Chapter 62: Chapter 57: This Sword Parts the River

And that look of exquisite pity.

It truly tugged at one’s heartstrings.

The dance ended.

On the high stage.

Cyan Sparrow knelt before Su Chen.

"Young Master, will you take me as your apprentice? Take me away from here! I am willing to dance for you every day and night. Please?"

Her eyes were filled with tears, but also with a glimmer of hope.

"A Great Liang Remnant!"

"You... think carefully before you answer!"

Instantly.

The Marquis of Jiangling’s eyes turned dangerous. He stared at Su Chen. Beside him, the Black-armored Man gripped the Long Saber at his waist, his gaze locked on Su Chen as a disdainful smile spread across his face.

’It seems...’

’...tonight...’

’...his Long Saber will drink the blood of another Second Grade expert!’

"I’m sorry."

"Tonight, I did indeed come to take on an apprentice."

"Unfortunately..."

"...it’s not you."

"The one I seek is male..."

Su Chen opened his eyes. The performance was over. ’The song was good, the melody was beautiful, and the dance was exquisite,’ he thought. ’It’s just a shame... Ever since my two old friends passed away, I’ve had no desire to get involved in any more trouble.’

’It would be a small effort, but I won’t help.’

’How wonderful it would have been if my two old friends were here. We could have enjoyed this song together in the pleasure quarter. One fake and two real, three Eunuchs... that might have been quite interesting.’

Su Chen drank his tea, his mind wandering.

"Hahaha!"

"So much for the Great Liang Remnant. You certainly know your place."

The Marquis of Jiangling laughed heartily. Unable to wait any longer, he leaped down from the upper floor, heading straight for Cyan Sparrow on the stage.

Beside him, the Black-armored Man was also laughing.

"What a pity."

"I don’t get to cut down another Second Grade expert."

"I was hoping to test my blade on you! Gutless Eunuch!"

On the high stage.

Despair slowly filled Cyan Sparrow’s eyes, and the last trace of color drained from her already pale face.

The light in her eyes vanished.

Without a moment’s hesitation, she drew a sword to take her own life.

PING!

With a flick of his finger, the Black-armored Man sent the long sword flying.

He was clearly a Double Second Grade expert!

Mastering both the physical and Qi paths.

He certainly had the right to be so arrogant.

’If no one will help me, then I’ll just die.’

Cyan Sparrow smashed through a window of the tower ship and leaped into the river to her death.

The Jinjiang River stretched for thousands of miles, and its Nujiang section churned with endless, violent waves. Even a Second Grade expert would be killed instantly by such a torrent.

Not even a First Grade master would dare attempt to cross the Nujiang River.

For an ordinary person like Cyan Sparrow, jumping into the river meant certain death.

This time, the Black-armored Man couldn’t stop her.

It was too fast.

Like a well-planned suicide.

Cyan Sparrow leaped into the river.

In an instant, she was devoured by the Nujiang River. Endless waves crashed down, and blood bloomed in the water.

"She’s beyond saving."

"This is the heart of the Nujiang’s rapids!"

Even the arrogant and conceited Black-armored Man, a Double Second Grade master himself, shook his head, declaring that no one could fight against the power of nature and bring her back.

’That woman is as good as dead.’

"Damn it!"

The Marquis of Jiangling was absolutely livid, beside himself with fury.

That was two thousand Golden Flowers, two hundred thousand silver! It was by no means a small sum. Even he wouldn’t dare to default on his debt to the owner of this Tower Ship!

The problem was, he hadn’t even had a taste of Cyan Sparrow yet.

Rage burned in his eyes, his chest tight with frustration. He glared daggers at Su Chen, looking ready to kill.

’If it hadn’t been for that dance, he would have had her by now!’

"A fiercely virtuous woman, indeed,"

Su Chen remarked with a sigh.

Then, he raised the broken half of a jade piece he carried. He looked at the black-clad servants and spoke slowly.

"Where is the owner of the other half of this jade?"

"I am here to take an apprentice."

The scene fell silent.

The black-clad servants looked at one another in confusion.

’Could they already be dead?’

’Then again...’

’...it has been nearly two years.’

’After the Northern Border Country was destroyed, the Princess Northern Garrison, who was also the Empress, fled for her life. She brought the child to hide on this Tower Ship... I only met her once, two years ago...’

’A lot can happen in two years.’

’What’s more...’

’...we’ve been through a change of dynasties since then.’

Just as Su Chen was lamenting his inability to fulfill his promise,

On the high stage.

A woman in a sheer gown, trembling as she clutched her pipa, spoke with a quavering voice.

"I recognize that Jade Token."

"But the other half... I believe it was in Sister Cyan Sparrow’s possession..."

Su Chen’s eyes snapped toward her.

’Who?’

’Cyan Sparrow?!’

’The singer from just now?!’

’The last of Great Liang’s Imperial Blood... wasn’t an Emperor’s Son, but a Princess?!’

’That’s right.’

’When the Princess Northern Garrison died...’

’...she never did specify whether the child was a boy or a girl!’

’Perhaps...’

’...it really is a Princess! Otherwise, there’s no way Emperor Jianwu would have overlooked another survivor with Imperial Blood!’

"Are you certain?"

"Ah!"

"I... I don’t think I’m mistaken. I’ve seen it. She always kept it with her. I heard the owner say it was something her parents left her..."

In that instant,

a great burst of laughter rang out.

"This is absolutely hilarious."

"Hahaha!"

"A mighty Second Grade master, taking a common prostitute as his apprentice, and then he just watches her leap into the river and die..."

The Marquis of Jiangling, full of frustrated malice with nowhere to vent it, finally couldn’t hold back. He clutched his stomach and howled with laughter, bending back and forth.

’Insulting a Second Grade master?’

’So what?’

’He was just some trash his guard could kill with three swings of his saber, anyway.’

’Just now...’

’...this Second Grade Black-robed Eunuch just swallowed his anger and kept quiet. So what if I laugh at him? What can he possibly do? When you’re weaker than your opponent, all you can do is accept the humiliation.’

"Alas."

Yum Zhong gave the Marquis of Jiangling a pitying look, then took a few steps back. He turned his head to the Steward and asked,

"I hear this Tower Ship can withstand a battle between First Grade masters?"

The Steward was puzzled, not understanding the question.

BOOM!

The next instant,

a terrifying gale began to brew inside the Tower Ship, with Su Chen at its eye.

"You forced my apprentice to her death?"

Su Chen lifted his gaze, looking coldly at the Marquis of Jiangling.

The Marquis of Jiangling felt a jolt of fear.

But then he remembered that this Second Grade master could be killed in just three swings of the saber.

His courage returned.

"So what if I did? She was just a lowly whore."

The Marquis of Jiangling roared.

"Hahaha!"

"Tonight, my blade will finally cut down another Second Grade master."

The Black-armored Man laughed wildly, his arrogance untamed. With a single step, he crossed a hundred feet. A gale erupted around him as his vital energy and Gang Qi merged. In a flash, all of it converged into his Long Saber as he unleashed a terrifying slash of pitch-black saber energy, accompanied by the dreadful shriek of the blade.

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