Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.45 - The Food That Comes

Fu Chen walked out of the library with a frown. He kept thinking about the fastest way to become an inner disciple, but there was indeed no other choice after the duel.

If Fu Chen usually went to class after training with Li Han, then this time he chose to relax while thinking about a plan. Training in the classroom was very boring, some even Fu Chen had known in the library.

"Eh... Where is this…?" Fu Chen daydreamed as he walked, not realizing he had walked far enough away from his destination.

Around Fu Chen there were only peach blossom trees, the streets were also quite quiet. Fu Chen patted his forehead feeling embarrassed Realizing he had lost his way.

As one of the big sects, the Sacred Sword sect was indeed quite vast. It would be a problem if one did not really recognize the place.

Fu Chen walked while looking for a way out of there. After quite a long walk, Fu Chen heard a sound like a clash of swords and some cheers from the people. Fu Chen smiled bitterly, it seemed like he had gone deeper into that place.

Fu Chen tried to find the source of the voice, hoping that there would be people willing to give a way out. The sound of the clanking of swords grew clearer in Fu Chen's ears. After a while, he found a crowd of people in dark blue uniform robes. They are the inner disciples.

Fu Chen only wore a regular kinagashi kimono. He rushed to the crowd to see what was happening.

When he arrived, Fu Chen saw a great fight between the shirtless young man and a young man with a forced look. The gallant young man who was showing off his muscles laughed throughout the fight, whereas his opponent was even almost out of breath.

"Based on that crazy boy! I can't believe I got out this fast from closed-door training." The sizzle of a young man, he did not seem to want to linger there.

"Breakin' a bet?" Friendly.

"What do you mean?"

"I'd bet if he had just climbed to the final stage after he got out of his training." The young man smiled at her.

"Don't joke! We better get going. I don't want him to persuade me to be his opponent."

Fu Chen who had unintentionally listened to the conversation both felt astonished. This fight was quite interesting to watch, they avoided it.

"Sorry, senior .. can you tell me what happened?" Fu Chen could not help but ask. He forgot his original purpose of approaching this crowd.

"Hm?" The young man who had just conversed glanced towards Fu Chen. "You must be an outer disciple.It's best to leave this place immediately if you don't want to get involved!" Replying the young man indifferently, he also did not care about Fu Chen's whereabouts and rushed to leave the crowd.

The match went so fast. The muscular young man had even finished his fight before Fu Chen could see the end of the fight.

"You! Next one!" The muscular young man pointed towards the crowd and instantly made the people there look like fools.

They were trying to avoid the muscular young man's gaze while whistling softly. Fu Chen was even more astonished, what exactly happened?

The muscular young man descended from the arena and approached in one direction the spectators. People opened the way for him. Fu Chen choked on his own saliva as people opened the road connecting him and the young man.

Fu Chen tried to dodge and join the rest of the audience, but the people just stayed away from him until Fu Chen finally understood. The person the muscular young man was referring to was himself.

"Seeing from your shirt it looks like you're a core disciple. This junior wants to challenge you to a duel.." Greet the young man with a salute.

Fu Chen choked on his own breath hearing the young man consider him a senior. "No no! I'm just an outer disciple, senior won't get anything from me." Fu Chen replied with an awkward smile.

"Senior need not be low. Only core disciples could visit the other disciple's territory without wearing uniforms. This is an official duel, I have brought an elder since just now.please accept my challenge!" Strictly the young man.

Although his tone sounded polite, but he did not want to let go of Fu Chen. Fu Chen was at a loss for words to dodge. He should have obeyed the words of the young man before.

"This is an official duel, so what are you betting on?" Said the elder.

"Because I challenge him, then he can choose what he wants." Sahut the muscular young man with a confident smile.

The words of the young man named Tao Lin were like a bolt of lightning in Fu Chen's ear. He remembered the problem he had just had. By winning this duel perhaps he could become an inner disciple.

Fu Chen thought for a moment, if he wanted the inner disciple token then what he bet on should also be worth it. He himself had nothing of value right now other than a ring in his hand.

"I'll take your token if I win." Fu Chen said after being confident enough with his choice.

Tao Lin was astonished by Fu Chen's request because he thought Fu Chen was a core disciple. "Then what does senior offer?" Reply Tao Lin did not want to think any further.

Fu Chen smiled bitterly hearing Tao Lin still call him senior. "What do you want?"

Tao Lin seemed to think for a moment, but anyone could guess if he wasn't really thinking. "What if I fight with you every day? You can choose the time." The reply smiled widely.

"Basic combat maniac!" The elder grumbled in his heart. Tao Lin was his disciple directly, so he knew well the behavior of the boy.

"Good!" Without a second thought, Fu Chen immediately accepted it. Even though he lost, he only had to sacrifice his class time and come here.

The elder there let out a long breath. He watched Fu Chen from top to bottom, Fu Chen's face had never been seen before. The elder even sensed Fu Chen's strength was still beneath his disciple. Is it true that the child is part of the core disciple? thought.

"Take this!" The elder threw the sword beside him when he saw Fu Chen not carrying a weapon. "It's a low-level heirloom, you can drain the qi on it before it's completely destroyed."

Fu Chen caught the sword swiftly. "Thank you."

"The rules as always, you can't kill!" Said the elder, indifferently.

The match began after the elder gave a cue. As Fu Chen suspected, Tao Lin immediately lunged once the match started. People with high spirits seemed to be exerting abilities right from the start.

Fu Chen did not want to underestimate his opponent. But he had yet to take out his sword because the swordsmanship he mastered was much different from the sword arts of the Sacred Sword Sect.

With the Shadow Dance knowledge he had mastered, Fu Chen was able to retaliate against the attacks and trick Tao Lin. Several blows managed to hit Tao Lin's body as the young man exposed many gaps.

"So then, you didn't use your sword because it has quite troublesome martial arts." Tao Lin began to rearrange his battle rhythm.

He would lose if he wanted to clash speed with Fu Chen. Fu Chen himself kept trying not to use his sword. Although he had felt that his opponent this time was stronger than himself.

Every move Fu Chen made was very difficult to guess. His movements were as if slow, yet it was actually just a shadow formed because Fu Chen was too fast. To make it look like an illusion.

"You're a pretty quiet kid when you fight." Tao Lin swung his smile as his every utterance was not countered. "I can't beat him if it continues like this." Tao Lin muttered before taking a distance.

He flowed his qi into his sword and instantly a thin smoke came out from there. "Are you sure you don't want to take out your sword?" Tao Lin smiled widely.

Fu Chen observed the sword in Tao Lin's grasp for a moment, he knew the sword was already enveloped in qi. But what disturbed his mind was the science that Tao Lin used.

Tao Lin's movements grew sharper, he managed to put Fu Chen in a defensive position. Some incision wounds were also obtained by Fu Chen, although not too deep. "This is the real pleasure!" Tao Lin laughed widely.