Free Web NovelChapter 127: Chapter 113: Two Advancements, Topple the Seas Lv. 1, Drifting Snow Lv. 1
"Bro, someone’s coming to the Sword Hall in a few days. You need to be prepared."
Su Yu was standing right in front of Su Xing, but he still activated the "Voice Transmission" Sequence, which stunned Su Xing for a moment.
He glanced at Su Yu but said nothing more. He turned to the two who had just returned and introduced Xiao Yu, his new apprentice. After giving Lu Anning some instructions, he found an excuse and headed back to his room with Su Yu.
The doorknob turned.
Su Xing and Su Yu entered the room.
Su Xing watched his younger brother casually sit on his bed, hugging a pillow on his lap like a bolster. He closed the door, walked over to the desk, and asked:
"Did something happen?"
"Something did happen."
Su Yu looked at his older brother, nodded, and said:
"Senior Li Yu sensed that the Spiritual Sect might dispatch a Vice Bishop-level combatant, so he requested a Tier Five Senior from behind the scenes of the organization to come out of seclusion."
"After he came out, he learned about the current situation and wants to come to the Sword Hall to meet us."
"Us?"
Su Xing seized on the dubious part of Su Yu’s statement and asked, "Why ’us’? Shouldn’t he just be coming to see you?"
It made sense for Su Xing to think this way. His identity had always been a secret, while Su Yu’s reputation as a genius was well-known throughout the special organization. ’Normally, he would be coming specifically to see the genius,’ Su Xing thought. ’It shouldn’t have anything to do with an "ordinary person" like me.’
However, Su Yu just shook his head and said:
"When Senior Li Yu spoke to me, he specifically mentioned you. I suspect that the newly arrived Tier Five Sequencer is already suspicious of you."
"Bro, can you hide your strength from the probing of a Tier Five Sequencer?"
"If that’s all it is..."
"Then it’s not a problem."
Su Xing said with a wave of his hand.
Whether it was because of the system or some special trait of a Martial Artist, as long as he wasn’t fighting, not a single trace of his aura would leak out. Aside from his rather muscular build, he looked no different from an ordinary person.
At first, Su Xing hadn’t noticed this. But after being tested by one member of the special organization after another, and after the taunts from the Spiritualist Followers before battle, Su Xing gradually discovered this trait of his. Unless the Tier Five Sequencer attacked him directly, it would be very difficult for them to see through to his true level of power.
"In that case, it should be fine."
Seeing Su Xing’s confident expression, Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Still, he gave him a serious reminder, "Bro, like I told you before, your identity could be exposed at any time from now on. You have to be ready."
"Don’t worry. Your big bro is plenty strong."
As Su Xing offered his reassurance, he watched the progress bar that was slowly filling up in his vision.
He understood one thing very clearly: every crisis Su Yu mentioned was predicated on the assumption that his own strength was insufficient. ’If I’m strong enough to kill any enemy with a single sword strike—be they a Sequencer, a Martial Artist, a Qi Cultivator, or even a never-before-seen Confucian Scholar—then none of this will be a crisis. Exposing my identity would be a trivial matter in comparison.’
Su Yu and Su Xing chatted for a while longer before he left. Afterward, Su Xing’s life returned to its usual calm.
His days consisted of practicing his sword and teaching his classes.
However, during this time, Su Xing had complicated feelings about his two apprentices. One was progressing at lightning speed, while the other was making no progress at all.
Lu Anning’s progress was growing by the day. Ever since she awakened her "Sword Bone," her understanding of the Sword Dao deepened daily, and her sword techniques grew more proficient.
Compared to Su Xing, a Martial Artist who had brute-forced his comprehension through the system, Lu Anning was a true genius Martial Artist, advancing one step at a time. She was the real deal.
After a period of observation, Su Xing gradually discovered that Lu Anning’s Sword Dao was similar to his in form, but not in spirit.
With each advancement she made, her muscles didn’t change, but the power of her sword techniques increased tremendously.
This change made her White Line Slash seem even stronger than his own had been at her stage. He wondered if her sword techniques would also diverge from his in the future.
As for Xiao Yu, his progress could be described as completely stagnant. Although seeing the hope of becoming an Extraordinary had indeed made him work harder—coming to the Sword Hall to practice at the crack of dawn almost every day—it wouldn’t be wrong to call him a blockhead with the sword. He would forget what he was taught almost immediately, which was as good as not learning it at all. He couldn’t seem to remember a thing, which led Lu Anning to complain to Su Xing from time to time.
"Our junior brother is too dense."
Su Xing could only offer a smile and a few words of comfort. In truth, he was also puzzled as to how someone with Xiao Yu’s level of talent had been chosen by the system.
Xiao Yu’s talent for the Sword Dao was indeed shallow, but his competitive spirit and determination were completely maxed out.
The more setbacks he faced, the harder he worked. If he didn’t have to go home every day, Su Xing suspected he would practice from morning till night.
Aside from matters with his two apprentices, Su Yu and Shen Ruyun were still going out frequently. Su Xing saw them leave each time but never asked about it. It was also worth noting that the people from the special organization Su Yu had mentioned had yet to arrive.
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The days passed by, one after another. A few days later, Su Xing’s progress bar finally filled up.
