Yuehua Sect was\none of the five major sword sects and named after the mountain it was built on.\nAs Han Changsheng hurried on route to Mount Yuehua, the impermanent Black and\nWhite reappeared and gave him a general overview of the Sect and Huangfu\nFengxuan Xichen\u2014\u2014Lord An Yuan\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lord An Yuan was a\ndescended immortal. His nature differed\nfrom that of an ordinary mortal. Not only did he possess an outstanding disposition\nsince childhood, but he was also talented\nin martial arts. He could reproduce the sword techniques he was taught from the\nstart and could recite the contents of martial arts tomes after seeing them\nonly once. Yue Peng, the head of Yuehua Sect, appreciated such a disciple and, in\nsecret, regarded him as his future son-in-law. While\nwanting to pass the position of Yuehua\u2019s head to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Black impermanence\ntold this part of the story, Han Changsheng asked: \u201cIn that case, aren\u2019t his\nmartial arts quite powerful?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White impermanence\nanswered: \u201cThey\u2019re only remarkable compared to his peers in Yuehua Sect. Yuehua\u2019s\nmartial arts are, after all, nothing exceptional and he is young, even if the\nhead views him with special regard. Nor can we break the rules and hand over to\nhim the martial arts associated with his identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Black impermanence\nadded: \u201cEverything has to abide a gradual progression. The immortal lord, in\nhis descent from the heavens, is to bear a great tribulation. If he passes through\ntoo smoothly, it won\u2019t be a tribulation. Every time he suffers through a trial,\nhe can advance and get better martial arts skills. At present, his skills are\neven worse than yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng\nranted: \u201cWhat do you mean \u2018even worse\u2019 than me? Lao zi is also the head master of\nTianning Cult!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White impermanence\nfrostily replied: \u201cHow many martial arts platoons do you have in Tianning Cult?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng paused\nfor a moment before whining: \u201cThey are lao\nzi\u2019s men, aren\u2019t they as powerful as lao zi?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White impermanence\nsnorted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Black and White\nimpermanence had told him of Yue Peng\u2019s daughter, Yue Yu-er. An Yuan, Yue Yu-er and Li Jiulong were raised\ntogether from childhood. Li Jiulong secretly loved Yue Yu-er as a child and always\ncoveted the position of Sect head. Unfortunately, growing up, no matter the situation,\nhe was always pushed under An Yuan\u2019s shadow. After he\u2019d understood Yue Peng\u2019s recognition\nof An Yuan, his thoughts of him veered even further into hatred. To him, An Yuan\nwas an eyesore, and he constantly sought to bring harm to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Black and\nWhite impermanence repeatedly stated: This time around Han Changsheng was to go\nto Yuehua and play the role of Li Jiulong, acting out the fate prescribed by\nthe Writer Fates to completion in the name of Li Jiulong. He had to remember his\nidentity, not letting others get suspicious,\nand make sure no more damage was done to Lord An Yuan\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few days later,\nHan Changsheng arrived at Yuehua Sect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Li Jiulong had snuck\ndown the mountain. Before he left, he excused himself saying he was ill and\nneeded to rest so the others wouldn\u2019t\nbother him. Although this guy was a senior Shixiong, he wasn\u2019t popular, and in so many days, no one visited him, so no one found out he left the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng passed\nover the wall and slipped into Li Jiulong\u2019s room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having journeyed the\nlast couple of days, Han Changsheng had long become exhausted and in a breath\nfell asleep for the next seven to eight hours. When he woke, it was already past\nnoon. Lord An Yuan had not yet returned. With nothing to do in his room and his\nstomach once again hungry, he fixed up his disguise and went out for food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a short\nwhile, he came into the vicinity of the martial arts training grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the court, several\nyoung disciples practiced martial arts. Amongst a group of brown clad\ndisciples, a figure in yellow stood out. On a closer look, Han Changsheng saw\nthat the figure was that of a 17-year-old\ngirl, petite in stature, with round eyes and a round face. The Black and White\nimpermanence had already shown him illusions of the people beforehand, so he recognized\nthe little girl as Yue Yu-er, the only daughter of Yuehua Sect\u2019s head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng\nthought about it for a moment and decided to not get any closer yet, jumping up\na big tree and hiding to spy on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just getting\ninterested in sword practice, Yue Yu-er suddenly proposed a competition and, acting like a spoiled child,\ntugged at one disciple: \u201cShixiong Lin, come compete with me until one of us gets the point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other children\nstopped practicing and gathered to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two faced off\nand traded seven or eight strokes. Watching from the sidelines, Han Changsheng could\nobviously see that the levels of Yue Yu-er and the disciple surnamed Lin were\nboth not high. Someone could say they were about the same, but disciple Lin\u2019s\ndisciple movements were somewhat timid, and\nhe seemed to let Yue Yu-er win. After a dozen strokes, Yue Yu-er\u2019s sword\npointed to his chest: \u201cI win!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disciple Lin also\nlooked on in admiration: \u201cLittle Shimei\u2019s martial arts are is getting stronger\nand stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surrounding crowd\napplauded: \u201cLittle Shimei is really powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er seemed\nto have not yet enjoyed herself to the fullest and named another shixiong. This shixiong\u2019s\nskills were obviously higher than those of Yue Yu-er, but he too yielded to her.\nAfter twenty strokes, he accepted the sword: \u201cLittle Shimei, I\u2019ve lost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er looked pleased\nwith herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng\nrolled his eyes. This yielding maneuver was way too fake. Didn\u2019t you see your Little\nShimei\u2019s grasp on the sword wasn\u2019t even\nstable? The Black and White impermanence had told him that Yue Yu-er was the\nonly female disciple in Yuehua Sect and the head\u2019s only daughter. Naturally, she\nwas pampered by everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng\ndisapproved of this behavior. Yue Yu-er was just the only female disciple, and\nhe was Tianning Cult\u2019s sole leader. He could\nnot see how his two guardians and several palace lords had buttered him up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNext! You, come!\u201d\nYue Yu-er said, her eyes on a small disciple in the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The little\ndisciple was obviously shocked and timidly stepped back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er\nfrowned, raised her chin, and arrogantly declared: \u201cDidn\u2019t you hear me, Liu\nXiaoqi, I order you to come here and fight me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng\nlooked at the guy named Liu Xiaoqi. He was a young boy with a frail body, pale skin,\nclear facial features and baby fat which had not yet faded from his face. He\nappeared to be sixteen or seventeen, and, compared\nto Yue Yu-er, he was considerably small. Earlier\nwhen he was with the Black and White impermanence, Han Changsheng had seen\nYuehua Sect\u2019s profile on him; this Liu Xiaoqi had joined the Sect only two\nyears ago, a late-entry disciple. Now, he\ncould only practice basic martial arts, and the elders had yet to teach him any skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Shixiong\naround Liu Xiaoqi pushed him forward and said fiercely: \u201cLittle Shimei called\nyou!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi\u2019s face\ngrew paler, and he waved his hands\nrepeatedly: \u201cI can\u2019t, I \u2026can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI told you to\ncome here! You WILL come here!\u201d Yue Yu-er looked displeased. \u201cLiu shidi, you do every time. Are you looking down\non us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few disciples\nnext to him echoed her sentiment: \u201cYeah! Exactly!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi was close\nto tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng watched\nthem with curiosity. Before he\u2019d arrived, the Black and White impermanence had\ngiven him a general introduction to the social hierarchy in Yuehua. But they\ncould not provide a comprehensive explanation in the limited time. Han\nChangsheng just wanted to remember who was who which was already pretty unlikely,\nthe rest of what he had heard he had already forgotten. With the situation at\nhand though, it was obvious Liu Xiaoqi was\nnot welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Han Changsheng\nhad guessed, Yue Yu-er didn\u2019t like Liu Xiaoqi very much and was now deliberately\nlooking for faults in him. Liu Xiaoqi was usually a very reserved person while Yue\nYu-er was used to being spoiled. Whatever she demanded, near no one dared\nrefuse her. But with Liu Xiaoqi, she had hit a wall. There was a time when Yue\nYu-er and a few shixiongs had snuck down\nthe mountain to play. When they bumped\ninto Liu Xiaoqi, Yue Yu-er invited him to join them, but Liu Xiaoqi refused. As\na result, the matter was discovered by the head, and several of the more unruly youths were punished for three days,\neven Yue Yu-er had not been spared. In reality, the head had discovered it on his own, but Yue Yu-er suspected that Liu\nXiaoqi revealed their secret. From then on, the seeds of resentment were sown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi was\npushed forward, sullenly he said: \u201cI\u2026 I can\u2019t fight my shijie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cChicken!\u201d Yue Yu-er\nscolded, \u201cDidn\u2019t the shixiongs just accompany\nme in practice? Hurry up!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi raised\nhis sword apprehensively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The place Han\nChangsheng occupied was a peach tree at the peak of its harvesting season. He\npicked up a big juicy peach, wiped it on his clothes, and watched the fun while\neating peaches from the sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er rushed forward,\nstriking at Liu Xiaoqi\u2019s head. After all, it was a challenge, and she was using a wooden sword, but if struck, it would be quite painful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi lifted\nhis sword to block as Yue Yu-er went on the offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er attacks\nwere hurried, entirely brainless, with no rhythm or reason. Liu Xiaoqi did not\nattack, resisting in a hideous mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suddenly, Han\nChangsheng\u2019s eyebrows rose in surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi yielded\nto Yue Yu-er. But his yielding, and the other shixiongs\u2019\nwere different. Just then, Liu Xiaoqi, forced by Yue Yu-er\u2019s attack, moved his\nsword in the form of a circular arc and blocked her. Tianning Cults approach to\nmartial arts was to adopt multiple other schools of practice so that one could\nfind and learn what they were good at, making them more powerful. Han\nChangsheng in that regard was also relatively familiar with the techniques and\nsequences of several of the major sects in the world of martial arts. The trick\nLiu Xiaoqi just used, although short-lived, was definitely not one of Yuehua\u2019s\nmoves. Because it was not a complete maneuver and was just so short-lived, the\nsurrounding disciples couldn\u2019t see it. Even more so, they thought Liu Xiaoqi blocked\nin confusion. However, Han Changsheng saw it clearly. Liu Xiaoqi was trying to\nrestrain his own movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the impermanence,\nLiu Xiaoqi had studied martial arts for two years and was still learning basic\nskills. But Han Changsheng noted the stability of his sword and the firmness of\nhis footwork. It was not like someone who had practiced for only two years. Of\ncourse, Liu Xiaoqi\u2019s martial arts wasn\u2019t powerful.\nOtherwise, even if he was just trying to\nsave face, that three-legged-cat, Yue Yu-er, would not beat him so embarrassingly.\nHe had merely learned other martial arts before entering Yuehua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi was beaten\nback and forth so much so that in his retreat he had withdrawn from the practicing\ngrounds. Yue Yu-er pressed onward, smugly proclaiming: \u201cLiu shidi, how are you so stupid? Can\u2019t you pick up\nsuch moves?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi\u2019s\nshoulder was hit by Yue Yu-er\u2019s sword, and he burst into a cold sweat. They\nwere going until one got the point, but\nYue Yu-er\u2019s still did not stop, continuing to attack: \u201cI will talk to father,\nyou guys who are such trash, shouldn\u2019t stay in our Yuehua Sect, or better yet\ngo to Tianning Cult. Demonic Cults and trash go along together so well!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng suddenly\nflew into a rage. Demonic Cult trash? As for your three-legged cat plaything,\nit dares say we of Tianning Cult are trash\u2014\u2014?! Although the head frequently sneaked\noff from the Cult, their sense of honor was still strong!\nWhoever dares speak ill of Tianning Cult would not be let off so easily!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi was\nforced to the edge of the field in his retreat, and Yue Yu-er relentlessly swung\nforward with her sword, slashing straight at him. Liu Xiaoqi could not avoid\nit. Han Changsheng twirled the peach pit, transferring his inner strength into\nit, and with a wave of his finger shot it straight at Yue Yu-er\u2019s sword\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er\u2019s sword\nslid a few inches to the side, missing Liu Xiaoqi. At the same time, the wooden\nsword in Liu Xiaoqi\u2019s hand stabbed her shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er\u2019s sword\nfell. She retreated clutching her shoulder, her pink powdered face red with\nrage: \u201cYou dare stab me?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other\ndisciples quickly approached and surrounded them, some supported Yue Yu-er, others\nshouted at Liu Xiaoqi: \u201cYour words are good but beyond that, how could you hurt\nothers?! I will inform the head!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just now, Yue Yu-er\nstabbed Liu Xiaoqi, and everyone else had\ncollective amnesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng grimly\nlaughed and jumped down from the tree, walking toward the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n