Chapter 218 (1/2)

Master Thief

Awesome! That was awesome! In a split second, I can actually increase the power of my swords to such an astonishing stage. Was that part of the Evil Sword Technique?

In the small hut, he opened his eyes when he recovered slightly. He was slightly emotional.

As long as my heart contained uprightness, I would remain my evil self! Just thinking about the words itself was enough to make my blood boil. Now, I shall wait.

Su Yun muttered as his eyes blazed with passion

He took a deep a breath and continued to meditate. Although he had such a huge fight that lasted the entire day, he was not fatigued. He only felt weak and he needed to recover quickly so that he could head over to the martial grounds first thing tomorrow. He only had half a month, and time was ticking by. He had to learn whatever he could learn.

Dududu.

Just then, there came knocks from the door.

Su Yun was shocked. A flicker of doubt passed his eyes as he went ahead to grab his cape to cover his face before he head to the door.

There was a sturdy man in a leather armour standing outside.

The sturdy man smiled with a skeleton jug filled with wine as he said with his hoarse voice: “Do you mind if I come in, Su Yun?”

“It’s senior brother Tu!” Su Yun was slightly taken aback as he continued to ask: “Is there anything?”

“I’ve come to drink with you! Come, let’s talk inside!”

Su Yun hesitated before he nodded.

As the two of them headed in, Tu Bai Li took off the lid on the skeleton jug and poured it in his mouth. Then, he passed it to Su Yun.

Looking at the black jug and smelling the stench of evil wine, Su Yun frowned but he did not reject. Instead, he reached out and drank it all.

“Hahah, you’re swift!”

Tu Bai Li laughed as he took back back the wine Su Yun passed to him before he started drinking again. They passed to one another a couple of times and finished the wine.

“I’ve brought too few today. I’ll bring more tomorrow.”

Tu Bai Li wiped his mouth and stated.

Su Yun smiled: “You didn’t just come to me to drink, did you, senior brother Tu?”

“Of course not.”

Tu Bai Li stood up and answered: “I’m here to clarify on something.”

“About?”

“Your motive for heading to the martial grounds.” Tu Bai Li looked straight at him: “If I didn’t guess wrongly, you probably want to learn some of the Evil Sword Techniques right?”

Su Yun’s heart skipped a beat but he remained composed: “Why do you say that senior brother Tu? What kind of mystical technique is the Evil Sword Technique. How can I master them just in a few days at the martial grounds? If that’s the case, then wouldn’t the Evil Sword Technique be too easy?”

“Of course the Evil Sword Techniques are not easy.” Tu Bai Li shook his head and continued: “I only felt queer. Don’t judge me on my crude appearance. I’m meticulous in my thoughts and much more sensitive than others. In all honesty, you’re an outsider. When I sparred with my junior brother Ji, most of them came to join in the fun. Yet, you offered a challenge out of a sudden. I then thought, why would you want to fight with me? Your cultivation level is much lower than me, you can’t possibly win me. I made a judgement that you’re just purely in love with swords. In the end, I realised it’s not just so simple. Rascal, you like challenges much more!”

“Challenges?”

“Yeah! Challenges! After sparring with you, I realised there was a tinge of fierceness in each and every one of your moves and techniques. In addition, when I played the fourth move of the Evil Sword Technique, you seem to be enlightened by the chant. Although it was faint but it allowed you to maximise your sword’s power! You’re a genius!”

“What can that even prove?”

Su Yun remained calm.

“This means your talent is outrageous! Also, when I brandished my Evil Sword, I could capture the passion in your eyes. You desire to learn the Evil Sword Techniques right?”

Tu Bai Li said and smiled.

Su Yun hesitated and remained silent.

He did not expect Tu Bai Li to see through him so easily

“To be honest” Su Yun took a deep breath and replied: “I do want to learn the Evil Sword Techniques of your noble sword sect!”

“Then learn.” Tu Bai Li giggled.

“You’re teaching me?”

“Of course not. When I was cultivating the Evil Sword, I swore I will not teach outsiders unless I was commanded to.”

“Then why did you promise to let me enter the martial grounds for me to learn?”

“Haha, I don’t teach but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn. There are so many disciples cultivating the Evil Sword at the martial grounds. Watch and learn! I know that’s your only motive, but it’s useless just watching. I’ve estimated you probably would just touch the iceberg. To our sword sect, that is not much of a harm, so if you want to learn, go to the martial grounds, since I can’t teach you.”

“I see, senior brother Tu thinks that I can’t learn” Su Yun chucked.

“The Evil Sword Technique is not so simple. You’ll gain nothing from just looking at it. Without any guidance, you’ll be at a crossroad.”