Chapter 95

Of course, Xue Keren is a real person who appears in both “The Sword of the Young Master” and the original novel “Chu Liuxiang”. However, she is a marginal character and has nothing to do with Richie Jen’s version of Chu Liuxiang. She was heavily modified and became the female lead and Chu Liuxiang’s favorite woman.

Because Zhang Weihao is a character integrated into the TV series version of Chu Liuxiang, the Chu Liuxiang in this version is actually Li Xunhuan’s disciple, and has nothing to do with the Daqi Sect in the original novel.

Not only does he possess the skill of leaving no trace in the snow, but he also wields the Little Li Flying Dagger. It’s no surprise that he has already met Xue Keren.

However, Xue Yiren, who is a top-three master in the original Chu Liuxiang novel, is only the number one swordsman in the world and the head of the ten famous swords in the Ming Zong world. He is not comparable to the five sword gods for the time being and is currently at the level of enlightenment.

Once he successfully comprehends the Dao and becomes a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, he will challenge the Five Great Sword Gods, then challenge Li Manqing to a duel, in order to salvage the reputation of his father and the Xue Family Village.

Li Xunhuan naturally recognized Xue Keren. He had met her before; her swordsmanship was superb, and she possessed exceptional talent. Moreover, this time she had taken another step forward, successfully breaking through to the Innate Realm and becoming a true Innate Swordsman, qualified to challenge the Ten Famous Swords and become a renowned swordsman in the martial world.

“Miss Xue, it’s been a long time. It seems you’ve already mastered the fourteenth sword technique.” Li Xunhuan used his superb lightness skill to fly to the front of Zhang Weihai’s carriage, seemingly intending to stop the conflict. He subconsciously thought that the other party had come to challenge him, just like when they met in the border region last time.

“Li Xunhuan, I’m not here to find you this time. Your Little Li Flying Dagger is better than that kid Chu Liuxiang’s. I can catch his, but I can’t catch yours yet. Speaking of which, Li Manqing’s flying dagger shouldn’t be as good as yours, right?” After all, she had merged with Xue Caiyue, and her name in the martial arts world was also Xue Caiyue. Naturally, Xue Keren wanted to find out Li Manqing’s strength and weakness for her elder brother.

It could be said that it was because of that encounter more than a year ago that Xue Yiren temporarily held back, intending to break through to the Innate Grandmaster level before entering the martial world again to restore the reputation of Xue Family Village and Xue Family Divine Sword.

“That’s natural, otherwise Li Manqing would be ranked third on the weapons list. Li Manqing’s throwing knives are of the highest level, while Chu Liuxiang’s are at most of the first level. But you are still no match for Li Manqing right now.” Zhang Weihao directly exposed Li Manqing’s true strength. Since he didn’t know how to navigate the officialdom, he naturally didn’t need such a political ally.

Is Li Xunhuan’s flying dagger powerful?

Impressive, extremely impressive. Even a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm couldn’t directly withstand it. Shangguan Jin Hong was definitely a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, and a top-tier one at that. Li Xunhuan was no match for him at all. But just because Shangguan Jin Hong was curious about the power of Little Li’s Flying Dagger, he wanted to try it out. So he tried it and died on the spot.

But the most powerful weapon has always been Li Xunhuan’s Flying Blade, not anyone else’s Flying Dagger. The only one who comes close is Ye Kai.

Li Manqing and Li Huai were only at the second level, and Chu Liuxiang didn’t even reach the second level; he had completely degenerated into a master of concealed weapon skills.

However, Chu Liuxiang had a high talent for swordsmanship and lightness skills, so Shen Lang learned the “Canglang Sword Technique” very well and was even able to fight against Xue Keren and Xue Xiaoren.

Without the modifications, Xue Yiren would definitely not be able to win, and he wouldn’t even be able to escape.

In the original novel, Xue Yiren is even stronger than Shui Mu Yin Ji, making him the pinnacle of combat power in the Chu Liuxiang series.

“So you are Zhang Lingyu. Just as rumored, you are even more handsome than Chu Liuxiang and Li Xunhuan. You truly deserve to be called the number one young master and the most handsome man in the martial arts world.” Xue Keren stared at Zhang Weihao with shining eyes, looking him over with great satisfaction. He was indeed the most handsome and dashing person she had ever seen.

Richie Jen’s version of Chu Liuxiang was so popular that people would give away roles to those who bought his songs, or he would give away songs to those who played Chu Liuxiang. The drama wasn’t a hit, but the songs were.

Zhang Weihao doesn’t feel much of an accomplishment compared to Chu Liuxiang who is more handsome than this version. This version of Chu Liuxiang is a little better than that washed-up, overweight idol star who was just making lamb skewers. If it weren’t for the fact that there are many pretty girls in this version, Zhang Weihao would have chosen Zheng Shaoqiu’s version long ago.

“Xue Keren, I’ve heard of you. You must have come to see me.”

Upon hearing this, Li Xunhuan instantly realized that he had been presumptuous, but he also suddenly became expectant, wanting to see how Zhang Weihao would act as the knife-selling man and deliver the divine weapon.

He had seen Xue Keren’s sword before. She had already grasped the sword intent before even entering the Innate Realm. Her talent was extremely high, and she had the potential to become one of the Five Great Sword Gods. She was not much worse than Ximen Chuixue. Once her swordsmanship was perfected and she truly comprehended the Dao of the Sword, there would be very few people in the martial world who could defeat her in the Dao of the Sword. Her talent was definitely higher than that of her elder brother, Xue Yiren.

“Not bad, I want you to see my sword.” As soon as Xue Keren finished speaking, she drew her sword instantly and released her sword intent.

Zhang Weihao has the Xue Family Sword Technique here. Tang Zichen, the undefeated master, robbed everything he could and built a secret armory. Zhang Weihao has no shortage of divine martial arts manuals; there are quite a few on the carriage, but he only flips through them and hasn’t learned any of them.

The Xue family sword technique is somewhat similar to the Nineteen Stops and the Thirteen Deadly Swords. They are all sword techniques that accumulate sword momentum by layering. There are many moves and starting stances. Each attack pattern is different, but the principle is the same.

They all accumulate momentum through this sword technique, and only after reaching a certain level can they unleash the next strike.

Currently, only Xue Yiren can execute the Thirteen Swords in its entirety and smoothly. The sword force of this last sword can directly contend with the ultimate technique of a master swordsman of the Innate Sword Dao. If he can comprehend the Fourteenth Sword, he can definitely severely injure a master of the Innate Sword Dao with one strike. The Fifteenth Sword can even directly confront a master of the Innate Sword Dao.

Therefore, similar to Yan Shisan, advancement depends entirely on sword comprehension. Once one comprehends a particular sword move or intent, that becomes their own sword path.

In the original drama, Xue Keren comprehended the fifteenth sword technique—the Sword of True Love! It was exactly the opposite of Yan Shisan’s fifteenth sword technique, the Sword of Destruction.

To some extent, the Sword Saint Dugu Jian’s Twenty-Third Sword in the Storm Riders also followed this path, but it was obviously much more powerful. He directly comprehended the Twenty-Third Sword, and after being reincarnated as the Sword Saint Long Er, he could directly unleash any sword he wanted without having to slowly accumulate sword momentum. He had reached a true transcendent and saintly state.