22 Chapter 22 – Lovers Squabble (1/2)

Zhu Xuan admired the swords for a while and then covered them with a cloth and kept it safe. He will start practising with them once he is back.

Bai Ling standing next to her couldn't help but ask ”Young master Shen, why did you buy a mortal sword with no way to place an array on it. With the amount of gold coins you spent for these swords, you could have bought a low grade elemental weapon, even a two elemental sword.”

Weapons and armours are categorised based on the array structure engraved on them and the level of elemental Qi they will be able to utilise for attack. They are differentiated into low grade, mid grade, high grade and peak grade elemental weapons. They can be further differentiated based on how many elemental arrays are placed on the weapons, for example a low level grade sword with wind element and fire arrays placed on them can absorb both elemental Qi from atmosphere and used for attacking.

But low grade weapons can only give 25% more strength of the wielders strength with his technique, and higher the grades go, more elemental Qi they can absorb and use it to attack with more strength. The sword Bai Shuo used was a low grade water elemental sword.That is the reason it was too swift and flexible and the attack was 25% more stronger than his base power which gave a hard time for Zhu Xuan.

Zhu Xuan replied, ”I'm only buying it for practising my techniques and I feel a sense of familiarity towards this sword, so I need to study it properly. Moreover, currently I don't need an elemental sword, since I can utilise my Qi in different ways.”

Bai Ling also realised after he answered that he used various weapons formed from his Qi to attack so far, so it is not hard for him. Of course, Zhu Xuan didn't tell the truth that he bought it for studying and showing it to Senior Long to find the secrets behind it. Moreover, he will be buying weapons in Zhu clan later.

After they left the Blacksmith pavilion, they visited few places and he bought few books from Bookstore pavilion regarding knowledge about cultivation issues and issues regarding breaking through to Qi gathering stage and requirements, that he couldn't find in the library in Zhu clan.

They had a great time checking out various things, buying, and talking happily about various things. Zhu Xuan felt like they were on a date in Earth.

When they came across the artefacts pavilion, he thought he should buy her something since she has been helping him with buying things and spending time with him.

So they entered the pavilion and after searching through the entire pavilion, he bought her a necklace with a blue beads engraved with mid grade healing arrays on it. When she got the necklace from Zhu Xuan, she was so happy her eyes became slits. She thanked him happily with a blushing face ”Thank you Young master Shen.”

Zhu Xuan smiled and said ”Not at all. Consider this as thanks for accompanying me today Bai Ling.”

After that they left the pavilion and the inner city. Since it was already late, they had dinner in another restaurant. Zhu Xuan noticed that since leaving the pavilion she has been silent and felt disturbed about something, and didn't converse much with him. He didn't know what caused it, and wondered if he said or did anything wrong and thought back, but he couldn't see anything he did to make her silent and disturbed. They finished eating and walked towards the middle gate.

Zhu Xuan realised she looked even more sad as they reached the gate, and he thought it maybe because he is leaving and she is sad because of that, so he said ”Bai Ling, I will come visit you whenever I come back to Qinglu city in the future.”

Bai Ling replied without showing any emotions ”Okay Young master Shen.”

Zhu Xuan couldn't help but say ”Why are you sad like this? I promise you I will visit you once a month when I come here. Cheer up Bai Ling.”

Bai Ling got angry and shouted ”Stop it. You are still calling me Bai Ling.”

Zhu Xuan was puzzled why she is bursting out like that and was about to ask with a puzzled look on his face, when she continued her outburst ”I didn't accompany you for you to thank me, I did it because I wanted to spend time with you. And, you are still calling me with my full name. It feels like we are still distant and not close at all.”