Chapter72:LuckyBlackHair
"Hello,whatperfumeareyouusing?Itsmellsgood.Tellme,nomatterhowexpensiveitis,Iwillsavemoneytobuyit!"
No,thatthingdoesn’texist.Ihaveneverusedanyperfumeinmylife.
"Whomadethismaid’suniformforyou?IsheanartisticmasterintheWesternGod’sDomain?Whycan’tIidentifytheuniform’smaterials?Tellmewho,Mei."
Unfortunately,Idon’tknowwhosemasterpieceitis.HuaHuosaidthatitwasthegreatswordmaid’slegacy,perhapsitreallyhasanunusualorigin.
"Yourskinissosoft.Howdidyounourishyourskin?Look,myskinissorough.Sigh,whyisthegapbetweendifferentpeoplesowide?!"
Sorry.Idon’tknowwhymyskinsuddenlybecomesnow-white.IrememberwhenIpracticedthelimitpractice,myskinhadbeenleftwithmanyscars.
"Mei!"
"Oh,Mei!"
"LittleMei!"
Girlsreallyeasilygotfamiliarwithoneanother.Aslongastheyacceptedyou,theywouldtreatyouwellwithalltheirhearts.Atfirst,asanoutsiderfromtheWesternGod’sDomain,theywouldn’taccepthimsoeasily.However,itlookedliketheKillingPrincess’smaid’suniformhadanaturalglamour.Nomatterwhatyourrace,gender,oridentitywas,noonecouldresistit.
Atfirst,thefemalecandidateswerealsodividedintotwocampsjustlikethemalecandidates.However,"Mei"waslikeapanacea.Aftershecame,thetwofemalecampsnaturallycombinedintoone.
Everyfemalelikedbeautifulthings.AfterseeingtheshyandnervousYunXi,theirmaternalinstinctwasaroused.Therefore,afterYunXijoinedthem,thetwofemalecampsstoppedopposingeachotherandhealsonaturallybecamethecenteroftheirattention.
Hedidnothing,butnaturallyattractedeveryone’sattention.AfterwearingtheKillingPrincessmaid’sblackuniform,hehadbecomesocuteandeyecatching.
Oh,gosh,weregirlsreallysuchnoisycreatures?
Yunxiwasinadazeashelookedattheseveralfemaleswordsmensurroundinghimandbeingasnoisyasthousandsofducks.
Itwasn’tatallashehadimagined.Hehadthoughtthatgirlswouldbemoregentle,soft,andsweetlikewhitesugar.Well,thatwasexcludingHuaHuo.Afterall,shewashischildhoodsweetheartthatcouldslayadragonalone.
"Mei,whichnearbytownwereyoubornin?YoumustbetiredaftertravellingfromtheWesternGod’sDomain."
"Comehere.Thereisachair."
YunXifeltdizzy.Hehadn’tsaidanything,thegirlshadclusteredaroundhimandlethimsitonagreenflowerchair,whichwaswrappedinbeautifulroses.
"Mei,howoldareyou?"
"Sixteenyearsold."Aftersittingdown,YunXifinallymadesometimetoreorganizehisthoughts.Itlookedlikehewaswelcomedbyboththenoblegirlsandciviliangirls?
"Howaboutthetest?DoyouthinkyouwillbeadmittedtotheSwordPalace?"
"Evenifyoucan’tpassthroughtheSwordPalace’stest,that’snotaproblem.MyfamilyisrelatedtotheHeaven’sRoadPalace.Howaboutgoingtojointheirentrancetest?"
"Comparedtomales,wefemaleswordsmenarenaturallylessfavouredtowardspracticingswordskills.Ifyoucan’tgetintotheSwordPalace,thentheHeaven’sRoadPalaceisalsoagoodchoice."
Yes,thiswasafactintheentireSkySwordGod’sDomain,especiallyformortalswheremaleshadanaturaladvantageinpracticingswordskills.Whetheritwasstrength,speed,orexplosiveness,inmostcases,maleswerebetterthanfemales.Femaleswordsmencouldonlyfocusonpracticingtheirspeedandflexibility.
Inthepast,YunXifeltthatHuaHuowastheperfectsampleoffemaleswordsmen.ShecouldevendefeatthefiveTigerGeneralsbyusingherFlyingSwallowSword!Thatwasperfectproof.Ofcourse,YunXihadknownthatHuaHuocouldn’tbesimplydescribedas"agirlwhohasamazingflexibility".Shehadgonefarbeyondtherealmamortalcouldreach!SheslayedthemalefierydragonandfoughtagainsttheRedLotusHolyVirginfacetoface,sothatcouldn’tbe...
"I...Ishouldhavenoproblems,"YunXitookadeepbreaththenorganizedhisthoughts,tryingtopicksuitablewords,"BecauseIhavereachedthe2ndranknow."
Thefemaleswordsmenlapsedintosilenceforawhile,thentheyexclaimedatthesametime.
"The2ndrank?Mei,areyoujoking?"
"You’realreadya2ndrankedswordsman?TheworldreallyhasanothergeniuslikeHuaHuo!"
"Oh,gosh!Mei,howdidyoudothat?You’reevenstrongerthansomegenerals!"
"You’resostrong,yetyouhavesuchdelicateskinandaslenderbody...Wuwuwu,Ialsopracticedveryhard,butwhydoIonlyhavemoremuscles?!"
Theirexclamationwasn’twithoutreason.A2ndrankedswordsmanwasalreadyabletobeanarmy’sgeneral.Eventhestrongestgirlamongstthemhadjustreachedthepeakofthefirstrank.Itwasnoteasyforfemalestoimprovethemselves.Onlyafewfemaleswordsmencouldreachthe2ndrankbeforeeighteenyearsold.
HuaHuohadalreadyreachedthe3rdrankandreceivedtheSwordPalace’sinvitation,butshewassimplyamonster-likegeniusinthesegirls’eyes!Monster-like...HuaHuo...AsthesegirlsopenedtheireyeswideandgazedatYunXi,YunXialsosmiledbitterlyandlookedatthem.
HuaHuowasn’tevensimplya3rdrankedfemaleswordsman.
Ifapersonreachedthe1strank,thatpersonwasalreadyabletoberegardedasagenius.Itwasalreadyveryluckyifasmalltownproduceda1strankedswordsmaneveryfewdecades.
Ifapersonreachedthe2ndrank,thatpersonwasabletobeacorememberofthearmyandwouldberegardedasaprospectivegeneral.
Ifapersonreachedthe3rdrank,forexample,thefiveTigerGenerals,theywerethetop-levelcommandersinthearmy.Theywerealsothetop-levelmartialmastersthatordinarypeoplecouldsee.
Therewerehigherranks,buttothepeoplewholivedintheswordhandleareaoftheSwordDomain,thatwasbeyondthelimittheycouldreach.Therefore,asa2ndrankedswordsman,hehadbeenregardedasamonster-likegeniusintheireyes.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫e啯袦)
"Mei,pleasedomeafavor."
"Oh,metoo!"
"Oh,right.Mei,pleasegrantmyrequest!"
AfterrealizingthatYunXiwasprobablythestrongestpersoninthefemaleswordsmencamp,thenoblegirlsandtheciviliangirlsallputtheirpalmstogetherdevoutly,prayingtoYunXi.
"What?"YunXiwasatalosswhattodoafterseeingtheirbehavior.
Wasthissomesatanicritual?
"Please,givemealockofyourhair!"
"Metoo!"
"One!Ijustneedalockofyourhair!Iwillmakeitintoaluckycharm!"
TherewasataleinthewholeSkySwordGod’sDomain.Beforeyoutookpartinanexam,ifyoucouldobtainablackstrandofhairfromthestrongestandmostbeautifulgirl,thenyoucouldsuccessfullypassthroughtheexam.However,asmortals,mostofthefemaleswordsmenwerenotthatstrongandwerestillatthefirstrankwhentheytookthetest.Therefore,mostofthetime,theycouldn’tfindanypeoplewhofitthebill.
However,now,YunXiwasthepersonwhofitthebillintheireyes.
Thestrongest2ndrankedfemaleswordsman.
Themostbeautifulgirl.
Besides,shehadthemostbeautifulblack,straighthair!