Song of Adolescence

Chapter 108 Famous Swords Under Heaven

Wu Tian brought Luo Mingxuan and Lei Wujie to the Sword Pavilion, and met Wu Fa who had brought He Qu, He Cong as well as Sikong Qianluo and Xiao Se over earlier.

Wu Tian asked, "Have you taken care of them?"

"Yup. Handed them over to Hua Jin. She’s treating them on the third floor." Wu Fa nodded. "Old master is waiting for them inside the pavilion. You can go in now."

"Okay." Wu Tian turned to Luo Mingxuan and Lei Wujie and said, "Both of you, please come with me."

Lei Wujie asked Luo Mingxuan, "Luo-shixiong, did you have some errand to run at Sword Heart Tomb?"

Luo Mingxuan shook his head. "It’s not really an errand, but I’ve been studying that Immortal Six Gambles game, and realised it’s related to swordsmanship. The old hag only has her Sunset Shadow sword and refused to give it to me. She said she went back a long way with the old master of Sword Heart Tomb, so she helped me to ask for a few but I had to come get them myself."

"I thought Luoxia Fairy only practiced palm techniques. I didn’t realise she’s proficient in swordsmanship too," Lei Wujie said.

"Beili practices the sword. People who practice martial arts will basically learn some sword arts as well. You see, even Third Citymaster is well-known as having mastered over eight-tenths of all spear techniques under Heaven and the only Spear Immortal in the world, but if he picked up a sword, he probably has the cultivation base halfway to a sword immortal," Luo Mingxuan said.

The two of them followed Wu Tian and continued walking ahead. A short while later, they stepped into the main hall of the Sword Pavilion. They saw countless exquisite and beautiful swords in various shapes and sizes around them. Lei Wujie and Luo Mingxuan’s eyes gleamed brightly, staring at all the swords in the main hall, and exclaimed loudly in awe.

"Lei Wujie, look at this one!" Luo Mingxuan pointed to a long sword beside him that had three ripples carved into its tip, and said with joy, "This one is the Qilin Fang, the sword of the head of Qilin Swords, Li Xiuxi. It used to be ranked sixteenth on the Register of Swords!" Luo Mingxuan was about to touch it with his hands, but was interrupted by a voice full of smiles, "The Qilin Fang has a very strong killing aura. If you really want to touch it, then you’ll likely injure yourself."

Luo Mingxuan hurriedly withdrew his hand. He and Lei Wujie looked up, only to see an old man with white beard and hair and a kind face walking towards them. Presumably, this is the old master mentioned by Wu Fa and Wu Tian.

Sure enough, he heard Wu Tian clasp her fists, and said respectfully, "Old master."

"Who is the one who requested the sword, who is Luoxia Fairy\'s disciple mentioned in the letter?" Old master asked.

Luo Mingxuan hurriedly clasped his fists. "This one is Luo Mingxuan, disciple of Luoxia Fairy."

The old master nodded, and suddenly a squinted smile appeared on his face. "How is your shifu lately?"

Luo Mingxuan was taken aback for a moment, a little embarrassed. "She’s… she’s fine."

The old master wiped away the drool that was on the verge of falling. "Is she as beautiful as before?"

Wu Tian coughed heavily on the side.

The old master straightened his waist, cleared his throat, and restored the appearance of someone with the air of an immortal. He said plainly, "Your sword, this old man has forged it."

Luo Mingxuan said with joy, "I implore Senior to bestow the sword."

"Bestow the sword? This word is used well." The old master laughed loudly, suddenly waving his long sleeves, and a row of finished swords hanging in the air fell in front of Luo Mingxuan.

There were seven swords in total, all varying in length. They stood in the ground, gleaming sharply in the light.

“The heavy sword is Hopeless, the light sword is Farewell, the long sword is Phoenix, the twin swords are Goumang and Catastrophe, the three-foot swords are Prajña and One Glance. There are seven swords in total, take them." The old master stroked his beard and smiled.

Luo Mingxuan\'s eyes widened in surprise. "A total of seven swords? So generous!"

The old master nodded, and a strange smile appeared on his face. "Who asked your shifi to be so beautiful… No, that, your shifu and I talked briefly about the martial arts you have been studying recently. This old man has lived a little longer by a few decades. When I was younger, I met an expert who had elucidated that Immortal Six Gambles match. That man had three swords on his back, and another four hanging from his waist. From a distance, he looked like a hedgehog. There’s no mistake."

Luo Mingxuan immediately hugged the swords in front of him. "Then thank you so much, old master."

"As for you…you look familiar." The old master turned his head and looked at Lei Wujie.

Lei Wujie was taken aback for a moment, and scratched his head. "I should be."

The old man smiled and jerked his arm. The Rainfall sword that Lei Wujie had on him immediately unsheathed. Lei Wujie reached out to grab it, but he was too slow. The sword fell into the old master’s hand, and his eyes shone as if he’d been reunited with an old friend. "Rainfall, it\'s been a long time."

Luo Mingxuan was taken aback for a moment. "Old master, you recognize Lei-shidi’s sword?"

The old master smiled and said, "Rainfall, Snowwatch, Flowergaze, Windscent. The Four Swords of Elegance were forged by me when I was young, so naturally, I’d recognize them." When he finished, he waved his hand and the Rainfall sword flew up to the wall and fell steadily into a scabbard. There were three similar long swords around it.

"Four Swords of Elegance?" Luo Mingxuan asked in surprise, "They were forged by Senior? Then, Senior, you are… Li Suwang!"

The old master nodded slowly with a smile.

"But aren\'t you supposed to be dead?" Luo Mingxuan continued.

The old master immediately became angry. "You… you’re the one who’s dead. I just haven\'t shown my face in the martial world for the last 20 or 30 years, who said I\'m dead! I…"

"Grandpa!" A voice called out, and the old master and Luo Mingxuan turned their heads to look. All they saw was a set of red clothes kneeling on the ground, tears gushing from Lei Wujie\'s eyes. "Grandson Lei Wujie has been unfilial. My respects to Grandpa."

Li Suwang remained smiling, reached out his hand slightly, and raised Lei Wujie up with his internal strength. "You have achieved your swordsmanship, then you’re very filial already. Since you were holding the Rainfall sword, that means you’ve met your sister?"

Lei Wujie wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and nodded.

Li Suwang lightly stroked his beard. "Good. Your sister is the unfilial one, knowing that an old man like me is all alone in this Sword Heart Tomb yet she doesn’t come to visit me. See, I didn’t even force her to be the successor of this Tomb, why is she so afraid of me? This Rainfall sword is considered an atonement. I have confiscated it!"

"Grandpa, this…" Lei Wujie said in surprise.

"I\'ll give you a better one." Li Suwang smiled mysteriously, stretched out his right hand, and a long sword case flew from the dark and fell into his hand. "Xiao-Jie, you’ve trained with a sword since childhood. Naturally, you should know about the Register of Swords kept by our Sword Heart Tomb.”

"Of course I know." Lei Wujie nodded.

Li Suwang shook his hand lightly, the sword case opened, and the sword hidden within finally revealed its true appearance. The blade was slender and thin, almost transparent.

"Of the swords in this world, some have four-word names, some have three-word names, but most have two-word names.

"This one is different, it has only one word.

"It\'s called Heart, the \'heart\' of Sword Heart Tomb."

Li Suwang snapped the sword case shut, reached out and gave it a push, and it fell into Lei Wujie\'s hands.

Lei Wujie held the sword case, his hands trembling slightly. "Ranked fourth among the top ten famous swords under Heaven… Heart sword?"

Li Suwang smiled slightly and nodded. "Yes."