The Spirit World

Chapter 545 Yu said Yu was talking
"You really don't want to learn anymore?"

"No more studying."

"Don't you want to be the best swordsman in the world? Are you giving up?"

"Me? The best in the world? Impossible."

"Why? Because you're lazy?"

"I'm not lazy, I just can't learn."

"Then you are just bragging!"

"I'm not bragging!" Chang Yufeng looked at the ceiling and threw a small marble at the ceiling. The marble fell to the ground with a plop, rolled to the side of the bed, spun around, and slipped under the bed.

"I just can't do it..."

He placed his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes.

The white lamb doll on the bed is smiling, silly. It can only smile sweetly. That is the look it has had since it was "born".

"You have been learning simple sword swinging for the past six months. It's not difficult. How can you not learn it? As long as you put your heart into it." Erica, who was outside the door, leaned against the door and gently rubbed the magic wand hidden in her sleeve with her small hands: "Right... You want to become the best swordsman in the world. You need to put your heart into it, all the time."

"I'm too stupid. I can't learn it at all. Others can do magic, but I can't."

"This has nothing to do with magic... What you need is your heart. Do it with all your heart and do your best. Instead of lying in bed and complaining like you are doing now."

"Others can do magic, but I can't..."

"It's okay, magic isn't omnipotent."

"But you know so many magics! I know nothing, and you are so strong! Of course you can say that you put in effort... You were born with so many magics! You are the one with outstanding talent... I am not..."

"Everyone is gifted..."

The magic wand in Erica's hand emitted a faint light.

"But I'm not." Chang Yufeng snorted: "It doesn't matter, I never thought that I was..."

"You want to become the best swordsman in the world. When that happens, you will be famous all over the world and everyone will come to see you, including some important people who will come to your side... You have to work hard for this goal." Erica was silent, looking at her door. Her name was written on the door, and her height was just enough to see the name of Chang Yufeng, the doorman.

The little name was above her head. She looked at her little shoes and said softly, "So many people are here to see you. You will definitely be able to find the person you want to find."

Chang Yufeng sat up suddenly.

"Really?"

"of course it's true."

"Becoming the world's greatest swordsman can really make everyone come to me?"

Important people? Who are they?
"uncertain."

Erica smiled. Perhaps she also thought that children were easy to coax and their thoughts were easy to guess. She smiled and slipped the wand into her sleeve.

"Tsk...what's the point of that?"

Chang Yufeng lay down again and touched his face. His face was so smooth with collagen, his little face was white and his two dimples were visible, just like the lamb doll on the bed.

"Do you know what it means to be the best in the world?"

“The best.”

"Not only that, you will be admired by thousands of people, and everyone will know your name. Your name will spread all over the country. Kings and emperors will come to make friends with you. All dukes and the five major families will come to talk with you." Erica breathed a sigh of relief: "By then, you can meet whoever you want and play with whoever you want."

"Really?" Chang Yufeng sat up again and looked at the closed door.

"Of course it's true. So, remember to get up early for training tomorrow." Erica touched her belly and walked downstairs, making a clear sound.

"Also, remember to come out for dinner."

"I didn't agree!" Chang Yufeng got up, put on his shoes, and groped for the door to open it, while Erica had already walked downstairs.

"You're a man. It's just two punches. You just pat your butt and stand up, right, brother?" Erica turned and looked at Chang Yufeng who came out.

"Go get the lotus umbrella back tomorrow. We'll continue practicing with it."

"Ah? I can't beat cousin Henry. He's much stronger than me..." Chang Yufeng stood in the middle of the stairs with grievance, looking at his sister with tears in his eyes: "I can't beat him~"

"It's normal that you're not as strong as him. The important thing is that if you want to beat him, you can't compete with him in strength." Erica went to the kitchen, carefully took out the vegetables from the basket, poured a basin of water from the water tank, and started picking the roots of the vegetables: "Think about it carefully."

"Think about it..." Chang Yufeng touched his chin and went upstairs again.

Think about this...

If you are not as strong as others, how can you beat them? Isn't fighting all about strength?
"In a fight, if not strength, what else can we compare?" Chang Yufeng lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, in a daze.

"Erica means that since I can't beat cousin Henry, let me beat Henry instead! I understand!" Chang Yufeng sat up, as if he had made a huge decision.

I have to learn sword techniques at the age of five. No, I have to learn basic sword techniques at the age of five. It's really tiring...

What kind of dragon show is this... I'm so annoyed... ah...

Chang Yufeng lay down on the bed in a deflated manner, and was bounced up by the bed. He crossed his legs and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

Sometimes, he would be like this, not knowing what was going on in his mind, just staring blankly.

Boring... and uninteresting.

It was soon time for dinner and Erica called me downstairs again.

He hurried downstairs to eat, and hurried upstairs to sleep.

Young children are always looking forward to growing up with nothing to do, because when they grow up, they can leave their hometown and no longer have to sleep every night.

Adults always think that children are carefree. In fact, children can only see the adults' knees. If adults are unwilling to accommodate the children and squat down, how can they understand the children's thoughts?
The moon came out, quietly, and then the sun came out.

They alternate in turns, and to children, they symbolize a day and a night. As long as they alternate again and again for ten thousand days, the growing up that the children have been looking forward to will be silently completed.

But people should not ignore every day and night in their lives, although memory will always ruthlessly ignore those insignificant days.

Chang Yufeng sat behind Erica, and the wind blew the lotus leaves slowly in front of Henry and his cousin.

"Hey, the glass ball has been returned. Do you still want to give me something? You little bastard~" Cousin Henry clenched his fists. His big, bun-like hands were much bigger than Chang Yufeng's small fists.

He laughed, stood in front of Henry, and yelled at Henry from behind: "Henry, be tough, your cousin will beat him up again, and he won't dare to bully you again!"

"You are bullying the weak!" Chang Yufeng stood behind Erica with some fear, and took a step in front of Erica: "You are not winning fairly!"

"Aren't you bullying the weak? What's the point of bullying Henry? Come and bully me if you dare!" Henry's cousin stood in horse stance and snorted.

"Henry and I are the same age! That's not bullying! Our duel was fair and square! A duel between swordsmen! He gave me the glass ball only if he admitted defeat!" Chang Yufeng hissed, looked at Henry's sandbag-sized fist, and turned back to glance at Erica.

Erica shook her shoulders and motioned Chang Yufeng to move forward.

"Hehe, it's still a swordsman duel! Your broken sword is still here with me!" Henry's cousin motioned to Henry to take out the umbrella. Henry put it in his hand and raised it above his head timidly. He didn't dare to look at Chang Yufeng and Erica, so he could only quickly hide behind his cousin again.

"Give the sword back!" Chang Yufeng trotted towards his cousin Henry. Cousin Henry shook his head and trotted towards Chang Yufeng like a cow.

I can’t win even with a sword, so what can this little loser do without a sword!
"Take the punch!" Cousin Henry changed his speed and ran very fast. After a long distance, before Chang Yufeng was far away from Erica, Cousin Henry was already very close to Erica.

Chang Yufeng was shouting loudly, and cousin Henry jumped up and raised his fist, ready to hit Chang Yufeng in the face with his fist as big as a bun.

Unexpectedly, this punch caused cousin Henry to stumble unexpectedly. Chang Yufeng closed his eyes and raised his hands to the top of his head to protect his little head. He quickly dodged and turned a corner and rushed straight towards Henry.

"Cousin! Cousin!" Henry was so scared that he held the umbrella and couldn't react for a while. He called his cousin in panic. Chang Yufeng also rushed to Henry quickly, snatched the umbrella from Henry's hand, and turned back and shouted: "Erica! Run!"

Erica and cousin Henry both stood there in a daze, looking at him with a look of wonder as he ran towards the village entrance.

Erica suddenly let out an "oh" and quickly ran around Cousin Henry. The lotus leaf moved with Erica's wand. Cousin Henry wanted to catch Erica, but was dodged by Erica's thin figure. A golden light flashed across Cousin Henry's hand. Cousin Henry looked at his hand in confusion and suddenly became stunned.

Chang Yufeng shouted while holding the lotus umbrella which was still warm, and rowed the umbrella back and forth while running. He was extremely happy and laughed as he looked at Erica who had caught up with him.

Erica sat quietly on the lotus leaf, looking at the road ahead leading out of the village without saying a word.

"Hahaha, I got it! I don't have to get beaten any less, hahaha!" Chang Yufeng jumped onto the lotus leaf, and Erica moved to the side to let Chang Yufeng sit down.

Chang Yufeng sat down and wiped the lotus umbrella with his clothes. The lotus leaf stem was straight, light and hard. If it had a blade, it might be as sharp as a sword.

"What if you have to defeat cousin Henry? Are you going to run away like you are doing now?"

Erica looked at the happy Chang Yufeng without saying a word, and watched Chang Yufeng wiping the lotus umbrella very seriously.

"I can't beat him. How can I beat him? Of course I have to run. I told you, he's too strong. I got kicked yesterday and it still hurts."

After wiping the lotus umbrella, Chang Yufeng touched his nose, straightened his coarse linen clothes, sat up straight, raised his head and looked at the road ahead and quickly moving backwards.

"Just because you're not as strong as him, you can't beat him?"

"Of course I can't beat him..."

"I told you yesterday that you don't have to compete with him in strength. You can try something else."

"Try magic? I don't know magic..." "Besides strength and magic, there's nothing else you can compare?"

"What else can we compete in? Oh! That's right! You asked me to compete in something else yesterday, and I thought I must beat Henry who is weaker than me! I forgot to beat Henry! This guy actually asked for help!"

Erica looked at Chang Yufeng, who was rubbing his hands and looking eager to try. It seemed that he was indeed thinking about how to beat Henry, who was weaker than him.

"You can, use your wisdom! You are smaller than cousin Henry, and more agile... You can..." Erica looked at Chang Yufeng, who was slowly showing doubts, and turned back to look at the road: "Forget it, I will teach you sword skills today. At least, I hope that after you learn it, you can defeat him."

"Still fighting? Don't fight? What if he takes my sword away again? The same trick won't work."

"What doesn't work? You haven't learned it yet." Erica frowned.

"Next time he will hold the umbrella himself, and it will be hard to snatch it away." Chang Yufeng spread his hands and snorted: "Anyway, I won't provoke him. I have to avoid him... and..."

"elder brother."

Erica interrupted Chang Yufeng's conversation.

"what?"

Chang Yufeng looked at Erica and saw that the wand hidden in her sleeve was emitting a bright blue light.

Magic...what a magical power that made him yearn for it, a No-Maj.

"You should bravely face people and things that are stronger than you, instead of running away."

"Being beaten! I can only be beaten by cousin Henry! How can I face it bravely? I have said many times that I am not as strong as him! I can't even hold the umbrella! I have no strength as soon as he grabs me, how can I face it bravely... I am just being beaten..." Chang Yufeng threw the umbrella aside and put his hands on his knees: "You didn't get kicked, you don't understand... It hurts!"

"You have to be beaten." Erica said this, and then she flew so fast that the sound on the lotus leaf gradually became silent.

After a long while, Chang Yufeng looked at the gate of Wenti County and snorted: "You can take the hit if you want. I won't take it."

"I don't want you to get beaten, but I hope you can face difficulties bravely. There is always more than one solution to difficulties. If you give up, then there is no cure." Erica stopped the lotus leaves, watched the sun slowly rise, put away the lotus leaves, Chang Yufeng jumped down, put the lotus umbrella in his arms, and swaggered into the city.

He obviously didn't care about Erica's words.

Erica followed behind him and then came in front of him.

"Continue to [Jungle Outpost]." She looked at Chang Yufeng's golden and white bangs, and then looked into his big dark eyes.

"Got it. You said that I would teach you sword techniques today. Don't forget, I want to be the best swordsman in the world, and I can't do it without sword techniques." Chang Yufeng watched Erica turn around and face him with her back.

"Well, it's just that I'm afraid that even if I teach you, you will be lazy and not study hard."

"If I'm studious, I can learn it. Of course I will study hard." Chang Yufeng shook his shoulders unhappily.

Erica just shook her head and stopped talking.

They walked on the streets of Wenti County, which was bustling with people coming and going. They went out of the city again and came to the outpost in the depths of the jungle. The level of the ferocious beasts here were defined as cubs, and they were all non-aggressive herbivorous beasts.

There were hardly any adults here, but there were many children training here. With the Dragon Race approaching, there were more people here than usual.

However, generally speaking, if one wants to improve their strength, the level of the beasts here is of little help.

"The sword technique I'm teaching you is called [Shadowless Sword Technique]. It's a very powerful sword technique I saw in a book. I heard that it's a technique possessed by a very powerful swordsman. As long as you learn the first level of this sword technique, it shouldn't be a problem to defeat Hall at the Dragon Assembly." Erica tapped the ground with her magic wand, and a book slowly emerged. The book turned pages quickly, and stood on a page in the middle. The page suddenly flew to the grass and turned into a few strings of mysterious symbols, floating beside Erica.

"Shadowless swordsmanship... Great Swordsman, so cool! The feeling..." Chang Yufeng sat on the grass, looking at the children who were also training next to him. Most of them were accompanied by adults, and there were only two children who trained alone.

“Will it be difficult to learn?”

Chang Yufeng looked at Erica worriedly.

Erica just watched the characters turn golden, condense into six symbols, and fly in front of Chang Yufeng.

“Things that are easy to learn are usually not good.”

She used her magic wand to fly the six characters into Chang Yufeng's forehead. Before Chang Yufeng could react, the six characters disappeared. The feeling of no pain made him stunned for a second. He looked at Erica and said, "Just... like this? I don't feel anything... Is this how you learn sword skills?"

"Don't worry... I'll explain it step by step." Erica made the book disappear and gently sat down on the soft grass.

Chang Yufeng, who didn't notice any change at all, looked at Erica strangely, picked up the umbrella from the grass and placed it on his legs.

"It sounds amazing, but it feels... average." He said, touching his forehead. The six golden characters had long disappeared without a trace: "I still need to learn. How can I learn this?"

"Now, close your eyes and feel if there is anything unusual in your body." Erica tapped Chang Yufeng's forehead with the magic wand, and the blue light poured deeply into his forehead.

"Nothing unusual..."

"Close your eyes. Listen..."

"Okay..." Chang Yufeng listened to Erica's words and slowly closed his eyes.

On the grass, the scent of the earth from the sun-dried grass became more and more noticeable because of his silence; it smelled very good.

The wind passed through the grass and passed by him, bringing with it a cool breath...very comfortable...

Then… I could hear more and more… I could hear the voices of children around me being scolded, praised, and taught by adults. They were loud to begin with…

Well, I just can't feel anything unusual.

"Abnormal... Is there any danger in learning this?" Chang Yufeng opened his eyes suddenly and wanted to look at Erica: "I don't want to learn it anymore. I have the sword technique of Smile. What's the point of learning it..."

Before he could finish, the scene before him made him stunned.

In the purple darkness, a beautiful little blue goldfish was swimming in the black air, occasionally splashing a blue water splash in the purple starry sky, and then it turned into a winding and beautiful mottled starry sky.

……use……

He didn't say anything, just staring at the little blue goldfish. The little fish was very beautiful... long beautiful fins, a fat little white belly, and big blue eyes. Cute and beautiful.

"Gu..." The little blue goldfish made a clear sound. It seemed to have noticed the dazed Chang Yufeng. With a gu sound, it spit out little blue bubbles in the purple starry sky.

"Fish... blue fish!" Chang Yufeng looked at the little blue goldfish rising in the purple starry sky in surprise, and called out loudly: "Erica! Fish! Blue goldfish!"

"Gu... Yu is a fish, what's wrong? Is the blue color strange?" The little blue goldfish suddenly jumped in front of Chang Yufeng in the sea of ​​stars, got close to his eyes, and hummed softly. It was the voice of a little girl, soft, cute, and childish.

"You can talk..." Chang Yufeng exclaimed in surprise, then he patted his chest and abdomen with sudden realization, comforting himself who was frightened: "Oh, I can understand what animals say... I was scared to death, I thought fish could talk..."

"I am talking... You don't have to be scared... It's Yu who is talking!"

“The fish is talking?”

"Yu, Yu as in redundant, means me in ancient times. I, I am talking!" The little goldfish floated past Chang Yufeng's eyes, leaving behind only blue splashes of water. Those splashes of water were as beautiful and crystal clear as snowflakes.

"The fish is talking..." Chang Yufeng touched his forehead, pinched it hard, blinked his eyes hard, closed his eyes for a while, and suddenly opened them, wanting to go back to Erica, but it was no use.

"What are you doing? Is your head itchy? Your eyes hurt?" The little goldfish looked at Chang Yufeng strangely, and then circled around Chang Yufeng.

"I... this is hard to say..." Chang Yufeng closed his eyes tightly, and opened them again after a while: "How... do I leave here?"

"You want to leave?"

"Ah."

"Just think about leaving."

"Okay, let me try..."

Chang Yufeng closed his eyes.

Get out of here, get out of here, get out of here.

It's so scary when a fish talks... Is this a fish monster? If something bad happens to it, I won't be able to defeat it. I hope it won't die here... Leave quickly, leave quickly, leave quickly.

He muttered to himself while leaving, then suddenly opened his eyes again. This time, he saw Erica with a confused look on her face.

"You're back so soon?" Erica looked at Chang Yufeng in confusion, observing his surroundings. There was no change.

She took out Chang Yufeng's right hand. Except for a black birthmark on the ring finger, there was nothing on it. It was empty.

"Erica! There's a monster! A fish monster! Luckily she's dumb and I'm smart, otherwise I would have been eaten by her!" Chang Yufeng shook Erica in fear, and Erica looked at him in confusion. He was yelling, "What kind of crappy swordsmanship did you ask me to practice? How could there be a fish monster? I'm so scared! What should I do if something happens... I can't even beat Brother Henry, how can I beat a fish monster!"

"Fish...monster..." Erica curled the corners of her mouth.

"Yes, a talking fish! Fish monster!" Chang Yufeng shook him violently.

"How did you get out?" Erica was shaken so hard that she saw stars.

"I silently prayed to leave in my heart..."

"Who told you that?"

"That fish monster! Fortunately, I am smart..."

"what……"

Erica rolled her eyes and almost fainted.

(End of this chapter)