I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 39 The True Swordsman

Pei Ju also heard the faint laughter in the wind.

The wind comes from the tiger, and there is a ghost under the tiger's seat. The ghost lures people to feed the tiger.

Pei Ju just looked up at the place where the Eight Immortals Table was. There was no lamp there, only a lit incense stick. However, the incense stick could not dispel the shadow there. Instead, it made the shadow have layers and appeared even deeper.

When the light bulb was installed, I don’t know if it was intentional on my grandfather’s part, but he installed the bulb at the front, making it difficult for the light to reach the back, and it was blocked by the beam, making the back appear even darker.

After dinner, grandpa lit a cigarette and started smoking on the sofa next to him, while Pei Ju sat there and continued watching.

He was reading the notes of the first generation Sword Hall Master.

His name was Pei Fengde. He was certainly not the first generation in the family tree, but he came here alone. At that time, this place was dangerous and prosperous, with various gangs and religious organizations.

There are ghosts and gods behind these gangs and sects.

It said that he brought the "Mountain Jun Temple" with him. As for where it came from, it only said that it came from Xijiang, but it did not elaborate on how he obtained it.

After he came here, he gained a lot of fame with the power of "Mountain King" on his sword. Later, he directly joined the government at that time, moved into Qingyi Lane, and settled down here.

This notebook basically contains his life story.

Pei Ju knew that his experience in beheading ghosts was recorded in the book "Pei's Records of Beheading Ghosts".

His notes talked more about how he got to know the big figures in this sea city, and sorted out the relationships between the various figures in this sea city.

In Degong's notes, Pei Ju could feel the turbulent times more than a hundred years ago, when foreign thoughts surged and impacted various traditional thoughts in the country. The combination of the two gave birth to various doctrines and ideologies.

It records student marches, various struggles, and various political parties.

It also records missionaries of various denominations and professions from abroad.

For example, knights, priests, mages, druids, assassins, etc.

In his notes, he saw Feng Degong's evaluation of these professions, which was both disdainful and astonished.

Sometimes he would say that the other party's professional abilities were too narrow, and sometimes he would feel that they had delved deeply into their professional abilities.

Many things do not mean much to him in this era, because they were the murmurs and sighs of people at that time when Eastern and Western cultures collided.

What he really wanted to see was something else.

Finally, he saw a passage written in the notebook.

"I've obtained my household registration here. I can finally integrate into this world. Perhaps I can leave my mark here. I feel I've found my home here."

"This world seems like a real world. I strongly suspect that there has been such a world in history."

"Or perhaps, somewhere beyond our reach, there is another world running parallel to it."

"One day, these two worlds may converge, and I will be the one leading the way."

These words were not spoken at once, but were written down in his notes over the years. Pei Ju could feel his thoughts on the world in the temple.

In the end, Pei Ju felt like he had fallen into it and was looking forward to the arrival of the world in the temple.

"My sword is getting stronger and stronger, but I know that this is all a gift from the mountain king."

"I have found the temple, and it is time for me to enter and serve."

Seeing this, his notes ended.

Fourth Master Pei sat there quietly, but then he asked, "Did you see the ending?"

"I see." Pei Ju replied.

"Are you scared?" asked Master Pei Si. Pei Ju was silent for a while. He didn't know how to answer because he remembered a sentence he had seen in an extracurricular book by chance.

[The power of fate is so strong, so strong that we believe it is all our own choice.]

"There are some." Pei Ju said after a moment of silence.

"It's getting late. Go get some rest. Tomorrow you're going to Swordsman Wang to learn swordsmanship. Be careful when you get there. You're going to learn the standard swordsmanship for the assessment. Don't compete with others. You'll meet many people there to learn swordsmanship. Don't try to compete with them there, because there's no such thing as superiority or inferiority in swordsmanship."

"Grandpa, I know there is another one here. I should finish reading it, otherwise I won't be able to sleep." While Pei Ju was speaking, he had already taken out the book that he had not read yet.

"Then you take a look." said Mr. Pei Si.

Then, Pei Ju opened another notebook, which was much thinner.

The name inside is Pei Hai'an, the son of Pei Fengde. From this name, we can see that the elders hope that they and their descendants can live a stable life.

Only after experiencing displacement will you know how precious the word stability is.

The notes in this book are relatively plain, but the handwriting is very beautiful. It can be seen that he received a good education.

However, he soon discovered that although the notes here were few, they were full of thoughts.

"What kind of existence is a mountain king?"

"Is He trapped in here?"

"Who trapped Him here?"

"Before our Pei family acquired this shrine, who was in charge of it?"

……

"With a household registration, can I truly integrate into that world? However, I feel like it's swallowing me up."

……

"Dad went into that temple, and I want to go in and take a look too."

……

After reading these two notes, and then reading his own father's notes, he finally understood why his father said "We are living accomplices" in the notes.

"Grandpa, did you get your household registration there?"

"I got it, but I met your grandfather, and he helped me get another identity." Master Pei Si said slowly.

Pei Ju thought that his grandfather asked him to live with his grandfather for a while, and a big reason for that must be that he wanted his grandfather to help him get the same status as his grandfather.

"The layout of this hall was also adjusted by your grandfather. With me here, he will never be able to change the situation." Master Pei glanced at the Eight Immortals Table and said slowly.

Pei Ju also looked in the direction of the Eight Immortals Table.

It was dark in there, with a little incense flickering, as if someone was smoking it.

"Then what should I do?" Pei Ju closed all his notes.

There were no notes from Grandpa here. He didn't know whether Grandpa didn't write them or didn't take them out.

"You should practice your sword skills well. Your father is right. A true swordsman can only trust his own sword. Only when the sword strikes like a god can he do whatever he wants. He is not like me, grandpa, who needs to borrow the power of the mountain."

At this point, Master Pei looked outside and said, "There are fewer and fewer true swordsmen."

(End of this chapter)