Several bishops and elders had expressions of admiration on their faces, and they laughed and said: "I didn't expect that the chief palace warrior of the royal family was so powerful. It seems that our Bright Empire finally has another Sword Saint warrior! There are many more swordsmen in the land protected by the true god. Now that we have a fighter to defend the dignity of the gods, those pagans in the north should be careful! When we fight again in the future, our strength will definitely increase greatly!"
Listening to the admiration of these people in his ears, His Majesty the Pope Corsica VI looked calm. There was no expression of joy and wonder on his face, but he sneered in his heart: "The fighter who defends the gods... hum... Although he is powerful, but But is he really a devout believer in the gods? Besides... is it just a sword saint warrior?"
His eyes wandered to the "Spear of Dracula" stuck on the ground and his brows finally relaxed. No matter what, tonight he killed a vampire prince-level guy and got this legendary magic weapon. It’s always a happy thing…
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Half of the streets outside the Prince's Palace were in pieces. Not only was the entire Prince's Palace almost razed to the ground, but the outer walls were torn apart long ago. Even half of the sturdy castle was destroyed, and so was the remaining half. It's shaky. Bayan and hundreds of soldiers raised privately by the prince's palace died and scattered. Even the mansions of other royal families and nobles around the Prince's Palace were also affected. Many buildings were broken, collapsed, and the walls were in pieces. Some of the stone slabs on the half street outside the nearest to the battle site were completely lifted. As soon as Rody followed Mr. Qiu out, he saw pairs of soldiers from the Imperial City Police Station arriving. They arrived a little late and were busy in a noisy manner.
The commander of the Imperial City Public Security Bureau was already ashen-faced. The last time Duke Tulip was assassinated, he almost forced himself to commit suicide. In the end, almost the entire Imperial City was turned over before we were able to overcome the difficulties in fear. This time it was even more extraordinary - the entire Prince's Mansion was reduced to scorched earth, and it was within the Imperial Capital! From the looks of it, there probably weren't many living people inside.
A group of low-level warlocks from the Imperial Religious Institute were standing outside, telling themselves that His Majesty the Pope and several bishops from the religious institute inside were slaying demons and slaying demons. The commander of the security office here had already begun to pray silently. I just beg His Royal Highness that nothing happens... Otherwise, he, the commander responsible for the security of the imperial capital, will just draw his sword and wipe his neck.
Just as he was sweating profusely, Mr. Qiu walked over from the end of the long street. The security commander rushed over as if he had seen a savior and almost hugged Mr. Qiu.
Mr. Qiu glanced at him and whispered: "His Majesty the Pope is inside. A vampire is causing trouble and has been killed... You don't have to worry about this matter, it's not your responsibility."
The commander breathed a sigh of relief, but what Mr. Qiu said next made him look ashen again.
I only heard Mr. Qiu add lightly: "But His Royal Highness's son, Master Bayan, died for his country."
This sentence made the commander almost sit on the ground on the spot - His Majesty the Emperor's nephew is dead? So under the emperor's anger, can he, the commander responsible for the safety of the imperial capital, still survive
Looking at the ashen-faced commander, Mr. Qiu sighed, smiled slightly and said, "Don't be afraid. Instead of being angry about this matter, Your Majesty will be happy."
After saying that, leaving behind this inexplicable leader, Mr. Qiu took Roddy and left. The commander stood there thinking hard and couldn't figure it out - isn't Master Bayan the nephew of His Majesty the Emperor? Why would His Majesty be happy if he died
This kind of pressure between high-level powers is not something that a humble leader like him can understand.
Later, Mr. Qiu's words were indeed confirmed. His Majesty the Emperor did not pursue the leader of the Imperial City Public Security Bureau to account in the end. Instead, he issued an order and said that he had done a good job in handling the aftermath and praised him greatly. This made the commander feel anxious, and he just thought: Back in the Imperial Academy, the teacher once said that accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. This is indeed true... The emperor's thoughts are really unpredictable. ah…
Of course, these are things for later, so I won’t mention them.
Rody followed Mr. Qiu out. It was already bright now. Except for the chaos in the residences of the royal nobles, there were normal people coming and going on the streets of other imperial capitals... Originally, there was an earthquake and thunder last night. Yes, I heard that the homes of those noble masters were destroyed. This is interesting news... Hehe, it makes them look domineering on weekdays! What a pleasure...
The civilians in the streets and alleys were talking a lot, but there were more security station soldiers patrolling the streets than usual.
It can't be flying all over the sky in broad daylight. Rody followed Mr. Qiu obediently to the city gate, then left the city and arrived at a town on the outskirts of the imperial capital.
Stopped in front of a small house outside the town.
"This is my home." Mr. Qiu said in a calm tone, "My former home."
Walking into the courtyard, the place looked very depressed and run-down. There were fallen leaves on the ground, as if no one had been here for a long time. Mr. Qiu said calmly: "I usually live in the palace now, and I rarely come here. But it is relatively quiet here, so you are very safe living here..." His tone suddenly became sharp, and he slowly added: He said: "Your Majesty the Duke of Tulip."
Rody swayed and his expression immediately changed. He took a step back and looked at Mr. Qiu in surprise.
"Is it weird?" Mr. Qiu smiled faintly: "I was very surprised at first, why Seth, who didn't know any swordsmanship at all, suddenly turned into a new Tulip Duke who was invincible in the northwest. I saw it tonight You, and the swordsmanship you use... Thinking back to when Nicole asked me to teach you... If I still don't understand, then I'm a fool."
"You can be sure based on these?" Rody was a little wary.
Mr. Qiu smiled faintly: "I wasn't sure yet, but...but I discovered one thing."
"What?"
"Do you still remember when you passed the title test? I was actually there, but the warriors in our palace were hiding in secret in order to protect His Majesty... At that time, I was very strange, why was the fighting spirit in you so familiar to me? ... I couldn't figure it out at first, but now I understand... because the fighting spirit in you was cultivated based on the seed of power I gave you." Mr. Qiu smiled calmly: "Don't worry, I won't harm you. your."
Looking at Mr. Qiu's calm face, Rody felt a sense of trust in his heart and finally relaxed his clenched fists.
Mr. Qiu smiled again: "What's going on with the dragon aura on your body?"
Rody shook his head: "This matter is a long story...I..."
Mr. Qiu waved his hand and said calmly: "I'm not interrogating you. If you don't want to say it, that's fine. When I first saw you, I actually liked you very much. You and the people I've seen who practice swordsmanship You are different from other young people, you have a strange aura... you look a lot like me when I was young."
After a pause, he said pleasantly: "I am very happy that you have become stronger now, but..." His expression gradually became serious: "You shouldn't make such trouble in the imperial capital. After all, this is the core of the empire, and you are so indifferent. The consequences will always bring a lot of trouble.”
A stubborn thought rose in Rody's heart, he raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Why not? I just want to make such a fuss and destroy all those bastards!" After a pause, he said in a deep voice what happened last night. Again.
Mr. Qiu looked calm and stood here listening to Roddy's story - even when he heard the news of Qiao Qiao's death, he just raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
"So you just made a big fuss regardless of everything?" Mr. Qiu waited for Roddy to finish speaking and shook his head: "You are still too young... Many things cannot be solved with your determination... When I was young, I was with you Just like that, I always think that anything can be solved with a sword, but actually... that's not the case."
There was a desolate expression on his face, and he suddenly forced a smile and said lightly: "I can't tell you much about these things... I... I don't have much time." After a moment of silence, he smiled at Rody He smiled, like a loving father to his stubborn son, and said warmly: "Let me ask you, you said you came back from the south just for Miss Nicole. Have you ever thought about the consequences after you make such a fuss?"
Rody was stunned for a moment and said nothing.
Mr. Qiu continued: "Miss Nicole attaches great importance to the family, otherwise she would not have let you pretend to be Seth to revitalize the family... In fact, this matter was originally a mistake. Miss Nicole rejected the emperor's proposal for you, It's already very difficult... If she only wanted to revitalize the family, she would have promised the emperor a long time ago. But why didn't she send someone to tell you? Is it because she was afraid that you would return to the imperial capital in a hurry... Have you thought about the consequences? What is the crime of returning to the imperial capital without being summoned by the emperor? That was the iron law set by Emperor Abbas!"
"When you make a fuss, you are you, no longer the Tulip Duke. In order to be with Miss Nicole, you have to get rid of this identity, which is good. But... but have you thought about the future? Could it be that... could you let me Elope with Miss Nicole and leave the Tulip family behind?"
Seeing that Rody was silent, Mr. Qiu raised his eyebrows and suddenly shouted: "You only want to get rid of your identity as the Tulip Duke, so have you ever thought about how you can be with Miss Nicole in the future? Are you taking her to the end of the world? wrong!"
Glancing at Rody, he slowly whispered: "If you don't want to be the Duke of Tulip, can't you be your Duke Rody? If you don't want to be the Commander of Tulip, can't you be the Commander of Rody? You are still You, but besides the tulips, can't you raise a flag for the empire again?"
Rody's body was shaken, and two gleams of light immediately appeared in his eyes!
Raise a flag again
Yes!
If he was allowed to take Nicole away right now - would Nicole be willing to give up the Tulip family business? Are you willing to watch a centuries-old family collapse
Even Roddy himself, is he willing to leave Sieg? Leave Commander Gordon? Leaving those warriors who sacrificed their lives to defend him? Leaving those passionate men fighting on the battlefield with him
"Don't go see Nicole now." Mr. Qiu whispered: "You stay here for the next two days... I will teach you something."
"Teach me something?" Rody's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but said excitedly: "You mean... you want to accept me as your apprentice?"
Roddy is Roddy after all. No matter how powerful he is now, he still can't get rid of the original simple boy in his heart.
Become the apprentice of Mr. Qiu, the first warrior in the empire! Become the apprentice of Mr. Qiu, the most respected warrior in the empire!
Among the thousands of young warriors in the empire, who has not dreamed of this? Even Rody himself had had this kind of dream many times in his dreams when he was still a civilian student at the Imperial College...
Mr. Qiu saw the look in Roddy's eyes, suddenly shook his head, and laughed softly: "Wrong, you are not my apprentice. Your current strength has almost reached the level of a sword saint warrior. What qualifications do I have to be you?" Where is the teacher?" He smiled as if he was very pleased: "Duke Tulip helped me when I was young. I said that if I accept a disciple in the future, I will only accept his son. It's a pity that Seth has no knowledge of swordsmanship. interest of."
Seeing the disappointed look in Rody's eyes, Mr. Qiu smiled faintly: "What I can advise you is not how to improve your strength... but your sword technique."
"Swordsmanship?" Rody had a blank look in his eyes.
In fact, he has always been proud of his swordsmanship. When the Imperial students learned swordsmanship, his swordsmanship was the most solid! Even after his strength improved later, Instructor Carter of the Tulip family was full of praise for his solid swordsmanship. As for the cultivation of fighting spirit and his current super strength, they were all obtained through a series of adventures and were not his own abilities. Only the swordsmanship was truly cultivated by myself! !
Mr. Qiu saw the confusion in Rody's eyes, shook his head, and whispered: "Swordsmanship is not as simple as you think... If it wasn't for the purpose of practicing swordsmanship, I wouldn't have... Sigh..."
He suddenly sighed in a low voice, looked at the dilapidated yard, with an indifferent look in his eyes, and whispered: "Just now I advised you not to make a fuss about Nicole, don't be too impulsive... In fact, I admire you very much in my heart. You have such courage... It’s a pity that I didn’t have your courage back then.”
His eyes flickered, as if he was lost in memories.
"I said you can't elope with Nicole... Hum... elope... This sentence is so heavy... What if I could elope with her? What if we could let go of all this..."
Finally coming back to his senses, Mr. Qiu took a deep look at Roddy and whispered: "Work hard, I hope you won't make the same mistake I made!"
The sadness in Mr. Qiu's eyes made Roddy tremble in his heart. It seemed that this indifferent master also had his own sad past in his heart!
But, what kind of woman is she who makes people like Mr. Qiu sad
"Are you curious?" Mr. Qiu smiled: "It all happened when I was young..." He said lightly: "When I was young, I was just like you, with some small achievements in swordsmanship, and fell in love with a noble girl... Later... After all, it was impossible for her to marry a civilian warrior like me... She married..." At this point, Mr. Qiu shook his head. It was as if he wanted to get rid of all these thoughts in his mind.
He walked slowly to the foot of a tree, suddenly turned around and smiled: "What is a sword in your mind?"
Rody thought for a while and said: "It's power! It's a weapon that can destroy the enemy!"
Mr. Qiu shook his head and smiled, and said calmly: "I asked about swords, not weapons. Any weapon is power and a tool that can destroy the enemy. But what is a sword in your heart?"
Seeing the confusion in Rody's eyes, Mr. Qiu's tone gradually became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Your biggest shortcoming is that you were harmed by the swordsmanship training spread by the empire! In my opinion, the so-called vast majority of the empire The samurai's methods of using swords are all wrong! They use swords to chop and chop... Hum, they all can only use brute force. I don't want to talk about swords. They don't even have a fire stick in their hands. What a difference."
Rody couldn't help but smile: "Isn't it right to chop with a sword?"
Mr. Qiu shook his head: "It's not wrong... but that's not how swords are used!"
He closed his eyes and said solemnly: "The sword is a noble weapon. It is lighter than a spear, sharper than a dagger, more flexible than an ax, and more versatile than a scimitar! But all swordsmanship training in the empire , but it seems to have turned the sword into a nondescript thing. In the hands of those people, the sword was used as a spear to sweep, as a dagger to stab, as an ax to chop, and as a machete to chop... Hum hum …Is this a sword?”
He opened his eyes, looked at Rody, and said slowly in an extremely serious tone: "Swords are not made by practicing. They are made by 'repairing'!"
Mr. Qiu stretched out a finger and said calmly: "What I teach you is to 'cultivate the sword with one's own body'!"
His tone seemed a little cold: "After I turned forty, I stopped using the sword... Do you know why?" He smiled calmly: "Because the sword is me, I am the sword!" (Sorry, Gu Long's Use that set, after all, Ximen Chuixue is my favorite martial arts character)
"Have you seen this flying fallen leaf? It is fluttering lightly and has no impact. If you hit it with your fist, sweep it with a spear, or chop it with an axe, it will only be shaken far away by your strength. floating away..."
He closed his eyes, lightly traced his fingers, and a trace of sharp sword energy shot out - this breath was not violent or earth-shattering, but it seemed to easily tear a slowly falling leaf in half.
After the sword energy passed, there was a feeling of loneliness. So, the wind passes away, the flowers pass away, the moon passes away, the years pass away, the sword passes away, the love passes away.
"The sword in my hand turns into the anger and sharpness between my fingers, piercing the warmth of spring, the arrogance of summer, the style of autumn, and the coolness of winter."
This is what everyone says about this empire’s number one swordsman!