Martial Cultivator

Divine Capital, the cicadas chirped once more.

By the bamboo building, two youths sat beneath the eaves, sighing again and again.

In truth, it was the slightly older youth who sighed more often. The younger one only followed with a sigh after his senior brother had sighed several times.

Farther away, there was a little girl who had grown quite a bit taller, a small bamboo saber hanging at her waist. She kept her distance from her two senior brothers, as if she somewhat disdained keeping company with them.

The youth who was the senior disciple glanced at the youth beside him and suddenly said, “Little He, why don’t we just go all out and get rid of him...”

He Liang, hearing his senior brother say this, hurriedly reached out to cover his senior brother’s mouth, his face full of terror. “Senior Brother, what are you saying? Martial Uncle Yu is a great sword immortal. Forget about taking action, if he so much as looks at us, we would all die.”

Yu Qingfeng pulled He Liang’s hand away from his mouth and frowned. “Do you really take me for a fool? I mean dumping him here and running away. Waiting on him every day isn’t a solution either. And who knows whether what he says is even true. Why do I feel that in that great battle, our master definitely contributed the most? Maybe it was Master who saved his life, not him who saved our master.”

He Liang thought about it and said uncertainly, “Martial Uncle Yu isn’t that kind of person, right?”

Yu Qingfeng shook his head. “Not necessarily. Don’t be fooled by his high cultivation realm. I always feel he isn’t a good person. Little He, when you roam the world, you have to be more cautious.”

He Liang nodded, but then suddenly thought of something and said softly, “Senior Brother, when all is said and done, haven’t I been the one attending to Martial Uncle Yu these past few days? Why are you reacting so strongly?”

As soon as he said this, He Liang got smacked once by Yu Qingfeng. “You foolish kid, I’m feeling sorry for you. You can’t even see something this obvious?”

He Liang was hit once, but he did not get angry, only grinning with a heh heh.

In the distance, their junior sister Ning Qingnian glanced over, sighed, and looked away. Although the little girl was young, she could still see some things clearly. This second senior brother of hers really did have far too good a temper.

At this moment, two more figures, one big and one small, appeared in the distance. The tall man stopped far away, glanced over, and nodded toward a man wearing official robes not far off.

Then the man squatted down, said a few words to his daughter, stood back up, and watched as his daughter walked forward on her own.

Over there, the two boys were still discussing whether they should run away. Over here, the little girl walked over. When Yu Qingfeng saw her, he directly jumped down from the steps and walked over with a grin, asking, “Whose little girl are you? Did you come to the wrong place? Want big brother to send you home?”

The little girl glanced at him, a hint of panic flashing across her eyes, but she still mustered her courage and asked, “Excuse me, is Great Sword Immortal Yu here?”

At the mention of Yu Xiyi, Yu Qingfeng immediately felt anger surge up. He waved his hand and said, “No such person.”

This friend of his master had, after returning to the Divine Capital, simply taken over the bamboo building here. These past days, the two of them had been taking care of him. No, to be precise, these past days it had always been He Liang taking care of this already world-famous great sword immortal.

What was even more infuriating was that the fellow would occasionally bring up that previous battle, saying that if not for him, their master would have already died at Infatuation Daoist Temple.

Yu Qingfeng did not believe that claim at all, but his junior brother thought there was no problem with it.

The little girl froze, then frowned slightly. When Yu Qingfeng saw her like this, his heart softened after all, and he hurriedly smiled and said, “Yes yes yes, that Great Sword Immortal Yu is right over here. Little girl, could it be that you’re his illegitimate daughter? Come to look for your family?”

He Liang had just stood up and was walking over when he heard his senior brother talking nonsense again, and quickly rushed over to smooth things over. “Don’t listen to my senior brother’s nonsense, little girl.”

Before the little girl could speak, the door of the bamboo building was pushed open. A bleary-eyed man appeared, his face full of displeasure. “Who’s making such a racket here? Don’t you know this sword immortal is sleeping?”

This great sword immortal rubbed his eyes, then also saw the little girl, and said with a curious grin, “Tsk tsk, whose little girl is this, so pretty. Where’s your mother? Is she here?”

As soon as this shameless great sword immortal opened his mouth, He Liang put a hand to his forehead. Ah, headache.

The little girl froze for a moment, then suddenly burst into loud sobs, turned around, and cried out, “Dad, I don’t want to learn the sword anymore!”

Yu Xiyi was completely baffled. What was she talking about?

In the distance, the man looked helplessly at the other martial artist beside him. The latter was somewhat embarrassed, his face slightly red. “This great sword immortal is just so... approachable...ha...”

After saying that, this current Right Guard Commander, a martial artist of considerable authority, still steeled himself and stepped forward, smiling as he said, “Sword Immortal Yu, this little girl is named Jiang Xiao’an. She is a disciple the Lord Warden Commander found for you.”

”Hah?”

Yu Xiyi froze, then immediately burst into furious curses. “That stinking brat, since when does he get to meddle in whether Your Father take disciples or not? Where is he? Find him and let Your Father beat him up!”

Song Lian looked serious as he faced Yu Xiyi and spoke telepathically, “The Lord Warden Commander said that if Great Sword Immortal Yu is unwilling to accept her, then there is nothing he can do. However, since it will make him lose face, afterward he might also have to make Great Sword Immortal Yu lose face once as well...”

Yu Xiyi’s expression did not change, but he quickly turned to look at the little girl who was walking away in the distance. His figure flashed and vanished. When he appeared again, he was already in front of the little girl.

This great sword immortal squatted down, put on a serious smile, and said, “My fault, my fault, I misjudged. One look and you can tell this little girl is a natural for sword training. Who wouldn’t regret missing such a good embryo? Good, good, I even have to thank our Lord Warden Commander here. When he returns to the Divine Capital, I’ll definitely treat him to a good meal.”

Song Lian smiled faintly. The goal had been achieved, so the means no longer mattered.

The big man in the distance let out a breath of relief.

The corners of Yu Qingfeng’s mouth twitched.

As for He Liang, he first glanced at his junior sister, then looked off into the distance and rubbed his eyes.

At this moment, he was very much looking forward to his master’s return to the Divine Capital.