Junior Sister is skilled in subduing demons.

Chapter 9 Jade Flower Sword

Although Anzhi grew up listening to stories of Meng Hong, the way Fan Jin recounted Meng Hong's deeds tonight was particularly captivating...

Late at night, the door to the attic slowly opened, and Fan Jin, leaning on his cane, laboriously stepped over the threshold, waved and said, "Get some rest. Tomorrow morning, get up early and change the water in the fishpond in Fudi. The fish have all died because the water hasn't been changed in a long time."

Looking at the old man standing at the door, Anzhi felt a strange feeling, like a grandfather or an elder. So he nodded blankly and said, "Yes, Uncle-Master, you should also get some rest. I will definitely get up early tomorrow."

"Applying the medicine once a day can remove the demonic poison and maintain spiritual power." After saying this, Fan Jin slowly walked downstairs with his cane.

Anzhi stood there, stunned. She suddenly remembered something. In her dream, Meng Hong told her that Fan Jin had a demon-slaying artifact, the Jade Flower Sword. She was struggling with how to get it and was now very anxious.

"Master, Master, Uncle-Master." Anzhi followed in a few steps and then helped Fan Jin up.

Fan Jin moved An Zhi's hand away and said, "I can still walk. You should go back and rest."

"Shishi, Uncle-Master, I... I have a question for you." Anzhi was a little embarrassed to start, so she could only try this approach; otherwise, she couldn't just force the issue: "Is there a sword upstairs in our building?"

"The Jade Flower Sword!" Fan Jin looked at An Zhi with surprise, his brows furrowed, a million questions swirling in his mind.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes." Anzhi said excitedly, "I heard that after you killed the Demon Lord, this sword gained sentience and you have been wielding it ever since. Hehe, I wonder if Uncle-Master will have the opportunity to let Anzhi see it?"

Fan Jin was stunned. He angrily waved his sleeves to get rid of An and then strode out...

Anzhi felt he had offended Fan Jin, but seeing that Fan Jin had left in a bad mood, he could only turn around and go inside.

After applying the ointment, he rested his chin on his hand, gazing at the moon outside the window, and daydreaming about wielding the Jade Flower Sword to slay demons and uphold justice...

the next day,
Oh, oh, oh
In the courtyard, three roosters stood on tree branches, crowing with their necks outstretched. A group of disciples, holding peach wood swords, were already practicing in the square outside the blessed land. The lights in each pavilion were also being lit one after another.

Anzhi rubbed her eyes and saw the spirit snake coiled on the pillow. She couldn't help but affectionately rub it.

"This ointment really works, the pain is gone." Anzhi waved his right arm, praising Fan Jin's medicine.

Seeing that the snake was still sleeping, and considering that Fan Jin had asked him to change the water in the fishpond the night before, he didn't bother to wash himself in the morning and went to the fishpond with a basin of water.

The fishpond is located on the southeast side of Sanqing Fudi. Although it is not large or deep, it is crowded with more than 20 kinds of fish, including turtles, tortoises, grass carp, red carp, and loach. Early in the morning, the fish are all surfacing with their mouths open.

Anzhi rolled up his trousers and went down into the fishpond, then changed the water in basin after basin, working up a sweat.

I don’t know how long it took,
The first rays of morning sunlight, golden and radiant, drifted from a corner of the pavilion in Sanqing Fudi into the courtyard. The peach trees, rattan chairs, courtyard walls, and practice stances in the courtyard were all edged with a golden hue by the sunlight.

Anzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and as soon as he finished rinsing the last basin of muddy water and looked up, he was startled.

Fan Jin was sitting on the steps of the pavilion, leaning on his cane, basking in the sun and looking at himself.

"Uncle-Master, how long have you been here? You haven't said a word." Anzhi dragged himself out of the fishpond covered in mud. "The muddy water has been cleared out. I'll go get some clean water later." He then wiped the mud off his face.

Fan Jin pointed with his cane: "Are you still waiting? The fish have all dried up and died."

Anzhi turned around and looked at the fishpond again. Due to the lack of water, all the fish had swarmed into a depression.

"Oh, I, I'll be right there, right away!" Anzhi continued running to the water pavilion a few meters away to fetch water.

The sun continued to rise, and the rooster hid in the shade, while only Fan Jin lazily continued to bask in the sun.

Just then, a disciple came over to report something, mumbled something for a while, and then left.

Fan Jin struggled to his feet, leaning on his cane. He slowly walked to the edge of the fishpond and nodded with satisfaction: "Hmm, not bad. By the way, when you have time, clean up the sixth-floor scripture pavilion." After saying that, he handed An Zhi a piece of gossip.

Anzhi wiped his muddy hands on his clothes, took the gossip, and asked, "This, this is the key?"

"Yes, remember, you must give it to me before I return." After saying this, Fan Jin leaned on his cane and walked out of the courtyard.

Looking at the Bagua diagram in his palm, Anzhi was completely baffled, but he kept it in mind and continued working.

The sixth floor is the library!
Anzhi's bucket fell to the ground. She slowly looked up at the sixth floor of the attic and suddenly realized what was happening.

"Isn't the Jade Flower Sword on the sixth floor?" An Zhi couldn't believe what Fan Jin meant by this behavior. Was he testing her? Or what? She looked at the courtyard gate in disbelief.

Anzhi put down the bucket of water and went straight home.

"Snake treasure, snake treasure!" Anzhi searched everywhere for the spirit snake.

"Master, it's here." The spirit snake emerged from the ancient book.

"Look!" Anzhi displayed the Bagua diagram in front of the spirit snake: "Old man, do you think I've gone mad?"

“The Bagua pendant, this is the key to the sixth floor.” The spirit snake recognized it at a glance as the Tong Yao Bagua jade pendant for the sixth floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

"Okay." Anzhi nodded, and then recounted what had just happened to Ling She... Ling She immediately made a decision, without further ado, to go to the sixth floor right away.

And so we arrived at the sixth floor.

The six-story attic was very large, but there wasn't a single scripture or bookshelf. In the middle of the hall, there was a large octagonal gate.

Anzhi and the spirit snake arrived at the Bagua gate.

Hula...

Suddenly, the Bagua gate emitted a burst of light, and a beam of light knocked the spirit snake on Anzhi's shoulder to the ground.

Before Anzhi could react, the snake nimbly slithered out.

Looking at the menacing gate, Anzhi tried taking out the Bagua jade pendant.

Sure enough, all the sharp edges matched the grooves in the door.

"Use your spiritual power and break in," the spirit snake suddenly whispered from the doorway.

Anzhi followed the instructions of the spirit snake and channeled his energy.
The Bagua jade pendant floated in the air under the influence of spiritual energy, and then was infused with spiritual energy again.

The Bagua jade pendant slowly grew larger, quickly aligning itself with the Bagua gate.

An Zhi focused his spiritual energy and palms, quickly adjusting the direction of the Bagua jade pendant, aligning the diamond-shaped corner with the groove, and struck it in with his palm.

Bangdang...

With a loud bang, the Bagua gate was opened.
Next, a sword appeared on a sword rack in the middle of the hall.

"Is this the Jade Flower Sword?" An Zhi slowly stepped forward.

One of the Three Pure Ones and Three Heroes, the Jade Flower Sword is formed from Jade Flower Peak. It is seven feet long, cold in nature, and silver in color. It is used to slay demons with ice and is suitable for demon hunters of six coins or above.

Anzhi was about to reach for it, but before he even got close to the Jade Flower Sword, he felt a chill run through his body, and his right hand instantly froze.

"Ah~~~ Snake Baby, Snake Baby."

An Zhi was immediately gripped by excruciating pain; his entire right hand was covered in frost, while the Jade Flower Sword slowly rose.

The serpent dared not approach; it could only crawl around outside, observing the situation inside.

Hearing Anzhi's call, it shouted, "Go quickly! This sword recognizes its user; you cannot control it!"

The snake's words reminded Anzhi of Meng Hong's hesitant words in his dream, "This sword is not suitable for you for the time being." So that's what it meant.

Although her master Meng Hong advised her in a dream not to take the sword, An Zhi did not want to give up this opportunity. She gripped the Jade Flower Sword tightly, feeling like she was suffocating. It seemed she was really going to die.

"Let go, or you'll die!" the spirit snake cried out. It tried to step forward, but was repelled by the Bagua beam of light.

An Zhi's whole body stiffened, and he began to turn white, his entire body exuding a layer of ice.

My mind is filled with hazy images of listening to Meng Hong's stories when I was a child, and of Meng Hong teaching me swordsmanship.

Just when he felt he was about to die, Anzhi saw in his mind the scene of Fan Jin sending away a spirit demon late at night and watching him clean the fishpond.

"ah……"

With a heart-wrenching roar, the ice on Anzhi's body was quickly shattered, and ice blades pierced through the doors and windows.

Got it, got it.

Anzhi finally got her hands on it. She carefully examined the Jade Flower Sword, a chill running through her.

"Snake Treasure, Snake Treasure, I got it, I got it!" An Zhi quickly walked out of the room, the Bagua gate behind him closed by itself, and the jade pendant quickly shrank and flew into his palm.

The serpent cautiously peeked out.
When the spirit snake saw that the Jade Flower Sword had indeed appeared in An Zhi's hands, it was unbelievable: "Legend has it that the Jade Flower Sword of Sanqing Mountain recognizes its master, and it will not accept the next master before the current master dies."

"No wonder Uncle Fan never uses it but still keeps it in this pavilion." Anzhi looked it up and down with a little excitement.

"Why would it accept you?" the serpent asked rhetorically.

Anzhi frowned, completely baffled: "I don't know either."

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(End of this chapter)