Casting immortality in the furnace

Chapter 22 The Journey

Fan Zhou stared wide-eyed, his gaze fixed on the sharp aura emanating from Liu Ergou's fingertips.

Without a doubt, that was sword energy!

"How did you learn to do that?"

Huang Yi asked with a look of surprise.

"I'm not quite sure either," Liu Ergou said, scratching his head.

"But all this time, I've been wondering what a sword truly means to me?"

"I think about it day and night, but I still can't come up with any ideas."

"Until a few days ago, I suddenly realized it."

Liu Ergou looked at the wooden sword in his hand, a strange light shining in his eyes:

"It was the sword that led me away from my homeland, and it was also the sword that introduced me to a completely new world. The sword severed my past, and it guided me toward the future..."

"Therefore, the sword is a part of my life."

"After I figured this out, a sword aura appeared in my dantian."

Liu Ergou was a little embarrassed when he said this:

"I can't quite put my finger on how I feel, but I just feel like I can't live without my sword anymore."

Fan Zhou was sweating profusely as he listened.

"Why are you making it sound so easy? What am I supposed to say if Master Huang asks me how I came to this understanding?"

Huang Yi's face lit up with joy, and she looked at Liu Ergou as if he were a precious treasure.

"Good! Good! Good!"

He said "good" three times in a row, which shows how happy he was:

"Liu Ergou, I brought you to Langdang Mountain because I saw you were all alone and miserable. I never expected you would have such talent in swordsmanship!"

Liu Ergou didn't think that much about it, he just hoped:

"Master Huang, will you still be able to stay and teach us?"

Huang Yi smiled and nodded, "Okay!"

"From now on, you will follow me in your spiritual practice and will no longer need to do any work."

He turned to look at Fan Zhou and asked curiously:

"Fan Zhou, how did you achieve this sudden enlightenment?"

Fan Zhou's expression turned serious, and he chose the most standard answer:

"After being taught by Master Huang for this period of time, my understanding of swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds. I have become aware of many mistakes that I had not noticed before. Later, through my persistent and diligent study every day, I finally had a great enlightenment last night. I not only completely mastered the Nine Styles of Sword, but also managed to cultivate sword energy."

Huang Yi listened with surprise and uncertainty.

He watched them every day, but he couldn't see anything unusual about Fan Zhou and Liu Ergou.

It was just a spur-of-the-moment idea; I only intended to teach them some basic sword principles. I never expected that the two of them would actually cultivate sword energy together.

Could there really be such a coincidence in this world?

Is it timing? Or fate?

Huang Yi fell silent for a moment. After thinking for a while, he said to Fan Zhou:

"Fan Zhou, since you claim to have completely mastered the Nine Styles of Sword, then demonstrate it for me first."

"yes!"

Fan Zhou stepped forward and began to demonstrate the Nine Styles of Swordplay. Each move was effortless, graceful, and flawless.

Huang Yi's eyes lit up. As he watched Fan Zhou's demonstration, he gained a new understanding of the Nine Styles of Sword that he was already very familiar with.

"He truly has achieved enlightenment. Without divine intervention, such rapid progress in a single day would be impossible."

After the nine-form demonstration was completed, Huang Yi sighed with emotion:

"You have already mastered these nine sword techniques to perfection, so there is nothing more I can teach you."

Fan Zhou quickly replied modestly, "Master Huang's swordsmanship is profound; I still have much to learn."

Huang Yi nodded slightly, then looked at Liu Ergou:

"Ergou, have you made any new breakthroughs in the Nine Styles Sword?"

Liu Ergou shook his head, "No, my swordsmanship is still the same."

Huang Yi felt a little regretful, but she also knew that such things couldn't be forced. Being able to cultivate sword energy at the first level of the embryonic breathing stage was already a rare talent.

"It seems that Fan Zhou's talent in swordsmanship is superior; he has not only mastered sword energy but also completely grasped swordsmanship."

Perhaps his potential has not yet been fully realized...

Huang Yi's mind raced, but her expression remained unchanged.

He let the two practice on their own. He first went to Qin Zhiyuan to exempt them from their jobs, so that they wouldn't have to go to work in the future and could spend all their time practicing swordsmanship.

"Thank you, Master Huang!"

Fan Zhou and Liu Ergou cheered happily.

Huang Yi transformed into a streak of sword light and disappeared into the distance.

Fan Zhou laughed and patted Liu Ergou's shoulder hard:

"You cunning Liu Ergou, you've even learned to play dumb to fool others!"

Liu Ergou chuckled happily, "What does 'pretending to be weak to catch a tiger' mean?"

"Just like you now, not only have you secretly become stronger, but you also pretend to be a complete idiot!"

Liu Ergou shook his head and said, "I'm not pretending to be stupid."

"So you mastered sword energy a few days ago, why didn't you tell me?"

Liu Ergou innocently said, "I didn't even know it was sword energy. I just practiced and suddenly I learned it."

Fan Zhou chuckled, "It seems you're just pretending to be foolish when you're actually wise."

"What does 'roughly like a fish' mean?" Liu Ergou asked, looking puzzled.

"They may look slow, but they're actually very smart."

Liu Ergou wholeheartedly agreed, "I also feel like I've become smarter, and maybe I'll even have a breakthrough in the future."

"It's only a matter of time!" Fan Zhou said with a smile.

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Meanwhile, Huang Yi arrived at the weapon forging workshop and found Qin Zhiyuan.

Qin Zhiyuan was standing in front of the anvil, striking a red-hot iron block with a small hammer.

His expression was focused, each hammer blow steady and powerful, the flying sparks flickering in his eyes.

"Oh, so two kids have actually mastered sword qi?"

Qin Zhiyuan stopped forging, threw the iron block back into the furnace to reheat it, and his expression didn't change much.

"Since you're willing to teach them, then relieve them of their work for now. If they really have talent, you can take them with you."

Huang Yi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

"There's nothing to thank me for. If the sect could have two more sword cultivators, that would be a good thing."

Qin Zhiyuan wiped his face with a towel, then suddenly remembered something:

"I remember Fan Zhou was brought by Tian Youliang. Remember to tell him about it too."

"I see."

Huang Yi then took his leave and found Tian Youliang, who was performing magic to cultivate the soil on the mountain, and told him what had happened.

"What?!"

"That kid Fan Zhou has talent in swordsmanship?!"

Tian Youliang was shocked and even doubted whether Huang Yi had made a mistake.

But seeing Huang Yi's serious expression, he began to doubt himself again:

"Have I stumbled upon a treasure?"

"I didn't realize that!"

Tian Youliang also taught Fan Zhou and Liu Ergou swordsmanship for more than a month!

He found absolutely no kendo talent in either of them; they were both quite ordinary.

Tian Youliang couldn't help but glance at Huang Yi, thinking to himself:

"Could it be because the teacher changed?"

"No way..."

Although surprised and puzzled, Tian Youliang agreed to Huang Yi's request without hesitation, allowing Fan Zhou to learn swordsmanship from him and temporarily waive his work responsibilities.

"Thank you, Steward Tian."

Huang Yi thanked him and transformed into a beam of sword light, disappearing into the distance.

Tian Youliang stroked his chin, recalling the day he took Fan Zhou away from Hongjia Village.

"Could it be that he truly possesses some hidden talent?"

As he was thinking this, Deacon Hu flew over and asked curiously:

"Old Tian, ​​what did Huang Yi say to you just now?"

"It's nothing, it's just that those two brats, Fan Zhou and Liu Ergou, are going to stay with Huang Yi for a while longer."

Tian Youliang stroked his beard and said casually:

"It seems like they both mastered sword energy; I wonder how much talent they have."

Old Hu said enviously, "To be valued by Xing Wanjian, one can't be too bad. Who knows, one might even become a sword cultivator in the future."

Tian Youliang waved his hand, "They're far from it. They'd be considered quite skilled if they could even master sword light."

Old Hu stroked his beard and sighed, "That's fine too. They're much better than the men under me. They don't think about cultivating or learning a trade. All they do is fawn over girls. I can't even find someone who can manage things."

Tian Youliang chuckled coldly, "Why bother with them? These kinds of people will be clamoring to go back to the secular world in a few years."

"The immortal sect on the mountain is nothing more than an inn to them."