A Pair of Eclipse Swords
Chapter : 6 – It's Time
Days change days, weeks change weeks, months change, and without feeling the year changes. Sung Han had lived in Xiao Shi Yong's humble cottage for five years and became the man's student.
During these five years, Xiao Shi Yong had always felt awe at his student's ever-increasing development on a daily basis. Sung Han turned out to be clever enough to accept and understand every lesson he gave.
Though beyond his years, the real shrewd one was Xiao Shi Yong himself. The way of training him which by giving various kinds of light motivation to Sung Han, made the spirit of the boy blazing and tireless.
An easy example is when you first practice, just with the aim of being able to cut wood by hand, with the aim of, Sung Han struggled desperately to fill the horse-drinking and fireplace that was not full for a week either.
As time goes by, exercise increases. Sung Han was not allowed to stop taking water and firewood until noon. Rising to the next level, Sung han is not allowed to eat and drink if until the night the nine large barrels have not been filled and the firewood pile has not been filled.
Up to the most extreme level was, when the thirty-year-old faced man said.
"It is not permissible to eat if in a day you cannot cut down five trees by hand. Then you can't drink if those woods you can't cut into firewood."
As a result, starting from that day, it was not uncommon for Sung Han to only be able to eat without drinking. They often do not eat or drink at all.
After completing the inhumane exercises, Sung Han began to be trained in the silat sciences. Starting from the most basic movement, middle, to high-level silat sciences.
The ingenuity of Xiao Shi Yong here was, that person simply did not stuff the mind of his student with all sorts of grandiose and exaggerated ideals. Such as being a hero, oppressor of crime, helping the weak, or even revenge. Xiao Shi Yong did not train his student at all for such a purpose.
He was already too lazy to make up such a story and made all sorts of tantalizing excuses for Sung Han to become a big swordsman. He only capitalizes on not eating and drinking if the exercise is not finished. As a result, Sung Han became a tough and strong young man for the size of a child his age.
"Cleaning the stables, cleaning around the house, taking up water supplies, watering plants in the garden, replenishing firewood supplies. Hem...all is done."
The long-haired youth who was pigtailed at the nape of the neck stood in front of the hut as his hands counted his work.
His face was quite handsome, with white skin and thick eyebrows. A pointed chin with a strong jaw. His eyes were bright yellow like the moonlight was very soothing. Who else if not Sung Han.
"Oh, are you awake?" the teacher looks out of the cottage while yawning. Amazingly, if noticed there was absolutely no change in the face of that person during these five years.
"Oh teacher, I've done everything. The housework is done." Sung Han replied.
"Ah...This time you've finished? Then it's time to practice silat." he said half drowsiness and occasionally yawn. He walked slowly towards the already alert Sung Han.
"Review attack!!" screeched Xiao Shi Yong suddenly as his body slid forward with an open tread attack.
The alert Sung Han quickly threw his body to the left accompanied by a lightning kick of his right leg that headed towards Xiao Shi Yong's stomach.
"Bugh–dess!"
Xiao Shi Yong looked at that, then he held on with his left hand while his right hand grabbed quickly onto Sung Han's face which immediately tilted his head.
"Craaass!!" the wind from the hand was incredible. The ground and grass that was struck instantly froze instantly as the cold wind from Xiao Shi Yong's hand gushed over him.
"Crazy, every day the power of teachers increases! Does he have no boundaries!?" inner Sung Han wondered.
The two fought fiercely, hit each other with great hit so it is not uncommon if there is a stray wind that makes the leaves of the tree and various frozen or charred plants burned.
Reaching the fortieth step, Xiao Shi Yong who felt that it was enough to stomp the two hands that Sung Han immediately parried by crossing his arms to the front of his chest. As a result, the young man's body bounced with his chest that felt cold hot.
"Ughh.." lamented when there was a little thick red liquid at the tip of the lips.
Xiao Shi Yong approached his disciple and channeled a little inner strength to treat his disciple's injuries. After Sung Han had recovered, Xiao Shi Yong told the young man to sit inside the hut.
"What's the teacher? Is there anything important?" sung Han asked curiously as it was not usual for his teacher to behave this serious.
Xiao Shi Yong replied after taking a deep breath how many times, "Yes, it is indeed very important. This is the most important matter since you decided to become my disciple."
Sung Han was aghast and shocked, but he remained silent to listen to the next words.
"You...you don't know who I am yet?"
"Not a teacher" Sung Han replied quickly.
Xiao Shi Yong chuckled and made Sung Han astonished as the ruckus was different from usual. Sayup-sayup he also heard the words of his teacher who was very soft almost inaudible.
"It has come.the time has come...."
Sung Han had no idea what the words meant.
"Sung Han, go up to the top of that high cliff. Do some magic gathering there, absorb the core of the sun and moon energy nonstop until I wake you up." he said suddenly as his right hand pointed to the left, where the cliff was.
Then he continued, "If you have graduated in this exercise, then at that time you will know who your teacher is. And you will be the heir of this sword."
Sung Han was of course shocked to hear that, because for five years he had only been trained in silat and gathering manpower in and how to process it. For the magic air, just hear it just this once.
Moreover, about giving him the sword, a sword that he saw his teacher never pulled at all. Even secretly he once thought the sword was just a toy sword.
"Sorry teacher, hawa sakti? What'sthat?"
"Just do my word and you'll know for yourself. For now you can't help it if I teach you about that magic air."
"But if that's the case, why did the teacher ask me to gather the magic air? How do I do it?" Sung Han was so confused that he kept asking.
"Do like gathering energy in, one day you will know what and how to gather the magic air." replied the teacher is still the same as before. And made Sung Han even more confused.
But because there was no reason to argue, also for being devoted to his teacher, he did not ask again and quickly climbed the high cliff to then meditate there. Collecting air around to be processed into energy in.
From the front of his hut, Xiao Shi Yong looked at his disciple who was at the top of the cliff with a faint smile. In his right hand was already clutched with a sword that Sung Han had never seen before.
This man looked at the sky, looking far away for what it was.
"Sister.it seems, I will be home soon.." he murmured softly.
Then his gaze turned to the sword in his exquisite carved hand.
"The Solar Eclipse, it seems you have a new master and my duty is past."
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