Chapter 53 (1/2)
Lin Xiao’s movement changed. The sword in his hand danced through the air as he continued his offensive move to Meng Chen who can only defend himself. Because Lin Xiao is now focused on Meng Chen, he failed to notice the gaze of the people witnessing the sparring match.
Bai Chenyi was frowning as he stared at Lin Xiao. He then glanced at Long Yinlian who was standing beside him. “Master Long,” Bai Chenyi called out in a low voice. “Are you the one who taught Lin Xiao his martial arts?”
“En. But when we started, Lin Xiao already have the basic of martial arts. I only taught him a little bit,” Long Yinlian replied. “He learns fast. I remember when I first learned the Soaring Hawk sword style, it took me eight years to master all move sets. But Xiao-er only took a good year to master them,” Long Yinlian’s vision is non-existence, so he couldn’t see what others could see. If he could, he would have known that the move that Lin Xiao is using is not the Soaring Hawk sword style.
“The Soaring Hawk Sword Style that came from Ruanyu Empire from across the sea?” Bai Chenyi sounded surprised. “I heard that only the Thunder Hawk members can learn this sword style…”
“Lord Xia and I share the same master.”
“I see,” Bai Chenyi replied. “But, did you ever get curious about how Lin Xiao could learn it quickly? Do you ever suspect that before this, he learned another set of martial arts style?”
“Considering that his form was solid, I knew that Xiao-er learned martial arts before we met. I have also asked him if he ever remembered who his previous master was. Unfortunately, he didn’t. Let alone his master, he did not even remember his own name.”
Bai Chenyi heard this and did not pursue the topic any longer. But he couldn’t help that familiar feeling he has when he watched Lin Xiao fight. ‘That fighting style looks very similar to Hao Shuren’s style more than Soaring Hawk Sword Style,’ Bai Chenyi thought to himself. He then turned his head to see his fellow general, General Bing, is frowning with a serious expression on his face. ‘It seems that I am not the only one who noticed it.’
The two people engaged in the sparring match was too focused on each other. Meng Chen is struggling towards the end and Lin Xiao continued his fierce assault.
Qin Yijun arrived shortly after, and when he saw Lin Xiao, he felt that the other’s movement was both familiar and yet, foreign. Some of his moves were something he used to see back in his childhood, but some moves look different that he knew, it was not Hao Shuren’s style.
As Qin Yijun approached the area, some of the guards who saw him turned pale and they were about to greet him. Knowing that it would cause a scene, Qin Yijun silently glared at them, warning them not to cause a scene.
Understanding their Emperor’s thought, the surrounding guards didn’t open their mouth, but they also couldn’t continue to cheer as they had before. In fact, they couldn’t even bring themselves to lift their head to see the match, knowing that their Emperor is around.
Satisfied, Qin Yijun quietly made his way and approached Bai Chenyi. “General Bai, Zhen hopes that you have an explanation for letting this happen.”