Chapter 30 Ambition, Qingfeng

“Senior sister, you are quite leisurely and elegant.”

Su Changqing walked towards Lu Xueqi step by step and said to her awkwardly.

“Watching the moon is one of the few things that can help you relax during your boring training.”

Lu Xueqi smiled slightly and replied to Su Changqing.

Su Changqing did not reply. He jumped onto a branch and sat down not far from Lu Xueqi. They both looked up at the bright moon above their heads.

“Why don’t you use your true strength today?”

The two sat quietly for a while, and Lu Xueqi suddenly set her gaze on Su Changqing’s face and asked him solemnly.

“Huh? What are you talking about, Senior Sister?”

Su Changqing looked back in surprise, pretending to be puzzled and asked Lu Xueqi: “Senior Sister, today is my true strength. I am only at the foundation building stage, how can I beat Senior Sister Lu.”

“You lied to me!”

There was a hint of anger on Lu Xueqi’s pretty face.

“I”

Su Changqing forgot all the words he had prepared in response to Lu Xueqi’s anger. He didn’t know how to respond for a moment and felt that whatever he said was wrong.

“You clearly blocked my attack and still had the strength to fight me.”

Lu Xueqi rebuked Su Changqing word by word, “The outcome is still undecided, but you deliberately used your spiritual energy to make yourself look injured and defeated.”

Su Changqing frowned slightly.

Is my acting so bad? Can people see that?
Under the moonlight, there was a long silence between them. Lu Xueqi also recovered from her anger. She looked at Su Changqing and asked him seriously, “So, what are you thinking about, little junior brother?”

“Sister.”

Su Changqing also had some enlightenment from the silence just now. He exhaled lightly and asked her, “Senior sister, what is the difference between the bright moon in the sky and the fluorescent light underground?”

“The bright white moon hangs high in the sky in the dark night, shining brightly, while the fluorescent light only emits a faint glow on this vast land.”

Lu Xueqi pondered for a moment and then told Su Changqing what she was thinking.

“So, Senior Sister, would you like to be the bright moon or the faint fluorescent light?”

Su Changqing then asked.

“Haoyue, if we don’t want to be Haoyue, what difference does our hard practice make us from ordinary people?”

Lu Xueqi didn’t think too much this time and gave her answer directly, just like the answer that all practitioners would give.

Su Changqing smiled slightly and gave his answer slowly.

“Sister, you all want to be the bright moon, but I want to be the firefly.”

“The bright moon sheds its bright white light, making the dark night bright. Although the firefly is faint and bright, it can also point the way for those who are lost.”

“The so-called pursuit of immortality through cultivation is nothing but illusion. We should follow the Way of Heaven and establish our hearts and minds for the common people in the world. This can be called the Great Way.”

After hearing this, Lu Xueqi remained silent for a long time. She just looked up at the moon and then cast her gaze on the fireflies dancing in the peaks.

“In my opinion, if you have such a righteous heart, why should you be so bound by the difference between a bright moon and a firefly? It is not bad to hide your strength and be a nobody. What I want is to practice silently until I step into the door of the avenue and spread my remaining light to the world.”

Su Changqing then smiled and said to Lu Xueqi, “Some things are hidden in the heart, which makes people feel confused. Now that they are spoken out, it is much better.”

“Junior brother’s great wish, I know about it.”

After listening to Su Changqing’s heartfelt confession, Lu Xueqi finally understood Su Changqing’s intention to hide his shortcomings, and gradually she began to take this ambition into her own heart.

“Thank you for your understanding, and please keep this a secret for me.”

Su Changqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Well, I will keep the secret for you, Junior Brother.”

Lu Xueqi nodded seriously.

Afterwards, Lu Xueqi took a sword box from the side and handed it to Su Changqing. In the surprised look in Su Changqing’s eyes, she explained: “Didn’t I say today that I would give you a gift? This sword is the gift that Senior Sister wants to give you.”

Su Changqing took the sword box and opened it to take a look.

There lay a green long sword, just lying there quietly. The sword tip emitted a brilliant sword light under the moonlight, making people feel the awe-inspiring power of the sword.

It is indeed a peerless sword!
“This sword is called ‘Qingfeng’, and it came from the same origin as my immortal sword ‘Tianya’.”

“It is rumored that a piece of Nine Heavens Iron fell into the mortal world, and Senior Kuxin obtained it in the Arctic ice field. Senior Kuxin forged it into the immortal sword ‘Tianya’, and then took ‘Tianya’ to fight the powerful of the Demon Sect for a day and a night, making the immortal sword famous. All cultivators dreamed of getting it, and later it almost passed into my hands, and ‘Tianya’ recognized me as its master.”

“But everyone knows about ‘Tianya’, but few people know that Senior Kuxin also forged another immortal sword, but he kept it as a treasure. Now it has reappeared in the world, and it is the ‘Qingfeng’ in your hand.”

Lu Xueqi told Su Changqing the origins of the two swords one by one.

Su Changqing was shocked.

Of course he knew the name “Tianya”, which was Lu Xueqi’s magic sword. It was also one of the peerless swords included in the “Ten Essays on Strange Treasures” and was worthy of being one of the top ten famous swords in the world.

In the story, “Tianya” became famous twice. The first time was when Master Kuxin used it to resist the black-hearted old man from the Demon Cult as mentioned by Lu Xueqi, and it became a well-known treasure of the righteous path. The second time was when Lu Xueqi used “Tianya” to become a world-famous female swordsman.

What Su Changqing didn’t know was that besides ‘Tianya’, there was another magical sword ‘Qingfeng’.

It was lying on his lap at the moment.

No wonder I felt the extraordinaryness of this green sword as soon as I saw it. Now I know it is from the same lineage as ‘Tianya’ and it is not surprising. ‘Tianya’ can be among the top ten famous swords in the world, which means that ‘Qingfeng’ is also among them, but people in the world don’t know about this sword.

“Senior sister, you’re giving me such a valuable gift right now?”

Su Changqing was of course very fond of the ‘Qing Feng’, but he also knew that the sword was precious and it was not an ordinary item that could be given away.

“I said it was a gift for you. Are you going to let me go back on my word?”

Lu Xueqi said to Su Changqing very seriously.

“No, I love Qing Feng so much that I won’t give it back even if Senior Sister asks me to.”

Seeing her attitude, Su Changqing pretended to be afraid that Lu Xueqi would return, so he held Qing Feng in his arms and said to Lu Xueqi jokingly.

As for the so-called sword cultivator, one can imagine the importance of a good sword to him.

Su Changqing’s current sword is still an ordinary sword he received from the sect when he first started learning swordsmanship. Before, his cultivation was not high, so he did not think about finding a good sword that suits him.

Now that he had established his foundation, he had long planned to buy a better sword. Unexpectedly, his senior sister gave him a peerless magic sword.

Su Changqing kept this kindness deep in his heart and never forgot it for the rest of his life.

(End of this chapter)