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Chapter 41 - 41 41 The Dragon Draws the Phoenix

41: Chapter 41: The Dragon Draws the Phoenix 41: Chapter 41: The Dragon Draws the Phoenix Editor: Henyee Translations Draconic Phoenix Attraction (Intermediate): An exceptionally profound swordplay technique out in the martial world.

The moves may appear aggressive and fierce on the surface, but it mainly focuses on the mastery of force deployment and self-protection.

It assures the user’s safety even if they are pitted against adversaries far more potent.

Cultivation requires: Aptitude 25, Comprehension 25, Physique 70, Arm Strength 60.

According to the surface description, there seems to be no flaw in this sword technique.

However, the experienced gamer Ye Weiming knew very well that there’s no such thing as a perfect skill.

Often, when an introduction emphasizes a particular advantage, its real objective is nothing more than to conceal other shortcomings.

In the description of the Secret Book of the Draconic Phoenix Attraction, this sword technique’s defensive ability is hyped to high heaven.

Ye Weiming believed its defensive strength must be formidable.

But its offensive power, he suspected, might not be so impressive.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be this glaring deficiency, and the System wouldn’t have rated it as an intermediate skill.

At the very least, it should be a high-level one!

Ye Weiming held a firm belief in the principle of the brave emerging victorious under challenging circumstances, and he wasn’t particularly interested in this sword technique that overly pursued personal safety.

Yet, in the face of Ye Weiming’s reasonable request, the answer given by Vagrant was: “Once the reward for the task is delivered, it cannot be replaced for any reason.”

Damn you, you sneaky bastard!

He dismissed the Draconic Phoenix Attraction skill and went straight outside Gods Catcher Bureau without uttering a single word, leaving only the back of his head in sight.

A real man never looks back at freaks!

Leaving the Gods Catcher Bureau, Ye Weiming headed straight for the forge, not far away.

The forge is a nationally owned equipment-making institution, mainly responsible for producing military equipment, staffed with numerous skilled craftsmen.

Among them, the most skillful was Iron Zhi, who was Ye Weiming’s primary target.

Upon arrival at the entrance of the forge, Ye Weiming presented his Token to prove his identity.

He was invited to wait in the reception room while an NPC guard went in to report.

Soon, a man dressed in the attire of a Mt.

Emei Sect disciple approached Ye Weiming, and, upon seeing him, stepped forward with a smile, saying, “You must be Ye Weiming from the Gods Catcher Bureau, right?”

Nodding, Ye Weiming looked at the man in front of him, dressed strangely, and asked with a frown, “And who are you?”

“I’m a Wind Thunder Swordsman of the Mt.

Emei Sect.”

Merely from his name, Ye Weiming knew the man was a player too.

But a male disciple from Mt.

Emei Sect?

Ye Weiming hadn’t seen such a thing before!

Noticing Ye Weiming’s bewildered expression, the Wind Thunder Swordsman started to explain with some hesitation, “In fact, many people mistakenly believe that the Mt.

Emei Sect only recruits female disciples.

But Mt.

Emei does have male disciples.

However, due to the majority of our Sect’s martial arts techniques being more suitable for females since our founding ancestor was a woman, under normal circumstances, male players wouldn’t choose to join Mt.

Emei as it isn’t necessarily the best choice.”

“Then you…?”

“I joined in pursuit of Mt.

Emei Sect’s miscellaneous studies.

Mt.

Emei male disciples generally take care of miscellaneous errands, hence, there are many tutors in various life skills and their professional capabilities are second to none,” said the Wind Thunder Swordsman with a slight smile before continuing cryptically, “Has Brother Ye heard of the Dragon Slaying Saber and the Heavenly Sword?”

Of course Ye Weiming had heard of them; he had even seen the Dragon Slaying Saber with his own eyes before.

“As far as I know, while the Heavenly Sword belongs to the Mt.

Emei Sect, it isn’t currently in their possession.”

“What I’m referring to isn’t the actual sword itself,” explained the Wind Thunder Swordsman.

“It’s said that both the Dragon-Slaying Saber and the Heavenly Sword were crafted by the family members of our founder Guo Xiang.

Those secret techniques to forge swords are also passed on within the Emei Sect, it’s just that nobody has mastered them yet.

Anyway, we’ve drifted off-topic, what brings Brother Ye here today?”

With this reminder, Ye Weiming remembered his primary motive, “I am here today to seek an audience with Master Iron.”

Upon hearing this, the Wind Thunder Swordsman seemed to perk up and said, “As it happens, I am a disciple of Master Iron.

Brother Ye, if you have any requests, you may discuss it with me first.

If I can’t help, I’ll assist you in reporting it to Master Iron.

How’s that sound?”

So Iron Zhi wanted to use this opportunity to train his player disciple?

Without saying much, Ye Weiming brought out the Green Bamboo Sword and said, “In that case, could you help me check if the poison from this sword can be removed?”

Yes!

This was Ye Weiming’s solution to the side effect of the Green Bamboo Sword.

If using a poisoned weapon deducts your morality points, why not just clean the poison off?

It shouldn’t be a problem then, right?

This sword’s attributes were such that even with the poison damage removed, it would remain a high-quality treasure sword.

The idea was undisputedly brilliant, but the answer he got was, “That’s impossible.

Let alone me, even my master Iron Zhi can’t do it.”

Under Ye Weiming’s skeptical gaze, the Wind Thunder Swordsman solemnly clarified, “This Green Bamboo Sword was forged using special techniques from Miaojiang.

During creation, a particular smelting secret technique was used to combine specific iron ores and poison into one, transforming the metal forming the body of the sword into poison iron which intrinsically carries a lethal poison.

The sword is toxic inside out, how can it be cleaned?”

“Is that even possible?”

Seeing Ye Weiming’s disbelief, the Wind Thunder Swordsman sent him a system message, “Upon your observation, this Green Bamboo Sword was created using Miaojiang …”

Fine, this seems to be a system skill like that used in post-mortem examinations, there could be no mistakes.

Leaving the forge disappointed, Ye Weiming sent out a group message through carrier pigeons, “Does anyone know a way to increase aptitude and comprehension?”

Wind Thunder Swordsman: Go read some books for comprehension, I’m not sure about aptitude.

Noodle Bun: Special martial arts increase aptitude, reading increases comprehension.

AlphaWolf: Not sure about aptitude, but you can increase comprehension by reading at Huashan Sect every day.

Doesn’t your sect have the same deal?

March: …

YuLi: …

ProfitNotLost: …

MysteriousPen: …

Funeral Moon: I XXXXXXX, you XXXXXXX…

After blocking the foul-mouthed Funeral Moon, Ye Weiming went through the information from the group.

The general consensus was: to increase comprehension, go read some books.

Want to raise your aptitude?

Sorry, we’re in the same boat!

Upon arriving at the private school in Bianjing city, he found all the books had clearly marked prices.

The Hundred Family Surnames: 100 gold!

Standards for Students: 300 gold!

Three Character Classic: 300 gold!

Rhymed Formula: 400 gold!

…

…

Thousand Character Classic: 1000 gold!

The Great Learning: 2000 gold!

The Doctrine of the Mean: 3000 gold!

Confucian Analects: 4000 gold!

Mencius: 5000 gold!

The Book of Songs…

…

Seeing the prices of these classical texts and then looking at the less than 20 gold in his possession, Ye Weiming felt like he’d been hit by a truck.

The Hundred Family Surnames cost 100 gold, so the Thousand Character Classic is naturally 1000 gold.

Do they charge per character for reading texts here?

Moreover, they charge a gold per character!

Who was it who said martial arts bring wealth and literature brings poverty?

Step forward, I promise I won’t kill you!

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