like that, he seed to have once had one too. It was just that back then, he was young, and there were many things he could never quite understand.
And so, he missed it.
Now that he understood, it was of no use anymore.
The light boat had already passed through ten thousand layers of mountains.
Yu Xiyi took a deep breath and smiled. “From now on, having the sword as my companion is enough!”
Jiang Xiao’an imdiately dismantled that statent without rcy. “Master, a flying sword can’t warm your bed, and it won’t give red envelopes during the New Year either.”
Yu Xiyi said helplessly, “Xiao’an, in your eyes, is a master’s wife only soone who gives you red envelopes during the New Year?”
Jiang Xiao’an replied matter-of-factly, “Of course. After all, my master is stingy.”
Yu Xiyi said nothing and simply laughed it off.
But soon after, Jiang Xiao’an said seriously, “But I still want a master’s wife. If you had a wife, Master, then when you’re unhappy, she could hug you and listen to you talk about what’s troubling you.”
Yu Xiyi froze for a mont, and his gaze suddenly softened.
Yu Qingfeng, completely out of place, mocked, “Xiao’an, if your master had a wife, he probably wouldn’t sleep well at night. After all, his snoring is really loud!”
As expected, Yu Qingfeng was imdiately sent flying by a single sword strike from Yu Xiyi.
Knocked several dozen feet away, Yu Qingfeng scrambled back up, covered in dust, and cursed through gritted teeth, “Surna Yu, you’ve got no martial virtue, huh? Co on, suppress your realm and fight ! Let’s see if I don’t beat your teeth all over the ground!”
Yu Xiyi gave a half-smile. “Oh really? Then co at , Lord Yu. Since I’m in a good mood today as your martial uncle, I can reward you with a few strikes. Don’t worry, I definitely won’t beat you to death.”
Yu Qingfeng kept grumbling, but in the end, he still didn’t have the courage to fight Yu Xiyi here.
In his heart, however, he had surely cursed Yu Xiyi countless tis. This guy was just relying on being a great sword immortal. Otherwise, he would have long since vented this anger!
But even if you’re a great sword immortal, it doesn’t matter. One day, Your Father will still beat you until your teeth scatter across the ground and have you begging for rcy!
Jiang Xiao’an turned her head to look at her master and asked worriedly, “Master, if you had a wife, would she really dislike you for snoring?”
The little girl’s concern ca from herself. After all, her mother had once said that when she snored, it sounded as loud as thunder in sumr.
Yu Xiyi looked at the girl before him, reached out to rub her head, and smiled. “Silly child, soone who truly likes you, how could they dislike you for sothing like that?”
Soone who truly likes you will always see the shining qualities in you that even you don’t notice, and will forever be captivated by them.
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