『 [ Sigh, for everyone's well-being, we'd better change the topic. ]
The stiff atmosphere made March 7th sigh.
[ General, how did you feel about your trip to the Luofu? ]
Stelle thought for a moment and asked Feixiao about her impressions of the Luofu.
[ The purpose of the trip to the Luofu has been achieved, although the matter with Hoolay was unexpected… ]
[ But fortunately, the solution to everything was quite satisfactory. ]
[ If I must say there is any regret… ]
[ It is that I did not fulfill my duty as a superior to protect my subordinates' safety. ]
Regret showed on Feixiao's face.
[ Sigh, General, please stop deepening the impression that people from the Yaoqing love to kill the conversation. ]
[ With departure at hand, let's talk about some cheerful topics. ]
Hearing Feixiao say this, Jiaoqiu, who was next to her, speechlessly pinched the bridge of his nose.
Then, Feixiao looked at Moze beside her.
[ …. ]
[ Are you waiting for me to speak? ]
[ I have no thoughts. ]
[ Let's go, the starskiff is almost here. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "Oh my god, the three of you put together are simply masters of killing the mood!"
Stelle: "Even just watching the video, I feel uncomfortable all over!"
March 7th: "Clearly, when the three of them are apart, they're all pretty good at chatting."
March 7th: "Why is it so cold when they get together?"
Furina de Fontaine: "It's mainly a problem with the topic."
Furina de Fontaine: "General Feixiao feels too much regret in her heart."
Furina de Fontaine: "She blames herself deeply for causing Mr. Jiaoqiu to lose his sight."
Jiaoqiu: "There is nothing to blame herself for."
Jiaoqiu: "To be able to keep my life, I only feel fortunate."
Jiaoqiu: "You know, when I did that kind of thing, I didn't think I would survive at all."
Moze: "You indeed didn't leave yourself a way out, but Stelle and I paved a path back for you."
Stelle: "Just for that, Doctor Jiaoqiu must give me free medical consultations in the future!"
Stelle: "Of course, hot pot must be free too!"
Feixiao: "Easy, easy. I'll agree on Jiaoqiu's behalf!"
Jiaoqiu: "Hey, wait!"
Jiaoqiu: "This only happened in the video, not in reality yet!"
Jiaoqiu: "On what grounds do I have to give free consultations?"
Stelle: "On the grounds that I will have gone through fire and water to save you in the future."
Stelle: "Is that not enough? (SlySmile.jpg)"
Moze: "Yes, I think it's enough."
Moze: "I also agree on his behalf."
Jiaoqiu: "Damn, you two are terrible friends! (Speechless.jpg)"
....
『 [ Wait, I would like to say a final word to young Yanqing. ]
Feixiao stopped Moze's movement and turned to look at Yanqing.
[ Me? ]
Yanqing was a bit dazed.
[ The decisive sword strike you thrust at Hoolay on the Skysplitter was indeed refined to an exquisite realm, truly extraordinary. ]
[ However, in clashes with enemies, there is still much room for tempering and polishing. ]
[ On the Yaoqing, such opportunities are everywhere. ]
[ If one day you wish to fly out of the Luofu and see a broader sky, come find me on the Yaoqing! ]
Feixiao extended an invitation.
[ I… understand. ]
[ If there is an opportunity in the future, please do not hesitate to grant me your guidance, General. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "Ah? Is General Feixiao blatantly trying to poach him?"
Stelle: "General Jing Yuan, your precious disciple is about to be poached by General Feixiao!"
Yanqing: "Uh… General Feixiao probably didn't mean it that way, right?"
Yanqing: "She wants to provide me with a platform to temper myself."
Feixiao: "Indeed, the Yaoqing fights in all directions."
Feixiao: "Following me, you will have opportunities to temper yourself every day."
Feixiao: "This will greatly improve your martial arts and swordplay!"
Jing Yuan: "Haha, I do not object."
Jing Yuan: "Clashes of life and death on the battlefield can best stimulate a person's potential."
Jing Yuan: "Although Yanqing's basic skills are solid, because he is still young, he lacks a lot of life experience and accumulation."
Jing Yuan: "Thus, over time, he might hit a bottleneck and feel lost."
Furina de Fontaine: "Like how he was struck down by the sword of the previous Sword Champion before?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Fortunately, Yanqing later fought Hoolay and finally walked out of the shadow."
Stelle: "If you want to increase your experience, you should come to our Astral Express."
Stelle: "Following the Astral Express, every day is a grand scene!"
Silver Wolf: "Of course, the premise is that you have to be tough enough to survive."
Silver Wolf: "Otherwise, with the high-level situations the Express Crew encounters every day, it's really not something an ordinary person can handle."
Paimon: "Ah… that… Traveler, are our lives tough or not?"
Lumine: "Uh… they should be tough, right?"
Lumine: "Anyway, I feel my life is pretty tough."
Paimon: "Alright then, if you think your life is tough, then I think mine is tough too."
Hu Tao: "Hey, you two, is this kind of thing something you can just casually decide by feeling?"
....
『 [ Alright, everyone, the hour is late. It is time for us to temporarily bid farewell. ]
After Feixiao finished advising Yanqing, she lifted her leg to leave.
[ Let's take a group picture! I've got a cycrane ready! ]
March 7th quickly stopped General Feixiao and activated the Cycrane used for taking photos, letting it fly into the sky.
Soon, they all posed while talking and laughing, and with the countdown of three, two, one, a brand new group photo appeared.
Afterward, Feixiao and the others bid farewell to everyone, boarded the starskiff, and left the port. 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "Look, do you know what this photo means?"
Mualani: "Ah? What does it mean?"
Mualani: "Does it mean… an unbreakable friendship?"
Kinich: "I think it looks more like camaraderie."
Kinich: "After all, they were fighting side by side before."
Paimon: "With my current understanding of Miss Stelle, she probably doesn't mean those things…"
Stelle: "Aha! Miss Paimon understands me!"
Stelle: "What you all said is just a part of it!"
Stelle: "What this photo best reflects is actually…"
Stelle: "My amazing network of connections has expanded once again!"
Stelle: "The General of the Yaoqing and her retainers are all my acquaintances and comrades-in-arms."
Stelle: "Tell me, with this network of mine, who in the universe wouldn't treat me with respect when they see me?"
Lumine: "This network is indeed solid."
Amber: "Among the people Miss Stelle knows, there are indeed many big figures."
March 7th: "Alright, alright, don't show off."
March 7th: "Although connections are useful, at critical moments, we still have to rely on ourselves!"
....
『 After General Feixiao and the others left, the group began to wait there for General Huaiyan and his companions.
Not long after, Huaiyan and Yunli arrived.
[ It's Yanqing and the Astral Express crew! Thank you all for waiting. ]
Seeing the waiting crowd, Huaiyan smiled cheerfully.
[ I bid you farewell, General Huaiyan. ]
Yanqing, Dan Heng, and March 7th stepped forward to bid farewell to General Huaiyan.
[ It's a pity I couldn't trade blows with the General. ]
Stelle did a repeat performance, saying the exact same words she had just said to General Feixiao, word for word, to General Huaiyan.
[ Oh? You wish to see my skills? ]
[ Hahahahaha, to meet such a fearless youngster. ]
[ A single sentence calls this old man back to those years when my hot blood could still boil. It is truly heartening. ]
Hearing Stelle say this, Huaiyan laughed heartily.
[ I am very curious about the General's strength. ]
Stelle spoke her true thoughts.
[ Sigh, do not harbor any misunderstandings about me just because of Feixiao. ]
[ This old man is only devoted to craftsmanship. My interest in fighting and competing has long faded. ]
[ But I want to hear more from the youngsters! Yunli, did you not have lots prepared that you wanted to say before you left? ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "Ah, this!"
March 7th: "Stelle, why did you say that to General Huaiyan too?"
Stelle: "Is there any problem with what I said?"
Stelle: "Aren't you guys curious about General Huaiyan's strength?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Curious!"
Furina de Fontaine: "We've already seen the scenes of General Jing Yuan and General Feixiao taking action."
Furina de Fontaine: "But we haven't seen General Huaiyan taking action."
Silver Wolf: "Just now, the old General Huaiyan used a term, 'fearless'."
Silver Wolf: "It fully reflects the greatness of General Huaiyan's strength."
Qingque: "As the saying goes, the strong are not necessarily old, but the old are definitely strong!"
Qingque: "General Huaiyan is an antique among antiques. He must be incredibly strong!"
Fu Xuan: "Qingque, where did you learn this flawed logic?"
Fu Xuan: "What inevitable connection is there between being strong and being old?"
March 7th: "I know, I know!"
March 7th: "In the Luofu's dramas and novels, it's always written like that."
March 7th: "The strong must be old fogies who have lived for endless eras!"
Huaiyan: "Hahaha, do not misunderstand this old man."
Huaiyan: "I am merely a craftsman. On ordinary days, I only forge iron and cast weapons."
Huaiyan: "I am truly ordinary."
Yunli: "Grandpa, let alone them, even I don't believe that excuse."
....
『 [ Ahem, as a master, I should pass on some words of advice to March before I leave. ]
Yunli put on the airs of a master.
[ Hehe, Master Yunli! ]
March 7th looked at Yunli with a smile.
[ Speaking of which, March, did you not participate in the Wardance? ]
Yunli asked in confusion.
[ Ah, that, indeed… I didn't participate. ]
March 7th scratched her head.
[ Weren't you and Miss March both recovering from injuries in the Alchemy Commission? ]
Hearing this, Yanqing was a bit confused about what Yunli was saying.
[ How could I not know? ]
[ My point is, since she didn't complete the initial teaching goal, March is still an unfinished disciple. ]
[ Even if I return to the Zhuming, March, you must not neglect your practice! ]
Yunli advised March 7th very solemnly.
[ Don't worry. I'll keep an eye on her. ]
Stelle chimed in at this moment.
[ Good, no spoiling her like you normally do! ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "March didn't participate in the Wardance in the end?"
Stelle: "She was actually recovering in the Alchemy Commission too?"
Stelle: "Where were you injured?"
Stelle: "Didn't you look lively and kicking before?"
March 7th: "I was thrown and sent flying."
March 7th: "These must be internal injuries!"
March 7th: "Shouldn't I rest properly?"
Stelle: "Alright, that makes sense."
Stelle: "So, after all that, only Yanqing participated in the end?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Yanqing's recovery speed was actually that much faster than Miss Yunli's?"
Yunli: "Sigh, it seems I was the one who shared more of the damage."
Yunli: "It can't be helped. Who told Yanqing to have thin arms and legs, lacking strength?"
Yanqing: "I have thin arms and legs, so are you big and burly?"
Paimon: "Speaking of which… since Miss March 7th hasn't finished her training, when will she truly graduate?"
Lumine: "Maybe… she has to wait until the next Wardance?"
Lumine: "After all, the initial goal of the Wardance was to let Miss March 7th step onto the stage and win against at least one opponent."
Li Sushang: "Then that will be a long wait."
Li Sushang: "No one knows when the next Wardance will be held."
Li Sushang: "Maybe it will be a hundred years later."
Stelle: "A hundred years later, my goodness."
Stelle: "By then, we would have already become legends. Why would we still participate in some Wardance?"
March 7th: "Hehe, if I don't participate, I can also train a disciple to participate!"
March 7th: "I haven't experienced the feeling of teaching a disciple yet!"
....
『 [ By the way, Master Yunli, you came for General Huaiyan's prize at first, right? Aren't you full of regret for not being able to participate in the Wardance? ]
March 7th shifted the topic and asked Yunli.
[ It's not that regrettable! ]
[ I heard Yanqing took victory as the ringmaster. So the sword still rests in worthy hands. ]
[ Plus, my grandfather has brought the prize all the way here. So does it not seem a little unceremonious for me to just win it and take it straight back? I will not steal Yanqing's thunder this time, as I don't want to embarrass him. ]
Yunli smiled and said with feigned generosity.
[ Hmph, such gracious generosity, Yunli. You really helped me save face as the Luofu swordmaster. ]
[ But I brought the awesome blade over to use in this moment of farewell. ]
Yanqing spoke slowly, taking out the precious sword he had won from defending the stage.
[ Whoa, Yanqing loves that sword more than his life, and yet... ]
Looking at Yanqing's movement, Stelle couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
[ Whoa! Are you really thinking about giving your sword to Yunli, Master Yanqing? ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "Whoa!"
Stelle: "Yanqing, who loves swords like life, is actually willing to give the sword to Yunli??"
Stelle: "Are you still the Yanqing I know?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Perhaps, to repay Miss Yunli for previously risking her life to help the Luofu, Yanqing is willing to give the sword to Miss Yunli as a thank you?"
Hu Tao: "I think so too."
Yanqing: "Uh… did I really think that way?"
Yunli: "I couldn't tell!"
Yunli: "Young brother Yanqing, you are quite generous!"
Yunli: "I admit, what I did before was wrong."
Yunli: "I apologize to you!"
Yunli: "Thank you for being willing to let me have the sword!"
....
『 [ Really? This sword is the proof of your victory in the Wardance… ]
[ Thinking about taking your sword before, I feel a bit bad about it. ]
Seeing Yanqing's action, Yunli felt a bit embarrassed instead.
[ What generosity! ]
[ This old man didn't misjudge you. ]
Yanqing's behavior made Huaiyan very gratified.
[ You're such the humorist, Yunli. This was the sword I won as the ringmaster. I was just thinking that as you were leaving, you would not see it for a while. I brought it so you could touch it one last time and ease your regrets. ]
When saying this, the corner of Yanqing's mouth practically curled up to the sky.
He showed a smug expression. 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Yunli: "?"
Stelle: "…."
March 7th: "Ah??!"
Huaiyan: "Hahahahaha… good boy!"
Huaiyan: "You have my style from back then!"
Feixiao: "Ha, you're killing me."
Feixiao: "Yanqing, you kid, you're pretty sly too."
Feixiao: "As expected of a disciple taught by the Divine Foresight."
Jing Yuan: "Those words are ambiguous!"
Jing Yuan: "I do not think I fit the definition of being sly."
March 7th: "Don't say it, this must have been learned from Stelle, right?"
....
(LMAO, what a troll)