" Chen'er as usual , you never cease to amaze me . " Fang An stroked Xiao Chen's head gently .
It didn't feel like a year had passed since Xiao Chen became Fang An's disciple , now Xiao Chen was 6 years old but his growth was far above the average child his age . Xiao Chen looked like a 10 year old child from his body size .
The past year Xiao Chen had not ceased to amaze Fang An , he was so obedient in learning to read , write and count . Lessons that should have taken three years to learn were devoured by Xiao Chen in a few months , of course this was because Xiao Chen already knew everything .
Xiao Chen could have mastered it on the day he was taught but it would be so surprising that he pretended not to understand it and spent several months learning everything . Fang An then taught Xiao Chen literature , painting and also ethics .
" Chen'er is truly talented , even if he can't become a warrior , he can become a renowned scholar . " Fang An thought as he looked at his only disciple .
For the past year Xiao Chen studied very hard, most of his time was spent in the study room. Although Fang An encouraged him to play with children his age, Xiao Chen said he was more interested in studying. He had the mentality of a 90-year-old, there was no way Xiao Chen would have the desire to play with 6-year-old children.
Fang An also did not take any missions for the past year because he focused his attention on teaching Xiao Chen all the basic knowledge he needed.
Xiao Chen was often in the study room even at night. When Fang An was not watching him, Xiao Chen copied the Heavenly Dragon God Scripture on a blank book. Xiao Chen also wrote down all the important events that he could remember.
Although Xiao Chen had memories from his previous life about many things that happened in the future, it did not mean that he could not forget. Over time after living his new life, there must be something he forgot, that was why Xiao Chen wrote everything down and kept it well.
Xiao Chen who could not learn martial arts or internal energy because of his condition chose to study things that he had not paid attention to before. In order to fill his time, Xiao Chen studied medicine, formations, and other things from the books in Bamboo Sword Villa.
"Chen'er, there's something Master needs to talk to you about..." After practicing painting in the morning, Fang An suddenly asked Xiao Chen to sit in front of him and listen to what Fang An wanted to say, "Chen'er, as the Sword Elder, Master must take missions from time to time."
Basically, Fang An explained that the longest the Sword Elder could take a break was one year. In the near future, Fang An would go on a mission, he advised Xiao Chen not to slack off in his training.
"Master doesn't need to worry, disciple will not disappoint Master." Xiao Chen replied.
In his previous life, Fang An didn't take a break from his missions because Xiao Chen wanted more time alone. This time, Fang An didn't take a full year's worth of missions because he wanted to educate Xiao Chen who was so talented.
Fang An reminded Xiao Chen not to show off his skills to others for the time being, Fang An didn't explain the reason but Xiao Chen could understand it. In the cruel world of martial arts, someone who is talented is not always idolized. If they do not have a strong background, these talents are actually destroyed before they can develop.
At least because he did not take missions for a whole year, Fang An's condition became better. His coughing was not as frequent as before when night fell.
The next day, Fang An left the Bamboo Sword Villa. Fang An said that it would probably take a few weeks before he returned.
"Finally I can be more free..." Xiao Chen let out a long sigh after seeing that Fang An's figure was no longer visible.
Xiao Chen was indeed happy that Fang An's condition had improved a little, but in the past year Xiao Chen's room to move had become very limited because Fang An had been watching him almost all the time. Xiao packed up some things before running to the Bamboo Sword Villa's warehouse.
The Bamboo Sword Villa was located in the eastern part of the Hundred Sword Valley, the villa was also integrated with the city wall. For the past year, every time Fang An was asleep, Xiao Chen built a secret passage that could take him out of the Hundred Sword Valley.
If Xiao Chen wanted to leave the Hundred Sword Valley, he had to report it to the Young Sword Pavilion. Xiao Chen was certain that he would not be allowed to leave the sect, so he built this secret passage.
Xiao Chen carefully checking the surrounding conditions before exiting the secret path, he then covered the secret door again using grass and rocks.
In the past year he had never left Bamboo Sword Villa, even though Xiao Chen was someone who liked to travel so his body felt very itchy for adventure.
"Finally I can start carrying out my plan..." Xiao Chen ran towards the east, the destination was a large river near the Valley of Hundred Swords.
Because Fang An kept watching him, Xiao Chen could not learn much martial arts but he did not forget from time to time to train to strengthen his physique by doing daily activities such as drawing water from the well, cutting firewood, cleaning the Villa and so on.
For a child his age, all of these activities were quite good physical exercise.
Xiao Chen also secretly studied the art of lightening the body, because he did not have internal energy so Xiao Chen could only study the most basic art of lightening the body that all first-time warriors mastered, namely the Wind Step Art.
" These short legs feel so pitiful..." Xiao Chen smiled bitterly when he felt that his running speed using the Wind Steps was no different from that of an ordinary adult.
One obvious change compared to his previous life was Xiao Chen's physical growth, previously he was a skinny young man who looked malnourished and lacked energy, not at all like a typical warrior, but this time he had a big appetite and was actively training so his body grew big and strong.
Xiao Chen missed his ability to run as fast as the wind a little, but he also understood that as long as he trained hard enough, sooner or later he would get that ability back.
After running for some time, Xiao Chen could see a river flowing in front of him. The river that had previously brought disaster to the Hundred Sword Valley was the Jade Grass River.