Chapter 88: Come, I'll Teach You Swordsmanship

“Xiao Shou gege!”

The gate opened, and Su Qianqian grabbed her skirt hem, leaning forward as she sweetly called out, showing no sign that she had just been in a fight.

“Yo, you're back to see your Xiao Shou gege?” Xu Xiaoshou looked at the girl in front of him with joy in his heart, but his words were merciless. “I thought you'd forget about me once you entered the inner courtyard.”

“No way!” Su Qianqian became anxious at once, urgently saying: “I've been keeping an eye on you, Xiao Shou gege. I even watched the 'Fengyun Zhengba', and I saw you win the championship!”

“Good, good...”

Xu Xiaoshou looked at this little girl who could barely reach his chest even on tiptoes, and couldn't help but reach out to rub her head; the feel was still the same.

The little girl furrowed her willow-like eyebrows, seemingly dissatisfied that her newly done hairstyle was ruined again.

“You haven't grown taller at all...”

“What?!”

“Uh, uh, nothing, I mean... so, are you here to celebrate my championship win?”

“Hmph!” Su Qianqian pouted, “I was, but not anymore.”

Xu Xiaoshou smiled awkwardly, realizing he had blurted out his inner thoughts.

After all, she wasn't his little follower anymore; as a guest, he should treat her properly.

He waved his hand: “Come in and sit down.”

However, as he turned around, the courtyard was brightly lit, almost blinding Xu Xiaoshou, and the pits and bumps on the ground were still there.

Xu Xiaoshou's face darkened; how was he supposed to entertain a guest like this?

The main house was gone, and the guest room only had one stool; were they supposed to sit on the bed and chat?

If you think about it... it could work!

But for chatting, they needed water, right? Otherwise, they'd get thirsty. Yet, in this rundown place, the water storage was all burned up; was he supposed to go to the pond and drink the water where the fish bathe?

“What's wrong?”

Su Qianqian saw that Xu Xiaoshou was polite with his words but blocking the door with his body, not letting her in, so she stopped in her tracks.

“Qianqian, I just remembered that we haven't seen each other in a long time. It's boring to stay at home. I was thinking of going out for a walk; want to join me?”

Xu Xiaoshou didn't wait for a response; he closed the door behind him and pushed the little girl outward.

“Okay!” Su Qianqian didn't mind much; she bit her finger, thought for a moment, and said excitedly: “Let's go to E Hu! I haven't been there in a long time!”

Xu Xiaoshou stumbled in his steps, almost falling to the ground.

E Hu...

Again, E Hu!

That dreadful place was like a nightmare!

He had barely escaped with his life last night, and the memory hadn't faded yet; did he have to go back and deepen the impression?

Su Qianqian was being pushed ahead and couldn't see Xu Xiaoshou's face; she continued on her own: “I remember when Xiao Shou gege used to take me there to practice swordsmanship...”

“That's right, you always said that I couldn't get the first style of 'Baiyun Jianfa' right, but I asked my master later, and he said it was already good. This time, you have to teach me the second style!”

Su Qianqian didn't even need to turn around; she lifted her head, her big eyes staring at Xu Xiaoshou, looking determined not to give up.

Xu Xiaoshou's mouth twitched twice. If he could, he would teach her! But with her talent, she learned the first style in less than an hour, while he had only mastered one style in three years; how could he teach her!

He took a deep breath and said profoundly: “Forget about 'Baiyun Jianfa'; it's outdated... How about this, I'll teach you some advanced techniques.”

Su Qianqian's eyes lit up: “What advanced techniques?”

“Hmph!” Now Xu Xiaoshou was confident, “Yujian Shu!”

Su Qianqian's small mouth opened slightly, showing an expression of “I know this”; she leaned back, and the giant sword on her back flew into the sky, soaring like a dragon, under her control as if it were an extension of her arm.

“Is this it?”She turned back.

Xu Xiaoshou had a stunned expression.

Her sword control was so much better than his; what was there left to teach?

But he couldn't let his big brother image fall; he just nodded slightly, “Not bad.”

“But what I want to teach you is the legendary 'Yujian Flight'!”

Su Qianqian suddenly understood, then showed an expression of “I know this too”; she leaped up lightly and landed on the sword.

The giant sword flew through the air, her white clothes fluttering, like a female sword immortal.

“How about it?”Su Qianqian said excitedly, eager to show off her year's worth of practice to her Xiao Shou gege.

Xu Xiaoshou was dumbfounded.

Was it because he had held her back?

Back then, the little girl only learned one style of 'Baiyun Jianfa' in a month with him. Now, after more than a year, how had she learned everything?

“Very good, you've made progress,”he said calmly, his eyes rolling, “but what I want to teach you isn't these simple tricks.”

“Oh?”Su Qianqian jumped down from the sword. This is simple?

She remembered it took her several hours to learn it back then.

“So, what is it exactly?”

Xu Xiaoshou smiled mysteriously, saying word by word: “Reverse Yujian Shu!”

“Reverse Yujian Shu?”Su Qianqian pondered; what kind of Yujian Shu was this? It sounded amazing; her master had never mentioned it!

“Hehe, you don't know this one, right?”Xu Xiaoshou said smugly.

“Mm-hmm.”

“Want to learn? I don't teach this to just anyone...”

“Yes!”

“Good, then what should you call me?”

“Xiao Shou gege!”

Xu Xiaoshou nodded satisfactorily, with an expression that said she was teachable, “Before learning 'Reverse Yujian Shu', we need to first learn 'Reverse Sword Style'…”

“Hmm? What's 'Reverse Sword Style'?”

“Hehe, this is quite profound.”

“This is a super strong technique that your Xiao Shou gege created based on observing 'Baiyun Youyou', crafted by my own hands. With this sword style, I crushed all opponents and won the 'Fengyun Zhengba' championship!”

“Created by you?”Su Qianqian's eyes widened instantly, full of interest, especially noting the part he emphasized.

And... creating a spiritual technique?

That's something only grandmaster-level experts can do!

“It's nothing special.”Xu Xiaoshou humbly nodded, “Eager? Then let's start!”

In front of the courtyard, two figures, one tall and one short, each drew out a sword and began to gesture.

“Come on, listen to me, first, turn the sword around…”

“Uh, why turn it around?”

“Of course, to... um, such a simple question, I won't answer. Use your little brain and think about it.”

“What? You can sense the sword's spirituality without turning it around?”

“No, you must turn it around; that's the essence of this move!”

“Alright, I give up. Now, throw it out, and when it's far away, call it back… Hey, how can you control the direction it comes back?”

“No! You have to aim it at yourself!”

“Don't ask; that's the essence!”

One quarter of an hour later, Xu Xiaoshou looked up at the sky speechlessly. Is this the gap in talent?

He had pondered this for an entire night before figuring it out, but the little girl had learned it in such a short time!

Look…

She's reverse Yujian Shu-ing in the sky…

Su Qianqian was having a blast with this “Reverse Yujian Shu”; it really opened her mind. But after a while, she started to feel a bit dizzy.

“Xiao Shou gege, why am I getting a bit dizzy?”

Xu Xiaoshou took a deep breath, suppressing his injured ego, and said slowly: “Don't ask; asking means training your will!”

“If you can't even overcome sword dizziness, how will you fight people in the sky?”