Library of Heaven's Path

Chapter 1977 Bai Ruanqing vs. Core Disciples (1)

After stepping across the doorsill himself, Cao Chengli turned to the young lady and said, “Pardon me, but please lead with your right leg when stepping across the doorsill.”

Bai Ruanqing was confused.

“This is a rule set by our Young Master. I hope for your understanding,” Cao Chengli said earnestly.

Bai Ruanqing was really bewildered by this ludicrous sounding rule. She could not tell if this middle-aged man was making fun of her or not. In the end, though, she did not go against this rule for fear of displeasing her Senior Uncle, so she made sure to step across the doorsill with her right foot.

Upon entering the courtyard, she saw a young man practicing his swordsmanship. The ground around him was drenched with sweat, indicating that he had been practicing for a very long time.

“This swordsmanship…” Bai Ruanqing looked at the young man’s movements from afar for a moment, and her body could not help but stiffen.

Before she knew it, cold sweat was trickling down her back.

The young man before her should be around sixteen to seventeen years of age, and his cultivation was only at Ancient Sage 2-dan. He should have been nothing more than an ordinary inner disciple. Yet, his swordsmanship was wholesome and relentless. His movements were simple, but it was profoundly aligned with the surroundings around him.

She could feel the air of a swordmaster from him, as if he was someone who had immersed himself in the Way of the Sword for many decades.

In fact, perhaps it was just her seeing things, but she actually felt that his swordsmanship might be even more profound than that of Grandpa Feng’s!

To think that a teenage lad would be able to match a veteran swordmaster like Bai Feng. This made Bai Ruanqing feel as if the swordsmanship that she had learned over the years was nothing more than child’s play.

“He is… Dan Xiaotian?” Bai Ruanqing bit her lips.

“Yes, he is Young Master Xiaotian!” Cao Chengli replied with a nod.

“How long has it been since he has started learning swordsmanship from Junior Zhang?” Bai Ruanqing asked.

He must have been studying under Senior Uncle Zhang ever since he was bom in order to comprehend such advanced swordsmanship!

“How long?” Cao Chengli began counting on his fingers before eventually lifting six fingers up. “It should be roughly this long!”

“Six years? It only took him six years to become so formidable?” Bai Ruanqing was astounded.

She had been learning swordsmanship ever since she was three, and it had been twenty years since then!

She had the privilege of being personally taught by her grandfather and Grandpa Feng, and she had never lacked precious cultivation resources. It was due to all of this that she had been able to come so far despite her young age. Yet, this young man had only been taught for six years, but it somehow felt like that he was already stronger than her!

This was really hard for her to swallow.

“Six years?” Cao Chengli was stunned. “You seem to misunderstanding something. I meant six hours!”

Over the last few days of interaction, Cao Chengli had noticed that Zhang Xuan was a very busy person. Even though it was clear that Zhang Xuan did care a lot for Dan Xiaotian, he did not spend too much time guiding the latter on his cultivation. More often than not, he would simply point out the flaws in Dan Xiaotian’s cultivation before passing him a jade token for him to study by himself.

As a result of that, even though Dan Xiaotian had been Zhang Xuan’s student for quite a few days, the actual time that the latter had spent guiding him was probably six hours at the very most!

“Hours?” Bai Ruanqing nearly fainted on the spot.

How could a person become so formidable after learning swordsmanship for six hours?

In that instant, she felt as if her mind had shut down. The information was simply too great for her to bear.

While Bai Ruanqing was shocked beyond words, Dan Xiaotian noticed the presence of the visitor and quickly stopped his sword practice. He quickly walked up to Bai Ruanqing and greeted her with a smile before explaining the matter. “Actually, the time that my teacher has spent teaching me is only two hours at most… As for six hours, I’m afraid that that I’m not worthy of my teacher spending so much time on me yet!”

The fact that Bai Ruanqing had come to this place in search of his teacher meant that she already knew about their relationship. Thus, there was nothing for him to hide.