True Solution of the Sword Dao
Chapter 439 - 403

Chapter 439: 403

Capital City

Clang!

The two longswords suddenly collided.

Yaofei’s entire body shook violently as if struck by lightning, and he was sent flying backwards.

He fell to the ground and slid several meters.

The hair that had been tied in a ponytail scattered, and his white clothes were unevenly blackened. He looked very disheveled.

"Cough cough!" He coughed violently twice, weakly lifting his head to look at the opponent.

"Master, did you have to use so much strength.... Can’t you go a bit lighter?"

Lin Fei, holding his longsword, silently stared at him.

"I only used level F strength, and each time it was the same Sword Form, yet you ended up with the same result twenty-eight times....."

Yaofei struggled to get up, but he was completely drained of strength and couldn’t stand, so he just lay back down, limbs sprawling out.

"I’m just an ordinary person, a pampered scion, not brought up too delicately but still soft-skinned. Level F... that’s the rank of top experts in the military. How could I possibly compete. Master, can you lower it a bit more?"

Lin Fei knew how difficult it was for Yaofei, whose body had already fully matured, to truly step onto the path of Sword Dao. Some things had no shortcuts, just like when he himself had learned combat fighting: the daily endurance and combat training, along with a fixed training routine, were all far more arduous and exhausting than what Yaofei faced.

This was a critical period for building a foundation, with no shortcuts to take. Without that foundational awareness and accumulation, even teaching him powerful swordsmanship would be just a facade.

"I have a method that could make you a top-level master in a short period of time," Lin Fei suddenly said.

"Really?" Yaofei immediately perked up, getting up from the ground in one go, showing none of the extreme weakness from earlier, clearly having been an act.

"Really, Master?" he asked, full of expectation.

Lin Fei could sense Yaofei’s pure respect for him, which was why he offered him this opportunity.

"But it’s a bit dangerous."

"Dangerous? What danger? If it could kill, I wouldn’t go," Yaofei said decisively.

"It won’t kill anyone, but you might end up severely disabled," Lin Fei said calmly. "Think it over well before you decide. Call me if you’re sure, but you must decide within these few days, or the offer will expire." Lin Fei casually tossed the longsword.

Clang!

The blade precisely fit into the sword sheath on a nearby rack. The accuracy was impeccable.

"Cool!" Yaofei whistled.

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"Dad, I want to help too!! Tell me the truth!"

Xu Ke stood in her father’s office and said loudly.

Xu Shichang was sitting behind the desk, frowning deeply at a document report.

He completely ignored his daughter’s question.

"Dad!?" Xu Ke called again.

"I’ve already booked your flight for tomorrow; just go directly to school, don’t worry about the family matters!" Xu Shichang waved his hand, "Alright, alright, go back now, I still have work to do. Don’t add to the chaos here."

"But..." Xu Ke wanted to say something more.

But she saw that her father had already picked up the phone and started dialing a number.

She left the office feeling dejected. Since last night to now, she had visited the hospital and seen her mother looking worn out. She asked about the family’s situation, but didn’t get any specifics. Clearly, her father was also keeping her mother in the dark.

That’s why she had come to ask him directly. Regrettably, her father, Xu Shichang, still wouldn’t discuss it in detail, only telling her not to worry and that things would get better.

In the afternoon upon returning home, Xu Ke took some money and hurried to the hospital.

In the hospital room, Xu Dong looked much better but was still resting. Xu Ke took her mother and they both returned home.

After making a nice meal, the mother and daughter sat at the table but neither had much appetite.

Her mother, Chen Jianing, was always meek and indecisive, following her husband in everything. With her husband away, it was now her daughter Xu Ke who had become her pillar of support; her eyes were swollen like peaches. Sitting at the dining table, she just kept wiping her tears.

"Keke, what should I do now? Just now I went to withdraw money to cover Dongdong’s medical expenses, but somehow, they said my bank card has been frozen..." her mother said, choking up a bit.

"The house is in total disarray, your aunt, and your uncles are under investigation and have been temporarily suspended from their jobs. There’s nothing to be done. We can only wait for your dad to come home..."

"The bank card has been frozen?" Xu Ke felt a sense of foreboding. "Mom, when was the last time you withdrew money?" she asked urgently.

"The day before yesterday..." Chen Jianing answered softly.

"The day before yesterday..." Xu Ke’s expression darkened, just as she was about to speak, suddenly the home phone rang.

Chen Jianing went to answer the call. She had just picked up the receiver and hadn’t listened for long.

Xu Ke saw her mother’s face suddenly turn deathly pale.

The receiver dropped from her hand with a clatter.

"Your dad... has been arrested...."

Xu Ke felt dazed, her mind completely blank.

Suddenly, her mother’s mobile phone, placed nearby, also rang.

It took a while for Xu Ke to snap back to reality; she looked at the phone and saw it was the hospital’s number.

"Hello." Her voice came out, sounding unusually harsh and dry.

"Hello, is this Ms. Chen? Your son Xu Dong’s condition has worsened and he needs immediate secondary surgery! Please have your family come over to sign the agreement and make an additional payment for the surgery!! The situation is urgent!" A man’s voice came through from the other end.

Xu Ke felt a slight dizziness before her eyes. She forced herself to ask calmly, "How much is needed for the surgery?"

"Prepare about 400,000 Renminbi initially, and it seems we’ll need to add more later," Xu Ke rushed to her mother, Chen Jianing, as soon as she hung up the phone.

"Mom! How much cash do we still have? My brother’s condition has worsened, he needs surgery immediately!! We need the surgery fee!!" she asked urgently.

Chen Jianing’s face was deathly pale, her lips trembling, unable to make a sound for a long time. Tears just continued to stream down.

Finally, she spoke in a soft voice.

"The money has been spent.... The 150,000 we withdrew the day before yesterday have been paid.... I was actually going to withdraw money today...." Chen Jianing couldn’t finish her sentence and just crouched down and started crying.

Xu Ke was stunned too.

She felt so dizzy, she quickly held onto the stair’s handrail for support.

"Mom, don’t panic! First, let’s take out all the money we have at home. Then we’ll borrow from others!"

Seeing her daughter relatively composed seemed to calm Chen Jianing down a bit.

The two searched everywhere at home, turning it upside down. They could only muster a little over 40,000 in cash, all laid bare on the dining table, right beside the dishes.

Both mother and daughter were nearly at the brink of collapse.

Xu Ke called one after another—uncles, aunts, cousins, but either they didn’t answer or they gently refused. The other relatives had their assets frozen too. Clearly, they were all implicated like her father.

She continued making calls till evening but with no success. Finally, two uncles who sympathized with their family, but as soon as they heard the figure of 400,000, they too opted for silence.

The hospital kept calling over and over again.

After hanging up the last call, Xu Ke suddenly felt a profound sense of weakness. She wanted to cry out loud, but she had to suppress her exhaustion and heartache. She couldn’t collapse. She was everything her mother had right now, and if she gave in, everything would end.

The living room was silent.

Xu Ke silently turned her head and looked around the lavishly decorated house.

"That’s right! There’s still the house!!" Her eyes suddenly lit up.

She quickly called a bank uncle who was close to her father.

"The house?" The man sounded a bit surprised, "Xiao Ke, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but all your family’s real estate is frozen now. Even getting a mortgage is not possible!"

Du Du... Du Du...

The phone in her mother Chen Jianing’s hand rang again.

Xu Ke put down the phone, hurried over, and took the mobile from her mother’s hand.

"I’m sorry, Ms. Chen, if you can’t pay the surgery fee within half an hour. Xu Dong’s condition might..." This call, like a final hammer blow, crashed down hard on both their hearts.

"Half an hour...."

Xu Ke bit her lip, not knowing how she ended the call. Sour feelings surged to her eyes, her tears already brimming. It felt as if a massive rock was pressing down on her, making it hard for her to breathe.

"What do we do now? What are we going to do?" her mother Chen Jianing collapsed to the floor.

The entire living room was deathly quiet.

Xu Ke, trembling, took out her wallet, pulling out her bank cards and ID. She still wanted to test one last thing: her own bank account.

Suddenly, a paper slipped out of the wallet.

The white paper drifted to the ground.

Xu Ke suddenly hesitated. She remembered what Lin Fei had said before.

She crouched down and picked up the paper.

She bit her lip. Looking at the number on it, she ultimately picked up the handset.

******************

Yan Lin Group Headquarters, the highest floor of the Meteor Tower, Eastern District of the City, Ping City

"President Fan, your call," a female secretary cautiously stepped into the room. "It’s a transfer from a special number."

Before the panoramic window, Fan Yuanshu turned around.

"A special number?" he slightly frowned. "Transfer it to my office."

He pulled back his chair, sat down calmly, and lifted the receiver to his ear.

"Hello, what’s the requirement this time?" he asked without missing a beat.

"I am...! " A cautious young girl’s voice came through the phone.

"I don’t care who you are! State your requirement!" Fan Yuanshu spoke flatly. "This number will expire in five minutes, and you only have this one chance."

**************

Xu Ke was taken aback.

"400,000... I want to borrow 400,000!!" she declared decisively.

"It will be transferred within five minutes."

With a click, the other end hung up the phone.

Xu Ke opened her mouth, she hadn’t even given out her account number...

Less than two minutes later, her phone suddenly received a text message.

"Your savings account ending in 9375 has received a deposit of 400,000 Renminbi..."

Xu Ke looked at the message, not knowing whether to cry or laugh...(To be continued. If you like this work, your votes and monthly tickets at qidian.com are greatly appreciated. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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