Chapter 64: Raising Mountains And Rivers In A Cane (1/2)
Chapter 64: Raising Mountains And Rivers In A Cane
Translator: NinetalesEditor: Fish Creek
The spring river gradually warmed. It had been over ten days since Qin Mu had broken the dam of ice with Woman Wu. The willow trees on the river shore had regained their shade along with the birdsongs and fragrant flowers while the ice tide had subsided.
In the heart of the river, Qin Mu suddenly stopped in his footsteps, however, he didn't sink into the river and remained standing on the surface of the water. Ripples spread out beautifully under his feet.
He was using Black Tortoise Vital Qi to control the water condition so he could still remain standing on the water like it was flat land.
He had already grasped the technique of controlling water using Black Tortoise Vital Qi fluently.
Chii—
The sound of sword flying through the air pierced the sky. Qin Mu was trying to use his fingers to control Junior Protector Sword, making it flick it upwards, smearing it horizontally and hacking it downwards. The sword moved along with his body and executed all the most basic moves.
He had learned the most basic techniques of swordplay from Village Chief these few days. Other than stab, he had also learned techniques like hack, curve, parry, wave, poke, jab, cut, and smear.
However, Village Chief didn't teach him any sword skills and only made him practice the most basic movements day after day.
Meanwhile at the side of the river, Blind stood there motionlessly with his cane, like a statue.
Even since Qin Mu said his goodbyes to Woman Wu, he returned to the village to tell the villagers about how he released Woman Wu. When he reached the part of Small Thunderclap Monastery, Old Ma and the rest forbade him from leaving the village. Even if he was to leave the village, he needed to have someone accompanying him.
On the river, the sound of the wind grew louder. Every time Qin Mu unleashed his sword, it would raise up wind and waves. What Village Chief taught him were the most basic movements of swordplay yet they all burst forth with astonishing power in his hands!
With every practice, the wind and waves on the river would grow bigger and more urgent. With a stab of his sword, the river surface would split thirty yards long and three yards deep, causing all the huge fishes and river beasts to stay away.
With a flick, the river water surged into the sky and splashed down in a downpour. He then followed up with a curve and the river water turned into a water dragon rushing forward.
Even though they might be the simplest moves that required the use of qi to manipulate sword, the power remained terrifyingly strong in his hands.
He had been cultivating these basic movements for more than two years and already knew them thoroughly by heart. However Village Chief still didn't impart a complete move.
Suddenly Blind's ears twitched and he shouted, ”Mu'er, it's time to stop, a ship is coming.”
Qin Mu put Junior Protector Sword back into the sword pouch on his back and raised his head. He saw a ship sailing down and was stunned for a second, as this ship was the one that was drafting the topographic map of Surging River.
Now that the ship was sailing back down from upstream, they must have finished drafting the waterway of Surging River.
Opening up his stride, he avoided the path which the ship was sailing by.
Flowing down with the river, the speed of the ship was very fast and soon reached in front of them. An exclaim of admiration came from the ship, ”To stand on the river without moving, what a neat skill and dense vital qi.”
Qin Mu looked at the source of the sound and saw General Qin standing at the head of the ship looking at him along with the youth with a little baby fat who held a foldable fan.
”The mysterious ice from the dragon palace!”
Qin Mu's heart turned cold as he saw the huge slab of mysterious ice. In the mysterious ice, there was a dragon bead hanging high up along with a hand grabbing onto it!
He could only see those as the rest of the stuff below the ice chunk was blocked by the side of the ship. However, even with just that, he knew where the mysterious ice, as well as the hand, had come from.
It was evident that when the general and his men were drafting the topographic map of Surging River, they had discovered the dragon palace under the river. When they searched their way there, they must have discovered Gu Linuan and the young dragon sealed by the dragon bead!
At this moment, the young dragon should still be in the mysterious ice. This general hasn't slain the soul of the mother dragon and most likely have kept the soul of the dragon mother to prevent the mysterious ice from melting.
Their aim should be the young dragon in the ice. If the mysterious ice was to melt, the young dragon would die. He must have intended to bring the mysterious ice back to Eternal Peace Empire and invite masters to cure the young dragon, therefore he didn't save Gu Linuan yet.
”It's the youth who was on the peak with the devil ape.”
The baby fat youth said in astonishment, ”I didn't expect his vital qi to be so dense, it's even stronger than mine.”
Suddenly, Gu Linuan's voice came from the ice, ”I can feel my Junior Protector Sword! General Qin Feiyue, stop the ship, my Junior Protector Sword is near, the rascal that tricked me is near!”
The ship stopped and General Qin's gaze landed on Qin Mu, ”You are the one that swindled Junior Protector Sword from the junior protector of the crown prince?”
Qin Mu replied, ”He wanted to eat me so I swindled his sword away. Since you managed to bring him out of the dragon palace, can you bring his sheath out for me as well? It would only be a complete set with the sheath.”
Qin Feiyue's gaze flickered, ”For you? This is the sword of the Imperial Family, it's impossible to give it to you, please return Junior Protector Sword back to the Imperial Family.”
Qin Mu shook his head in bewilderment, ”Why do I have to return it when I swindled it with my own ability?”