Chapter 635

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

"These are the two disciples you took in?"

Teng Xiao did not see the look in Jing Liu's eyes as she questioned Dan Feng; instead, he was sizing up these two youngsters, one black, one white.

If he had not checked the records, he truly would have been deceived by the misleading appearance of the two.

The golden pupils of the black-haired, dashing ponytail, and the golden pupils of the white-haired, gentle ponytail.

At first glance, it really could make one mistakenly think the two were blood brothers.

But in reality, it was not so; although the two shared similarities in details, the golden pupils were the easiest place to tell them apart.

Xuan Ge's golden pupils were deep and dazzling, while Jing Yuan's golden pupils belonged to the bright and warm sort — they were fundamentally not the same kind.

"Mm." Hearing General Teng Xiao's question, she gave a slight nod.

When she left Lin Yuan Jing carrying Xuan Ge, many Cloud Knights saw it; General Teng Xiao knowing was inevitable.

"Hehe, a bit interesting." General Teng Xiao chuckled, then spoke a line that caught one off guard.

"Come, let this General test you two."

The moment General Teng Xiao's words fell, all four frowned in unison; even the Dahlia flower inside Xuan Ge's clothes did not understand why.

"General, they are still young now, and I just...."

"Hey, afraid of what? I just see these two brats have ability." General Teng Xiao raised a hand to cut off Jing Liu's words, then pulled out three long swords from his Personal Destiny Space.

He had a reason for doing this; it was not shooting arrows without a target.

From the moment he entered, he felt a faint sense that something was off; these two youngsters, one black, one white, were a bit too composed.

This is not to say how famous he, Teng Xiao, is; rather, from the very first moment he stepped through the door, Xuan Ge and Jing Yuan both bore a natural composure.

Looks like Jing Liu really struck a windfall and picked two good seedlings; he has to get a piece of the action.

The future heavy burden of Luofu — he had searched for a long time and found no suitable candidate.

As he saw it, a General could emerge from these two brats, so he wanted to test the pair's nature, starting with this small test.

"See these several swords? This General does not necessarily say they are the best in the Xianzhou Alliance, but they are also what I swindled.... bought from Zhu Ming."

He nearly let "swindled" slip out; fortunately, Teng Xiao corrected course in time.

Boys all like swords; he was no exception in his childhood. He wanted to tempt the two brats with treasured swords.

He originally thought Jing Yuan and Xuan Ge would accept, then put on a bit of a show.

But Dan Feng and Jing Liu did not expect Xuan Ge would suddenly get into character.

"Bring a long spear."

The staggering answer made Teng Xiao freeze for a moment; it also made Jing Yuan instantly realize what Xuan Ge intended to do.

Growing up honestly would surely be boring, right?

A single sentence could explain that Xuan Ge was preparing for his future private army, while also laying the foundation for the Five Dashing Generals of Yun Shang, wanting to give Bai Hang and Ying Xing sufficient reason to come to Luofu.

"Bring a formation blade."

Good brother is like this, then he, Jing Yuan, naturally cannot be cowardly.

Creak — the sound of a fist clenching tight.

Whose fist this is, that is truly not hard to guess.

"Jing Liu, don't be angry; maybe the two have some idea."

Dan Feng saw a flush of anger rise on Jing Liu's face; he immediately soothed in a low voice.

Jing Yuan is not a sword cultivator to begin with; he returned carrying memories, so naturally he would use the formation blade he is most familiar with.

"I, am, not, angry." Jing Liu gritted her back teeth, glaring fiercely at Xuan Ge's back.

She prepared to vent the fire on Xuan Ge tonight; who told him to be the culprit who lured Jing Yuan into picking up the formation blade.

"Yo, don't like swords?"

Teng Xiao's raised tone was actually him finding a way down for himself.

Just now, a chill came from behind him, as if it was Jing Liu's.....

"I just started learning swordplay; I have no sword techniques; a long staff is more practical."

Xuan Ge also began finding a way down for himself, while simultaneously paving the way for his future self; a long sword truly is not a weapon that can be wielded easily.

He is a practicalist, sharing the same thinking as Jing Yuan.

An inch longer, an inch stronger; an inch shorter, an inch more perilous.

"Mm." Hearing Xuan Ge's answer, Teng Xiao nodded with a forced face.

"The sword is the monarch of a hundred weapons; I have not yet been able to call myself a gentleman, so I cannot return it with a monarch."

Jing Yuan also found an excuse for himself, only his rhetoric was more high-level than Xuan Ge's.

"Oh, not bad."

Teng Xiao looked at Jing Yuan; hearing this bookish answer, he was quite satisfied.

First he praised Jing Liu, indicating he would not yet lose his master's face, then he chose the long-hafted formation blade.

This brain works better than Xuan Ge's; he is a person of agile mind.

"Tch...." Seeing his good brother showing off culture again, Xuan Ge clenched his fist, looking somewhat like an incompetent brother.

Teng Xiao did not hesitate either; he put away the long swords, then tossed out one or two ordinary training long spears and formation blades, and thoughtfully shortened the length for the two.

"Come."

He himself drew his exclusive weapon, a greatsword burning with flames, to observe these two brats' courage.

As a General, he naturally had to shelter the flowers behind him as they grew.

But that was for ordinary people, not these two disciples taken in by Jing Liu.

Geniuses naturally deserved special treatment, so he would raise the bar a level and test these two brats.

If they could satisfy him, then these two would go straight to the General's Mansion.

They wouldn't need to attend school either; by then the General's Mansion would specially assign people to be their teachers, and he would personally instruct them as well.

This wasn't competing with Jing Liu for people, because even though she bore the title of Sword Champion, in the end she was still the General's Mansion's person, his Teng Xiao's subordinate soldier.

"What do you mean?"

Xuan Ge and Jing Yuan exchanged a glance, the two communicating with their eyes, preparing to use the old method.

Teng Xiao watched Jing Yuan move to his right rear, while Xuan Ge stood at his left front, and he instantly felt a trace of interest.

Because of his 1.9-meter frame, standing directly front and back would easily block vision, so they chose this arrangement.

This showed these two brats really had some substance; they had truly studied military strategy.

Jing Yuan moved first, horse stance, horizontal blade sweeping forward to sever the legs, forcing Teng Xiao to turn his sword back to block, creating an opening for Xuan Ge.

With a clang of weapons colliding, after Teng Xiao blocked this move, he sensed a cold light stabbing toward him; he immediately tilted his head.

Good kid, the opening move went straight for the head.

Teng Xiao had just praised Xuan Ge inwardly.

But he had celebrated too early; he watched the spear tip point down inexplicably, and guessed Xuan Ge's spear technique had failed.

On Xuan Ge's side, because his strength was insufficient, he wanted to use the clever trick of Phoenix Nods to slice open the throat, but the result was he couldn't pull it off.

No choice, he could only deflect right through the grass, sweeping the spear tip along with the sunlight together toward Teng Xiao's eyes to draw the opponent's attention, creating an opportunity for Jing Yuan.

"Ruthless enough." Teng Xiao cursed with a laugh; as he leaned back to dodge the long spear, he also relied on instinct to step on Jing Yuan's opening stance in advance.

"Alright, this school is truly wasting you two."

Teng Xiao ended the spar and gave the two an extremely high evaluation.

Just those two moves earlier were enough for him to feel these two were like they came from the same mother; how could their coordination be this tacit.

Originally he just wanted to test whether these two had guts, to see if Xuan Ge and Jing Yuan would refuse.

But unexpectedly there was an additional harvest; these two both forced him to counter, like a pair of old monsters.

Moreover, Xuan Ge's move was ruthless enough, and he even knew to utilize the environment to create an advantage.

"General Teng Xiao, these are my disciples."

Seeing the spar end, Jing Liu immediately stepped forward protectively.

Regarding whether Jing Yuan could walk the path of the sword for the rest of this life, she was no longer entangled.

Actually there was nothing to be entangled about; after all, Jing Yuan himself had said he didn't want to disgrace the master's sect with clumsy swordsmanship, so he chose the Formation Blade.

However, although he didn't choose the sword, sword practice still had to continue; this was to temper the two of them, to build the foundation, and she couldn't let Teng Xiao take it all.

She still needed to use this time to win over Xuan Ge's parents, and to snuggle up with Xuan Ge.

"Hey, Jing Liu don't rush, I'm just getting to know them, no other intentions."

This is a lie!

Sword practice is sword practice, but these two brats, he Teng Xiao was determined to have them.

He looked at the Cloud Knight Cavalry Guard position; it could be split into two, just right for one civil and one military.