Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.3 - The World of Persilatan

The swordsman then thrust his sword at Sin Lou. Sin Lou instantly fell to the floor as the swordsman took off his grip.

"huop.. ugh! What the fuck is this sword? My father's bigger bully I can still lift!" sin Lou grumbled as he was still trying to raise the sword.

Fu Chen's eyes opened wide to see Sin Lou not expecting to have trouble lifting the sword, but it was clear to his eyes how the swordsman freely played his sword.

"How, does the sword look fragile?" The swordsman chuckled at Sin Lou who was starting to give up.

"I like bigger swords to look dashing in girls' eyes rather than swords like this." Sin Lou let go of the sword just like that, luckily Fu Chen swiftly held it down before falling to the floor.

His eyes widened as his joints felt slightly shifted as he caught the sword.

"Hey! Keep up!" Fu Chen felt the need to warn Sin Lou, he was worried that the swordsman would be offended by this kid's attitude.

"Hahaha, it's okay, it's common." The swordsman then took out the sword that was still in hand by Fu Chen. Shortly thereafter Aunt Fei came to give the swordsman change.

The swordsman refused the change and asked Aunt Fei to share it with Fu Chen and Sin Lou. He then got up from his seat and intended to leave but Fu Chen immediately held him back.

"em... I'm sorry, sir, can you name your name?" Fu Chen asked timidly.

"Hahaha, right too, I enjoyed the conversation so much that I forgot to introduce myself" the Swordsman laughed awkwardly before introducing himself. "Just call me Xing Fu, I'm a traveling swordsman without a sect."

"Xing Fu?" Fu Chen muttered softly.

"Alright then, see you." The swordsman named Xing Fu waved his hand and walked out of the shop. Sin Lou replied, While Fu Chen was trying to record the name of the pedar in his memory.

After the swordsman was no longer visible, Sin Lou directed his gaze at the bag of cloth that contained a pile of silver in it, he then slowly elbowed Fu Chen's stomach to make him realize.

"Hey, we're so lucky today! Hahaha.."Sin Lou cradled the money they had just earned, unfinished he enjoyed his happiness the bag was immediately snatched away by Aunt Fei.

"Didn't you hear? This money will be evenly distributed, including Fu Mei so you don't think no-no" Aunt Fei said with a meaningful smile.

Sin Lou did not react but his face had represented expressions of frustration and disappointment simultaneously.

"You two quickly help Mei'er wash the dishes in the back! He's been so tired of waiting for you all these years." Aunt Fei turned her smile into a cold gaze that intimidated the two of them, the aura of an iby-housewife came out from all over her body.

Fu Chen and Sin Lou shuddered in horror at the sight, their saddle feathers reacting thus. Quickly the two of them ran towards the back of Aunt Fei's tavern while pushing each other.

"Based on those kids." Aunt Fei sighed softly and went back to serving the other customers.

In the distance, the swordsman who had been talking to Fu Chen was smiling faintly, he realized that his sword was reacting slightly when touched by Fu Chen.

"An interesting young man .." Not long after, the swordsman immediately jumped high on the roofs of the houses and disappeared in the thick of the forest.

***

That night when Fu Chen was having dinner, Fu Chen asked about the martial world and some things he knew from Xing Fu, the warrior he had met this afternoon.

"Chen'er, how do you know Katana's sword?" Tang Shu was slightly surprised as Fu Chen asked about the Katana sword.

Katana itself is very rarely found in the Eastern continent, swords such as Katana can only be found around the Central continent and the North continent.

Tang Shu's face then paled slightly as Fu Chen explained his encounter with a swordsman named Xing Fu, not only Tang Shu, Xin Xue also showed the same look.

The reason why they hid the Tang clan from foreigners was not without reason. All of that was because Tang Shu was the grandson of one of the top Clan Chiefs in the Middle Continent, the Tang Clan.

But due to the greed of the people in the Central continent, the Tang clan was forced to bury its name after getting attacks from the various clans that formed the alliance.

The strength of the Tang clan itself was actually already equal to a large sect and even a kingdom. But because what they fought was a combination of several Clans and great warriors, making the Tang Clan find a crushing defeat.

Tang Shu and the few other survivors decided to leave the Central continent and split up into several different continents.

After exploring for a few years aimlessly, Tang Shu finally met Xin Xue who was a beautiful girl in the Falling Star Village back then, their ages were not far away either.

Tang Shu, then 20, decided to settle down in the Falling Star Village and marry Xin Xue when she was 30. Until now they have two children and still maintain the household until this moment.

Xin Xue also knew her husband's background and she did not bother about it at all. Xin Xue told Tang Shu that they lived for today and tomorrow, so there was no need to think about the past she suffered.

But Tang Shu still hid one fact from his wife, the fact that he was the one who carried the legacy of the Tang clan that he had stored somewhere until now.

***

Tang Shu tried to calm down. Tang Shu actually did not want Fu Chen to enter the martial world because he himself had sensed how bitter it was to live as a warrior. But Tang Shu realized, he could not force his son's choice or it would make him regret one day.

Tang Shu slightly sighed before returning to continue with the explanation.

Tang Shu explained that the martial world was not as peaceful as Fu Chen thought, the martial world was filled with battle and blood. The martial world is a world full of ruse and a place for greedy and cunning people to gather.

"The martial world has its own rules, who is strong then they will be flattered. But you have to know one thing, strength is not everything. In the martial world also requires relationships so that your position persists or may be able to rise higher."

Fu Chen nodded slowly at his father's explanation. "But father... What does that mean with the White Stream? I heard if the Sacred Sword Sect came from the White stream, what does that mean?"

"I almost forgot about it, haha.." Tang Shu laughed awkwardly, almost forgetting to explain the most important thing in the martial world.

White flow is a flow that upholds humanity, white flow is also often involved in fights with other streams because of a small conflict or because it protects the citizens.

Black Streams usually contain greedy people who increase power and strength, this flow is what often makes problems in various places.

The Heresy flow is slightly different from the Black stream, people in the Heresy flow usually do not admit if they come from there, this flow is also the smallest of the four existing streams.

While the Neutral Stream is a realistic flow, they will not interfere in the affairs of others if they are not concerned with them.

"Do you understand Chen'er?" Tang Shu smiled gently at her son who was so serious about listening to her explanation while Fu Mei was already fast asleep with her mother in the room.

Tang Shu gave Fu Chen advice again and asked his son to be a neutral irang. The human heart is not measured by which flow it comes from, if the human heart has been dirty then the flow is not something that can affect it.

Fu Chen nodded in understanding, he was so amazed to see his father who could explain about the martial world in such detail, whereas his own work was a farmer.

"Where did you know all that? As far as I know dad always gardening and almost never leaving the Village," Fu Chen asked in slight astonishment.

"Eh, haha.dad found out from Chen'er merchants, they were always moving places in selling, of course they had a lot of information," Tang Shu said with an awkward smile.

"Well Chen'er, are you interested in joining the selection of the Sacred Sword Sect next year?" tang Shu asked to melt the atmosphere.

Fu Chen was excited when his father asked him that, quickly nodding his head.

"yes dad!"

Tang Shu smiled gently then rubbed Fu Chen's head. "Then prepare yourself, another month will be held the awakening of the dantian in your body."

"Andy?" Fu Chen was so confused, even he had not entered the martial world yet many new things had filled his head.

Dantian is a place to hold qi energy, the quality of one's dantian also determines the talent of the person.The higher the quality, the higher the chance of the person becoming a famous swordsman.

While qi energy is natural energy that is successfully absorbed by the human body, it will be stored in dantian and form small points as an embodiment.

"For the quality of the Dantian, you can find out in two weeks, by then there will be a representative of the Sacred Sword Sect who will explain and share a sheet about the quality of the Dantian." Tang Shu was about to stand up from his chair but Fu Chen asked again.

"What should I prepare for the resurrection, father?"

"Do things like you used to do Chen'er, that's enough to train your physique." Tang Shu smiled gently.

As Fu Chen thought about it, Tang Shu had already left Fu Chen first and caught up with his wife who had fallen asleep.

"If I still do things as usual.isn't that the same as no preparation? What if I lose to Sin Lou, the muscle enthusiast." Fu Chen thought deeply, he still could not think of what kind of preparation he should make.

"Huft, maybe tomorrow I'll think about it again, today there's enough information that I got, I think my brain also needs to rest."