BLUE LIGHTNING SWORD

Forbidden Sentences

The two of them left so early in the morning, before Lie Han left his mother's house was about to hold him back for a moment. With a questioning face Lie Han found the answer from the attitude of his mother who took off a loving smile.

Lie Ming walked over to his beloved son, not knowing when he had truly realized that his son was this big and would begin his first mission.

Opening his fist, Lie Ming held a ring, and asked Lie Han to wear it.

"What is this mother ring?"

"That's your grandfather's ring, it's time you put it on"

"Does this ring have anything or just some kind of ordinary precious object?"

"His name is a ring of knowledge, now it may not work yet"

"It doesn't work yet..mom mean?"

"Sorry Han-er mother doesn't quite understand either. Surely this ring will be useful to you someday."

"So I have to figure out how to use it myself?"

"Mother trusts you Han-er" Lie Ming closed by holding his son's cheek.

The ring that began to be attached to Lie Han's finger immediately changed to adjust to the wearer's finger. The mother and son widened their eyes in shock.

They were stunned for a moment.

"My mother goes first.."

"Take care of yourself Han-er"

Lie Ming's smile ended their meeting. Lie Han lowered his shoulders in a 90° bow facing his mother, in honor and hoping for a blessing that would protect him on the way.

Lie Han then stood up leaving his residence. Lie Ming's eyes continued to watch over his son throughout his journey towards exiting the sect.

Moments later Lie Han meets Lim Kim at the exit who looks to have been waiting for him for a long time.

"We will pass through the western path" Lim Kim said as he walked out the exit.

"Aren't there many beasts in the mountains?"

"Yes, but there is a special path that the sect makes, so that the warriors who carry out the mission more easily through the mountain."

"What about the sea route?"

"There's too risky. A lot of pirates that we'll encounter in the ocean, we avoid unnecessary things."

The Wei Empire was located in the central mainland. The two of them walked through the back lane of the sect past the mountains then took a Northward detour past a land connecting their journey to the Wei Empire.

Along the way they ran for a long time. When they are tired, they walk. They both chose to reduce their energy. Aside from the fact that the imperial distance was still quite far away, they were also worried about meeting something troublesome on the way.

The sky had already started to darken, giving them limitations in continuing the journey. With a tired body, Lim Kim suggested to rest and continue their journey tomorrow.

Lie Han opened his mother's lunch box with cookies, then looked at her for a long time. He thought it was impossible to stop hunger with this.

"This is.different from the lunch stock earlier." the disappointed face of Lie Han.

Lim Kim looked at the resigned face of his student with a small laugh.

"Your mother can't give you rice until night, will it stale."

"Well, you're right teacher." Lie Han then took the pastry out of the box and ate it.

"Don't spend it yet."

"Why?... Teacher wants to?"

"No, it's not that."

"Then what?"

Lim Kim sighed.

"As a swordsman, you must be able to find your own food."

"Guru meant by buying food when we get to town?" Lie Han remembered his mother's story.

"Well, that's right, but the city's still a long way from here"

"Then...?"

"The swordsmen usually hunt at night when they are in the forest like this"

"That's it...?"

"Lie Han, you wait here. I'll find a partridge for us to eat."

Lim Kim ran into the forest, after a while he returned with a happy face with two roosters in his hand.

"Lie Han this chicken is pretty big isn't it."

"Now you make fire."

"Good teacher."

Lim Kim then skinned and split the forest chicken and roasted it on the fire. Each of them held onto the wood that pierced the chicken meat and then twisted it.

Lim Kim took something out of his bag, a jar filled with cooking spices, and sprinkled it over the chicken.

"Did the teacher do this often?"

"of course... This is the moment I miss when I go on a mission."

After the chicken was cooked, the two of them started eating. The fragrant aroma of the chicken meat seasoning made Lie Han so tasteful.

"The aroma is very good..is the teacher really good at cooking?"

"Ah not too.Just because often cooking at home, I get used to."

"Do teachers not bother taking care of their own home..why teachers do not just marry?"

Lim Kim suddenly choked on food hearing Lie Han's words.

"uhuk uhuk." Lim Kim took the water in his bag.

"What's wrong teacher?"

"Lie Han you just mentioned a sentence that damages the organs inside my body"

"The talisman that damaged the teacher's organs?" Lie Han didn't understand.

"What you just called that!!" Lim Kim reminded.

"Why hasn't the teacher stabbed.."

"Stop it. You'll kill me if you say it twice, now I'm hurt bad for you."

"Hugely injured?" Lie Han scratched his head clueless, he was completely caught in confusion.

"It's my fault for not telling you sooner."

"Tell me what teacher?"

"Lie Han who you just said, is a forbidden sentence. You will get punishment from the sect higher-ups if they hear about it. Remember don't say that again to unmarried adults."

The look on Lim Kim's face was so cold that it held onto both of Lie Han's shoulders, making the disciple nod and gulp in fear.

The next day after resting the two of them continued their journey by running a few kilometers. After a few hours of running they then started walking to reduce energy.

In the place where they were walking came the sound of birds calling each other.

"The teachers of this place are filled with many birds, they're like they're singing."

Lie Han's steps were suddenly stopped by the palm touching his chest.

"Lie Han there's the sound of birds!!"

"Yes, I just said it." Lie Han sighed with lazy eyes.

"Pssst." Lim Kim stuck his index finger to his lips.

Lie Han had a strange feeling after seeing the look on his teacher's face that looked so serious and alert.

"That's not the sound of birds." Lim Kim said in a soft voice.

"Then what?"

"That's the sound of bandits chasing prey, they're probably up in a tree not far from here."

"Why does it sound like a bird?"

"Because they were communicating with another friend, to avoid their suspicion of sounding by imitating the sound of birds."

"What are we gonna do?" lie Han's curious face.

"Lie Han are you willing to prevent those bandits from committing robbery?"

"Prevent them?" Lie Han wondered inwardly if he could do something against those bandits.

Lim Kim knew the situation of his student who was in a nervous state. Lim Kim smilingly looked at Lie Han, his disciple's attitude was certainly still a natural action, as this was his first experience meeting enemies outside the sect.

"Lie Han believes me, you just need to fight your nerves."

"Good teacher.." Lie Han nodded his head.

After hearing his teacher Lie Han's remark gained a bit of his confidence.