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  Heartless said, "We are about to report to the organization senate. Shall we go together?"

  Yama Minamiya shook his head and said, "We will need some time to settle down having just arrived at the hotel. You go on first."

  "Alright!"

  Heartless nodded and no longer spoke further. He took the lead and walked away.

  At this moment, a figure suddenly walked out from Gaia's side.

  Heartless came to a sudden stop. His eyes seemed to speak volumes as he saw the figure that had suddenly walked towards him.

  The person was a black-haired youth with eyes as bright as the stars. He walked out of the Gaia crowd and went straight for Heartless.

  Nearly everyone's eyes were immediately focused on the black-haired youth.

  The corner of Heartless's mouth twitched. He tried to force himself to greet him, but against Tu Dahei, who was walking slowly towards him, he was unable to make a sound. His mind was filled with the scene of being one-shot. He felt somewhat humiliated as well as some trepidation.

  The elderly God of Swords glanced at Shi Xiaobai and felt mixed emotions. This black-haired youth had mastered the most basic Beginner Sword to the Crest of Perfection realm. From the looks of it, he had wasted his talent in sword arts. He needed some mentoring, but this black-haired youth had one-shot Heartless, whom he had bragged about all day. It was an indirect smack on his old face, so despite him having a love for talent, he too had a selfish heart.

  Seeing Shi Xiaobai walk out from the crowd and with him about to come in front of Heartless, the female whopper and the other four rookies had a drastic change in their expressions. They were guessing that Tu Dahei was likely going to flaunt his victory and the face-smacking he gave Boss Heartless. The five involuntarily took a step forward and clung closely behind Heartless as they looked alertly at Shi Xiaobai.

  Riko and the three other Gaia rookies were slightly surprised. They knew Shi Xiaobai's character. This fellow was ruthless when it came to smacking faces. For him to suddenly walk towards Heartless, was it because he found yesterday's face-smacking insufficient?

  Shi Xiaobai's footsteps seemed to make a play on nearly everyone's minds.

  "You..."

  When Heartless saw Shi Xiaobai about to reach him, he could not help but spit out that word. He did not even realize that he was trembling slightly.

  However, everyone was more surprised the next moment because the black-haired youth was not looking for Heartless. It was as though he had never seen Heartless, and just passed Heartless by while looking straight ahead.

  Heartless was taken aback, but immediately he felt a trace of irritation.

  He turned his head to look at Shi Xiaobai's back.

  Everyone's eyes could not help but fixate on Shi Xiaobai's figure. They saw him looking straight as he passed one rookie after another as he walked up straight to an azure-dressed girl several meters away from the crowd.

  She was the person Tu Dahei (Shi Xiaobai) was looking for!

  Riko saw Mozzie's shocked expression and asked, "Who is she?"

  Mozzie immediately replied, "That person is Sunless!"

  Riko was slightly taken aback as she sized up Sunless. She exclaimed in praise, "She's beautiful!"

  Mozzie immediately said, "Sister Riko is prettier!"

  Riko beamed and said, "Let's have some delicacies tonight. I'll be treating!"

  Mozzie immediately cheered out loudly.

  As for the rookies on Zeus' side, they laughed, as though they were waiting for a good show to be put on.

  Sunless had been called the purest sword fanatic by the elderly God of Swords. Her obsession with sword techniques was even worse. She would be deducing various sword arts even while walking.

  She was even indifferent to Heartless and the elderly God of Swords. She was unwilling to even heed a single word from other people, as though she lived in a world of her own.

  Now, when they saw Shi Xiaobai walk towards Sunless, a few Zeus rookies immediately guessed that Shi Xiaobai had been attracted by Sunless's looks and had walked over to flirt with her.

  However, his outcome was already predestined. Sunless would definitely ignore him. She might not even give him a glance. It would be fun to watch when that happened!

  A trace of hesitation flashed in Heartless's eyes. He obviously knew that his sister was a person who was unwilling to speak. As a result, if anyone wanted to hit on her, he would step forward and prevent that from happening. He was currently in a dilemma because he wanted to see Tu Dahei suffer a setback.

  Under the watchful eyes of the Zeus rookies, Shi Xiaobai walked right in front of Sunless.

  Sunless, who had her head lowered, looked up. She did not have an expression on her face, nor did she say a word.

  Shi Xiaobai began to whisper something to her, as though he had deliberately lowered his voice. No one present, other than the powerful God of Swords, could hear his words.

  But very soon, they saw Sunless's eyes suddenly brighten up. As though she had been attracted by Shi Xiaobai's words.

  Not long after that, Sunless suddenly turned to walk into the hotel. Shi Xiaobai followed closely behind, and the two looked like they were a young couple about to get a room.

  "What...was going on!?"

  Other than the elderly God of Swords, everyone else was dumbfounded!

  On Gaia's side, they were surprised to discover that Shi Xiaobai knew Sunless, as for the Zeus rookies, they could not understand what had just happened.

  No, this plot was wrong!

  Heartless' expression changed. He wanted to rush up to stop them, afraid that his younger sister would be cheated by Tu Dahei.

  The elderly God of Swords blocked Heartless at this moment.

  "Master?"

  Heartless was left in shock.

  The God of Swords shook his head and said, "Let her go, this is the happiness that belongs to her."

  The elderly God of Swords was the only one who heard Shi Xiaobai and Sunless's conversation. He knew very well how much happiness a sword arts heritage would bring to a sword fanatic.

  Heartless nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

  Happiness that belongs to her!?

  Holy shit, my sister is only fifteen years old!

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  Chapter208 In the northern darkness there is a fish and his name is Kun

  When Shi Xiaobai came in front of Sunless, he directly told her about the "sword arts heritage". He obviously knew about walls having ears, so he deliberately lowered his voice.

  He explained that he was apologetic for 'eating' her sword, and explained to her what he understood by 'sword arts heritage'.

  He did not expect Sunless to quickly understand what he meant, and how attracted she would be to his words.

  The phrase 'sword arts heritage' was extremely alluring to a sword fanatic like her.

  Shi Xiaobai carried on explaining that while gaining insights into the sword arts heritage, one would enter a deep meditative state, so there was a need for her to find somewhere where she would not be disturbed.

  Sunless hesitated for a while before turning around to lead Shi Xiaobai to her hotel room.

  Shi Xiaobai passed the little golden pearl to her and told her of the exact usage method before turning around to leave.

  He never expected Sunless to immediately chase after him. In her hand was a primitively simple-looking manual that she handed to him.

  "For you."

  Sunless' voice sounded like an eager kitten.

  Shi Xiaobai accepted the ancient book with surprise while Sunless rushed back to her room and slammed the door shut. Clearly, she was eager to gain insights from the 'sword arts heritage'.

  Shi Xiaobai gave a knowing smile. He had also guessed that the azure-dressed girl was Sunless. Her title as a sword fanatic was indeed no misnomer.

  Shi Xiaobai looked down at the ancient book in his hand. On the book we
re four characters written with forceful strokes—Kun Peng [1. The Kun Peng is a legendary beast in Chinese culture which transforms from a bird form to a whale form. It has been given names like Roc for Peng, and Leviathan for Kun.] Sword Manual!

  If the elderly God of Swords were here, he would have definitely vomited blood. This was because, the book, 'Kun Peng Sword Manual' was an ancient sword manual he had temporarily lent to Sunless for her to learn and gain insights from. This was a treasure of the elderly God of Swords' sword sect. Only one person could inherit it every generation, but Sunless had given it to Shi Xiaobai without his permission!

  Shi Xiaobai curiously flipped to the first page of the ancient book. A passage of scrawling text came into view.

  "Cultivating the Kun Peng Sword Technique is divided into three forms. The lower form observes sword moves, the middle form gains self-enlightenment from sword manuals, the upper form gains insight from the mantra. If one is able to truly comprehend the mantra beneath, one will master the most powerful Kun Peng Sword Technique. However, it's rare to even have one person of the upper form in ten thousand years, so do not be obsessed with the following mantra. It is only for destined ones!"

  After reading this passage, Shi Xiaobai's eyes widened. There were even different grades to the cultivating of this sword technique. As for him, he obviously wanted to cultivate the upper form!

  Shi Xiaobai’s interest was piqued as he carefully read the so-called mantra.

  "Kun Peng Mantra: In the northern darkness there is a fish and his name is Kun. Kun is so huge, no wok can stew it. He changes and becomes a bird whose name is Peng. Peng is so huge, it requires two grills. One for cumin, one for spiciness!"

  Shi Xiaobai looked at the mantra dumbfounded. He realized that this mantra was somewhat weird!

  This was because on first glance, the mantra sounded like a playful joke. But if he looked carefully, and perused it, he would realize that it was truly a fucking joke!

  How was this a mantra!?

  Shi Xiaobai knitted his brows and looked up to scan his surroundings. He walked forward and found a corner where few people would walk past in the hotel and sat down. He stared unblinkingly at the mantra.

  "This King will crack the secret behind this mantra!"

  Shi Xiaobai felt that this mantra was definitely no ordinary joke. There must be wisdom that was beyond the comprehension of mere mortals contained within it. If not, why would the opening passage say that ten thousand years were not enough to produce a person who was able to comprehend it?

  Shi Xiaobai believed in his wisdom as king. He could absolutely understand it!

  At this moment, Shi Xiaobai's stubborn temper burst outward!

  He stared intently at the short mantra as his mind constantly flashed with different theories.

  This sort of puzzle cracking was extremely interesting to him, so Shi Xiaobai did not notice the flow of time. Slowly, an hour had passed.

  Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up

  "This is..."

  Suddenly, the mantra Shi Xiaobai was looking at began to emit golden light, as though it was coated in a layer of gold.

  Shi Xiaobai blinked his eyes to ensure that it was not his illusion. He began theorizing using the parts of the text which were now golden, such as deleting some of the golden text, or picking some of it out. He also tried replacing the golden words with homophones...

  As he was trying all possibilities, from time to time, new words would turn golden. Shi Xiaobai would immediately reject his theories from before and begin a new round of wild and baseless guesses.

  Shi Xiaobai gradually forgot his original intentions and began immersing himself in the fun of indiscriminate theorizing. This short passage gave him all sorts of wondrous ideas as his thoughts went wild in an indescribable fashion.

  After another hour, with the final word "pot" lighting up, the entire mantra had turned golden.

  At that moment, the beams of golden light shot up into the sky from the text, and before they reached the ceiling they descended. They shot down like crossbow arrows straight into Shi Xiaobai's eyes.

  Shi Xiaobai involuntarily closed his eyes as his vision went black. Immediately, a golden light bloomed and in the dazzling light, he seemed to see—a gigantic fish that spanned a few thousand li within a roaring sea!

  Fish, a humongous fish!

  Following that...

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  In the hotel lobby, Heartless and the other five rookies were sitting around. The six of them had extremely sullen looks.

  Yama Minamiya sat on a seat across them, his expression as ugly as theirs.

  More than five hours had already passed!

  It had been five hours since Shi Xiaobai and Sunless entered the hotel room!

  With the elderly God of Swords stopping them, Heartless and company had to curb their urge to break down the door, but their nerves were on the verge of torture at every moment.

  Although the elderly God of Swords repeatedly assured them, saying that Tu Dahei and Sunless were not engaging in whatever they imagined, the elderly God of Swords remained vague. He refused to tell everyone what Tu Dahei had said to Sunless.

  Furthermore, it was after five hours, Tu Dahei had entered Sunless's room with the room locked from inside. They had not come out for five hours.

  How could nothing be going on for a boy and girl to share a room alone?

  Although Sunless was a sword fanatic, it did not mean she wasn't a woman!

  Heartless and company anxiously waited. They believed that the sword arts-obsessed Sunless would not develop any romantic feelings, but they could not help but suspect that Tu Dahei had used some sinister method to deceive Sunless. However, the elderly God of Swords was guarding the corridor, preventing them from approaching Sunless's room. Hence, they could only suffer while waiting in the lobby.

  In great contrast with them was Riko and Mozzie. The duo was having a good time chatting. Unless Sunless had failed to resist her biological urges and pushed Tu Dahei onto a bed, there was no need for worry. Their trust in him was not something that could be expressed in words. Mu Yuesheng and Kevin, who sat on the fence, did not mention a word about the matter. They also maintained their silence. The four had returned to their rooms early on.

  Only Yama Minamiya had stayed behind because he was worried that his daughter had been two-timed. He was waiting for Shi Xiaobai to come out to interrogate him!

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  Chapter209 I engaged in it for five hours

  The elderly God of Swords stood in the hallway for nearly five hours.

  When Shi Xiaobai offered 'sword arts heritage' to Sunless, his words were like thunder to the God of Swords' ears. This was because there was such a term mentioned in the 'Kun Peng Sword Manual'. Furthermore, the elderly God of Swords had previously witnessed it before. Just witnessing it alone was enough for him to know how rare an opportunity 'sword arts heritage' was. And based on Tu Dahei's description, the 'sword arts heritage' he was giving to Sunless as reparations was extremely extraordinary.

  The elderly God of Swords obviously wanted Sunless to grasp the opportunity well.

  How could he allow Heartless and company to disturb Sunless from her deep meditative state? If that happened, it would be a grave sin on his part!

  Furthermore, he could not explain to everyone what 'sword arts heritage' was. This was because 'sword arts heritage' was a form of 'heritage series' that could be stolen. As long as the owner was killed, some vicious means could be used to steal the 'sword arts heritage'!

  This was worse than the walls having ears. If this news was spread, Sunless might be in grave danger.

  To be safe, the elderly God of Swords definitely wanted to keep the matter a secret.

  Furthermore, the elderly God of Swords had long sensed that Sunless was the only living being in her room. From the looks of it, Tu Dahei had already left. As for where Tu
Dahei went, it was none of his business.

  Hence, the elderly God of Swords explained to everyone that Tu Dahei and Sunless were not engaging in something that they imagined. Furthermore, Tu Dahei was not in Sunless's room.

  But alas, Heartless and company refused to believe him.

  If Tu Dahei wasn't in Sunless's room, where had he gone to all this time?

  If there was truly nothing going on between the two, why was the elderly God of Swords being so ambiguous?

  All in all, Heartless and company could not ease their minds. They sat in the lobby waiting, while the elderly God of Swords stood guard by the hallway.

  Five hours passed.

  A figure suddenly began to walk over from the other end of the hallway.

  The elderly God of Swords was surprised. He never expected Tu Dahei to be so close, as though he had hidden in a secluded corner.

  As Tu Dahei approached, the elderly God of Swords felt something strange. He could sense a familiar aura from Tu Dahei's body, but he could not put his finger on it immediately.

  However, this aura was very intimate but also very overbearing. It gave the elderly God of Swords a strange feeling of wanting to both approach and keep away from him.

  When Tu Dahei walked past him, the elderly God of Swords coughed and said with a deep voice, "Child, you have traveled a great distance on the wrong path. The Beginner Sword...is only the most basic sword technique."

  The elderly God of Swords was only met with a calm sentence.

  "Originally there is no path in this world, but the first person to take the wrong path allows the path to come into being."

  The elderly God of Swords was startled and turned his head to watch Tu Dahei walk away. As he savored the words, he was immediately shocked and amused. This answer was very intelligent, but also very overbearing. But most importantly, it sounded impressive!

  "Sigh, when it comes to posturing, this child is best suited to be my personal disciple."

  The elderly God of Swords shook his head with a laugh and did not think further about it.

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