Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  And it was just as he expected.

  "I see, so you're here to meet my master. That's good too. I hope we meet each other again in the future!" Song Yuanqiao wrapped his hands around his sword and saluted Happy in a sensible manner.

  Happy also wrapped his fist in his palm.

  "Yes, I hope that you will have a smooth journey with your group!"

  Once he bid farewell to Great Hero Song and his group, Happy did not dare to be negligent. He quickly went up the mountain and met the otherworldly and sage-like Zhang Sanfeng at Taichi Temple.

  "I, Happy, greet Reverend Zhang."

  His voice was clear and loud. There was even a hint of excitement in it.

  Zhang Sanfeng smiled and nodded slowly. "Young Swordsman Happy, you are too polite. You used your strength to overcome the other heroes in the martial arts tournament, which shows that you are an outstanding person among the young disciples. It is truly something worth celebrating!"

  "Reverend Zhang, you praise me too much. It is the result of my seniors showing favor to me."

  "You are humble and polite, instead of being arrogant after your victory. The disciples of the Murong Clan are indeed extraordinary." Zhang Sanfeng flung his horsetail whisk, and when he smiled, there was a hint of admiration on his kindly face.

  "Song Qingshu came back to reflect on his actions while he faces Wudang's mountain wall, and Emei Sect's Sect Leader Zhou Zhiruo went into isolation to train, and this is all thanks to your efforts. I have no way of repaying you, but with this Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill. I hope that you will be successful in learning Nine Yang Divine Skill, that you will treat the affairs of the world as your responsibility, support those in the right path, and aid the strong, and help the weak."

  "I will surely remember your teachings, Reverend Zhang," Happy answered once he took Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill.

  The system notification arrived right after.

  "Ding!

  "You obtained the third page of Nine Yang Divine Skill, Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill. Your Golden Essence Nine Yang Skill has just been upgraded to the complete Nine Yang Divine Skill!"

  A searing red light shone. The Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill turned into a flash of red light that seeped into Happy's body. The next moment, astonishing heatwave rushed through the Taichi temple.

  Under Zhang Sanfeng's gentle and calm gaze, Happy subconsciously sat down cross-legged and circulated Nine Yang Divine Skill. The air in the hall instantly turned into dazzling from waves of red qi that eagerly surged toward Happy to gather in him.

  Boom!

  An astonishing white qi wave shot out from Happy's back and rose into the sky, while red light shone on Happy's face. There seemed to be a dazzling ray of light that was swiftly swimming about under his skin, and it was slowly modifying his body.

  "As expected of the divine qi cultivation technique that is of supreme fierceness and contains the most yang qi. You absorbed the spiritual energy in the world to refine your body. Young Swordsman Happy, you are a blessed person."

  Zhang Sanfeng smiled as he looked at Happy while he went through the changes. Before he turned around and left, he asked the Dao children beside him to lock down the temple and not to allow anyone to enter and disturb Happy.

  When Happy woke up from his trance, he found himself sitting in the temple, and he could hear the faint sounds that were in a circular area of 328 feet around him. They included the whispers among the Dao children and the sounds made by the insects and grass outside the temple.

  The world suddenly became incredibly clear!

  When he got up, he did not activate any qi realm and did not even equip any equipment, but he could already sense a power that he could never finish using. When he moved, he walked as if he drifted, but he did not use any lightness skills. With just one step, he could already be six feet away from the ground.

  He brought up his status tab to take a look, and he noticed that his attributes had increased by leaps and bounds.

  His Body Movement, Affinity, Comprehension, and Arm Strength had both increased by twenty! They had all broken through the wall that was 150 points, and there was also a remark written in brackets behind his Comprehension.

  [Your Comprehension is astonishing. When you practice martial arts, you will be able to draw from your experience. You will be able to be faster than others when you learn martial arts.]

  Happy was delighted. He knew that this was the result of him practicing Nine Yang Divine Skill. He suppressed the urges in his heart and looked at his qi points. They had also increased by around ten points and were near the 500 qi point barrier.

  *****

  Qi recovery speed increased exponentially.

  This divine ability will automatically circulate and activate your body fortification. It will provide you with endless qi.

  It will form a qi barrier created by Nine Yang Divine Skill around you, and your qi will protect your organs as well as your heart and meridian system.

  You will not be affected by soft techniques and freezing qi.

  The speed at which you practice martial arts will increase slightly.

  On the day you master this divine art, you can imitate all the skills of a martial art which you see and memorize it.

  *****

  "Where is Reverend Zhang?"

  When Happy recovered, he noticed that Zhang Sanfeng was no longer to be found in the temple, which was why he asked the Dao children who were not too far away. The Dao children were around twelve and thirteen years old. They knew that Happy was an important guest the reverend asked them to take care of, so they did not dare to be negligent.

  "The great grandmaster has gone to the back of the mountain to train. He asked us to serve you, Young Swordsman Happy. Do you have any requests? If you don't, you can go to the tea room to drink some tea."

  "Ha, there's no need for that. Please tell Reverend Zhang that I am grateful to him for giving me this martial art. If he has any requests in the future, please tell him to send word to me. Even if I have to jump through fire and ice, I will do it. Today, I will take my leave."

  "I will surely tell him what you said."

  "Thank you. Goodbye."

  The two adorable Dao children said nothing. They just bowed at the entrance to send him off.

  When Happy walked out of Taichi Temple, he felt refreshed. His senses had increased by a large degree, and he had a feeling that the entire world was in his control. Even when he closed his eyes, he could clearly sense everything around him. There was nothing that could stop him from knowing everything around him.

  With Nine Yang Divine Skill supporting it, his Phantasm Body Movement Skill's speed increased. When Happy listened to the wind roaring by his ears and saw the scenery charging past him, he knew that his current speed would allow him to catch up to an Inaction Realm martial artist once he put on his full gear.

  Happy loved his current condition, which was why he closed his eyes to charge forward like a normal martial artist. He moved past countless Wudang Sect disciples without alerting anyone. He was like a phantom and as relaxed as a dandelion floating in the wind.

  Chapter 573 - Serving Xu Yao

  [Joined Finger:

  [Guides the true qi from three systems and makes them gather at the fingers. The true qi will be as sturdy as steel, and when you advance with this attack, you can fight against divine weapons. When you retreat, you can attack your enemies through the air in an invisible manner. When you breathe, you can use this attack.

  "Once you master it, you can attack your enemies' vitals with no sign and take their lives. This is one of the most fearsome and powerful finger techniques in the world. The only flaw is that with every attack, you will use up a certain amount of qi. Those below Life and Death Realm cannot use this.]

  *****

  Once Happy found a rather high-grade training spot, he charged into a bandit nest belonging to a group of Life and Death Realm bandits alone. He went from the entrance of the mountain fort to t
he cliff right in the deepest part of the fort.

  During that time, there were no sounds of any weapons clashing. Wherever he went, it was incredibly quiet. None of the bandits could get thirty feet to Happy; they all just fell to the ground without a sound soon after entering his sight. If anyone flipped over the corpses, they would see a terrifying hole at a vital spot! It would be at their heads, heart, or one of the vital acupressure points in the body!

  On his way, Happy ran into more than three hundred Life and Death Realm bandits, along with a few bandit leaders at Moksha Realm. All of them died in the mountain fort.

  The entire process did not last more than five minutes.

  It was as if Happy was taking a leisurely stroll around his backyard. He kept attacking with his fingers, and there was no one who could stop him. In fact, even the bandit leaders in Moksha Realm were killed with just three finger strikes. They were incredibly weak.

  During that period of time, while the amount of qi required for Joined Finger was incredibly great, the effects of Nine Yang Divine Skill were also completely revealed!

  While he breathed, he could use his Nine Yang Divine Skill at will. His Joined Finger drained ten points of qi every time he used it, but Nine Yang Divine Skill quickly replenished it. Happy did not need to take any medicine, because his qi was constantly full, so much so that when he rushed into the mountain fort and faced a large group of mountain bandits, he did not panic. He just attacked with two fingers and handled the fight.

  "...Hiss."

  When the battle ended, Happy finally had the chance to examine Joined Finger and Nine Yang Divine Skill. The two skills worked together perfectly. One had astonishing damage, and the other provided endless qi to ensure that the former could be used nonstop. With fourth-echelon Golden Gloves, Happy's attacks could no longer be described as just sharp.

  Three hundred or so bandits were killed within a short period of time.

  He stood at the cliff behind the mountain fort with three of his fingers pressed close to each other. He managed to push down three holes the size of the top of his fingers on a flat wall, and they were all several inches deep. Then, he laughed boisterously before he went down the mountain without hesitation.

  The initial damage of Joined Finger surpassed that of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, and even though it did not have the profound secret of increasing the user's attack with each palm strike, its damage was very powerful from the start. It could easily take a person's life.

  Once it reached the peak, its damage could compare to a blow from an Inaction Realm martial artist. It was even equal to the damage from the tenth palm strike of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm. As long as its realm was high enough, it was an extraordinary ultimate technique.

  Happy's demands were very low: he wanted a place that had quite a lot of training dummies which had a relatively high qi realm so that he could train in peace and increase Joined Finger's realm as quickly as possible!

  There were three major killing moves in Joined Finger at Grandmaster Realm.

  Even though they were not as ingenious as those of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, their effects were great, and even if Happy faced One Emperor, he was still confident that he could win.

  *****

  When Nine Yang Divine Skill's level was still low, its effects were not obvious when it came to increasing the speed at which a person practiced a martial art. However, Nine Yang Divine Skill's effects in qi recovery saved Happy a lot of trouble. He did not need to take any medicine or meditate when he used Joined Finger. His qi came to him in never-ending streams.

  Happy only needed to search for a place with enough enemies, and the level of his Joined Finger kept increasing. In less than half a day, he reached the third realm.

  "It's time to eat."

  Happy did not forget the date he had for that day. He recomposed himself, logged out of the game, sized up the person with the cold face in the mirror in front of his closet, turned around, and walked out of the bedroom.

  There were a lot of dishes in the living room, along with a few girls who chatted pleasantly and fooled around. They were all teasing Xu Xin.

  When Xu Xin saw Happy walk in, she stopped playing with her friends with a red face. "Alright, the idol you've been thinking about is here. Go and cause trouble for him."

  "He's… Chen Kaixin?" The couple girls who were dormmates with Xu Xin were all familiar faces, but when they saw Happy, they experienced varying degrees of shock before they quieted down.

  "He seems to have changed a lot."

  "Yeah, before, he was a little slow in the head, but now…"

  "It's as if he's releasing sparks from his eyes."

  The girls discussed among themselves in whispers without any intention to hold themselves back. Their voices only grew louder.

  Happy ignored their discussion and walked straight to the dining table, where he sat down. His gaze landed on Xu Yao, who was sitting quietly by the window, which happened to be right across from him.

  The abnormal atmosphere caused the girls to finally stop with their crazy antics. They noticed that Xu Yao's expression was a little strange and that she seemed to be a little nervous while sitting across from Happy.

  "Xin, girl, why did you bring Xu Yao here? She seems to be interested in your man…" One of the girls lowered her voice in the way gossipers did, and together with the others glared at Xu Xin before they stared at Xu Yao with fierce stares. They looked as if they had already turned Xu Yao into the greatest rival in love of their best friend.

  "You're all here. Welcome. Don't be so stiff, relax."

  Naturally, Happy noticed the atmosphere among the girls. He smiled faintly and poured himself a cup of water at his pace while ignoring the girls' gazes, which contained an underlying meaning.

  He then took a look at Xu Yao and said, "Thunderous Battle asked you to manage some of the affairs in Mu Clan, and I heard that you did an outstanding job."

  As time passed, the hate in Happy's heart had begun to fade a little. He could also suppress the fluctuations in his emotions when he faced Xu Yao face to face, so his tone was very indifferent.

  Silence fell among the group of girls.

  Xu Xin's dormmates had thought that Happy was interested in Xu Yao, and they wanted to unite to attack her, but when they heard Happy's tone, they immediately knew that it was just a misunderstanding.

  He was not speaking in a teasing tone, but the tone used by a superior to a subordinate, and there was no hint of politeness in it.

  'Could it be that there's actually nothing between these two?'

  The puzzlement in the girls' eyes faded away. They sat down more comfortably and observed the situation seriously.

  However, Xu Xin still noticed that Xu Yao's appearance had clearly caused a slight change in Happy's emotions. He usually did not speak in this sort of manner; he was very gentle and cordial.

  Even when he faced his clan mates in Mu Clan, his tone was also very gentle, as if he was talking to friends.

  But when he faced Xu Yao, there was a sense of distance that was directed at her!

  "Happy." Xu Xin cast a glance at Xu Yao's nervous expression, then looked at Happy in worry. She frowned and said, "This is the first time Xu Yao came over here as a guest. Don't frighten her."

  "Yes, I know." Happy smiled faintly, and his tone suddenly turned gentle. "I'm sorry, I'm just used to being serious. Please don't take offense to it."

  He was so obedient that the other girls in the apartment were stunned, and they looked at Xu Xin in disbelief.

  Their gazes were full of admiration, but they also seemed to be rebuking her. 'Damn it, girl, how dare you say that there's nothing between you when he's reacting this way to you?'

  Chapter 574 - Allergic

  Xu Xin was also rendered speechless by Happy's reaction. She remembered their conversation and his tone that would cause a lot of misunderstandings. It made it sound as if they were an old married couple, and she felt a little light-headed. H
er face went completely red, and when her friends looked at her with strange and ambiguous looks, she felt her ears burn as if she were a child who stole a candy.

  Her first thought was to glare at Happy to clear the misunderstanding, but she suddenly remembered the scene at noon yesterday, when she saw a hint of sadness that flashed briefly past his face, and she could not help but abandon the idea of trying to explain the situation.

  "Xin, not bad, girl."

  When the girls saw that Xu Xin did not bother to explain herself, they thought that she had really agreed to date Happy, and the misunderstanding became even more thorough.

  "Tsk tsk, you quietly ensnared the best in the University of South China together with his stomach."

  "Tell us your story. Which base are you at right now?"

  Xu Xin said nothing. While the girls chattered on, she felt incredibly diffident. As for Happy, he looked very calm and relaxed. He just smiled without saying anything.

  Xu Xin could only look to Xu Yao for help.

  Xu Yao was not someone simple. At that moment, she decided to come out and make things even more chaotic. "I think we should ask Happy, you know? Hmph, what sort of trickery did you use on our Xu Xin that the department princess of the Computer Engineering Department willingly cooked for you for a few months?"

  Even though she sounded as if she was just trying to make things more chaotic for the fun of it, she did manage to divert everyone's attention.

  When Happy noticed the five girls' gaze gather on him, he intentionally put on a thoughtful expression. "Hmm, I really can't say. I don't know whether it's because Xu Xin is full of maternal love and decided to treat me like a wandering dog or if she came over with other motives. But Xu Xin's food is very delicious, so she'll definitely make a good wife in the future."

  "OOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

  The girls squealed at the same time.

  Xu Xin felt like dying from embarrassment. She did not expect that Happy would play up the joke to such a degree. If word about it spread out, she would definitely die of embarrassment.