Reincarnation of the Human Swordsman
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Yue Jian sat on the chair beside the bed. The young man's eyes glanced at Huo Lin who was now lying—tasleep. Slowly he grasped Huo Lin's left hand, then released it.
“I'm sorry for not being able to protect you guys,” muttered Yue Jian.
“You don't need to blame yourself too much, Yue Jian,” cut Zhang who suddenly entered without knocking on the door. “It is a fact that we are indeed much weaker than Mu Lan and her partner. However, the little King is much stronger than them.”
Despite understanding Zhang's good intentions, Yue Jian still felt that he could not keep his promise to Luo Xiao. Though Luo Xiao used to trust him a lot, but he felt that he had already tarnished the trust.
“Teacher is indeed very great,” Yue Jian said. “He even came back again after we saw him die at the hands of his own disciple. That's really something amazing.”
Zhang slowly drew closer to Yue Jian. “Mong-by the way, it seems like the little King is training Ling Tian and the girl named Shi Li.”
“Really?” Yue Jian immediately stood up. “I'll go practice too! I can't be an obstacle for teachers anymore!”
“I'm coming with you.”
Finally Yue Jian and Zhang rushed to Luo Xiao's place. They were unwilling to continue being weak and become a burden to the extremely strong Luo Xiao.
...*** ...
I went down into the big hole I made. Of course in here there is a basement, lit with a fireball floating near the wall. My current strength seems to have recovered. However, I am not sure if it is stronger or just the same as his previous life.
Inside this dungeon, it was seen Shi Li was cultivating like my orders. Ah, if she believes this to me, I must teach her properly. It's very troublesome.
“What do you feel?” ask Shi Li. I was not testing it, but impliedly told him to stop cultivating.
Shi Li opened his eyes slowly, looking over, “I did not feel a big change. But, somehow I can feel that this basement has a different energy.”
I can tell he has a bit of talent, but it is far below Huo Lin. I wanted to retract my statement earlier, but it seemed to be too late. Haah .. I shouldn't be that sure of her.
“Stand up and look around you.” I don't want to look directly at this girl's face.
“Hm ...” Slowly Shi Li stood up, watching the surroundings. “I don't see any change from first time go inside here.”
“I did not make any changes.” I flicked my finger, creating a fireball, hovering right above Shi Li's head. “It seems you can't feel that this room is much nicer for cultivating, especially for you dragons.”
“You said it was like not acknowledging that we are half dragon humans ...”
Because I am a pure human being different from you mixed-bloods! I wish I could say that, but my mouth can't even move to say it directly.
“Omong-by the way, do I just need to cultivate inside here?” Shi Li tilted his head.
He's really innocent or just pretending to be stupid? Ah, I consider him innocent and do not know the cruel world. Oh, my cruel self made her dream beautiful.
“Do that only if you want to be able to turn into a dragon a thousand years later,” I replied.
“Start cultivating back.” I ignored his ridiculous behavior. “But this time you have to coat the entire body with the power of aura and let me help you next.”
“Good.” Immediately Shi Li sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes, cultivating while enveloping himself using aura power.
He was an innocent type of student. Fortunately your teacher was me, if the others, I wasn't sure if they would act as polite as me.
I slowly approached, draining the power of the element in the right palm. “Be prepared.” Without much talking, I put my palm on his forehead. “You will probably feel your aura change like wind, earth, fire, or even lightning. But, you can ignore all that and cultivate as usual and wait for me to see you again.”
After doing all the preparations, I immediately jumped out of the basement. However, this time I could see Yue Jian and the snot boy—Zhang standing right before me. Without needing them to say anything, I already knew their purpose.
“You have successfully used the power of energy in your own way of training. That means you guys have found your training style, so I don't need to train you guys anymore, right?” I said, a little indifferent.
“Sorry, Teacher!” Yue Jian suddenly lowered his head, saluted and apologized sincerely.
“Hey, hey, what's going on?” I raised my hand and took one step back.
Ignoring my speech and reaction, Yue Jian continued, “I've wanted to say this since the teacher's return, but always didn't get the timing right. The teacher asked me to take care of them, but I could do nothing. Sorry!”
“You don't have to assume it's all your own fault, Yue Jian,” snot boy tried to persuade Yue Jian to stop blaming himself.
I exhaled a long breath, immediately hugging the snot boy and Yue Jian. “I should be the one apologizing for not coming back at the right time. I ... feel I have failed to become a teacher.”
“King small ...”
“You are not a failed teacher, Master!” Yue Jian exclaimed loudly as the wind gushed.
They are truly devoted students. I feel lucky to meet and be a teacher to them. I slowly closed my eyes while smiling. “I'm glad to hear that. Thank you.”
“Yue Jian right, little King!” Zhang suddenly replied. “You ...” His voice faltered slightly as tears poured down his cheeks. “You are not a failed teacher!”
Ah, I don't know what to say to them. However, I don't seem to regret having the chance to live a second time.
“You are my greatest disciple, Yue Jian, Zhang.” I'm silent for a moment. “I wish I could say this to Huo Lin and also Ling Qian ...”
It was realistic for me to say the same sentence to Huo Lin, but to Ling Qian, I guess it can also be realistic once I'm done with this second life.
Yue Jian, Zhang, Huo Lin. I will make sure that you will be the greatest, even be able to defeat me one day. However, now I have to keep you away from all the problems that exist.
Slowly, I let go of my embrace, seeing that Yue Jian and Zhang were wiping away tears. I hesitated a little, but maybe now tears are also dripping out washing my cheeks.
