Chapter 136: Sleepwalking (1/2)

Chapter 136: Sleepwalking

Translator: NinetalesEditor: Fish_Creek

In front of Hall of Supreme Learning, thousands of scholars along with directorates, secretaries, and chancellor were all startled and looked towards the source of the laughter.

A scholar was at a loss and asked, ”What had he refined?”

A scholar beside him was also slightly at a loss, ”I think he said vital qi thread… I might have heard wrongly!”

Those directorates, secretaries, and chancellors had awkward expressions as they were between laughter and tears.

Chancellor Ba Shan burst into laughter and said, ”Interesting little fellow. Vital qi thread is the basis of all sword skill. If he hadn't even refined vital qi thread, how did he become a scholar of our Imperial College? Which examiner did he bribe to get in?”

”Chancellor Ba Shan, you were not around Imperial College previously so you don't know him.”

A directorate smiled and explained, ”This rascal is called Qin Mu, an abandoned person from Great Ruins. He defeated Daoist Ling Yun and was chosen as an imperial scholar by the emperor himself. Who dares to not let him in after being chosen by the emperor?”

”An abandoned person of Great Ruins defeated Ling Yun and was chosen by the emperor?”

Chancellor Ba Shan looked at Daoist Ling Yun and sneered, ”Ling Yun, did you go easy on him? Was the emperor bribed as well?”

Daoist Ling Yun was ashamed and angry at the same time. Back then he was smashed out from Hall of Pure Yang and two sword cases were emptied out from stabbing him, making him lose face in front of the emperor, civil and military ministers as well as these colleagues and scholars. Was this still called going easy?

Was there this kind of bribery and going easy?

Ain't the price a little too high?

However, Ba Shan was a chancellor after all and the person who was just lower than the Grand Chancellor, therefore he had to be cautious of offending him. He could only pull a long face and keep quiet so that he won't get himself in trouble. This Chancellor Ba Shan was the famous loudmouth in Imperial College, after all, not giving any face when blurting out. Most of the rumors and rubbish news in Imperial College were basically spread by him. That's why he was also secretly known as 'Loudmouth Ba'.

If he quarreled with him, even the chicken in the chicken coop would know about his embarrassing deed the next day.

Meanwhile, Fu Yuanqing who was in the distance was surprised, ”That's my little junior brother from the same master! He looks pretty dim-witted. Master is so useless now, to actually find such a dumb goose that looks like a pushover!”

”Painstakingly cultivating seven to eight years, I've finally refined my vital qi thread!”

Qin Mu was unable to contain his joy and found it difficult to conceal the excitement in his heart as he looked at the vital qi thread in front of his face. Now he could finally not execute his incomparably thick 'vital qi thread' anymore, now his vital qi thread could also be very exquisite.

Between his fingers and palm, his vital qi thread flowed gently and was as thin as a hair which was very perfect.

If one observed carefully, they could see that this vital qi thread from Qin Mu was different from the rest.

This vital qi thread was actually formed by many incomparably fine sword qi and every sword was constantly transforming and swirling. However, when the vital qi thread moved, it was still incomparably agile, so agile that no one would notice that the vital qi thread actually had a structure.

”I wonder how far can my vital qi thread be executed to?”

Qin Mu looked around and wanted to try how far he can extend his vital qi thread out to. When his gaze suddenly swept Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor, he was slightly startled.

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor was looking at his hand and his gaze landed on the vital qi thread that was moving around his fingers and palm. He seemed to feel Qin Mu's gaze and raised his gaze slightly, causing both their gazes to meet.

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor gave a smile and said in a low voice, ”Interesting…”

Qin Mu retracted his gaze and gave up on his idea. There were too many people here so he was unable to test it out.

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor waited for a while more and said, ”Alright. Now I shall teach all of you the second kind of basic sword form, Swim Sword Form. Sword is unrestricted while flying in the air and the form of the sword is also unrestricted therefore a sword can swim, just like a dragon swimming, like a snake swimming, like a fish swimming, like a phoenix soaring in the air, like immortals stepping on air, so why should we rigidly adhere to the fundamental sword techniques of our predecessors?”

Qin Mu's spirit trembled. The second basic sword technique that Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor had founded was still like a breath of fresh air to everyone, broadening their horizons. It was as if a door was pushed open and they could see a world that was much more vast.

”I'm right to come to Imperial College. Patriarch has the foresight.” He thought to himself.