CH 85.2

For disciples who have passed the Cleansing Sword Lake and have formally become disciples, their masters can know if they’re safe. It’s not a soul lamp, but the Sword Qi Obelisk of the Tower.

“Look, look.” Bai Chengyu calls Su Tingyun until they’re next to the strange black stone at the front of the Obliteration Sword Island’s main hall. He goes around until he’s behind it, then says, “Our names are on it.”

Su Tingyun did notice this stone before, engraved with the three words of Obliteration Sword Tower. The three characters contain the sword intent of the founders, which makes the people looking feel like their minds are opening up. But she didn’t know that there are writings at the back of the Obelisk.

She looks closely, and sure enough, she sees that there are numerous names behind the strange stone. However, ninety-nine percent of the names are gray with a very fine scratch on them. The rest of the names are bright red, which are quite striking.

Her name, the names of the three brothers of the Ren family, as well as the names of the twins, are all at the bottom. Ren Jia’s name has been grayed out.

“When we revealed our strength at that time, Master didn’t strike our names off. Since we have passed the entry test, and have gone through the apprentice ceremony, we will remain part of the Obliteration Sword Tower so long as we don’t do anything grave enough to offend Heaven and Reason.” After saying that, Bai Chengyu is silent for a moment, then he continues: “After something happened to my brother, Master looked for me and Lor-… big brother everywhere, then he brought me back.”

“He said your name is still bright, and you haven’t come to any harm, so I followed him back.” Bai Chengyu smiles sheepishly after speaking, “I’m sorry. At the time, I really, really wanted to come back.”

He lost his brother, and he was alone and lonely. Recalling the days when they stayed in the Tower, he keeps feeling that he would be happier staying here. So when his master asked him to come back, Bai Chengyu came back with him.

“I’d have wanted you back here too.” Su Tingyun smiles. She reaches out to touch the name engraved on the stone, and suddenly feels a little sad.

There used to be so many people in the Obliteration Sword Tower. Then that number became less and less. In the end, there are only a few people left. She turns her head up, looking at the top of the strange stone, and suddenly spots a name that looks very vague. A thin line is etched on the other names, but this one seems to have been gouged out by a sword. She carefully studies it, and determines that it’s four words, but she has no idea what the words could be.

After staring at it for a long time, Su Tingyun only feels that in front of her eyes are countless blade-lights from swords. She could hear the sounds of colliding blades in her ears, making them buzz. She hurriedly blinks and takes a few steps back. When she opens her eyes again, that strangeness just now is gone.

“There is sword intent in these names. The more powerful they were, the stronger the sword intent contained in their names.” Behind them, a voice murmurs. Su Tingyun turns around, immediately seeing Little Uncle walking right past them. There’s not a trace of water on his body, even his hair has gone dry. But his sword is still dripping, droplets falling on the tip of a grass and making a winding path all the way down.

“Master is very good. Although I can’t practice swordsmanship, he doesn’t shun me. He even teaches me how to shoot.” Bai Chengyu has a serious expression as he speaks, saluting Yan Yuqing’s back.

“You can’t practice swordsmanship?”

“Yeah, I have a gun*. And it already has a gun spirit in it, so it’s not suitable for cultivating swordmanship. But Master’s marksmanship is also very good.”

“Oh, I’m going back to the Qianji Pavilion to pick up Little Bai, let’s go back sometime.”

She can run around everywhere else, but the location of the Qianji Pavilion has to be hidden.  And her cultivation base is low. If she wants to hide her tracks, she can only rely on Bai Chengyu.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you, I’ve already brought it over for you. It’s just planted in front of your place.” He was free and had nothing to do, so he went back and took the big orchid tongue grass from the pond, so when Su Tingyun comes back, she wouldn’t have to run around again. One can think of it as a gesture to make up for his guilt that he didn’t wait at the Wuliang Sect, and had run back by himself.

The orchid tongue grass has just been losing its energy for the past two days, and even before that, the leaves have been limp for days.

“Ah, that’s really great, thank you so much.”

Hearing that, Su Tingyun couldn’t wait to go back to her place. But as soon as she gets there, she sees her Master and Xiao Budian sitting under the big orchid tongue grass and playing chess. The sun is high at the moment, and the leaves of the orchid tongue grass are wide and thick. So the pair is using them like a parasol to shield from the sun, sitting right underneath.

“Little Bai.”

Su Tingyun calls out, and Little Bai immediately slaps its leaves and lets out a laugh.

As a result, she hears Xiao Budian say: “What are you doing, the sun is getting through.”

“That’s right, that’s right. Don’t move around, or you’ll be fried and eaten.”

Previously, Zhan Yu was the one who pulled out that small orchid tongue grass, crushed it, and threw it next to the Cleansing Sword Lake. Their Obliteration Sword Island has a lot of green bamboo. In the past, it had no orchid tongue grasses at all. Every time they saw one, they would pull it up by the roots.

This time, seeing such a big orchid tongue grass, Zhan Yu had long wanted to pull it out. But he isn’t planning to throw it away, he thinks that since the leaves are too plump, it must taste good. He secretly talked about it with Xiao Budian. But Little Bai overheard it, so it behaved properly in front of this master and the apprentice.

Now that it sees Su Tingyun, the hard times are over and the good days are just beginning. It is so, so aggrieved, that it’s about to cry.

Little Bai flaps its leaves and fans out the cool breeze. At this moment, it finally lets out a retaliatory taunt.

“You look ugly, you look ugly.”

“Who?” Zhan Yu’s black piece falls on the board, and the man rolls his eyes.

Xiao Budian holds an iron sword in one hand, and rests his chin in the other. He looks at the chessboard. Without raising his head, “It must be talking about you, Master. Or maybe, it’s Senior Sister.”

Su Tingyun: “…”

These two, why do they look like they’re bullying Little Bai!