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Chapter 40 40. Stop and Wait

"Jianxin, congratulations on your successful foundation building."

"Now that you have established your foundation, have you realized your own sword path?"

Jiang Jianxin went to the main hall of the peak and sat in front of the master. After receiving the foundation-building gift from the master, he heard her ask.

Her master, Fairy Changying, is over three hundred years old. She specializes in the way of ruthlessness and is a genius. She is now the number one swordsman in the world of cultivation and is respected as Lord Changying.

She has only accepted Jiang Jianxin and Ji Changqing as her disciples over the past hundred years. These two young disciples are very talented and are showing signs of surpassing her, so naturally she pays more attention to them.

Jiang Jianxin sat there twisting his fingers and whispered:
"The disciple has not yet."

She had clearly only been in seclusion for a while to break through the foundation building stage, but she felt as if a long time had passed and she had forgotten all the basic sword techniques she had learned through Qigong training.

Jiang Jianxin's mind was in a mess now.

She always felt that there should be a diary that recorded these things, and she had to look at it to remember them.

But the memories of the year she joined the sect reminded her that she had been practicing day and night without sleep and had no time to write a diary.

——I won’t write it now and I won’t write it in the future.

Two completely contradictory ideas collided in her mind, making Jiang Jianxin's hair numb, and her reply to the master became quite vague.

Fortunately, Master didn't mind and just said:
"The sword tomb is about to open. According to the rules of our sect, only disciples who have realized the way of the sword can go to the sword tomb to retrieve the sword."

"Kenshin, you have to hurry up. If you miss this opportunity, the next Sword Tomb will not open until ten years later. I'm afraid it will delay your training."

Jiang Jianxin nodded and said:
"Disciple knows."

Chang Yingjun nodded. She was still very confident in this little disciple.

She turned her head and looked at the eldest disciple who was giving her a headache, and said slowly:
"Ji Changqing, your master no longer expects you to comprehend the Dao of the Sword and enter the Sword Tomb to obtain the Ancient Spirit Sword."

"You are adept with two-handed swords. Yesterday, I asked my uncle Qifeng to refine two ice swords for you. You can drip your blood on them and recognize them as your natal swords."

Ji Changqing nodded, his face full of joy, and he said happily:
"Thank you Master!"

"Buzz-"

Two swords emitting blue aura flew out from Changying Jun's hands.

Ji Changqing took it steadily, stroking it lovingly for a while, then bit his finger and dripped it on it, saying excitedly:

"From now on, you will be my natal spirit swords. I command you to..."

Jiang Jianxin looked at the two swords with clear blue light. The sword on the left shone as clear as a crescent moon on a willow branch, while the sword on the right shone as cold and heavy as a glacier.

The two swords both had cool and unique appearances, and she thought her senior brother would give them particularly elegant names.

Unexpectedly, Ji Changqing pondered for a while, then suddenly raised his left sword and shouted:

"Your name is 'Wait!'"

He raised his right sword and shouted:

"Your name is 'Stop'!"

Ji Changqing raised his two swords, smiled, and his eyes were bright:

"'Wait!' 'Stop!' With both swords drawn, we can sneak through Chencang and be invincible!"

Changying Jun: “…”

Jiang Jianxin: “…”

The white-robed swordsman at the top held his forehead helplessly, while the talented girl at the bottom turned her head away.

Ji Changqing raised the two swords and glanced at his master, then glanced at his junior sister, and said with a wry smile:

"I think this name is great. It's very unexpected in actual combat."

Jiang Jianxin nodded, trying his best to suppress his smile:
"As expected of you, Senior Brother. The names of these two swords are truly ingenious and unique." Ji Changqing smiled. He put away the two swords and put them on his waist and said:

"Junior sister still understands my feelings."

Chang Yingjun coughed and said seriously:
"It's getting late. Ji Changqing, go back and practice swordsmanship. Jiang Jianxin, go to Jianya to gain enlightenment. With your aptitude, you should be able to comprehend the way of swordsmanship within seven days."

Jiang Jianxin put away her smile. After hearing what her master said, she felt a huge pressure, but she just pursed her lips and bowed.

"Yes, Master."

……

Jianya is the highest cliff in the entire Sword Sect. It is called Jianya because it has the sword marks of hundreds of generations of Sword Masters, which helps young disciples to awaken to the way of sword.

Jiang Jianxin stood on the sword cliff, and the howling mountain wind brushed past her ears.

From here you can see the entire Sword Sect. This is a sect hidden in the mountains. The undulating mountains are like the body of a giant beast, enclosing it here.

There were clouds and mist in the distance, and golden light occasionally spread across the sky. It was the mountain protection formation guarding it.

Jiang Jianxin had a strange feeling when he stood here.

It seemed as if she had been gazing here for many years, watching the water run out and the mountains break, watching the golden light spread and then dissipate, and finally someone pierced the sky with a huge sword, destroying all the disasters.

She lowered her eyes and looked back at what was in front of her.

The narrow cliff face was crisscrossed with more than a dozen sword marks three feet into the ground, as if it had been scratched by the claws of a giant beast, and was covered in dust.

She wanted to see the true meaning of swordsmanship from these jagged cracks in the earth.

Jiang Jianxin sighed deeply and sat listlessly on a large rock at the edge of the cliff, staring at the ordinary cracks with boredom.

As she watched, her mind drifted away unconsciously and she thought of the past.

Before she joined the Sword Sect, a farming family adopted her as a child bride for their stupid son.

She remembered that when she was a child, she could only huddle in the corner of the house and eat moldy steamed buns, watching the farmer's son eat fried cakes with envy.

She was young at that time, and she often leaned against the window to look at the rolling mountains outside.

At that time, I felt as if I was also following the gaze, flying over the clouds in the mountains and into the distance.

Fate treated her well. When she was four years old, the Sword Sect went door to door to test spiritual roots and recruit disciples.

The farmer's son put his hand on it, but the spirit stone showed no reaction.

Amidst everyone's contempt and ridicule, she pushed the howling boy away and put her dirty little hand on him.

At that moment, the spirit stone let out a sharp long whistle, and a beam of light shot up into the sky, illuminating half the sky.

The dazzling light swept across the towering tower of abandoned babies, passed over the crying bride's sedan chair, and passed by the numb-eyed old rural woman, and finally illuminated the eyes of the Sword Sect's elder.

At that moment, Jiang Jianxin knew that his life was about to take another path.

Now, after a year in the sect, she practiced sword techniques day and night to become stronger. No one mentioned that she was once a dusty farm girl, and no one dared to tell her that the meaning of her life was to marry someone.

She has always understood clearly that her destiny is in her own hands.

What is the purpose of practicing swordsmanship?
For the people of the world?
To be free and unrestrained in the great way?

Others may make ambitious decisions, but Jiang Jianxin only has one idea.

She embarked on the path of swordsmanship only seeking a sword that could split the corrupt fate and destroy all arrogance and injustice.

Until everyone bows to her sword, and no one in the world can control her future.

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