Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 297 Mirror Flower Sword Boat
Some people in this world are exceptionally talented, and with hard work, they make progress every day.

Some people have limited talent and no matter how hard they try, they never make any progress.

Sun Yanwan casually added six sections of mantras to the Sun family's cultivation manual. For him, it was just a matter of doing something on the spur of the moment. However, these six sections of the cultivation manual were sent back to the Sun family's hometown by Sun family disciples at breakneck speed, which immediately shocked the entire Sun family.

The head of the Sun family sighed on the spot: "From now on, our Sun family's staff technique can not only be called the best in the world in terms of the variety of moves, but also the best in terms of agility."

These six mental cultivation techniques were extremely simple. Sun Lingdie mastered them in just a few days and was on the verge of reaching the fourth rank. Overjoyed, she became less inclined to refuse some of Sun Yanwan's shameless requests.

In recent years, Sun Yanwan has been either traveling all over the country or in seclusion cultivating her spirituality, leading a rather austere life. Suddenly, she has been enjoying the meticulous care of others, and she has been living a lazy life.

Since he wrote "Collected Annotations on the Six Classics", he couldn't stay at the Imperial Academy any longer. So many people came to visit him that even the students became reserved. Now was the perfect opportunity for him to not go. He sent someone to ask Shi Bi for leave, saying that writing the book was too mentally taxing and he needed to rest for a few months. Shi Bi readily agreed.

Sun Yanwan's trip to Luojing was mainly to deal with the case involving Wenxi.

Later, the Grand Tutor of the State withdrew the charges, and he petitioned several times to return to Songyang Mountain or Heijiao City, but was never allowed to.

Now that he has nothing else to do, he has written several more letters, saying that reading is too taxing on his mind and that he wants to go back to recuperate.

This time, after submitting his petition for the eighth time, the imperial court finally approved it. However, instead of allowing him to return to Songyang Mountain or Black Dragon City, he was instead ordered to mediate the dispute between the Demon-Slaying Hu Family and the Mirror Flower Sword Boat.

Sun Yanwan was very puzzled as to why he, a civil official, was asked to manage the affairs of two martial arts sects.

Besides, his relationship with the Demon-Slaying Hu family was really not good.

The Mirror Flower Sword Boat is also one of the ten major sword sects. The disciples recruited by this sect have a special feature: the men must be handsome and the women must be beautiful. The sect's base consists of dozens of painted boats. Almost every river and lake in Da Lang has one or two painted boats belonging to this sect.

Because this sect accepts disciples who are all outstanding in appearance and raise them together from childhood, it is easy for feelings to develop between senior and junior brothers and sisters.

Yes, occasionally there are illicit relationships between masters and disciples, aunts and nieces, and uncles and nephews.

Most of these married descendants of the Mirror Flower Sword Boat would build their own painted boat as their home and travel the world. Even if some grew tired of living on the painted boat and moved to the mainland, they would still have their own painted boat as a symbol.

It is said that if you see a painted boat slowly moving on the water, with a pair of beautiful people on board, they are almost certainly from the Mirror Flower Sword Boat.

This time, the two families are fighting over an ancient sword manual that was suddenly unearthed. The Hu family claims that they discovered the manual, while the Jinghua Sword Boat claims it was passed down through their lineage. The two families have fought dozens of times, but fortunately they have been relatively restrained, with each side winning and losing, but no one has been killed yet.

As for that ancient sword manual, it is not currently in the hands of either of the two factions. Instead, it has been obtained by an unknown youth who is currently fleeing east and west to evade the pursuit of both factions.

The document from the palace also stated that this was at the strong invitation of the Demon-Slaying Hu family, and the people from the Mirror Flower Sword Boat also agreed. Both families had people serving in the court, and each submitted a memorial to the throne saying that the other was being unreasonable, but they had no objection to appointing Sun Yanwan as the mediator.

Sun Yanwan felt helpless and thought to herself, "Wouldn't it be better to let me go back to Black Dragon City, or let me sneak away to Golden Sable City?"

Although Sun Lingdie was by his side and he never slept alone, Sun Yanwan still missed Shi Si and Yang Diao'er quite a bit. However, he was repeatedly urged to do so, and even received letters from officials of both families asking him to uphold justice. He had no choice but to reluctantly set off.

Although Sun Lingdie wanted to go with them, she had several important business deals to handle personally. Besides, she was worried that if she followed Sun Yanwan on her travels for too long, Shi Si and Yang Diao'er might find out and get angry, which would be difficult to handle.

Although Shi Si is not considered domineering, her "Three Commandments" have long been known throughout the martial arts world. First, one must not provoke other women.

Second, Yang Diao'er must not be allowed to come near.

Third, one is no longer permitted to compose poems or essays.

Not to mention Yang Diao'er, it is said that this little saintess of the Demonic Sect once killed twenty-six beauties from the Bo Shi Kingdom, thus ending Sun Yanwan's hopes.

Yes, that's a rumor!

Sun Lingdie still wanted to end things properly.

After all, she had already won over Shi Si, and Yang Diao'er didn't say anything harsh to her or Nan Menggong.

Several days after Sun Yanwan set off, a caravan followed behind him. Sun Yanwan sent people to check on it. Among them were two carriages, one with the insignia of the Lu family of Luojing and the other with the secret mark of the Wutai Sect. Knowing that neither of these families would have any designs on him, he simply ignored them.

The two sides traveled peacefully together until they arrived at the Demon-Slaying Manor of the Demon-Slaying Hu family. However, the caravan that had been following them went to Yanchi Lake, which was near the Demon-Slaying Manor.

Lu Chaoxiu and Duanmu Xianling had no connection with the Hu family of the Demon-Slaying Sect, but they both had connections with the people of the Mirror Flower Sword Boat. Their trip to Luojing was partly to support their friends.

Along the way, Lu Chaoxiu said to Duanmu Xianling, "This matter, although nominally a mediation between two families, is actually probably aimed at Dr. Sun."

Duanmu Xianling wholeheartedly agreed. Outsiders should not interfere in matters of two families vying for a sword manual. After all, no matter how fair it is, it will inevitably offend one side or both.

Sun Yanwan's reputation is currently at its peak. If this incident ruins his reputation, it will inevitably add a stain to his life. If there are too many such stains, even a saint would not be able to bear it.

However, neither of them had any excuse to remind Sun Yanwan, since they really had no relationship with each other.

Although Sun Yanwan has now "turned over a new leaf" and no longer engages in "romantic" affairs, her reputation from a few years ago was simply too "illustrious".

Both women were afraid that Sun Yanwan might suddenly develop feelings for them. Ironically, they had secretly discussed it that if Sun Yanwan were to use her methods, neither of them knew they could resist...

There are girls in this world who can resist Sun Yanwan's gentle smile, but there is absolutely no girl who can resist Sun Yanwan's abundant talent.

Especially given Sun Yanwan's previous "brilliant record," the two women were genuinely worried.

When the two women's caravan arrived at Yanchi Lake, their friends, who had received the news, had already moored their painted boats at the shore. This time, the Mirror Flower Sword Boat brought seven painted boats with more than a hundred people, including three people at the Innate Realm and more than ten experts at the first and second ranks.

If it weren't for the fact that the Supreme Elder of the Mirror Flower Sword Boat is currently in seclusion cultivating a sword technique, this incident might have alarmed this veteran master.

The six disciples of the Mirror Flower Sword Boat stood on the deck of the painted boat waiting for the two women. When they saw Lu Chaoxiu and Duanmu Xianling, they smiled and said, "With two more fairies, we don't need to be afraid of the Demon-Slaying Hu family this time."

(End of this chapter)