My Sword Has a Way

Xianren Ding, a small fenced courtyard.

In the gloomy dusk and rain, the wind is like the howling of mountain ghosts.

The two points of soft light on the gate of the courtyard flickered, looking precarious in the wind and rain.

A girl in red was sitting on the doorstep with her hands on her chin, staring at the raindrops dripping from the eaves for a long time.

Today is supposed to be the Lantern Festival, but it has been cloudy and rainy for many days. The bright moon that has always been there has not been seen for many days, and I don’t know when it will be high in the sky.

While the girl was stunned, she saw three or two ounces of black smoke rising above the woodshed. She raised the corner of her mouth slightly, hurriedly stood up, raised her hands as an umbrella, and quickly ran into the woodshed.

I came to the yellow mud stove and used a wooden stick to dig out two palm-sized sweet potatoes, which were steaming hot.

The girl sat on the dry firewood and carefully peeled off the burnt skin of the sweet potatoes, revealing their tempting aroma.

After taking two bites, the girl frowned slightly and said, "Xu Zhian's grilled food is indeed the best."

The girl was Jiang Ying, who had followed Xu Zhian to the bottom of the cliff to look for treasure. After coming out of the illusion array that day, she was the first to return to the courtyard. She thought that the boy would come out soon, but she didn't expect that she had to wait for seven or eight days.

During this time, the girl secretly went down to the bottom of the cliff to investigate, but after finding nothing, she simply stopped looking.

After the girl finished eating a roasted sweet potato, she buried another one in the firewood ash under the stove. At this time, there was a high bulge there, and no one knew how many potatoes were hidden in it.

The girl got up and went back to the house, then sat by the brazier in a daze.

At this moment, the girl heard the sound of the courtyard door outside the house. She looked up and saw a middle-aged man holding an oil-paper umbrella standing there. This man was not a stranger, as he was the free and easy swordsman in the day illusion array.

The middle-aged man walked to the front of the house and asked, "Miss Jiang, can I come in?"

The girl nodded and said, "Of course, this house is not mine anyway."

The middle-aged man smiled faintly: "Miss Jiang, why are you spending the Lantern Festival so shabby today? Are you missing your lover? If so, just find another one. How about I introduce you to a good one? I guarantee that you will be happy in your marriage and you can be the real master of the house... Bah! It's a marriage."

The girl frowned and shook her head: "No!"

Seeing the girl's firm tone and unhappy face, the middle-aged man shook his head and smiled: "I'm serious, girl, are you really not going to consider it? This is a good marriage. If you miss it, it would be a pity!"

The girl looked up at the middle-aged man and asked coldly, "Who is that man? Is he your son?"

The middle-aged man waved his hands and said, "He is not my son! My son is just a few years old, his hair hasn't even grown out yet. The young man I want to introduce to you is handsome and has a good appearance..."

The girl said impatiently, "Stop it. If it's not your son, why are you so busy? Is this the only reason you came here today to talk about this?"

The middle-aged man shook his head: "Of course not, this is just by the way. Of course, it would be best if you can agree to it, and it will not be in vain for that person to beg me so hard."

The girl asked in confusion: "Who is that person?"

The man raised his lips: "If... I mean if, there is a boy who likes you, and you don't mind this boy, will you accept his love?"

The girl looked at the middle-aged man with a strange expression and asked casually, "Is he a sword practitioner?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "Yes, he also practices sword."

The girl asked curiously, "How good is he at swordplay? How good is his swordplay?"

The man thought for a moment and said softly, "Although his swordsmanship is not very good now, it will definitely be very good in the future. Although he is not very good at swordsmanship now, he will definitely be very good at it in the future. In this world, he should be ranked second?"

The girl asked, "Who is the first one?"

The middle-aged man chuckled: "You are the first one, of course."

The girl frowned slightly: "Do I know that person?"

The man nodded: "I think he knows her."

The girl said coldly: "Are you talking about Xu Zhian?"

The man's mouth twitched, and he asked in confusion: "Is what I said so obvious?"

The girl snorted coldly: "I'm not stupid. Besides, among the people I know, Xu Zhian's swordsmanship is the worst. Who else can it be but him?"

The man smiled bitterly: "It seems a little worse, but that's not a problem."

The girl blushed slightly and said angrily, "Did he ask you to be a lobbyist?"

The middle-aged man nodded: "He said he has admired the girl for a long time, but he doesn't know how to start. You know, that guy has a strong self-esteem and a thin skin. He always likes to secretly like others. I'm going to say this on purpose."

The middle-aged man then took out a blue-gray wooden box and placed it on the table.

"This is a token of love."

At this moment, a blush appeared on the girl's face, and there seemed to be ripples in her heart, and her heart was beating wildly.

"You're lying! He wouldn't say that."

The middle-aged man smiled faintly, without answering, and pointed at the wooden box on the table and said: "This is a token of the young man's heart, tut tut tut... the inner elixir of the demon saint, this is a big deal, if I were you, I would agree."

The girl was extremely shocked when she heard this. She did not take the wooden box and then said in a cold tone.

"How can I, Jiang Ying, bow down for a few pieces of silver? When he becomes the most powerful swordsman in the world, he can tell the girl that he likes her."

The middle-aged man continued to seduce, "Miss Jiang, the wooden box contains the inner elixir of the demon saint. You guys were fighting over it a few days ago. Now it's in front of you, are you really not willing to bow down for it?"

The girl still looked indifferent, and asked curiously, "Wasn't this demon saint's inner elixir taken away by the great sword master from the Northern Territory a few days ago? Why is it in your hands?"

The man sneered: "What that person has is not real. What he took away was just a pill in the illusion array, and this one is the real demon saint's inner pill."

The girl suddenly realized it, but still had no intention of taking it.

"I plan to leave here tomorrow."

The middle-aged man looked outside and said calmly, "What? You don't want to wait for Xu Zhian? Or do you want to reject his love?"

The girl didn't answer, but smiled slightly: "No need to wait, I think he must have another opportunity. Besides, I don't believe that he would really let you say such a thing."

The man joked, "If he really said that, would you agree? And have your parents really promised you to be married?"

The girl nodded: "Maybe it was a joke from my parents at the time, but I don't like that person."

The middle-aged man saw the serious look on the girl's face and smiled knowingly: "That young man's vision is really good. If he doesn't like such a good girl, it would be really unjust."

The man paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you really leaving tomorrow?"

The girl nodded and said, "I have been waiting these few days just to say goodbye to him. Tomorrow I will go to the Southern Wilderness Swamp and travel around before returning to Zhongzhou."

The middle-aged man stopped joking after hearing this: "Well, there is really nothing worth stopping for here except for the people."

"Actually, this is what the young man wanted me to give you."

After the man finished speaking, something suddenly appeared on the table. When the girl saw this, her lips curled up slightly and her eyes showed joy.