18 GOLDEN TOKEN

As Yue Huang was about to leave the sword by the corner, the sword slipped from his hand and brushed past his right leg before falling onto the ground.

"Sssss..", Yue Huang almost cried out. Although the broken sword had only brushed past his leg slightly, it had left behind a small vertical cut on Yue Huang's leg.

[T-this sword.. so sharp! And its only a small cut... why the hell does it hurt so much??], In his moment of pain, Yue Huang moved his leg around as he fell down feebly. He didn't notice that some of the blood from his wound had accidentally fallen onto the broken sword in this process.

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The blood that had fallen onto the sword slowly disappeared, as if it wasn't there in the first place. Even the old man by the side, who was an exceptional expert didn't notice this phenomena.

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At this time the old man had a worried look on his face, the way Yue Huang was acting was as if he lost a leg or something.

"Y-young master, you should have been careful. All swords here, without exception, are genuine spiritual weapons! Needless to say, they are extremely sharp.."

" Y-y-y-ou do you know who I am? ", Yue Huang, who was still in pain, didn't notice that his manner and speech had become awfully similar to the previous Yue Huang as he pointed towards the old man, acting as if it was the old man's fault.

But the old man didn't feel any pressure, this was the Yue Weapon Tower. Yue family was one of the top four powers in the entire Tingxin Empire! Who would dare to slight them?

Yue Huang reached for a golden token from his chest pocket and threw it at the old man, which the latter caught with ease.

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[Yue Family Direct-Descendant: Yue Huang]

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Looking at the golden token and reading the words 'Yue Family Direct-Descendant', finally the expression on the old man's face changed.

"It is my fault that the Young master Huang was injured in my presence.", The old man cupped his hands and bowed down with respect.

Although the old man didn't know why this Young master was being so unreasonable, especially given his illustrious and righteous background. The old man could only do his best to not offend this young ancestor.

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After few moments passed, Yue Huang suddenly returned to his senses. The pain from the cut had also disappeared mysteriously. It was due to the immense pain that he had treated the old man, the way he did.

He felt apologetic, he got up and spoke, "It was my fault, the pain from the wound caused me so much mental discomfort that it led to a loss of control of my manners and speech."

The old man suddenly felt enlightened regarding the situation, "Young master, you do not need to apologize. Nevertheless, it is good that you are no longer in pain."

The old man continued, " I'll get someone to treat Young master's wound. "

Yue Huang smiled, " There is no need. Just a small cut. I no longer feel the pain."

Just as Yue Huang wanted to state his wish of further looking at some good spiritual swords, he felt some faint connection between him and the broken sword that lay by his feet.

[It feels as if it is calling to me...], Yue Huang frowned and bent down as he grasped the sword again. The moment he came in contact with the sword again he felt as if it had glown faintly, as if expressing its delight.

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"I'll buy this sword.", Yue Huang said after thinking for quite sometime. The sword was obviously not an average spiritual weapon, maybe some sort of treasure.

" Young master! Please rethink.. There are dozens of swords here that are much better than this sword..", The old man spoke earnestly.

Yue Huang seemingly ignored the old man as he continued, " How much for this sword? "

"Sigh*, Looks like Young master has made his decision. The sword, although broken, is still a spiritual grade weapon. Since Young master is a direct-descendant of Yue family, I'll give this sword to you at 300 gold coins. ", The old man finally relented.

Yue Huang immediately made the payment and left the Yue Weapon Tower after getting his sword.

Yue Huang knew that most low-spiritual weapons were priced around 800-900 gold coins and even weapons that were 'barely-spiritual grade' would be priced around 600-700 gold coins. So one could say that the old man had given Yue Huang a discount of 50% or more .

After Yue Huang had wielded the sword again, he had suddenly lost all his interest in other swords and felt as if the broken sword was meant for him, and him alone.

At the same time he had questions as to why he didn't feel the same way about the sword when he first held it, but later on the question was thrown to the back of his head as he felt it held no significance.

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On reaching his courtyard, Yue Huang called on, "Fatty Ao, where are you?"

"On my way, on my way, Young master!", rushing of footsteps sounded out and soon a fatty servant in grey robes came forth to greet Yue Huang.

"Prepare me a hot bath and a box of rivergeng-herb.", Yue Huang ordered.

" Yes, Young master", Fatty Ao nodded before hurrying off to prepare what his Young master told him to do.

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"ahh- this feels good.", Yue Huang muttered as he flipped around in his hot bath.

*knock* *knock*

"Young master, I have prepared a box rivergeng herb. It is best to apply it after a bath, to heal any cuts or wounds fast.", Fatty Ao spoke out worriedly.

" I know I can always count on you! ahaha. ", Yue Huang laughed. He knew rivergeng-herb was a common herb that helped to treat wounds and cuts.

He looked at the cut on his right leg and suddenly exclaimed, "Wait-where is the cut?!"

The place where the cut should have been had mysteriously disappeared! There wasn't even a scar left. It was as if Yue Huang didn't get cut at all.

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"Fatty Ao."

"Yes, Young master?", Fatty Ao who was courteously standing just outside of Yue Huang's bathing chamber replied.

"I don't need the rivergeng herb anymore."

".....Ok..", Jing Ao replied as he ran back to keep the herb.