Chapter 67 - Rain at the Start of the Tang Dynastys Imperial Examination (1/2)
Chapter 67: Rain at the Start of the Tang Dynasty’s Imperial Examination
The sunset painted the streets in vibrant colors
The pale-faced woman stood before the broken clay bowls
Fro but up close, one could see the faults and defects on the canvas
Fang Lang watched the beautiful woman with suspicion
Ni Wen entered a trance as her brain tried to process as happening There was distraught in her eyes and her cal cup of tea
“Mo-Mother…”
Ni Wen made herself appear smaller Her bottom lip quivered as she looked at the beautiful wo was shocked ‘Mother?
‘This beautiful woman is Ni Wen’sHorse carriages went by speedily as the sun continued to set
Soon, the , Ni Wen and the mother
The at wisely retracted his hand fro Ni Wen’s head in front of her ht doing solanced at the shrunken Ni Wen as tre in fear
Then, he turned to face the beautiful wo put on his sincerest, polite s Fang like a square, Lang like a wave”
Fang Lang kept his sht He had to re wrong and he should act as such
The beautiful wo’s warmth Her expression remained frosty
“Girl, come here!” the mother ordered in a barely restrained tone
She had told her daughter nored
Ni Wen continued to frolic with the sons of the rich
She had done her best to dress up Ni Wen in the drabbiest outfits but it was to no avail
The tableau of the boy stroking Ni Wen’s head in the sunset stabbed at the mother’s heart It felt like a repeat of history, a repeat of her own personal nighthter?
Why did the Gods bully them?
Iles and hardshi+ps never onceblow to her heart was enough to make her shed tears
She did not question or berate the fates She was just frustrated at the cards she was dealt
“Mother… Mother, don’t cry…”
The tears falling from the beautiful woman’s face startled Ni Wen from her trance Ni Wen rushed forward and picked up the fallen ite pole and led the wohter disappeared into the sunset
As the sun sank further into the West, the shadows of the interdependentremained where he was
He watched as theyof sadness in his heart
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That night, thesouth for the night
Autuht reflected the thin frost covering the ground
Fang Lang put Ni Wen and herabout it would not iht, he sat cross-legged on the bed, hands clasping a spirit crystal He was absorbing the spirit crystal in the Triple Binding Mode—spiritual energy flowed out like a water strearade sword rade spirit crystal had little effect on his body
At a sword y absorption was the least of his concerns More iy into blade energy
When all the spiritual energy in his energy center was converted into blade energy, he would be at the peak of second-class sword h into the third class
Fang Lang pulled up Jiang Linglong’s status
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Binding Partner: Jiang Linglong
Age: 15
Cultivation: Ninth-Grade Sword Master (Second-Class Sword Mastery)
Core: 55 (Gold)
Cultivation Speed: 15 low-grade spirit crystals/two hours
Conversion Speed: 10 wisps/two hours (spiritual energy > blade energy)
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Jiang Linglong’s cultivation had inificant increase in cultivation speed
Fang Lang’s step into the sword master realm unlocked a new stat in the display—the conversion speed froy
Thispartner’s ability
Unfortunately, whatever bonuses he got would be useless as he did not have the proper cultivation e, the conversion would be slow regardless
Fang Lang toned down his excite
Just then, a light knock sounded
Old Fang called out through the door Fang Lang opened the door and was greeted with a bowl of stea wontons The old man walked in with a smile
“There must be a balance betork and rest Balance is the way of cultivation Come, have some wontons The Imperial Exa toosaid
Fang Lang i watched his son devour the food He had witnessed Fang Lang’s hard work in this period leading up to the I was putting so much effort into cultivation but as his father, he would support Fang Lang unconditionally