Chapter 82 I Am Here Waiting for Him

The man dressed in a grey robe walked out of the bamboo cottage and caused such a strange scene. Nobody knew how many swords there were at the bottom of the cliff or where exactly they were, but at the moment, sword chirps appeared one after another, as if the officials at the imperial court saw the emperor and paid respect. Li Fuyao even noticed many emotions in the sword chirps, but no matter what the emotions were, the sounds appeared because of this man in grey.

When Li Fuyao saw this young man for the first time who was dressed in a grey robe and standing straight, he was stunned. It was different from when he saw Chao Qingqiu’s sword Qi for the first time. At that time, when he saw Chao Fengchen and imagined that he cut the rivers, stars and great demons with his sword, he saw Chao Qingqiu, but now when he saw this man in grey, he didn’t have that feeling at all. He just simply thought that the man in grey was a sword with sword Qi dashing to the sky.

Li Fuyao suddenly understood that the man was the Sword Immortal Liu Xiang’s sword.

Standing at the bank, Li Fuyao looked up at that man in grey and moved his lips, asking, “What do you think about me?”

The man in grey stood on the big bluestone and looked at Li Fuyao standing by the stream, saying calmly, “You are at a low stage and your talent is only above average. You are just so-so. You are even inferior to Chao Qingqiu, not to mention the Sword Immortal Liu Xiang.”

Li Fuyao frowned and looked at this man in grey. He was speechless and thought, “Why did you talk about the Sword Immortal as soon as you speak? Do you have an eye for quality after you go to the battlefield with the Sword Immortals? And you look down upon the ones who are not Sword Immortals?”

The man in grey looked at Li Fuyao indifferently and seemed to know what he was thinking about, saying impassively, “Even a Sword Immortal might not make me care about him.”

Li Fuyao showed a sad face. He knew little about this sword which belonged to the Sword Immortal Liu Xiang. Before he went down the mountain, the masters just told him that after that Sword Immortal whose sword Qi was the most powerful since the ancient time died on the battlefield on Sword Mountain, his statue was displayed in the front in the Sword Immortal Hall although he didn’t kill one great demon.

Xian Chunan had mentioned this Sword Immortal occasionally, always saying with a smile that Sword Immortal Liu’s sword Qi was unmatched in the world and he was arrogant. When the swordsmen were at the peak those years, once a female Taoist whose talent was outstanding on Chenxie Mountain of Daoism loved him, and all people from Daoism couldn’t accept it, but that woman didn’t give up and came to Sword Mountain, insisting on asking to see Liu Xiang, but he was so arrogant that he didn’t even like the female Sword Immortal Xie Chen. How could he like this female Taoist who was only at the Ascending Stage? So he ignored her and didn’t agree to see her once. Later, the woman’s hair became white at that night after she came back to Chenxie Mountain, and all people on that mountain were too ashamed to talk about this matter for many years. At that time, all people on Chenxie Mountain were surprised, and many disciples wanted to seek justice, but the swordsmen didn’t decline then and several Sword Immortals were in the world. Even the people from Daoism didn’t dare to provoke them randomly. Moreover, Liu Xiang was a real Sword Immortal and his sword Qi was unparalleled. The people on Chenxie Mountain could do nothing to him, and even none of the sages was willing to fight against a Sword Immortal because of a female Taoist. However, after Liu Xiang died on Sword Mountain, that female Taoist didn’t complain about him but cultivated alone. She didn’t say anything to blame him till death.

The man in grey stood on the bluestone and lowered his head, looking at Li Fuyao. He suddenly asked, “Why do you think Liu Xiang died on Sword Mountain even before he killed one great demon?”

Li Fuyao furrowed his brows and kept silent for a long time. This Sword Immortal had the most powerful sword Qi and his cultivation couldn’t be bad, but why couldn’t he kill one great demon in the war? It was strange. After all, the Sword Immortal’s combat capability was unmatched in the world, but why did Liu Xiang lose and die?

After that war, many swordsmen talked about it in private and said that this Sword Immortal had been injured before the war. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been like this, but that was what they said. Nobody knew the truth.

However, since this one was that Sword Immortal’s sword, he must know what had happened in the past.

Li Fuyao looked up and asked, “Master, was Sword Immortal Liu injured before the war?”

The man in grey shook his head. “No.”

Li Fuyao was silent. Since he wasn’t injured, why was he like that?

But what the man in grey said next was shocking. The man stayed silent for a long time and then stated peacefully, “Liu Xiang’s cultivation was much higher than any of the other Sword Immortals’ and he almost reached the peak. It is a matter of time. If he can take one last step, he will become a Sword Immortal. Liu Xiang is a man with a long view, so he certainly has the plan to become an immortal and took the last step.”

“He didn’t finish the last step?” Li Fuyao looked at the man in grey. Not many people knew such a secret of a swordsman. He was lucky to see somebody who knew the secret, so he wanted to know the cause and effect.

The man in grey laughed. “Perhaps he finished the last step, and perhaps he didn’t. Liu Xiang divided himself into two parts, with one staying on Sword Mountain and one going to pursue a chance to become an immortal. If not so, why did the chance that he injured a great demon become a wild wish even though his cultivation of swordsmanship was exceedingly high?”

Li Fuyao took a breath and didn’t say a word.

The man in grey said peacefully, “Although I am a sword, I have intelligence. You came to get a sword under the cliff this time, but you can’t take me away anyway. I have been here waiting for Liu Xiang to come back for several thousand years and I don’t mind if I will wait several thousand more years. In my opinion, although time is long, it is just the blink of an eye. If I can’t see Liu Xiang after waiting long, it will be pointless even after I go to see the scenery in the human world. If you insist on taking me away, you can do nothing unless you remove my intelligence.”

Li Fuyao looked up and smiled. “I won’t force you, but there are so many swords under the cliff, and it is impossible that none of them is willing to leave. Master, can you let me ask for a lucky chance?”

The man in grey chuckled. “You came into this stream for more than one hundred times, so it means that you are an idiot. Since you are an idiot, I won’t stop you. There is a sword forest far away behind the bamboo cottage, and all the swords under the cliff are there. Most of them are broken, but in fact, many of them are not bad. If you have a lucky chance to take one sword away, it’s your fortune and the sword’s. But the sword forest is the most dangerous place under the cliff. If you are careless, you might be cut into pieces by the sword Qi. You can think it over. What will you choose?”

Li Fuyao waved his hand and didn’t care but just smiled. “I came down just to get a sword. How would I back off?”

The man in grey frowned. “There must be many swords in the Sword Washing Pool on Sword Mountain. Why didn’t you get a sword in the pool but came down the cliff? Even if you do it because of me, you should return to the mountain after you know that you will get nothing. You are at this stage, and perhaps you would achieve initial success after one hundred years. It’s not good to die here.”

Li Fuyao smiled and didn’t say anything. Obviously he didn’t want to continue with this topic.

After a short while, the man in grey stopped talking. He just waved his hand randomly and threw the sword No Return behind the bamboo cottage. This was the only lucky chance that he gave Li Fuyao. The sword No Return had some intelligence, and it had contacted Li Fuyao before. Perhaps after he walked into the sword forest, he could pick it up. Although the man in grey was a sword, after all, he was the Sword Immortal Liu Xiang’s sword and kind of half a disciple on Sword Mountain. He felt pity for this young man.

After Li Fuyao saluted the man, he walked to the back of the bamboo cottage. He had stayed here for too long and wasted much time of practicing swordsmanship. Now he just wanted to get a sword as soon as possible and return to the shabby temple.

When he almost disappeared, the woman in white in the bamboo cottage walked out and looked at the boy’s back, smiling calmly. “You gave him a sword at last.”

The man in grey shook his head. “I don’t know which sword, and maybe he can’t take one away. When he is at a low stage, it’s difficult to get a sharp weapon for powerful soldiers. It is not good that an innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth. It’s better to find a sword which is destined to belong to him. It would be handier if they grow up together.”

The woman in white giggled. “This is you and Liu Xiang’s story. When he was poor, he bought you at the price of three taels of silver from a blacksmith and then used you for a lifetime.”

The man in grey looked at her and didn’t make comments.

He was just an ordinary iron sword, but the woman in white was different.

She was a sheath and cost Liu Xiang four taels of silver.

In the bamboo cottage behind the two, there was a long sword with a snow-white sheath hung on the wall.

But that sword couldn’t be seen clearly.