True Solution of the Sword Dao

Chapter 47: Chapter 43 Strong Number One

Chapter 47 -43 Strong Number One

The breeze rustled the surrounding leaves.

Lu Jun lit a cigarette, the crimson tip clearly visible in the night. He walked over to the body and fell silent for a while.

“There’s another onlooker, you go back first. I’ll handle this.”

With his hands stuffed in his pockets, Lin Fei looked around and also spotted He Wenwen in the shadows of the trees. He chuckled lightly and, without any hesitation, decisively turned and left, walking down the small garden path.

In the dark shadow of the trees, He Wenwen collapsed to the ground in fear. Behind her, a young girl in a black T-shirt passed by.

Having walked some distance, Lin Fei faintly heard, “I’m sorry, this is a matter for the national special agency. Could you please sign this confidentiality agreement? We will later…….”

He shook his head, pulled out his phone from his pocket, and checked the time: 9:54 PM.

“It’s already quite late. Better head back.”

Exiting the park, there was a black Audi parked at the side of the square.

Lin Fei familiarly opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat. After a short wait, the girl in the black T-shirt also opened the door and sat in the driver’s seat.

“All taken care of?” Lin Fei asked, looking out at the night view through the window. The endless stream of car lights incessantly streaked across his profile.

“Yes, boss, you’re becoming more and more skilled,” the girl said with a mixture of awe and admiration.

“Good, take me back earlier. It’s getting late.”

The black Audi’s sleek body reflected numerous bright lights, which slowly moved backward as the car started.

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Time passed bit by bit.

Lin Fei seized every moment of each day to practice Qi Cultivation and Basic Sword Technique. His physical condition was steadily improving, though not as quickly as when he first experienced the sensation of the cool aura.

He examined the small knife over and over again but found nothing. He had no choice but to temporarily put it out of his mind and methodically go about his routine.

Often, he felt time slipping away rapidly. Each morning he would practice Visualization, stepping, and practice the Sword Heart Chain. Before he knew it, noon arrived, and after lunch and a shower, with a brief rest, he would start organizing high school study materials, carefully reviewing and doing practice questions, continuing until evening. He only had three hours after dinner at seven, until bedtime at ten. Lin Fei would first carefully apply the newly bought Sword Protecting Oil to his longsword, then reflect on any unresolved difficulties from the day, whether in swordsmanship or his studies.

This peaceful life almost made Lin Fei forget his other identity as a killer.

Sometimes he thought the summer vacation might just pass by simply.

June 11

Nine o’clock at night.

Lin Fei and Lin You, the brother and sister, stood at their own doorstep, waiting for their parents who were getting ready to go out.

Lin Fei wore a black base shirt with a white jacket over it, and his denim jeans were slightly faded. He didn’t look dressed for summer; it was more like an outfit for spring or fall. Beside him, Lin You was wearing a pink long-sleeve t-shirt, paired with a dark blue denim mini skirt and black tights. She looked exceptionally pure and cute.

However, her expression at the moment was somewhat odd.

She would occasionally glance at Lin Fei standing next to her, her eyes filled with deep confusion.

“Looking at this guy, he used to be irritable, with two-thirds of his words being barbs. Recently, though, it feels like he’s undergone a complete transformation. His temper has become terrifyingly good.”

Lin You remembered a few days ago when she accidentally shattered one of Lin Fei’s special mugs. His expression then.

“It’s okay, it’s just a mug, and You didn’t do it on purpose.” At that time, the gentleness on Lin Fei’s face was enough to nominate him for the national top ten brothers of the year. It made Lin You shiver on the spot.

“Could it be that he recently practiced some swordsmanship and it messed up his brain?” She shook her head slightly, dismissing the idea. “Whatever, it’s better not to deal with him; I don’t have that much spare time to worry about this and that. Damn Pantheon, damn heretics, actually monopolizing the market, saying that if you don’t join you’ll be directly eliminated. Are high-level psychics human, and we low-level psychics not?” Thinking back to some of the rules she had read in the records, Lin You couldn’t help but get extremely angry. This was clearly a tyrannical clause. Both Pantheon and the heretics, anyone who’s a new psychic and doesn’t choose to join one, faces the prospect of being hunted down by both parties.

Upon this thought, Lin You involuntarily pressed her right hand onto the wrist of her left hand, where there was a mark from an injury she had sustained in a battle the night before.

After joining the heretics, Lin You had to fend off inexplicable attacks from the Pantheon’s subordinates every so often. Her current ability involved contact with freezing; it could cause frostbite at low temperatures upon touching human skin, happening with such speed that it could damage the area of contact almost instantaneously. This was honed from the continuous attacks she endured recently. Of course, it wasn’t just relying on her alone; there were also auxiliary combatants sent by the heretics. However, as time passed, the number of auxiliary combatants was decreasing. Last night, she was left with only one auxiliary fighter and bore most of the battle’s brunt, leading to her getting injured carelessly.

However, what puzzled Lin You was that, so far, these Pantheon subordinates, once repelled, would soon be replaced by a new group to attack. And each time, they were ordinary people or similarly newly awakened psychics. Their combat strength was really not strong. Moreover, neither side fought to the death, never using firearms, only ever suffering injuries. It seemed like everyone was showing restraint.

Lin You also participated in a surprise attack on a Pantheon psychic. She inexplicably felt that this back-and-forth attacking seemed to be waiting for a proper opportunity, an opportunity for a genuine outbreak of battle. It also seemed like this pattern had become a way of training newcomers.

“Okay, let’s go. The whole family is on the move. It’s rare for you both to be willing to go to the train station together.” Dad, Lin Jianguo, wore a black jacket, and Mom, Jiang Feng, wore an off-white dress. They both looked much younger.

“Uncle is coming back from Yi City; he used to love us the most. You and I, as the younger generation, naturally should go to meet him,” Lin Fei replied.

His gaze, however, involuntarily fell on Lin You’s left wrist that she was pressing. That was also the sole trace left from her battle the night before.

The latter withdrew her left hand somewhat awkwardly.

“Do you know that it’s kind of creepy to keep sneaking peeks at your sister like that?” Lin You said heartlessly.

“I was just wondering why you keep covering your left wrist,” Lin Fei replied with a gentle smile. “As a brother, it’s natural to be concerned about one’s sister, right?”

Lin You snorted disdainfully and turned her head away: “I’d rather not have a brother like you!”

“Alright, alright, what’s there to argue about between siblings,” Mom, Jiang Feng, intervened to make peace.

Although Lin You said that, she felt it was a bit too harsh and regretted it, catching a stealthy glimpse of Lin Fei and noticing that he didn’t look the least bit affected. This eased her mind a bit.

Despite what she said, with Lin Fei increasingly acting like a proper older brother recently, Lin You’s attitude was also quietly being influenced and changing.

They safely made their way to pick up the long-unseen uncle. The siblings received their respective gifts, and Uncle stayed at Lin Fei’s home for one night before continuing his journey by train the next day. This time he was just passing through Ping City and wasn’t coming back specifically.