1 Shen Zhenyi (1/2)
(TL Note: The first chapter only talks about how great Shen Zhenyi is, but it gets better. I swear.)
The most popular swordsman in the world = Shen Zhenyi.
The most famous sword technique in the world = the Ten Thousand Sword Sutra.
The most powerful sect in the Nine Hells Realm = the Abandoned Sword Villa.
Shen Zhenyi began to practice the sword when he was four years and two months old. At the age of seven, he studied the Ten Thousand Sword Sutra. By eleven, he fought against the Yudao in Shangqing Palace. In an instant, he unleashed one hundred and eighty-five sword strikes, making it impossible for anyone to retaliate.
The Yudao admitted defeat and deemed him as ”The Peerless Genius”.
At the age of 14, Shen Zhenyi, with his Six Forms of the Ancient Sword, surpassed the swordsman Zuo Tianxing ranked among the top ten masters in the world, and won the title of ”The First Swordsman of the Abyss.”
The number of people that were jealous wasn't small, but no one dared to challenge him in a battle. Everyone knew that in the Nine Hells, no one could resist his brilliant swordsmanship.
He truly was a dragon amongst men.
Some people say that Shen Mengtian who created the abandoned sword villa three hundred years ago was the strongest in history.
Others say that although Zhenyi had not yet surpassed him, he would surely reach a realm beyond all previous sages within ten years.
It was even possible for him to achieve the Immortal Realm of martial arts.
Cut through the moon, fly like a fairy, and break through the void!
”However, it was a pity that there was an unexpected storm in the sky...”
”Nine months ago, the Third Prince Shen fought with the world's top player, Mino of the Devil Sect at Chiri Island. Although he used his sword to pierce Mino's throat with 100 strikes, he was also injured by an Evil Qi that crippled 19 of his meridians. Zhenyi's life was intact, but he was no longer able to practice his martial skills. This was the greatest regret of the martial arts world.
The middle-aged man explaining Shen Zhenyi's deeds sighed, with an extremely sad look on his face.
The boys and girls gathered in front of the gate of Abandoned Sword Villa roared, and several girls even cried loudly. They came for a story about their idol, but they didn't expect to hear such sad news.
The ancient brass sword, more than ten feet high at the gate, stood quietly, casting a thick shadow under the oblique sun enveloping the people underneath.
There seemed to be thunder rolling and rumbling in the sky. If any clouds began to stain the sky, it would probably start to rain.
Today was the second day of February when the Abandoned Sword Villa opened every ten years to recruit top disciples and pass on the sword.
No one knew exactly how many people came thousands of miles just to see the Third Prince. Three hundred years after the Abandoned Sword Villa was founded, the ancient gate of the Abandoned Sword still existed, but no one knew where Shen Zhengyi was.
”Is Shen Zhenyi not here?”
”It's said that he's closed up in the back hill, but no one has seen him for a long time.”
”Would he be willing to give us a lesson or two?”
”If you got to see him, you would probably die at once!”
The young boys and girls whispered, their eyes secretly throwing looks at the misty white pagoda at the back of the mountains.
Where was the Third Prince? Almost every newcomer's heart asked this question.