Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.20 - Aura of the Magical Beast

"Dad, when are we going to visit that cave?" Fu Chen sat down languidly on the ground. He had just demonstrated the third skill of the Rafting Flow swordsmanship.

Four days had already passed when Fu Chen studied the sword of the Rafting Stream, Fu Chen had managed to learn all three of them in just four days. This achievement was very surprising to Tang Shu, as long as he stayed within his clan though, he had never seen or heard of such a thing.

While studying the last two styles, Fu Chen only found out the reason behind the given name. In the second step, the movement used has an irregular pattern, the speed of each attack is also erratic.

While on the third row in the pile on a very fast movement. The third step is required to be able to defeat the opponent with a single slash.

Fu Chen was extremely overwhelmed to demonstrate the two remaining moves. Changing the attack pattern to irregular is very difficult, especially the tempo of the speed used also changes.

Fu Chen felt frustrated as he studied the third skill. He should be able to pass through a wooden statue that had a distance of five meters from within a single leap.

The difficulty grew even more as Fu Chen had to swing the wooden sword, just like someone who pulled the sword out of its sheath quickly. From this Fu Chen could realize how arrogant he was in swordplay. The only science he has is a grain of dust.

Fu Chen then again gathered his resolve and repeated each stance from the beginning, until he finally managed to pass the wooden statue five meters before him, on the fourth day.

"You've only made it once, are you satisfied there?"

"Of course not, I just want to rest for one day.." Fu Chen sighed, releasing the fatigue he felt.

"Hoho .. I forgot who said I wanted to be strong a while ago." Tang Shu smiled curvyly intending to heat up Fu Chen.

Fu Chen pouted in response, "alright, I'll finish it today. If necessary, I will make my own style later!" Fu Chen left Tang Shu by stomping his feet to the ground.

"Hahaha. rest for a moment, we still have a lot of time. We will leave if you manage to damage the wooden statue with your sword!" Tang Shu laughed loudly looking at Fu Chen like a girl when angry.

"No way!" fu Chen shouted from a distance. Fu Chen then approached the wooden statue for his training. Taking a breath to calm down, Fu Chen thought of how to damage the wooden statue with his wooden sword.

"If I directly hit my sword with this statue, then I can make sure my sword will be damaged first." Inner Fu Chen while paying attention to his sword and the wooden statue in front of him.

"What if I attack him like I'm holding an attack? if the load on the opponent is too heavy, it means that the burden is also resistance, right? all right, I think it's worth a try." Fu Chen thought as he stroked his chin, estimating every possibility he could take.

Fu Chen then glanced towards Tang Shu, he saw his father was currently playing the flute. His tone rang to his ears, the calm tone made him get carried away.

After thinking about the path he took, Fu Chen immediately set the starting position of the third. His left leg is pulled back, while his body is leaning forward, resting on the right leg which is slightly bent.

Tang Shu said if setting the starting position like this was not necessary when the fight occurred. But for beginners like Fu Chen, memehami initial position will determine the speed of the jump produced.

Fu Chen immediately leaped towards the wooden statue in a single leap after taking a breath. His right hand swung with his sword to hit the neck of the statue.

Fu Chen watched his wooden statue and wooden sword after stopping. Right on the neck of the wooden statue was a small scratch, while the wooden sword did not suffer from fatigue.

Fu Chen smiled widely, knowing his tactics worked. He kept repeating it until the evening.

"Hah hah hah.." Fu Chen lay on his back after successfully cutting off the wooden statue's head, his breathing was interrupted because it was too imposing.

To stand he was no longer able to do so. Fu Chen's wooden sword was also no better than the wooden statue he had smashed. A crack large enough to make the wooden sword almost break.

Fu Chen's hands and feet felt extremely limp, as he made a move on the third stance dozens of times. Tang Shu who saw all of that was greatly amazed by Fu Chen's understanding, he thought his son would swing his wooden sword as hard as possible to damage the wooden statue he made.

"Rest, tonight you don't have to meditate under the waterfall." Tang Shu felt, even a late stage three-tier swordsman would be difficult to keep up with his training.

He granted Fu Chen leniency that night, and would keep his promise to immediately go to the cave according to Fu Chen's wishes. Fu Chen smiled wryly thinking his father only wanted to play tricks on him.

Fu Chen involuntarily fell asleep just like that on the ground, his snoring sound was heard by Tang Shu who was burning a fish. Tang Shu carried her son to move into the hut.

Inwardly, he was extremely proud of having a child like Fu Chen who was extremely talented. "I hope, the ancestor gave his inheritance to you, Chen'er" Tang Shu rubbed his son's slightly dusty face. A happy smile was engraved on his face as he looked at Fu Chen's face.

Tang Shu returned to the fireplace to pick up the grilled fish, his mind reminded of the dream he had just experienced a few months ago. "I hope this is just my feeling." he sighed softly while watching the night sky, accompanied by a grilled fish to eat watching the stars fall from the sky.

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"Who's doing the fight here Chen'er?"

The next day when Tang Shu and Fu Chen had reached the mouth of the cave. Tang Shu was made very astonished, as he had not found this place before. What else in that place is also a former fight.

"Dad, haven't I said this before. A tiger is chasing me, and we're fighting here." Fu Chen was lazy to retell from the beginning of his story. Wrong Tang Shu himself why not pay attention to his words.

"Huh?" Tang Shu thought that it was the former occupant's fight with the beasts inside the forest.

"An adult tiger has at least the strength of an early level two swordsman, if Chen'er manages to defeat him .. doesn't that mean he's on par with a level two swordsman, even when he doesn't yet have Qi?" muttered Tang Shu slowly, he shook his head thinking about Fu Chen's terrifying strength to a child his age.

"Hurry dad, the crystal is inside, not in the bushes." Fu Chen's voice resuscitated Tang Shu from her daydream, with her soon following her son.

As Tang Shu had only entered the cave a few steps away, he felt an aura that was extremely intimidating to his soul. "Chen'er, take cover behind dad!" Tang Shu pulled Fu Chen's collar to be near him.

"What's wrong?" Fu Chen who saw his father was so vigilant also went on standby.

"Do you feel it? a strange aura inside there." Tang Shu pointed into the cave.

"Emhh, I feel it, but it's just a little bit" Fu Chen also noticed the inside of the cave. He was amazed by his father who always maintained vigilance at small things like this, according to him.

Unlike Fu Chen, Tang Shu actually frowned getting Fu Chen's answer. How could his son not be affected? his own mentality even wavered a little when he first felt it.

Tang Shu's forehead grew furrowed as he felt the strange aura thinning further as Fu Chen finished his sentence.

"What is that really?" Fu Chen asked his father because he felt his father knew something.

"That's the aura of a magical animal, I don't know what's in there. But I once felt the same aura while still in the central continent"

"Magical animal? is it different from a demon?"

"Father does not know what distinguishes the two, but many say, if magical animals have special characteristics that are not owned by any animal, including stealth."

Fu Chen nengguk did not want to question further, he himself did not feel bothered by the strange aura. His attention then shifted to the purple crystal attached to the cave wall.

"Is this crystal valuable, father?" Fu Chen showed the crystal in his hand.

"Yes, it can help your cultivation, take it in moderation and we leave immediately. .. I feel less comfortable being in this place." Tang Shu's premonition said, it would be a bad thing if he continued to be here.

Fu Chen obeyed his father's wishes and immediately collected the crystals until his pouch was full. They immediately left the place.

Without them noticing, a pair of eyes had been watching them ever since entering into the cave. The pair of eyes continued to follow the second step until they exited the cave.