Duo'er excitedly pulled Lü Bufan along behind Zhong Huan as they headed for the Secret Vault in the rear courtyard.
Zhong Huan first asked his master for the key to the Secret Vault, then solemnly led the two around a woodshed to a concealed door.
"Our Vigorous Martial Gate is a small sect, so we never hide the Secret Vault from our own people! I'll take you inside to pick a good weapon that suits you... Bufan, which weapon are you best with?"
Lü Bufan thought for a moment. "I haven't formally learned to use weapons yet, but my master uses a sword."
Zhong Huan sighed. "A sword... is he a swordsman? What a pity. Decent longswords are far too expensive! We can't afford them..."
"It's fine, it's fine! I have my own..."
Duo'er followed her father into the Secret Vault with curiosity, then turned to tease him. "You call that thing a sword? It hasn't even been sharpened... there are a few decent longswords inside. I'll show you!"
There was actually another concealed door inside. After fiddling with it for quite a while, Zhong Huan carefully pushed open the iron door and lit an oil lamp.
"Come in! There should be three longswords. You've built up your strength quite well, from what I can see, so you ought to be able to use one of the heavy swords! It'll make you look more imposing when you venture out into the martial world, too..."
"Whoa... that's a little big!"
Lü Bufan stared, dumbfounded, at a two-handed heavy sword resting on an iron rack! Its blade was four feet long and about two inches wide, with a spine a full two fingers thick!
"A heavy sword has no edge... a Martial Warrior wielding this sword needs a style of sweeping, powerful