Chapter 2523 - Listening Sword (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Han Sen looked at her for a minute. She was spoiled and a touch crazy, but he didn’t want to do as she said. Still, he was not mad. He laughed casually and said, “I have learned all kinds of different geno arts. I’m not a master with them, but I have sufficient skill to use each.”

“The term ‘sufficient’ means different things to different people. Are you sure you have learned these geno arts sufficiently?” Yellow Clothes asked seriously. Her face was solemn.

“I suppose so.” Han Sen didn’t know what was wrong with Yellow Clothes. She was talking like they were competing, and they had to find out which of the two was stronger.

“Okay. In that case, I will test you with the most basic sword skill. Do you know Listening Sword?” Yellow Clothes asked coldly.

“What is Listening Sword?” Han Sen had never heard of the skill.

Yellow Clothes didn’t laugh at Han Sen for his ignorance. She simply explained, “A sword is like a person. A person is like a sound. We can see a person, but until we speak with them, they cannot truly become a friend. You only need a voice to communicate. In that way, we do not learn who people truly are by their appearance. Swords are this way, too. If you just look at its appearance, you cannot understand what is inside the sword. You need to listen to the sword to truly understand the blade. Only then can you understand it.”

This was the first time Han Sen had heard of this. He thought it was a very interesting concept, and so he asked, “People talk, but swords don’t. How can you hear the voice of a sword?”

“The sounds of instruments are not a language, so how can people listen to music and still understand what emotions it conveys and what it means? Although a sword does not speak, when you use a sword to make a sound, you are hearing the voice of the sword. If you know a sword really well, even if you cannot see the sword, you can know what sword it is by the sound it makes,” Yellow Clothes said.

Han Sen didn’t believe what she was saying. He looked at Yellow Clothes and said, “That means I can pull out a sword and randomly swing it, and by that, Lady Clothes will know which sword I wield?”

“Of course,” Yellow Clothes answered. She did so with absolute certainty.

“Great. I have a sword, and I would like you to unveil my sword,” Han Sen said.

“Sure.” Yellow Clothes turned around and closed her eyes. She said to Han Sen, “You can swing your sword for me.”

Han Sen’s heart jumped. Using his body to block her line of sight in case she peeked, he whipped out his Toxic Umbrella Mushroom beast soul.

The Toxic Umbrella Mushroom was a weapon beast soul, but it was not a sword. It was an umbrella. When it was folded, it was three feet long and could be used as a sword.

Han Sen held the toxic umbrella and waved it around with a couple of sword skills. He kept using the Dongxuan Area to scan Yellow Clothes, in case she was using some sort of geno art to see the umbrella.

Han Sen was too suspicious, though. Yellow Clothes wasn’t using any geno arts to watch him. She was merely listening to Han Sen wave his sword around.

Han Sen had only swung his sword twice before Yellow Clothes said, “That’s plenty.”

Han Sen put the toxic umbrella away. He looked at Yellow Clothes and said, “Please tell me what my sword sounded like.”

“This sword is bad,” Yellow Clothes coldly said.

“Why is it bad?” Han Sen asked.