Crossing the Sword

When Ding Feng heard Ye Shisan's agreement, he immediately said happily: "I promise not to do evil, and I will be chivalrous and righteous in the future, and listen to the teachings of my master...Brother Ye!"

"What a smart kid." Ding Feng was smart and chivalrous, so Ye Shisan naturally liked him. He nodded and said, "And the most important thing is, you must do it!"

"Brother Ye, please let me know!"

Ye Shisan showed a sunny smile and said, "After learning my Kung Fu, you must never be bullied by others!"

After hearing this, Ding Feng felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart, and immediately replied happily: "I will definitely not let Brother Ye down."

Ye Shisan nodded in satisfaction: "You get up." Then he said to Ding Yuan: "Uncle Ding, I have roughly checked the area within a radius of ten miles last night, but I didn't find any traces of monsters. So, I want to discuss with you how to deal with monsters, but this doesn't seem to be the place to talk."

Upon hearing this, Ding Xiang hurriedly said, "Master Ye, you have been practicing sword skills all night, don't you need to rest?" There was a hint of blame in her tone.

Ding Feng's eyes rolled when he heard this, and he didn't know what he was paying attention to. On the contrary, Ding Yuan's mind was focused on exorcising the demon, and he didn't pay attention to this.

Ye Shisan smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, I just consumed too much internal energy and am a little tired. Discussing things only requires the mouth and the brain, it won't have any impact."

The four of them came into the house, and Ding Yuan asked, "Master Ye, have you found a way to deal with the monster?"

Ye Shisan nodded and said, "There is a method, but it is a very bad idea, and it requires the cooperation of the villagers."

Ding Yuan hurriedly asked, "What did Master Ye notice? Tell me quickly."

Ye Shisan smiled bitterly and said, "It's just luring the snake out of its hole. As long as the village holds a wedding in a few days, the monster should be lured out. But I don't know how strong the monster is yet, so I'm not 100% sure I can deal with it. I can only try my best."

Ding Feng was startled and interrupted, "Then the groom, isn't he very dangerous?"

Ye Shisan shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about holding a real wedding. I'm just pretending to lure out the monster. So, I can pretend to be the groom!"

Ding Yuan pondered for a while and said, "This is also a solution. But as for the bride..." Seeing him hesitate to speak, Ye Shisan knew that no girl in the village would be willing to do such a thing. Although it was a fake marriage, it was still not good for the girl's reputation.

Ye Shisan spread his hands and said casually: "This is not the point. The monster's target is only the groom. Even if the sedan chair is empty, it doesn't matter. It also prevents the monster from knowing that we are going to deal with it and attacking the bride."

Ding Yuan shook his head again and again and said, "This is not a good idea. After all, there is only one chance like this. If it fails, the monster will not be fooled again. It may also retaliate against the villagers. Therefore, this operation must succeed, not fail! Oh, it is really a headache..." Ye Shisan also knew that this was not right. When he proposed it just now, he was also betting that the monster's intelligence was limited and could not find that the sedan was empty. After listening to Ding Yuan's talk about the consequences, he also fell silent.

Ding Feng was puzzled and asked, "Isn't Brother Ye's method a good one? Why is it wrong?"

Ye Shisan explained: "If it were me, I could tell at a glance whether the sedan chair was empty or heavy." What he didn't say was that this was without the use of the Sky Eye, otherwise even the bride's appearance and cultivation level could be seen at a glance. Although it was unlikely that the monster had the Sky Eye, there were N+1 other ways to distinguish whether the people in the sedan chair were male, female, old, or young. This was a fatal flaw. As long as the monster paid attention to the sedan chair, the plan to lure the snake out of the hole would fail!

"Or..." Dingxiang, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke. Seeing the three people looking at her, she finally made up her mind and said, "Or I'll take the risk. We're leaving soon anyway, and I want to do something for the village before I leave." After that, she lowered her head and remained silent again.

Ding Feng's eyes rolled and he immediately agreed: "That's a good idea. Besides, Brother Ye is so powerful, he will definitely not let my sister get hurt, right?" As he spoke, he showed a sly smile. He is really a little devil.

Ding Yuan was stunned and said, "Xiang'er, you... okay. But you have to keep it a secret. It's best not to let even the people in the village know about it, lest the monsters get wind of it."

Ye Shisan felt that the atmosphere was a little off, so he stretched and said, "Well, I'm going to rest first. Xiao Feng, come and call me at lunch time, and I'll start teaching you martial arts this afternoon."

Ding Feng's eyes lit up and he said, "Are you going to teach me the sword technique you used last night?"

Ye Shisan patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "What I learned last night was not a set of sword techniques, but a sword technique I learned from the sound of the piano. Since it was learned from your sister's piano, it should be half mine and half hers. I agree to teach you, but if you want to learn, you need your sister's approval." At this point, he thought of Jingwei and the Nine Layers of the Blue Sky again. So he turned to Dingxiang and said: "Since it was learned from Dingxiang's piano, please help Dingxiang give that sword technique a nice name. Hey, I'm sleepy and I'm going to sleep." In fact, he was not sleepy at all, but he couldn't stand the current atmosphere.

The morning passed in a flash. After lunch, Ye Shisan brought Ding Feng to the vegetable garden that he had razed to the ground. Ding Xiang also followed curiously. Ding originally wanted to stop him, but after Ye Shisan said it didn't matter, she didn't insist.

Ye Shisan thought about what he said in the morning and said to Ding Xiang jokingly, "Ding Xiang, have you thought of a nice name for our sword style?"

When Dingxiang heard the word "we", her pretty face immediately blushed and she lowered her head and said, "Dingxiang must not know anything about martial arts. I'm afraid of insulting your sword, so I'd better not embarrass myself." Her voice was as thin as a mosquito's buzz. If Ye Shisan didn't have good hearing, he wouldn't be able to hear it clearly.

Seeing Ding Xiang was so shy, Ye Shisan didn't want to embarrass her anymore, so he thought, "What should I call it? It means to pour out all my sorrows. How much sorrow do you have? It's like a river of spring water flowing eastward. I've got an idea! Let's call it 'A River of Spring Water'. What do you think, Ding Xiang?"

"How much sorrow do you have? It is like a river of spring water flowing eastward." Ding Xiang repeated it and said, "What a wonderful sentence. Mr. Ye is really good at speaking. Ding Xiang admires you."

Ye Shisan felt ashamed after hearing this. Just when he didn't know how to respond, he heard Ding Feng say, "Why are you guys just chatting? Brother-in-law, please teach me martial arts!"