B1C18: First kills of fury (1)
Hah!
Qin
Yu, dressed in fitted black clothes, is galloping along the highway on
tall black horse, heading directly for Yan City alone. In the sky above
his head, a black eagle is soaring with wings spread. It is Qin Yu’s pet
Xiao Hei.
Feeling strong winds blowing on him, Qin Yu’s face is full of enjoyment.
‘Ha-ha,
this feeling is really invigorating. After taking off those 200 jin of
weights, my whole body feels light as if it’s floating.’ Qin Yu
excitedly props his hands against the horse and does a high flip on its
back. He spreads his arms, feeling the strong winds, and falls down
precisely on the horse’s back.
He started training when he was 8
and has been undergoing limit training for 5 years. He has almost never
wasted any time. In addition, the flesh of his whole body has been
continuously absorbing internal energy and transforming. Therefore, his 5
years of training is at least equal to ordinary people’s 10 years of
limit training. Qin Yu already became a veritable external expert.
His
body-maneuvering skill is light, elegant and effective. His speed is
fast like a cunning hare. His explosiveness, strength and so on all
cannot be matched by those of ordinary experts.
‘Hah! Hah!’ Qin Yu
accelerates in excitement. The horse gallops more vigorously and in an
instant there is only a trail of dust left on the highway while his
silhouette has already disappeared toward its far end.
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As
the horse gallops, the scenery on the sides of the road is quickly left
behind Qin Yu. He suddenly decelerates and stops. Then he gets off the
horse and runs directly toward a village. Qin Yu goes to town for a
stroll twice every year. The first time he went to town from Misty
Villa, he had a drink of water in this village and became friends with
some local children.
‘Xiao Shan, Xiao Lu,’ calls Qin Yu as soon as he reaches the entrance of the village.
‘Xiao
Yu.’ A robust youth with an iron shovel in his hands runs out in
excitement. This youth is bare-chested, revealing his chunks of muscle.
These muscles contain in them an explosive strength. This is none other
than Qin Yu’s good friend Tie Shan, who just turned 16 this year.
‘Brother
Yu.’ A little girl with a ponytail also runs out and abruptly embraces
Qin Yu. This little girl is Tie Shan’s little sister Xiao Lu, who is
only 8 this year.
‘Xiao Yu, how are you?’ Some villagers around
him also enthusiastically greet him. They all know Qin Yu fairly well.
After all, he has visited here several times. Qin Yu is dressed
differently from normal people but he treats other people extremely
nicely. And this is the reason why the villagers like Qin Yu.
‘Xiao
Lu, Da Shan, I haven’t come here for about a half year. How are you
doing?’ inquires Qin Yu after them with a smiling expression as he
strokes Xiao Lu’s head tenderly.
‘We’re doing fine.’ Tie Shan says
laughingly. Next to him, Xiao Lu, with her big round black eyes
brightening, suddenly says: ‘Brother Yu, are you thirsty? I’m going to
fetch water.’ As she finishes saying, she runs directly towards her home
without waiting for Qin Yu to reply.
When Qin Yu first came to this village at that time, it was because he was thirsty and wanted a drink of water.
‘Da
Shan, I’m going to town right now. If you want to buy something, I’ll
help you buy it,’ asks Qin Yu. As soon as Tie Shan hears that, he thinks
for a while and says with an uncomfortable smile: ‘I want to buy a
somewhat good battle knife. I’ve saved nearly enough money to buy one.’
‘There’s
no need to mention your savings. I’ll buy one and give it to you as a
present.’ Qin Yu says laughingly while patting Tie Shan’s shoulder. Tie
Shan is a bit stupefied. Then he says immediately: ‘How is it going to
be alright? A good battle knife is very expensive. How can…’
‘Brother Yu, water.’ Xiao Lu runs up to him while holding a bowl of water.
Qin
Yu receives the water. With his eyes narrowed, he smiles and looks at
Xiao Lu: ‘You couldn’t have done me a favor for no reason. Say it. What
do you want your brother Yu to do for you?’ In a glance Qin Yu sees
through the mind of this crafty little girl Xiao Lu.
‘Oops … I’m
caught!’ Xiao Lu winks her big eyes several times and blushes. Then she
says uncomfortably: ‘Brother Yu, I want a cloth doll. That kind with a
big red flower embroidered on the head!’
Qin Yu laughingly
squeezes Xiao Lu’s nose once and says: ‘I got it. A cloth doll with a
big red flower embroidered on the head right? Don’t worry. I’ll
definitely buy it for you.’ Qin Yu likes this little girl Xiao Lu very
much. When he first came here, she was only 5 years old.
After
drinking the water, Qin Yu returns the bowl to Xiao Lu and says to her
and Tie Shan: ‘Da Shan, Xiao Lu, I’m going first. When I get back I’m
going to bring you the things you want.’
‘Xiao Yu, this money.’
Tie Shan is holding some copper coins in his hands, not knowing what to
say. However, Qin Yu is already running to the horse. After a jump,
which is about 2 to 3 m high, he sits firmly on the horse’s back. Then,
after a neigh of the horse, Qin Yu disappears in front of them.
‘Good bye, brother Yu.’ Xiao Lu immediately waves her little hand.
……
After entering Yan City, Qin Yu goes directly to the East Vanquishing Prince mansion.
‘Uncle
Li, help me take care of the horse!’ With a push of the hands, Qin Yu
immediately jumps into the air from the horse’s back. Then he does a
flip and falls down. His movements are extremely fast. A black eagle,
which has been staying in the sky, dives down and stands directly on Qin
Yu’s shoulder. It is Xiao Hei.
When the 2 men who are guarding
the East Vanquishing Prince mansion see Qin Yu, they immediately kneel
down and say respectfully: ‘Third Prince.’
Every time Qin Yu went
to Yan City he returned to the Prince’s mansion so the people in the
mansion all know him and know that he comes to the mansion perhaps
because he wants to see if his father is at home or not.
The
mansion’s Manager Ge Min immediately walks out with a smiling
expression: ‘Xiao Yu, His Highness has not returned yet.’ Ge Men says
immediately. He knows every time Qin Yu returned to the mansion he
wanted to inquire after the Prince so he tells him in advance this time.
‘Oh.’ Qin Yu is slightly dejected. Then he says with a smile: ‘Grandpa Ge, take me to the Weapon Storing Warehouse.’
‘Then you follow me,’ says Ge Min with a smile.
The
Weapon Storing Warehouse is not something ordinary people can enter.
The mansion has several secret places such as the Weapon Storing
Warehouse and the Secret-Book Archive. But there are some people who can
enter these places as they wish. They are Prince Qin De, the 3 younger
princes, Xu Yuan, Lian Yan and the mansion’s manager. Not even the
vice-manager of the mansion is eligible to come into these places.
They
go through various pavilions, terraces, towers, richly ornamented
structures, winding corridors and paths, and one courtyard after
another.
The princely mansion occupies a very large area. Only
after following Ge Min for a long time does Qin Yu come into a secret
underground warehouse. This secret underground warehouse is called the
Weapon Storing Warehouse. Each and every weapon in this warehouse is an
outstanding one.
‘Xiao Yu, you can choose whichever weapon you want. I’m leaving first,’ says Ge Min laughingly.
‘Grandpa
Ge, please help me prepare a battle knife, a black iron battle knife!
Also, prepare a cloth doll for me. Just remember one thing -- the doll
must have a big red flower embroidered on its head.’ Qin Yu hurriedly
entrusts those things to Ge Min. Yan City is very big. Qin Yu knows
where to buy a battle knife, but he does not know where to buy a cloth
doll. Therefore, it is easiest to let the mansion’s people prepare them.
Ge
Min is startled: ‘A cloth doll? And even with an embroidered big red
flower?’ He examines Qin Yu all over several times. However, no matter
how Ge Min looks at him, he cannot imagine that Qin Yu who has the same
height as his actually likes cloth dolls. But because Qin Yu asked him
to do so, he cannot refuse either.
‘Alright, Xiao Yu, because you
like cloth dolls, and even like embroidered big red flowers, I’ll send
someone to buy one for you,’ says Ge Min laughingly. After that he walks
out of the Weapon Storing Warehouse immediately.
‘This …’ Qin Yu
is stupefied for a moment. ‘I like cloth dolls, and even like
embroidered big red flowers?’ Only after a while can he react. He
immediately turns around and says hurriedly: ‘Grandpa Ge …’ But by this
time Ge Min has already left.
There is nothing Qin Yu can do. What
is the matter? He himself is unexpectedly mistaken for a lover of dolls
with big red flowers embroidered on the heads.
‘It’s not
important.’ Qin Yu gives an unconcerned laugh then starts to look for
that Yuchang sword carefully. This Weapon Storing Warehouse has several
tens weapons, which all belong to the so-called Xian grade of goods.
Most of them are made from some good minerals taken from the Wilderness.
Generally, weapons are divided into mundane-grade ones and Xian-grade ones.
Mundane-grade
items are made from or of minerals and materials which can be found
easily on the Qian Long continent. Xian-grade items are extremely hard
to acquire. They either are found in the Wilderness or are weapons made
from or of materials taken from the bodies of the Wilderness’s magical
beasts. Of course, the mundane grade is divided into high, middle and
low. Likewise, the Xian grade is divided into high Xian grade, middle
Xian grade and low Xian grade.
The Yuchang sword is a low Xian-grade short sword. However, among all the weapons it is the only short sword.
‘Yuchang
sword,’ says Qin Yu as he looks at the short sword before him. This
sword is 1 cun wide and a bit over 7 cun long. It is pitch-black and
unnoticeable. It is very hard to see a sword which is so black. ‘Perhaps
this is the special characteristic of the meteoric metals?’
Qin
Yu is holding the short sword. This pitch-black Yuchang sword basically
does not reflect light. If it is used to kill someone in the dark, it
will be absolutely difficult for the target to detect it.
Whizz!
Qin
Yu makes a very rapid movement with his hand. As he finishes the
Yuchang sword has already disappeared completely. It has disappeared in
his hand.
Qin Yu has been practicing the ‘Concealing Sword,
Drawing Sword’ principle of the Yu Clan's One Sword for about 2 years.
He has almost mastered the Concealing Sword move. When he conceals the
short sword, other people basically have no way to detect it. Moreover,
this Yuchang sword is only a bit longer than 7 cun, it does not affect
Qin Yu’s close-quarters combat at all.
Suddenly Qin Yu right hand
makes a movement. 2 sharp noises can be heard in the air but Qin Yu’s
right hand is still empty as before.
If there was an expert here,
he would have been able to see that in a moment just now the Yuchang
sword appeared in Qin Yu hand, he made 2 extremely fast cuts with it
then it instantly disappeared in his hand. His speed was extremely fast.
This goes to show the speed of Concealing Sword.
‘The sword
concealing method of the Yu Clan's One Sword is really outstanding but
the Concealing Sword part in the Ancestral Dragon Art book says it will
take 10 years to reach my current level in Concealing Sword while I only
needed 2 years to achieve it. It looks like the description in the
Ancestral Dragon Art book isn’t completely correct.’ Qin Yu sighs and
says emotionally.
He was wrong.
Ordinary experts will really
need 10 years, but the flesh on Qin Yu’s body has been absorbing
internal energy so its flexibility and toughness have become extremely
high. Moreover, Qin Yu often trains the speed and sensitivity of his
fingers, giving him an exceptionally good control of his muscles. With
good muscle flexibility and muscle toughness, add to that a good control
of muscles, and Qin Yu can easily conceal the Yuchang sword by means of
his muscles. How could ordinary experts train their bodies to this
extent?’
It is very normal that his 2 years of practicing the
Concealing Sword is equal to ordinary people’s 10 years. It can be seen
from this that Zhao Yunxing was absolutely right when he said Qin Yu had
to train to have a perfect body first then practice offensive
techniques later.
Grinding the ax does not harm the firewood chopping skill -- It is this principle!
There
are other weapons in the Weapon Storing Warehouse such as knives,
spears, sticks and so on but Qin Yu simply does not care about them.
‘It’d
be better if there was a pair of gloves to enhance the knuckles’
offensive force.’ Qin Yu looks around carefully. Even though his
knuckles have a powerful offensive force, and are also extremely tough,
he cannot fight users of extremely good weapons with bare hands. If his
knuckles are protected by a good pair of gloves then he will be able to
fight them.
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End of b1c18.