next morning
Chen Mu slowly opened his eyes, stretched his body, and slowly sat up.
Yesterday, he completed the last step of Yi Jin Ultimate practice, so he gave himself a rare holiday. He didn’t practice too much and went to bed early at night. Now when he woke up, he felt more energetic than ever before. Good.
Wearing a thin white gown and nightgown, Chen Mu got off the bed and walked to the door. He saw a petite and exquisite figure waving a soft sword in the yard outside, and a ray of morning light came from the far east. , reflecting the soft sword, the sword light danced like pieces of pale golden pear blossoms, looking quite elegant.
The person practicing the sword is Chen Yue.
Chen Yue was able to master skin grinding to perfection in just over a year, and she was also proficient in swordsmanship. This was not only related to her own good aptitude, but also to her hard training, which was no less than that of Chen Mu. .
Every day when Chen Mu gets up in the morning, Chen Yue basically gets up early and practices swordplay in the yard. Today she even got up earlier than him and has been practicing for a while.
“Brother, you’re awake.”
Chen Yue saw Chen Mu walking to the door. Under the light of the golden morning light, he showed a very cute smile. However, the little girl finally grew up. Compared with the childish and cute look in the past, now she is more of a smile. The delicate beauty of a girl.
“Um.”
Chen Mu walked slowly to the yard.
Chen Yue sheathed her sword and ran over, looked up at Chen Mu, bit her lips slightly, and said: “You, you are going to the Demon Slayer Department today, and you will rarely come back in the future. I heard The Demon Slayer Division not only has to hunt monsters out frequently and maintain the stability of the county, but there are also many overt and covert fights between various families, so brother must be careful…”
Chen Mu looked at Chen Yue’s appearance and couldn’t help but smile.
Chen Yue naturally cared about him in the past. When he was sick, he never left his bedside to take care of him. After that, he thought about everything and didn’t want to cause him any more trouble. Even if he wanted to go out and play, he still endured it. .
Now Chen Yue is much older than before, and has even begun to understand the disputes between various families, and even some things about the Demon Slayer Division. Most of them learned from him that he was going to the Demon Slayer Division, so they went to learn about it.
“Don’t worry, there are not many people who can harm me.”
Chen Mu raised his hand to touch Chen Yue’s head, but her head was already past his chin and felt uncomfortable, so he patted her shoulder twice instead.
“Um!”
Chen Yue smiled.
She knew that Chen Mu was already in the Yijin realm, and there were indeed fewer people who could harm Chen Mu. Even if there were dozens or hundreds of ordinary villains, they would not pose any threat to Chen Mu.
But she didn’t realize that what Chen Mu was referring to was that there weren’t many people in the entire Yu County.
“Come, let me see how much better your swordsmanship has become.”
Chen Mu nodded lightly, took a few steps forward, and raised his hand towards Chen Yue.
Chen Yue smiled when he saw this, raised the soft sword in his hand, and said: “Look at the sword!”
Then the soft sword shook, and three rays of light were directed at Chen Mu, like raindrops falling.
This was not the first time that Chen Mu had reminded her of her swordsmanship, and she had always done it with bare hands. She knew that she could not hurt Chen Mu even if she tried her best, so she did not have too many worries when using her swordsmanship.
Facing Chen Yue’s soft sword, he shook his sword and made a three-point sword rain. Chen Mu slowly raised his left hand, put his index and middle fingers together to form a sword, a little to the left, then a little, and finally bent his index finger upwards.
Ding ding dong! The two beams of sword light on the left and right were extinguished by Chen Mu’s finger. Then Chen Yue’s soft sword was flicked by Chen Mu’s finger. The whole sword bent upward, twisted into an arc, and stabbed back at herself.
Chen Yue was not surprised at all, let alone panic. He ducked down, avoiding the rebound of the soft sword. At the same time, he drew the entire soft sword in an arc, and pulled out a pale golden light under the reflection of the morning sun. arc.
From back to front, from bottom to top, lift it up diagonally.
But it was dangerous and dangerous to attack the lower third road.
Chen Mu looked at the sword with a strange look in his eyes, but he still stood still, his fingers bent downwards again, and struck three times in a row, making the soft sword in Chen Yue’s hand shake violently, and he finally got it. Unsteady, he fell to the ground.
“It’s better to adapt to the situation than last time. It’s good to know how to attack the key points. After you master the swordsmanship, you will gradually break away from the limitations of the moves themselves… But now you still have to focus on the comprehension of the swordsmanship. How to kill and how to find flaws can be refined later.”
Chen Mu nodded slightly at Chen Yue and gave some pointers.
Although he is not very familiar with the Kanshui lineage, he is now at a high level. Even many of the older teachers in the Yu Family Martial Arts Academy are far inferior to him, so he can naturally teach Chen Yue’s swordsmanship.
Chen Yue stood aside obediently and listened until Chen Mu analyzed and commented on her sword skills one by one. She watched Chen Mu go back to the house until Chen Mu changed clothes and came out. They went to the main hall to have breakfast together, and then left Chen Mu. Mu walked all the way to the door.
Chen Mu waved his hand at her.
Then he walked forward and quickly disappeared into the distant streets.
Chen Yue looked at Chen Mu’s disappearing back, took a slight breath, looked down at the soft sword in his hand, and his eyes gradually became firmer. The leisurely days will eventually come to an end. It has been more than five months, and Chen Mu is leaving. Doing what she should do, she should also practice swordsmanship more seriously, and strive to reach a small level of meat training as soon as possible, understand the sword’s power, and be able to help Chen Mu in the future.
……
Although Chen Mu rarely went out for a stroll during the more than five months he lived in the Yu family’s residence, he had a very good memory and basically remembered clearly the streets and alleys of the Yu family and the general structure of the inner city.
At this time, he walked all the way to the center of the inner city, and soon left the Yu family’s residence, all the way to the outside of the Yamen of the Demon Slayer Division.
But he didn’t go in.
Instead, he stood quietly in front of the towering stone monument and waited.
Within the Demon Slaying Department, from the deputy director down, they are all “Demon Slaying Guards”, but there are also three different levels, from high to low, they are “White”, “Green” and “Black”.
Among them, the black-clad demon-slaying guards belong to the lowest level. They are all characters whose realm is not high enough to change their muscles. They often only deal with some low-level monsters that are not very harmful, and more are responsible for delivering intelligence and information.
Moving up to Qingyi and Baiyi, they are the main force of the Demon Slayer Division in hunting monsters.
Most of the people who came in and out of the Demon Slayer Division were dressed in black, and they were all passing by in a hurry, with solemn expressions. Only the people in green and white who occasionally passed by were a little more leisurely, and some were looking at Chen Mu, but they didn’t know Chen Mu. It just passed by.
Chen Mu didn’t wait long. After only a quarter of an hour, two familiar figures appeared in the distance and walked towards them. They were Xu Hongyu and Xiao He.
“Chen Mu.”
Xiao He waved at Chen Mu from a distance and opened his mouth to call, but there was only the shape of his mouth and no sound.
Chen Mu waited for the two of them to approach, then looked at Xu Hongyu, only to see that she still looked like she was without makeup. However, her white jade-like cheeks did not seem to need any rouge and gouache. She was full of energy and blood, and her lips were full of blood. She is also rosy, but she is wearing a white neutral gown. Compared with her beauty, she has a distant feeling of coldness.
Xu Hongyu nodded slightly towards Chen Mu and said: “Our birthplaces and names were entered yesterday. You can get your identity badges and uniforms directly from the Yamen Division. But you are not familiar with the Demon Slayer Division. It’s okay to go in.”
“That’s what I mean too.”
Chen Mu smiled.
Xu Hongyu nodded lightly and walked to the Yamen of the Demon Slayer Division. Chen Mu and Xiao He followed behind. Soon Xu Hongyu arrived at the Yamen on the east side of the Yamen of the Demon Slayer Division.
There was silence in the hall, not much space, except for an old-looking man sitting inside wearing a black coat.
“Xu Hongyu, Ning He, Chen Mu.”
Xu Hongyu spoke calmly to the old man.
The old man raised his head, glanced at Xu Hongyu, and then looked at Chen Mu and Xiao He next to him. Then he raised his hand and threw three waist cards. The three waist cards drew three arcs in the air and fell to each other. Three people.
Chen Mu raised his hand and caught it lightly. When he took a closer look, he saw the words ‘Demon Slayer Division Qingyi Guard Chen Mu’ printed on it.
His eyes glanced slightly to the side.
Ning He’s badge is ‘Demon Slayer Qing Yi Wei Ning He’.
And Xu Hongyu’s is ‘Xu Hongyu, the white-clothed guard of the Demon Slayer Division’.
At this time, the old man said slowly: “Take the badge, go to the back for evaluation, and then receive the guard uniform.”
Xu Hongyu didn’t say much, and led Chen Mu and Ning He directly through the hall and towards the back. At the same time, she said calmly: “We always act directly and quickly in the Demon Slayer Department. There is no need to be as formal here as outside.”
Chen Mu played with the new waist card with one hand and said, “What is this evaluation?”
“It’s just a process.”
Xu Hongyu said casually: “In the early years, we would go through the assessment first and wait a few days before the waist badges and corresponding uniforms would be issued. Nowadays, they are usually entered first. The waist badges have been made in advance, and the assessment is just a process.”
As they spoke, the three of them arrived at a much more spacious but darker and quieter hall.
Sigh.
There seemed to be the sound of some fire rods being scratched, and then a light came on, illuminating the dark hall. However, the entire hall was very empty, with only an iron pillar erected in the center, and there was a vague sign on the iron pillar. There are many marks of hacking.
Next to the iron pillar is a rough piece of wood with many wooden swords stuck in the wood.
“Xu Hongyu.”
There was a voice coming from inside the hall. It was the person who lit the lamp. He was also an old man with an old face. There was no expression on his face and he just sat calmly not far from the iron pillar.
Upon hearing this, Xu Hongyu stepped forward with a casual expression, drew out a wooden sword, and then gently stretched and tensed her limbs. Five clear and loud tendrils were heard all over her body, which was the “five rings” that was the symbol of perfect Yijin.
Then she snapped and threw out the wooden sword in her hand.
Click!
The wooden sword hit the iron pillar and broke apart, but it also left a deep mark on the iron pillar. The old man sitting not far away, his expression remained unchanged. Looking at this scene, he lowered his head and looked at a yellow picture. He drew a circle randomly on the paper, and then called out: “Ning He.”
Ning He stepped forward lightly, pulled out a wooden sword with one hand, stretched his body, let out an obvious sound of muscles, and then swung the wooden sword out and chopped it on the iron pillar.
After the wooden sword shattered, it also left a mark, but it was much lighter than Xu Hongyu’s.
“Chen Mu.”
The old man’s expression remained unchanged and he drew a circle again, but it was Chen Mu’s turn.
(End of chapter)