The Whispering Wind Sword

1. Chapter 1

Dark night, thousands of stars luminous in the sky. A young man diligently repeatedly trained the same style. His body was tall, surpassing other youths of his age. His entire clothes were drenched in sweat.

Sometimes he moves steadily, but not infrequently he moves slowly as if in doubt, what movement he should do next. His brows furrowed, contemplating the movements he was doing.

Several times he repeated and stopped in the same motion. Until he finally stopped and threw his body onto the thick grassy ground.

A moment later he heard her complaining,

"Ahh... The base of my brain is stupid, others have advanced and learned new moves, but I just basic moves even I have not solved everything."

While plucking the grass he muttered to himself,

"Why am I practicing day and night? Great master Huang Jin also did not expect much from a gardener like me."

"I don't expect any other work, arranging a flower garden and growing vegetables is more fun than auctioning your life to be the personal bodyguard of Lord Huang Jin."

With laziness he stood up, removing the clothes that had been soaked with sweat. Bared to the chest, he walked through, the rice fields and the houses of the workers, and, the young man continued to walk languidly towards the largest and most luxurious house located in the middle.Some patrons who met him nodded and greeted, saying hello,

"Hei Ding Tao, just finished rehearsal night?"

The young man nodded and smiled kindly,

"Yes uncle, there will soon be a level-up exam."

"May you graduate this year."

"Yes, thank you uncle.", Ding Tao grinned wryly, in his heart he had imagined that he would fail the level-up exam for the umpteenth time.

Arriving at the back door of the mansion, back Ding Tao met with the guards.

"When you're practicing?"

" Yes uncle", he answered politely.

"Hmm.., all right get in. "

"Good uncle."

With a bow of respect to the guards, Ding Tao sneaked in and rushed towards the room where he was staying. A moment before leaving far away the guards had he heard, a piece of their conversation.

"Good boy, dear talent is terrible."

" Yes, progress is slow."

"He was never absent from training hours and still trained alone every night."

"Hmm, at least that exercise keeps him healthy."

The other guard laughed when he heard it.

Ding Tao only smiled wryly, he knew they didn't mean anything bad, only that was the case.

When Ding Tao walked past a small garden near his room, suddenly a shadow figure jumped up, blocking in front of him.

"Yeah....."

Ding Tao who was daydreaming his condition was shocked not a bitch, he jumped back and forth, mounted the horses, his heart was racing.

Looking at the shocked Ding Tao earlier, the shadow walked over while giggling amusedly,

"Hihi, get to you, where the hell are the nights."

A dozen-year-old girl walked over, the darkness of the night hid her face, but Ding Tao was familiar with the voice, the way the girl walked, the crisp sound of laughter.

"Young Miss Huang, you surprised me".", said Ding Tao with a sigh of relief, without feeling a smile forming on his face.

"But what do girls do nights like this. If you knew, she'd be mad."

"Huuhh, I can't sleep, so I decided to take a short walk in the park" replied the girl with a sneer.

Ding Tao chuckled at the girl's reply, for some reason he felt happy whenever he was nearby,

"But, lady, it's not good that ladies go out at night to meet a guy like this alone."

"I just happened to meet you."

"But still, miss, can give a bad impression."

"Ah... Ding Tao, now you're so fussy, like grandfathers. All right, I'm gonna go back to the room."

While talking did not feel the two young men and the young man was getting closer. When the young lady saw Ding Tao who was not dressed, her face became red and without feeling the young lady also gave a small shriek,

"Aihh... idih."

Shocked and embarrassed the girl turned around and ran back to her room, for some reason her heart was racing. Shaded body that is firm and chest that field, with clay muscles that are formed like a sculpture.

The new Ding Tao was aware of his state of being excited and stammered about apologizing, but did not know what to say.

But after a few steps the girl ran over, she turned around and smiled sweetly with her face still met with red,

"Ding Tao, hope you pass the exam later."

Many times he had heard the same words, but when they came out of the young lady, his heart seemed to expand, and with a big smile he replied,

"Sure miss, exams later, exams I will definitely pass."

Smiling sweetly the young lady nodded and left Ding Tao alone. Ding Tao stood looking at her figure swaying in a daze, she stood still until the young miss was no longer visible to her, before she turned around to enter her room.

His smile did not disappear, even though he had already laid down on his bed. Imagining how he would pass the exam in a few days, imagining the young lady's excitement as she passed later.

But when he remembered his failure in carrying out basic moves to the end, the smile disappeared, replaced by a sigh of turmoil.

"Hmm.. If I fail again this time, of course, the lady will be very disappointed..."

Imagining the disappointed face of the young lady, she gritted her teeth and clenched her hands, clenching her,

"This time it has to work."

He slowly got out of bed, practiced, tried to solve the problems he faced.

Thus for days Ding Tao poured all his thoughts and strength to be able to master the basic moves of the Huang family, until the day came. Every time he encountered a dead end that made him sit listless, the sweet young lady's smile dispelled the turmoil and gave him the spirit to move forward.

That day from year to year, it is always a special day, this is no reason.Great grandfather of the great Lord Huang Jin, the forerunner of the establishment of the village of the Huang family, this is why, is a martial figure who is quite respected by friends and opponents.

Although in its development the Huang family is more inclined to develop their business in agriculture and trade, but they never neglect to maintain the good name that has been fostered by its founder in the martial world.

The Huang family is not the number one group that can rule the martial world, but the Huang family also does not want to be a class of goats that can be trampled and used as dairy cows. Aware that the martial world is a world that relies on the sharpness of the sword and the hardness of the fist, even Great Master Huang Jin did not forget to deepen his martial arts.

His land is quite large and his business branches are in several cities. Those who are responsible in every place, not only become managers of the Huang family business, but also bear the name of the Huang family in the martial world.

That is why important positions in the Huang family, must be held by those who have established martial arts.

In terms of entrusting this responsibility, Great Master Huang Jin was a person who had quite an open view.

Important positions are not only reserved for blood related family members, but everyone in the organization gets the same opportunity. Those who are truly talented, then drawn to be part of the Huang family, some are through an arranged marriage with one of the Huang Jin family, Huang Jin family, some were later adopted into the children of one of the Huang family.

In this way, the Huang family has never lacked talented people and is increasingly respected both in the world of commerce and in the martial world.

And one of the Huang family's efforts to screen these talented people was through the level-up exam conducted on that day.

That was why it became a special day for every member of the Huang family village.

One of the success stories in the match was Chen Hui, whose father worked as a cattle herder, the father of Great Lord Huang Jin. Successfully becoming the best participant on the graduation exam held in his youth, he was then pulled into the personal bodyguard of Master Huang Jin's father.

After several years of being a personal bodyguard, he was entrusted to oversee the Huang family's cloth business in Chang Sha city. Not long after, he was taken into a son-in-law by one of Huang Jin's uncles.

Indeed those who obtained good fortune like Chen Hui could only be counted with fingers, because in addition to martial abilities, the Huang family also saw other traits of the person in question.

But every one of those who managed to show his talent in martial arts, certainly got a pretty good standing and for those who felt talented, this was their chance to stand out.

Every child in the village of Mr. Huang, including those who work in the branch of the company, is required to learn the basics of the science of the Huang family descent.

The Huang family's silat was sourced from Shaolin, which was later developed into the Huang family's bare-handed science and swordsmanship, by Huang Jin's great-grandfather.

It consists of 12 basic styles, 9 basic bare hands and 3 basic sword styles.

After the age of a dozen, then the young men would be encouraged to take the level-up exam, and if they managed to pass, then they would be encouraged to take the level-up exam, will be taught to them advanced techniques consisting of 36 sword styles of the Huang family.

Most of the Huang family village members are in this level, which is then adjusted according to the observations of the trainers will get the ratings according to their abilities. On the day of the exam, the level is also held a match for those who have learned advanced skills, and become a place for those who want to show their progress in terms of martial arts.

The top level moves that became the mainstay, only intended for the Huang family itself.

Then there are also secret moves that are only delivered by the family leader, to the descendants of the Huang family who are trusted to inherit the position as the family leader.