Chapter 34 Practicing Sword Skill for Three Years on Sword-Free Mountain
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Dancing Butterfly Sword Skill was neither as sharp as Five Moves of Wind Floating Sword nor as forceful as Flying Dragon Thirty-Six Sticks. It was flexible and graceful, not like the sword skill but as the sword dance.
As Ye Suifeng said, he coped with all motions by remaining motionless and conquered the unyielding with the yielding, which was superior to Wind Floating Sword Skill and Flying Dragon Thirty-Six Sticks.
Dancing Butterfly Sword Skill and Tai Ji Sword Skill differed in approach but had equally satisfactory results. Dancing Butterfly Sword Skill was more graceful and flexible than Tai Ji Sword Skill.
Mu Qianmei, who had the basis of dance, practiced it better. Her flexible body combined with the flexible sword skill. It was more attractive than ordinary sword skills.
It was a sword skill customized for Mu Qianmei. She had a basis of Flying Dragon Thirty-Six Sticks and knew Five Moves of Wind Floating Sword well, which were basic skills.
Dancing Butterfly Sword Skill was created from Five Moves of Wind Floating Sword and combined with the moves of Flying Dragon Thirty-Six Sticks.
Therefore, Mu Qianmei got twofold results with half the effort.
Mu Qianmei stayed on the sword-free mountain and practiced the sword skill.
A long time went by.
An old person, who had a white beard and hair and was very kind, taught a pretty body and a beautiful girl to practice the best sword skills in the world, Wind Floating Sword Skill and Dancing Butterfly Sword Skill, on the top of the sword-free mountain.
They sometimes practiced separately. One was unrestrained, and the other was graceful, which was attractive.
They sometimes practiced together, got a mutual promotion, and progressed by discussing the advantages and disadvantages.
The three people got along well with each other. Ye Suifeng laughed more. Every time his students progressed, he laughed. What more could he ask for since he had two excellent students?
Liu Tingfeng and Mu Qianmei lived happily. They were of similar age and had many words to talk with each other. But Mu Qianmei had the experience of the previous life and knew much.
On the sword-free mountain, Mu Qianmei was Liu Tingfeng's senior sister and his teacher. She taught him a lot of knowledge and told him various stories. He grew up rapidly.
Mu Qianmei was his friend and also his teacher.
Three years had passed.
The boy grew into a sixteen-year-old handsome young man who was attractive, talented, and charming.
But his eyes were still pure. He was not sophisticated at all, like a piece of unprocessed jade.
The girl turned into a graceful young girl who was seventeen years old. She had long black hair and light-colored eyebrows. She was a flawless beauty.
She had the appearance of a young girl, but her eyes were charming, having a mature temperament not matched with her age.
They were the students, Liu Tingfeng and Mu Qianmei, of Ye Suifeng, the Great Sword Master.
They had never stopped practicing whether in hot summer and cold winter or on rainy days and snowy days.
"Weapon practice relies on persistence!"
Ye Suifeng had ever said.
Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng strictly followed his requirement. They never slacked off even during the three periods of the hot season or the three periods of the cold season.
At first, Ye Suifeng set an example and guided them, correcting their gesture and action seriously.
Then they had their thought and inspiration.
They made rapid progress in the initial stage. Mu Qianmei had a basis and faculty of understanding so she could progress quickly.
But the longer the time, the slower her progress. Just like climbing the mountain, the higher you went, the harder it got.
She could only depend on herself.
In the later stage, Ye Suifeng seldom set an example. He just watched them and gave directions.
Over the past year, he hardly guided them. The master taught the student, but the student shall practice by himself hard.
Ye Suifeng had taught them what he knew. They were supposed to depend on themselves later.
Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng had the same teacher but had different sword skills.
Liu Tingfeng's Wind Floating Sword Skill was unrestrained and forceful. The moves of his sword skill were quick and graceful as if the wind in the autumn had blown the fallen leaves.
This sword skill was full of manly sense.
Mu Qianmei's Dancing Butterfly Sword Skill was soft and smooth, like the beautiful natural stream, without stopping.
This sword skill was full of tender sense.
One was manly, and the other was tender. Hardness and softness combined. These two kinds of sword skills were different but complementary.
They had been learning together, practicing the sword skills together, and living together every day. They had used to each other's accompanying.
Today, Ye Suifeng wasn't here. Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng, who had finished practicing, were going to rest.
A homing pigeon stood on a branch in front of Mu Qianmei.
Mu Qianmei picked up the homing pigeon softly, took up a slip of paper, and read it. Then she turned to be astonished!
There were a few words in the paper.
"Beggar g**g has something urgent about your birth. Please come back as quickly as possible."
It turned out that Mu Qianmei managed to contact Beggar g**g through the homing pigeon since she decided to stay here and learn the sword skill from the Great Sword Master, Ye Suifeng.
In these years, she didn't stay in Beggar g**g but still needed to deal with and decide something important.
She knew very well about the change of Yugu Continent.
Feng Tianyu and Ouyang Bo knew that Mu Qianmei practiced the sword skill on the sword-free mountain, so they seldom bothered her. They usually decided on general or urgent events. They used homing pigeons only when deciding some solutions to the long-term development of Beggar g**g.
She requested Feng Tianyu to do two things for her.
Firstly, he would make good on the promise that she had made to Mo Huan and Mo Chou. She told Ye Suifeng about them and asked for the sword skill. They had gotten along with each other for a long time, like the family. She knew about Ye Suifeng. The more direct the talk was, the more he liked it.
Ye Suifeng directly gave a great sword skill to her, "Meteor Sword Skill", which had been lost at all corners of the country for a long time.
Meteor Sword Skill belonged to Star Faction, a killer organization one hundred years ago. Star Faction ever dominated Yugu Continent and became the first killer organization of Yugu Continent.
In thirty years, no mission had failed.
But they received a challenging mission, killing Ye Suifeng.
Ye Suifeng, a young swordsman, was famous and had never been defeated just by depending on Wind Floating Sword Skill.
So Ye Suifeng offended many factions. They admired him apparently but secretly hoped that someone could kill Ye Suifeng.
Then many killer organizations received such a killing mission, killing Ye Suifeng.
Unfortunately, all the killer organizations that received such a mission disappeared mysteriously.
Star Faction didn't resist the temptation of the generous rewards and was confident in Meteor Sword Skill, so they took the mission.
Everybody was hoping that this mission could succeed, but Star Faction vanished.
Star Faction and their Meteor Sword Skill disappeared together.
Since then, no one on Yugu Continent dared to take the mission of killing Ye Suifeng.
Soon after, Ye Suifeng fed up with the resentment and killing of all corners of the country, so he lived on the sword-free mountain.
After hearing Mu Qianmei's request, he thought of this sword skill and gave it to her.
He shortly told this process after Mu Qianmei asked.
"Is the sword skill of the killer organization suitable for just people to practice?"
Mu Qianmei hesitated and asked in confusion.
"Well, this sword skill isn't scary at all. It aims at the three words -- rapid, ruthless and accurate! The learning is simple, and the practice is safe. The sword skill is very fit for practicing alone. You can tell them through the homing pigeons! But, you're supposed to tell them that they could only practice alone and would never let others know. Otherwise, this would cause a disaster."
Ye Suifeng told her seriously.
Meteor Sword Skill was sent to Mo Huan and Mo Chou via the homing pigeons in batches.
Mu Qianmei expected their achievement.
Secondly, she requested Feng Tianyu to investigate the girl from the brothel, Ziyue, whom they saved on the day Mu Qianmei was lost. She needed to figure out whether they could establish an intelligence department relying mainly on the brothel by taking the girl as the entry point and using the Qianchu House as the head office.
Feng Tianyu had ever told her that he had arranged.
Only by investigating could Mu Qianmei know the specific condition.
They had been sending messages for many years. Feng Tianyu had never told her to come back, so she didn't expect that she could receive such an urgent message.
Liu Tingfeng found that Mu Qianmei frowned. She was a little confused and anxious. He asked:
"Senior sister, what's it in the message? Why are you so anxious?"
"Beggar g**g requests me to come back. Maybe I'm going to leave."
Mu Qianmei said sadly and didn't feel like leaving the innocent, handsome young person in white. They had been living together for three years. It was hard for her to get away.
Her master, Ye Suifeng, had been teaching her patiently, so she felt like staying with him, learning from him, and showing filial obedience.
"It's a message related to the little girl's birth, which is urgent. They must be in a special situation."
Mu Qianmei thought.
"How about discussing it with Master? Maybe he has some good ideas!"
Liu Tingfeng said.
"Okay, let's go! We're going to see Master!"
Mu Qianmei said and then walked to Ye Suifeng's training room with Liu Tingfeng.
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