Chapter 47
Jiang Chen went back to the Two Saints Square. Without Yang Jianwei and the others there, even the atmosphere was much more joyful. The tourists were appreciating the statues or reading the inscriptions on the columns.
Jiang Chen headed for the three well-preserved sword trails.
He stood in front of the stone wall and took a close look at the sword trail. It was a slanting slash that started at the bottom and ended at the top. Even with the influence of time, the section was still very smooth and neat.
There were nine words below: Don’t touch, or do so at your own peril.
The warning aroused people’s curiosity. Some people tried to poke the trail with a twig, but it broke silently when it got close to the trail.
“It’s so powerful!”
Jiang Chen was shocked to see someone in the Nine Heavens Continent had achieved such great swordsmanship. The Martial Saint Mountain was worthy of its name.
The first lady smiled disdainfully and said, “So what? My son Haotian has achieved the Mental Wander State. Jiang Chen will never be as good as him.”
The old woman shook her head slightly upon hearing this.
She certainly understood the first lady’s thoughts and considerations, but she …..
When he arrived at Hong Feiyu’s home, Jiang Chen found the Hongs were also an aristocratic family in Ninedragons.
The Hongs were much more powerful than the Southwind Ridge of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
The Hong Mansion was pretty luxurious. There were many palaces and gardens in it.
“I don’t think I will achieve anything in swordsmanship.”
Hong Feiyu had been frustrated since he got home. To him, he had wasted another day in the Martial Saint Mountain that day, since he hadn’t made any progress.
“Have you ever tried other weapons?” Jiang Chen asked him with curiosity.
It was difficult to tell if one had talent for martial arts techniques. Hong Feiyu was only doing so-so in swordsmanship, but maybe he would excel in other things.
Hong Feiyu smiled bitterly, “Even if I didn’t want to, my family certainly would have made me try other weapons. Besides the sword, I also tried a knife, an axe and a mace. But they are all the same for me.”
In Ninedragons there was a craze to compete with each other. Besides the speed to enhance one’s state, people were also mad for martial arts techniques.
Jiang Chen found a clue from what Hong Feiyu had told him. He said, “All these weapons you’ve tried are short ones. Try some long weapons.”
“Long weapons? But don’t people say if you can’t even use a short weapon well, you definitely won’t do well with long ones?” Hong Feiyu looked at him, puzzled.
The longer the weapon was, the stronger one was. Everyone knew the theory. The reason that swords and knives were so popular was that long weapons were more difficult to use, and there were less experts to teach.
With spears and sticks, it was extremely difficult to start. One has to work very hard to use them well.
“Many smart apes naturally know how to use weapons like sticks and clubs, and they are good at it, but they don’t know how to use knives and swords,” Jiang Chen said.
“Brother, are you comparing me to an ape?” Hong Feiyu looked depressed. He didn’t have any confidence in himself at all.
“It’s just advice. You’d better try. Maybe you have talents for sticks,” Jiang Chen said seriously.
Hong Feiyu was persuaded by him. He asked a servant to bring him a long stick.
However, along with the long stick, there came a woman.
Hong Feiyu’s expression changed immediately when he saw the woman, like when a mouse saw a cat.
“Sister,” he greeted her obediently.