Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 210: Chapter 151: Refusing to Cooperate (2)

"Heh, thanks for telling me."

Su Xing suddenly let out a soft laugh.

Then, step by step, he walked toward the Bishop’s corpse lying on the ground.

The man in the scroll painting...

At first, he didn’t realize what was happening. Seeing Su Xing walk toward him, he thought Su Xing had been swayed and wanted to cooperate. A friendly smile appeared on his face as he asked:

"So, have you made up your mind?"

"Of course."

Su Xing slapped a hand onto the Bishop’s already cold body. A cold sneer touched his lips as he chuckled.

"I’ve made up my mind."

"Just you wait. I’ll come to the Spirit Realm myself and drain you completely dry."

[System detected absorbable energy...]

The moment the system notification appeared, the scene before him suddenly shattered, revealing the dilapidated, abandoned building once more.

"Phew."

Su Xing heaved a heavy sigh.

In truth, he had been under immense pressure.

He was already somewhat injured, and that man was clearly far more powerful than the Bishop. Su Xing had been worried he might have a way to attack across the two realms.

Only now could he finally relax.

Su Xing glanced at the spot where the man had been. He began to recall the man’s words, one by one. The phrase, "The blessing is, in fact, the energy from my body," had left a particularly deep impression on him.

’Energy?’

Su Xing wondered to himself,

’Could it be that Uncle’s energy can also get me Sword Dao Points?’

But this thought...

...appeared for only a moment before vanishing completely.

He, Su Xing, was not so monstrous as to harm his own uncle for the sake of power.

However...

...this did confirm one thing:

Lord Yin’s power was inextricably linked to the Celestial Human Tomb.

’The Celestial Human Tomb...’

’Who is buried there?’

’Why can their cultivation systems augment the four current Extraordinary systems? And why are they all buried in a cemetery in another world?’

Su Xing had a faint feeling...

...that something monumental must have happened in the distant, unknown past.

But that event...

...was simply too far removed from Su Xing’s own time for him to glimpse the truth.

’Forget it.’

’Time to go back.’

’Uncle will be worried soon.’

Su Xing shook his head.

This time, he had only intended to kill the guy who ambushed him. He never expected to run into all this.

He wondered...

...now that he had rejected Lord Yin’s invitation...

...whether the man would do something crazy.

Strength...

He needed even greater strength.

...

「Spirit Realm.」

In a small hut.

Lord Yin sat there, his expression grim and uncertain. After a long moment, he slammed his fist down hard on the zither before him.

"You little brat, you dare to play me."

"I hope... you are prepared for the consequences of opposing someone like me."

"Those fellows in the Celestial Human Tomb..."

"They’re not to be trifled with."

...

「The organization’s headquarters.」

Inside a private office.

Li Yu was sitting there, looking through a huge pile of recent documents.

It had to be said...

...ever since the Spirit Realm appeared...

...the workload for the special organization had increased once again.

The one who felt it most keenly...

...was him.

In the past, he could still manage other things or take some time to go home and see his parents, but recently, he had completely lost any free time.

All he could do was work crazy overtime.

But amid this frantic overtime, he had somehow broken through to Tier Five, and his realm had even advanced all the way to Tier Five Peak.

It was as if he had broken through some kind of bottleneck on his Extraordinary Path; his subsequent cultivation was so smooth and easy that Li Yu found it a bit disorienting at first.

"Phew."

"Finally, just about done."

Li Yu wiped away some imaginary sweat, stood up, and walked to the window, gazing out at the vast expanse of white snow.

Cang City was located in the south.

It usually went years without a single snowfall.

When it first started snowing...

...many residents found it to be a novelty. But soon, that novelty turned into annoyance and trouble.

Li Yu, however, didn’t see it that way.

He had a faint premonition that this snow might be a crucial turning point for Cang City.

If they could just get through it...

...all the conflict would come to an end.

For the next ten years, or even a hundred, Cang City’s history books would record this great snow, which had lasted for days on end.

As well as...

...the Extraordinary Beings...

...who died fighting the enemy during this great snow.

"Li Yu."

A woman’s voice suddenly came from behind him.

To suddenly appear in his office without knocking or using a formal title, instead calling him directly by his name—there was only one person who would do that: Bailan.

Therefore, Li Yu remained standing, not even bothering to turn his head, and simply asked coolly,

"Bailan, what is it?"

"Li Yu, there’s been another intense energy fluctuation in the Sword Hall area."

Bailan, holding a file, walked in quickly and handed it to him as she approached.

But Li Yu just gave a wry smile, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and said tiredly,

"Just summarize it for me."

"Of course, I trust you."

"..."

"Something happened at the Sword Hall again."

"This time, the intelligence department not only detected the energy of a Martial Artist and a Sequencer, but also a special energy that had never been detected before."

"A special energy?"

Li Yu paused and asked.

"Yes. The intelligence department said..."

"...this is an energy signature that has never appeared before. It could be important information, and they want you to arrange a team to investigate."

’Important information, huh?’

Li Yu mumbled to himself.

After a long moment, he asked, "Is this the energy signature of a Confucian Scholar?"

"Are you saying that the Confucian Scholars, one of the four major Extraordinary systems, are finally making their appearance?"

"Um..."

"No."

"Although we’ve never met a Confucian Scholar, we once found residual Confucian Scholar energy in the ruins of a village, so we do have data on their energy in our intelligence database."

"Since the intelligence department is calling it an undiscovered energy trace, it must be a cultivation system that has never appeared before."

Bailan guessed.

"A cultivation system that has never appeared before?"

Li Yu repeated, then asked with some confusion,

"But we’ve scoured the ancient texts and were only able to categorize and summarize these four systems."

"This system that has never appeared before... where did it come from? It can’t have just never existed in history, right?"

"Hmm..."

"Not necessarily. It might have appeared before."

"Li Yu, the history of our Xia Country began a very, very long time ago. Very few written records from that era have survived, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t Extraordinary Beings back then."

"True."

Hearing Bailan’s words...

...Li Yu’s expression grew much more solemn.

’If it’s a cultivation system from that long ago...’

"Bailan, you’re coming with me."

"This is extremely important. We need to get to the scene immediately."

As soon as Li Yu finished speaking...

...he turned around, ready to head to the location.

"Yes."

"Just the two of us?"

"Aren’t we taking other members with us?"

Bailan asked as she followed him.

"It’s not necessary."

"We’re going there mainly to investigate, not to fight. Bringing too many people would be counterproductive."

"Besides..."

"...this happened near the Sword Hall. I want to check the Sword Hall for any changes, and it wouldn’t be convenient to bring others."

"After all, we’re both ’teachers,’ aren’t we?"

Li Yu chuckled, glancing over his shoulder at Bailan, who was following behind him, and added coolly.

"Haha, that’s true."

Bailan laughed as well.

His words reminded her of the time before the conflict between the special organization and the Spiritual Sect had fully erupted.

She was more relaxed back then.

She even had time to swoon over Su Yu’s older brother.

Thinking of Su Xing...

...a flicker appeared in Bailan’s eyes.

Some people and some things...

...are ultimately on different paths.

...

「Sword Hall.」

Su Xing had just returned to the Sword Hall.

His uncle was sitting in the main hall, quietly drinking tea. He watched Su Xing step over the threshold and asked, somewhat angrily,

"Where have you been?"

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