northernbook Chapter 282 Little March Becomes an Apprentice
Chapter 282 Little March Becomes an Apprentice
It must be said that bearing the full power of a Star God is indeed strenuous, especially since this power does not belong to Kiana.
Even though this power was once one with the Cocoon of the End, the price she paid still took a heavy toll on Kiana's mind, but thankfully she managed to hold on in the end.
At this point, Alicia has regained her status as a pure and beautiful star goddess, but her own power is not present within her body. To use the power of the star goddess, she still needs to obtain it from Kiana.
However, it's believed that it won't be long before Alicia completely replaces Idrila's former self with herself, allowing Kiana to return this power to Alicia.
After dealing with Alicia's matter, Kiana also invited Alicia to go to the Immortal Ship Luofu together, since she hadn't appeared in front of anyone for several days.
Many people have already noticed something amiss, especially Eden. If Alicia doesn't appear soon, Eden might force Kiana to take her to the Origin Land.
So, Alicia met up with the heroes on the Immortal Boat. Faced with her companions' questions, Alicia felt there was nothing to hide, so she apologized to everyone and explained the reason for what had happened.
Upon hearing this, Velvi and Mebius immediately showed expressions of interest. After all, this was a Star God. To be honest, after learning of the existence of the Star God, the two of them, like the Black Tower, had always wanted to study the origin and birth of the Star God.
However, like the Black Tower, they did not have an effective means to directly study the Star God, even though they had previously received an invitation from the Learned One to join the Genius Club.
After all, the Genius Club is essentially a collection of extremely dangerous geniuses in the entire universe, marked by Bo Shizun. Most of them have talents far exceeding those of ordinary people, and their personalities are also more unrestrained. Bo Shizun invited them only because they have the ability to stir up great chaos in the universe.
To prevent these people from going down the path of destruction for some reason, the Venerable Master Bodhidharma believed it would be more appropriate to bring them directly under his name, which was also the result of his calculations.
Only in this way can we ensure that the universe will ultimately reach a positive ending, rather than the predetermined ending of destruction.
So when they learned that Alicia had become a Star God, the two of them naturally became interested and expressed their relief that they hadn't gone to the space station to discuss Onpharos with May.
Alicia was naturally happy to help the two of them, but on the condition that their research couldn't go too far, since it would be a loss if it damaged her beautiful appearance. Also, the results and data from their research couldn't be made public casually; they could only be shared with others with Alicia and Kiana's personal permission.
In order to study the secrets of the Star God, the two readily agreed. After settling their business, Alicia took Eden's hand and began to travel around the various parts of the Immortal Ship Luofu. Although Alicia had been here before, she had only scratched the surface. Moreover, due to the special nature of her existence, there were still many places on Luofu that she had not yet visited.
With Eden and others by his side, this return visit actually added a touch of novelty.
Kiana watched Alicia and the others walk away and began searching for the captain's location. After sensing the captain's presence, Kiana instantly arrived at the captain's location.
Guess who I am!
Kiana reached out from behind the captain and gently covered his eyes with her hands. She leaned her head close to his ear and whispered in his ear. Her breath tickled his earlobe like a feather, making him feel as if he were being scratched by a kitten's paw.
"Kiana, I know it's you, stop messing around."
Seeing that the captain had guessed it was her, Kiana simply let go of his hands. After all, even Kiana knew that she was the only one on the entire Hyperion who would play this kind of game with the captain; at most, Bronya would sometimes come over and chime in to help Kiana or something.
"Speaking of which, what are you guys doing?" Kiana asked curiously, looking at March 7 being coached by Yan Qing and a girl whose name she didn't know not noticing not far away.
"You're talking about the situation in March, actually it's like this..."
After the captain explained, Kiana understood what was going on. It turned out that a few days ago, the captain and Xing arrived at the port of Luofu and found that the defenses of Luofu had become unusually tight.
According to Yanqing, who arrived later, the group learned that this was because the Starry Sky Martial Arts Ceremony was about to open, and there were many more tourists from all over the universe today. In order to prevent accidents, the Shence Mansion naturally dispatched more Cloud Cavalry to ensure the safety of the tourists.
Moreover, this martial arts ceremony also has envoys from the immortal ships Zhu Ming and Yao Qing to offer their congratulations. In order to stabilize the people's hearts and boost morale, there can be no mistakes.
But just as everyone feared, a roar shattered the peace during Yanqing's conversation with the others.
A group of Buli people, who seemed to have infiltrated from nowhere, appeared on the port and began to wreak havoc. Yanqing and the Yunqi soldiers around him naturally wouldn't let these Buli people cause any trouble, so they stepped forward and confronted them.
However, since the Star Core Crisis, Yanqing's failures shattered his sword heart, which has not been fully repaired to this day. As a result, whenever he draws his sword, Yanqing is always thinking about various things, causing his flying sword attacks to be chaotic and easily dodged by Bu Liren.
Finally, a girl helped get out of the predicament, but before leaving, she also took Yanqing's sword.
Although Yanqing wanted to chase after them immediately to get his sword back, he had no choice but to lead everyone to the Tianbo Company to report the situation, considering that he also had to entertain the distinguished guests and report what had happened at the port.
Fortunately, Jing Yuan had previously instructed Yan Qing to lead everyone to the Si Chen Palace, where the Tianbo Bureau was located, which made things convenient for Yan Qing. When Yan Qing led everyone into the Si Chen Palace, they found Jing Yuan talking with an old man.
Through Jing Yuan's introduction, everyone learned the old man's identity: General Huai Yan, a celestial general of the Immortal Ship Zhu Ming, and also one of the envoys sent by the Immortal Ship Zhu Ming.
Just as everyone was talking, the girl who had met them once before and had taken Yanqing's flying sword also appeared in Sichen Palace. After being introduced, everyone learned the girl's identity.
The girl's name is Yun Li. She is a disciple of Huai Yan. Due to certain reasons, her parents died and she has lived with Huai Yan since childhood. In Zhu Ming, she has achieved considerable success in both swordsmanship and forging, and can be considered a prodigy among the younger generation.
But Yanqing didn't care about any of that. What he cared about more was when Yunli would return the sword she had taken and apologize to him.
After all, Yanqing had thanked Yunli properly, but the other party not only ignored Yanqing but also put Yanqing's flying sword into her bag and took it away.
This is theft, and it happened right in front of the person; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it robbery.
However, after listening to Yan Qing's words, Yun Li did not choose to apologize. Instead, she began to criticize Yan Qing, saying that he had not considered the feelings of his sword at all.
All she did was follow the sword's will and take it away from Yanqing. If Yanqing wanted to take the sword back from her, she had to follow Zhu Ming's rules.
It can be said that he was extremely willful. Zhu Ming's rule was that the two sides would fight, and the winner would get the weapon he wanted from the loser.
He wasn't afraid of facing Yan Qing, after all, he had been practicing with Su Chang frequently during this time. His strength had naturally improved considerably, but due to his shattered sword heart, the power he could unleash was not complete.
When Yanqing is able to rebuild his sword heart, his strength will naturally return to its peak, or even reach a higher level.
However, sword heart is not something that can be cultivated overnight, let alone the case of Yanqing who had already cultivated sword heart and then shattered it.
Finding a way out of a shattered sword heart is no easy task. These past few days, Yanqing has been preoccupied with contemplating why he wields the sword, so he naturally cannot immediately restore his sword heart.
However, given the current tense situation, Yanqing still has his duties in the Cloud Cavalry and cannot engage in a duel before the Starry Sky Martial Arts Ceremony ends. It would be bad if he lost control and accidentally injured either side, damaging the friendship between the two immortal ships.
Therefore, Jingyuan suggested that another method could be used to determine the winner: the two of them could teach the same disciple at the same time and have that disciple participate in the Starry Sky Martial Arts Ceremony. Finally, the winner would be determined based on the ranking in the ceremony and the student's choice.
As for the candidate, March 7th is the obvious choice.
After all, the captain himself is a swordsman and already has his own style. He doesn't need anyone to teach him swordsmanship. Xing also has his own fighting style. More importantly, Xing is Yanqing's teacher.
Because of Su Chang's connection with Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Knowledge, Jing Yuan inexplicably developed a competitive spirit. So he sought out Xing Dang, Yan Qing's teacher, who had defeated Yan Qing under Kafka's 'control'. Therefore, after considering all the people present, only San Yue Qi, who was skilled in archery, was the most suitable disciple.
Then things got interesting. Since Xing was Yanqing's teacher, and now on March 7th he was going to become Yanqing's apprentice, Xing's seniority suddenly became much higher.
Xing, of course, would not let such an opportunity pass by. She immediately began to urge San Yueqi to learn swordsmanship and, before the other party could react, quickly made San Yueqi become Yan Qing and Yun Li's disciples.
By the time March 7th realized what was happening, it was too late. But it didn't really matter anyway, since in the end everyone would have their own version of events, and Xing couldn't possibly gain any advantage over March 7th on this matter.
"That's the gist of it. They're arguing about whose gift was better," the captain said helplessly. "They've been arguing about it for a while now."
"Hey, what gifts did they each give to March 7th?"
"Yanqing gave me a pair of swords, which are said to be made by the Bureau of Crafts using the latest forging technology. They can adjust their weight according to the user and are a pair of very valuable swords."
As for Yun Li, she was wearing the same clothes that San Yueqi was currently wearing. It was said that the clothes were specially tailored to San Yueqi's figure, and that they incorporated Zhu Ming's craftsmanship to defend against some common attacks.
"So this is ah……"
On the other side, Yanqing and Yunli, seeing that neither side could win the argument, finally posed the question to Sanyueqi, asking him to answer it.
Faced with a question that would inevitably offend someone if answered, March 7th could only reply that both gifts were equally wonderful and that she liked them both.
Although March 7's answer did not satisfy their competitive spirit, they also knew that this was definitely a death sentence for March 7, so they didn't take it to heart. After all, the focus was on the teaching that followed.
After observing March 7's sword-wielding movements for the past few days, the two understood March 7's situation.
Simply put, he's a complete novice, lacking both forehand and backhand skills, but he does have a talent for swordsmanship. Having understood March 7th's situation, the two officially began their instruction.
However, before that, Yanqing still wanted to remind Sanyueqi that swordsmanship training has always been a difficult process. Since Sanyueqi was determined to learn swordsmanship, he had to find a reason to persevere before formally starting training.
The reason can be big or small, but it cannot be ambiguous.
Yun Li chimed in, "In other words, although becoming an apprentice is a rather passive process, you have to be more proactive in the learning process."
Yanqing had already thought about the content of this first lesson, which was to ask about the reason why March 7th wielded the sword, and this was also the answer he wanted to find now.
March 7's answer was to defeat the enemy. Yanqing also said that he had asked the masters who debated with him why they wielded their swords, and the answer he received was very similar to March 7's.
"If you only want to defeat the enemy, you can use a bow."
Xing retorted, and March 7th immediately countered with lines from the fantasy play.
"[The best way to defeat your opponent is to use the blaster.] I've heard something similar in the game! The master also said that practicing swordsmanship can push a person's physical abilities to their highest limit."
Yanqing then expressed his agreement and gave his own opinion, but Yunli thought these were just some useless platitudes.
"Oh? I'd like to hear what Master Yunli has to say..." Yanqing retorted without any politeness.
However, compared to Yanqing's grand principles, Yunli was more realistic. She asked directly if Sanyueqi had any specific goals for learning swordsmanship.
However, when March 7 blurted out, "I want to take on ten of them," she was speechless for a moment. Through the banter between March 7 and Xing, Yanqing and Yunli realized that March 7's understanding of swords came from those fantasy dramas and novels, and expressed that they also wanted to become such a great hero.
Well, at least the two of them found out the real reason why March 7 wanted to learn swordsmanship. Since this information was obtained through Yun Li's inquiry, Yun Li naturally had the upper hand in this competition.
However, since it was just a minor contest between the two, it was harmless, and Yanqing naturally didn't take it to heart.
On the contrary, March 7th got excited because he had gained the approval of the two of them and wanted to learn the etiquette of the master-disciple ceremony in the fantasy play, but it was too solemn for both Yanqing and Yunli.
After all, the reason the two took March 7 as their apprentice was only because of a bet, so there was no need to be so formal. At Yun Li's suggestion, March 7 led everyone to the Nightless Marquis to invite Yan Qing and Yun Li to have a cup of milk tea.
Of course, the captain and Kiana were also invited. When everyone arrived at the Nevernight Mansion, they found that someone was causing a ruckus inside.
Xing found the figure very familiar, and upon closer inspection, she realized that the troublemaker was none other than Scott, the company specialist who was skilled at playing animal roles and whom Xing had met once before.