Vol 1 CH 53 (1/2)

Chapter 53:The Martial Sage

It was late at night and there were fourheavily in the pavilion

Yi Ping, Gongsun Jing, Nangong Le and Qiu Wufeng were drowning their sorroith binge after binge of wines The floor and the table were scattered with flasks and jars of wines They were just drinking flasks after flasks of wines and none of theht

Gongsun Jing was drinking alone when Yi Ping popped in with more jars of wine in his hands as he sat down

He was thinking bitterly, “You have so many ladies as company and you choose to drink with me?”

Even before Yi Ping had sat down, Qiu Wufeng had walked to the pavilion with an to drink froht with him

Gongsun Jing was startled, “What is wrong with Brother Wufeng?”

Even before his thoughts had settled, Nangong Le had walked to the pavilion in a half-drunk state, “Good, there is more wines here” And he just took a jar of wine that was on the table and began to drink

After so could not resist the te with all of you? I thought that I a their sorrows?”

Qiu Wufeng smiled bitterly, “You can’t be as unhappy as I am”

Yi Ping laughed sadly as he drowned another flask of wine, “Not you I am”

Nangong Le banged the table with his hand, “You? You will be unhappy? There so many extraordinary beautiful maidens around you Will you be unhappy? Is this a joke?”

Yi Ping sighed, “Precisely it is because of the me so much distress now”

Gongsun Jing said quietly, “Brother Yi Ping, do youyou? Maybe we can help”

Yi Ping sighed sorrowfully, “It is rather e”

Qiu Wufeng said, “If you don’t share, how do you know that you are unhappier than us? Since we are already here and are brothers, is there anything we cannot share?”

Nangong Le rebuked him wobbly, “Wines can be shared and talks can be shared but women, no”

Qiu Wufeng asked, “Which maiden has caused such distress in you?”

Nangong Le was startled, “How do you know?”

Qiu Wufeng s else other than woloom over it?”

Nangong Le said, “There is Money is one of them”

Qiu Wufeng said, “Obviously it is not now for you”

Gongsun Jing said, “Since we all have a problem, why don’t we share it? Maybe it will , will you like to start first? It seems that none of us believe that you can be troubled as much as we do”

Yi Ping hummed coldly, “After I have shared my miseries with you, you will kno troubled I am”

He sighed and his eyes were downcast as he began to relate the source of his sorrows

When he had just regained conscious, he found hi embrace with a se, Mei’Er, Yu’Er, Lingfeng, Lie Qing and Ding Yun had walked in with stunned looks at the scene

Before he could explain, Youxue had said shyly “I have already given ’Er…”

Lingfeng recovered fro tearfully “Hmph! At first I don’t believe what Brother Huo Fu has said about you being alone with a maiden in the cave But now I do Now it all makes sense to me Now I kno the Celestial Fairy and how the Joyful Goddess succumbed to you one by one, one after another!”

She purposely dragged her sentence long because she wanted to let her hurtful feelings sink into Yi Ping’s heart so that he would forever remember what she had just said to him!

When she had said everything that was in her heart, she burst into tears and stormed out of the room!

Mei’Er cried out, “You are no longer our Master!”

Immediately after she had made her outcry, she left the room in tears

Yu’Er stared hatefully at Yi Ping and left without saying a word Unlike Mei’Er, Yu’Er rarely talk to strangers When she could not be bothered to say anything to him now; that already spoke volumes of her heartbreak!

Lie Qing said coldly, “So all along, you are just putting on an act in front of us You have victimized Sister Youxue and yet you refuse to admit what you have done No wonder, Lele has your…I am really disappointed in you…my heart is cold now and filled with darkness Like all men, you cannot be trusted!”

Yi Ping quickly said, “Qing’Er, hear ined…”

He tried to pull Youxue away fro onto hihtly…

Lie Qing interrupted him coldly as her tears flowed silently down her cheeks, “Tomorrow at noon, prepare your swords We will duel in a sword fight and cease only when one of us is dead”

She storrily

Youxue co’Er Tomorroill help you You need ests a sword duel but must we adhere to a sword duel? If I insist on an intricate strokesshe can protest about”

Yi Ping sht with her at the Longevity Hall of the Tranquil Clan before Even though Qing’Er never left the sight of her sword, her intricate strokes are eventhan her swordplay”

Youxue e and knows her disadvantage I will prolong the fight and drawn her into exhausting her martial power…”

Only Ding Yun was still standing with her usual quiet de in her eyes tell hiht

Yi Ping panicked said, “Yun, hear …”

But Ding Yun ignored Yi Ping as she muttered incoherent, “Youxue, I have ruined you I…”

Youxue was suddenly cold She had seen the reactions of Lingfeng, Mei’Er, Yu’Er and Lie Qing as they stormed out one by one

She said coldly, “This is not Ping’Er fault Why are you all reacting in such an awful ly and…and ill eventually be married to each other It is just a matter of sooner or later!”

Yi Ping was startled to hear this co from Youxue as he muttered, “Youxue…”

Ding Yun looked at Yi Ping coldly even as she said to Youxue, “I know that by now, nothing that I have said will convince you to change your minds But do you knoe are so upset?”

Youxue asked coldly, “What else? You must all be jealous to see that I a’Er”

Yi Ping was startled So it was Youxue that had saved his life and purge out the conflicting Celestial Force froratuity for her as he thought silently, “Youxue, you have sacrificed your chastity and yet you have to endure so much huain, you have saved my life Why am I so useless?”

Ding Yun said quietly, “Yi Ping has lied to us all He can purge the Celestial Force on his own But he had pretended otherwise Do you knoe have been so worried for hi honest with you, he had taken advantage of you!”

Youxue said coldly, “I don’t knohat you are saying That is so unlike you, Sister Yun This is too irrational isn’t it? It is i’Er to fake his injuries with so many sharp eyes around…”

Ding Yun said, “A normal practitioner may not be able to But a super martial exponent is able to Don’t you find that it is weird that Yi Ping is able to defeat the Celestial Liege but yet he can be afflicted by the Celestial Force? Since he can fight the Celestial Liege on equal terms, the Celestial Force can never overcome his inherent martial force and invade his meridian channels That’s not possible at all Have you ever thought of that? Is that considered irrational, if you come to think of that? The fact is, he doesn’t seem to be afflicted at all and froorous”

Youxue said shyly, “That is because he has…absorbed y when I sacrificed my chastity for hie has said Yi Ping is young and he is naturally stronger than e, he has recovered What’s so strange about it? Why are all of you thinks that Ping’Er has taken advantage of me and has lied to all of you, just because…just because…it does not go according to what you have planned? There are always exceptional in e about all this?”

Ding Yun said, “Sister, you are too naïve and too innocent You…I explain to you when you have calmed down first”

She said turned coldly to Yi Ping, “You really disappointed ed my heart to you and I considered myself to be your wife No matter how bad you are…nokills you; I will take my own life too!”

She left the room in tears!

Yi Ping was startled as he ht, “What did I do actually?!”

Youxue ’Er, why is that I can sense that your martial force see inherent force now And weird, why is that I cannot feel your Icy Heavenly Tears anye, it shouldn’t just vanish like this When you have consuer than ever Don’t tell ed with the Celestial Force?!”

However, Yi Ping was not paying attention to herforlornly at the room entrance…

Gongsun Jing, Qiu Wufeng and Nangong Le were looking at Yi Ping with startled expressions

Qiu Wufeng , you have fallen out with Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Lie Qing, Ding Yun and Lingfeng?”

Nangong Le was even more startled, “You and Youxue…? You have really taken her chastity?”

Yi Ping drowned another flask of wine as he said bitterly, “So, is anyone of you more unfortunate and more miserable than I am?”

Gongsun Jing as quiet until now, laughed bitterly “You think you are miserable? You think you are more miserable than me?”

Nangong Le, Qiu Wufeng and Yi Ping were startled by Gongsun Jing outburst

Gongsun Jing sighed sorrowfully, “I used to be the Young Master of the renowned Honor Manor which is thethe admiration and envy of the entire fraternity But now, I am just a wanted man on the run…”

Yi Ping interrupted, “You bla Yun?”

Gongsun Jing shook his head, “She is really a gentle maiden and a pitiful , take good care of her But you know Even if she isn’t with you, we cannot be together It is an undeniable fact that that my father is killed by her sword…”

Yi Ping was silent

Nangong Lenew at all Do you need to drink yourself silly over some old memories?”

Gongsun Jing smiled bitterly, “Of course, that’s not all I was scolded as a beast in disguise This is the first ti so mindful…”

Qiu Wufeng smiled bitterly, “Do you mean Suxin? You like her?”

Gongsun Jing was startled, “You know?”

Qiu Wufeng said, “Actually you don’t have to be so bothered about it Lingfeng has already explained and clear everything It is just that we don’t have any evidence to prove our innocents…alas…”

Gongsun Jing asked, “Why are you sighing? You seeer to find the proof more than I”

Qiu Wufeng …to think that I will like someone from the unorthodox clan The Qiu Martial Clan has always been reputable in the fraternity…not only have I destroy allnow I don’t knohat she thinks of me Alas…is anyone of you more miserable than me?”

Yi Ping and Nangong Le immediately said, “This wine is a toast for you!”

Qiu Wufeng startling halt them, “Don’t you finish all the wine and please leave soe of the situation to finish all the wines You scoundrels…alas…never mind…”

Nangong Le sighed, “Getting disowned bybut none of you can be ht”

Qiu Wufeng hummed, “I don’t believe”

Nangong Le said bitterly, “At least all is not lost with you, Brother Wufeng The sa can still try his best to explain and at least there is still Youxue who is still willing to listen…”

Yi Ping interrupted, “To’Er Is this some kind of a small comfort?”

Gongsun Jing smiled bitterly, “Why don’t you come to the point immediately?”

Nangong Le sighed deeply, “I got rejected tonight by Suyue…alas”

Everyone was startled

Qiu Wufeng stammered, “You actually approach Suyue and make advances to her?”

Nangong Le sighed even deeper, “She says I a Le the Flirtatious and cofeng clarify for me…”

Gongsun Jing s Le the Flirtatious for as long as I can ree that”

Nangong Le said, “I thought I a Le the Joyous?”

Qiu Wufeng laughed, “That’s because they are giving you so Clan in the fraternity But that’s what everyone is calling you behind your back”

Nangong Le was stunned, “This is the first time I have known about it How come none of my friends have ever told me that?”

All of a sudden, everyone had noticed that Yi Ping had frozen and was looking in his opposite direction

Nangong Le, Gongsun Jing and Qiu Wufeng quickly turned around and were startled to see Xiao Youxue as just standing quietly There was a forbidden cold de to behold

Fro there for quite some time

Youxue said coldly, “Ping’Er, how could you tell everyone about us and describing it?”

She hunantly!

Yi Ping asked, “Noho is the most miserable?”

“There are so et that we are under siege and taking the opportunity to e none for me?”

It was the Holy Sectarian Master, Ji Wuzheng!

They quickly rose to pay their respects except for Nangong Le as too drunk to stand

Ji Wuzheng said, “It seems that none of you are as miserable as me”

Yi Ping was startled, “What makes you say so?”

Gongsun Jing and Qiu Wufeng looked curiously at him

Ji Wuzheng sighed, “My wines are aluys The Holy Hex Sect is on the brink of destruction My sister, Lingfeng is crying tearfully I have just recently lost four Guardians of the Holy Chapter My daughters have suddenly gone quiet Who can be more miserable than I am?”

He sighed, adding “Do you know that the Orthodox Clans have issued e in three days’ time? I have already accepted it There are simple too many sacrifices and too many innocents that have perished Perhaps that is the best course of action If I a to spare the Holy Hex Sect fro the Holy Maiden and our sacred relic the Heavenly Relic as a pledge of peace if we lose the duels”

He hummed coldly, “That is after all, their real objectives In additional, they want six persons from me; the four of you plus Maiden Youxue and Maiden Yun The four of you will be handed over to the Honor Manor to be executed and to appease the orthodox fraternity Maiden Youxue and Maiden Yun will be handed over to the Virtuous Palace If you are in my shoe, ill you do?”

Everyone was silent Co’s problems, theirs were actually trivial

Ji Wuzheng said, “The four of you are young and have a bright future What’s there to worry about? A hero will always pick himself up If there are difficulties, he will overcome it The four of you have come all the way froht the Honor Manor It is indeed admirable”

Gongsun Jing was blunt, “It is because our feuds with the Honor Manor are not so that we can hope to end alone We just hope that at least we can fight against a coether and at least stand a better chance to settle our score with the Honor Manor once and for all Even if we have failed, at least our deaths will not be in vain!”

Ji Wuzheng immediately clapped his hand on the table, “Great aspirations!”

He paused for a while before asking, “Have you heroes thought of joining the Holy Hex Sect instead?”

Qiu Wufeng said, “The Holy Hex Sect is an unorthodox clan I’m from the orthodox clan…”

Ji Wuzheng said, “What is orthodox and what is unorthodox? Just because the Holy Hex Sect has our own beliefs, we are branded unorthodox? Just because we settle our feuds with the other martial clans in an open hteous orthodoxus In na the death of the Old Sword Saint In secret, the Honor Manor and the Virtuous Palace are actually trying to seize our Heavenly Relic Can their actions be considered orthodox or even righteous?”

Yi Ping said, “Even though ood can only falter for a while and not vanquished The recognized orthodox clans have fought hard to be recognized as part of the orthodox h these orthodox clans can be misled and even their leadershi+p can be evil for a time, it will soon revert to the orthodox in due time If an unorthodox clan wants to be an orthodox clan, then it will need to prove itself and take steps to move forward to that direction That’s why these orthodox clans are able to endure for centuries, with many ups and downs As for the unorthodox clans, how ? If an unorthodox clan is not careful, it may even drift and becos in the open and can only operate in the darkness”

Ji Wuzheng was silent for a while, “I do have the intention to bring the Holy Hex Sect to be part of the orthodox ainst our sect runs deep in the orthodox ainst us and view us as a threat”

Yi Ping said, “Then it has to depend if the ascendency of the Holy Hex Sect in the fraternity is your lofty anized by the fraternity”

Ji Wuzheng asked, “Is there a difference?”

Yi Ping said, “To donized by others will bring a grudging respect I don’t knohat actually happens during the duel between the Old Sword Saint and you Everyone says that you have caused the death of the Sword Saint and hence, your next step is domination over the martial fraternity”

Ji Wuzheng hummed coldly, “These are mere rumors With ainst the Old Sword Saint Our secret duel is a contest over our sect intricate internal skills, the Holy Aamate Skill and the Infinitude Recite At that tih The duel was just an internal strength contest to test our lierous risk involved but illingly decide to take this peril to accomplish e had in mind”

He looked at Yi Ping keenly, “You know It was in fact a draeen the Old Sword Saint andhas iether with the Holy Aamate Skill just narroon over the Infinitude Recite The Old Sword Saint acknowledged defeat only because he had thought that would help the Holy Hex Sect regain its standing in the fraternity He toldand ress would still be hindered So he is just returning a favor to my father”

Yi Ping was startled, “I didn’t…Lingfeng didn’t tell me…”