Looking at how the time is late, I said to him: " It"s getting late now take this money and go to that Inn over there. I will summon you one the time comes." I gave him some gold coins as I pointed at an Inn very close to the palace. Also, I can see it clearly because of the mask.Soon, he disappeared from the room leaving me behind. Looking at the moon outside of the window, I started to think about how my whole being changed. I am still in shock with everything happening around me. I wonder how am I able to adapt to this situation very fast with no problems. Maybe Being an Otaku helped me?
_________________________________________________________________________
Two days later at midnight, I was sitting on my bed looking at my four loyal servants. Ren, Thor, and Kurma just returned from Secluded Spiritual Beasts Tribe. I asked Thor to go and call for Veldora from the Inn to come.
Thor walked to the front as he said: " Lord, I carry with me the greetings and good wishes from the Secluded Spiritual Beasts Tribe Leader. He thanks you for your a.s.sistance in saving his people and capturing the criminals. Also, he and his tribe will a.s.sist you with all you need and require in order to stabilize position because they acknowledge you as the True Secluded State Ruler. Therefore, they hope for you to live up to your position and responsibilities as the ruler of the Secluded State."
Ren walked forward as she said: "I carry with me the gifts from the Tribe Leader, the Elders Hall, the 3 Elders, The families of children, and the gift of the Tribesmen as a sign of friends.h.i.+p. In addition, the payment for the cultivation resources which were spirit stones and some spiritual fruits. They also allowed me to establish Shadow Guards Secret Base with questioning the exact location. They are nice people!!"
I looked at them confused and kind of shocked but I remembered something. I said to Ren " Didn"t they say that they don"t have a sign of friends.h.i.+p in their dictionary? Those lying shameless old fellows!! Hmmm… Not like I mind, I am getting all the benefits. Works fine with me. Hehehee."
After calming down, I looked at them and said: " Ren, Thor, Kurma thank you for your hard work so far. Now, Everyone let me introduce you to your new friend Veldora! He is a dragon and a formation master. He will be helping you build different formations around your bases for several uses. Veldora, here are Thor, Ren, and Kurmam they are going to be working with you from now on."
They started greeting each other and exchanging basic courtesies. After talking for a while, I told them: "Our next meeting is a 3 weeks to a month from now! At that time I want at least 300 loyal people to replace all everyone in this mansion. The more I let Old Zhu control the state the more messy it will get. This fool is getting more and more daring! You all dismissed"
After saying good buy all of them took their leave, except for kurma, with the promise of meeting next month.
______________________________________________________
Three weeks later,
I was sitting cross-legged performing my regular Sword Ritual. During the three weeks, I focused on Sword Ritual and Ultimate Sky Foundation. I was quiet and didn"t cause much of a problem to others.
But that didn"t stop the maids from being rude. They bullied day and night, only stopping when old zhu was around. As angry as I was, all I can do is hold it in and wait for Thor"s new recruits.
As I was practicing my Sword Ritual, I started to feel dizzy as weird smoke entered the room from the window and surrounded my head. Soon, I saw myself standing in a barren land with thousands of swords laying around half broken. Each one of them looks like it was made with high-grade materials.
I can"t see more than 20 meters from me because a thick amount of fog is surrounding me. For some reason, my mask is not working at all.
A voice appeared: " Choose your Sword."
Choose my sword? Hmm, Something is wrong about this. This must be the trial for Sword Maniac"s inheritance, it shouldn"t be that hard.
Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Honestly speaking all the sword around here are great but none of them is my Sword. During the time I was doing my sword ritual, I start to understand what chant truly meant.
With that in my mind, I raised my voice as I said: " None of them is my Sword. I am the Sword."
The land shock turned into a library as books filled the place. A gigantic opened book appeared that had a question on its page
{ To be one with the sword, one must understand himself and the world. Understanding and comprehension are important pieces of Swordmens cultivation. Recite your interpretation of Sword Aura"s righteousness?}
I thought for a while as I start remembering the chant. After a while, I said: " Bulls.h.i.+t. There is no meaning for any of this. A Sword is a Sword and there are no secrets. I am the Sword, how can I be the one with the Sword when I am already One with myself?"
The books turned to ashes as an old man hologram appeared, the old man had messy hair and dirty clothes. Tears of blood started to fall from his eyes as he was holding a sword while hitting a scabbard and shouting " d.a.m.n, enemy! You cost me years of my life. I curse you!! I wasted years in you!! d.a.m.n you!!!"
The old man stopped and looked at me as he said: " Huh? Another came again? Will you be stuck in a scabbard as well? ..... Hmm...A 4-year old child was chosen to be my inheritor, that"s interesting hahaha, Those old fellows will $#%^@##%^" As he was speaking the hologram got disturbed. Must of his words became unclear and I couldn"t hear it well. It as if someone didn"t want me to hear it.
When the disturbance stopped, the old man was holding his sword high on the sky as his whole being changed into a clean powerful cultivator that would be admired by millions.
He said with a commanding voice: " Kid, you want my inheritance? My inheritance is simple and basic never ever let your sword enter a scabbard. Don"t forget the sword is you and the scabbard is your fear! My way is fearlessness, not righteousness! Live as a Sword be clear and sharp. My 2nd and last disciple live well! And remember scabbard is the true enemy of us Swords!!" As he finished he threw the sword that was in his hands towards me.
The sword soon disappeared into my body, as waves of information started to appear in my mind. Countless sword moves and several cultivation techniques were engraved in my mind. The pain was a lot to handle, soon I fell unconscious.
After several hours, I woke up and remembered all of what happened. I couldn"t help but have respect for the old man as his inheritance is rich with sword techniques. Becoming a swordsman will be a piece of cake with this knowledge.
" That old man that I just saw should be Sword Manica. I can see why they call him like that, he looks like a mad man. I wonder what happened to him to make him like this? That hologram must have been disturbed by something, I wonder who were those old fellows he talked about. Could the be those ancients cultivators I wrote about? Treating Scabbard as an enemy? Did he mean that I should not become restrained by anything and what I want? It"s too early for me to comprehend his words. Thinking about these questions now won"t do me any good, I will push my self to the limit and do my best to live with no regrets." I say as I remember his techniques.
According to the techniques that I got from the inheritance, Sword Maniac"s way of the sword is direct and brutal. It doesn"t have any fancy meaning behind it. It utilizes the sword aura directly through the body! Usually, Swordsmen have to utilize the Sword Aura through interpretations and Sword Techniques. However, Sword Maniac ways are different, he treats the human body like a sword.
The first step in his training program that was mentioned in the Inheritance, is forging the body to become as strong and sharp as the sword. There are a few legendary techniques in the inheritance that should be able to help me.
I can"t start cultivation right now because I am still young. I should be able to start cultivation when I reach 6 years old. For now, I will start mastering the basics of sword movements.
I took my sword out as I stand in a stance where my sword is pointing upward. I slowly start performing basic sword movements from Sword Maniac"s Inheritance. Sword Maniac called these basic movements "Introduction to yourself". From his naming sense, I don"t know if he is a master or just a mad man.