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Her sword energy grew stronger and stronger, and her movement speed increased accordingly. "Junior Sister has broken through to the eighth realm!" Song Lingyue said softly from the side.
Fu Hai also glanced at his junior sister's character attributes panel. [Xia Yuelan]
[Right Protector of the Heavenly Evil Sect.] [Martial Arts Level: Eighth Realm!]
Martial Arts Techniques: Shattered Dream Blade (Proficient), Dragon Claw Hand (Proficient), Breast-Grabbing Dragon Claw Hand (Beginner)!
The crossed-out "Shattered Moon Sword" completely disappeared from the junior sister's martial arts techniques, and in its place, the "Shattered Dream Blade" was upgraded from "beginner" to "proficient" in just half a day.
Looking again, Xia Yuelan, who had successfully broken through, sheathed her sword, and the gleam of the blade dissipated in the sunlight.
"Ahhh, senior brothers and sisters, did you see that?" Xia Yuelan rushed over and grabbed them. "Wasn't my sword technique amazing? I learned it in my dream, and suddenly I mastered it all at once..."
Xia Yuelan is very outspoken and can't hide her feelings at all.
Before long, she began to tell the whole story of how she dreamt, how she wanted to take revenge in her dream, how she realized that it might be a dream, and how her swordsmanship suddenly turned into knife skills, and how she woke up from the dream with one slash.
Fu Hai and Song Lingyue exchanged a glance, both surprised. "Ah, why am I dressed like this?"
After saying a lot, Xia Yuelan looked down and realized that she was only wearing a bralette and a jacket and trousers, and that's how she ended up standing outside.
"You should go take a shower first; you're all sweaty from practicing," Song Lingyue said, pulling her along. "Ah, okay, okay!" Fu Yuelan finally snapped out of her daze.
Once the two female disciples had gone far away, Fu Hai scratched his head and looked at the completed task, "Shattered Moon? Shattered Dream?"
Junior Sister completed the task, but the reward of the Supreme Martial Arts Bone was given to him and Lingyue. They really benefited from Junior Sister's success. They also received a mid-grade random card as a reward.
Let's leave it there and go down the mountain to see if we need any help from the inn.
Just as I was about to turn around and walk down the mountain, a soft voice called out from behind: "Brother!"
Fu Hai turned around and saw Xiao Ye, who had been resting for most of the day, floating towards him in her pink trench coat.
"You're awake!" Fu Hai said with a smile as he walked over. "Yes!" Xiao Ye landed in front of him.
Although she was wearing a trench coat, she no longer had that old-fashioned look, but maintained the perfect figure of a beautiful young girl.
Her trench coat hood was not pulled up, her jet-black hair was loose behind her head, and her slightly round face was delicate and cute. When she looked up at him, her eyes were filled with joy and shyness.
"Where are Lingyue and Yuelan?" She looked around. "Why haven't I seen them today?"
"Yue Lan is practicing martial arts up ahead, she's been practicing until now. The sun's quite strong today, so Ling Yue took her to wash up." "Practicing martial arts?" Xiao Ye looked up. "She's been practicing since yesterday, hasn't she rested at all?"
"She had already gone to sleep this morning, but suddenly she jumped up and continued practicing." Fu Hai looked up and sighed, "As the saying goes, 'A scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation.' Now, after only one night, I already look at her with new eyes."
"This girl. Spraying and spraying."
Who would have thought? Our Dragon Claw Sect of Diancang Mountain has stumbled upon a treasure!
Release Xiaoye and let her go find Lingyue and Yuelan. Fu Hai went down the mountain first and arrived at the inn.
The inn was surprisingly busy; a group of martial artists who couldn't enter the city last night because the gates were closed at night had gone in as soon as they opened this morning.
However, the room wasn't cancelled, and a deposit was still paid; they might come back to stay tonight.
Around noon, Butterfly Girl came by to inquire whether "White Bone Heroine" Ye Liuxiang had reappeared.
The innkeeper wasn't there at the time, so Sister Qiu Ying naturally wouldn't reveal any information about Xiao Ye and just gave a perfunctory answer. Seeing that Fu Hai's younger brother wasn't there and Ye Liuxiang hadn't reappeared, Miss Die rode back into town.
When Fu Hai arrived at the foot of the mountain, he happened to meet three people from Qiao Workshop who were pulling three carts out of the city and staying at an inn.
Sister Qiu Ying was busy helping them move the fully loaded carriage to the side courtyard and feeding the horses. Hai quickly went to help.
"Did the people from Qiaogongfang come and go?" Fu Hai led the horses from Qiaogongfang to the stable and asked Qiu Ying, who was carrying over the hay.
“They’ve finished what they were doing in the city,” Sister Qiu Ying said. “They’re settling their bill and having a meal in the city now. They’ll come out before the city gates close, stay at our inn for the night, and head back to He County at dawn.”
Fu Hai said, "Oh, I see! Thank you, Sister Qiu Ying. I'm sorry to have left you here all alone today."
"Actually, it wasn't that busy," Qiu Ying said, spreading fodder in the manger. "The master hasn't come all day. Could it be that Miss Xiaoye's recovery of her skills is causing some trouble?"
Why is everything going wrong?
"No, that's not it!" Fu Hai said. "It's something with Yue Lan. Hmm, Sister Qiu Ying, have you heard of the legend of the Shattered Dream Blade in the martial arts world?"
Qiu Ying glanced at him and said, "I'm not a martial arts practitioner, why are you asking me?" Right, right, right! You're not a martial arts practitioner.
Hai Du was too lazy to expose Qiu Ying's lie, and simply said, "I was just asking. Qiu Ying, you seem to be quite knowledgeable, maybe you know the answer."
Just as Qiu Ying was about to answer, another loud shout came from the front door of the inn: "Innkeeper?!" Fu Hai thought, "This person is so angry, could he be here to cause trouble?"
Qiu Ying shook her head: "It sounds like one of the three people from Qiaogongfang who just came over. Let's go take a look."
The two arrived at the front gate together and saw the three men. Fu Hai called out, "Sir, what's wrong?" The loudmouth roared, "Bring our car out again! Now!"
The two people next to me said, "Hey! Why are you getting angry with other shopkeepers?" "Sorry, I can't stay tonight. I still have some things to take care of over there."
We still have to go back.
I thought a large group of people would be checking into Qiaogongfang tonight, but they decided not to. Since they were regular customers, I didn't collect a deposit, and if I had, I would have had to refund it.
The two men had no choice but to lead the horse they had brought into the stable back to the carriage and re-tie the reins. The three men then helped lead it out of the side yard.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!" one of them said repeatedly. "They suddenly said some parts weren't done well and asked us to redo them. We even had to bring all the tools and stuff."
We've left the city, but we have to rush back.
The loud-mouthed guy got angry: "Damn it! He's so stingy when it comes to paying the bill, he's so unclear about everything he does."
"Why didn't you say something was wrong a few days ago? Besides, we were doing exactly what they told us to do from the beginning, and now they want to change it? Change their minds!"
Curse, curse, curse!
Seeing that the three of them had driven their wagon, fully loaded with goods, back before nightfall, Fu Hai sighed, "These days, nothing is easy!"
Chapter 70 I love helping others the most.
Fu Hai could understand why that person was so angry.
I thought it was the last day, that everything was done, and that we were having our final get-together before heading home, even sending our tools out of town. Suddenly, I have to stay a few more days, and all the tools I sent out of town have to be brought back. Anyone would be furious.
So you're really angry? If you're so tough, why don't you take it out on the client? What's the point of yelling from outside the city? Are you trying to show it to us unrelated shop owners?
No matter how much we sympathize with you, you still have to go back to work.
The two stood at the entrance of the inn, lamenting that the hard-won customers of the evening had vanished in an instant. Qiu Ying glanced at the setting sun gradually moving westward and said, "The power of shattered dreams!"
"I heard that decades ago, it was a famous martial art from a renowned martial arts family thousands of miles away in the south. That kind of sword technique was extremely strange, and those who practiced it suffered misfortune generation after generation."
"Overall, it's not something worth cultivating." Fu Hai didn't intend to hide it from Qiu Ying.
He then revealed the relationship between Lingyue's Shattered Moon Sword and Shattered Moon Blade, and also told Xiaoye about the martial arts legends related to the Shattered Moon Blade from over a hundred years ago.
Qiu Ying pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, it's not hard to understand."
"The Shattered Dream Blade must have been a mysterious and unique skill passed down from master to disciple, with each generation seeking out a highly talented disciple to inherit its mantle."
"But human nature is selfish, and such a master-disciple relationship has never lasted. In one generation, someone will inevitably want to pass it down from son to grandson, and from grandson to son. From that generation onwards, after two or three generations, it becomes what is called a family secret."
Fu Hai also seemed thoughtful: "But as Xiao Ye said, it's possible for a family to have exceptionally talented geniuses for two or three generations. But it's impossible for every generation to be a genius."
"Then some people lack the aptitude to master it, no matter how hard they practice, they can't get it right, so they find another way?" Qiu Ying nodded: "The Shattered Dream Blade!"
"As the name suggests, what is initially needed may be the talent to see through the illusions of dreams. Later cultivators, lacking such comprehension, can only rely on absolute obsession to unleash its mystery."
"But this obsession is destined to lead to the destruction of one's family and death, so it became a sword technique that brings misfortune. In the end, the truth was hidden and it became an ordinary eighth-grade sword technique."
"Until Miss Lingyue's father uncovered the truth once again, but this so-called truth was not the real Shattered Dream Blade at all. Instead, Miss Lingyue, by letting go of her obsession and no longer regarding it as a family heirloom, taught it to Miss Yuelan, unintentionally returning to the starting point."
Fu Hai thought about it and couldn't help but sigh, "This is what they call 'two negatives make a positive'!" As he spoke, a commotion came from the backyard.
At this time, there should be no one in the inn's backyard. The sudden sound was naturally from my junior sister coming down.
Fu Hai walked towards the backyard. He had just passed the counter when he heard Yue Lan's noisy voice coming from the kitchen: "Sister Qiu Ying, is there anything to eat?"
I'm so hungry.
When Hai arrived at the backyard, he indeed found her running around the kitchen.
Song Lingyue followed him in from the backyard. Seeing him, she said helplessly, "She started complaining about being hungry as soon as she finished her bath. I was just going to cook her some noodles in the mountains, but she insisted on coming down."
"Senior brother!" Xia Yuelan rushed over from the kitchen and grabbed his hand. "I'm at the eighth level now! I'm an expert at the eighth level now!"
Fu Hai said, "Yes, yes! This eighth realm can hardly be considered a master, right? Of course, he is quite powerful in An County."
Sister Qiu Ying also walked over from the lobby: "Perfect timing! The inn has received a lot of fresh ingredients these past two days. Has everyone not eaten yet? I'll cook a few dishes first to celebrate Miss Yue Lan's martial arts becoming even more powerful."
"What are you, a master of the fourth realm, celebrating for her?" Xia Yuelan said, "Hehe!"
"Stop laughing!" Fu Hai gave her a flick on the forehead. "Aren't you going to help Sister Qiu Ying?" Xia Yuelan obediently went to help.
Fu Hai and Song Lingyue went to the main hall to keep watch. During this time, Fu Hai shared his previous speculation.
"In other words, the Shattered Dream Blade wasn't actually a family secret technique of our Ye family before," Song Lingyue said thoughtfully. "It's a martial art that places great emphasis on talent, and its inheritance is handled with great care in each generation."
"But our Ye family ancestors had selfish motives. After inheriting the Shattered Dream Blade, they did not seek out other talented successors, but instead passed it down as a family heirloom to their own descendants?"
Fu Haidao said, "It's also possible that his own child was extremely talented. The father passed it on to his son, the son to his grandson, and then it became a family tradition."
Song Lingyue sighed softly and said, "I never thought that after so many years of cultivation, I would be no match for Yue Lan's one night's work. At first, I really couldn't accept it."
"But now that I think about it, the answer I got from my father was wrong from the start. Even if I had mastered it that way, it would only have brought me misfortune."
"Shattered Dreams, Shattered Dreams... In fact, the true essence of the sword technique is already clearly stated in the name of the sword. But people are always trapped in the illusion of dreams without realizing it."
He spends all his time daydreaming.
Listening to Yue Lan's innocent and lively voice in the backyard, Fu Hai had his own thoughts. It seemed that Xiao Ye's cultivation of the Bright Moon White Bone Contemplation required a divine or Buddha-like state of mind. However, despite her special existence, she yearned for the mortal world.
She was originally just an ordinary girl, but after a strange incident, she became like this.
Deep down, she still longs to be an ordinary girl, to go shopping like everyone else, to make friends like everyone else, and even to get married and have children.
Therefore, despite possessing mysterious techniques, they cannot escape the obsessions of mortals.
The Temple of Bright Moon and White Bones. Little Night, though a skeleton, doesn't yearn for the bright moon; instead, she longs to return to the human world.
Therefore, she could not truly master the Bright Moon and White Bone Contemplation. Fortunately, thanks to the male yang essence he gave her, she finally had the opportunity to become an ordinary girl again and get her wish fulfilled.
He was quite happy to be able to help his little sister Xiaoye so much. He felt that the invisible red scarf on his chest had become even brighter.
On that day, Junior Sister Lingyue witnessed firsthand the transformation between Hongfen and Lu, and her almost perfected Shattered Moon Sword Heart suddenly collapsed back down. Ironically, this led to a successful enlightenment, and now, with a peaceful mind, she has entered a wondrous state of being free from desires and wants.
She just said that when she saw her swordsmanship, which she had cultivated for many years, being surpassed by her junior sister overnight, she was initially unable to accept it.