Chapter 297 - The Lost Gongsun Jianwu (2/2)
Qing Shui was speechless. He could faintly hear all these words. Such was human nature. After they had witnessed how he defeated Gongsun Jianyun with a single blow, even effortlessly pulling a few punches would earn some flatteries from the others.
The light from the morning sun shone on the field and on Qing Shui’s body. He indulged in the “vitality” of the morning sun. That was the scent of “living”, a strong and healthy scent.
Qing Shui took a long and shallow breath before he exhaled slowly, as if to expel all the waste and some other negativities from his chest.
He even felt the pores on his body slightly open. The feeling of absorbing energy from the morning sun was wonderful. Although there wasn’t any obvious effect, it certainly lifted his mood.
The morning was turning late gradually. Many were already walking towards the area around the arena in the center because there would be a continuation in the talk about the next ten movements of the “Heavenly Palace Sword Art”.
After Qing Shui saw the Elder lecturer, he slowly walked towards the seats nearer to the arena.
“Let us learn the next ten movements in the Heavenly Palace Sword Art today. I shall demonstrate the first twenty movements one round again to help everyone refresh their memory.”
The demonstration by the old man was not too fast, but the combination of vigor and strength was just right. Although he was gesturing, Qing Shui could still feel the vigor in it. The next ten movements obviously had a more powerful stance than the first ten, and they were even a little more violent.
The old man started to explain the next ten movements after he demonstrated a round of the first twenty movements. He slowed down the speed of his explanation, and would even sometimes repeat some details twice or thrice.
Qing Shui earnestly digested, listened and watched. As expected, the stance of the Heavenly Palace Sword Art was increasingly powerful towards the end. But Qing Shui was happy, because not too much effort was required for him to learn this sword art due to the Tiger Form. This made him decided to take some time to observe the tiger carvings on the stone monuments again.
This time it took a complete four hours to explain the ten movements. He had said that he would only repeat once, but now he kept on repeating.
“What a nice Elder, he’s so responsible!” Qing Shui chuckled.
In the end, the old man continuously put on the demonstration three times and even explained everything patiently!
“Alright, everyone try to familiarize them and have a discussion. We will continue the rest again in another ten days.” The old man slowly came down from the arena after finishing his sentence.
After he had left, the people below the arena started to leave alone or in groups of three or five. They started to practise while everything was still fresh in their minds. Qing Shui was no exception.
Like the old man, Qing Shui restrained his Qi stance because for now he still relied on using concept. Average people around him would feel like he was only practising his form. Although it looked like the real thing, it was lacking the stance. However, people with better potential would be able to feel the difference.
The old man who hadn’t gone far looked at Qing Shui in surprise, the shock in his eyes was not concealed. In the end, he left with a smile.
“Qing Shui!”
Qing Shui was surprised to hear this familiar voice!
He turned around and saw Gongsun Jianwu standing in a distance looking at him, smiling. Her dimples were like flowers on her cheeks. As usual, she was in a black flowing dress, her curvy figure was smoking hot especially the size of those delicate breasts and the curves of her perky buttocks. They made Qing Shui’s mouth go dry.
“What is it?” Qing Shui looked at the beautiful face which could seduce like a fox spirit. That smile could make a man worked up. Although Qing Shui ostracized her, he couldn’t deny the fact that he was sexually interested in her.
Hearing Qing Shui’s curt response made Gongsun Jianwu feel a little uncomfortable although her expression remained the same. “Thank you for holding back last time,” she said happily.
“You’ve thanked me before,” Qing Shui said indifferently. Although he yearned to have sex with this kind of woman, he refused to get involved with this kind of “bad woman”.
“Can’t we be friends?” Gongsun Jianwu asked sadly. Her voice was not loud, but it was still audible to people around them.
The power of gossip was scary. A few of the people looked at Qing Shui and Gongsun Jianwu in shock and left hurriedly.
“Friends?” Qing Shui was surprised. From the moment he had beaten up the third son of the Gongsun Clan and broke Gongsun Jianyun’s shoulder on the arena, Qing Shui had never thought about getting involved with any members of the Gongsun Clan.
The surprised tone of Qing Shui sounded more like a mockery in Gongsun Jianwu’s ears. At that very moment, many people nearby were looking in their direction.
“Sorry to bother you,” she smiled and turned around to leave. Her silhouette looked a little lonely. Qing Shui’s mouth moved but he didn’t say anything in the end.
He sighed and continued to practise the Heavenly Palace Sword Art that he had learnt today. His feelings however, were in a bit of a mess. All he could think about was that lonely silhouette of Gongsun Jianwu’s when she was leaving.
Her silhouette was a little like Mingyue Gelou and also a little like Shi Qingzhuang. Even the extraordinary Yiye JianGe had moments like these. However, that strong silhouette from the Yan City was even more desolated, isolated and soul piercingly lonelier than hers.
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