Chapter 89: Lodging

The sky gradually brightened as Shi Feizhe listened with relish to Shan Xu’s tales of being hacked at in the Jianghu.

Over the past few years, Shan Xu had been attacked by young Jianghu heroes three times and female heroes twice.

It couldn’t be said to be a colorful experience, only that he had narrowly escaped death.

To the point that he now carries antidotes with him at all times.

If the antidote he brought this time hadn’t been the right one, he might not even be alive to see Shi Feizhe.

“That’s why I said, it’s not the sword technique’s problem, it’s yours!” Shi Feizhe stamped out the fire and said to Shan Xu.

Although Shan Xu had talked non-stop all night, his complexion was much better than before.

He said, “Sigh~ I never experienced this before practicing this sword technique.”

“Is it possible, I’m just saying, is it possible that this sword technique has undergone some inconceivable change when practiced by me?”

“And thus changed the trajectory of my life!”

“What a magical sword technique!” he exclaimed.

…………

Even at this point, you’re still blaming the sword technique!

The sword technique is dead, but people are alive!

Shi Feizhe rolled his eyes at him and said, “I’m going home first, then to the Mobei Desert. You’re injured, why not come with me so we can look after each other?”

He had just learned that Shan Xu was heading this way because he also wanted to witness the duel between the world’s best and second best martial artists.

Halfway there, Xiao Tingkong suddenly attacked, leaving Shan Xu in a rather sorry state.

“Hmm… alright! We still have time!” Shan Xu thought for a moment. Shi Feizhe probably wouldn’t attack him… right?

Thinking about how Shi Feizhe had saved him twice, Shan Xu felt reassured!

If Brother Shi wanted to attack him, he would have done it already!

Although Shan Xu was injured, it didn’t affect his travel speed at all. Years of oscillating between injury and recovery had made him incredibly strong.

Therefore, the two traveled day and night, and after three days, they finally arrived at the small hill near Zhao Family Market.

“Brother Shi, where is your home?” Shan Xu looked around the hill in confusion. There was nothing there.

Except for a flat piece of land covered in weeds.

“……”

Shi Feizhe stared blankly at the place that had just been overgrown with weeds.

I didn’t go the wrong way!

Where did my big house go? How did it disappear!

He was promised three rooms, how come there’s only empty land left!

Where’s the nitpicking old man?

He walked along the weeds and could clearly see that the soil here was different from the others, more compacted.

Casually waving a few sword energies to break through the soil, then using the Blood Shadow Sword as a shovel, Shi Feizhe dug out a few tiles.

They were the tiles from his previous house.

Judging from this, it seemed that someone had violently crushed his three rooms and courtyard into the ground.

Judging from the length of the weeds, it should have been more than ten days ago.

So it seems that the old man who kept clamoring about waiting to die was Yuan Jiuzhong.

As expected, the old man saying he was waiting to die at home was a lie.

Going out to fight is the old man’s true nature!

No, even if you left, why did you have to flatten my house too!

It cost fifteen taels of silver!

“Brother Shi, this is the Blood Shadow Sword! Isn’t it a pity to use it to dig in the dirt?” Shan Xu’s eye twitched when he saw Shi Feizhe using the Blood Shadow Sword to dig in the weeds. He said,

“The Blood Shadow Sword, crafted by the master craftsman from the East Sea, doesn’t stain with blood when killing, but the wound bleeds endlessly! It’s one of the famous swords in the world!”

Shi Feizhe flattened the dug-up soil with his foot and said, “I offered it to you, but you didn’t want it! Using a sword is not as convenient as using sword energy!”

“Sigh! Brother Shi saved me again, how can I shamelessly take this sword? Besides, it’s Xiao Tingkong’s sword, looking at it really makes me think of him!” Shan Xu said.

“……”

Alright, alright, you’re thinking of him, so you’re giving the sword to me, right?

“Besides, this sword is not as comfortable to use as my own!”

“……”

So comfortable to use!

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Speaking of which, that Night Saber seems to be buried around here too. Shi Feizhe didn’t bother with this weirdo, he remembered that he had buried a saber before.

Following the mark he had made in his memory, Shi Feizhe dug out the Night Saber as well.

With a “clang,” the Night Saber was unsheathed, covered in a layer of protective oil.

“A saber and a sword, I feel like my style is getting weird,” Shi Feizhe looked at the Night Saber and Blood Shadow Sword, feeling something was amiss.

Could it be that fate has destined him to cosplay as a saber maniac or the Devil Emperor?

“Ah! The Night Saber!” Upon seeing the Night Saber, Shan Xu began to reminisce: “Ye Qiandeng didn’t like alcohol, but he loved tea, especially sparrow tongue tea!”

“The new tea is still fresh, but the old friend is gone!” he lamented in a rather literary fashion.

Shi Feizhe had long gotten used to Shan Xu’s chatty literary side.

He was far from the nitpicking old man and the internet trolls Shi Feizhe had seen in his past life. Shi Feizhe listened to his words, letting them go in one ear and out the other, like a fart in the wind.

Many Jianghu people were currently rushing to the Mobei Desert. There must be a gathering place for Jianghu people near the duel, and he figured this saber and sword could fetch a good price.

After watching the duel between the masters, he planned to find a place to establish a martial arts academy, which would require a lot of money.

This saber and sword could just become a boost for the academy, how perfect.

Now his body was surging with True Origin Sword Qi, for some reason, it was cultivating faster than he expected!

He wasn’t afraid of the Ye Family at all!

I might not be able to beat a True Realm expert, but can’t I beat the Ye Family who covets the 《Twelve-Layered Pagoda《?

That white silk!

Shi Feizhe glanced at Shan Xu who was still chattering.

“Brother Ye’s saber technique is very special, one bright, one dark…”

“I know! I know! You’re saying if he was your brother he would have come to hack at you, right? You’re like Zha Zhahui!” Shi Feizhe interrupted Shan Xu’s reminiscing and said, “Let’s go! We’re going to the Mobei Desert.”

“Who is Zha Zhahui?” Shan Xu couldn’t help but ask.

“Just like you, someone who got hacked by his brother!” Shi Feizhe wrapped up the saber and sword, slung them over his shoulder, and said.

“Oh?” Shan Xu suddenly became interested and said, “Did he also practice the 《Twelve-Layered Pagoda《?”

“No, it’s because he only liked to play ‘Greed is the Blue Moon’!”

“What is that? Why was he hacked?”

“Well, that’s a long story…”

The two of them chatted idly as they walked towards the Mobei Desert.

The Mobei Desert was very far away, thousands of miles north of Yong Province, and the Mobei Wasteland was even further.

He really didn’t understand why those two chose this place.

Wouldn’t it be more impressive to choose Mount Hua or the Forbidden City?

The Mobei Wasteland just sounded like a place full of sand!

The two of them traveled north, upholding justice along the way.

One day, they sought lodging at a manor.

The manor gate was quite grand, and the plaque above it read “Wealth and Honor Manor.”

Strangely, the gatekeeper who opened the door was a woman.

She looked rather frail but was quite strong. Dressed in a blue-gray robe, she had surprisingly delicate features and was quite attractive.

“Fellow travelers from the Jianghu, passing through here, we request lodging for the night and will offer payment for the room!” Shi Feizhe said with clasped hands.

“Go, go, go…” The woman looked at Shi Feizhe, sized him up, frowned, and her expression changed. She said curtly, “We don’t offer lodging here!”

“Oh! Then we apologize for the disturbance!” Shi Feizhe didn’t say anything else and turned to leave with Shan Xu.

“Wait…” The woman’s eyes lit up when she saw Shan Xu. She said, “You can’t stay, but this young master can!”

Three sabers, three swords, three… why use sabers and swords when sword energy is more convenient?