Chapter 36 (1/2)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Northern Sword Valiant stayed upright. A few strands of white hair were hidden amongst his black hair. He wore a long black robe and a white shirt. He crossed his arms in front of his chest with his eyes closed. He looked stern and fierce, like an ice-cold sword.
Hundreds gathered at the training ground and commented on Northern Sword Valiant.
“How much longer does he need to wait?”
“He is Northern Sword Valiant? He feels powerful.”
I’ve heard that he could split a mountain with one slash. I think Sword God Zhou doesn’t dare to come.”
Yeah, Sword God Zhou was only a greedy coward. Out of so many brigand strongholds in Gulan Forest, he only chose to deal with those that had Foundation Building head chiefs. This means that his power was only at the Foundation Building Stage.”
“The Northern Sword Valiant has already realized his sword will. In the future, he might be comparable to General Zhang.”
Most people revered Northern Sword Valiant, except those that Sword God Zhou had saved. Many who heard about what Sword God Zhou had done snorted with contempt.
This time, Northern Sword Valiant issued a challenge to Sword God Zhou, but the latter had yet to appear, which caused the people to despise Sword God Zhou even more.
At the same time, they really admired and respected Northern Sword Valiant.
He was indeed someone powerful, so powerful that his opponent did not dare to accept his challenge!
There were two others amidst the crowd.
They were Xiao Chengfeng and Ms. Zhishui, who were still searching for the son of Zhao Xuan.
They had searched for Zhou Xuanji for many years, but they were yet to give up.
“When do we go back?”
Ms. Zhishui asked. In her heart, she felt that Prince Xuanji was already dead. It was pointless to continue searching for him.
Xiao Chengfeng gazed at Northern Sword Valiant and said, “One more month. I want to see who this Sword God Zhou is. I heard that he has the body of a ten-year-old child.”
“You think that he might be Prince Xuanji?” Ms. Zhishui asked.
Xiao Chengfeng smiled as he shook his head, “How could he? Sword God Zhou is unrivaled across the Foundation Building Stage. Even the second prince, who reached Foundation Building at nine years old, could not sweep across the entire Foundation Building Stage. Could there be anyone that’s more devilish than even the second prince?”
Ms. Zhishui heard and also felt that it was impossible.
They were out for so many years already, there was no hurry to go back.
Crowds of people were passing by the training ground, but only a minority of people stayed back. Even Zhang Ruyu only came by once in a while.
On the west side of the training ground, a man stood and observed Northern Sword Valiant from a guestroom on the third floor of an inn. He was dressed in purple and wore a bamboo hat.
In the room, an elderly man sat at a table.
The rickety old man was a little plump. He was enjoying the seasoned pig trotter in his hands.
After some careful observation, one could see that he had a tail, like that of a squirrel.
Demon!
A demon that could transform into the appearance of humans had powers comparable to Inner Pellet cultivators amongst humans.
“Young master, stop looking at him. He’s merely at the Enlightening Stage, is he really worth your attention?”
The elder with the squirrel tail mumbled as he chewed on his pig trotter.
The man in purple did not respond to him.
After a while, he turned around and sat on the bed.
He stared at the elderly man and said, “Old Qing, can you not be like a pig?”
The elder who was addressed as Old Qing almost choked on the pig trotter.
He felt wronged and said, “Young master, why are you scolding me?”
The man in purple snorted, “Remember our mission. Capture Princess Xuanya. My father, the king, is going to declare war against the Southern Snow Kingdom and the surrounding kingdoms soon. We must have some bargaining power to curb Great Zhou.”
Old Qing licked the oil on his hand and was confused, “Princess Xuanya is not even fifteen, what use could she have?” he said.
The man in purple replied, “Let me tell you. Princess Xuanya of Great Zhou has a Dao Manifestation Physique that appears once in a millennium.”
Old Qing opened his eyes wide and sucked in a breath of cold air.
Shortly after, he seemed to have thought of something and asked in astonishment, “If she had such great talent, why would she come to the Cloud Swallow City?”
The man in purple no longer replied to him, because even he was confused about this.