Path Of Sword Master - Chapter 101

Ahahahababababsbs e qjqk paying his respects to his master, Li Jie got up and left, while he didn’t know what to do next, but he had an inkling of what he was supposed to do, and if what he had in mind doesn’t work then he will have to find some other way.

From his master’s teachings, he understood that if he wants to have a better grasp of his intent, he first have to understand why did he choose this intent, even if it was done subconsciously he felt that the most important part in the understanding intent is to understand more about oneself.

First, to check if his methods could work, he first had to find a mountain, and thankfully his Li family castle was surrounded by mountains, left and right, back and forth.

All he had to do was to choose anyone of those mountains and to see if there is any improvement in his intent.

There was only one problem that he had and it was that he had to bring someone with him, because all the mountains, surrounding the Li family castle are not something he has access to, first he needs permission from his father to venture towards those mountains, then his father will make someone to escort him towards those mountains.

He wanted to be alone, while he comprehends his intent, while he was sorting this trouble out in his brains, he had an idea.

So he ran fast towards his room, where he found the maid Xiao Chu, who was cleaning up some dust in his room.

“Sister Xiao Chu, can you help me in helping me a tour around the mountains near our Li family estate”, asked Li Jie with an expectant gaze.

The maid Xiao Chu’s face turned tensed, she remembered in these five years, how Li Jie would ask her to take him to someplace outside of the Li family jurisdiction, and whatever place they would go to was either dangerous or extremely weird, sometimes she can’t even sleep at night for the fear of her young master asking her to take him someplace outside, although the mountains surrounding the Li family jurisdiction comes under the Li family, and on some of those mountains, many poor people live for farming, cultivating various crops and growing various herbs, vegetables and wheat, and various other products.

At first, she felt it to be normal to go to the mountains surrounding the Li family, except for some mountains, which are either owned by some elder of the Li family or if their mines available for the Li family, except for those special mountains, anyone from the Li family can make a visit to those mountains, which are either barren or already have a certain population of people, especially mortals, who haven’t even touched the basics of cultivation, they live their honest and hardworking life there.

Maid Xiao Chu was contemplating that it’s not like she can refuse the young master, but she can choose a mountain, which has the least danger present.

“Young Master, I have no problem in guiding you to a mountain, but I need to make sure for your safety, so I will be the one to choose a mountain for us to go to”, said the maid Xiao Chu.

Li Jie nodded in understanding, first, he himself doesn’t know which mountain to go to and which one will be suitable for him is another matter, so he will have to just follow along with maid Xiao Chu’s decision.

“Young Master, if I may ask, which type of mountain would you like to go to if you are thinking of training, then there’s one mountain which is under the supervision elders, and they have many beasts present on the mountain, for the sole purpose of training, while other mountains may have beasts too, but you won’t be able to find many or there might be some, which will be too strong for you to handle, but still there’s much safer, as the cultivators of our Li family go to the other mountains and try to hunt as many beasts as possible for their own, as well as to keep the mortals who have created their own villages safe, then there are also those which are barren and have nothing on them, so young master which type of mountain do you wish to go to”, asked maid Xiao Chu.

Li Jie’s face turned pensive upon hearing his maid, he never imagined for there to be classification among mountains, as well as some special mountains, which are the personal property of an elder, where it isn’t allowed for anyone to trespass.

After pondering for a bit, he decided to go for the barren type mountains, after all, it’s not like he has to battle anyone, he just wants to comprehend about mountains, so that his comprehension for mountain intent increases, whereas for the sword intent, that is something he will have to work on his own understanding of the sword.

After deciding their destination, the maid Xiao Chu informed Li Jie, that they cannot just go to any of the mountains simply without any preparation, to go to any mountain, they would need supplies of their own and a caravan to help in going up the mountain, as walking on any mountain is extremely taxing, and it also takes a lot of time, it is different for those of Essence Gathering stage cultivators, as their speed is high, with the help of essence energy, which was neither of the two.

Li Jie felt like getting a headache, he never realized that he would need to make such preparations, before setting off for a mountain.

“Sister Xiao Chu, you can prepare for the journey as you see fit, I will wait for you to complete your preparations, and then we can go”, said Li Jie.

The maid Xiao Chu nodded with a serious look on her face, “Yes, young master, I will make ample preparations for our journey, I will have the preparations for your mountain exploration ready by tomorrow, then we can set off for any mountain that you wish to go to”, said the maid Xiao Chu.

At first Li Jie wasn’t pleased with this, after all, he wanted to go to a mountain right away, but he understood that rushing would only be detrimental for now, so he agreed with Xiao Chu’s settings.

After concluding his affairs with the maid Xiao Chu, Li Jie went back to his room and started to train physical exercises, and then after some time, he started to practice his techniques.

When he was finished with his training, he decided to meet his friend, since he won’t be going to train on his comprehension right away, after washing up, he went out of his room and was heading towards Li Central city, where Dai Chen has been working in a renowned blacksmith shop.

Li Jie was reminiscing about how in the past five years, Dai Chen has been working hard daily in the blacksmith shop, first, he was working as an assistant, where he gained quite a bit of popularity over the years among the ladies, who were frequent customers of the blacksmith shop, then he also joined the blacksmiths in their work, he started out as a supporting party, but after some time, he started his hands-on forging of metals, surprisingly he had a talent for forging, because of his low cultivation, the most he could forge were common goods, but he had a creative mind, he suggested the head blacksmith forge designed accessories for women, where a minuscule amount of the raw material is used, unlike for creating weapons and armor, where a high amount of raw materials are needed, while these design accessories weren’t of any use, but females tend to love products which make them look pretty.

Implementing Dai Chen’s ideas in the shop, made them gain popularity, as well as a boon in their business, even those of the Fu merchant contacted them for further business contracts, the one to deal and negotiate with the members of the Fu merchant family, was none other than, Dai Chen himself, who was good looking as well as was the most polite one in the blacksmith, where everyone, be it the Head-Blacksmith or other blacksmiths, who were hot-headed and straight forward in nature, even in the negotiating department, Dai Chen showed his amazing skills in communicating and dealing with the crafty merchants of the Fu merchant family.

Looking at Dai Chen’s hard work and passion for working so earnestly, the Head-Blacksmith officially took him under his mantle and made him his personal disciple, apart from learning the method of forging, Dai Chen also learned a lot about cultivation as well as he got a lot of help from his master, which helped in increasing his cultivation faster, now he is at the Essence Gathering Stage.

How or what was the way, that someone like Dai Chen’s cultivation rose rapidly, was beyond his knowledge, and Dai Chen was also required to make an oath to not divulge this secret