The next day, Xu Changqing waited early in the morning at the entrance of the Yong'an Pawnshop.
Swain was old, needed less sleep, opened the door, and welcomed the guest.
"Changqing? What are you doing so early?"
"It's like this, senior. Changqing has come to retrieve the Nine Calamity Sword Manual of Mount Shu."
...
Did he have to be so punctual?
But I've only read one section of it.
"This... I haven't finished reading it yet."
Xu Changqing smiled, as if he had already expected this. "When I came, my master told me that the Nine Calamity Sword Manual has too much killing intent, so he specifically told me to bring a new cultivation method, the 'Qianyuan Secret Records,' to give to you, senior.
To help you calm your mind.
The Mount Shu cultivation method cannot be passed on, so please don't give it to others.
Because it's a unique copy, I will come back tomorrow..."
Xu Changqing was interrupted by Swain. "You'll come back tomorrow to retrieve the Qianyuan Secret Records, right? That old Qing Wei is very cunning. He only lets me see a unique copy for one day each time. If it's not a unique copy, it won't have any enlightenment effect, but he insists on only letting me see it for one day. Is he rushing me to go to Mount Shu?
Here you go, here you go! It's just the Nine Calamity Sword Manual. Now, my spear technique has already reached a high level. Oh, right, do you want to try it out with me?"
Swain had just mastered the spear technique. He hadn't even named it yet, not to mention finding someone to spar with. It just so happened that a free sparring partner came to his door!
Xu Changqing clasped his fist in salute. "Changqing will naturally comply, but today I still have to search for Wenxuan's matter with Brother Jing, so please forgive Changqing for not being able to comply. After I have investigated the matter clearly, I will definitely come and spar with you, senior."
Although Xu Changqing spoke very normally and his expression didn't change, Swain felt that there was a slight undertone of looking down on him in Changqing's last words...
I'm treating you as a sparring partner and still suppressing my strength. Do you think you're a great catch?
No, I must teach him a lesson today. Wenxuan... let me think. I know.
"That Wenxuan is the birth son of the toxic people's mother, so he still retains a trace of reason. You went to the Tang Clan to investigate, right?
Then I'll test you, Changqing. If the Tang family elder dies, who would be the happiest, and who would be the saddest?"
Xu Changqing slowly explained, "The saddest would naturally be Miss Xue Jian, but the happiest... Changqing doesn't know."
Swain was too lazy to explain and directly called the most worldly and mercenary protagonist, "Jingtian! Where the hell have you gone, you bastard? Get to work!"
"Coming! Boss! What are your orders?"
Jingtian had a bun in his mouth, with grease stains on his lips, indicating that he hadn't finished eating.
Swain pointed at Jingtian. "You explain it to him. Who would be the happiest if the Tang family elder died?"
"Hey! It's you again, tofu-face. You're delaying my breakfast. How can you be so dumb? There are only a few people who call the shots in the Tang family. There's the Tang family's Third Elder, Tang Tai, who's after me, and the one-eyed dragon, Tang Yi. If the head dies, wouldn't those two be the happiest?
Besides, I heard that Tang Tai is a son of a concubine and has coveted the Tang Clan's position for a long time, so of course he'd be the happiest!
Do you understand, you tofu-face?"
After speaking, he turned his face, looking fawningly at Swain. "How was it, boss? Did I guess right?"
Swain nodded, smiling with satisfaction. "That's right. I should reward you, but I don't have any cash on me. Changqing, did you bring any money?"
Xu Changqing was an honest man and very kind. "Senior and Brother Jing have solved my doubts, so I naturally can't let you spend money, senior. Brother Jing, I didn't bring much, but I don't know if this is enough."
Xu Changqing took off a cloth bag from his waist and handed it to Jingtian.
Surprisingly, Jingtian didn't take it. Instead, he waved his hand, even though his tone still suggested that he really wanted the bag of silver. "Forget it, forget it. You helped me win so much money yesterday. I offered to share it with you, but you didn't want it. Just consider this as payment."
Xu Changqing didn't decline and tied the money bag back around his waist.
But he vaguely saw a gleam of gold, damn it, he regretted it...
"Alright, Changqing, you can go."
Swain began to chase people away, took the Qianyuan Secret Records, and slammed the door shut.
Xu Changqing felt as if he had forgotten something...
Ah! The master's Nine Calamity Sword Manual!
"Senior Hu! Senior Hu! Senior Hu!!"
Swain snorted coldly. Brat! Trying to play games with me? I'll trick you to death.
"Jingtian, how was my trick? He didn't take the sword manual and I tricked him out of another manual."
Jingtian bowed, "Hehe, boss is invincible and wise."
Then he muttered, "What's so good about a few old books?"
Swain's ears twitched, and he heard Jingtian's mutter. He smiled self-deprecatingly. "Indeed, for you, whether now or in the future, these two books are just old books."
Then he added in his heart:
You can't understand it now, and you won't need it in the future.
"Boss, what do you mean?"
"Nothing. You'll know in a little over a hundred days."
"You also say 'in the future,' just like that old white-bearded man in my dream."
Swain smiled faintly. "That old man is real. You'll see him in a few days. When that time comes, you can trick him out of something. Remember, if he asks you to do something, you have to demand something good first."
I'll make that old man trick me, and I have to make you bleed.
Jingtian's eyes lit up. "Anything I want?"
"I'm telling you that you have to look further ahead. You can only ask for more, not less."
Jingtian was already imagining himself sitting in Yuzhou City, counting money.
Swain saw through his thoughts. "You can't just daydream. Be realistic, meet in the middle."
"Oh!"
Jingtian's enthusiasm was dampened.
After returning to his room, Swain began to study the Nine Calamity Sword Manual again. And he spent the entire day reading it.
That Qianyuan Secret Records wasn't urgent. It was obviously an auxiliary cultivation method for harmonizing energy.
Second section: A magnificent, ancient sword's edge, howling winds scatter in the east and west; the sun and moon are its body, and lightning is its general, splitting mountains and severing peaks with carefree abandon!
Swain's eyeballs began to turn red and slowly rotated, becoming three tomoe.
Don't underestimate the three tomoe. Now, even a child in Konoha can use Susanoo with the three tomoe.
The illusion that he saw this time wasn't the same. The figure was tattered and looked frenzied. As he continued to read, this illusion was actually the enemy?
The person truly using the Nine Calamity Sword Manual was a silver-armored man holding two swords.
The left was Yin, the right was Yang.
The left was the sun, the right was the moon.
The left was the wind, the right was the clouds.
The next moment, he moved. His figure flickered and suddenly turned into two people, one holding a sword in his left hand and the other holding a sword in his right hand.
One rode the wind, one rode the clouds.
They went towards this crazed man together.
As all eyes were focused on the two swordsmen, this man opened his mouth wide and bit at his left arm, tearing it off with force. Blood spurted out. Then, he bit at his right arm, directly severing both arms.
Just when everyone thought it was over, the man let out a long howl.
A clap of thunder struck down, one step ahead of the silver-armored general.
It struck him.
In the lightning, Swain saw the man holding a three-foot sword again. He held his breath, concentrating, using blood as his sword, and killed!
"What am I supposed to learn from this? There weren't any sword stances... Damn it, no wonder Old Qing Wei didn't tell me to definitely bring it back. So he already knew that even if it's a unique copy of the cultivation method, I wouldn't be able to learn anything just by reading it. He's a real old fox. If I wasn't trying to normally encounter the demon lord Chong Lou, would I be willing to stay in a pawnshop? Are there any beautiful women here?"
Swain sighed. There were no sword stances.
He didn't have any practice experience, so he could only give up. He couldn't possibly learn from that person and bite off his arms, could he? Although they could regenerate, it would hurt a lot! He opened the cultivation method that Xu Changqing had sent this morning.
Qianyuan Secret Records:
The eaves are ninefold, who plans them? The Heavens have ninefold, as old sayings go. The Westerners speak of nine Heavens as well, saying: The highest is the Primum Mobile, devoid of stars, each day carrying each Heaven leftward, from east to west. Next comes the Heaven of Fixed Stars; next comes the Heaven of Saturn; next comes the Heaven of Jupiter; next comes the Heaven of Mars; next comes the Heaven of the Sun; next comes the Heaven of Venus; next comes the Heaven of Mercury; lowest comes the Heaven of the Moon. Below the Fixed Star Heaven, the eight Heavens all follow the Primum Mobile leftward, yet each Heaven also has a rightward course, from west to east, conforming to the simile of an ant moving about on a grindstone. Hence, by repeated revolutions, the Heavens run without cease, in a state of dense blending; and all things rely on them for birth. Those who breathe the good of this energy will prosper, those who breathe the bad will decline; ponder it closely, without the slightest error. This is an endeavor for those with purpose...
After reading for about three minutes, Swain slammed the book shut.
Even if I'm not illiterate, you don't need to give me instructions for fortune telling, do you?
The rest was all about the changes of the five elements: water creates plan, which creates Rahu; fire creates wood, which creates metal; wood creates earth, which creates the moon; metal creates the moon, which creates earth; earth creates water, which creates energy; Plan creates fire, which creates Ketu; Rahu creates Ketu, which creates fire... and a whole bunch of other stuff.
Learning it wasn't the problem, but I couldn't remember it...
Sharingan could copy movements, but this stuff, books, I can remember it for a glance, but it's easy to forget, unlike physical movements.
Swain wasn't a genius, he only had an external aid.
"Qing Wei, you old man, are really calculating. You wait until I go to Mount Shu in a few days. I'll steal all of you old men's life-prolonging lotuses."
Swain, who was already feeling irritated, heard someone calling for help and a bunch of chaotic sounds.
"What the hell are you guys doing, yelling at the entrance of my Yong'an Pawnshop in the middle of the night, not wanting to live?!"
He linked to the crow's surveillance vision.
He saw Miss Xue Jian and Jingtian clustered on a high platform. Jingtian had pulled down his pants, revealing his red underwear. Below them were red-eyed toxic people, baring their fangs and claws, trying to bite them.
But they couldn't get close to the color red.
After a closer look, Xue Jian was actually hugging the little panda doll he gave her?
It seemed like girls really liked cute things.
"Disturbing my peace and quiet in the middle of the night. If it weren't for you guys, I would have already learned the Qianyuan Secret Records, damn it."
Blame was shifted, which was Lack of Shame's specialty.
He spread his wings and flew away, actually, he could directly use Flying Thunder God, but that wasn't as cool.
Being high above could give people pressure, which he learned from Madara and Hashirama.
Yuzhou City was originally a place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery, but it had become smoggy after these toxic people appeared.
The starlight was dim. Swain really wanted to use a wind release to purify the air, but unfortunately, he couldn't use large-scale ninjutsu yet.
"Oh, Jingtian, do you like this kind of thing? I can't tell. Is this your year of birth?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Jingtian was about to cry. His savior had arrived... "Boss, if I were a woman, I would definitely marry you!"
Xue Jian, who was originally afraid, didn't know where she got the courage. She cursed, "Bah! You stinky tofu-face. Young Master Hu is so outstanding. It wouldn't be your turn even if I wanted to marry him!"
Jingtian's eyes rolled around. "Oh! I get it. Boss, save me, save me."
Jingtian knew that Swain had strength that ordinary people didn't have, but he didn't know what it was.
Who could grow wings and fly if they are normal people?
"I'm doing it, you don't have to tell me. I'm not in a good mood studying today, so let them come and have a go."
Then Swain asked Minato, "Is it okay for me to release a small ninjutsu?"
Namikaze Minato sweated profusely. "Then please don't use your full strength, Lord Swain."
Swain chuckled coldly. "Am I someone who doesn't know limits?"
Boar-Sheep-Snake!
"Lightning Release! Earth Run!"
Ordinary Lightning Release Earth Run only releases lightning beams close to the ground for a short distance, and it is more powerful when used in conjunction with water release.
But the execution of ninjutsu depends on the person.
Even if he controlled the output of Chakra, a surge of powerful electricity swept the entire street.
After the toxic people were electrocuted, they fell to the ground as if their power switch had been turned off. Because their bodies were poisonous, they emitted a burnt and foul odor.
Causing Swain, Jingtian, and Xue Jian to feel nauseous. "Ugh! Damn it, I knew I should have used water release. Damn it, so disgusting."
"Boss, you ugh! Actually! So ugh!!! Awesome! Boss, ugh! Divine skill ugh! Invincible! May you enjoy eternal blessings and live as long as the Heavens!
Ugh!!!"
If Jingtian responded this way, then Xue Jian was naturally worse. She dry heaved non-stop and couldn't even speak.
Before long, a white-clothed masked man came through the air.
"Senior, Brother Jing, Miss Tang, you're here too. Do you know where this strange smell in Yuzhou City comes from?"
Xu Changqing saw the toxic people lying all over the ground at a glance. He and his three junior brothers had barely managed thirty of them, but there were at least a hundred on this street.
As expected, the senior was the senior.
But where did this foul smell come from?
Swain looked at the mask on Xu Changqing's face and secretly regretted that he hadn't thought of it...
"It's nothing. I electrocuted them since they were too noisy and annoying. It's just that the smell is too bad. Changqing, are you going to save them? If not, I'll finish them off with another strike."
The toxic people were not a threat to those who truly understood martial arts. What made them scary was their contagiousness.
Apart from that, they were no different from ordinary people, and they were even weaker than ordinary people.
Because their blood was poisonous, Swain chose to directly paralyze them with Lightning Release. If it were a group of hooligans, Swain would have polished his spear today.
Xu Changqing bowed deeply. "Senior is truly noble and virtuous. Changqing admires you. Then I will first take these toxic people back to Mount Shu with my disciples."
Swain sighing, released a "How much like Lord Shisui... Shisui let Kakashi and Jiraiya lead him astray, and Xu Changqing will be led astray by Jingtian in the future.
It really fulfills that saying, 'Those who are near vermilion get stained red, and those who are near ink get stained black,'".
Jingtian, who had just recovered, pointed to his nose. "Me? Boss? Why am I the one leading him astray?"
Swain suddenly smiled evilly. "Because Xu Changqing likes you."
"Oh oh oh! No wonder! No wonder!
I have offered to share money with him but he doesn't want it. So he likes males, eww! Yeah!!! This Tofu skin is disgusting, I I have to stay far away from him in the future."
A Mount Shu communicator on Jingtian's body suddenly made a sound. "Brother Jing, Changqing does not like men. The senior is making a joke.
Changqing is an ordained man. He has never taken mortal affairs like that to heart. That is why he did not want you to share your money."
Talking bad about other people in their presence… Swain was a little embarrased.
"That Changqing, take that cultivation method away tomorrow. I'll feel uncomfortable in my heart if it stays a day longer."
He added the second half in his heart, anyway, I can't understand it either.
Xu Changqing, listening through the communicator, sounded very happy. "I knew it. Senior is not a man of greed for cultivation methods. Master told me that if the senior needs it, it would be okay to keep it for a few more days."
Damn it, this Qing Wei is quite irritating. He's certain he can get me....
He replied in annoyance, "I don't want to keep it! Not even a day! Take it away quickly."
Xu Changqing, however, thought that Swain was angry because he had said 'greed', and quickly explained. "Senior, don't be angry. I really didn't mean that you were greedy for cultivation methods. It was just a slip of the tongue."
"That dead Qing Wei…"
Swain didn't care about Jingtian. He grabbed Xue Jian and flew towards the Tang Clan. It wasn't anything else. The key was that the communicator was on Jingtian.
"Senior? Senior?"
Jingtian watched Swanson drifting away gradually, curled his mouth. "Don't call him Tofu skin! Your senior took your sister and flew away. Friends that forgets friends and goes after women, so unkind…"
Xu Changqing also cut off the communication, and sent the toxic people back to Mount Shu using a ground network for treatment.
Xue Jian originally felt bad to the smells of the toxic people, but at this time he felt a warmth from within.
The feeling of being embraced by her beloved woman was so good. It turned out that Young Master Hu could also fly, and could also cast such handsome magic… Now he was also sending her home. He was so gentle… Unconsciously, Xue Jian hugged Swain tightly.
"We're here. Go back. What are zoning out for?"
The Tang Clan was not far away. When Xue Jian was thinking wildly, Swain had stopped.
But Tang Xue Jian didn't let go, which Swanson didn't understand.
"Are you afraid of heights?" How could I remember them flying many times on swords and they didn't mind any bit?
"Ah? We arrived already! I am so sorry Young Master Hu... I, I um, was so scared, yes that's right, so scared."
Xue Jian, like a frightened bird, let go of her hand with a swish, and a blush appeared on her little face, which was very cute.
"Um, it's okay, go back and wash up and sleep."
It was just some casual greeting, what Xue Jian heard was: "Be good, it's already late, you won't be pretty if you don't sleep well, I will feel sorry for you".
"Yes! I will definitely have a good night's sleep!"
"How weird…"
However, the matter of Toxic Person should be resolved, this air is so unbearable.
I'll wait on the Tang Shan Family tomorrow and use the hallucination for interrogation, so I can find out where the Five Poison Pets are, so everything gets resolved quickly.
Swain flapped his wings and returned to the Yong'an Pawnshop, and then returned to the Ninja World, and cleaned it inside and out with water, and slept beautifully.
In his dream, he kicked Chonglou, cut the evil with his sword, Li Xiaoyao knelt and begged Swain to teach him to grind his spear. It was so dashing.
Tang Xue Jian, however, couldn't calm down for a long time. She tossed and turned on the bed thinking about the appearance of Swanson, and the warmth she felt in his arms.
In her dream, she married Young Master Hu, her grandfather's illness was cured, and they gave birth to a boy and a girl, and they are surrouding Tangkun, chanting "Grandpa…".
"Grandpa… I can't bear to part with you…"
On Xue Jian's delicate and beautiful face, in the night, a drop of dew was hung, and it fell next to the pillow along the fair and tender skin, without causing a ripple.
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