San Tian Liang Jiao
Chapter 205 Cang Ling Sword Debate (13)
In fact, among the five people present, only Feng Bujue's name of "Unfathomable Madman" was worth flaunting. Names like Siyu's "Spiritual Swordsman," Bei Ling's "Astute Gunslinger," and Atobe's "High-Profile Assault"... at least in the eyes of these people in the wuxia world, were definitely meaningless and difficult to understand.
"Li Ruoyu."
"Gu Xiaoling."
After all, this wasn't the Thunderbolt world. Siyu Ruoli and Bei Ling Xiaogu didn't really sound like names, so Siyu and Bei Ling simply reported their real names.
"Uh..." Atobe hesitated for two seconds, "Jin Fugui."
Hearing these three words, even Feng Bujue almost couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Siyu was also trying hard to hold it in.
Xiao Tan and Bei Ling were completely out of control. They each pounded on Atobe's shoulders, laughing hysterically: "Hahaha... so that's it... hahahahaha..." They laughed so hard that tears almost came out, which made the four NPCs opposite them feel inexplicably strange.
"Oh, these three guests of mine, they usually love to joke around." Feng Bujue explained to the NPCs with a very natural expression, "This is a joke that only they understand, so they couldn't help but laugh out loud. Please forgive them if they were rude."
His explanation wasn't very convincing, but Lin Chang and the others didn't intend to delve into it. In their opinion, at most, that somewhat effeminate kid had reported a fake name and was being ridiculed by his fellow disciples.
But in reality, Atobe was indeed reporting his real name...
In the mid-21st century, a person who grew up in a big city, given such a name by his parents, the tastes of his growth path, were truly only understood, not to be mentioned...
"Hehe... Master Feng is too polite." Lin Chang ranked first among the Six Swords of Huaying and was also the oldest. His way of treating people was naturally mature and thoughtful. He then said as if nothing had happened, "Come, come... please sit, sit down and talk." He led the others from the Broken Sword Teahouse to sit at a large table in the room.
While Feng Bujue was sitting down, he took the opportunity to change the subject and said, "By the way, I wonder, what is the reason for inviting us here, esteemed heroes?"
"We wouldn't dare to instruct you." Ye Muhan said, "Just based on that one hand Master Feng showed downstairs, you're more than qualified to instruct the few of us."
"Hehehe... I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare." Feng Bujue laughed as falsely as he could. What he was thinking in his heart was: This sister, you wouldn't want to personally try my kung fu again, would you? Then I would be in a lot of trouble...
"Eh~ Master Feng, you don't have to be so modest." Lin Chang smiled beside him, "Even Master Ye praised your martial arts, which is rare. I'm afraid Master Feng can't find an opponent among his peers in the martial world, right?"
"Not at all, not at all..." Feng Bujue spread out his right palm and pointed to Siyu, "Among my peers, there is one here who is better than me."
The expressions on the faces of the four NPCs changed several times in an instant. They found this Master Feng more and more unfathomable. From the expression on his face, they couldn't tell which of his words were true and which were false. Even from the content of his words, it was difficult to judge the truth.
Taking the current sentence as an example, if what Feng Bujue said was true, it would prove that this Miss Li was an even more powerful expert than her husband, wouldn't that be at least at the same level as their Six Swords of Huaying? And if what he said was false... then it was just a joke, proving nothing more than that this Master Feng might be henpecked, nothing more.
Even Lin Chang, who had the deepest city, felt that the situation was tricky. Over the years, he had dealt with countless people in the martial world, and he knew very well... the most difficult people to deal with were those who looked like crazy and unrestrained, but were actually calm and scheming. Such people could tell the truth in a joking tone, and could also spout nonsense with a serious attitude, vacillating between reality and illusion, unpredictable, and no one knew what these people were thinking, nor could they predict what they would do.
Feng Bujue continued, "By the way, the 'Master Ye' you mentioned, Brother Lin, is that the senior I met on the small road outside the town?"
"Exactly," Lin Chang said.
Feng Bujue tentatively asked, "Um... but I don't know, what is the origin of that senior with you all?"
In fact, the information Feng Bujue knew was very limited. Although he had learned some basic information about the town from Meng Jiu last night, and knew that the old man who had fought with him on the small road was named Ye Hai and was the Ye residence's steward. But Feng Bujue knew nothing about the Six Swords of Huaying. Even the four words "Six Swords of Huaying" were something he had just heard from the discussions of the people around him in the lobby of the inn.
So at this moment, the question Feng Bujue threw out was asked in a relatively vague way. He didn't actively say Ye Hai's name, but instead followed the content of the other party's words to ask further questions, trying to guide Lin Chang to reveal more information.
On the other side, Lin Chang and the others thought that this Master Feng had only heard of the prestigious Six Swords of Huaying, but didn't know who Ye Hai was, so he asked this question.
So, Lin Chang replied, "Master Ye is the steward of the Ye residence, so we are naturally acquainted with him. However, he rarely gets involved in the martial world, so it's not surprising that Master Feng doesn't know him."
"Um... although he only said a piece of information that I already knew, but from his tone, I can deduce... their Six Swords of Huaying are also people from the Ye residence..." Feng Bujue thought to himself, "To invite us up so politely, it's probably because that old man Ye Hai has already greeted them..." Another thought flashed through his mind, "But why didn't they invite us up when we first entered the inn? From Ye Muhan's words, it can be seen that they should have been secretly observing the movements on the first floor..." A conclusion was formed almost instantly, "Hmph, they wanted to see our strength with their own eyes, and then decide whether to negotiate with us..."
In the blink of an eye, many thoughts had flashed through his mind, and all of this was being carried out in an orderly manner in Feng Bujue's mind. But his expression, including his eyes, hadn't changed at all. Every nerve, every muscle on this guy's face was simply like the camouflage of a chameleon. As long as he was willing, he could completely hide his emotions. This face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, solemn but humorous, could also be said to be a natural talent.
"Oh~ no wonder, no wonder..." Feng Bujue responded in a pretentious manner.
Lin Chang continued, "Inviting you all over is also Master Ye's intention. He asked us to settle you all in the inn." His gaze swept around the room, "This Room C in the Tianzi section was originally Master Ye's room, but since arriving in town, he hasn't even stepped into it, it has always been empty. As for the reason... I believe Master Feng and the others already know. So, Master Ye wants to do a favor and give the room to Master Feng, and invite the five of you to stay here for two days. If you don't mind..."
"Where are you going, this is exactly what I was hoping for." Feng Bujue put on a grateful expression, "I thank you four and Master Ye for your kindness."
At this moment, Brother Jue was thinking in his heart: That old thing is really amazing, he's completely someone who eats wind and drinks smoke, doesn't sleep or rest... Could this be the legendary existence who can replace sleep with meditation, and survive for three to five days by drinking a few sips of dew?
"You're welcome," Lin Chang said. "The Ye residence is naturally happy to make friends with young heroes like Master Feng."
"The pleasantries are over, and the benefits have been given, can we mention that matter now?" Ye Muhan interjected again in a lukewarm tone.
Although her tone was normal, these words were quite blunt. Lin Chang quickly saved the situation and added, "Hehe... Master Feng, to be honest, there is indeed one more thing that we need your help with."
Feng Bujue smelled the scent of a mission flag. He immediately continued, "Feel free to speak."
"Uh... I heard Master Ye mention that Master Feng is a person with pure yang internal energy?" Lin Chang asked.
Feng Bujue remembered the skill he released when he fought with Ye Hai and immediately understood that the other party must have made the judgment of "pure yang internal energy" after being hit by a fire-attribute fighting technique. This was similar to the theory of that beauty downstairs who said that she was "controlling qi outside the body, transforming nothing into something." Both were wrong conclusions based on wrong information.
"Isn't that obvious?" Feng Bujue asked rhetorically.
This sentence of his was the same as not answering. Obvious what? Obvious it is? Obvious it isn't?
"Senior brother, let me say this myself." Su Shang suddenly spoke at this moment and turned her gaze to Feng Bujue, "To be honest, Master Feng, it is I who am asking for your help this time." She paused for a moment and continued, "A month ago, the mental cultivation method I practice, 'Nether Profound Art', just reached the peak of the seventh level. But because of the limitations of internal energy, I can't break through the Xuan Guan (mysterious pass) on my own." She showed a look of difficulty, "Because I have pure yin internal energy, if I want to forcefully break through the qi barrier, I must have someone with extremely yang and extremely strong internal energy who can assist me with pure yang internal energy when I circulate my energy to break through the barrier..."
Su Shang had no choice but to seek help from others. The growth of internal energy is related to talent and aptitude. If she relied entirely on herself and practiced in the normal way, it would probably take her at least until she was thirty years old to reach the eighth level of Nether Profound Art.
"Um..." Feng Bujue interrupted her and swept his strange gaze over everyone present, "This... Miss Su, could it be that your two fellow disciples..."
Lin Chang said at this time, "Master Feng doesn't know, it's not an ordinary person who can suppress my junior sister's pure yin internal energy. At least it must be someone who has practiced kung fu since childhood, and has more than twenty years of internal cultivation, and practices yang and rigid martial arts mental cultivation methods."
"My internal energy is also biased towards yin and softness," Miao Shaoqing added, "And although the eldest senior brother has yang and rigid internal energy, he is already married and does not meet the requirements."
"I'm also married..." Feng Bujue said immediately.
"That doesn't matter, because Master Feng has pure yang internal energy and has a different constitution than ordinary people," Su Shang replied.
"Uh..." Feng Bujue was still trying to think of a way, "By the way, since you are called the 'Six' Swords of Huaying, there should be two other swords..."
"Oh, my sixth junior sister, Lu Qingning, is also a woman," Miao Shaoqing replied, "The second senior brother, 'Shadowless Sword' Shang Fei, practices an internal energy mental cultivation method that balances yin and yang."
"Heh... hehe... speaking of which, heroes and heroines are gathered in this Cangling Inn..." Feng Bujue said with a dry laugh, still hoping to muddle through.
Of course, he himself knew that this matter was probably troublesome...
Although the martial world was big, those who could be called experts had basically gathered here now. If there were other suitable candidates in the inn, the Ye residence's people would have already taken care of that person through coercion and inducement. The reason why they came to ask Feng Bujue was one hundred percent because there was no one who met the conditions at all.
For martial arts practitioners, improving their realm is the most important thing. If Su Shang really waited until she was thirty years old to break through the Underworld Profound Art to the eighth level, then for the next few years, she would only have one choice, which was to change to another martial art as an auxiliary mental cultivation method. Because even if she continued to practice the original Underworld Profound Art, it would be difficult for her to make much progress, and she would only waste her time in vain. To put it seriously, these years of delay would affect how high a realm she could reach in her lifetime.
The Six Swords were as close as siblings, and they were also quite troubled by Su Shang's matter. In fact, if Su Shang's aptitude was ordinary, there wouldn't be so much trouble. Any of the Six Swords could help her protect her during the breakthrough, and this bottleneck would pass. But she just happened to have pure yin internal energy...
So, Feng Bujue, due to a series of coincidences, had become the only choice now.
If he had randomly gotten some other skill when he released [Watch Out] last night, as long as it wasn't fire-attribute, he wouldn't have had this trouble. For example, if it was ice-attribute... maybe Ye Hai would have misunderstood Feng Bujue as a successor of the Xuanming Divine Palm or something.
The problem was, he had already been misunderstood as a pure yang internal energy practitioner, so he couldn't admit now that he actually had no internal energy at all and didn't know any martial arts, right? If this news got out, he would be beaten to death as soon as he went out.
Seeing that Feng Bujue seemed to be in a difficult position, Ye Muhan immediately slammed the table: "Boy! We are sincerely asking you for help, but you are making excuses! What do you mean? It's just passing some true qi to my junior sister, how difficult is it? It won't shake your foundation, at worst, after it's done, our Ye residence will give you a few Great Reviving Pills as compensation for your true essence!"
Ye Muhan always had an arrogant attitude. She had a impulsive personality and spoke impulsively. However, this couldn't be said to be a problem. A straightforward person was usually not bad in nature. Moreover, she was also the number one female swordsman in the martial world and Ye Cheng's younger sister, so it would be abnormal if she didn't have this arrogance.
"He doesn't not want to help," Siyu actually spoke up at this time, "He's unable to help."
"What do you mean by that?" Ye Muhan looked at Siyu and asked immediately.
"The martial arts practiced by our sect are different from any other school in the martial world. You should have also noticed that our internal energy, kung fu, etc... from the surface, you can't see anything at all." Siyu began to deceive.
"Indeed... your kung fu doesn't leave any traces at all." Lin Chang nodded in response.
"He..." Siyu glanced at Feng Bujue, "Brother Jue, he... is indeed a person with pure yang internal energy, and he has extraordinary talent and created his own school. But he practices the mental cultivation method he has comprehended himself. He doesn't even have the most superficial common sense about other martial arts, so he doesn't know how to pass on true qi or protect someone with internal energy." She sighed softly, "Alas... Brother Jue, it's not that he doesn't want to help, but what you want him to do is a bit forced."
"Haha! You're the only one I can rely on at the critical moment!" Feng Bujue was overjoyed in his heart.
Since Siyu was helping him out of the predicament, Feng Bujue might as well put on the air of Urahara's manager and said in a deep voice, "That's right... my martial arts are used to kill people, not to..."
"Hehe, so that's how it is..." Lin Chang said with a smile, interrupting him, "That's not a problem. If Master Feng doesn't mind, I will teach you a most basic internal energy mental cultivation method. In at most half a day, Brother Feng will be able to master the method of circulating qi and passing on yuan."
Feng Bujue thought to himself: Damn, they're forcing me to Liangshan! I have to help!
"Since that's the case, this younger brother is naturally obliged. Please rest assured, I will do my best to help Miss Su's divine skill take another step forward." Feng Bujue put on a look of accepting with pleasure. After the faces of the four people opposite him turned from cloudy to sunny, he changed the subject, "However... if I ask Brother Lin to teach me the mental cultivation method, it will be considered as learning the Ye residence's martial arts. I wonder if Master Ye will..."
"Master Feng, please rest assured. What I teach you is just the entry-level mental cultivation method for the Ye residence's disciples, not any secret of the sect. The head of the family won't mind," Lin Chang said directly, "Moreover, now that the head of the family is about to have a decisive battle, this little matter... it seems a bit inappropriate to send a special homing pigeon to ask for instructions."
"It's just martial arts practitioners exchanging some superficial skills, it's not like we're going to accept you as a disciple." Ye Muhan then said the words in a more unpleasant and straightforward way, "If Master Feng feels that this matter will cause people to gossip in the future, saying that you have received guidance from the Blue Sky Sword, then you can also teach my Senior Brother Lin some superficial basic skills as a return gift."
"Hehe... Miss Ye is joking. How can I have any skills to teach Senior Brother Lin..." Feng Bujue still replied politely.
He knew that this was likely a mission where he could learn some kind of skill, but he couldn't accept it immediately, because Lin Chang said he could learn it in "half a day," which meant that in half a day, the matter of him not having internal energy would be exposed.
So Feng Bujue's idea was... to delay, and wait until he thought of a way, then take on this mission. What he had just said was to have the other party ask Ye Cheng, who had not yet appeared in town, to spend a day and a half, but he didn't expect Lin Chang to immediately say that there was no need to ask for instructions. Now he had to think of another excuse.
"Senior Brother Lin, I wonder if you can wait until tomorrow to teach my husband the mental cultivation method?" Siyu spoke again.
"Oh? And why is that?"
"The kung fu of our sect has some unique aspects. You all saw what Brother Jue did downstairs just now," Siyu narrated calmly, unable to tell that she was making it up, "Although it's powerful, it also has certain costs. I can't say much about the specific reasons, but within today, he probably..."
"Yes, yes! That's exactly it!" Feng Bujue suddenly interrupted Siyu loudly, and winked at her, of course, this was also part of the performance.
When the four people opposite saw this, they immediately believed that this was true. Because Feng Bujue's appearance was as if Siyu was about to reveal the weaknesses of their Broken Sword Teahouse's divine skill.
"Oh, hehe... since it's not convenient today, then waiting another day is fine," Lin Chang said, "Fourth Junior Sister shouldn't mind waiting another day, right?"
"Of course," Su Shang replied, and clasped her fists at Feng Bujue, "Su Shang thanks Master Feng in advance."