Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 669 Who can pick up this heart
"……what?"

Yue Muzhou frowned in confusion.

Pei Ye turned his head, but his eyes did not look at his face.

The two seemed to stare at each other for a while, and Yue Muzhou showed an expression that seemed like a sneer, but it was fleeting: "Do I know you?"

He turned and walked towards the front of the hall. He had just said this once, and this time his tone became very cold.

"..." Pei Ye rubbed his lips together and said casually, "I just asked casually. It feels like... I learned your most powerful sword just by looking at it. It should be a disadvantage to be your apprentice."

Yue Muzhou filtered out the joke and looked at him expressionlessly: "I am now guarding the Mingyue Palace, and there is no high branch for me to climb. If you are the helper sent by Li Yan, do your job well."

"..." Pei Ye's face turned cold, and he tilted his head and said, "I'm not lucky enough to climb up to your high branch."

He followed Yue Muzhou with the sword in hand, but Yue Muzhou pointed at him with the sword and sheath without even turning his head: "Don't move."

Pei Ye stopped.

Yue Muzhou didn't say anything. He continued to walk forward about eight or nine feet to the stage and turned around.

He looked at the boy with sharp eyes and said indifferently, "Use it again, watch carefully."

The field of vision moved only slightly.

The black clothes have disappeared.

Pei Ye subconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword, and the blue veins and muscles on his arms were tense like iron, but the blade was only three inches out of the sheath, and he felt a little coldness like broken ice on the back of his neck.

I don't know when the hairs on my body stood up, and now they are slowly sticking to my cold skin.

Yue Muzhou put away his sword behind him: "Your intuition about the sword is extraordinary. I have never seen anyone as sharp as you. [Unrestrained] is a sword that relies entirely on the sense of the sword. You can replicate the feeling engraved in your heart, which is great. It means you have a chance to learn it. But I want to tell you that every time [Unrestrained] is different."

"..."

"The starting point is different, the landing point is also different, the enemy and you are completely different." Yue Muzhou said, "It sounds like nonsense, because each sword will face a different situation."

"But you know it's different." He added, "Other swords are a ball of soft water, and [Unfettered] is a straight line."

Pei Ye did know.

He had personally experienced and replicated this sword. All other sword techniques he mastered had the purpose of the sword itself - [Walking on Water to Pick Scales] allowed you to pass lightly, [Jade Elder] allowed you to dissolve the offensive, [Flying Feather Fairy] allowed you to surpass your limits, and [God Washing the Sword] turned the rain in the sky into a sword edge.

They can be placed in different battle situations and their effects will not be lost. [Walking on Water to Pick Scales] can fail and its speed will not slow down at all.

But [Unfettered] is definitely different.

You cannot describe this sword. It has no meaning in itself. It only becomes meaningful when the tip of the sword touches the enemy's throat.

If it does not reach where it is supposed to reach, then the sword has not succeeded; if you are not sure that it can reach where it is when you draw the sword, then the sword cannot be launched.

So Pei Ye understood at this time why it was called "the fastest sword in the world" and why Yunlang, Taoism, Dongting... did not have such a sword.

"The sword is free because it moves with the thought. When you think of it, you can achieve it without worrying about other things. That is 'free'." Yue Muzhou put the sword into the sheath and walked from behind the boy to the front of the stairs. "I don't expect you to really learn it, but even if you just step into this threshold, you are the only one in all these years. From now on, it depends on your own understanding."

It was incredible that he saw the true meaning of the sword just by facing two different sword attacks. However, Pei Ye stood there silently for a long time.

In fact, just like Yue Muzhou's tone, he had already believed that it was a gap that could not be crossed.

Just now, he was facing an absolutely ideal environment - flat ground, a stationary target, and a straight sword path. Just as Yue Muzhou stabbed him, he replicated that sword move, and it was indeed as Yue Muzhou said, that was not learned.

Pei Ye even vaguely realized at this time why he was able to use that sword so instinctively - although it was the first time he officially met it, it might not have been inherent in his body earlier.

In the simple yet peaceful Fenghuai courtyard, as I practiced those incredibly difficult sword moves again and again, some things settled down in my mind.

In the snow sword, you can find its faint shadow.

So Pei Ye sent the sword straight to Yue Muzhou's throat. If it had been a little faster, this sword would have been successful.

But when he changed his thinking - for example, assuming that Yue Muzhou was in the hall, on the other side of the door, or as he had just demonstrated, also targeting the back of the neck... Pei Ye realized that he was facing an extremely vast gap.

When he had to strike with his sword through some obstacles and in a roundabout way, he had to think about the opponent's next reaction and consider all the details of the environment, thus having to introduce more variables... Because he had to make sure his sword hit the target with one blow, and he had to convince himself that he could do so, so he could not leave any possibility that would lead to failure.

Then obviously, it became a game.

It became a real sword fight.

So the so-called "unrestrained" sword is just as its name suggests, its essence is to transcend all obstacles in the human world, the sound of wind, rain, palace gate, counter-moves... everything becomes the background of this sword. This is a true unrestrained sword.

The young man had a very good understanding. With this sword, he figured out all these things one after another, and then he stood there in silence for a long time.

After a while, he walked to the front of the hall and sat down next to Yue Muzhou.

"This is somewhat like the 'sword posture'." Pei Ye said.

"What is sword form?"

"Attitude means that what the heart can do will be reflected in the outside. When the heart and the sword are connected, the sword will have will and the heart will have authority."

Yue Muzhou was silent for a while: "Interesting, who said this?"

"I just figured it out myself."

"You can't figure it out."

"..." Pei Ye moved his body, "A friend."

"Your friend is good, but I don't want to put 'freedom' in these terms." Yue Muzhou said, "I advise you not to think about it this way."

"why."

"No reason. I don't like talking about these mysterious things, such as sword of mind and sword of heart. I don't think you can learn sword that way." He lowered his head and placed his sword flat on his knees. "This sword has been with me for more than three years. It is made of steel from the southwest and has a scabbard made of ochre bamboo. The center of gravity is relatively even, and the blade is thick. It is cool in summer and especially cold in winter. I used such a sword when I stabbed out [Unrestrained]. Nothing mysterious happened, and it is not like the Hewu sword you mentioned that can travel through space. I can count every step I take to reach your throat. If you lock yourself in an iron coffin, then I can only stab out a 'dingdang' sound."

Pei Ye said: "You created the sword yourself, so of course you can do whatever you want. I am learning swordsmanship, so I have to be careful about everything and understand the sword moves and sword principles clearly before I can learn it thoroughly."

"Who said that."

"Who said that? Who doesn't learn swordsmanship this way?"

"Who taught you that?"

"... a friend of Yun Lang." Pei Ye raised his head. "Yun Lang's sword practice is just blind."

Pei Ye stared, and after a while he said, "My friend is much better than you."

"Oh, will your friend be free?"

"..."

"My sword has the final say." Yue Muzhou said, "There is no sword theory, and there is no method to learn. Just fight again and again without any intention or heart. Never let go of your sword. Maybe one day you will feel it."

After Yue Muzhou finished speaking, he stopped talking. He held his sword and looked at the raindrops falling from the eaves, as if the teaching had ended.

"But I have to learn it now." After a while, Pei Ye suddenly said.

Yue Muzhou glanced at him and said, "Is there a superstar here?"

"I will only learn one sword." Pei Ye said seriously, "If there are ten thousand kinds of [Unrestrained], I will only learn one of them."

"I'll say it again, I don't know you, and you don't have to take advantage of me anymore." Yue Muzhou looked away and looked at him coldly, "You are very insightful in swordsmanship, and you have passed the Goose Inspection at a young age, which is good. Since we have some fate, I will tell you about Wujiu. Whether you can learn it or not is none of my business. I will never teach an apprentice."

"This sword starts from here." Pei Ye seemed not to hear. He lowered his head and gently drew a line on the steps with the end of the sheath. Then he pointed to the place in the hall where the curtains were faintly fluttering in the wind, "End there."

Yue Muzhou closed his eyes.

Pei Ye raised his head at this time and looked at the man in front of him: "You haven't entered the real 'unfettered' state, have you? You said that your sword is the fastest in the world, but there are still too many things in the world that can stop it."

"..."

"Are you and Queen Wei good friends? I'm not sure about your relationship, but she seems to trust you and likes to mention you in conversation. I guess you think highly of her, too."

"Have you ever thought," Pei Ye whispered, "that you might not be able to stop He Wujian?"

Yue Muzhou opened his eyes.

……

……

When Pei Ye returned to Zhujing Palace, Li Xizhou was sitting in front of the steps, hugging the stove, wrapped in a thick white cloak, staring at the sky in a daze.

Pei Ye was slightly surprised: "Why didn't you tell me that you returned to the palace early?"

He walked quickly to her side with his sword in hand.

Li Xizhou retracted his gaze and looked at him: "Did you see the person you wanted to see?"

"Yes." Pei Ye stood beside her, "If you return to the palace early, remember to let me know first, and I will be back in time."

Li Xizhou tilted his head and asked in a puzzled tone: "How should I tell you?"

"..." Pei Ye lowered his head and looked at her half-raised mask. "You can tell Xu Chuo, and then Xu Chuo will find a way to tell me."

"Oh, then you have a pretty good relationship."

"Well, it's better than being with you." Pei Ye sat down at a distance, "Anyway, remember, I have to be by your side when you are in the palace."

Li Xizhou smiled and turned his gaze back to the sky: "Don't be so nervous. Before you find a way to protect me, it doesn't make much difference whether you follow me or not."

This was true, but it was rare for a dying person to have such a relaxed attitude. Pei Ye turned his head to look at her. His expression could not be seen under the mask, but her majestic temperament was indeed much diminished. Perhaps it was because she was weak after last night, or perhaps it was because her red skirt was wrapped in the white cloak.

"Are you going to take that pill again tonight?"

"It should be at least three days apart. I'm not as strong as Master Pei." Li Xizhou said, "If I eat it for two days in a row, I'll die."

"Teach Qu Xin to operate on you, too."

"No." Li Xizhou laughed, "I'm afraid Doctor Qu wouldn't agree either. My body isn't as charming as Young Master Pei's."

Pei Ye subconsciously thought of "That may not be the case". He savored the words and his heart skipped a beat. He said what he had prepared as usual: "That pill is a bit too harmful to your body. After you took it that night, your breath became disordered and weak. I almost cried out in grievance."

"I told you, it was refined with the blood of the Immortal Hunter. I want to seal the blood of the unicorn." Li Xizhou said softly, "No matter what, this will not be an easy process."

"If it's blocked, can you leave Shenjing?" Pei Ye asked seriously.

Li Xizhou was slightly startled, looked at him, and then smiled inexplicably: "... blocking is not clearing... Pei Ye, what do you think about the fact that I have two kinds of blood in my body?"

"Find a way to remove the Qilin blood as soon as possible and escape from Qilin's control." Pei Ye looked at her, "But right now, I haven't found a way."

"You didn't find it..." Li Xizhou laughed, "Who assigned you the task?"

"..."

"I know that Master Pei is always so kind-hearted. When he sees his friends in trouble, no matter how big or small, he takes it as his own business." Li Xizhou said, "When he was in Bowang before, this kind of brilliance must have been very charming."

Pei Ye didn't know what she meant, so he didn't say anything.

"But you're right. No matter how we deal with these two kinds of blood, the method that has not yet been found is the key." Li Xizhou said, "Otherwise we can't do anything about it."

“My mother used to do this,” she said.

Pei Ye was slightly startled.

Then he realized, yes, Wei Qingju was originally a body of mirage blood, and was later accused of stealing unicorn blood... She herself had two kinds of blood.

"I believe there are things she left behind in Luoshen Palace, and I am increasingly convinced of this guess... Do you remember that [Mercury Hua Fu Raft] was originally a byproduct?"

Pei Ye nodded slowly.

He remembered that during those years, Wei Qingju had been planning something.

"In the Tang Dynasty, blood is power." Li Xizhou said softly, "Confucius said that only tools and names can be borrowed from others."

She still looked a little frail, curled up under her white cloak and hugging the stove, but when she said this, the aura of a heroic lord returned to her, reminding people that she was the eldest heir of the most powerful empire at that time.

Then she turned her head and looked at the boy, her light-colored eyes like glass, and she suddenly whispered, "I choose Young Master Pei, which is much more determined than Young Master Pei choosing me."

Pei Ye was stunned for a moment, not understanding what she was saying, but the woman did not leave immediately. She looked at him, her eyes curved into a smile of intimacy and trust, but there was still some weakness in her eyes, making her look a bit like a cat leaning lazily on its owner.

(End of this chapter)