The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 257 When I return to Central Plains in the future, I will definitely make some noise!
Choking!

The long sword was unsheathed, and the sword light flashed across a large rock next to it without any sound.

Han Xiaoying was holding the four-foot-high Qingfeng sword, stunned for a moment, and was wondering whether the sword she had just struck had missed the target.

Click!

With a crisp sound, a crack appeared on the big rock. Then, the upper half of the rock slid down at an angle and fell to the ground with a clang.

The eyes of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan all lit up, and they exclaimed in a similar voice: "What a sharp sword!"

Han Xiaoying looked at the sword in her hand with sparkling eyes. After a moment, she swung the sword several times again, cutting the big stone into dozens of pieces of varying sizes. She then said in surprise: "With this sword, digging a cave is as easy as pie!"

In the following time.
Han Xiaoying wielded the Dragon Slaying Sword, chopping off a nearby rock wall, causing rocks to fly everywhere with great intensity.

The flying bat Ke Zhen'e closed his eyes and meditated to restore his internal strength.

Zhang Asheng was still lying on the stretcher, pale and unconscious.

Zhu Cong and Han Baoju took good care of him and observed his physical changes at any time.

Quan Jinfa and Nan Xiren took little Guo Jing back to the tribe. When they handed little Guo Jing over to Li Ping, they got some sheep intestines and silver needles from her.

The sheep intestines were cleaned by the stream, and they used daggers as scissors to cut them into thin silk threads.

With the control over the bodies that martial artists have, they are far superior to ordinary people when it comes to doing delicate work.

However, after threading the catgut onto the silver needle, everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to start, and finally came to find Xu Xingchen.

Xu Xingchen did not have their concerns and confusion. He first washed off the medicine on Zhang Asheng's wound with clean water, and then began to sew the wound with a curved silver needle, just like threading a needle or sewing clothes, one stitch after another, quickly sewed the wounds together.

During this period, even though Zhang Asheng was in a coma and his body was twitching in pain, no one cared.

After the stitching was completed, she even had the leisure to tie a beautiful bow, and finally admired the dense and neat stitches. She turned to the people watching and said, "Okay, now apply the golden wound medicine on him, and then wrap him up with a cloth strip."

"As for the number of times to change the dressing every day, you should all know, so I won't tell you."

After giving the instructions, Xu Xingchen stood up and walked to the side, looking at the people busy and cautiously. He thought to himself: "Although these tools have not been strictly disinfected, the strong bodies of martial artists in this world should not cause inflammation or infection."

"Well, probably not."

After confirming his thoughts in his mind, he looked up at the cave entrance not far away that was constantly spewing out gravel and dust, and shook his head helplessly.

With the idea of out of sight, out of mind, he said to the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, "Call me if you need anything," then turned back to his cave and continued to adapt to his new body.

In the evening, Han Xiaoying walked into Xu Xingchen's cave, looking exhausted, and said with a smile, "Master Xu, I'm here to return your sword."

When she reluctantly handed over the Dragon Slaying Sword in her hand, she praised sincerely: "This sword is so powerful. It only took me one afternoon to dig out a big cave."

Xu Xingchen looked at the Dragon Slaying Sword in front of him and did not take it. Instead, he asked, "Miss Han, what do you think of my cave?"

Han Xiaoying was a little confused and still looked around. After a moment, a shy look appeared on her face: "Mr. Xu's cave is spacious and flat, and it has all kinds of utensils. Compared with yours, the cave I dug is as simple as a doghouse."

Xu Xingchen smiled and said, "You continue to hold this sword. Tomorrow, I will carve out a stone chamber for each of you seven people so that you can rest without disturbing each other."

Han Xiaoying happily took back the Dragon Slaying Sword and said with a smile: "Your sword can cut through metal and iron, and it is a first-class treasure in the world. Are you so confident in letting me hold it? Aren't you afraid that we will take it and run away?"

Xu Xingchen said frankly, "If it were someone else, I would definitely not trust you. But you, the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, traveled all the way to the northern frontier for a promise and spent several years searching for Li Ping and her son. If I can't trust such a loyal and righteous person, who else in this world can I trust?"

Han Xiaoying laughed twice and said proudly: "That's right, we, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, are definitely not the kind of people who forget their principles when they see profit."

Then, he slapped his head and continued, "Oh, by the way, our boss asked me to invite you to have dinner together. My cousin's barbecue is amazing."

"Really? Then I'd like to try it!" Xu Xingchen knew that this was a show of goodwill from the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, so how could he refuse? !

When we got down to the foot of the mountain, we saw a bonfire that had been lit. On top of it was a whole roasted lamb, which was sizzling and oozing with oil as it was roasted by the blazing flames.

When they saw Xu Xingchen coming down, they all greeted him loudly with an extremely enthusiastic attitude.

Xu Xingchen also responded with a smile and joined the bonfire party. After a sumptuous dinner, the minor conflicts and contradictions between the two sides were quietly resolved.

However, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were obviously still holding their breath and did not tell anyone about the various embarrassing situations they encountered when they were teaching little Guo Jing martial arts.

The sun and the moon pass by, and time flies.

A day later, Zhang Asheng, who was in a coma, woke up. Although it was only for a short while, his eyes were dazed and he didn't understand his condition, it still made the other six people happy and their confidence increased greatly.

Three days later, Zhang Asheng woke up again. This time he was much more conscious and could recognize people.
In the following days, he woke up once a day, and the time he was awake became longer and longer. He was gradually able to speak and drink porridge by himself.
Seeing that his body was recovering day by day and his complexion was getting better day by day, the other six people finally felt relieved and put their focus back on guiding little Guo Jing's cultivation.

However, when they were teaching little Guo Jing martial arts, they would deliberately avoid Xu Xingchen. This was due to both the "rules of the martial arts world" and the fact that they did not want Xu Xingchen to see them make a fool of themselves.

Xu Xingchen didn't bother with them. Only two months had passed in the half year. He was happy that little Guo Jing could lay a solid foundation under the guidance of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan. This way, he could save himself a lot of trouble.

Han Xiaoying returned the Dragon Slaying Sword to Xu Xingchen on the seventh day.

Since then, Xu Xingchen would often take the Dragon Slaying Sword and disappear for several days, or even dozens of days, and no one knew where he went.

Every time after coming back, he would often drink and eat meat with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, and chat about the grassland customs and desert scenery.

Such behavior made the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan think for a moment that the young man in front of them really came here for sightseeing.

During several casual chats, Xu Xingchen also learned about the current situation in the Central Plains from the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

The Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, divided by the river
The Jin Dynasty had long passed its heyday of iron horses and golden swords. Its current political situation is more about maintaining the status quo than conquering. Its living habits have long been the same as those of the Han people under its rule, and it focuses mainly on pleasure.

The Southern Song Dynasty was a small imperial court that was driven from the north to the south by the Jin Kingdom.

Ever since Yue Wumu, the only famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty, was framed and killed by treacherous people in the court on "false" charges, the Southern Song court lost its last backbone, and the court was filled with arrogant, extravagant, hedonistic people, and shameless people who were corrupt and committed corruption.

Following the example of their superiors, the lower-class people also live a life of drunkenness and dreams, immersed in false prosperity all day long.

The seven-character quatrain "Inscription on the Lin'an Residence" by the poet Lin Sheng satirizes this bad atmosphere in the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Outside the mountain, the Qingshan Building and the outer building, when the West Lake singing and dancing are closed.

The warm wind made the tourists drunk, making Hangzhou a Bianzhou.

Xu Xingchen also learned something from the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

In the Southern Song Dynasty court, from top to bottom, people were proud of learning literature and reading books, and ashamed of practicing martial arts.

In their opinion, only scholars are the superior people in this world, while those useless people would build up their strength and practice martial arts.

Such people love to compete for power and victory, and are one of the sources of troubles in the world.

After hearing these words, Xu Xingchen finally understood that whether in the normal historical trend or in the world of martial arts, the Song Dynasty's national policy of "emphasizing culture and suppressing military power" was implemented very thoroughly.

As a later generation, Xu Xingchen certainly understood the reason why Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, "emphasized culture and suppressed military power". First, he saw the horror of warlord separatism in the late Tang Dynasty, which eventually led to the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms; second, he did not want later generations to be like him, and have another Chenqiao mutiny, wearing a yellow robe, and snatching the world from their Zhao family.
Although I understand the truth, I still feel unhappy when I think of the Song Dynasty's court's servility to foreign powers and suppression of military generals at home.

In particular, the fact that Yue Fei was framed to death by Qin Hui made all later generations indignant, and they wished that Qin Hui and the dog emperor who was the mastermind behind the scenes should be cut into pieces and their bones should be crushed to ashes.

When Xu Xingchen was eating barbecue and cursing Qin Hui for being insidious and cunning and framing loyal officials, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan all echoed him loudly and cursed him together.

But when Xu Xingchen began to curse the Emperor Zhao Gou of the Southern Song Dynasty, calling him a worthless bastard, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were all speechless.

After all, the seven of them were native Song Dynasty people. They had been taught since birth that the emperor was the sky, the emperor was the earth, the emperor was the common ruler of all the people of the Song Dynasty, and the most powerful person in the world.

A word is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Once the imperial edict is issued, no one in the world dares to disobey it!
These ideas are deeply rooted in their hearts. Therefore, it is acceptable to curse the treacherous officials in the court, but few people dare to curse the emperor.

Seeing this, Xu Xingchen stopped mentioning the Southern Song Emperor Zhao Gou in order not to embarrass the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

But he secretly made a decision in his heart: "When I return to the Central Plains in the future, I will definitely make some noise."

(End of this chapter)