Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 163: With the blessing of Buddha, Brother Alanduo has become a Grandmaster

Shi Si came back and took a seat. Although Sun Yanwan noticed that there was something hidden in Shi Gu's sleeve, he thought it might be some rouge, powder, or a tea-leaf handkerchief given by Gu Tuo Niang.

Shi Si did not mention to Sun Yanwan that Gu Tuoniang had given her the calligraphy.

Gu Tuoniang did not come that day.

Lu Shuangfeng was so happy that she could finally come to Fanlou again, but Wu Zhi was a little silent and rarely spoke.

Sun Yanwan hugged Wu Zhi and asked, "Is it because of this case that you are unhappy?"

Wu Zhi shook her head and said, "I only encounter a few cases in Chongyang City in a year. I always think it's a good thing. No one is doing anything bad. Isn't that a good thing?"

"But this time when I came to Luojing, I suddenly realized that there seemed to be countless people in the world who needed help..."

"I want to make my way in the world."

Sun Yanwan was overjoyed and said, "This is a good thing, why are you worried?"

Wu Zhi was silent for a long time, too embarrassed to speak. He was afraid that when he went out to the world, he would offend a group of female confidants before he could do many chivalrous deeds.

If someone had told him in Chongyang City that as soon as he went out into the martial arts world, countless girls would throw themselves at him, Wu Zhi would have absolutely refused to believe it, thinking that the person was too narcissistic and daydreaming. But since he met Sun Yanwan, he had to take this issue seriously!

There was Nian Xizhao before and Sun Yanwan after, these are living examples.

He had no idea what kind of people Nian Xizhao's twelve wives were, but all of Sun Yanwan's confidantes were sincere. Some were well-behaved and sensible, some were well-educated, some were famous in Luojing, some... were the saintess of the Demon Sect, and there was also the little princess of Beiyan!
Not to mention the existence of fairies like Shi Si...

If it was a vulgar woman, or a fickle woman, Wu Zhi believed that he could control himself, but in Sun Yanwan's situation...

Wu Zhi sighed inwardly, "Forget it, let's not dwell on it. Let's go back and ask Master. He should be very experienced."

The old yamen runner in Chongyang City suddenly sneezed, his face looking strange...

After dinner, Sun Yanwan was anxious to go back to practice. Although Lu Shuangfeng didn't want to leave so early, she could do nothing about it.

The matter of the Divine Sword Escort Agency came to an end. Sun Yanwan spent 70% of his time practicing martial arts and 20% of his time reading. Before he knew it, the Chinese New Year had arrived.

During the Chinese New Year, every family gets together, but Sun Yanwan only has Sun Lingdie, Namco, Shi Si, Wu Zhi, Lu Shuangfeng, and even Ding Feng to accompany him during the New Year.

Sun Lingdie and Namco did not mention going home at all. Even the Tianji Sun family and the Namco family had sent the two young ladies everything they needed for the New Year, including money, food, firewood, rice, fresh meat, chickens, silks and satins, and even newly trained maids and servants.

Shi Si didn't even mention going home. Sun Yanwan was a little surprised, but when she thought that her aunt did have a reason, she felt relieved.

Lu Shuangfeng was reluctant to leave. Following Sun Yanwan, his life was much more comfortable than when he was alone.

Wu Zhi has never decided whether she should go out into the world or return to Chongyang City and live out her life in her favorite environment.

Both his parents were gone, and he only had one master, but the old yamen runner didn't seem to need company.

Ding Feng had a family and a business in Luojing, so during the New Year, he just came to visit and gave a gift, and it was not considered that he was always with her.

After the New Year, although Sun Yanwan was still thirteen years old, he was already fourteen in terms of age.

In the Dalang Dynasty, it is possible to get married and it is suitable for marriage.

Sun Yanwan hadn't changed at all just because he was a year older. He had already decided to take the imperial examination in the spring under the name Sun Yanwan! Another month passed in the blink of an eye, and Sun Yanwan had opened up two more meridians, bringing the total number of meridians he had opened up to eighteen.

Of the twenty-four meridian muscles, eleven have reached the level of Yin Jin.

Because he often went to Li Wangyou's house to seek advice, his writing gradually became more stable, and he also got to know many scholars.

In addition to the changes in Sun Yanwan himself, there were also some other changes around him. Because he wiped out the Guanxin Sect in one fell swoop, Ding Feng's reputation in Luojing became more and more famous, and more knights came to join him. Now he has become the leader among the knights in Luojing.

The Tianma Gang, led by Sun Lingdie and Namco, expanded into Luojing, swallowing up the former Guanxin Sect's territory. Some were converted into warehouses, others into mule and horse trading houses. A few, like the Huangyun Temple, added a Xuanhuang boy and expanded services such as drawing lots, fortune-telling, burning incense, making wishes, and amulets. Those with ponds raised fish, shrimp, and turtles, allowing tourists to throw coins, promising good luck if they were hit. Those without ponds invented stories about a thousand-year-old willow demon who fell in love with a scholar and was killed by lightning. The lightning-struck willow wood she left behind was said to protect unborn children.

January is a busy month.

In February, Sun Yanwan prepared for the exam with all her strength.

In the Dalang martial arts world, without anyone knowing, a monk from Northern Yan quietly stepped into Luojing.

His first stop was Fanlou.

A Northern Yan monk, dressed in a bright red robe and looking like a furious Vajra, silently chanted scriptures. The long-unseen Northern Yan princess, Jiyatana, poured him a cup of tea and said, "Brother Alanduo, why did you come to Dalang?"

She was indeed very puzzled. Logically, this senior brother Alanduo should continue to be the "outsider master" in Longzang Temple, hiding his identity from the public, instead of coming to Dalang to show off.

The monk smiled and said, "From today on, Junior Sister, you can call me Mahanaye!"

Giatana's whole body trembled slightly, and she asked in surprise, "Senior Brother Alandra!?"

The great monk Mahanaye smiled again, put his palms together, chanted a Buddhist name in a low voice, and said slowly: "Thanks to the Buddha's blessing, Brother Alandra has become a Grand Master."

This news struck Giatana's heart like lightning. The Great Sun Golden Feather of the grasslands jumped for joy and shouted, "I'm going back to Beiyan right now."

Mahanaye whispered, "I'm not here to take you back, Junior Sister. I'm here to bring a letter from Northern Yan to the Royal Family of Dalang."

"Brother Alanduo has achieved the status of Grandmaster and wishes to mobilize the entire Northern Yan martial arts community to challenge the Great Lang Dynasty in a duel."

"Each side will select ten people, five from the Xiantian realm and five from the Xiantian realm."

"This competition is called—Fighting for the Tripod!"

Giatana recalled an ancient legend and asked in surprise, "Isn't it true that the Northern Yan royal court of every dynasty would fight for the throne with the emperor of the Central Plains?"

Mahanaye smiled slightly and said, "That's right."

“This is a tradition that has lasted for thousands of years!”

"Before, we in Northern Yan did not have a Grand Master, so we did not dare to start a fight for the tripod lightly."

"Now that Senior Brother Alanduo has been promoted to Grandmaster, it's time to start the competition again and boost the confidence of the young warriors on our grasslands."

"If not, I'm afraid that in another ten or twenty years, the younger generation of warriors in Beiyan will all tacitly accept that Beiyan's martial arts are inferior to Dalang's, and that the young eagles on the grasslands are inferior to the young warriors of Dalang."

(End of this chapter)