kvmb Chapter 119 The Wonderful Use of Sword Power
Chapter 119 The Wonderful Use of Sword Power
Sitting cross-legged in the completely dark, cramped room, Shen Xu never expected that even after keeping such a low profile, someone would still come looking for trouble. It truly proved the old saying: a good horse is ridden, and a kind person is bullied.
It seems that being too low-key is not a good thing, but being high-profile can cause a lot of trouble. Finding the right balance is a skill!
However, he still cannot give up his kindness and must always maintain a kind attitude towards others, after all, he has always been a good person.
Staying in solitary confinement is still very painful. The space is too small, you can't lie down or stand up, and it's completely dark with no sense of time. For most people, it's no exaggeration to say that every second feels like an eternity.
But for Shen Xu, who was in a deep meditative state, three days was just a blink of an eye.
In an incredibly luxurious room on the top floor of the Flying Cloud Boat, Zhou Sanyi respectfully said, "Young Master, Shen Xu got into a fight and has been locked up in solitary confinement."
“Solitary confinement is hardly a punishment for him.” Standing under the huge skylight reflecting the starry sky, Su Jing played with the moonlight crystal in his hand, the bright moonlight pouring down on him like flowing water.
"Be kind to others!" Su Jing scoffed.
Three days passed in a flash, and Shen Xu was released by the law enforcement team.
Moving his somewhat stiff body, Shen Xu felt a little uncomfortable with the suddenly bright environment. Seeing Shen Xu's reaction, the three members of the Tianhe Sword Sect's enforcement team who had released him were somewhat surprised.
Because people who usually come out of solitary confinement are emaciated and weak, some even unable to stand up, but the boy in front of them seemed to be unaffected by solitary confinement and was in exceptionally good condition.
The head of the enforcement team warned Shen Xu, "Shen Xu, if you cause trouble again, you'll face more than just a simple three-day detention!"
"I understand. Can I go back now?" Shen Xu asked calmly.
The calm tone made the three men's hearts skip a beat. They all knew what the solitary confinement cell was like. A normal person would probably go crazy after staying there for a few hours. Yet this person had been in there for three days and could still maintain such a calm mindset. This made them feel a little afraid of Shen Xu.
"This person is definitely not normal! He's probably a psychopath!" This was the consensus among the three.
Swallowing silently, the leading youth replied, "You can indeed go back now!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Xu ignored the three people in front of him, slowly walked out of the room full of solitary confinement cells, and headed straight for the canteen. The solitary confinement cells didn't provide food, meaning he had been starving for three days. However, the canteen in Zone C was open all day, so he didn't need to worry about it not being mealtime.
The most tormenting part of his three days in solitary confinement was not being able to eat. Now that he's been released, he naturally wants to eat his fill.
When he returned to the cafeteria, the way people looked at him had changed, and some even avoided him.
But he wasn't in the mood to care about the changes in how people around him treated him. What he was thinking about was what to eat first. After thinking about it, he decided it would be better to try them all, since each dish was carefully prepared by the chef and he shouldn't show favoritism!
Some time later, when he was ready to leave the canteen after eating and drinking his fill, he was stopped by a group of uninvited guests.
"Are you Shen Xu?" the middle-aged man in the lead asked.
Seeing that they were dressed the same as Fang Heng, Shen Xu knew that these were people who had come to cause him trouble again, and he couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. He had just come out of the solitary confinement room and didn't want to go back in.
"Sorry, you've probably mistaken me for someone else. My name is Shen Hansan," Shen Xu lied without batting an eye.
Upon hearing Shen Xu's words, someone in the crowd immediately spoke up: "Shen Xu, you caused Senior Brother Fang to be unable to participate in the sword selection. Do you dare to do it but not admit it?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said to Shen Xu, "Young man, your lie is too clumsy. Don't worry, we're not here to cause you trouble. You prevented Fang Heng from participating in the sword selection because he was less skilled, and we have nothing to say about that."
However, our sect will also have to pay a large sum of Nourishing Essence Pills in compensation, which I have to inquire about. After all, this is a matter between the two of you, and I hope you will take the initiative to assume this responsibility.”
"The Qi Shui Sect is shameless! They actually had an elder personally step in to coerce Shen Xu."
"The quantity of those Nourishing Yuan Pills is too large. It would be foolish for the Qi Shui Sect to take on the entire burden! I estimate that the Qi Shui Sect's goal is for them and Shen Xu's sect to each bear half of the quantity."
"However, Shen Xu never mentioned his sect. The elders of the Qi Shui Sect will likely force the other side's elders to take the stage, but before that, Shen Xu will probably have to suffer a bit."
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Shen Xu couldn't help but chuckle, then said nonchalantly, "What does it have to do with me, Shen Hansan, if you're looking for Shen Xu!"
Seeing Shen Xu's attitude, the middle-aged man said coldly, "It seems you're going to suffer a bit!"
A powerful pressure belonging to the Qi Sea Realm immediately pressed down on Shen Xu. The surrounding people's expressions changed immediately upon feeling this pressure. Although the pressure was still some distance away from them and was not their target, they still felt immense pressure from it. So they all moved away from Shen Xu's side, fearing that they would be affected by this pressure.
But when everyone saw Shen Xu's performance, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. He walked up to the middle-aged man with a smile, seemingly unfazed by the man's imposing aura, and said, "I've already told you I'm Shen Hansan, don't you understand?"
Then he bypassed the Qi Shui faction members and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.
This scene stunned everyone in the canteen, and for a moment the entire canteen fell silent.
"This is impossible! How did Shen Xu manage to do that?"
"Could it be that the elders of the Qi Shui Sect didn't use their full strength?"
"That's even more impossible. If you were provoked like that, could you tolerate it!"
"What exactly happened just now?" This was the question on everyone's mind in the cafeteria at that moment.
At this moment, someone from the Qi Shui faction asked timidly, "Elder, what should we do now?"
"Go back! From now on, no one is allowed to mention Shen Xu's name!" The middle-aged man looked resentfully in the direction where Shen Xu had disappeared.
Back in his room, Shen Xu couldn't help but marvel at the usefulness of sword intent. If he hadn't had it today, he probably would have been in a very awkward situation by that middle-aged man, just like he had been in the sect's law enforcement hall that day.
However, as long as he contracts his sword aura and lets it cover his body, he can resist the pressure of the Qi Sea Realm. This is one of the ways of using sword aura that Elder Huang taught him after he returned to the sect.
Lying in bed, Shen Xu consciously felt the emptiness in his soul that had shrunk considerably, but his heart was filled with sorrow. Because meditation was becoming less and less effective at healing the emptiness in his soul, he estimated that even if he meditated for a year now, it wouldn't be of much use.
He didn't know if exchanging a void in his soul for a talent was worth it, but now he could only go to the Four Directions Sword Alliance to see if they had any solutions to his soul problem.