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"Tsk, this little girl, why hasn't she made any progress?" Yu Jin looked at Irene who was swinging her knife continuously below and complained slightly.
Ever since he started spying on Irene, he could see Irene swinging her sword continuously, without any change in time or posture.
If I practice like this, when will I see results?
"That's not how you fight, little guy." Yu Jin jumped down from the city wall and said to Irene.
"My name is Irene, may I ask who you are?" Seeing Ember jumping down, Irene first reported her name and then asked.
"Yu Jin, give me the sword." Yu Jin replied casually, then snatched the wooden sword from Irene.
"Watch out!" Yu Jin walked to the middle of the wooden stakes, then he held the sword with both hands and spun his body nimbly twice.
The enormous force even brought about gusts of wind, and the air above the tip of the sword produced visible white marks due to his rapid sliding.
Spinning Slash - A combat technique used by swordsmen with high dexterity, which allows them to spin themselves greatly and slash at the enemy. Performing it again can be used for pursuit attack.
The embers stopped spinning, and the strong winds around them gradually died down as they lost power.
After everything settled down, he was the only one left standing in the space where the embers had stood. On the ground, there were all the debris left by the chopped wood piles.
"You...how did you do it!" Irene widened her eyes. She had never heard of such a powerful effect being caused by martial arts alone without using elemental power.
"Want to learn? I'll teach you." Yu Jin saw that Irene seemed to be hesitant to speak, and said with a smile.
"Really?" Irene couldn't believe it. She said shyly, "But I don't have any extra Mora at home."
"No Mora."
"I don't have any treasures at home."
"No baby."
"Then why did you teach me?" Irene looked at Yu Jin with caution. Could it be...
Yu Jin saw what Irene was thinking, and he said helplessly: "Because of this of yours."
As he spoke, Ember knocked on his heart.
"This?" Irene also covered her chest, looking like she was still a little confused.
"I'm happy to see a heart that is so lively and tenacious. That's why." Ember nodded and explained.
"Ah!" Irene's face turned red all of a sudden. It was the first time a stranger praised her like this.
"Do you want to learn it?" Yu Jin couldn't help but find it a little funny when he saw it.
"Learn, learn, learn!" Irene agreed immediately, fearing that Yu Jin would run away.
"Well, let's start with the most basic standing posture. There was something wrong with your previous standing posture..."
A breeze blew by, and the girl's determined shout was heard again in the quiet open space, but this time, there was another person chattering.
The sunlight changed from warm to blazing and then to dim. A day passed in a flash.
"It's getting late. I should go back." Yu Jin looked at the sunset in the sky. After standing for a whole day, he felt a little tired.
"Take these. Go back too. Don't practice so madly. It's bad for your health." Yu Jin handed Irene a book and a string of perfume potions.
The book was "Detailed Explanation of Straight Sword Routine - With War Ashes for Beginners", and the perfume potion was a special invigorating incense he made to loosen up the muscles and bones.
"Ah? Oh!" Irene was holding a bunch of things and was a little overwhelmed.
"It'll be the same time tomorrow. I'll wait for you. Newbies need to learn more. It will be better later." Yu Jin waved his hand with his back to Irene and walked away. Then he suddenly remembered something and said:
"By the way, I live at 34 Windmill Street. If you have any questions, you can come to me."
Irene looked at Yu Jin's figure getting farther and farther away, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Master, thank you."
Hearing the girl's voice behind him, Yu Jin felt happy. What kind of flowers will bloom from the seeds he planted?
I'm looking forward to it.
Chapter 21 Fighting
2023-08-28
"Strength!"
"understand!"
The small open space became lively because of the shouting of Ember and Irene.
On the steps not far away, Galula and Cole sat side by side, looking at the huge book in their hands meticulously.
They have finally gotten started. Even someone as weak as Garuru can use miracles to recover from injuries, although this cannot even be considered a slight recovery.
However, when it was used, Garuru was really surprised.
As for talented people like Cole, he can already attach black flames to his hands. Although he cannot yet attach them to weapons or throw them away from his body, he has gained some self-protection power overall.
Yesterday, when they heard that Yu Jin had accepted an apprentice, they immediately clamored to follow him to see Irene with great interest.
However, the girls' patience was always limited. After watching Yu Jin instructing Irene on how to swing the sword for a while, they sat down on the steps out of boredom and started to learn on their own.
"Okay, let's eat!" Yu Jin saw the sun high in the sky and estimated that it was already noon, so he began to invite the girls to eat.
I watched Yu Jin take out a table from somewhere and put four chairs on it, and then Jialuo cooperated and arranged the food that had been prepared in advance in an orderly manner.
In less than a few minutes, a sumptuous lunch appeared neatly in front of Irene. Well, it wasn't that sumptuous, after all, it was prepared in advance and some of it was cold.
Why are you so skilled? Irene suppressed the urge to complain and sat down at Yu Jin's invitation.
"Come here, try Ke Lai's handicraft, and tell me about it by the way." What Irene didn't notice was that Ember had been drinking water and didn't take a few mouthfuls of food.
"Well, Cole's cooking skills are pretty good." Irene was just the child of a retired adventurer and couldn't explain it clearly.
But Yu Jin didn't expect Irene to say anything. He would be happy as long as someone praised Cole.
"Ha!" Yu Jin took a sip of hot water like an old man. What a wonderful time.
But just as Yu Jin was about to continue drinking, he found that the water in his teacup had frozen without him knowing when.
Well, good times are always short-lived.
Yu Jin raised his head and saw an arrogant figure walking towards him. It was the lady he had pranked early yesterday morning.
"That's not right? There shouldn't be any evidence left." Yu Jin carefully thought about his flawless plan yesterday and made a confident judgment.
The lady frowned as she looked at Yu Jin, who was wearing full knight armor. Yu Jin at this moment really didn't look like a master.
His armor was covered with scratches of all sizes, and some places even had signs of rust. The coarse cloth that occasionally showed between the armor had messy threads, and it looked like a piece of cloth was torn off and stuffed in.
"Isn't this the weird guy who was jumping up and down on the roof the day before yesterday? Why is he pointing at me?" the lady thought to herself.
The fire in her eyes was too small, and the trembling flame seemed to remind her that she had made the wrong choice.
But the lady would not give up. In order to resolve the doubts in her heart, she abandoned her duties as an executive and came here specially to find out.
"Oh? Has this lady eaten yet? If not, come and sit down." Yu Jin enthusiastically took out another chair and asked the lady to sit down, as if nothing had happened yesterday.
"Master..." Irene pulled the linen cloth exposed between the Ember armor. Although she had not seen the lady the day before, judging from her dress and aura, she was definitely a big shot.
"Eat, eat." Yu Jin was not affected by the lady's aura at all, he was still laughing.
However, Cole and Jialuo continued to eat heartlessly. Although they didn't know that she was a lady, the longer they spent with Yu Jin, the less they knew where Yu Jin's boundaries were.
Embers will take care of everything.
So what are you worrying about? Just eat first!
When the lady heard Yu Jin calling her "big sister" and saw Jialuo and Kelai acting as if they were the only ones around, she thought to herself that she had never been looked down upon like this before.
"Crack!" The air around them suddenly became cold, and ice crystals formed on the dishes on the table.
"Snap!" Yu Jin snapped his fingers, and everything returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
The lady was obviously shocked by Yu Jin's move. She had never seen such a method before.
"Then big sister, can we sit down and have a good talk?" Yu Jin's attitude also turned a little cold.
"Hmph!" The lady thought about Yu Jin's performance just now and sat down reluctantly.
"That's right, how about trying the food?" Yu Jin became happy again. It was good that they could talk. He was afraid of the kind of people who would start fighting right away.
Because he was afraid that he would not be able to stop himself and beat someone to death.
"It's just rough food." The lady said lightly without even looking at it.
Yu Jin immediately knew that he couldn't do it, but he couldn't say that the lady was wrong, because Cole had only been cooking for the past few days.
Her meals were indeed coarse food for a lady like her who was used to eating delicacies from land and sea.
"Okay, you have money, and being rich is nothing special." Yu Jin held it in for a long time before uttering these words.
The corners of the lady's mouth raised slightly, but she quickly suppressed them again. She had been defeated for a long time, but finally she got a point back.
"Well, rich lady, what can you do for us common people?" Yu Jin asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Fight with me." The lady narrowed her eyes slightly. Whether in public or private, she had reasons to test Yu Jin, this unknown strong man.
Moreover, she is very confident in her own ability. The reputation of "Lady" is not blown by the wind.
"Oh, these days there are still people who come here specifically to ask for a fight, it's a rare request." Yu Jin laughed, and then said to Irene:
"Eat quickly, I'll show you the master's demeanor later!"
"I hope you will be as relaxed as you say." The lady was not affected by Yu Jin's words and stood up and said:
"Whispering Woods, before the sun sets."
Then she disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Tsk!" Ember looked at the lady's haughty figure, and he was already thinking about how to make her remember.
"Who is that man, Brother Yu Jin (Master)?" Seeing the lady leaving, the three girls rushed to ask.
"She seems to be the executive officer of the Fatui, her name is Ms. Something." Yu Jin scratched his head, this should be the name.
"What?!" all three of them exclaimed.
"Then how did she find the master and duel with him?" Irene was a little anxious. In her mind, the Fatui Executor was a person who could compete with Captain Jean.
"Haha, why are you so panicked? It's time for you to see how powerful our master is!" Yu Jin waved his hand, looking sure of victory.
Then he looked at Jialuo and Kelai, who looked a little unhappy, and said to them: