Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Brother, let’s start over…
The sword was unsheathed, a cold light flashed, and the sword rang loudly.
The Shaowei Sword lives up to its reputation and is indeed a unique magical weapon in the world.
The silver-white sword blade was thin and sharp, exuding a chilling coldness in the sunlight, and was accompanied by the cold wind and snow, making it intimidating to the very sight of it.
There is a star map painted on the sword, with silver streaks scattered all over the place. In the southwest direction of Taiweiyuan, four stars are arranged in the north and south.
The sword is named Shaowei, which means hidden.
Ji Chu had once felt the sensation of having his heart pierced by this sword. It was cold and painful, as if every inch of his bones were frozen into ice.
Facing the Shaowei Sword at this moment, her hands trembled unconsciously, and for a moment she seemed to be pulled back to the day of her death in her previous life.
The angry eyes of her senior brother, the twisted face of the devil, and the blood-stained sword she saw as she lowered her head in despair. Even the star map on the sword was stained red by her blood.
It would be a lie to say I'm not afraid.
But at this moment, as she held the Shaowei Sword, the pain and hatred in her heart surged endlessly, her senior brother stood in front of her, unaware of anything, looking at her quietly with his eyes lowered.
He didn't know what she was thinking, the pain of her tragic death, or the troubles and entanglements of her past life.
He is open and honest, and is her senior.
Ji Chu looked at Shaowei Sword in silence for a long time, then suddenly smiled.
Then she aimed the tip of the sword at the scabbard and slowly sheathed it.
From the chilling sword tip, to the cold and eerie sword body, to the star map with flowing silver light, including the Shaowei star that hid itself among the stars and kept its sharpness concealed, all were put into the scabbard that was invisible to the sunlight.
Along with her own myriad thoughts that only she knew.
Ji Chu put away the sword, looked it over, clenched his fist, and hit it hard a few times through the scabbard.
The sword naturally didn't feel any pain from her hitting, but the cold and hard scabbard made her hand a little red.
Ji Chu looked calm, thinking it was a successful revenge. He raised his hand and returned the sword to Meng Yuci, saying coolly:
"No, I don't like it."
Meng Yuci took the sword and felt the slight vibration of Shaowei Sword inside the scabbard. It was the grievance of being given away by its owner and then being rejected and returned.
Ji Chu returned the sword and turned sideways, quietly blowing and rubbing the red part of his hand. Thinking that he didn't see it, he gave up controlling his expression and wrinkled his face.
Meng Yuci took in all her little movements and felt a little surprised.
The sword was simple-minded and just followed him to kill people. After a turn in Ji Chu's hand, this sharp blade that used to be able to cut through iron like mud and withstand a thousand pounds of damage, unexpectedly caught the brunt of her pampered nature and started to act coquettishly towards him.
This thought was like a dragonfly skimming the water, it flashed through his mind and then disappeared.
The Shaowei Sword had calmed down, and Ji Chu had also put down his hand, looking at him with his round eyes, which contained a determination that he could not understand.
"Brother, let's start over."
Her attitude was too serious, her expression too solemn, and her words were so decisive, as if she was taking an oath. This caused Meng Yuci to raise his eyes slightly, and his dark and cold eyes trembled, like ripples on the water.
Ji Chu: “…”
Ji Chu: “!”
Ji Chu: "No, no, no, that's not what I meant!"
After his senior brother's brief silence, Ji Chu was the first to realize the ambiguity in his words.
Her face flushed red and she explained almost incoherently:
"I mean, all the unpleasantness, gratitude, hatred, and so on in the past are in the past. Let's get along as brothers and sisters again... No, although we are brothers and sisters to begin with, but what I actually want to say is, I..."
The weight of a caress falling on her head interrupted her incoherent attempts to make amends.
The senior brother touched her hair, and from an angle she couldn't see clearly, a faint smile appeared in his eyes, softening his long-cold eyes and adding a touch of softness to his handsome, delicate and unkind facial features.
"I know."
He said softly, his tone very tolerant.
Ji Chu's heart also calmed down. Feeling the touch of the hand falling on his head, he couldn't help but curl his eyes and smile foolishly at his senior brother's handsome face.
*
Soon she couldn't be happy anymore.
"How many classes have you skipped in the past two years? You've memorized all the sword techniques like a dog!"
The senior brother who had praised her "talent" in the morning now had a completely different attitude. After listening to her recited sword techniques, he coldly scolded her:
"On the life and death stage, I saw you strike with your sword without any method, and I thought you knew you were outmatched and were trying to find another way. It turns out you have no clue. No wonder you flew like that!"
Ji Chu shrank into a ball after being scolded. He subconsciously raised his head with a look of surprise on his face.
"Brother, how did you know about the life and death stage? Were you there that day?"
It's over. Didn't the senior brother see Shen Ke beating her?
It's embarrassing...
Meng Yuci was silent for a few breaths, calmed down his emotions, and did not mention those things, but only said:
"You've only been practicing for a short time, but you've been slacking off all day, causing your foundation to be weak. The further you advance, the more holes you'll have, and the harder it will be to fix them."
Ji Chu couldn't help but quibble:
"I really couldn't concentrate on learning at first, but I made up for it later..."
Senior Brother glanced at her coldly.
Ji Chu immediately lowered his head and said, "I was wrong."
She was so obedient and looked like she regretted her decision, so Meng Yuci didn't want to scold her any further.
He closed the book on sword techniques and pointed to the open space in the courtyard.
Ji Chu was shocked: "Brother, are you going to kick me out? I will definitely memorize the lessons well when I go back! Brother, don't give up on me so quickly!"
Meng Yuci originally just wanted to test her casually to find out her foundation so that he could decide how to teach her.
Unexpectedly, Ji Chu knew nothing about anything and was even worse than a new disciple.
This delayed him for a long time, and even his calm personality was already annoyed by her confusing answers.
He didn't even know what kind of image he had in her heart, and she would always interpret his words and actions as that of a "bad guy".
He said helplessly:
"Take the sword and practice for me."
"oh oh……"
Ji Chu laughed awkwardly.
She thought her senior was extremely disappointed in her and didn't plan to give her extra lessons.
Although she felt that this matter could not be entirely blamed on her, after all, Chen Ke had only trained her in music cultivation in two lifetimes and had indeed neglected other courses.
She hadn't attended class for a long time, and even if she wanted to make up for it after her rebirth, she wouldn't be able to memorize everything in a short time.
The senior brother’s random check caught her off guard and she didn’t even have time to review. If she didn’t reveal the truth, who would?
But she didn't dare to mention these words in front of her senior brother. Even a fool would know that in front of a "strict teacher" like her senior brother, the right thing to do is to honestly admit the mistake and go back to make up for it.
Fortunately, she had worked hard on her sword moves, and even Elder Xu had expressed his approval.
Ji Chu was full of confidence and felt that he was good at the subjects.
However, due to the lesson of "flying sword" in the morning, she did not dare to brag about herself in advance. She did not dare to be careless at all. She solemnly drew her sword and stood in the middle of the yard, looking at her senior brother, waiting for him to give out the test questions.
Meng Yuci said, "Start with the first move and practice as much as you can."
Ji Chu nodded, got into position, drew his sword, and the sword swung with a sharp force.
Meng Yuci looked calm.
Ji Chu caught a glimpse of his senior brother's expression and felt relieved. He leaned sideways and stabbed with great momentum.
Meng Yuci frowned slightly.
Ji Chu's heart skipped a beat and he quickly changed his move, changing from stabbing to poking, his momentum slightly reduced.
Meng Yuci opened his lips slightly:
"Ji Chu..."
Ji Chu's conditioned reflex was to stand at attention straight away, admitting his mistake without hesitation:
"Brother, I was wrong. I will go back tonight and memorize the sword techniques and improve my sword moves. I will never mess around again."
Meng Yuci: "..."
There was a hint of helplessness in his eyes:
"The practice was okay, but the coordination wasn't smooth enough, and the transitions were abrupt. It showed we were lacking practical experience."
Ji Chu had originally prepared himself to be scolded, but when he suddenly heard his senior brother praising him, he was a little bit unbelieving.
Meng Yuci had casually picked a peach branch, stood in front of her, and said lightly:
"Draw your sword."
Ji Chu: “?”
Brother, are you going to practice with her?
Meng Yuci said, "I don't know how long it will take for you to realize it alone. I will fight you. Just treat me as a wooden man and draw your sword."
Ji Chu: “!”
"Fighting with Senior Brother..."
She pointed a finger at herself, her face full of disbelief:
"Me?"
Although my senior brother never jokes about cultivation, if he says he wants to fight her, then he will fight her.
But she still had two concerns in her mind.
Firstly, there is no wooden man in the world like her senior brother, with a handsome and upright figure, delicate features, and a cold and aloof temperament. She really doesn't know how to regard her senior brother as a "wooden man" with rough features in the martial arts field.
Secondly, with her senior brother’s cultivation at the peak of the Transformation Realm, she wouldn’t be able to defeat him even if he took the peach branch.
But Meng Yuci was resolute: "Draw your sword."
Ji Chu had no choice but to muster up his courage and attack him with his sword.
Meng Yuci stood there, motionless.
Ji Chu was hesitant and reluctant before drawing his sword, but when he started to act, his expression was serious, and he only wanted to defeat his senior brother.
Meng Yuci looked indifferent as he looked at the direction of Ji Chu's attack. He turned his wrist slightly, and the ordinary peach branch in his hand suddenly became an unstoppable weapon, easily blocking Ji Chu's sword.
Ji Chu's sword blade collided with the peach branch, but instead of cutting it off, it made it tremble, and the wrist holding the sword felt numb.
The flower buds on the branches trembled, about to fall.
The next moment, the peach branch was raised diagonally upwards, and the sharp sword wind was imposing.
Ji Chu was startled and quickly turned around to avoid it, but the peach branch had already hit her shoulder.
The blow was so heavy and merciless that tears welled up in Ji Chu's eyes.
The cold voice of the senior brother came:
"You're too slow to change your moves. Try again."
Ji Chu bit his lip and stood still, his expression becoming much more serious, and he attacked again with his sword.
…
Meng Yuci's sword moves were sharp and decisive. It was obvious at first glance that he was a sword that could kill people. Every time he swung his sword, it would hit the target. Every move was aimed at the vital point of the person, but there was no way for the person to avoid it. He was forced to face the sword that contained murderous intent.
Even if the branches are changed, the oppressive feeling remains unchanged.
Ji Chu stood face to face with his senior brother and felt scared without even doing anything. He couldn't help but sigh that he had "taken advantage of his senior brother's misfortune" in his previous life and was lucky enough to trap his senior brother.
You can’t beat him, and you can’t hide from him.
After a moment, she screamed "Ah" and took a deep breath while covering her forearm that was hit.
"You can clearly block it, why are you hiding?"
The elder brother's voice was as cold as ice, without a trace of softness in his heart:
"The most important thing a swordsman should avoid is timidity, which can lead to a loss of momentum."
"Come again."
Ji Chu: “…”
She wanted to escape, but she couldn't, so she had to bite the bullet and raise her sword.
…
"Snap", the branch hit his left arm.
"Come again."
…
"Pa pa" two times, hitting the right elbow and lower back in succession.
"Come again."
…
After being "beaten" countless times, Ji Chu could no longer bear it.
She sat on the ground with tears in her eyes. Her arms and shoulders hurt, and her whole body hurt. Even her thigh was hit.
But she only had two hands and didn't know where to cover.
The voice of her senior brother came from above her head. His voice, which was originally clear and cold like the sound of nature, now sounded like the "call of the devil" to her.
"What's it like sitting on the ground? Get up."
Ji Chu threw his sword to the ground, holding his head with both hands and shaking it violently:
"No, no, I'm going to be beaten to death by my senior brother!"
The peach branch looked thin, with beautiful buds on it, and its fragrance filled the air as it moved. Who knew hitting someone could hurt so much! Hard as stone and cold as ice, just as terrifying as Senior Brother himself.
She decided to hate peach trees and peach blossoms the most from now on!
"I only used 10% of my strength, how could I possibly kill you?"
Meng Yuci was amused by her scoundrel behavior. He felt that raising children made people old. Even he couldn't help but have a habit of nagging:
"What sword cultivator hasn't stumbled and been injured along the way? How can you become a rogue when you encounter a little difficulty and practice swordsmanship well?"
Ji Chu refused to get up no matter what, as if saying, "At worst, I'll just sit there and let my senior brother beat me to death, that would be even easier."
Meng Yuci had no choice but to accept the peach branch and said, "I didn't teach her well on the first day and pushed her too hard."
"Never mind. Tomorrow..."
As soon as he let go, Ji Chu jumped up like a monkey and ran out without looking back, shouting:
"Thank you, Senior Brother. I will come back tomorrow to make up for the lessons—"
Her back as she ran out of the yard looked like she was fleeing in panic, which made Meng Yuci shake his head again.
As soon as the man left, his yard became empty, leaving only a bunch of peach branches half-protruding from the table, with the flower buds still on them, faintly revealing a delicate pink and full of sweet fragrance.
It seems like spring.
Meng Yuci looked at the flowers and couldn't help but think of Ji Chu jumping up and down in the yard.
Noisy, but also lively.
His eyelashes drooped slightly, and his eyebrows unconsciously arched, his expression was startling.
But in my heart I said:
Next time, I won't let her get away with it by throwing a tantrum like this.
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The author has something to say: Senior Brother: (with a stern face) I will definitely do that next time.
Ji Chu: (playing tricks) Senior brother, senior brother~
Senior Brother: (Sighs) That’s all.
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