Chapter 19: Fame (Part 2)
Zhang Xuanning was neither happy nor worried, and was not moved by his praise. He said, "Uncle, can I ask you three favors?"
Li Bo stood leisurely with his hands behind his back, and said cheerfully: "It's rare that my nephew asks me for something, so if I can do it, I will definitely do it."
"I want to conquer the world, but I lack a suitable weapon."
"Oh, that's easy. I will find a suitable knife for you." Li Bo laughed. For a family like his and with such potential power, finding a good weapon could be easy.
"But I am happy. Two hundred years ago, there was the best swordsman of the time, 'Sword Tyrant' Ling Shangren. He held a long sword in his hand, and it was said that the blade would emit a hidden yellow light. Although he disappeared after that, as far as I know, it has fallen into the hands of Xiao Xian, the great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of Western Liang. I would like to ask my uncle to get it for me." Zhang Xuanning said calmly.
"Oh, is that really the case?" Li Bo couldn't help but be surprised. For the first time, he felt that Zhang Xuanning was unfathomable. This kid was nothing more than the son of a concubine. In addition to some other factors, he had never been liked by the family. Not only did he not learn the family martial arts, he also did not learn any military or literary strategies. He had only been in Yangzhou for a year. How could he know all this?
"Yes, I heard that Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, loved to collect magical weapons. This sword was also in his collection. Later, it fell into the hands of Xiao Xin. This sword has no name, so I will name it Pojun." Zhang Xuanning smiled but said nothing.
"Okay, although this is a bit difficult, I will get it for my nephew." Li Bo did not ask any more questions, but just said: "What about the second thing?"
"The second thing is nothing more than Wei Zhenzhen and Master Su. Although she was born in a humble family, she is my lifesaver after all. Besides, a night of marriage is worth a hundred days of love. With your uncle's ability, it shouldn't be difficult to take care of her, right? As for Master Su, he raised me up when we were both poor. I should remember this and look at him together."
"It's not difficult. Don't worry about this matter, my dear nephew." They are just two insignificant people. It is indeed not difficult to take care of them.
"The third thing is, if I fight all over the world and return victorious, please ask Uncle Shi to send Chunfeng to help me."
"My dear nephew, our families are closely connected. If the time is right, I will come to help you." Li Bo answered without hesitation.
"Then I won't bother you, uncle. I wonder how long you will use this knife?"
"Ten days is enough!"
"Then I will wait here for ten days. Please wait a moment, uncle. I will write a letter home." Zhang Xuanning bowed and then stood up and went straight to an inn near the city gate. He took the pen and ink on the counter and started writing. The owner was very surprised and wanted to shout, but he felt a kind of pressure and did not dare to say anything more.
In a short while, the letter was finished and divided into three parts. One was to Master Su, which contained matters of the gang and asked him to let his superiors know. In fact, the superiors knew everything, but greeting respectfully was still the etiquette that subordinates should have. The second letter was to the brothers, making some limited arrangements. As for sending other people from the gang to manage it in the future, that could not be taken care of. The third letter was to Wei Zhenzhen, asking her to stay at home with peace of mind, and also stating that there were two hundred taels of gold somewhere in the house, which was enough for ten years.
After receiving the three letters, Li Bo smiled and said, "You are really a man of character."
After saying that, he walked out the door and disappeared.
Zhang Xuanning did not hesitate to leave, he held the hilt of his knife and walked straight out of the city gate. At this moment, several people had already noticed him, and they were looking at the notice on the city gate and at him from time to time.
After walking a few more steps, a big man came forward and said, "Who are you? Tell me quickly."
As they were talking, a large group of people slowly gathered around them. As they were talking, someone shouted, "Isn't this the criminal listed in the document? If you catch him, you'll get a hundred taels of silver!"
"Yes, we have a lot of people, let's rush up and catch him!" Someone started to make a fuss. Of course, people were very angry, and more and more people gathered around, and the circle became tighter and tighter.
How dare a group of civilians with no martial arts skills act like this? If the government can kill them, can't I kill them myself?
Zhang Xuanning laughed in silence and pulled out the long knife in his hand. With a "puff" sound, the long knife had pierced the heart of the big man opposite who was interrogating him. It twisted slowly, tearing the heart and lungs, and blood splattered before he pulled it out casually.
Suddenly, everyone was stunned. In that moment, Zhang Xuanning chopped down another civilian to the ground with another knife. Seeing this criminal killing people at will in broad daylight, the crowd, which was originally in an uproar, immediately scattered.
Suddenly, the city gate was empty. The sun was shining brightly and green mountains could be seen in the distance. It was truly a Jiangnan scenery. The man in the painting slowly put away his knife, laughed, and stepped out: "I am a madman from Chu, singing and laughing at Confucius!"
As a person with ambitions for his career, Zhang Xuanning prefers to have everything at hand, prefers to plan ahead, prefers those who are good at fighting to be famous and unknown, and prefers to create a big situation to defeat the enemy without fighting.
In his previous life, he was bedridden for several years. All his ambitions were wasted, and all his strategies and money were nothing but external things. After his reincarnation, he acted cautiously and was in control of everything. All the darkness and resentment were suppressed, but that doesn't mean that this is his nature.
But when I was trapped in a passive situation, half of my previous predictions were already wasted, and the affairs of the world were no longer in my hands. Instead, I felt relieved. In times of adversity, one's true character is revealed, and heroes are revealed in times of crisis. So, can't I, Zhang Xuanning, dare to kill, love, hate, be happy, or be sad?
With this thought, the world seems to brighten.
Even if the whole world is besieging me, I will still walk alone. I died of depression in my previous life, so in this life I will do my best to express my feelings, thoughts and ideas, and no longer care about what others say.
Man's life is nothing but dust. Compared with eternity and the universe, what is it?
He laughed and walked away casually, treating the corpse behind him as nothing. Since he had come to the world of a man called Huang Yi, who could he learn from?
Lang Fanyun expressed his true feelings to Ji Xixi. He was born in Dongting Lake and died in Dongting Lake.
He devoted his whole heart to Ji Xixi, and whether she was alive or dead, he was able to be extremely affectionate, and therefore extremely skilled in swordsmanship. Over the years, through the small house he loved all his life, the Dongting Lake that was connected to him by blood, and the bright moon in the night sky, he tasted the world from the incomparable loneliness and was promoted to the ranks of the great masters.
Putting aside the question of who Ji Xixi's undercover agent is, there are some hidden stories behind her death. However, love becomes thin when it is deep, and it is actually an extremely difficult path to transcend when one is deeply in love. Zhang Xuanning knows that he cannot learn it.
As for Chuan Ying, he was able to transcend the world only after he obtained the War God Lietu, so he is not accepted.
The evil master Pang Ban, after his master Meng Chixing was cremated, walked barefoot through mountains, rivers and streams all over the world. He did not speak a word along the way and only slept in the desolate mountains and deserts.
It was these five years of training that laid the foundation for him to become the world's number one master ten years later.
It doesn’t matter whether his path is evil or not, but his emotions, talent and aspirations are worth learning from.
However, although Pang Ban’s way is good, it is not my way. I have learned to walk barefoot in the world, because only by walking barefoot on the ground can people always understand that they are standing between heaven and earth. As for the rest, I will make up for it with the way of killing!
I will kill ten people and save ten people every day, and travel around the world. Since fate has sent me to create trouble out of nothing, then in literary matters, I will plagiarize all the romantic poems of the Tang Dynasty to make them famous throughout the world. As for martial arts, I will simply bite anyone I see, like a mad dog. I will kill whoever I want to kill and save whoever I want to save. I will not care about worldly affairs and will focus on the way of the sword. As for the people in this world, I will not distinguish between good and evil, and will challenge them one by one. I may kill them or defeat them. The winner should be happy, and the loser should also be happy. Let's see how this destiny evolves?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Fate has driven me to the wilderness, but do you know what I will decide today?
