"Come on."
Xu Taiping smiled and beckoned Xu Chengling over.
"Yes!"
Xu Chengling nodded firmly and hurried up to Xu Taiping.
"Take this."
Xu Taiping held out a saber to Xu Chengling.
This Goose-Feather Saber was the very blade Lü Qiu had drawn when attempting to ambush him earlier, and it was also the saber Xu Chengling's father, Xu Taichong, had worn.
At the sight of the familiar Goose-Feather Saber, Xu Chengling's eyes burned again, but this time, before the tears could spill, he wiped them away with his small, dark hand.
"Thank you, Grand-Uncle!"
Xu Chengling thanked Xu Taiping and accepted the Goose-Feather Saber with both hands.
Thud!
No sooner had Xu Chengling taken the Goose-Feather Saber than it slipped from his hands and fell to the ground.
Though the Goose-Feather Saber weighed only twenty-odd jin, lifting it was still somewhat difficult for a child of around ten.
Yet no discouragement or hesitation appeared on Xu Chengling's face. He immediately picked up the Goose-Feather Saber again and continued toward Lü Qiu, dragging it behind him.
"Could this child be a descendant of Xu Taichong of Great Liang?"
Before the Spirit Mirror, amazement appeared in Xiahou You's beautiful eyes as she watched Xu Chengling drag the saber toward Lü Qiu.
"Such a resolute disposition at ten years old. Rare indeed."
Beside her, Xiahou Qingyuan nodded approvingly as well.
While the two spoke, the voice of Zhou Wannian, Wang You Valley's grand elder, rang out from the Spirit Mirror again. "Sect Master Zhao, Prefect Liu, this disciple of mine has already received his due punishment. There are some things you should not take too far."
The grand elder of Wang You Valley's words sounded like a proposal, but were actually a threat.
Yet neither Zhao Qian nor Liu Chuxuan replied.
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