Vol 1 CH 6 (1/2)

Chapter 6: Gongsun Jing

Yi Ping did not kno long he had been wandering since he had left the Eternal Ice Palace Was it days, weeks or months? He could not really remember

That was because all he could re the Eternal Ice Palace, was that he got very drunk; Very dead drunk When he ake, he was in bed naked; and so were Shui Yujian and Shui Meijian ere beside him

That hy he left the Eternal Ice Palace in haste and he was in a daze for a long time What did he actually do? He could not believe what he had done and what had happened

“Yixian, Yujian, Meijian…forgives me…”

He cursed hi their trust in hiine that he had actually destroyed the lives of two innocent maidens in his drunken state After that he was in low spirits for a really long tiht of Yixian, Yujian and Meijian

Yixian had entrusted her two protégés to hi so unthinkable to theive himself for what he had done

He thought of taking his life on numerous occasions but when he remembered that he had not found his wife’s killer yet, he reluctantly pulled hiain

He was Yi Ping of old again It was as though he was still a wanderer and had never been to the Eternal Ice Palace Everything was just a beautiful dream No one would ever believe him even if he tells anyone

But he could not forget the fact that Shui Yixian was his wife and that she had died in his eet the blood feud that he had with the yellow dressed maiden He had no idea where she was He did not even know her nah she had never existed

He was confused Was everything just a dream?

He was drinking wine as usual in a tavern He did not have a habit of drinking before he went to the Eternal Ice Palace But because drinking was the only way for hiic death of his wife, he retorted to it That was another reason why he could not ree of time as he was drunk most of the time

He thought he had a purpose but he had since lost that purpose Even if he could find his enemy, could he be able to defeat her?

All of a sudden, so alone? Do you mind if we sit beside you?”

Yi Ping looked up and saw a handsoreeted him and he looked like a refine scholar There were two others with hi but old for he exudes strength and vitality The other was a e monk with a thick white eyebrow

The refine scholar added, “I apologize for not properly introducing ”

Those with the clan surnasun were few and only one martial family carried that clan na the Benevolent froarded and won the respect of the pugilistic heroes for his kindness and thoughtfulness

Even Yi Ping had heard of his renown and had once wished to be acquainted with him! But that was in the past and all he wanted noas to be left alone

Gongsun Jing had seen a handso by the sword that he had besides hi er to recruit the likes of hier they were, the easier to be acquainted with!

It was not a one sided friendshi+p Likewise, the pugilistic heroes fro for he had the renowned and would be a powerful backer in the future

Unfortunately for Gongsun Jing, Yi Ping was not from any martial clan The sword that he had with hirabbed from the Eternal Ice Palace on a whim as he had lost his oord And today, he was only interested in drinking and had just started

The sword that Yi Ping had randorabbed was one of the four most precious swords of the Eternal Ice Palace, christened the White Emerald Phoenix

Gongsun Jing was eying Yi Ping’s sword and said, “Do you mind that I take a look at your sword?” He had said so casually as the white eht his attention He was a swordsman and interested in all kinds of swords

To his surprise, Yi Ping simply said “You can take a look” He placed the sword onto the table

In the ard their weapons dearly and would never allow strangers to inspect their weapons A weapon weight and its characteristic would often give their opponents’ clues on how best to counter it

And moreover, a swordsman would never part with his sword unless he was dead

Therefore Gongsun Jing had not really expected this young man to surrender his sword so readily He had expected the young man to either reject hiood idea if he was a friend or foe

Gongsun Jing took the White Emerald Sword and inspected it There was a ‘White Phoenix’ and an ‘Emerald’ inscription on it The e were real and the blade of the sas exceptional sharp!

Even the one armed old man who did not appeared to be interested in the sword at first, was exclai had just unsheathed the sword, “What a good sword! It is surely one of the few top tier swords in the fraternity!”

When the White E malevolent aura of the sas brilliant and everyone could feel its chill piercing through their bones!

Gongsun Jing was bewildered The owner of this sword had to be from a renowned martial clan in order to protect this sword and would be zealous of it

But this young man did not seem to care very much for his sword

And he did not see with him even after he had reported his nah to show him his sword

Even in the Honor Manor, there were no swords of this quality and Gongsun Jing was secretly covetous of the White Emerald Sword

He reluctantly returned the White E, who took back the sithout saying anything