Chapter 24: The Book and Sword's Grudge is Settled

  Sigh.

  The cool evening breeze blew in, and Zhou Fan let out a mouthful of turbid air.

  Shaking his head, Zhou Fan put everything behind him and stopped thinking about it. In the future, he would just walk his own path and mind fewer other trivial matters.

  Zhao's courtyard.

  "Xiao Fanzi, all I've learned in this life is contained within this small booklet. Take it with you."

  When Zhou Fan came to Zhao Lao again, Zhao Lao took out an ancient book and handed it over to Zhou Fan.

  "This is..."

  Although from the last time that event, Zhou Fan knew that Zhao Lao was not an ordinary person and also wanted to dig out Zhao Lao's secrets. But when Zhao Lao really gave him a book that looked like a martial arts secret manual, Zhou Fan was somewhat stunned.

  Seeing Zhou Fan didn't take it, Old Zhao found it somewhat strange and said, "What's wrong, don't you want it?"

  Zhou Fan shook his head, "I'm just thinking, what qualifications do I have to accept your things, Old Man Zhao."

  After speaking, Zhou Fan seemed to have thought of something and hastily retreated a few steps, about to kneel down. "Disciple pays respects to Master."

  "Wait... I didn't say I'd take you as a disciple."

  Zhao Lao stretched out his hand and brushed it once, and Zhou Fan was unable to kneel down. But knowing that Zhao Lao was a strange person, he didn't find it strange.

  "Since you won't accept me as your apprentice, then I shouldn't have this book either. But don't worry, Old Zhao, from now on I'll still come every day to... not to listen to you play the flute, but to chat with you."

  Zhou Fan also had a backbone, and seeing that Old Zhao didn't take him as his apprentice, he directly stood up.

  "Haha, you, you, do you know why I won't accept you as my apprentice?"

  "I don't know, but Master must have his own plan."

  Although Zhao Lao didn't respond, Zhou Fan still called out "Master! Master!" with all his might.

  "Alright, I'll tell you. Everything I've told you so far happened decades ago when I was adventuring. Although it's been a long time, some of the things that happened still have a big impact today. I may have had some accomplishments and fame, but I also made many enemies. If you were to become my disciple, I'm afraid you might not even get to grow up before losing your life because of me. Now do you know why I don't want to take you on as an apprentice?"

  "What's the big deal? If Master has any enemies in the future, I'll help take care of them. That way, there won't be any more enemies, right?"

  Zhou Fan burst out laughing, he wasn't afraid of any enemies or grudges.

  In this world, who doesn't have a few enemies?

  "Haha, haha......"

  "Xiao Fangzi, I'm liking you more and more."

  Zhao Lao was greatly amused by Zhou Fan and secretly thought to himself, "This is truly a case of a newborn calf not fearing a tiger."

  "Alright, since you insist on making me your master, I won't stop you anymore. However, remember that once you enter my door, life and death are in their own hands."

  "Enter my gate and you will be free from life and death."

  What a murderous sentence.

  Zhou Fan's heart skipped a beat, but he couldn't resist the temptation of becoming a master and a legendary hero.

  After three knocks and nine bows, Zhou Fan officially became Zhao Lao's disciple, also his only disciple. Then, Zhao Lao told Zhou Fan some stories about his youth. It turned out that Zhao Lao was once an assassin, a globally feared assassin. Over the decades, hundreds of people had died at Zhao Lao's hands, and all of them were famous and wealthy. However, as Zhao Lao grew older, he felt his powers declining, and with many enemies, he hid in the city.

  For decades, although many people have looked for Zhao Lao, he has never been found.

  Some people say Zhao Lao is dead, while others claim he went to some places in Southeast Asia. Anyway, Zhao Lao just disappeared from this world like that.

  "Actually, I didn't have anything to entrust you with, but since you've become my disciple, there is one thing that I want you to do."

  Zhou Fan listened very seriously.

  He knew that although Zhao Lao looked spirited and vigorous, he was actually exhausted and had nothing left to give; today's words were his final testament.

  "It's actually nothing, Master Zhao was young back then and got into some romantic entanglements. However, there is one person I feel sorry for. I don't know if she's still alive or not, but if she is, please tell her that Zhao Duan'an has never forgotten her."

  "By the way, her name is Xiao Renfeng."

  After finishing speaking, Old Zhao closed his eyes and never spoke again.

  "Master, please be at ease, I will definitely accomplish it."

  Although Zhao Lao can be considered his own cheap master, since he has made Zhao Lao his master, Zhou Fan will definitely help Old Zhao complete his last wish.

  After dealing with Zhao Lao's aftermath, Zhou Fan asked for a month's leave from school. He planned to cultivate the martial arts on this small booklet.

  The martial arts on the booklet sounded very overbearing, called Xiantian Gong. It was said that when practiced to perfection, one could unleash a powerful Xiantian Qi, and even plucking leaves or flying flowers could harm people. However, Zhou Fan continued reading and found that Xiantian Gong also had a weakness, which was that before it reached perfection, it couldn't...

  “**？”

  This suddenly stunned Zhou Fan, he didn't know if he had one either?

  Of course, when he crossed over to this point in time, Zhou Fan was definitely still a virgin. However, whether or not he had lost his virginity before that, Zhou Fan wasn't very clear about. It wasn't until he carefully recalled his memories that it seemed like there were no romantic entanglements in the brain of this body, so it seemed like he was still a virgin? With doubt in his heart, Zhou Fan carefully began to cultivate his Xiantian Cultivation Technique.

  Actually, Xiantian Gong looks domineering, but in the end, it's just a book of breathing exercises.

  Zhou Fan began to cultivate according to the introduction on the small booklet. However, no matter how he cultivated, after several days, Zhou Fan still had no reaction and almost wanted to throw away the booklet. But later, thinking that Zhao Lao's words before his death couldn't be deceiving, he continued to focus on cultivating, even though there was no reaction at all.

  A week later, Zhou Fan explored some characteristics of Xiantian Gong.

  He found that after practicing, although his strength had not increased and nothing else had changed, his whole body felt indescribably comfortable. A day's fatigue was completely gone. For this reason, Zhou Fan changed his practice time to the evening. In this way, Zhou Fan could cultivate on one hand, and on the other hand, he wouldn't waste a single moment of rest. Even after practicing at night, he would still be spirited and refreshed during the day.

  Another day, Zhou Fan woke up from his cultivation and thought about going to school. Suddenly remembering that he had taken a month's leave, he stopped worrying about attending classes and focused on his own affairs. Originally, this month was supposed to be for Zhou Fan's cultivation. But now it seems that he has moved his cultivation time to the evening, not wasting any daytime at all.

  It's also good this way, with the extra time freed up, Zhou Fan can continue searching for materials and enriching himself.

  It seems that this week there is a recommendation for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", which I wrote myself.

  Recently busy practicing, after sending the contract last time, only update one chapter every night, and rarely check the data situation of new books.

  Zhou Fan immediately logged onto the computer and entered the background to check the data.

  23,000 collections.

  Within a week's time, "The Legend of Book and Sword" gained 10,000 new followers.

  However, at this time, Zhou Fan was not very clear about the concept of a book rising by 100,000 collections in a week. He didn't know if such an achievement was good or not. So, he went to the Tiankong Forum and posted a humble message, "Hello everyone, I'm a newcomer author, my new book got recommended on the first day and rose by 100,000 collections, is that more or less?"

  Refreshed several times in a row, but no one replied, so I got lazy and stopped waiting, doing other things instead.

  Author of Tian Chen on Qzone.

  Tian Chen is an author on Tian Kong Wang, but he has written three or four works in a row, all of which are very disappointing.

  Tianchen, who had been depressed for a long time, started browsing the Tiankong Forum.

  No energy.

  Clicked on several posts in a row and found they didn't make any sense.

  Until then, Tian Chen saw a post asking for help from a newcomer looking for a collection.

  Hello everyone, this is my first time publishing a book. The first recommended new book has increased by 10,000 collections, is it more or less?

  Originally, Tianchen thought it was a real request for help, but after reading this post, it turned out to be a post selling cuteness. Generally speaking, the first recommended post on Tiankong Network has around 1,000 collections, and many of them have only a few hundred collections. Only slightly better ones can get 2,000 or 3,000 collections. If the first recommended post can get 4,000 to 5,000 collections, it's already very impressive. Among all the books on Tiankong Network, those that get 4,000 to 5,000 collections as the first recommended post will become extremely popular.

  This guy has gained 10,000 followers in just one week.

  Your sister, a week's collection increased by 10,000, what kind of newbie is seeking help, it's clearly showing off.

  Originally wanted to click on the cross directly, but thinking that my first recommendation had less than 1,000 collections, I suddenly felt unbalanced in my heart.

  "Right away, Tian Chen directly gave a reply, 'The host, only 10,000 collections in a week, you are simply too weak. Think about it, the Sky Net has tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of users. You only increased by 10,000 collections in a week, not even one ten-thousandth. At least, in a week, there should be 100,000 or 200,000 collections, this is just barely qualified. Brother, I think you are still too inexperienced.'"

  After finishing speaking, Tianchen opened several more horse jackets, extremely agreeing with the second floor's statement.

  And then he said that if you want to mix in Tiankong.com, this point of collection is not enough, I advise the landlord to hurry up and write a new book.

  After Zhou Fan saw a large pile of materials come back, he found that someone had replied to his previous post.

  However, after clicking, it was a situation that made Zhou Fan feel depressed and annoyed.

  "Normally, they're all collected in tens of millions or twenty million."

  Seeing such a response, Zhou Fan thought to himself, "It seems that 'The Book and Sword Enmity Record' is still a niche work. Even if it can gain some people's liking, most are still not fond of it. If not, it wouldn't have been collected so little."

  At the same time feeling depressed, Zhou Fan even forgot today's update.

  However, Zhou Fan forgot, but it's not a big deal. The hiatus of "Shu Jian En Chou Lu" has caused a stir among book friends.

  "Isn't it? The author stopped updating?"

  When 0 points have passed and the readers still haven't seen an updated chapter, a large group of people are left staring blankly.

  At this time, "The Book and Sword Chronicles" is entering a wonderful part, and the readers are watching with great enthusiasm.

  But unexpectedly, he stopped updating.

  Of course, those who don't understand might say, "If you're going to stop updating, just stop. What's the big deal? One day you just stop writing, it's normal." As long as he continues to write in the future, that's all that matters. However, friends familiar with online platforms know that once they stop updating for a day, eight or nine times out of ten, their work will be sealed off forever.

  The Book and Sword Chronicles was serialized for less than a month when he suddenly stopped updating.

  This made more than 20,000 fans of this show so angry they were about to die.

  How could such a classic good book also be reduced to the fate of being castrated?

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