Seven Kill Sword

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After washing up, he went into the room on the left side of the courtyard's front hall. It was a place specifically set aside for the family to eat. A round table in the middle of the hall was laden with seven or eight dishes.

An elder with white hair and a youthful face sat at the head of the table. He was his grandfather, Chen Yu.

He looked tall and slender, with a vigorous spirit and a calm, restrained air. His clothes were clean and neat, and his hair was combed to perfection.

He looked six or seven parts like Chen Xin in later generations, only more refined and scholarly, like a spring breeze brushing one's face;

Ye Xiuxin sat on the left, and on the right sat a sturdy boy of eleven or twelve, his older brother, Chen Jianjun. He was over 1.6 meters tall.

A quick note: because people on Douluo Continent paid close attention to bone age, their ages were given in completed years.

"Grandpa, Mother, Big Brother."

Chen Yu beamed. "Sit down. Let's eat."

The family sat down to eat. Chen Yu ate slowly, chewing carefully; Ye Xiuxin ate elegantly, while Chen Jianjun was practically wolfing down his food.

Chen Jianjun looked like his father, Chen Xun: tall and sturdy, with a solid air about him despite his youth.

Honestly, he couldn't understand how refined Chen Yu had managed to produce a rough fellow like Chen Xun. If their facial features and face shape didn't resemble each other, he would have suspected Chen Xun wasn't Chen Yu's biological son.

As for Chen Xiaojun, he took after his mother more, with soft, gentle features and a well-proportioned build-not too fat or too thin.

Ye Xiuxin must have been a beauty when she was young, and she was still as lovely as ever. After all, she was only around forty, and she was a Soul Emperor-level expert.

Soul Power had some effect in slowing aging and maintaining one's looks. Ye Xiuxin was also a Support Type Soul Master, so she had fewer hidden injuries than Battle Soul Masters. Her Soul Power was gentler, too, which was beneficial to her health.

He had heard Ye Xiuxin's level by chance some time ago. His family didn't make a point of hiding things from the children.

In this family, talking while eating was frowned upon. Once everyone had finished and set down their bowls and chopsticks, Ye Xiuxin began clearing away the leftovers.

Chen Yu spoke slowly. "Xiao'er, your father went out on an errand. He should be back in another five or six days, before your birthday on June 20."

"He'll bring back an Awakening Stone. Then you can go to the village ancestral hall and awaken your Martial Soul."

Chen Xiaojun nodded. "All right, Grandpa."

Chen Yu said with a hint of pride, "I hope you inherit our family's Martial Soul. That way, the Chen Clan will have another inheritor."

"Your grandpa's greatest achievement in life was having your father, Chen Xun, and your Second Uncle, Chen Zhang."

"Our Chen Clan has few members. Your father has two children, while your Second Uncle, Chen Zhang, has Chen Feng."

"When I return to the earth, I'll be able to tell our ancestors that I haven't failed the Chen Clan!"

Seizing the opportunity, Chen Xiaojun voiced the question that had been on his mind for a long time. "By the way, Grandpa, how many people are there in our family?"

Chen Yu replied, "Our Chen Clan's inheritance has lasted nearly two thousand years. We've been destroyed and risen again several times. Excluding our branch lines, there are still thirty-two members of the direct line who inherited the family Martial Soul."

"In the village, there's our family, your Second Granduncle's family, your Grandpa Hong's family, your Grandpa Chao's family, your Grandma Xin's family, and a few others."

"Most of the rest are outside. Some are traveling, some are handling affairs, some serve other powers, some are guests of other organizations, and some are even in the military. The ones who've been away the longest have been gone for decades."

Chen Yu was one of the older generation's spokesmen for the Chen Clan, its Clan Chief, and, in public, the chief of Chenlin Village as well.

Chen Xiaojun asked, puzzled, "Destroyed and risen again?"

Chen Yu knew the child was precocious, so he could reveal a little.

Chen Yu's expression grew serious. "You're about to awaken your Martial Soul, too. It's time you learned some things. You know what our inherited Martial Soul is, don't you?"

Chen Xiaojun replied with a trace of longing, "I know. I've read biographies, Martial Soul records, and historical collections. If I'm not mistaken, our family has one of the very top Martial Souls-the Seven Kill Sword!"

"And our surname should be Chen, the Chen in 'dust flying in the air.'"

"Clever!" Flecks of light appeared in Chen Yu's ice-blue eyes as he sighed. "The Seven Kill Sword... it brings us success, and it brings us ruin..."

"The Seven Kill Sword is the continent's number-one offensive Martial Soul, on a par with the Clear Sky Hammer."

"The Seven Kill Sword comes with Killing Qi, and it can absorb Killing Qi and Fiendish Qi to increase its attack power."

"But at the same time, the sword needs to be nourished by its owner's own Killing Qi and Fiendish Qi. The higher a Soul Master's level, the more Killing Qi and Fiendish Qi are needed."

"But how easy is it to obtain Killing Qi and Fiendish Qi? Killing Soul Beasts or people comes at a price if you do too much of it."

"It's a Martial Soul that makes outsiders afraid. Killing Qi surges, murderous intent hangs thick in the air, and some even spread the word that we have an Evil Martial Soul."

"For a thousand years, we've founded Sects and been great clans, hoping to combine our strength with others' to protect ourselves. But they were all destroyed."

"Thankfully, our ancestors were clever and made arrangements for the future. After many twists and turns and hardships, our inheritance survived."

"It wasn't until our ancestors Chen Xili and Chen Feiyi developed our clan's inherited skills-the Impartial Sword Qi Art and the Seven Kill Qi-Concealing Technique-"

"that we could turn Killing Qi to our own use, doubling the power we'd had before. We no longer looked so cold and forbidding, either."

"Today, we act with discretion and don't display our Martial Soul. We claim the surname Chen and live in seclusion in this little village at the Mountain Foot."

"Only when we go out to travel or handle affairs do we restore the surname Chen and clear the Seven Kill Sword's name."

Chen Xiaojun asked gravely, "Does the Soul Master World no longer fear our Seven Kill Sword?"

Chen Yu shook his head and replied in a low voice, "There's still some wariness, but the mainstream of the Soul Master World has accepted us again. That's only because of our strength and the power of our Martial Soul."

"Over the past few hundred years, we haven't founded Sects or great clans, and we haven't infringed on the existing order;"

"even when we travel, become guests, or serve other Sects or powers, we represent only ourselves, not the clan. We also no longer pledge ourselves permanently to a single power. Our people have been spread throughout the various powers on the continent."

"We do it both to increase our personal strength and to keep other powers from fearing us. You could say we've made 'the four seas are our home' into a way of life. Sigh..."

"Enough. Let's not talk about that now. When you have time, Grandpa will tell you more."

Chen Yu dropped the subject and continued in a subdued voice, "The Seven Kill Sword wounds others, but it wounds its wielder first. Its Soul Power is full of sharpness and savagery."

"Only after you've made progress in the Seven Kill Qi-Concealing Technique can you marry and have children. Almost everyone in our Chen Clan got married in their thirties."

"Even so, our numbers remain low."

"Most top-tier Martial Souls are difficult to pass down and have few inheritors. But we've been part of the mainstream Soul Master World for several hundred years now, and we've suffered far fewer casualties than before. Still, there are only thirty-two of us alive."

"It's possible the Seven Kill Sword's Soul Power attributes also make it harder to have children. Fortunately, the children born to our Chen Clan's ancestors-"

"were mostly boys, as many as eighty percent. And awakenings of the Seven Kill Sword are fairly stable."

After listening, Chen Xiaojun's thoughts churned. In Douluo I, only one member of the Chen Clan ever appeared: Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who served as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Sect-Guardian Douluo.

Nothing was said about his other relatives; at most, the story added Big Brother and Father.

There was no Second Uncle!

Did I take over someone else's body, or was I reincarnated?

Or did I die too?

It seemed like there wouldn't be many other people in the family. What exactly was going on?

Could some accident have happened and wiped out the clan?

Is this world actually "Douluo I," or is "Douluo I" a book that could contain an entire world???

In "Douluo I," everyone was written as stupid. But I've lived in this world for six years; if anyone says the people here are stupid, I'll spit right in his face.

Did I transmigrate into a book, or into a world? Looks like I need to test the waters first.

First, keep a low profile. Stay steady. Don't get reckless!

Ye Xiuxin's yellow jade hairpin shimmered atop her head. She hurried to comfort him from beside Chen Yu. "Father, don't be sad. Things will keep getting better. Look, both these boys are wonderful."

"Especially the eldest. He's in excellent health and will have plenty of children and grandchildren."

"You'll have four generations under one roof someday, then five!"

Chen Yu's lips curved like a new moon as he replied, "Hahaha, right, right!"

Chen Yu turned his face to one side and said, "Jianjun, have you decided which Academy you'll attend in two months?"

Chen Jianjun was a bit of a man of few words. He answered solemnly, "Not yet. I've been focused on cultivating Soul Power so I can break through to Soul Elder and defeat Jianzun at the clan celebration on July 15. I haven't taken the time to look closely at the information on those Advanced Academies."

The Chen Clan's tradition was for children to awaken their Martial Souls at six and receive six years of education at home. At twelve, they would leave to study elsewhere, with several partner Academies to choose from.

After all, the Seven Kill Sword's power and potential spoke for themselves.

Besides, the Chen Clan's children were practically all geniuses. Their Innate Soul Power was rarely below Level 6, and every Academy wanted to recruit them.

The Jianzun Chen Jianjun had mentioned was Chen Jianzun, the grandson of "Grandpa Hong."

He was over a year older than Chen Jianjun, and his talent was a little inferior.

They were brothers of the same generation and good friends, but they also regarded each other as rivals, with a deep mutual respect.

You could tell just by looking at their names: Chen Jianjun, Chen Jianzun. Heh...

The two old men often compared them, puffing their beards and glaring.

A quick note: Chen Jianjun had Innate Soul Power Level 9, while Chen Jianzun had Level 8.

More precisely, it was Level 8.8, nearly Level 9.

Chen Jianjun had been Level 29 for several months, while Chen Jianzun had broken through to Soul Elder long ago.

Chen Yu spoke with encouragement. "All right, then. When you reach Level 30, Grandpa will find you a good Soul Beast."

"Make Grandpa proud then, and shut up that old Hong geezer, who runs his mouth all day."

Chen Jianjun's voice suddenly boomed. "Grandpa, I've already reached Level 30!"