Overthrowing Fate

Chapter 11 - Departure From Honghe City

"A trip?" Xu Min furrowed his brows as he pondered over the reason as to why he had to go on a trip. He had done all that had been asked of him, his training was smoothly underway, and he had finally broken into the rank of Warrior. Now, his teacher wanted to throw him out?

"Yes," Wang Li answered straightforwardly. "It is one thing to have a strong body, but unless you obtain experience outside of my protection, you will never be able to become strong and independent," he continued, this was the first time in all the years that Xu Min had lived together with him that he sounded like a true teacher.

"I know that you had previously lived within a forest for two years, but the forest that you lived in was as dangerous as my grandmother's home." Wang Li mocked, "What I want you to do is to enter a forest infested with demon beasts; only then will you understand what true survival is."

"But teacher," Xu Min interrupted, with confusion evident in his expression, "You never taught me how to fight, nor did you teach me any martial arts. How am I supposed to survive in a fight against demon beasts?"

After hearing Xu Min's question, Wang Li snorted and started searching for something in his bag again. After rummaging through the contents for some time, a long sword appeared in his hands, a sword that was clearly far larger than what the bag could possibly contain. Seeing this, Xu Min's eyes grew large.

"Since you are going on a trip, of course this teacher of yours will give you some gifts," Wang Li said magnanimously. "Not only will I give you this weapon, I'll even give you one more martial art skill, since you know that Shattering Palm thing. You should be fine."

Hearing his teacher say as much, Xu Min could do nothing but nod his head in return, and he quickly accepted the sword that was given to him.

The sword was incredibly beautiful. The blade was around ten centimeters wide and half a centimeter broad. The sword was about a meter and a half long. The shaft was made from bone and wrapped in leather.

The blade was incredibly sharp. Just touching it cut Xu Min's finger, making him bleed. What was strange was that Xu Min's blood, upon contact on the sword, disappeared. It was as though the sword was drinking the blood up directly. Suddenly, black runes that Xu Min had never seen before appeared on the sides of the blade.

Staring agape at the sword, Xu Min, who had never used a weapon before, could not help but feel completely flabbergasted as he held the heavy sword in his hand.

Although the sword was heavy, it fit in his hand perfectly. A strong desire to swing the sword and cut down his enemies arose in Xu Min. There was something about the sword that completely enveloped Xu Min, making him feel as though he had found a missing part of himself.

Seeing his reaction, Wang Li snickered. How could this sword be a simple item when it was pulled from his plethora of treasures? What he feared was that the young man in front of him would be incapable of holding himself back and start swinging the weapon inside their small room.

"Teacher, thank you!" Xu Min gave his heartfelt gratitude to his teacher. Although he had never used a weapon before, he already felt as though this sword was a part of his body. Although Xu Min had a lean body, his body was finely tempered through five years of hard work at the harbor, making his body as strong as that a Two-Star Warrior.

"Right," Wang Li was as happy as Xu Min. Initially, he was worried that Xu Min would not be able to use the sword. Sometimes, an enchanted weapon such as the long sword would refuse to be used because of one's lack of affinity with the weapon. However, the weapon had fully accepted the black-haired young man, putting Wang Li at ease.