Chapter 52: Sima Yan

Gu Lin Fang looked at the remaining five players standing before him and began to think,

'Each of these players seem skilled enough, I wonder if they have traits as well.'

His eyes scanned them indifferently as he used [Sensing] on them and as he expected, he couldn't see their traits.

"Ji Hung" Gu Lin Fang suddenly turned towards the man as he called out his name.

Gu Ji Hung's muscles tightened, he had been worried that the new blood that just arrived would be killed just as they arrived, luckily they were only badly injured.

He didn't know what Gu Lin Fang hoped to achieve with such dangerous exercise but he chose not to question it.

"I'm here..."

Gu Lin Fang observed the man's expressions or body language and he could guess what the man was thinking.

"What do you think of them, is there anyone you fancy?" Hearing his question, everyone turned towards Ji Hung.

"I can see that they have the will to do anything for the clan, although they're a little too old to start cultivating...

I'm sure that won't hinder them, from what I'm seeing".

Gu Lin Fang smirked at the ending of this statement, 'if care isn't taken, we might not know how we would get surpassed'.

"Your in charge of training them in martial arts, if there's nothing major I won't come in.

They must abide by our one and only rule, do not kill fellow clan members, anyone who doesn't would be severely punished.

The Library would be open to each of them for free, only on the first day.

Any subsequent attempt would only be permitted with Clan contribution points."Gu Lin Fang stated the rules according to what he had chosen in the Clan's interface.

"Do we have someone who's proficient in medicine?" He noticed that the players weren't healing like he imagined,

'Do they need treatment or elixirs just like normal people?'

Yu Xing spoke as he signaled someone, "Yes"

A red haired teenager came forward with a bow and said, "This Disciple greets you My Lord, I'm Jiang Qin, Master Yu Xing's disciple...

I have some experience with medicine".

Gu Lin Fang's gaze switched between the red haired boy and Gu Yu Xing before he smiled, "So this is the disciple.

Good good good, see if you can help with their treatment".

Jiang Qin seemed excited for some reason as he nodded, Gu Lin Fang looked at Yu Xing and saw a wry smile but chose not to say anything.

He looked at the five players once again before sending them off to come back later when they were better.

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While he was about stepping into his pavilion, Gu Lin Ju excitedly held onto his arm and said, "Father, I've had some progress with my techniques".

"Show me"

"Ok" She says as she ran down the stairs, to the open clearing in front of the pavilion.

She took a deep breath while pulling her umbrella hanging on her back, unsheathing the sword from the base of her umbrella, there was no use of Qi at first but soon a bloody wind picked up slowly.

'her blood Demon Tao should be around level 7, the tangible blood mist at level 8 hasn't materialized' Gu Lin Fang silently calculated the level of her cultivation method.

The next moment, she began taking graceful steps that looked visible yet like an illusion it seemed like she never made a move.

'Her {Sixteen Queen kite steps} should be at level 2 now, that's quite fast'

Then her hands moved slowly as a golden light began to form around her thin sword, it then formed the illusionary shape of a snake in an instant. It moved around her in a fast speed before rushing out in the surrounding, forming another instantly.

Then she began using both techniques together, forming an unreal picture that would be a problem for those of the same level.

From time to time, the green bamboo umbrella would open and spin.

'Lv 1 {Golden snake sword} technique and she added her own insight to fit her umbrella, it's not that high yet but I can already confirm that without a doubt, she has the [Prodigy] trait'.

This went on for almost 8 minutes as she shadow boxed while rotating her Qi with the {Blood Demon Tao},

'it's beautiful' Watching her gave him some insights on the use of Qi.

A light ringing sounded in his ears as his shadow guard seemed to give him some kind of warning.

"That's enough" she stopped immediately upon hearing his order, "you are doing great, but there were a few flaws in the {Golden snake sword}.

So I want you to continue to focus on honing your techniques, your cultivation is fair for now, do you understand?".

"Yes father" She was overjoyed once again by her father's compliments.

"Good, go back for now... I have something to attend to"

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"Excuse me Sir but can you take off your hat?" This was the first thing Gu Lin Fang heard as soon as his consciousness focus on the Shadow guard.

"Sir!"

"Sir if you don't respond, I'll have to use force" the moment he said that, he turned around to call for help.

The Shadow guard moved immediately, grabbing the Yanmen officer's face and forcing him to the ground. The attack triggered his fire damage as flames exploded on the officers face, melting it along with his muffled scream.

He glanced around and found civilians trying to escape, so he went the other way as he completely ignored the twitching officer who died slowly.

As Gu Lin Fang made his way through the slums, he found that both the Yanmen officers and warriors from the Golden horse merchant group were searching for a bald man with a bamboo hat.

'looks like leaving the city would be a problem for a while' Gu Lin Fang thought while walking in a particular direction.

That was when he ran into a peculiar scene happening in front of a martial school.

A youth of about 25-30 years of age stood in the middle of crowd, he had messy long hair that made Gu Lin Fang feel disgust. Dressed in a brown martial robe, his arms were folded but didn't hide the specialty of his gauntlets from Gu Lin Fang's eyes, He a strange looking gourd hanging on his waist that also seemed special to Gu Lin Fang.

[Name: Sima Yan

  NPC qualifications: Blue grade Boss (I)

Age : 27

Cultivation: 9th stage of Auroras Core realm(Peak)

Affiliation: None.

Reputation: Swordless swordsman Sima Yan {Gold IV}]

After seeing the name, Gu Lin Fang chose not to waste anymore Qi from the Shadow guard to check.

'swordless swordsman huh... what does that mean?, And considering he's Gold level reputation, he well known in the world.

Well I will learn as much as I need to today', Gu Lin Fang silently watched through the shadow guard's hollow eyes with rapt attention.

"Sima Yan, this has nothing to do with you!. Our Black wolf martial school are handling our personal school business!" One of the members of the opposing group pointed at Sima Yan furiously.

"Yes, That right there is our member who needs to be punished!".

The leader of the opposing group chose to remain silent, from his Aura, he was the same level as Sima Yan.

With a wave of his hand, a black light flickered and enveloped an entire area of about 30 meters.

Everybody was stunned and they all suddenly smelt the faint scent of sandalwood enter their nostrils.

Their vision was filled with pitch black light with waves of Taoist chanting entering into everyone's ears like it was coming from the distant horizon, but also seemingly coming from just behind their ears.

Accompanying this action, Sima Yan's calm voice sounded out, "Zhi Hong, your father may not be my opponent,  why would you throw your life away, over a small matter?.

I'm only following basic etiquette, Hua Lin is the son of a friend of mine, regardless of whether or not he is your school's disciple, today I will not sit still and watch others harm him."

"This child is under my protection, as for my actions, I have always taken responsible for them.

Do what you must."

Sima Yan's calm and indifferent, yet also powerful words fell into the ears of the crowd. Gu Lin Fang couldn't help but sneer, he has always hated this kind of people the most.

If he was weaker, he might not necessarily take this action...

The face of Zhi Hong was as cold as ice, he shouted out: "kill!"

His white sleeves fluttered as he waved his two hands, six black balls of light flew out and headed straight for straight for the hidden Hua Lin.

Sympathetic people cried out from afar "dodge, don't get hit by it!"

Sima Yan had a calm composure, he smirked lightly as a transparent pure Qi broke out of his body. It felt so sharp that you would feel like you were cut just by looking at it.

At the same time raised his gourd and took a casual sip before waving his hands, cutting the attack in two.

The black light that were released before shined even more brightly.

The destroyed ball flashed lightly before blending together with the formation on the ground, it then turned into a heavy haze and covering the entire formation.

The Taoist chanting shook everyone's ears.

"Who dares fight so blatantly, are you disregarding us Yanmen?!!" A loud voice broke through the already tensed atmosphere.

Gu Lin Fang quickly controlled the shadow guard and headed for the gate, since most guards were attracted to the direction of the fight.

'So that's what they meant by Swordless swordsman, His body was the sword itself. Interesting...'