Capítulo 10: Nine Truths Sword Technique, Beibei Versus Sanshi
[ Shrek Academy, Yuhao's Roasted Fish Stand ]
Yuhao had a new customer. Now, it felt as if he had a new customer every second with how suddenly popular his roasted fish became, however this customer was special. She was Jiang Nannan, rumored to be the school's number one beauty.
She had bright golden eyes and hair, along with two bunny-ear hairclips. Everyone in line moved to the side for her, where she asked Yuhao in her small voice, how much each fish cost.
He did not change his prices since he began, each roasted fish being five copper.
Unexpectedly, the girl's face showed signs of difficulty. "This... ," She said, "It's a bit expensive. Can I buy with three copper coins?"
Yuhao was surprised but did not flinch in the face of her beauty. "Sorry, but I cannot lower my price."
The girl revealed a look of understanding, thanking Yuhao anyway, before walking away. But at this time, a tall, red-haired man charged forward at Yuhao. "How dare you not sell to Jiang Nannan!"
He threw down a gold coin and grabbed one of the charcoals from Yuhao's grill, crushing it within his hand. He then tried to grab Yuhao when a bland whisper was heard saying, "1st Truth - Death."
A golden light streaked across towards the red-haired man's hand, forcing him to move it away. The bland voice sounded again with a tone of mild interest. "Oh? For a petty bully, you have good willpower to resist the fear instilled by the 1st Truth." A bamboo-hatted figure walked out from the shade. Indeed, this was Xin Qing who was having one of Yuhao's roasted fish on the sideline.
This was the first time he had activated his self-created Nine Truths Sword Technique in this world. The 1st Truth which he had just used was only a simple, unadorned slash but contained a trace of death's aura, making those with weak willpower crumble before it.
When those at his old sect first heard that his sword technique began with Death, many were certain that he was wrong. They thought, 'Life should precede death.' However, Xin Qing saw it differently. His understanding was that 'life,' as it is commonly understood, was only a slow decay towards death and that to live, one must confidently move forward under the pressures of death.
Truth be told, this technique was formed mainly due to Xin Qing having his cursed constitution. It made him feel the approach of death much more clearly than anyone, as he started life on a timer of fifteen years. And so, the 1st truth that man must acknowledge, was indeed death.
However, neither Xin Qing or the red-headed man were thinking of this at the time. The tension between them was ended when two seniors, a girl with brown hair and a guy with purple hair, stood in front of Yuhao, protecting him. As the red-haired man stood against the purple-haired man, the former asked, "Beibei, will you really stop me from me from dealing with these two." Indeed, after that confrontation, the red-haired man included Xin Qing in his scope.
The purple-haired man named Beibei nodded confidently. Referring to Yuhao, he said, "Indeed, this one is our junior, you are not allowed to bully him. And, as for the other one..." Beibei looked oddly at Xin Qing before giving a gentle smile, "For helping our junior, you are not allowed to harm him either, Xu Sanshi."
The red-haired man named Xu Sanshi scoffed saying, "What makes you think I'll listen to you? Can you even stop me?" The purple-haired man only narrowed his eyes in response. The red-haired man took two of Yuhao's fishes before running after the bunny-girl Jiang Nannan, offering them to her with a lovestruck tone. She directly turned away from him, leaving him heartbroken.
Xin Qing only sheathed his sword, remarking, "Only a lovestruck fool." In his past life, he was too busy for romance to understand it. Seeing Sanshi's current state, he wondered how powerful love must be to enchant such a strong person. Xin Qing did not realize it himself, but his eyes began to shine with a curious light.
It seemed that neither Beibei or Sanshi was willing to end the conflict there, planning to fight it out in the spirit arena. When Xin Qing arrived, following silently behind Yuhao and his brown-haired senior, he noticed the passionate discussion of those around him.
"Come on, let's go! It's the school's strongest attacker vs the school's strongest defender, Senior Bei versus Senior Xu."
Xin Qing was now more interested than before. 'It seems that viewing these two's fight will let me see the talents of Shrek as well as the continent at large.' He found a seat next to Yuhao and the brown-haired senior. The brown-haired girl looked slightly displeased, but did not say anything as she talked quietly between herself and Yuhao.
She did not know, however, that despite her low volume and the deafening cheers of the audience, he could still clearly understand her words. He quickly learned that she planned to help Beibei cheat in the fight by having Yuhao support him with his eyes.
'Oh?', Xin Qing thought, 'Indeed, I have never seen him use his martial spirit before, but from this conversation and his divinities, it should not be poor.' Sure enough, his Heaven's Eye could see a thick coating of spirit power on Yuhao's eyes. 'An eye martial spirit,' he pondered, 'it must be a rare spirit for me to have no recollection of it.'
At this time, Wang Dong had seated next to Xin Qing, asking to exchange seats to be closer to Yuhao. Xin Qing of course welcomed a new source of divinities, complying. Wang Dong appeared to be mad at Yuhao for having 'seen something', before the brown-haired girl and Wang Dong were introduced to each other by him.
Xin Qing overheard that the senior's name was Tang Ya and that she belonged to the fallen Tang Sect. Hearing a bit about it, he was slightly surprised, as it sounded like an assassin-type sect from his own world. But, seeing that the conversation did not travel much further, he returned his attention to the match.
The highly anticipated match which should have seen at least fifty bouts between the fighters, only ended in two or three exchanges. Xin Qing naturally understood that the reason for this was likely due to Yuhao's interference, making his interest in the latter increase tremendously.
Yuhao seemed to be exhausted after using his abilities, and fainted, having his Senior Ya and Wang Dong carry him back. Xin Qing was still sitting there even as everyone left, staring absently into the sky. 'Douluo Continent... How strange and elusive the Heavens are. Or, it may only be my own fate that eludes me.'
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