Absolute Choice 5

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  However, this was different from what he had experienced with Thomas.

  His opponent this time was Sunless. She did not mock or encourage him, nor did she give him any guidance. She would only silently defeat him again and again. Regardless of how terrible a defeat Shi Xiaobai suffered, her next strike was still as ruthless as ever.

  Hence, Shi Xiaobai could only learn from his own defeats through trial and error before he could find his own calling on the path of the sword!

  Shi Xiaobai's eyes burned with fighting spirit as he pulled a sword out from the ground and rushed forward with sword in hand.

  He was not afraid of failure!

  The only thing he was afraid of was not having progress!

  But fortunately, he was constantly improving!

  "Clang!"

  One strike!

  "Clang!"

  Two strikes!

  "Clang!"

  Three strikes!

  "Peng!"

  Shi Xiaobai was sent flying by a sword beam once again.

  "Again!"

  Shi Xiaobai immediately stood up. Pulling out another sword, he charged forward once again.

  Sunless remained expressionless, but her eyes were becoming brighter.

  Shi Xiaobai's sword technique was truly weak at the moment.

  But she knew that Shi Xiaobai's future in sword arts would definitely be very strong!

  And she was looking forward to that!

  Sunless raised her sword and without mercy, she slashed!

  ...

  After an unknown period of time.

  Shi Xiaobai opened his eyes and his eyes met a blue pair of eyes.

  Sunlight had filtered through the curtains beside him, illuminating the stunning beauty.

  "Morning..."

  Sunless cocked her head slightly and whispered. The corners of her mouth suddenly suffused a very faint smile that could strike deep into one's heart.

  "Morning."

  Shi Xiaobai smiled.

  That night.

  He had tussled with her for 300 rounds.

  He did not win even once.

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  Chapter214 Not splitting, let's assist!

  Although Shi Xiaobai had suffered defeat all night long, he was constantly improving. He went from suffering an abject defeat after one strike to the point of him finally being able to survive dozens of strikes.

  This was a very apparent progress which Sunless noticed. She could not help but reveal a faint smile. It was a very beautiful smile, but short as well. It was fleeting.

  Shi Xiaobai felt somewhat regretful, but his regret was a result of the short night.

  Although he was able to end in a stalemate with Sunless over dozens of strikes eventually, that was him using the Beginner Sword at the Crest of Perfection against her using Beginner Sword at the Exemplary Mastery realm.

  The Beginner Sword was after all a basic sword technique. There weren’t many variations or tricks, but Sunless had used her own sword insights to open up a gap between them.

  Shi Xiaobai was constantly searching for his own path of the sword through hundreds of defeats, but he had failed right to the very end. He had only seen a glimmer of light in the vague darkness.

  Shi Xiaobai realized that he needed to have greater experience for him to open up his own path of the sword.

  Only when he possessed his own understanding of the sword could he truly battle Sunless.

  Unfortunately, a single night was still too short.

  "This King shall be leaving."

  Shi Xiaobai did not expect himself to spend all night in this room, but he was now very happy that he did not say goodbye ahead of time last night.

  Sunless nodded.

  Shi Xiaobai headed for the door. When he opened the door, he was immediately surprised. He saw six people sitting outside the door. Who else could they be but Heartless and company?

  At this moment, they were leaning against the walls with their eyes closed. When they heard the door open, they immediately opened their eyes.

  The other five rookies, other than Heartless, were pale in the face. They looked like fatigue had overcome them, as though their bodies had been emptied out. They gritted their teeth and yelled, "Tu Dahei!"

  The five of them had suffered from diarrhea all night long. Only at five in the morning did they manage to get some rest, but immediately, they were informed that Tu Dahei had spent all night in Sunless's room. Immediately, they began to stand guard outside Sunless's room.

  They were truly tired and sleepy, but their hatred and rage were sustaining their wills. After finally seeing Shi Xiaobai walk out of Sunless’ room while he still wore the same clothes as yesterday, their eyes immediately turned red!

  Tu Dahei, you deserve death!

  The five rookies dragged their frail bodies and charged at Shi Xiaobai.

  Shi Xiaobai was obviously unafraid. He took a step forward and reached out both his hands.

  The five rookies turned pale as they immediately retreated backwards as though they had seen a ghost.

  They recalled the terror of being dominated by the bathroom and the toilet.

  Heartless walked in front of the five and said to Shi Xiaobai with a cold expression, "Tu Dahei, you have gone too far!"

  Shi Xiaobai nodded and said, "You are right, This King should apologize to everyone's toilet."

  "Tu Dahei!"

  The five immediately flashed their weapons because they could not tolerate such derision.

  Heartless stretched out his hand to motion them to not lose their cool. Looking at Shi Xiaobai, he tried his best to speak with a calm tone, "Let me ask you one last time. Is it true that you did it for five hours? And what did you do in my sister's room all night?"

  Shi Xiaobai curled his mouth and found this person exceedingly irritating. However, he was currently disinterested in these weak rookies. He was in a hurry to return to his room to take a shower, so he said honestly, "This King only sat for five hours yesterday. As for last night, This King tussled with your sister for three hundred rounds and ended up losing track of time. When This King realized it, the sky was already bright. Is there a problem?"

  When the six people heard this, they felt a jolt passing through them!

  Tussled for three hundred rounds!?

  All night into day!?

  And he even asked if there was a problem!?

  "It appears that there's nothing else to say."

  Heartless sighed and pulled out the sword behind him. His eyes were cold as killing intent immediately surged.

  The other five raised their weapons again, with eyes filled with unrestrained killing intent.

  Shi Xiaobai's eyes turned slightly cold as streams of white psionic power poured out from his fingertips. They took form as they coagulated, turning into a sharp and solid psionic sword.

  The beginnings of a fierce battle had been triggered.

  At this moment, Sunless appeared behind Shi Xiaobai. She looked at everyone with a deadpan expression and gently shook her head.

  "Little Sun!"

  Heartless' face stiffened and he said with great difficulty, "Was what Tu Dahei...said true? That you and him....tussled...tussled three hundred rounds last night?"

  The other five rookies pricked up their ears. They refused to believe Tu Dahei's side of the story.

  When Sunless heard this, she shook her head blankly.

  Heartless and company immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

  That's more like it. How could this matter be true? How could the snow lotus high in the sky come down to the mortal world?

  The six persons furiously turned their heads at Shi Xiaobai.

  It was all a result of this jerk deceiving them!

  But at this moment, Sunless said with a soft voice, "Six hundred and fifty-three rounds..."

  Heartless and company were immediately petrified.

  Shi Xiaobai grinned. He
never expected Sunless to also be counting. He had indeed lost six hundred and fifty-three times. This was darn awkward.

  Shi Xiaobai noticed how Heartless and company had their eyes glazed over. He immediately retreated. If he stayed here any longer, it was not as easy to posture in front of these mortals.

  Heartless and company felt their hearts collapse. When they noticed Shi Xiaobai leaving, they immediately wanted to chase after him, but immediately an azure sword beam flashed in front of them, preventing them from taking another step forward.

  Heartless turned his head at Sunless. His angry look gradually calmed down as he forced himself to speak calmly, "Little Sun...you became fond of him just like this?"

  Sunless pondered for a moment when she heard this.

  She was fond of Shi Xiaobai giving her 'sword arts heritage'.

  She was fond of the aura filled with sword intent that emanated from Shi Xiaobai's body.

  She had been deducing her sword arts alone in her mind, but Shi Xiaobai had managed to resonate with her sword intent, allowing their spirits to connect. Despite her continuously winning during the sword sparring last night, she was fond of it.

  She was fond of Shi Xiaobai improving amidst failure and the beginning outline of an unyielding way of the sword.

  So, was she fond of him?

  She did not know.

  "He...is very good."

  Sunless considered for a moment before giving such an answer. She then shut the door gently.

  Outside the door, the six people fell silent for a long while. Although Sunless had not given a direct answer, to them, it was an affirmative response.

  The adonis said angrily, "I can't accept it! Definitely not!"

  The female whopper said, "Little Sister Sun must have been deceived by Tu Dahei."

  The burly teenager said with a deep voice, "We can't let Tu Dahei off that simply!"

  The short-haired teenager said with a sinister look, "Find an opportunity to kill him?"

  "Enough!"

  Heartless cut off the others and said, "Do you know? Since she was little, Little Sun has only liked sword arts!"

  The faces of the five rookies stiffened as the adonis said with a dry chuckle, "Boss Heartless, what do you mean?"

  Heartless sighed and said, "She is my sister. What she is fond of is of utmost importance. Let's forget...what happened yesterday and the day before yesterday."

  The adonis said in disbelief, "Boss...are you saying we can't seek our revenge?"

  Heartless said coldly, "If Tu Dahei dares to let down my sister, old and new grudges will be settled. When the time comes, I'll kill him if it takes my life! But now, my sister's happiness is of utmost importance. Not only will we not seek revenge, but we should try to find a way to make Tu Dahei commit fully to my sister and devote himself to her and no one else."

  When the five rookies heard this, they were immediately stunned as they gave bitter looks.

  This cookie-cutter plot wasn't right. Why did they suddenly go from the archetype antagonists that were bent on splitting the couple to assisting archetypes? Can the cards not be dealt so erratically?

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  Chapter215 Choosing ten out of a thousand, picking one out of a hundred

  Shi Xiaobai quickly realized that he had no idea which hotel room was his. Helplessly, he inquired at the front desk.

  The receptionist had a deep impression of Shi Xiaobai. The brutal assault yesterday had astounded her. As such, she patiently answered Shi Xiaobai's questions and even took the initiative to lead Shi Xiaobai to his level.

  The members of Gaia were assigned rooms at the thirteenth floor. This was also the reason why Riko and company did not notice the commotion that happened in the lobby at the first floor.

  Shi Xiaobai's room was Room 5 on the thirteenth floor. However, he did not receive a key, so he could only knock on Room 6, which was Riko's room.

  Shi Xiaobai knocked twice and shouted once.

  However, five doors opened simultaneously.

  Yama Minamiya and Riko, Mozzie, Mu Yuesheng and Kevin came out from their respective rooms.

  Yama Minamiya said angrily, "Shi Xiaobai, what did you do all night in Sunless's room? If you do not honestly explain yourself, stay away from my daughter in the future."

  "Dad, what are you talking about?"

  Riko rolled her eyes and said to Shi Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, explain yourself properly."

  Mozzie blinked her eyes and said, "Lord Shi Xiaobai, it must be Sunless who seduced you, right?"

  Mu Yuesheng sighed and said, "I never expected you to be such an impressive hooligan."

  Kevin glanced at Mozzie and said to Shi Xiaobai shortly after, "Hmph, This Genius will not comment on this matter, but if you were to two-time, This Genius will definitely not sit idle!"

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly dumbfounded. He said with a frown, "Why does This King not understand a thing of what all of you are saying?"

  ...

  ...

  Five minutes later, after a series of interrogations, Shi Xiaobai finally understood the reason behind the misunderstanding.

  Shi Xiaobai was somewhat at a loss whether to laugh or to cry regarding this misunderstanding. He also finally understood the reason of Heartless and company's extreme reactions and bizarre questions.

  Finally, he told to Riko and company a normal version that was closer to the truth.

  The general gist was that he had accidentally damaged Sunless's purplish-gold silver dragon sword, and gave her something similar to a sword manual as reparations. Finally, Sunless gave him a true sword manual, and he was engrossed reading the sword manual and sat in a corner of the hallway for five whole hours.

  Although this explanation had concealed a lot of important information, it had easily resolved most of the misunderstandings. However, it was difficult to explain why he had spent the whole night in Sunless's room. Shi Xiaobai could only describe the matter in general terms.

  But unexpectedly, Yama Minamiya immediately understood what Shi Xiaobai was referring to. He said with a sigh, "This is an extremely rare spiritual connection phenomenon. It requires the correct combination of luck and people. You are pretty lucky to be able to engage in an entire night of sword sparring with Sunless. It will definitely improve your sword comprehension!"

  Shi Xiaobai nodded upon hearing these words. He had indeed improved a lot. Taking driving skills as an analogy, he was a bad driver driving a Ferrari before last night, but after last night, he finally learned how to drift around the bends. However, he needed a period of time and opportunities before he could become a truly experienced driver!

  With the misunderstandings finally resolved, everyone spontaneously heaved a sigh of relief. They immediately began speaking on hindsight.

  Yama Minamiya: "I knew there must have been a misunderstanding somewhere."

  Riko: "Hmph, I knew a fool like you who has no sexual urges or intent would do that."

  Mozzie: "This Mosquito said so early on. Lord Shi Xiaobai refrains from lust. Lord Shi Xiaobai is an honest gentleman."

  Mu Yuesheng: "Looks like I overestimated your abilities."

  Kevin: "Thankfully This Genius always rejects this wave of lovey-dovey ideas."

  Shi Xiaobai: "..."

  Shi Xiaobai ignored them and asked Yama Minamiya for his key. Entering his hotel room, he took out a change of clothes from his luggage and took a refreshing cold shower.

  The mass selection was beginning today, and the selection venue and rules would be sent to each organization's supervisor.

  Hence, at seven o'clock sharp, everyone gathered in Yama Minamiya's room. Yama Minamiya held his cellphone while the rest began waiting in boredom.

  At this moment, Riko said with a smile, "What do you guess the first round would be?"

  Shi Xiaobai boredly said without thinking, "Long-distance running."

  Mozzie said with a sly smile, "Long-distance runni
ng!"

  Kevin immediately echoed, "Long-distance running!"

  Mu Yuesheng could not help but smile as she said, "Long-distance running!"

  Riko said in surprise, "It's rare for all of you to have such uniform thoughts!"

  Yama Minamiya gave himself a facepalm as he laughed. These fellows were pulling his leg. If the first round was not long-distance running, he would be somewhat embarrassed.

  "Ding Dong!"

  With a ringtone playing, the cellphone suddenly vibrated.

  Yama Minamiya immediately raised his phone and looked down.

  Everyone else also looked curiously at Yama Minamiya.

  Moments later, Yama Minamiya frowned slightly as he looked at everyone and said with a wry smile, "It's not long-distance running. Furthermore...there is nothing beyond the first round."

  Riko said out of curiosity, "What do you mean by that?"

  Yama Minamiya immediately handed his cellphone to Riko and said with a sigh, "The mass selection...only has one round! A single round of selection will choose ten from a thousand people!"

  "Ah?"

  Mozzie exclaimed.

  Mu Yuesheng frowned slightly and said, "Isn't a single round too hasty? If a single round can select ten out of a thousand, wouldn't this selection round be extremely grand and comprehensive in order to be fair? It couldn't be a thousand-person free-for-all battle, right?"

  "It's not a thousand-person free-for-all battle."

  Riko looked up at this moment, her eyes dazzling bright. She said, "But it's not much different from a thousand-person free-for-all battle!"

  Kevin threw up his hands and said, "Miss Riko, Division Minister Minamiya, can you not keep us guessing?"

  Riko did not say a single word as she handed the cellphone over.

  When Kevin took the cellphone and looked at it, his pupils violently constricted as he exclaimed, "Holy shit, Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower!?"

  "What? Are you serious?"

  Mozzie hurriedly snatched the phone from Kevin and when she looked at it, she exclaimed, "It's really true!"

  Mu Yuesheng's eyes shimmered and she said, "That's a good thing."

  Yama Minamiya nodded and said, "It's indeed a good thing. It's no wonder they set the selection venue in Shanghai. The time also happens to be in the middle of the month. However, I'm truly surprised that the organization senate would go this far for this matter."