Deep in the forest.
Song Jin Jian wore a suit of black robes, a longsword at his waist, a smile on his face.
His features could be called otherworldly—fair-skinned and beardless, with a pair of narrow phoenix eyes beneath sword-like brows.
He was indeed an imposing figure.
Yet whenever Feng Erbao looked at him, his gaze would unconsciously drift to the sword at Song Jin Jian's waist.
—The longsword named "Uncontested" was exceedingly famous in the martial world.
Rumor had it that it had once belonged to a Sword Immortal of the previous dynasty, before being discovered by chance by an ancestor of the Cui Family.
After Song Jin Jian became a retainer of the Cui Family, the Cui Family head gifted "Uncontested" to him and spoke words that had since spread far and wide:
"A famed weapon meeting a worthy owner brings out the best in both."
The weapon was certainly famed. As for whether the owner was worthy, Feng Erbao had no comment and could not be bothered to say more.
No matter how profound Song Jin Jian's attainments in the sword were, he was still only a dog of the Cui Family.
Song Jin Jian sized Feng Erbao up, then bowed. "Please forgive me, Eunuch Feng. My lord specifically instructed me to deliver a grand gift to you."
Feng Erbao instinctively flicked his whisk and asked with a soft, feminine smile, "What grand gift?"
Song Jin Jian shifted slightly aside. "Eunuch, please come with me."
Feng Erbao narrowed his eyes. In the dense forest beneath the shrouding clouds, his two black pupils seemed all the more unfathomably deep.
After roughly three breaths, his feet still had not moved. "Lead the way."
Song Jin Jian smiled and nodded, turning first to enter the forest. His footsteps were swift