I Am Sword God Sui Yu

I stared at the purple-clad youth in surprise. He looked at me without the slightest nervousness, gazing back quietly, remarkably composed. I was their enemy, yet he was not at all afraid that I might kill him.

"Hero, please take us as your disciples. We'll be very good disciples. Our talent is excellent, and we have great determination. If you take us as disciples, you'll definitely be satisfied. We'll bring you honor too..."

"Stop!" I shouted, turning to look at the two bald youths who had their mouths open, wanting to speak but not daring to. What was going on? These two actually wanted to acknowledge me as their master. Ha, not bad. I had no disciples since coming to this world. (You're only six years old. Who would acknowledge you as their master?) Looking at their bodies, born with the Fire Attribute, their Life Primordial Energy also seemed far greater than ordinary people's. If I accepted them, they might bring me glory in the future, and I would have people to serve me on the road. Not bad. I would take them in.

"It isn't impossible for you two to join my Tianxin Sect, but that depends mainly on your fate. In truth, it means seeing how high your moral character is. For instance, whether you respect your elders and teachers, things like that." I looked at the two of them, putting on the air of a respected elder.

"Yes, Master. We respect Master very much. If Master tells us to go east, we'll definitely go east. If Master tells us to go west, we'll definitely go west. When Master drinks tea, we'll pour the water. When Master sleeps, we'll guard the door for Master..." The two bald heads gleamed brightly in the sunlight. I found myself starting to like these two boys. They charged forward bravely in battle, and judging by how they were acting toward me, they would surely train with great diligence as well. They respected their master and were filial too. Not bad, not bad.

"Mm, not bad. I'll make do and accept you two. Your master doesn't take disciples easily. You'll be my founding disciples, so you must work hard and perform well from now on, understand?" I spoke in the tone of an elder lecturing juniors.

"Yes, Master. Master, how many people does our Tianxin Sect have now? Do we have more than Shaolin?" My two senior disciples looked at me expectantly. After seeing my martial arts, they had assumed my sect must be a great one, and they were already proud to belong to such a large sect.

Oh no, there was no Tianxin Sect in this world yet. Wasn't Tianxin Sect just me alone? Heh, if I established Tianxin Sect in this world, wouldn't I become the founding patriarch? Even if the elders of my sect in the Immortal Realm learned of it, it would be fine. Wasn't I simply expanding Tianxin Sect with a branch?

"Well, well... our Tianxin Sect only has me for now. I'm the founding patriarch, after all. You two will be elders of Tianxin Sect in the future as well." I looked at my two senior disciples. I did not want to see them refuse to give me face.

"Master, really? We're elders of Tianxin Sect? Hahaha, we're elders too! Hahaha..." My adorable disciples were extremely happy.

"Master, what is your name in the martial world? Back where we came from, there was someone called the Invincible Divine Fist, but later he was defeated by someone called Flying Immortal Beyond Heaven. What are you called? Are you even stronger than them?" My two disciples began probing into my background.

"Your master is Sword God—Sui Yu. I'm much stronger than those people. I'm about on par with the continent's ten greatest experts. Hmph!" I had no choice but to use my Daoist title from my previous life, merely adding "Sword God" in front of it. To be honest, it sounded pretty cool.

"Master is so formidable, then Master's father must also be a hero of his generation. Like father, like son—Master, am I right?" said the slightly taller bald youth.

Father, father... Hahaha... He was a hero of his generation, no ordinary hero at that.

The good mood those two boys had just given me vanished without a trace in an instant. Father. Hero. I gave the heavens a bitter smile. Simply by abandoning his own flesh and blood for the Aristocratic Clan's interests, he could be called a great hero, an unparalleled great hero.

"Hahaha... My father is a great hero, an unparalleled great hero!" I howled at the sky, and a stream of Sword Qi shot skyward, startling flocks of birds throughout the mountains.

"Master, Master..." my tall disciple called softly. He knew that what he had said earlier was wrong.

My heart slowly calmed down. I looked at my two somewhat frightened disciples and knew the Sword Qi from before had scared them.

"I'm fine. I just thought of some things. It has nothing to do with you." I looked at my two disciples and spoke soothingly. I did not want this to create distance between me and them.

"I still don't know your names. What are each of you called?" I asked my two disciples.

"Master, I'm Li Da, and he's my twin younger brother, Li Er. We always wanted to learn profound martial arts, but we never had any good masters before. We could only learn a little kung fu from those martial arts school fellows. The one who taught us for the longest was that now-dead Invincible Divine Fist. After he died, we kept teaching ourselves. Later, we wandered to this mountain stronghold with Little Yu and his father. To escape our enemies' pursuit, we stayed here." The taller one spoke.

It seemed the shorter one was Li Er. "Then from now on, you will be the eldest martial brother, and Li Er will be the second martial brother." I said to them. Then I suddenly remembered that purple-clad youth.

I turned around and looked at the purple-clad youth who had left such a deep impression on me from the start. Just as I was about to speak, my eldest disciple Li Da said:

"Master, he's our Little Yu. Little Yu is amazing. He's proficient in all kinds of military tactics and formations. His father, Uncle Zhang, used to be the chief carver of the nation's largest jade shop, Baoyuxiang. But later, because Baoyuxiang split internally, Uncle Zhang supported the Eldest Young Master. The Second Young Master sent people to assassinate the Eldest Young Master, but Uncle Zhang accidentally learned of it. The Second Young Master then sent people to hunt down Uncle Zhang. They say the Eldest Young Master has already been killed, but the Second Young Master still hasn't stopped the pursuit, so we could only stop here."

I looked at the purple-clad youth and smiled. "You're Little Yu, right?"

"I am Zhang Yu." Zhang Yu still wore that cool expression.

"Please accept me as your disciple." Zhang Yu had just been looking cool, yet he immediately knelt and begged me to accept him as my disciple. It really was hard to take. I looked him over. His aptitude seemed rather ordinary, and his body's attribute was water as well. He could only cultivate the Mysterious Yin Art. Yet for some reason, I liked him very much.

"Tell me, why do you want to acknowledge me as your master? Your aptitude is ordinary, and it seems you have never practiced much martial arts before. What makes you worthy of becoming my disciple?" I looked at Zhang Yu and asked calmly.

Zhang Yu looked at me without making a sound. After waiting a long while, he finally said, "For my father. To protect my father. During all those escapes, I could only be a burden. I could only hope that my two elder brothers would protect my father. I was the one who should have protected him, yet I was always the one they protected. And during one escape, my father took a slash himself just so I would not be hurt. I truly hate myself. Why didn't I know martial arts? Why couldn't I protect my father?" By then, tears were streaming down Zhang Yu's face.

Li Da and Li Er were deeply saddened as well upon seeing their Little Yu, who had always been strong, like this.

"Little Yu, don't say that. We've long been as close as blood brothers. Your father is our father. Don't be like this." Li Da and Li Er comforted Zhang Yu as well.

Protect his father. His father had disregarded his own life for him, using his body to take a blade for him. Hahaha... and what about my father?

"Good, good! Simply because you said you wanted to protect your father, I'll accept you as my disciple. You will be my third disciple." I said loudly.

"Thank you, Master." Zhang Yu solemnly kowtowed three times.

"Get up. Come with me and let's see whether this mountain king has made up his mind." Laughing loudly, I walked toward Li Si.

"Li Si, have you made up your mind? Speak quickly." I said harshly to Li Si.

"Hero, why are you still asking me? These fellows have all become your disciples. They all know where I hid my treasure." Li Si's face was full of helplessness.

"How did we know about that little vault in the secret chamber beneath your bed?" Zhang Yu looked at Li Si and smiled.

"Ah, you, you, you... How do you know about my little vault? I never told anyone! Ah, heavens! I really don't have even a single tael of silver left. Great sirs, leave me some silver, I beg you..." Li Si began to cry.

"Master, some small soldiers have started heading back to the mountain stronghold. We should hurry, in case they get there first and take it away." Zhang Yu reminded me.

I looked and saw that several fellows truly had begun sneaking up the mountain. I smiled. "Li Da, Li Er, you two go with Zhang Yu first. I'll come shortly."

"Alright, Master. The three of us will go first. Don't worry, we definitely won't let those little bastards take even a single tael of silver." Li Da answered loudly.

Watching their retreating backs, I walked toward Sister Yu and the others.

"Sister Yu." I immediately changed back into my original appearance. "When I left the Zhang Household a few days ago, I encountered an immortal. He taught me a transformation technique, so I didn't return for seven days straight."

"Oh, no wonder. You didn't return for seven days, and even with the Zhang Family's influence, they couldn't find you." Sister Yu immediately nodded as though enlightenment had suddenly dawned on her. Brother Wang and the others also wore expressions of understanding. It was not because they were easy to fool, but mainly because the Zhang Family's influence was too great. The Zhang Family had searched for me for seven days without finding me, so my explanation fit the circumstances well.

"Come on, let's collect my first share of money. This is my first time earning money. Though it was taken by robbery, it's still money. Let's go!" I shouted.

"Let's go, collect the money!" Brother Lang Feng was only ten years old, unlike me, whose mental age was much older and who had long since become mature. Still, everyone was quite excited. Who would not be happy to obtain money so effortlessly?

The group of five headed up the mountain.