Martial Forest

Chapter 32: First Impression Is Always Misleading

 ‘Qianbei, how long did I stay on bed for?’ he asked Bai Qingniu. Bai Qingniu smiling, answered with a bit of amazement and disbelief

 ‘A week’ hearing this Li Xian widened his eyes. A week? He shouted in his mind.

That is too long, he thinks to himself. He thought of all the points he could farm in a week and felt a bit despondent

Bai Qingniu could see the shock on Li Xian face but Bai Qingniu could feel that Li Xian think that lying in bed for a week is a very long.

Bai Qingniu could guess that this kid is a kid that would brought wonder to many martial arts master. Bai Qingniu then explain to Li Xian, shaking his head at Li Xian behaviors.

A wonder kid that does not know how miraculous it is for him to even talk with him this normally without any recognizable side effect

‘A week is already a miracle. I have never seen someone with such recovery ability like young hero Li. From my meager physician skill, this old man could see that you have opened a lot of acupoint in your body. It is because of this, your recovery is this fast. If its anyone else that was forced to that overexertion, it probably takes them a month before they could even get up from their bed. But, you could instantly move after opening your eyes. That is remarkable in itself. This old bones would really love to meet young hero Li teacher if I ever had the chance’

Li Xian just smiles bitterly. Li Xian did not want to correct the wrong perception of the old senior.

Let them think he has some powerful teacher behind him. After all, how could he explain his martial skill.

He could not say that just two days ago, he knows nothing about martial arts and two days later he could kill a martial arts expert like he had trained since he is his mother womb, could he?

‘Senior, how about that Broken Sword member?’

‘We already buried him’ Xu Wen said.

Li Xian finally notices the young disciple of the old senior. Li Xian nodded. He has already glance on the many things inside the hut.

There is some new furniture and some part of the hut has already been repaired. It must be this trio that help repairs his hut.

His hut no longer slightly above the ground and supported by wooden foot instead this time the floor is the ground. The hut is brand new. And there is a certain sense of aesthetic.

Hearing Shi Yuan words before, this old senior must be a person that also have many life experiences before being who he is now.

Li Xian did not think too much about it. He just cupped his hand toward the old senior and said

‘Thank you for the help’

Bai Qingniu shook his head and said.

‘It is us that should say that to young hero Li. If not for young hero Li, this old man, my granddaughter and my disciple would all be buried here.

Li Xian did not say anything about this because it is true.

And Bai Qingniu did not seem offended by this. Li Xian doesn’t seem to be the type that likes to talk that is the impression of the trio on Li Xian.

Li Xian take a few deep breath and then got up and Bai Qingniu said

‘It is best if young hero Li rest a bit more. We have a few games we caught yesterday, so we could eat meat a bit’ Li Xian only smiles and said

‘This junior appreciates the kindness but there is something that this junior must do first to be at ease inside this forest’

Saying this, he got up and was about to wear his fur clothing when Bai Pingting, the young girl grabs his hand.

Then blushing red on her cheeks, she pointed toward a bundle of wrapped clothes inside a large cloth.

Smiling, Bai Qingniu said

‘My disciple, little Xu brought a lot of clothes from the capital. Since we have owed young hero a lot, treat the clothes as gift then’

Li Xian nodded and then pick a white robe and black pants.

Because Xu Wen is only a few years older than him, the clothes fit for him.

He smiles a bit and shake his head like he found something funny about himself. While he was wearing the clothes someone is looking intently at him without Li Xian noticing

He stands there after finished wearing the clothes and Bai Pingting eyes could not help but attracted by the graceful figure of Li Xian sanding there like some beautiful painting.

Standing straight, he is like some attendant of some great old immortals, the forest and trees seems like the background of a beautiful painting while the main subject of the painting in Li Xian himself.

Li Xian of course did not notice the gaze of Bai Pingting.

Bai Pingting was looking at Li Xian intently while he is wearing the shirt.

Unlike most boy of their age, Li Xian face is flawless like he is descended from a well-groomed family of scholars and his face is a bit pale like a frail kid.

But when Li Xian stood up from his bed and Bai Pingting could see Li Xian body, she blushed a bit.

Li Xian body is like a washboard that she once saw some aunty had used to wash their clothes.

It is muscly, well sculpted and even with such a fragile and smooth appearance, who would have thought that this boy the same age as her is such an expert of the sword.

Unlike her senior brother, Li Xian image in Bai Pingting mind is that of young hero honing his skill in the adversity of the mountains and lake.

Even though Bai Pingting is still young and the same age as Li Xian, she knows more about relation between man and woman than most kids her age.

She follows her grandfather travelling and wherever she goes she is treated nicely.

In the Capital, she knows a few young lords but even though she herself was not a noble, because of the prestige of her grandfather, no one would purposely try to make trouble with her.

Because she mingled with those people, she also knows young lords the same age as her and none of them were as impressive as this boy inside this forest.

They were handsome but Li Xian was also handsome and even more beautiful even from the most scholars she had known famous in the Capital

She learns about the relation between man and woman from the brothels.

Unlike other young lady of the capital, Bai Pingting followed her grandfather everywhere treating sick people.

And when one said everywhere, it truly meant everywhere.

Her grandfather did not discriminate on anyone who seeks his service.

As such, even the brothel lady sometime ask the help of her grandfather.

As such, she is probably the only young lady in the Capital that frequented the many famous brothels of the capital the most.

When she accompanied her grandfather, these brothel ladies often share stories with her. Some told her that men are heartless.

Some told them men are not only heartless they are evil.

They all have their stories. Some of them are tragic while some of them are bittersweet.

Some of them teaches her the Art of Seducing, others taught her ways to reject men advances, and some teaches them the Art of Loving

Some of the women in the brothel is pitiful, some are not. Depends on the circumstances of someone in the brothel, some are pitiful and some are not.

As such, she knows about the matter of men and women a lot. But that is of course only in theory.

Li Xian appearance when she first met him was of that of barbarian tribe. But even the barbarian tribes did not have such a smooth skin and jade like appearance.

From even then, Bai Pingting was fascinated with Li Xian.

She did not do much and she did not talk with Li Xian. But she is curious. What life story of this boy that was around the same age as hers?

Why is he such an expert with the sword? Why does he live inside a hut in such a dangerous forest?

Bai Pingting and her grandfather roamed the martial arts world and met many people of Jianghu.

But most that wanted to meet with her grandfather were all sick people.

Even though most of the people that were treated by her grandfather were all powerful martial artist and some of them have a great and resounding reputation inside Wulin, since they were sick and asking for treatment, they rarely fight anymore and waiting only for her grandfather to heal them

She had never seen martial artist fight in front of her eyes before. The night when that evil Wang capture her, was the first time she saw a fight between martial artist.

She had never seen martial artist fight and even more shocking she have never seen such a young martial artist.

Li Xian is younger than even her senior brother but if her senior brother fought with Li Xian, she bet, her senior brother could not take even one strike.

To her, the stories of martial artist fighting in the Jianghu, carving a name for themselves has always been like a tall story for her.

But this past week, she was fascinated many times. She still remembers how Li Xian valiantly fought against that old man with the blade.

If not for Li Xian, all three of them would have died. Li Xian fought that old man like some hero of justice in the many tales of wanderer of Wulin.

With one sword in their hands, they could roam everywhere in the world, looking down from the mountain top or resting around the lakes and laughing carefreely at the world.

It was then that Bai Pingting understood what she felt for the boy., This is what those brothel ladies warn her about. She had a crush on Li Xian.

Li Xian did not notice the turbulent feeling of Bai Pingting heart. As he finished wearing the clothes, he gran his sword. He halted for a moment as he saw a blade hanging up there on the walls of the hut.

It is the blade of Shi Yuan. Li Xian only smiles.

‘Maybe later’ he thought to himself.

He too wanted to check what is so special about that blade that it enables a person with measly internal energy like Shi Yuan could roam the Jianghu unhindered.

For now, there are other things that needs more of his attention. He straps the sheathe of the sword on his left hip and sheathed his sword inside the sheath.

Then not sparing anyone a glance, he went out of the hut and disappear into the forest.

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