Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wronged Wen Xueyue

  "Hah!" Just as Little Loli was lost in thought, a loud and clear shout came from Wu Ye Yu's mouth. Following the downward swing of his sword, a faint arc of light shot out, flying rapidly forward before striking the courtyard wall with a "zhi la" sound, leaving behind a deep mark. Fortunately, the quality of the courtyard wall was good, and its thickness was sufficient, so it didn't exhibit any penetration phenomenon.

  "She's broken through to the Sword Master realm!" Little Loli exclaimed in surprise, but it was far from the shock and awe that had been triggered earlier. After all, the former was a rare occurrence, whereas breaking through from Sword Master to Xian wasn't that impressive in comparison.

  As the sword energy slashed out, the mist in front of Wu Ye Yu was also shattered cleanly, and he suddenly came back to his senses, just as the Washing Marrow Technique ended.

  Afterwards, Wu Ye Yu looked around in slight confusion, confirming that this was indeed his own courtyard before letting out a sigh of relief. Seeing the little loli, he asked: "What just happened? Why do I feel like I'm shrouded in fog? It's as if I've only just managed to shatter it, but the scene is really too bizarre."

  The little loli rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath, "You're so lucky but you don't even know it, how weird is that?" "Just now your unintentional breakthrough triggered the heavenly spiritual energy to cleanse your marrow, now fatty brother you've already reached the Sword Master realm~ why don't you hurry back to your room to wash up? You smell really bad right now." As she spoke, she waved her small hand in front of her nose.

  "What? Did I break through?" Wu Yeyu only now noticed the abnormality on his body, a sticky and sour smell that kept drilling into his nostrils, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

  After regaining consciousness, Wu Ye Yu immediately ran into the room to clean up. After taking off his clothes, he couldn't help but ignore the blood stains on his body that still ached slightly, and he started using the Water Control Technique to wash away the dirt.

  This time Wu Ye Yu's breakthrough naturally caught the attention of some people in the Wu family, after all, such a close distance gathering of heaven and earth spiritual energy is still easy to notice for some martial practitioners.

  Lao Yu naturally didn't need to say, from start to finish he was quietly guarding Wen Xue Yue by her side, and Xiao Pangzi was with him at the time, this matter couldn't escape his divine sense. As for this child being able to break through to the Sword Master realm at just ten years old, Lao Yu was quite interested.

  Moreover, whether it was the set of movements he practiced with his own miss, or the water control method that had already been revealed before, including Xiaopang's sword practice every afternoon, Old Yu gave them a lot of attention. Although for ordinary people, these simple movements might not be anything special, after all, compared to some powerful and overflowing martial arts classics, these exercises seem especially ordinary, and it's easy to treat them as general physical training methods. However, as the peak Sword Emperor, Old Yu was able to see something unusual in these simple movements, which involves experience, insight, and perspective on things.

  "This little fatty's moves are indeed the unorthodox methods used to lay the foundation!" Old Yu secretly observed Wu Ye and Wen Xue Yue, while carefully pondering the secrets within this set of movements, sighing in admiration.

  "This little fatty is indeed clever, knowing to share this basic skill with the young lady in order to curry favor. Moreover, when he practices his sword skills, he doesn't mind the young lady watching from the side. It seems that with her thoughts, this set of refined sword techniques will eventually fall into her hands... In that case, I'd better not make a move to snatch it away." After all, people need face, trees need bark, and since the little fatty has already put in so much effort, if as a senior he were to make a move to snatch his skills after the fact, it would be truly unjustifiable.

  "Hmm, having lived for most of my life, I still need to save some face! If it were when I was younger... Hehehe!" Old Yu seemed to recall some past events and chuckled lightly.

  "Considering the current practice effect of these two, it should be at least a top-grade Earth-level technique? And it's still used for foundation-building. It seems that this little fatty has obtained the legacy of some senior strong expert, what a lucky kid! Tsk~! My Wen family has these two techniques, as long as no major chaos erupts, they are enough to stand firm."

  ……

  "Hmm? Someone is breaking through the boundary? Looking at this spiritual energy fluctuation, it should be the Sword Boundary. This direction is probably where that little fatty lives. Hehehe, a 10-year-old Sword Boundary, I didn't expect the Wu family to produce such a talented young man... and he's even my son with a servant girl..." Wu Zongyue, the head of the Wu family, muttered to himself with some emotion.

  "Someone's coming." Wu Zongyue said after a moment of silence, turning his head.

  Then two guards came in from outside the door and saluted: "Your subordinate is here!"

  "Pass it down, from now on the treatment of Ye Yu, the young master of Night Rain, will be the same as that of San Gongzi. As for the specifics, let the steward ask himself."

  "Yes!" The two guards heard the order and turned around and left the room.

  ……

  Wu Yeyu, still unaware of the danger that had just passed, walked out of the room with an air of superiority, her head held high and her chest out, wearing a new set of training clothes. She arrived at Wen Xiyue's side, who was practicing swordplay, and gazed at the little loli's elegant and agile figure with an appreciative eye.

  "What a great move! Excellent!" Seeing the wonderful part, Wu Yeru couldn't help but applaud repeatedly and picked up the steel sword stuck in the ground to imitate the moves.

  "Hmph!" Little Loli saw Wu Ye Yu's hippie smile and let out a tender shout, her hand weaving a sword flower as she charged towards Wu Ye Yu. "Fatty brother is so unreasonable! Doesn't he know that secretly learning someone else's martial arts is a major taboo in the Jianghu?"

  Wu Yeru saw the little loli attacking herself, and she was not annoyed. She took a step forward, her figure passing through several twists and turns, and then arrived three zhang away. Then she hurriedly begged for mercy: "Hehe! Xueyue, don't take it to heart. What's our relationship? Can we be like those Jianghu rascals?"

  "Hmph! What else can you say? Who has any relation with you, come and take the sword!" Wen Xueyue heard Wu Yeyu's words, thought of something, her pretty face turned red, then she turned around and attacked again, a faint light flickering on the cold sword, apparently using internal energy.

  "Ah! Xi Yue, you're really here, stop it quickly! Don't be angry!" Wu Ye Yu saw that this girl had actually used her strength and hastily turned his body to run to another place, still talking non-stop.

  Wen Xiyue saw Little Fatty flash a few times and arrived on the other side, knowing that his speed was no match for Wu Ye's. Although he was very surprised, he didn't want to give up and said: "Fatty brother, you're quite fast! But I don't know if you have the guts to fight with me."

  "No!" Wu Yeyu immediately chimed in without hesitation.

  "You!..." Obviously didn't expect Wu Yeru to answer so bluntly, Wen Xueyue was slightly stunned and couldn't help but angrily say, "If you're a man, don't run away! Fight me!"

  Wen Xue Yue's feet moved swiftly, her footsteps quickening as she charged towards Wu Ye Yu, the sword in her hand pointing directly at him.

  In this situation, Wu Ye Yu scratched his head in confusion, "What's going on? Weren't things fine just a moment ago? How did Little Loli suddenly become violent?" However, despite the commotion in his mind, his footsteps didn't slow down. With a light twist of his body, he appeared in another location. The "Basic Footwork" technique was executed with ease and precision, after all, it was the best foundational martial art he had practiced so far.

  Like this, the two of them chased each other, one pursuing and the other fleeing. In just a moment, time quickly passed and both of them were slightly out of breath.

  "Ah, Xueyue, what's wrong with you? You were fine just now, how did you change like this after I took a bath? Where did I go wrong, can't I change?" Wu Yeyu said while constantly using his movement technique to evade the pursuing Wen Xueyue.

  "You! You! You……" The two of them chased each other until now, when Wen Xiyue realized that her physical abilities were indeed no match for Wu Yeyu. Then she thought about the smooth and natural feeling Wu Yeyu had when practicing sword fighting before, and a wave of frustration and jealousy arose in her heart. She gradually stopped running, pouted her small mouth, and her eyes turned red as tears welled up in her eyes, on the verge of crying.

  Wu Yeru, who had run far away, stopped immediately upon seeing the situation and quickly turned back, his speed much faster than before. He rushed to Xiao Loli's side, hastily embracing her in his arms, and asked softly: "What's wrong? What's wrong! Are you hurt somewhere? Or was someone bullying you just now when I wasn't around? You're so pitiful like this, who was it?! Tell me quickly, let Brother Wu avenge you!"

  Wu Yeru didn't ask, and it was fine. But after asking, Wen Xiyue's eyes couldn't hold back tears anymore. Big drops of tears fell down like they were free, and she burst into loud crying, making people feel unbearable. A pair of small hands kept pounding on Wu Yeru's body, making a cracking sound, with a surprisingly strong force. The little fatty's face turned red, his nose was hit once, although he had thick skin and didn't bleed, but the pain was inevitable. Suddenly, Wu Yeru felt an intense stinging sensation on his nose, and then tears flowed uncontrollably, snot couldn't be stopped either, soon covering his entire face, becoming extremely disheveled.

  In another small courtyard, Old Yu was closely watching the movements of Wen Xue and Yue. At this moment, he rolled his eyes wildly and couldn't help but feel a burst of laughter in his heart, thinking that these two kids were quite interesting. Then, he closed his eyes, thinking that ignorance is bliss.

  "Alright then... Xue Yue, this little girl is indeed extremely talented and has been well-educated by her family since she was young. She's also polite and courteous when interacting with others, making her a rare good child. However, due to the constant praise she receives, she can't help but feel a bit arrogant and proud. Finding someone to knock her down a peg and temper her personality would be a great thing... it would allow her to calm down and focus on her studies. That's a wonderful thing! But, that little fatty... tsk!" Old Yu felt a pang of sympathy seeing Wen Xue Yue cry so loudly, having watched her grow up since she was young. However, for the sake of this girl's future success...

  "Huh? That kid actually dared to carry Xueyue back to his room! Nothing's going to happen, right?!"