Chapter 0053 – The Variable is the Messenger – Absolute Return

“Hoo …… hoo ……”

Xu Dalong lay on his back in the yard, his ragged panting echoing in the night sky.

The bright and clear moon had hidden in the clouds at some point and was nowhere to be seen. He had been practicing since the evening and it was now past midnight.

“I finally did it!”

He had originally thought that he wouldn’t be able to hold on even once, but he didn’t expect that he would actually swing the blade another thousand times. This heavy blade, he had actually swung it two thousand times in one day.

Xu Dalong couldn’t believe he had done it. Although by the end, his movements were completely deformed, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

He tried to get up and go home, but he was too sore to move and, well, he was sleepy.

He had a dream.

He dreamed that Jian Wuji was surrounded by enemies, seriously injured and in critical condition. Just when the enemies were about to kill Jian Wuji, a powerful blade Qi swept out and killed all of them.

Then, he saw himself as a piece of falling plum blossom, landing between Jian Wu Ji and his enemy. He had become a master of the blade, holding a great sword in his hand that was the same as the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon.

He looked at Jian Wuji and asked with a smile, “Are you alright? Swordfather!”

A trace of a satisfied smile also appeared at the corner of Xu Dalong’s mouth as he slept.

“My right-hand man, you’ve finally arrived!” Jian Wuji’s voice was filled with emotion.

Xu Dalong turned around, looked at those enemies, and said domineeringly, “With me here, you can rest in peace!”

At that moment, he heard a familiar voice ringing in his ears.

“Time to get up.”

Xu Dalong subconsciously rolled over and continued to sleep. He didn’t want to wake up, he wanted to continue to have this beautiful dream, to become a master of the sword, to walk the world with the sword, this was the dream he had always had.

He continued to fall asleep.

He dreamed that he heroically saved the beauty, and then took a group of beautiful women on a ship to sail away, those beautiful women in order to compete for his favor, fighting in the dark, while he watched happily from the sidelines, his heart is happy.

He woke up with a smile.

For the first time in his life, he woke up smiling.

He felt so incredibly relaxed that he didn’t even want to get out of bed …… Wait, where is this?

He looked at the unfamiliar ceiling and something felt familiar.

“Could it be ……”

Xu Dalong sat up violently, resulting in a yelp of pain.

“Ouch!”

Although the dream was beautiful, the reality was cruel. He felt as if his body had been beaten with a stick and was sore all over.

He looked around and realized that he was actually in the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon’s room.

“Oh my god! Why am I in his room?”

All he remembered was that after he swung his second set of 1,000 blades, he lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

Luckily, the Blood Sky Blade Demon was not in the room.

He struggled to his feet and carefully made his way to the window.

He saw that the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon was practicing his sword in the courtyard, and he had wanted to go out to greet him.

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon’s movements were exactly the same as the ones he had taught Xu Dalong yesterday, the way he held the blade, the angle at which he swung it, were all exactly the same.

Xu Dalong suddenly understood that what the Blood Heavenly Sword Demon had taught him was the same method he had used in his own practice back then.

“He’s not just glossing over me, he’s really teaching me.”

“Are you lazy when Jian Wu Ji is not around?”

Blood Heavenly Blade Demon’s voice suddenly came from behind, and Xu Dalong was startled.

“Huh? What?”

He looked up and the sun had risen high.

“Oops! I’m late!”

Xu Dalong hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out of the room.

“I’m outta here!”

He bowed to the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon and was just about to turn to leave, but then he turned around and said, “Thank you for letting me sleep in your bed again.”

If the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon had given him money or given him a precious sword, he wouldn’t have been so moved. Of course, he would have been happy, but that feeling wasn’t the same as now.

For the Blood Heavenly Blade Demon, letting him sleep in his own bed was harder than giving him anything, right? This feeling of being valued was something that nothing could replace.

“Next time something like this happens, you can just throw me in the guest room, just don’t kill me. Then I’ll come back this afternoon.”

The Blood Heavenly Blade Demon looked at him in surprise and asked, “You’re still coming?”

“Of course I’m coming.”

“I’m not going to show you any mercy just because you’re not feeling well, still two thousand times today.”

When Xu Dalong heard “two thousand times”, he immediately felt weak, but he still answered loudly, “Yes!” It didn’t take much effort to say yes anyway.

When he finished, he ran out of the yard.

“Late, late!”

He felt like he was going to die of exhaustion, and the thought of having to continue practicing in the afternoon made his scalp tingle, but for some reason he was in a good mood.

He wanted to continue to follow the Blood Heavenly Saber Demon to learn the art, and he wanted to be recognized by the Blood Heavenly Saber Demon.

A few days later, I finally got the medicine simmering.

I put the medicine into a palm-sized vial, five days before the Blood God Festival.

After the medicine was boiled, I decided to scout around the Windy Sky Sect Leader’s throne and check if the secret passage was still working.

I came down the mountain to a deserted wasteland.

There were only a few dead trees and some strange rocks, as well as various poisonous insects and snakes, and garbage blown by the wind. Even if you stayed here for a whole day, no one would bother you.

I found a boulder and touched the mechanisms on either side of the boulder in a specific order.

“Rumble ……”

The boulder slowly opened, revealing a passageway. Even now, I am still in awe of the design of this mechanism, it is so cleverly hidden that it would be impossible to discover it if I didn’t see it with my own eyes.

I stepped into the boulder and the stone door closed automatically.

I touched another mechanism inside and a secret door appeared in the floor.

I took out the night pearl and walked into the underground passage. The passageway was spacious and should have been designed to facilitate the transportation of the Yin Lei Bell. It was also because of this passage that I was able to successfully steal the Yin Lei Bell.

I took out the bottle of medicine and applied it to my face, hands and body.

This drug masks my odor so that even someone with a keen sense of smell can’t smell me.

I walked slowly forward along the passage.

I stopped a short distance away from the Throne Escape. In the past, I would have gotten closer to observe, but now, I no longer needed to do so, as I had a new method.