It was in a small fishing village in Yuhang County that there lived an orphan named Li Xiaoyao.
His parents were known as the "Immortal Swordsman Couple" of the martial world, and their martial arts were said to be unrivaled beneath heaven. Unfortunately, they had vanished without a trace when Li Xiaoyao was very young. Supposedly, some enemy had hacked them to death in the wilderness?
No one knew whether the story was true. In any case, Aunt Li had never told Li Xiaoyao what really happened, and she constantly urged him not to foolishly dream of becoming one of those sword-wielding heroes.
All Li Xiaoyao knew was that, from the time he could remember, he had been raised by his aunt, Madam Li. As for his parents, he had only gained a few scattered impressions from other people's idle chatter.
Life in a fishing village was difficult, so, partly to save money, he had started working as a waiter in his family's inn at a very young age, helping his aunt.
Over time, he saw more and more of the heroes who came and went, as well as the martial artists who soared over rooftops and crossed great distances. Li Xiaoyao's heart gradually grew restless. Not only did he no longer want to study properly, he even played with a wooden sword all day, seemingly determined to follow in his father's footsteps and become a righteous wanderer who punished evil, upheld justice, robbed the rich, and helped the poor?
Unfortunately, heaven did not grant his wish. He had lived for nineteen full years and practiced his wooden-sword technique, in which a sword was superior even to having a sword, for more than a decade. Yet aside from beating the village's old hens and wild dogs, along with the two