Vol 1 CH 36 (1/2)

Chapter 36:The Secrets of the Celestial Palace

Ding Yun was already waiting for Yi Ping with tords in her hands One was a fine long shile the other was a soft and thin sword

Yi Ping was looking flustered as he ht now, made him his heart raced even faster He tried hard to control his heartbeat through the Divine Revelation Heart Intricacy Skill

It was because Ding Yun had her hair braided into bun and a long left pony Even though Ding Yun was not the most beautiful maiden that he had known but her quiet de very hard

In the past when he had suspected that she was Yixian’s killer, he was obsessed in searching for her to avenge for Yixian However, he kne that he was actually attracted to her for his heart never ceases to stop beating fast whenever he ith her He had actually reestures and expressions by heart

He was really afraid to look into her dull expressionless eyes for it seeical power that seemed to drawn him to her He could not believe that he had actually had the tenacity to ask her to be his wife in a moment of anxiety to calm down her suicide tendency

He sighed in his heart, “Lingfeng, Youxue, I a, what is wrong with you? You are just a heartless and unfaithful person, unfit to be a hero like your father How a to explain to your father?”

But when he looked at Ding Yun again, his , you are so lucky to be acquainted with her As long as she doesn’t end her life prematurely and have calmed down in the future, you mustn’t hurt her and seriously take her as your wife or you will really be hurting her Yixian now I know you are alive, I will surely look for you”

A all the maidens that he had known, only Shui Yixian was the only person that he had really feel strongly for and she was also his sanctioned wife since they had gone through the sacred e vows And he had intended to keep his vows for her and looked for her as soon as possible for he had missed her sorely

He had not expected that after he had left the Heavenly Mountains, he would have bu, his father and so est headache was actually Lele He did not really kno to explain to Yixian Should he leave Yixian for her own good instead?

Yi Ping sighed again He did not bla her own death from him After all, she probably had her own difficulties and the Yixian that he had knoas a tender ood as well

But he had instead betrayed her trust in him and had violated Shui Yujian and Meijian in his drunken stupor

All of a sudden he thought, “What if Yixian knohat I did to Yu’Er and Mei’Er? Maybe that is why she doesn’t even want to see me…I am so sinful Alas! Yixian, what have I done You will never forgive me now You have tried to wish é leader of the Eternal Ice Palace so that my daily needs can be taken care of But I have betrayed your trust…”

Ding Yun looked keenly at him before she interrupted quietly, “You are late for practice Where is Lele?”

Yi Ping sta by the pool”

This ravine had many pools and streams

He added quickly, “She says that the water here is miraculous and she did not want to leave any scar behind so she wants to dip in the pool a little longer”

Ding Yun bea in the pools every ”

Yi Ping turned completed red as he stammered with embarrassment, “She…she…”

Everyand took him to an isolated spot

In the weein the cave, Lele had woke hi, I think I have found a way out Can you come with me quietly?”

Yi Ping asked, “I go wake Yun’Er, wait for me…”

Lele smiled mysteriously, “No need We just take a quick look first There a huge rock blocking the path I need your help to push the boulder aside Come”

Yi Ping yawned sleepily as he followed her

Lele took him to an isolated place far from the cave as she eyed him nervously

Yi Ping looked around the place as he asked, “Where is the boulder?”

Lele said softly, “There is only a pig here”

Yi Ping was startled as he drew his long sword, “Where is the pig? That will make a fine meal”

Lele was so agitated that she scolded hi, silly!”

Yi Ping was startled, “I a?”

Lele said, “If you are not a pig, then who is?”

Yi Ping was surprised as he asked, “Lele, surely you are not asking ?”

Lele sighed, “You silly piggy You don’t even knohat I want?”

Yi Ping blinked his eyes as he exclaimed, “I’ but can you show me the boulder?”

Lele shed, “Why you…you are not roht?”

Yi Ping was flushi+ng red as he stammered, “I…remember…”

Lele suddenly kissed him as she said, “So do you knohat I want now?”

Normally Lele would not be so bold It was because she had used the Bewitching Soul Seizing Skill on Yi Ping While this skill had a powerful influence on others, this skill was actually a life and death contest betillpowers of the victihtly Even Lie Qing dared not used it beyond the initial probing

But Lele had took the skill a step further as she was afraid of losing Yi Ping and letting herself be hurt She was confident that a youngwould never have the state of divinity to resist the Bewitching Soul Seizing Skill She rong and the skill backfired on her; instead of causing Yi Ping to be hopelessly smitten by her, she was smitten instead

Of course, the very reason that she had dared to use the Bewitching Soul Seizing Skill to char in the first place

Luckily, her state of divinity was strong enough to resist her own skill and the only negative effect was that it weakened her natural resistance, e

Yi Ping was naturally a shy young htly and his heartbeat raced nervously when he touched her soft body He thought of pushi+ng her away but it seeth had departed fro aardly hot

The fact that Lele was an extraordinary beauty weakened his resolute She was not only glamorous but her dedicated softness caused hihtful that it seemed to have a spell on him

Yi Ping had never had this sensation and feeling before He tried very hard to re with Yu’Er and Mei’Er before but the memory always eluded hi!

Before he had even realized it, he had seized Lele as they were kissing, rolling on the ground and undressing one another He looked at Lele as now blushi+ng with shyness as he caressed her soft silken body Her shyness was very obvious for she was very fair, as fair as Yixian, Yu’Er and Mei’Er

Even though Yi Ping had met many beautiful maidens but this was the first ti, there was nothing in his mind except for Lele

Yi Ping was a sentily for kinshi+p and friendshi+p with a strong sense of righteousness He would never take the first initiative to court Lele But a series of extraordinary encounters and coincidences brought theether

What they did not knoas that they had lost their first time to one another too

That hy they were now cluled in each other’s eether

Lele said softly, “You clu…”

Yi Ping said, “I never done this sort of thing before…”

Lele bit him on his shoulder hard as she said, “You’re obviously a liar You have so many maidens around you Alas, why must I fall into your hands…”

Yi Ping smiled bitterly, “I should be the one that should say that…”

He was interrupted by another painful bite by Lele as she said softly, “Liar, liar! We should try to do it every day…”

And it hat they had been secretly doing every …

However, their actions did not go unnoticed by Maiden Ding Yun as she said in a lohisper, “Both of you are getting too out of hand and getting noisier Didn’t you realize that I can hear your echoes in this valley…”

Yi Ping had suddenly frozen in embarrassment

Just when Yi Ping did not knohat to say, Lele had suddenly appeared as she whispered shyly, “Good sister, letfirst!”

Yi Ping was relieved that Lele had arrived in a nick of ti

Lele averted her eyes froht shyly, “What a terrible e Yun has overheard us Now I need a hole to hide in…”

Lele raised her dark scythe as she leapt towards Yi Ping,technique was her ‘Rapid Mirage Bursts’

Yi Ping mustered his martial power to steady himself even as he raised his white emerald sword as the silence windforce of Lele’s attacks threatened to sweep him off his feet!

Theabout Lele’s attacks was its unbelievable speed Even though her dark scythe looked unwieldy, e headlong into her and hence lost their lives as they lost their footings when the silent windforce caught them by surprise

Even standing on their ground to exchange strokes with her was not an option for her dark scythe was extre to parry it

Yi Ping’s internal strength was not weak In fact, due to th and martial power had increased so treilists in their entire lifetime could not even dreamt of

Even though Yi Ping had parried Lele’s ‘Rapid Mirage Bursts’ umpteen of times with his ‘Improved Horizon Swordplay’ that was i and physically draining experience for him It required his full concentration and he dared not be careless

The Improved Horizon Swordplay was an i Yun to absorb the impact of the opponents’ attacks and weakened the opponent strength by using the sword as a shi+eld

Even as three burst of bright lights and shrieking impact could be seen and heard, Lele had already followed up with another three quick attacks!

Yi Ping immediately followed up with another three strokes to counter her

In less than a few seconds, they had exchanged more than twenty strokes!

Lele s You used to unable to even handle even my first ten strokes in the past”

Yi Ping shouted, “Lele, you are not focusing and is careless…”

He had dashed headlong into Lele with his shen she had justto him But to his utter disbelief, Lele had suddenly retracted her dark scythe, turning it aside and crashed it like a heavy pole onto his shoulder!

Yi Ping’s reaction was not slow as he had parried with his long sword but the sheer weight and force of her dark scythe was too round!

Yi Ping was stunned as he said, “Lele, whatyour weapon as a pole!?”

Lele laughed softly, “You are dead I have won again”

She pretended to yawn as she said gently, “No one says my weapon is just a pole-ar, then ht, you ought to be caution and avoid unnecessary ga that you have seen is just a feint “

Yi Ping nodded as he sighed, “I have mustered all my martial poith the Aspire Invocations I just do not understand why I can’t block your attack It is as though your weapon has suddenly becoht that crashes on me Why is that so?”

Lele extended her dark scythe with one hand as she said coolly, “See if you can snatch my weapon from me”

Yi Ping rubbed his palms before he tried to pull the dark scythe from her But no matter how hard he pulled with both hands, he could not wrestle it froh she had cast a spell on it He simply could not believe that even with two hands, he could not pull the dark scythe one inch fro it with one hand!

Yi Ping was astonished, “This…this is ith alone…it is a supernatural feat…”

Ding Yun atching the scene, laughed softly “Yi Ping, this is not a supernatural feat This is the ‘Thousand Weight Feat’ She is able to increase the weight of the weapon and even herself tens of times heavier with herany martial power”

Yi Ping was startled, “There is such a wondrous feat in this fraternity? Lele, can you teach me this skill?”

Lele s to teach you But first you have to start with the basics first You can try to start by carrying my scythe and climb that tree over there a hundred times daily”

As Yi Ping turned and saw the towering tree, he was stunned for he kne heavy Lele’s scythe was He secretly thought, “So that is why she always carrying this wicked looking scythe around so that she can practice her internal strength all the time?”

Ding Yun said gently, “Lele is only teasing you With your present cultivation in internal strength, it will be easy for you Don’t you know?”

Yi Ping smiled bitterly, “I really did not know!”

Lele laughed merrily, “Sister Yun, you should have let him suffer for a while”

Ding Yun smiled shyly, “He…he is my…our…husband We shouldn’t lie to him even if it is a jest”

Yi Ping clapped his hands as he said, “No wonder every tiht with the both of you and Yuan Hao, I can feel an irresistible overwhel force…”

Lele said, “That is because you are too focused on th What if youyour physical strength Even though our weapon techniques looked ordinary, weak and tedious to train, werun”

Yi Ping said, “Lele, you carry such an unwieldy scythe around? Don’t you feel it is too inconvenient and tiring?”

Lele smiled mysteriously

All of a sudden, she unhooked the double wicked blades of the scythe from the dark pole and folded it into a circular shape and inserted it into her straw hat! So expert was her dis movements that it took her only a blink of an eye to do so

Yi Ping was stunned as he muttered, “It becomes a real pole now…”

Lele laughed gently, “That’s right”

Yi Ping said, “No wonder, you seem so expert with the pole too”

Ding Yun said, “Not just with the pole, she is an expert swordsman too”

Yi Ping was startled, “Lele, you kno to use the sword? Why don’t you use the shen you are fighting Yuan Hao? You may not lose…”

Lele sighed, “Don’t remind me It is just that I didn’t have the opportunity to draw my swords yet”

Yi Ping looked intently at her before he asked, “Where are your swords?”

Lele s at me like this”

She took out the circular double blade from her straw hat and separated it into two sickles as she whirled the sickles ambidextrously in front of her!

Yi Ping could feel the wicked slices of the double sickles as he treh he was not entirely within reach of Lele’s sickles

He was astonished as he quickly said, “Lele, this is the feeling that I have with Yuan Shao Quickly, let’s us fight again”

Lele laughed shyly, “No way! I have never seen anyone that courts death like the way you do”

Yi Ping said aardly, “Of course I fear death but if I let fear overcomes me, how do I hope to defeat the Honor Manor and the Virtuous Palace in the future?”

Ding Yun said coolly, “That is what you say but the truth is, you didn’t even bother to think of the consequences”

After spending ti was a fearless fighter ould not hesitate even if his opponent was many times more powerful than him

Yi Ping blushed as he staht with your swords again”

Lele said firainst erous for us to even try Even with e when to stop”

Yi Ping protested, “But Lele, if I…”

Ding Yun interrupted, “You seeet that we have not practiced yet”

Ding Yun had drawn out her precious sword and her foldable sword at the same time

Against Ding Yun’s Virtuous Swordplay, after several days of practice and i the Horizon Swordplay, he had come up with the Improved Horizon Swordplay that he had picked up from Lele’s weapon techniques

Yi Ping was not discouraged as he said, “I think I have a way to defeat Yuan Shao and you now”

Ding Yun had virtually taught him the entire stances and strokes of the Virtuous Swordplay in the past few days She said gently, “Even though you knowit is another matter entirely”

Against Ding Yun’s Virtuous Swordplay, Yi Ping attacked rapidly and disengaged quickly at the same time!

In an instant, Yi Ping had exchanged dozens of strokes against Maiden Ding Yun’s double swords techniques

No h her double swords defenses The feeling that Ding Yun had given hinable defense She had parried with her long sword and attacked hi sword at the same time!

Every time, Lele watched their duel, she was still filled with awe Yi Ping had certainly iainst Maiden Ding Yun But Yi Ping had not found a way to break the profound changes of the Virtuous Swordplay yet!

She knew that Maiden Ding Yun was also showing her a way to break Yuan Shao’s swordplay too

All of a sudden, Yi Ping changed his attacking direction fro Yun’s left side! The foldable sword that was on her left side was unsuitable to block against his powerful Horizon Swordplay!

Yi Ping shouted, “Yun’Er, I know your weak point now!”

Ding Yun s to realize it?”

All of a sudden, she whirled her foldable sword and hurled it into a flying sword at Yi Ping as she shouted, “Watch out!”

Yi Ping immediately raised his sword to block it but he was forced to take several steps backward even as the flying sword spins back into Maiden Ding Yun’s hand

Even before Yi Ping could react, she had dropped her foldable sword to the ground and charged with her long sword against hi sword if the soft sword gets back into e at you So ill you do?”

Of course, she did not and was deliberately only extending her long sword at Yi Ping

Yi Ping recovered in ti Yun was now on the offensive! Her sword techniques were now similar to Yuan Shao but did not have the fearsome aura that Yuan Hao had possessed!

They were now exchanging sword strokes so fast and rapidly that the entire valley began to echo with their attacks!

Lele held her breath excitedly as she thought, “The two of theeneration of the super exponents of the fraternity? How is it possible for thee?”

It was because swordplay had too es The only way to iht, training the practitioner ability to react and their natural instinct for exploiting openings

The Horizon Swordplay was a swordplay that utilizes speed and e Speed Technique, Yi Ping had nearly doubled his attacking speed!

The Virtuous Swordplay utilizes speed, internal strength to steady it and was also a counter-attacking swordplay

No ainst her, Ding Yun always lightly parried with a wide arc stroke and counter-attack with a series of fast strokes too

Lele shouted excitedly, “It is a draw!”

All of a sudden, Ding Yun raised her left hand and stabbed towards Yi Ping!

Yi Ping raised his powerful left palm and blocked it effortlessly

However, even as Ding Yun stabbed him with her left hand, she had withdrawn instantly and continuous to thrust her left hand at his left pal him to hastily withdraw his palm!

He grasped, “The Penetrating hands?! You know this skill too?”

But before he could ask further, Ding Yun had thrown her long sword and it had landed with thunderous is!

She said quietly, “You are dead”