BXBX NOVEL Chapter 121: 121. [Rarely Seen Bravery in Life]
Chapter 121: 121. [Rarely Seen Bravery in Life]
The hunchbacked mute old man slowly lifted his walking cane and placed it horizontally in front of Little Mute Lin Chan.
His demeanor seemed to suggest, “Give it a try.”
Lin Chan raised her little hand, tentatively touched the black walking cane, and a magical scene suddenly appeared before eyes. She then couldn’t help stepping back.
Lin Chan was timid and was frightened by the fleeting vision she experienced when she touched the cane.
The old man seemed surprised by her strong reaction. He wanted to steady her, but his movements were too slow. By the time he managed to raise his hand, Lin Chan had already regained her balance.
Just moments ago, when Lin Chan’s fingertip touched the old black cane, she saw a sword!
A sword cane!
She saw the cane… no, the sword in the old man’s hand was unsheathed!
More precisely, what she saw was a common sword technique – the Sword Drawing Technique!
However, this Sword Drawing Technique seemed different.
It appeared slow, but it was incredibly fast!
This was a contradictory feeling. The movement was very leisurely, but the moment the sword was unsheathed, it was impossible to see!
As stated in Infinity, “The true speed is unseen.”
Lin Chan looked up at the old man. He still had a kind and friendly smile on his face, his movements shaky and slow, appearing like an aged, slow-moving elder, just overly slow.
However, it was clear that as the former servant of her mentor, he was no ordinary elder.
The slowest man wielded the fastest sword.
The old man lowered the horizontally-held cane in his hand and cast an inquiring look at Lin Chan, as if to say, “Did you see it?”
Lin Chan nodded, then shook her head.
She did see it, but not clearly.
The fact that she saw anything at all was due to her being a Natural Sword Embryo, extraordinarily sensitive to swords. If it had been anyone else, they wouldn’t even know the sword cane had been drawn!
Because it was so fast that your eyes couldn’t see it and your Divine Sense didn’t have the time to perceive it!
Even though Lin Chan was quite naive, she realized that the old man was teaching her something.
Although she didn’t understand whether he was teaching her sword techniques or something else, she knew he was definitely helping her.
So, Lin Chan very cleverly and understandingly bowed to the old man.
Zhuge Lai Fu, who was standing by the side, smiled honestly and said, “Little Lin Chan, remember what you just saw, it will help you in the future. The old man Gui, who watched your mentor grow up and was your mentor’s Sword Teacher, was demonstrating this very Sword Drawing Technique. You will understand it eventually.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Chan nodded understandingly, not expecting the old man’s boon to be so great. She promptly bowed again in a silly manner.
The old man accepted Lin Chan’s first bow unabashedly, for he had taught her a sword technique, and he was deserving of her respect.
But, bowing twice in a row was not acceptable. After all, he was just a servant of the master.
How could he accept the young miss of the house bowing to him twice? It was too much to take.
So he walked over slowly, helped Lin Chan up, and pointed towards the direction of Hidden Mountain, indicating that it was time to ascend the mountain.
Before Lin Chan set off, he lightly patted Lin Chan’s thin shoulders, just as he did before Lu Xun began his ascent.
He was like an old butler, gently brushing off the dust from the young master’s and miss’s clothes.
If Lu Xun was there, he would have recognized that this was the old man’s Blessing for the little mute.
Initially, the old man had given him a Luck Value buff, which increased his
Luck Value +1 for 3 hours!
The old man’s current movement was exactly the same as it was back then.
At the moment, Lin Chan was oblivious, she just shyly smiled at the old man, then turned her head to look at the legendary Hidden Mountain. Her little mouth slightly ajar, she looked amazed.
This was a mountain completely enveloped in fog, always cloaked in thick mists from the foot of the mountain to the peak, making it impossible for one to see clearly.
Even though she had seen a lot of the world since leaving Qingling City with her master, Little Mute would still involuntarily gasp in silent admiration, exclaiming in her heart, “Wow-” whenever she encountered such a shocking landscape.
The mute old man raised his walking stick, gently tapped it on the ground, and a semi-transparent ripple dispersed, activating the Mountain Protection Array of Hidden Mountain.
The fog opened a portal, revealing a part of the stairs in the mountain.
Upon receiving a nod from the third elder, Lin Chan started to trot towards the stairs, her heart actually a little nervous.
Since stepping into the cultivation world, this was the first time she would be venturing out alone without her master by her side.
Being inherently timid and fearful, she can’t help but panic a little when she arrives at this magical and mysterious place.
Before coming to Hidden Mountain, Lu Xun told her about his experiences there, reassuring her to walk forward with confidence, and only at the 99th step would she encounter the Magical Weapon.
She continued to walk upward until she could no longer see the path she had taken earlier because of the fog.
The petite figure in the mountain was relatively inconspicuous; however, unbeknownst to her, quite a number of people from the Demon Sect were observing her.
For instance, Shen Yan and others who started gambling again based on the suggestion from Charitable Gambling King Yue Heshan.
Not to mention her third senior brother waiting for her at the foot of the mountain.
And even possibly her second senior sister Mao Nanbei in the rear mountain, who might be paying attention.
Only her master, Lu Xun, due to his low level of cultivation and shallow divine senses, could sense nothing from his isolated spot on the rear mountain… It’s as if everyone else had telescopes and he was nearsighted!
Nevertheless, he had faith in his Little Chan.
When Lin Chan reached the 99th step, all Magical Swords began to tremble just as when Lu Xun climbed the mountain.
However, if Lu Xun were present, he would have noticed a difference.
During his climb, the Magical Swords trembled because they yearned for the little sword in Lu Xun’s Sword Heart.
But now, they were trembling simply because they liked Lin Chan and wanted to be close to her, hoping that she might take them along.
Lin Chan was frightened at first, then looked at them and bowed slightly as if to apologize, then continued to walk upwards.
As she walked, she gradually became less nervous for some reason.
Maybe because she remembered Lu Xun’s words.
Lin Chan was a very insecure and timid girl, which made her always hang her head low.
She was a sickly child.
A lonely orphan.
A mute.
Her life was insignificant.
Yet someone entered her life, someone who was so gentle and good to her.
Once a person receives even a bit of favoritism, they start feeling worthy.
She was still a somewhat insecure girl, but she had gained a bit of courage.
My master said to take down the best sword I find on the mountain.
So, it must be taken!
Lin Chan began to walk briskly up the mountain. Inside her petite body, there was a rare vestige of bravery.