Collapse Simulator: Raging at the Imaginary Tree

"And over there, that's where I often listen to stories about martial arts. This storyteller has been here for over ten years! Let's go check it out!"

Li Sushang brought Yun Ling to a teahouse. The storyteller was taking a break at the moment. There were many people sitting in the teahouse, but most of them were children.

The storyteller held a folding fan in his hand, took a sip of tea, looked at the expectant expressions of the people below, waited for a moment, and then stood up again.

The storyteller's folding fan hit his palm, making a crisp sound.

"Today we are going to talk about Taixu's first disciple, Yun Ling."

"Hey, I'm talking about you!" Li Suchang said with some excitement.

"Legend has it that this Yun Ling is the reincarnation of a sword immortal. When practicing swordsmanship, one can perfectly replicate it after just one viewing, and master it by heart after just one practice."

"Wow, uncle master, is this true?" Li Suchang asked in a low voice.

"Almost." Yun Ling took a sip of tea and nodded.

"Master uncle is so powerful... Then who is more powerful, you or Master?" Li Suchang blinked.

"She is a little bit worse than me in terms of talent." Yun Ling explained.

"Is he more powerful than the master..." Li Suchang's eyes were filled with longing.

"What a pity, his talent is so outstanding that even God is jealous of his talent and has bestowed upon him an incurable disease." The storyteller sighed.

"But even with a weak body, under the guidance of the immortal, I can wield a long sword and wipe out all the demons."

"The story we're going to tell today is Yun Ling's first sword test!"

As the storyteller slowly began to speak, he described Yun Ling's sword-testing process vividly.

When the audience heard that Yun Ling was able to eliminate demons on his own at the age of six, and acted decisively to kill the "Chiyou flesh and blood" that was about to be resurrected, they all applauded.

"Good!" Li Suchang responded loudly and began to clap uncontrollably.

Yun Ling glanced at her. Is it necessary to be so excited?

"Uncle Master, did you really start practicing sword skills when you were six years old?" Li Suchang turned to ask Yun Ling, but in a joking tone.

After all, many of the things storytellers say are fabricated and cannot be fully trusted.

"Well, because I had learned everything except the 'Divine Essence', my master took me down the mountain to test my sword skills."

"The process wasn't as bizarre as he said. It was simply a matter of finding the lair of the Nine Netherworld descendants and then wiping them all out."

"Ah?!" Li Suchang opened her mouth wide, she didn't expect it to be true.

And he's only six years old... and he's already learned everything except divine essence?

"Uncle Master, you are not kidding, are you? It took me two full years to learn just the physical essence! And it took me five years to fully comprehend the soul essence!" Li Suchang said sourly.

"Then I guess that you must have started learning when you were one or two years old." Li Suchang found psychological comfort for herself.

"No, I went to Taixu Mountain when I was six years old. I learned all the Form and Soul Essence in one day, and the Intention Essence took two days. As for the Heart Essence, since the Sword Heart Technique is not suitable for men, I stopped making progress after practicing to 'Dustless'."

"How long did it take?" Li Suchang felt as if a sword was being stabbed into his chest frantically.

Although Yun Ling's words didn't mean that, she felt like they were constantly emphasizing that she was a waste...

"Half an hour."

"What about the divine essence?" Li Suchang continued to ask.

"Less than a month."

"Uncle Master, I suddenly feel that God's punishment on you is justified... Ouch!" Li Suchang held her head, and a bump appeared on her head.

After the storyteller finished his story, people dispersed one after another.

But the storyteller did not walk to the back, but walked towards Yun Ling.

His expression was extremely empty, as if he had been possessed by another spirit.

Yun Ling frowned, feeling that this scene seemed familiar.

"Yun Ling, I will find you!"

"Who are you?" Yun Ling looked at the storyteller.

He remembered, wasn't this the same scene as on Wangshan Mountain that year?

It was just that the Jiang sisters were the ones who delivered the message at that time.

"Hehehe..." The storyteller smiled sinisterly and did not answer.

The illusion disappeared and the storyteller disappeared.

"Uncle Master, Uncle Master?" Li Sushang poked Yun Ling's face.

"...What's wrong?" Yun Ling asked in confusion.

"Should we leave..." Li Suchang asked cautiously.

Yun Ling looked around. There were no people in the teahouse anymore, and it was getting dark outside.

More than an hour passed.

"Let's go." Yun Ling took a deep breath, stood up and left the teahouse.

"Master uncle, are you okay?" Li Suchang asked.

Yun Ling was in a daze just now, and it took him a whole hour to come back to his senses.

"It's okay, I just had some insights." Yun Ling shook his head and made up an excuse.

"Ah? You had a new realization just while drinking tea?" Li Suchang twitched the corners of his mouth. It was really discouraging.

"Oh right, I've been wanting to ask you since a while ago, since you've already mastered the Taixu Sword Qi at such a young age, what are you going to learn next?"

"I created my own technique." Yun Ling replied.

"Self-created?! Uncle Master, your self-created technique won't be more powerful than the 'Taixu Sword Qi', right?" There was a bit more anticipation in Li Suchang's eyes.

"Ah."

"Can you teach me?"

"You're not talented enough."

"..."

Chapter 93: Home

"I haven't even learned it, so why do you say I don't have enough talent?" Li Sushang looked at Yun Ling angrily.

"The entry requirement for the 'Taixu Guiyi Zhen Jue' is to learn the divine essence." Yun Ling reminded.

“...Ah!!! I was wrong. Is it not okay if I was wrong?” Li Suchang burst into tears.

"Just kidding." Yun Ling blinked.

"...Uncle Master, has anyone ever told you that you have a bad personality?" Li Sushang stared at Yun Ling intently, as if she wanted to cut him into pieces.

"But I'm not wrong. At least one needs to have the talent to touch the 'divine essence' to learn this technique. It's hard to say for you." Yun Ling shook his head.

Although Li Sushang is very talented, he is still far behind Yun Ling and Cheng Lingshuang. He has just entered Taixu and his divine essence is still a long way off.

"Well...I will definitely learn the divine essence!" Li Suchang said confidently with his neck stiff.

"Oh." Yun Ling nodded indifferently.

"So can you teach me in advance?" Li Suchang's eyes were shining with anticipation, so bright that Yun Ling's eyes felt a little painful.

"You haven't even fully mastered the Taixu Sword Qi, so why are you learning from me? Don't you understand the principle of biting off more than you can chew?" Yun Ling curled his lips and ignored her.

"I'm just laying a solid foundation for my future. Uncle Master, you might pass away someday. If your legacy isn't passed down, that would be a tragedy... Hey, hey, hey, I was wrong. Don't hit me, don't hit me."

Seeing Yun Ling raise his fist again, Li Suchang squatted down with her head in her hands and begged for mercy.

"Eat something before going back."

Li Sushang took Yun Ling to find an inn for dinner.

In the inn, Li Sushang was still asking about Yun Ling's self-created martial arts.

"So, what is your purpose in wanting to learn my self-created martial arts?" Yun Ling laid his cards on the table, looking straight into her eyes.

"I...actually, I am...that..." Li Suchang looked embarrassed.

"I want the master to praise me a little bit..."

Li Suchang blushed and expressed her thoughts.

The education she received from childhood to adulthood was without exception critical.

At home, her mother asked her to practice sword, but she would not give her any praise even if she performed well.

If you accidentally make a mistake, you will be slapped on the palm of your hand.

He was then sent to Mobei to study under Cheng Lingshuang.

But Cheng Lingshuang has a straightforward and somewhat dull temper, and always compares Li Suchang's progress with herself.

Naturally, there is no such thing as "praise".

Therefore, Li Suchang longs to be recognized by others.

Yun Ling didn't answer her.

Li Suchang probably felt that this reason was a bit too ridiculous, and she blushed and stopped talking.

"Have you heard? Yijian Villa was wiped out!"

"Well, I don't know what happened. After wiping out the whole family, they also set fire to Yijian Villa, as if to destroy the bodies and cover up all the evidence..."

The diners eating below were discussing in low voices what had happened in the past few days.

Li Suchang suddenly stood up and came to the two men at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye.

"What did you say? The entire Yijian Villa was wiped out?!" Li Suchang's eyes were filled with intense anger.

"Lady... what do you want to know?" The man who was captured had his feet off the ground and was flapping his legs in panic.

"The Yijian Villa you just mentioned, is it the Yijian Villa located in Jiangnan?" Li Sushang let him go and asked anxiously.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm!" The man nodded continuously like a falling onion.

"A few days ago, a huge fire suddenly broke out at Yijian Villa. When the fire was put out, it was discovered that the entire family in the villa had been slaughtered... That's all I know!"

He told Li Suchang everything he knew.

Hearing this, Li Suchang stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.

"Let's go back first." Yun Ling stood up and took the dazed-looking Li Suchang's hand and walked towards Zizai Gate.

Along the way, Li Suchang kept her head down, making it impossible to tell her emotions at the moment.

"Do you want to find out the truth and take revenge?" Yun Ling asked calmly.

"I... don't know, but I think I should do this." Li Suchang lowered her brows.

"It's just... I don't seem to feel particularly sad. I also want to be sad and cry... but I just don't."

"I don't want to cry, nor do I miss them particularly. I haven't seen my parents in ten years, but... they are indeed the closest people to me, right? Closer than Master, closer than anyone else, right? Now that they are dead, I should be very sad..."

Li Sushang told Yun Ling her true feelings.

"So what you care about is just the bond of blood?" Yun Ling asked back.

"No! I..." Li Suchang subconsciously wanted to refute.

But I just can't express my love for my parents.

Maybe as she grew up, she understood a lot.

For example, her mother didn't love her at all...she just treated her like a sword, begging and longing for her to become a human.

Become the person in her heart.

But that person is not Li Suchang, and Li Suchang will never become her.

It was because of this that Cheng Lingshuang forcefully took away the Xuanyuan Sword that Qin Suyi left for Li Sushang, and only returned it to her after all these years.

Qin Suyi regards Li Suchang as a sword, and hopes to teach her in the same way as Cheng Lingshuang, who was very similar to Chi Yuan, so that Li Suchang can become exactly what she wants.

What Qin Suyi didn't know was that when Yun Ling swung the sword at him, Cheng Lingshuang and Chi Yuan had already been completely separated.