Though Yang Shen had decided to give up the greatsword, he had remained a little hesitant and reluctant on the inside.Why?
Because he had used the Beginners Guide to the Weapon of Your Choice, a 75 Points worth item to understand the basics of the greatsword.
But as the days went by and he resumed training with the bamboo spear, Yang Shen quickly understood why Bingqing had suggested him to use the spear.
The greatsword was a weapon which only needed brute strength to be used. There were no complex techniques or movements required to be performed.
Due to this, Yang Shen had been repeatedly using all of his strength to swing the huge sword. Therefore, he who didn"t know how to use his strength only made it harder for himself to understand and control it.
But the spear on the other hand wasn"t a weapon that relied on brute strength.
It was a weapon that was hard to train, complicated to understand, and even harder to wield.
And this was exactly what made it possible for Yang Shen to understand his strength and begin to control it through constant practice.
Knowing when to move the spear, applying counterforce to stop the spear"s movement, and so on.
This was all that made it possible for Yang Shen to start controlling his strength properly.
…
"Ready?"
Asking only one time, Bingqing who stood beside a tree slammed her fist onto it the moment she received a nod from Yang Shen.
Boom…. Rustle...
After the tree shook heavily, a lot of leaves on its branches started falling down.
Swoos.h.!.+ Slas.h.!.+
With his eyes narrowed and a sharp glint flas.h.i.+ng in them, Yang Shen immediately started moving the spear in his hand.
Though all he executed was the first and most basic style of spear wielding, the thrust, Yang Shen looked incredibly valiant and like an expert as the spear"s tip pierced through every single one of the falling leaves.
But just piercing them wasn"t enough. Yang Shen had to hold back his strength so that the leaf wouldn"t be split or shredded, and instead stay stuck to the spear tip.
"Yes! Finally!!"
Unable to hold back his happiness after he managed to pierce every single one of the falling leaves and how none of them were destroyed completely as they stuck together around the spear tip, Yang Shen after almost an entire month of travelling along with Bingqing and taking her training could now properly control his strength.
Similarly, he had finally managed to master one of the five styles, the thrust.
The remaining four styles though would take a lot of time to learn and even longer to master.
But there was no hurry. After all, haste makes waste, and Yang Shen who had experienced this in real life knew more than better to make the same mistake again.
….
"You"re finally willing to tell me the town"s name, Qing"er?"
"Yes. I love you so much that I couldn"t keep the truth hidden anymore."
Rolling his eyes, Yang Shen who could see the entrance of a town in the distance and the name of it written on the entrance"s arch felt his lips starting to twitch.
"Yeah. I can see how much you love me."
"Awww, don"t feel bad honey."
Shaking his head, Yang Shen didn"t think much about being kept in the dark.
After all, the two of them knew each other for less than two months. And given how they were yet to give a definition to their relations.h.i.+p, Yang Shen didn"t really think Bingqing was being unfair.
The two of them were simply two individuals who enjoyed having s.e.x with each other.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Therefore, what right did he have to expect anything at all from her?
Turns out that the women in this world were not like the mindless ones he read about in those poorly written eroticas. This was quite evident by how Bingqing still gave her job and profession the first priority despite having experienced the pleasure he gave her which resulted in at least four mind blowing o.r.g.a.s.ms every night.
"There"s nothing to feel bad about. You"ve got to keep your professional and personal business separate."
Showing a small smile as she heard those words, Bingqing felt happy that despite his age Yang Shen wasn"t one of those immature fools who"d get offended for every small thing. After all, just because she had s.e.x with him, did it mean that she"d need to give up on the rest of her life and do everything he wanted like a slave who couldn"t think for herself?
"Fufufufuf, even so, I"ll make sure to compensate you for all the secrecy."
"Oh? I like that. What do you have in mind?"
"Anything you want."
Whispering the last sentence into Yang Shen"s ear, Bingqing began walking while hugging his arm since they didn"t really need to try and keep their relations.h.i.+p a secret anymore.
After all, given how many times they arrived together during the morning and joined the company of soldiers who were getting ready to leave, only an idiot wouldn"t be able to figure out what was there between them.
"Tianjin Town. Where is this place?"
"We"re at the border of the Great s.h.i.+ Empire."
Answering the question without any hesitation, Bingqing didn"t find Yang Shen"s question weird at all.
The Black Moon Forest was one of the few places which shared the border with all of the three Great Kingdoms, and given how Yang Shen barely escaped from it with his life intact, Bingqing wasn"t surprised that he no longer knew where he was at.
"The Great s.h.i.+ Empire."
Muttering on the inside, Yang Shen who finally knew where he was at began making preparations about what he should do from now on.